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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