trewe way to the knotte, but as rathe by suche thinges the
knotte to be unbounde; wherfore on these thinges I rede no
wight truste to gette any good knotte. But what shul we saye of
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renomè in the peoples mouthes? Shulde that ben any cause?
What supposest thou in thyn herte?'
'Certes,' quod I, 'yes, I trowe; for your slye resons I dare not
safely it saye.'
'Than,' quod she, 'wol I preve that shrewes as rathe shul ben
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