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XVII. lines 2159-2878, Fr. 2159-2852 72

Herein the God of Love doth teach
The Lover, and against the breach
Of laws contained in this Romance
He warns him, lest he err perchance.

XVIII. lines 2879-2902, Fr. 2853-2876 95

The Lover plains that forth doth go
The God, and leaves him lost in woe.

XIX. lines 2903-3053, Fr. 2877-3028 96

Fair-Welcome here the Lover learneth
How that for which his spirit yearneth
May be attained, and courteously
Leads where he sorely longs to be.

XX. lines 3054-3064, Fr. 3029-3040 101

This tells how Danger, filled with ire,
Expels, with ignominy dire,
The Lover, and Fair-Welcome eke,
Whose grief no words e’er framed could speak.

XXI. lines 3065-3096, Fr. 3041-3072 102

Danger, fell guardian of the Rose,
The Lover drives from out the close.
Upon his neck a club he bare.
As he a thief or madman were.

XXII. lines 3097-3204, Fr. 3073-3178 103

How Reason, well-beloved of God,
The Lover warns that he hath trod
The path of folly, when above
His reason, madly set he love.