He streight a-morwe un-to his nece wente;

Ye han wel herd the fyn of his entente.

80. Whan he was come, he gan anoon to pleye

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As he was wont, and of him-self to Iape;

And fynally, he swor and gan hir seye,

By this and that, she sholde him not escape,

Ne lengere doon him after hir to gape;

But certeynly she moste, by hir leve,

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