He rong hem out a proces lyk a belle,

Up-on hir fo, that highte Poliphete,

So hëynous, that men mighte on it spete.

232. Answerde of this ech worse of hem than other,

And Poliphete they gonnen thus to warien,

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'An-honged be swich oon, were he my brother;

And so he shal, for it ne may not varien.'

What sholde I lenger in this tale tarien?

Pleynly, alle at ones, they hir highten,