Withouten syngynge of masses.
By love and by lernyng
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Of my lyvynge, in truthe,
Broughte me fro bitter peyne
Ther no biddyng myghte."
Lo! ye lordes, what leautee dide
By an emperour of Rome,
That was an uncristene creature,
As clerkes fyndeth in bokes.