¶ Thus is þe proude Mellere wele ybete
And haþe yloste þe grindeinge ofe þe whete
And paiede for þe sopere euery dele
Of Aleyne and of Iohn þat bet him wele
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His wif is swyue and his douhte als
Lo swyche it is a mellere to be fals
And þer-to þis prouerbe is seide ful soþe
Him þar note wene wele þat yuel doþe
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A gylour schal him self be-giled be.
And god þat sitteþ hihe in Maiestee
Saue al þis compainye grete and smale
Thus haue .I. quyte þe Meller in my tale [[No gap in the MS.]]
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