Seemliheed, largesse, and curtesye,
Drede of shame for to doon amis;
For he that trewly Loves servaunt is
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Were lother to be shamed than to dye.
And that this is sooth, al that I seye,
In that beleve I wol bothe live and deye,
And Cukkow, so rede I thou do, y-wis.'
'Ye, than,' quod he, 'god let me never have blis
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