have discovered my maistresse; and so by unkyndnesse they
wol knette infame, to pursue me aboute. Thus enemyes of wil,
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in manyfolde maner, wol seche privy serpentynes queintyses, to
quenche and distroye, by venim of many besinesses, the light of
tr[o]uthe; to make hertes to murmure ayenst my persone, to have
me in hayne withouten any cause.'
'Now,' quod she, 'here me a fewe wordes, and thou shalt fully
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ben answered, I trowe. Me thinketh (quod she) right now, by