To goode mote it turne, of yow I mette!'

And with that word she doun on bench him sette.

14. 'Ye, nece, ye shal fare wel the bet,

If god wole, al this yeer,' quod Pandarus;

'But I am sory that I have yow let

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To herknen of your book ye preysen thus;

For goddes love, what seith it? tel it us.

Is it of love? O, som good ye me lere!'

'Uncle,' quod she, 'your maistresse is not here!'