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Wening that calm wol lastë, yeer by yere,
Right so fare ye, for very ignoraunce.
For very shamë, knowe ye nat, by réson
That, after an ebbe, ther cometh a flood ful rage?
In the same wyse, whan youth passeth his séson,
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Cometh croked and unweldy palled age;
Sone after comen kalends of dotage;
And if your youth no vertue have provyded,