That loven wommen nat, as that I gesse!'
To sclaundre wommen thus, what may profyte
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To gentils namely, that hem armen sholde,
And in defence of wommen hem delyte
As that the ordre of gentilesse wolde?
If that a man list gentil to be holde,
He moot flee al that ther-to is contrarie;
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A sclaundring tonge is his grete adversarie.