And with my lady, whan I will desire.

I am of councell ferre and wyde, I wot,

With lord and lady, and their previtè

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I wot it all; but be it cold or hot,

They shall not speke without licence of me,

I mene, in suche as sesonable be;

For first the thing is thought within the hert,

Ere any word out from the mouth astert.'

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