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.'