Of eyhtetiene wynter age,
Which was the faireste of visage
That evere in al this world he syh:
And as he wolde have take hire nyh,
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Sche put hire hand and be his leve
Besoghte him that he wolde leve,
And seith that forto wynne or lese[396]
He mot on of tuo thinges chese, 1810
Wher he wol have hire such on nyht,