Ther she is set, and never to dissever.
I am to rude her vertues everichoon
Cunningly [for] to discryve and wryte;
For wel ye wot, colour[es] have I noon
Lyk her discrecioun craftely t'endyte;
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For what I sayë, al it is to lyte.
Whérfor to you thus I me excuse,
That I aqueynted am not with no muse!
By rethoryke my style to governe,