Yet were it fairer that we toke our leve.

For goddes love, lat us now sone at eve

Our leve take, and homward lat us torne;

For trewely, I nil not thus soiorne.'

70. Pandare answerde, 'be we comen hider

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[To fecchen fyr], and rennen hoom ayeyn?

God helpe me so, I can not tellen whider

We mighten goon, if I shal soothly seyn,

Ther any wight is of us more fayn