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O yowthe allas why wilt thow nat enclyne,
And un-to reuled reform bowe thee?
Syn resoun is the verray streighte lyne
Þat ledith folk un-to felicitee.

— Thomas Occleve La Male Regle (1405)

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Line 69; vol. 1, p. 27.

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For the more paart, youthe is rebel,
Un-to reson & hatith her doctryne.

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The firste fyndere of our faire langage.

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With bookës of his ornat endytyng,
That is to al þis land enlumynyng.

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Many a servant un-to his lord seith,
"Þat al the world spekith of him honour,"
Whan the contrarie of þat is sooth, in feith.

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