Plesaunt thay be, and to their own purpose;
There wot no wight of thaim, but god and fend,
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Ne naught shall wit, unto the worldes end.
The quene hath yeve me charge, in pain to dye,
Never to rede ne seen thaim with myn ye.
For men shall not so nere of councell ben,
With womanhode, ne knowen of her gyse,
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Ne what they think, ne of their wit th'engyn;