For if hevene be on this erthe, and ese to any soule,
It is in cloistre or in scole.
Help thi kynne, Crist bit (biddeth), for ther bygynneth charitie.
For whoso spareth the spring [switch] spilleth his children.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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