She maketh bountee alway soverayne.

This is to mene, bountee goth afore,

Lad by prudence, and hath the soveraintee;

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And beautee folweth, ruled by her lore,

That she †n'offendë her in no degree;

So that, in one, this goodly fresshe free

Surmounting al, withouten any were,

Is good and fair, in oon persone y-fere.

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