'Certes,' quod she; 'and him nedede non help, yif he ne hadde
no moneye that he mighte lese?'
'That is douteles,' quod I.
'Than is this thinge torned in-to the contrarye,' quod she.
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'For richesses, that men wenen sholde make suffisaunce, they
maken a man rather han nede of foreyne help! Which is
the manere or the gyse,' quod she, 'that richesse may dryve awey
nede? Riche folk, may they neither han hunger ne thurst?
Thise riche men, may they fele no cold on hir limes on winter?