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: