Dispyt, debat, [and] anger, and envye,

Repreef and shame, untrust and jelousye,

175

Pryde and mischeef, povértee, and woodnesse.

What! Loving is an office of dispayr,

And oo thing is ther-in that is not fayr;

For who that geteth of love a litel blis,

But-if he be alway therwith, y-wis,

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He may ful sone of age have his heyr.