voideth and [is] redy to another; and so now oon he thinketh
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and now another; and in-to water entreth and anon respireth:
such oon list me nat in-to perfit blisse of my service bringe.
A tree ofte set in dyvers places wol nat by kynde endure to bringe
forth frutes. Loke now, I pray thee, how myne olde servauntes
of tyme passed continued in her service, and folowe thou after
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their steppes; and than might thou not fayle, in case thou worche
in this wyse.'