This ho tolde hir entent, as þe tyme asket,
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And to stare o þo stoute, & hir astate shewe
To the folke of the frigie with a ffrike wille:
Holdur þen holynes happont so then.
THE POIET.
Hit is wondur to wit of wemen dissyre,
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Þat shunt not for shame to shake ouer lande,
To glogh vppon gomes at gedering of folke,
And prese vnto playes pepull to beholde,
Þat ledis vnto loue with lustes þat folowes.
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Yong men & yepe, yenerus in hert,
Rauisshe hom Radly & þaire rede turnys;
Puttes hom to purpos þat pynes hom after.
Soche stirrynges ger stumble, þat stidfast wold be.
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With sight at assemblis, & sythen with speche,
With flatery, & faire wordys fallyn to gedur,
Acoyntyng hom with kissyng & clippyng in Armes,
With Sossyngs, & Sotelte, Settyng of cases,
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The willes of wemen wightly þai chaunge,
To falle vpon foly & hor fame lose:
Now fey be þe freike þat it first ordant.
Soche Riot & Revell so ryuely to haunt,
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Of yonge men & yenerus, þat yurnes to gaumes
To daunse amonge damsels; drawing of glovis,
With comonyng in company, þat comes but to harme,
Gers maidnes be mart, mariage for done;
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Brynges wyues into wondur þaire worship to lose;
And ertes ay to euyll ende & ernyst by the last. [folio 47a]
Throgh whiche treason betydes, & ternys vm|qwhile
Bolde men to batell and biker with hond:
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Þat draghes vnto dethe, & deris full mony.
