'Certes,' quod I, 'these thinges ben clere y-nough; and that
we han concluded a litel her-biforn. But I praye thee that thou
telle me, yif thou acordest [to leten] no torment to sowles, after that
the body is ended by the deeth;' this is to seyn, understandestow
aught that sowles han any torment after the deeth of the body?
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'Certes,' quod she, 'ye; and that right greet; of which sowles,'
quod she, 'I trowe that some ben tormented by asprenesse of
peyne; and some sowles, I trowe, ben exercised by a purginge
mekenesse. But my conseil nis nat to determinye of thise peynes.