Th'apostels him forsoken, everichoon.
Womman forsook him noght; for al the feyth
Of holy chirche in womman lefte only.
This is no lees, for holy writ thus seyth;
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Loke, and ye shal so fynde it, hardely.
And therfore it may preved be therby,
That in womman regneth stable constaunce
And in men is the chaunge and variaunce!
Now holdeth this for ferme and for no lye,