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1260-70; MS: s.xiv1
)
Curteisie defend en partisuns As povres duner gros frauns; Meus vaudreint qe ne fussent venu, Qe pur povre almoine estre batu (M.E. But with love, þat ys, curtesy; Ȝyeþ curteysly, and nat to bete, Ȝow were bettyr ȝoure almes lete)5596