If thou be foul and ugly on to see,
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They wol afferme that thou art vicious,
The peple of langage is so dispitous;
Suffre hem spekë, and trust right wel this,
A wikked tonge wol alway deme amis.
And if it fallë that thou take a wyf,
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[Than] they wol falsly say, in hir entent,
That thou art lykly ever to live in stryf,