She with him spak, whan that she dorste or leste,

And by hir bothe avys, as was the beste,

Apoynteden ful warly in this nede,

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So as they dorste, how they wolde procede.

66. But it was spoken in so short a wyse,

In swich awayt alwey, and in swich fere,

Lest any wyght divynen or devyse

Wolde of hem two, or to it leye an ere,

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