And lat hem speke, and cometh forth with me.'

31. She took hir leve at hem ful thriftily,

As she wel coude, and they hir reverence

Un-to the fulle diden hardely,

And speken wonder wel, in hir absence,

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Of hir, in preysing of hir excellence,

Hir governaunce, hir wit; and hir manere

Commendeden, it Ioye was to here.

32. Now lat hir wende un-to hir owne place,