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And me desyre, and make me joyfull chere,

Right as she is, surmounting every faire,

Of bewtie well, and gentill debonaire.

The ninth statut, with lettres writ of gold,

This was the sentence, How that I and all

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Shuld ever dred to be to over-bold

Her to displese; and truly, so I shall;

But ben content for thing[es] that may falle,