Com ryding with his tenthe [some] y-fere,

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Al softely, and thiderward gan bende

Ther-as they sete, as was his wey to wende

To paleys-ward; and Pandare him aspyde,

And seyde, 'nece, y-see who cometh here ryde!

180. O flee not in, he seeth us, I suppose;

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Lest he may thinke that ye him eschuwe.'

'Nay, nay,' quod she, and wex as reed as rose.