Or slee us bothe at ones, er that ye wende.'
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18. ['I? what?'] quod she, 'by god and by my trouthe,
I noot nought what ye wilne that I seye.'
'I? what?' quod he, 'that ye han on him routhe,
For goddes love, and doth him nought to deye.'
'Now thanne thus,' quod she, 'I wolde him preye
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To telle me the fyn of his entente;
Yet wiste I never wel what that he mente.'