But what he mente, I shal yow telle sone.
122. Criseyde, at shorte wordes for to telle,
Welcomed him, and doun by hir him sette;
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And he was ethe y-nough to maken dwelle.
And after this, with-outen longe lette,
[The spyces and the wyn] men forth hem fette;
And forth they speke of this and that y-fere,
As freendes doon, of which som shal ye here.
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