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That sit in white, in russet, and in grene?'
'For-soth,' quod she, 'they wailen of their wo.'
'O mercy, lord! may thay so come and go
Freely to court, and have such libertee?'
'Ye, men of ech condicion and degree,
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And women eke: for truly, there is non
Excepcion mad, ne never was ne may:
This court is ope and free for everichon,