For alderfirste, doghter, I love thee so

That al the world to me nis half so leef;

[Ne I] nolde rede thee to thy mischeef

For al the gode under the colde mone;

And what I mene, hit shal be seid right sone,

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[With protestacioun, as in this wyse],

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That, but thou do as I shal thee devyse,

Thou shalt be deed, by him that al hath wroght!