"Ye must," quod she, "come to the chamberlayn."

"We been," quod I, "now redy everichon

To folowe you whan-ever ye list, certayn.

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We have non eloquence, to tel you playn;

Beseching you we may be so excused,

Our trew mening, that it be not refused."

Than went we forth, after Perséveraunce,

To see the prees; it was a wonder cace;

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