For verray slouthe or othere wilful tecches;
[This] seyd by hem that be not worth two [fecches].
But ye ben wys, and that we han on honde
Nis neither hard, ne skilful to withstonde.'
135. 'Thanne, eem,' quod she, 'doth her-of as yow list;
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But er he come I wil up first aryse;
And, for the love of god, sin al my trist
Is on yow two, and ye ben bothe wyse,
So wircheth now in so discreet a wyse,