In thilke queste and thilke assise,[98]
Where as thei tuo the poeple enforme;
For thei kepe evere o maner forme, 2880
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That upon gold here conscience
Thei founde, and take here evidence;
And thus with falswitnesse and othes
Thei winne hem mete and drinke and clothes.
Riht so ther be, who that hem knewe,
Of thes lovers ful many untrewe: