as her very passife thou art closed. But vertue may thee nothing
profyte, but thy desyr be perfourmed, and al thy sorowes cesed.
Ergo, through werchinge of her vertue thou shalt esely ben
holpen, and driven out of al care, and welcome to this longe by
thee desyred!'
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'Lady,' quod I, 'this is a good lesson in ginning of my joye;
but wete ye wel forsothe, though I suppose she have moche
vertue, I wolde my spousaile were proved, and than may I live
out of doute, and rejoice me greetly, in thinking of tho vertues