That he was deed, within a day or twayne.
Lenvoy.
Ye trew lovers, this I beseche you al,
Such †avantours, flee hem in every wyse,
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And as people defamed ye hem cal;
For they, trewly, do you gret prejudyse.
Refus hath mad for al such flateryes
His castelles strong, stuffed with ordinaunce,
For they have had long tyme, by their offyce,