For that schal I alway beseche

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Unto the mihti Cupido,

That he so mochel wolde do,

So as he is of love a godd,

To smyte hem with the same rodd 910

With which I am of love smite;

So that thei mihten knowe and wite

How hindringe is a wofull peine

To him that love wolde atteigne.