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Yet he did not requite his injurious dealing, but forgave him and

was bountiful to him.[FN#224] Then I wept before him, O my lady,

with sore weeping, never was there sorer, and I recited:-

"Pardon my fault, for 'tis the wise man's wont * All faults to

pardon and revenge forgo: In sooth all manner faults in me

contain * Then deign of goodness mercy grace to show: Whoso

imploreth pardon from on High * Should hold his hand from sinners

here below."