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And god, to whom ther may nothing hid be,
If he in woman knowe had such malyce
As men of hem recorde in generaltee,
Of our lady, of lyf reparatryce,
Nolde han be born; but, for that she of vyce
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Was voyde, and of al vertu (wel he wiste)
Endowed, of her to be bore him liste.
Her heped vertu hath swich excellence