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That of her name I might have remembraunce;

She sayd, she called was Perséveraunce.

So furthermore to speke than was I bold,

Where she dwelled, I prayed her for to say;

And she again ful curteysly me told,

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"My dwelling is, and hath ben many a day

With a lady."—"What lady, I you pray?"

"Of greet estate, thus warne I you," quod she;