'I graunte wel,' quod Pandare, 'by my trouthe.

71. But may I truste wel ther-to,' quod he,

'That, of this thing that ye han hight me here,

Ye wol it holden trewly un-to me?'

'Ye, doutelees,' quod she, 'myn uncle dere.'

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'Ne that I shal han cause in this matere,'

Quod he, 'to pleyne, or after yow to preche?'

'Why, no, pardee; what nedeth more speche?'

72. Tho fillen they in othere tales glade,