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That she sholde of this harm the cause be.
Wyteth the feend, and his be the maugree;
And for excused have her innocence,
Sauf only that she brak obedience.
And touching this, ful fewe men ther been,
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Unnethes any, dar I saufly seye—
Fro day to day, as that men mow wel seen,
But that the hest of god they disobeye.