And in thee nede of sooth; and thus, forsothe,

Ther moot necessitee ben in yow bothe.

149. But thou mayst seyn, the man sit not therfore,

That thyn opinion of sitting soth is;

But rather, for the man sit ther bifore,

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Therfore is thyn opinion sooth, y-wis.

And I seye, though the cause of sooth of this

Comth of his sitting, yet necessitee

Is entrechaunged, bothe in him and thee.