alegest to be ayen thyne hertely desyre.'
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'Ye, forsothe,' quod I; 'and that, so comenly, the people wol
lye, and bringe aboute suche enfame.'
'Now,' quod she, 'if men with lesinges putte on thee enfame,
wenest thy-selfe therby ben enpeyred? That wening is wrong;
see why; for as moche as they lyen, thy meryte encreseth, and
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make[th] thee ben more worthy, to hem that knowen of the soth;
by what thing thou art apeyred, that in so mokil thou art encresed