And seyde, 'Walke forth a pas,

And tak thyn aventure or cas,

That thou shalt finde in Fames place.'

'Now,' quod I, 'whyl we han space

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To speke, or that I go fro thee,

For the love of god, tel me,

In sooth, that wil I of thee lere,

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If this noise that I here