Stanzas 141 through 150
"And for to speke of hire in specyal,
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Hire beaute to bithynken and hire youthe,
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It sit hire naught to ben celestial
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As ȝet, though that hire liste bothe and kowthe;
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But trewely, it sate hire wel right nowthe
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A worthi knyght to louen and cherice --
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And but she do, I holde it for a vice.
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"Wher-fore I am and wol ben ay redy
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To peyne me to do ȝow this seruyse;
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ffor bothe ȝow to plese thus hope I
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Her-afterward; for ȝe ben bothe wyse,
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And konne it counseil kepe in swych a wyse
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That no man shal the wiser of it be --
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And so we may ben gladed alle thre.
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"And, by my trouthe, I haue right now of the
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A good conceyte in my wit, as I gesse,
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And what it is, I wol now that thow se:
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I thenke, sith that loue of his goodnesse
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Hath the conuerted out of wikkednesse,
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That thow shalt ben the beste post, I leue,
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Of al his lay, and moost his foos to greue.
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"Ensample why, se now thise wise clerkes,
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That erren aldermost a ȝeyn a lawe,
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And ben conuerted from hire wikked werkes
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Thorugh grace of god that list hem to hym drawe,
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Thanne arn they folk that han moost god in awe,
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And strengest feythed ben, I vndirstonde,
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And konne an errowre alderbest withstonde."
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Whan Troilus hadde herd Pandare assented
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To ben his help in louyng of Cryseyde,
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Weex of his wo, as who seith, vntormented,
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But hotter weex his loue and thus he seyde,
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With sobre chere, although his herte pleyde:
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"Now blisful Venus help, er that I sterue,
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Of the, Pandare, I mowe som thank deserue.
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