If ever I to that counseyl obeye!
Nightingale, thou spekest wonder fayre,
But, for al that, the sooth is the contrayre;
For loving is, in yonge folk, but rage,
And in olde folk hit is a greet dotage;
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Who most hit useth, most he shal apeyre.
For therof comth disese and hevinesse,
Sorowe and care, and mony a greet seknesse,