Betraye empyres, remes, ne duchees,

Ne men bereve hir landes ne hir mees,

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Empoyson folk, ne houses sette on fyre,

Ne false contractes maken for non hyre!

Trust, perfit love, and entere charitee,

Fervent wil, and entalented corage

To thewes gode, as it sit wel to be,

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Han wommen ay, of custome and usage;