148. But herke, Pandare, o word, for I nolde
That thou in me wendest so greet folye,
That to my lady I desiren sholde
That toucheth harm or any vilenye;
For dredelees, me were lever dye
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Than she of me ought elles understode
But that, that mighte sounen in-to gode.'
149. Tho lough this Pandare, and anoon answerde,
'And I thy [borw]? fy! no wight dooth but so;