he hathe an hert full fell, [Thynne (Sk.), hertis full fele UT, hurte ful fele H.] þat list to make
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A yift lightly, þat put is in refuse;
But he is wyse þat suche conseyt will slake,
So þat hym nede nether stodie nor [UT, neuer to stody ne H.] muse."
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(65) LAMANT.
"he [UT, Who H.] shuld not muse, þat hath [hath HT, om. U.] his seruyse spent
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On hir which is a lady honouráble;
And yf y spende my tyme to þat entent,
yit atte the lest y am nat répreuáble
Of faylëd herte: to thynk, y am vnable,
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Or me mystoke whan y made this request,
By which loue hathe, of entirprise notáble,
So many hertis getyn bi conquest."
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(66) LA DAME.
"yf þat ye liste do after my Counsayll
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Secheth faycrer, [UH, ferther T.] and of more hier fame,
Which in seruice of loue will you prevayll
After your þought, acordyng to the same.
he hurteth both [both HT, om. U.] his wurship and his name,
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þat folyly for tweyn [UH, ij. T.] hym-selfe will trobull;
And also he leséth his after game,
That surely cannot sette his poyntës double." [After-game, return-match . . . I believe l. 524 to mean, 'who cannot thoroughly afford to double his stakes.' To set often means to stake. The French is:— 'Et celuy pert le ien d'attenteQui ne scet faire son point double.'—Skeat, vii. 519.] Line 524
(67) LAMANT. [Fr.: Le conseil que vous me donnez.]
"This your Counsell, by ought þat y can se, [folio 128]
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Is better seid than done, to myn avise.
Though i beleue it not, foryif [UH, foryeue T.] it me;
Myn herte is suche, so hele [hoole THU.] withoute fayntyse,
That it may not [TU, om. H.] yeve credence, in no wyse,
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To thyng which [UH, thynke that T.] is not sownyng vnto trouth:
