So ye wold rewe on my distresse and me.

My destinee, †my fate, and ure I bliss,

That have me set to ben obedient

Only to you, the flour of all, y-wis:

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I trust to Venus never to repent;

For ever redy, glad, and diligent

Ye shall me finde in service to your grace,

Till deth my lyfe out of my body race.

Humble unto your excellence so digne,