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Ne folweth nat the wey of her nature.
Men seyn: 'our firste moder, natheles,
Made al man-kynde lese his libertee,
And naked it of joye, douteles;
For goddes hestes disobeyed she,
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Whan she presumed tasten of a tree,
Which god forbad that she nat ete of sholde;
And, nad the devel been, namore she wolde.'