34. For, nece, by the goddesse Minerve,
And Iuppiter, that maketh the thonder ringe,
And by the blisful Venus that I serve,
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Ye been the womman in this world livinge,
[With-oute] paramours, to my witinge,
That I best love, and lothest am to greve,
And that ye witen wel your-self, I leve.'
35. 'Y-wis, myn uncle,' quod she, 'grant mercy;
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