blames?'

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'O,' quod she, 'my [norry], sholde I forsaken thee now, and

sholde I nat [parten] with thee, by comune travaile, the charge

that thou hast suffred for envie of my name? Certes, it nere

not leveful ne sittinge thing to Philosophie, to leten with-outen

companye the wey of him that is innocent. Sholde I thanne

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[redoute my blame], and agrysen as though ther were bifallen a

newe thing? [quasi diceret, non]. For trowestow that Philosophie