whyle thy trewe-mening service aboute bringe, in dispyte of al
false meners that thee of-newe haten; for [in] this trewe service
thou art now entred.'
'Certayn,' quod I, 'among thinges I asked a question, whiche
was the way to the knot. Trewly, lady, how-so it be I tempt you
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with questions and answers, in speking of my first service, I am
now in ful purpos in the pricke of the herte, that thilke service
was an enprisonment, and alway bad and naughty, in no maner
to be desyred; ne that, in getting of the knot, may it nothing