might thou chalenge.'
'Certes,' quod I, 'this have I wel lerned; and ever hens-forward
I shal drawe me therafter, in oonhed of wil to abyde, this
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lawe bothe maynteyne and kepe; and so hope I best entre in-to
your grace, wel deservinge in-to worship of a wight, without
nedeful compulsion, [that] ought medefully to be rewarded.'
'Truly,' quod Love, 'that is sothe; and tho[ugh], by constitucion,
good service in-to profit and avantage strecche, utterly
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