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6853 I love no such shryvyng, parde,
6854 But it for other cause be.
6855 I rekke not of pore men,
6856 Her astate is not worth an hen.
6857 Where fyndest thou a swynker of labour
6858 Have me unto his confessour?
6859 But empesses, and duchesses,
6860 Thise queenes, and eke countesses,
6861 Thise abbessis, and eke bygyns,
6862 These gret ladyes palasyns,
6863 These Ioly knyghtis, and baillyves,
6864 Thise nonnes, and thise burgeis wyves,
6865 That riche ben, and eke plesyng,
6866 And thise maidens welfaryng,
6867 Wherso they clad or naked be,
6868 Uncounceiled goth ther noon fro me.
6869 And, for her soules savete,
6870 At lord and lady, and her meyne,
6871 I axe, whanne thei hem to me shryve,
6872 The pprete of al her lyve,
6873 And make hem trowe, bothe meest and leest,
6874 His poch prest nys but a beest
6875 Ayens me and my companye,
6876 That shrewis ben as gret as I;
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