A wikked tonge wol alway deme amis.
For in thy port or in thyn apparayle
If thou be clad or honestly be-seyn,
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Anon the people, of malice, wol nat fayle,
Without advyce or reson, for to sayn
That thyn array is mad and wrought in vayn;
What! suffre hem spekë!—and trust right wel this,
A wikked tonge wol alway deme amis.
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