the blood and the deeth of alle gode men and eek of alle the
senat, han wilned to gon destroyen me, whom they han seyen
alwey batailen and defenden gode men and eek al the senat,
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yit had I nat desserved of the faderes, that is to seyn, of the
senatoures, that they sholden wilne my destruccioun.
Thou remembrest wel, as I gesse, that whan I wolde doon or
seyen any thing, thou thyself, alwey present, rewledest me. At
the city of [Verone], whan that the king, gredy of comune slaughter,
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