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perfeccion. How dare than beestes in this worlde aught forfete
ayenst thy devyne purveyaunce? Also, lady, ye knowen al the
privy thoughtes; in hertes no counsayl may ben hid from your
knowing. Wherfore I wot wel, lady, that ye knowe your-selfe that
I in my conscience am and have ben willinge to your service, al
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coude I never do as I shulde; yet, forsothe, fayned I never to
love otherwyse than was in myn herte; and if I coude have made
chere to one and y-thought another, as many other doon alday