I not wher he dide any more.

Why shulde men sey me such a thing,

If it hadde been gabbing?

Right so seide I, and wol seye yit;

I trowe, I lyed not of it;

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And with my bemes I wol blowe

To alle neighboris a-rowe,

How he hath bothe comen and gon.'

Tho spak Fals-Semblant right anon,