A foul vice is of tonge to be light;
For who-so michel clappeth, gabbeth ofte.
The tonge of man so swift is and so wight
That, whan it is areysed up-on lofte,
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Resoun it seweth so slowly and softe,
That it him never over-take may:
Lord! so thise men ben trusty in assay!
Al-be-it that man fynde oo woman nyce,
Inconstant, rechelees, or variable,