Lam. 'Al-be-it so oon do so greet offence,

And be not deed, nor put to no juÿse,

Right wel I wot, him gayneth no defence,

But he must ende in ful mischévous wyse,

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And al that ever is good wil him dispyse.

For falshed is so ful of cursednesse

That high worship shal never have enterpryse

Where it reigneth and hath the wilfulnesse.'

La D. 'Of that have they no greet fere now-a-days,