'Madam,' quod I, 'if that I durst enquere
Of you, I wold fain, of that company,
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Wit what they be that past by this herbere?'
And she ayein answéred right freendly:
'My fair daughter, al tho that passed hereby
In whyte clothing, be servants everichoon
Unto the Leef, and I my-self am oon.
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See ye not her that crowned is,' quod she,