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Whylom ful many of hem were in my cheyne
Y-tyed, and now, what for unweldy age
And for unlust, may not to love atteyne,
And seyn, that love is but verray dotage.
Thus, for that they hem-self lakken corage,
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They folk excyten, by hir wikked sawes,
For to rebelle agayn me and my lawes.
But, maugre hem that blamen wommen most,