Yet can I more, ye be nat excusáble;

A faithful hertë ever is acceptáble.

Quaketh my penne; my spirit supposeth

That in my wryting ye finde wol som offence;

Myn herte welkeneth thus sone, anon it †roseth;

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Now hot, now cold, and eft in [al] fervence;

That mis is, is caused of negligence

And not of malice; therfor beth merciable;

A faithful hertë ever is acceptáble.