And if ye vouche sauf, my lady bright,

I wol ben he to serven yow my-selve,

Ye, lever than be lord of Greces twelve!'

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133. And with that word he gan to waxen reed,

And in his speche a litel wight he quook,

And caste a-syde a litel wight his heed,

And stinte a whyle; and afterward awook,

And sobreliche on hir he threw his look,

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