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.'