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2371 Therfore in oo place it sitte,
2372 And lat it nevere thannys flitte.
2373 ffor if thou yevest it in lenyng,
2374 I holde it but a wrecchid thyng:
2375 Therfore yeve it hoole and quyte,
2376 And thou shalt have the more merite.
2377 If it be lent, than aftir soone,
2378 The bounte and the thank is doone;
2379 But, in love, fre yeven thing
2380 Requyrith a gret guerdonyng.
2381 Yeve it in yift al quyte fully,
2382 And make thi yift debonairly;
2383 ffor men that yift holde more dere
2384 That yeven with gladsome chere.
2385 That yift nought to preisen is
2386 That man yeveth, maugre his.
2387 Whanne thou hast yeven thyn herte, as I
2388 Have seid thee heere openly,
2389 Thanne aventures shull thee fall,
2390 Which harde and hevy ben with All.
2391 ffor ofte whan thou bithenkist thee
2392 Of thy lovyng, where so thou be,
2393 ffro folk thou must departe in hie,
2394 That noon perceyve thi maladie,
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