Quote #4

For loves lawe is out of reule.

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  1. But in proverbe I have herde say, That who that wel his werk beginneth, The rather a good end he winneth.
  2. It hath and schal ben everemor That love is maister wher he wile.
  3. Bot for men sein, and soth it is, That who that al of wisdom writ It dulleth ofte a mannes wit To him that schal it aldai rede, For thilke …
  4. He hath the sor which no man heleth, The which is cleped lack of herte.
  5. For whan men wene best to have achieved, Ful ofte it is al newe to beginne: The werre hath no thing siker, thogh he winne.
  6. O fol of alle foles, Thou farst as he betwen tuo stoles That wolde sitte and goth to grounde.
  7. The beaute faye upon her face Non erthly thing it may desface.
  8. Nevere yit Was non, which half so loste his wit Of drinke, as thei of such thing do Which cleped is the jolif wo.

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