And, when they metten in that place,

They were a-chekked bothe two,

And neither of hem moste out go;

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For other so they gonne croude,

Til eche of hem gan cryen loude,

'Lat me go first!' 'Nay, but lat me!

And here I wol ensuren thee

[With the nones] that thou wolt do so,

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