But of hir besinesses, this was oon

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A-monges othere thinges, out of drede,

Ful prively this lettre for to rede;

169. [Avysed] word by word in every lyne,

And [fond] no lak, she thoughte he [coude good];

And up it putte, and went hir in to dyne.

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And Pandarus, that in a study stood,

Er he was war, she took him by the hood,