The fifteenth statut, Use to swere and stare,

And counterfet a lesing hardely,

To save thy ladys honour every-where,

And put thyself to fight [for her] boldly:

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Sey she is good, virtuous, and gostly,

Clere of entent, and herte, and thought and wille;

And argue not, for reson ne for skille,

Agayn thy ladys plesir ne entent,