And yit men seide it was my dede;
But I come never in that stede;
Ne me ne lykith, so mote I thee,
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Such toures take withoute me.
For-why me thenketh that, in no wyse,
It may ben cleped but marchandise.
'Go bye a courser, blak or whyte,
And pay therfor; than art thou quyte.
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