'Wel,' quod she, 'than wol I prove that unsely in that wise is to preise; and so the tother is, the contrary, to be lacked.' 'How so?' quod I. 'For Unsely,' quod she, 'begyleth nat, but sheweth th'entent 85 of her working. _Et e contra_: Selinesse begyleth. For in prosperitè she maketh a jape in blyndnesse; that is, she wyndeth him to make sorowe whan she withdraweth. Wolt thou nat (quod she) preise him better that sheweth to thee his herte, tho[ugh] it be with bytande wordes and dispitous, than him that gloseth and 90 thinketh in +his absence to do thee many harmes?' 'Certes,' quod I, 'the oon is to commende; and the other to lacke and dispice.' 'A! ha!' quod she, 'right so Ese, while +she lasteth, gloseth and flatereth; and lightly voydeth whan she most plesauntly 95 sheweth; and ever, in hir absence, she is aboute to do thee tene and sorowe in herte. But Unsely, al-be-it with bytande chere, sheweth what she is, and so doth not that other; wherfore Unsely doth not begyle. Selinesse disceyveth; Unsely put away doute. That oon maketh men blynde; that other openeth their 100 eyen in shewinge of wrecchidnesse. The oon is ful of drede to lese that is not his owne; that other is sobre, and maketh men discharged of mokel hevinesse in burthen. The oon draweth a man from very good; the other haleth him to vertue by the hookes of thoughtes. And wenist thou nat that thy disese hath 105 don thee mokel more to winne than ever yet thou lostest, and more than ever the contrary made thee winne? Is nat a greet good, to thy thinking, for to knowe the hertes of thy sothfast frendes? Pardè, they ben proved to the ful, and the trewe have discevered fro the false. Trewly, at the goinge of the ilke brotel 110 joye, ther yede no more away than the ilke that was nat thyn proper. He was never from that lightly departed; thyn owne good therfore leveth it stille with thee. Now good (quod she); for how moche woldest thou somtyme have bought this verry knowing of thy frendes from the flatteringe flyes that thee glosed, 115 whan thou thought thy-selfe sely? But thou that playnest of losse in richesse, hast founden the most dere-worthy thing; that thou clepest unsely hath made thee moche thing to winnen. And also, for conclusioun of al, he is frende that now leveth nat his herte from thyne helpes. And if that Margarite denyeth now nat 120 to suffre her vertues shyne to thee-wardes with spredinge bemes, as far or farther than if thou were sely in worldly joye, trewly, I saye nat els but she is somdel to blame.' 'Ah! pees,' quod I, 'and speke no more of this; myn herte breketh, now thou touchest any suche wordes!' 125 'A! wel!' quod she, 'thanne let us singen; thou herest no more of these thinges at this tyme.'