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Prey we to here with gret honour,
She that bar the blyssid flowr,
She be our helpe and our socour
And schyld us fro the fyndes bond.
NO thyng is to man so dere
As wommanys love in gode manere.
A gode womman is mannys blys,
There here love right and stedfast is.
There is no solas under hevene,
Of alle that a man may nevene,
That shuld a man do so moche glew
As a gode womman that loveth trew.
Ne derer is none in Goddys hurde
Than a chaste womman with lovely worde.
FOR trewthe telleth that loue · is triacle of hevene;
May no synne be on him sene · that useth that spise,
And alle his werkes he wrouȝte · with loue as him liste;
And lered it Moises for the levest thing · and moste like to heuene,
11 nevene] name. glew] gladness. hurde] flock.
12 triacle] sovereign remedy, as him liste] as seemed good to him (Christ). lered] taught. levest] most pleasing.
