in the knotte as the good; and that were ayenst kynde.'
'Fayn,' quod I, 'wolde I that here; me thinketh wonder how
renomè shuld as wel knitte a shrewe as a good person; renomè
in every degree hath avaunced; yet wist I never the contrarye.
Shulde than renomè accorde with a shrewe? It may not sinke in
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my stomake til I here more.'
'Now,' quod she, 'have I not sayd alwayes, that shrewes shul
not have the knotte?'
'What nedeth,' quod I, 'to reherse that any more? I wot wel