Sith yow is tid thus fair an aventure?'
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33. 'A! wel bithought! for love of god,' quod she,
'Shal I not witen what ye mene of this?'
'No, this thing axeth layser,' tho quod he,
'And eek me wolde muche greve, y-wis,
If I it tolde, and ye it toke amis.
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Yet were it bet my tonge for to stille
Than seye a sooth that were ayeins your wille.