And eek the signe, that he took it by,
She bad him that to telle hir bisily,
Or elles, certeyn, she [bar him on honde,]
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That this was doon of malis, hir to fonde.
166. With-outen more, shortly for to seyne,
He moste obeye un-to his lady heste;
And for the lasse harm, he moste feyne.
He seyde hir, whan she was at swiche a feste
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