Come soupen in his hous with him at eve.

81. At whiche she lough, and gan hir faste excuse,

And seyde, 'it rayneth; lo, how sholde I goon?'

'Lat be,' quod he, 'ne stond not thus to muse;

This moot be doon, ye shal be ther anoon.'

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So at the laste her-of they felle at oon,

Or elles, softe he swor hir in hir ere,

He nolde never come ther she were.

82. Sone after this, to him she gan to rowne,