For whennes comen elles alle thise [foreyne] compleyntes or

quereles of pletinges, but for that men axen ayein here moneye

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that hath ben bi-nomen hem by force or by gyle, and alwey

maugre hem?'

'Right so is it,' quod I.

'Than,' quod she, 'hath a man nede to seken him foreyne

helpe by whiche he may defende his moneye?'

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'Who may sey nay?' quod I.