The Romaunt of the Rose
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3907   To kepe, bothe lowe and stille,
3908   Bialacoil to do youre wille.
3909   'Shame, shame,' seyde Ielousie,
3910   'To be bytrasshed gret drede have I.
3911   Leccherie hath clombe so hye,
3912   That almoost blered is myn yhe;
3913   No wonder is, if that drede have I.
3914   Over all regnyth lecchery,
3915   Whos myght growith nyght and day.
3916   Bothe in cloistre and in Abbey
3917   Chastite is werried over All.
3918   Therfore I wole with siker wall
3919   Close bothe roses and roser.
3920   I have to longe in this maner
3921   Left hem unclosid wilfully;
3922   Wherfore I am right inwardly
3923   Sorowfull and repente me.
3924   But now they shall no lenger be
3925   Unclosid; and yit I drede sore,
3926   I shall repente ferthermore,
3927   ffor the game goth all Amys.
3928   Counsell I must newe, ywys.
3929   I have to longe tristed thee,
3930   But now it shal no lenger be;