foresayd blisse toforn declared in this[e] provinges, shal hote the
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knot in the hert.'
'Wel,' quod I, 'this inpossession I wol wel understande.'
'Now also,' quod she, 'for the knotte in the herte muste ben
from one to an-other, and I knowe thy desyr, I wol thou understande
these maters to ben sayd of thy-selfe, in disproving of thy
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first service, and in strengthinge of thilke that thou hast
undertake to thy Margaryte-perle.'