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metes, were escaped and comen to corage of a parfit man?
Certes, I yaf thee swiche [armures] that, yif thou thy-self ne
haddest first cast hem a-wey, they shulden han defended thee
[in sikernesse] that may nat ben over-comen. Knowest thou me
nat? Why art thou stille? Is it for shame or for astoninge?
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It were me lever that it were for shame; but it semeth me that
astoninge hath oppressed thee.' And whan she say me nat only
stille, but with-outen office of tunge and al doumb, she leide hir