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;