'Nay, nece,' quod Pandare, 'sey not so;

Yet at the leste thanketh him, I preye,

Of his good wil, and doth him not to deye.

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Now for the love of me, my nece dere,

Refuseth not at this tyme my preyere.'

174. 'Depar-dieux,' quod she, 'god leve al be wel!

God helpe me so, this is the firste lettre

That ever I wroot, ye, al or any del.'

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