And worldes ese, as it is told,

Be weie of kinde is the norrice

Of every lust which toucheth vice.

Thus whan thei were in lustes falle,

The werres ben foryeten alle;

Was non which wolde the worschipe

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Thei putten besinesse aweie

And token hem to daunce and pleie;

Bot most above alle othre thinges