And seyde, 'nece, I have so greet a pyne

For love, that every other day I faste'—

And gan his beste Iapes forth to caste;

And made hir so to laughe at his folye,

That she for laughter wende for to dye.

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168. And whan that she was comen in-to halle,

'Now, eem,' quod she, 'we wol go dyne anoon;'

And gan some of hir women to hir calle,

And streyght in-to hir chaumbre gan she goon;