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4935 Oonly thurgh youthes, chambre,
4936 That to done yvell is customere,
4937 And of nought elles taketh hede
4938 But oonly folkes forto lede
4939 Into disporte and wyldenesse,
4940 So is frowarde from sadnesse.
4941 'But eelde drawith hem therfro;
4942 Who wote it nought, he may wel goo
4943 And moo of hem that now arn olde,
4944 That whilom youthe hadde in holde,
4945 Which yit remembreth of tendir Age,
4946 Hou it hem brought in many a rage,
4947 And many a foly therynne wrought.
4948 But now that eelde hath hym thurgh sought,
4949 They repente hem of her folye,
4950 That youthe hem putte in Iupdye,
4951 In pell and in mych woo,
4952 And made hem ofte amys to do,
4953 And suen yvell companye,
4954 Riot and Avoutrie.
4955 But eelde gan ageyn restreyne
4956 ffrom sich foly, and refreyne,
4957 And sette men, by her ordinaunce,
4958 In good reule and in governaunce.
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