'Suche thing,' quod she, 'may mokel further thy grace, and
thee in my service avaunce. But now (quod Love) wilt thou
graunte me thilke Margaryte to ben good?'
'O! good †god,' quod I, 'why tempte ye me and tene with
suche maner speche? I wolde graunt that, though I shulde anon
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dye; and, by my trouthe, fighte in the quarel, if any wight wolde
countreplede.'
'It is so moche the lighter,' quod Love, 'to prove our entent.'
'Ye,' quod I; 'but yet wolde I here how ye wolde prove that