These wommen, whiche that in the cite dwelle,

They sette hem doun, and seyde as I shal telle.

99. Quod first that oon, 'I am glad, trewely,

By-cause of yow, that shal your fader see.'

A-nother seyde, 'y-wis, so nam not I;

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For al to litel hath she with us be.'

Quod tho the thridde, 'I hope, y-wis, that she

Shal bringen us the pees [on every syde],

That, whan she gooth, almighty god hir gyde!'