And seyde, 'Ioves lat him never thryve,

That dooth yow harm, and bringe him sone of lyve!

And yeve me sorwe, but he shal it rewe,

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If that I may, and alle folk be trewe.'

231. 'Tel thou thy neces cas,' quod Deiphebus

To Pandarus, 'for thou canst best it telle.'—

'My lordes and my ladyes, it stant thus;

What sholde I lenger,' quod he, 'do yow dwelle?'

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