With oo venym another was distroyed;
And thus thise clerkes often were anoyed.
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Thise ladies ne thise gentils, nevertheles,
Were noon of tho that wroughten in this wyse;
But swiche filthes as were vertules
They quitten thus thise olde clerkes wyse.
To clerkes forthy lesse may suffyse
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Than to deprave wommen generally;