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O woman! How shalt thou thy-self chevyce,
Sin men of thee so muchel harm witnesse?
No fors! Do forth! Takë no hevinesse!
Kepë thyn ownë, what men clappe or crake;
And somme of hem shul smerte, I undertake!
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Malyce of wommen, what is it to drede?
They slee no men, distroyen no citees;
They not oppressen folk ne overlede,