she maketh a jape in blyndnesse; that is, she wyndeth him to
make sorowe whan she withdraweth. Wolt thou nat (quod she)
preise him better that sheweth to thee his herte, tho[ugh] it be
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with bytande wordes and dispitous, than him that gloseth and
thinketh in †his absence to do thee many harmes?'
'Certes,' quod I, 'the oon is to commende; and the other to
lacke and dispice.'
'A! ha!' quod she, 'right so Ese, while †she lasteth, gloseth
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