And thanne wol he causes finde,
And swere how that she is unkinde,
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Or fals, or prevy, or double was ...
Therfor I wol seye a proverbe,
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That "he that fully knoweth th'erbe
May saufly leye hit to his yë" ...
Allas! is every man thus trewe,
That every yere wolde have a newe, ...