'Certes,' quod I, 'there is no body in this worlde, that aught
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coude saye by reson ayenst any of your skilles, as I leve; and by
my witte now fele I wel, that yvel-spekers or berers of enfame
may litel greve or lette my purpos, but rather by suche thinge my
quarel to be forthered.'
'Ye,' quod she,'and it is proved also, that the ilke jewel in
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my kepinge shal nat there-thorow be stered, of the lest moment
that might be imagined.'