A clerkes custom is, whan he endyteth
Of wommen, be it prose, or ryme, or vers,
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Sey they ben wikke, al knowe he the revers.
And that book scolers lerne in hir childhede,
For they of wommen be war sholde in age,
And for to love hem ever been in drede,
Sin to deceyve is set al hir corage.
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They seyn, peril to caste is avantage,