The King of Love he will nat say thaim nay:
He taketh all, in poore or riche array,
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That meekly sewe unto his excellence
With all their herte and all their reverence.'
And, walking thus about with Philobone,
I sey where cam a messenger in hy
Streight from the king, which let commaund anon,
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Through-out the court to make an ho and cry: