For certeyn is, sin that I am hir knight,
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I moste hir honour levere han than me
In every cas, as lovere oughte of right.
Thus am I with desyr and reson twight;
Desyr for to distourben hir me redeth,
And reson nil not, so myn herte dredeth.'
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83. Thus wepinge that he coude never cesse,
He seyde, 'allas! how shal I, wrecche, fare?