'Madame,' quod he, 'sooth to telle,
I am that ilke shrewe, y-wis,
That brende the temple of [Isidis]
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In Athenes, lo, that citee.'
'And wherfor didest thou so?' quod she.
'By my thrift,' quod he, 'madame,
I wolde fayn han had a fame,
As other folk hadde in the toun,
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