acompted. For habit maketh no monk; ne weringe of gilte
spurres maketh no knight. Never-the-later, in confort of thyne
herte, yet wol I otherwyse answere.'
'Certes, lady,' quod I tho, 'so ye muste nedes; or els I had
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nigh caught suche a †cardiacle for sorowe, I wot it wel, I shulde
it never have recovered. And therfore now I praye [thee] to
enforme me in this; or els I holde me without recovery. I may
nat long endure til this lesson be lerned, and of this mischeef the
remedy knowen.'