Ac envye hir hateth,

A proud prikere of Fraunce,

[Princeps hujus mundi,]

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And wolde wynne hire awey

With wiles, and he myghte.

"Ac Kynde knoweth this wel,

And kepeth hire the bettre,

And dooth hire with sire Do-wel,

Is duc of thise marches.