A knight, that highte [Colatyne], up sterte,
And seyde thus, 'nay, for hit is no nede
[To trowen on the word, but on the dede].
[I have a wyf,' quod he, 'that, as I trowe],
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Is holden good of alle that ever her knowe;
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Go we to-night to Rome, and we shul see.'
Tarquinius answerde, ['that lyketh me.']
To Rome be they come, and faste hem dighte