"Now than," quod she, "I wol go in agayn,

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That ye may have knowlege, what ye shuld do."

"In sooth," quod I, "if ye wold take the payn,

Ye did right moch for us, if ye did so.

The rather sped, the soner may we go.

Gret cost alway ther is in tarying;

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And long to sewe, it is a wery thing."

Than parted she, and cam again anon;