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2539 Seyn, what hem lust, withouten drede,
2540 They be so double in her falshede;
2541 ffor they in herte cunne thenke a thyng
2542 And seyn another, in her spekyng.
2543 And whanne thi speche is eendid All,
2544 Ryght thus to thee it shall byfall;
2545 If ony word thanne come to mynde,
2546 That thou to seye hast left bihynde,
2547 Thanne thou shalt brenne in gret martire;
2548 ffor thou shalt brenne as ony fiere.
2549 This is the stryf and eke the Affray,
2550 And the batell that lastith Ay.
2551 This bargeyn eende may never take,
2552 But if that she thi pees will make.
2553 'And whanne the nyght is comen, Anoon
2554 A thosande angres shall come uppon.
2555 To bedde as fast thou wolt thee dight,
2556 Where thou shalt have but smal delite;
2557 ffor whanne thou wenest forto slepe,
2558 So full of peyne shalt thou crepe,
2559 Sterte in thi bedde aboute full wide,
2560 And turne full ofte on every side;
2561 Now dounward groff, and now upright,
2562 And walowe in woo the longe nyght,
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