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Mengit all tyme with wit manheid;[†] 360 That may men be this melle se. His wit hym schawit the strat entre Of the furde, and the ysche alsua; He thoucht that thai mycht nevir our-ga[†] 364 Apon a man that wes worthy. Tharfor his hardyment hastely Thoucht weill it mycht be undirtane, Sen that anis mycht assale bot ane. 368 Thus hardyment, governit with wit, That he all tym wald sammyn knyt, Gert him off worschipe haf the pris, And oft our-cum his enymys. 372