Chaucerian and Other Pieces / Being a Supplement to the Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

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Wherfore I rede, whan ye have with her met,

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Your mater hool tel her, without fayning;

Ye shal her finde ful good and ful loving."

"Tel me her name," quod I, "of gentilnesse."

"By my good sooth," quod she, "Avysënesse."

"That name," quod I, "for her is passing good;

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For every bil and cedule she must see;

Now good," quod I, "com, stand there-as I stood;