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And ye that ben metriciens me excuse,
I you besech, for Venus sake above;
For what I mene in this ye need not muse:
And if so be my lady it refuse
For lak of ornat speche, I wold be wo,
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That I presume to her to writen so.
But myn entent and all my besy cure
Is for to write this tretesse, as I can,