Of Thebes eek the false [knight] Arcyte,
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And Demophon †also, for [al] his slouthe,
They had hir lust and al that might delyte
For al hir falshode and hir greet untrouthe.
Thus ever Love (alas! and that is routhe!)
His false leges forthereth what he may,
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And sleeth the trewe ungoodly, day by day.
For trewe Adon was slayn with the bore