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5031 In fruyt they shulde hem delyte;
5032 Her part they may not elles quyte,
5033 To save hem silf in honeste.
5034 And yit full many one I se
5035 Of wymmen, sothly forto seyne,
5036 That desire and wolde fayne
5037 The pley of love, they be so wilde,
5038 And not coveite to go with childe.
5039 And if with child they be pchaunce,
5040 They wole it holde a gret myschaunce;
5041 But what som ever woo they fele,
5042 They wole not pleyne, but concele;
5043 But if it be ony fool or nyce,
5044 In whom that shame hath no Iustice.
5045 fforto delyte echone they drawe,
5046 That haunte this werke, bothe high and lawe,
5047 Save sich that arn worth right nought,
5048 That for money wole be bought.
5049 Such love I preise in no wise,
5050 Whanne it is goven for coveitise.
5051 I preise no womman, though so be wood,
5052 That yeveth hir silf for ony good.
5053 ffor litel shulde a man telle
5054 Of hir, that wole hir body selle,
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