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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