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Of rewth, to take thy service and thy pain

In that thow mayst, to plese thy souverain.

But this is councell, keep it secretly;'

Quod she, 'I nold, for all the world abowt,

The Quene of Love it wist; and wit ye why?

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For if by me this matter springen out,

In court no lenger shuld I, owt of dowt,

Dwellen, but shame in all my life endry: