many men it demen to have more desert of mede than good wil
nat compelled.'
'See now,' quod I, 'how †many men holden of this the contrary.
And what is good service? Of you wolde I here this
question declared.'
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'I shal say thee,' quod she, 'in a fewe wordes:—resonable
workinges in plesaunce and profit of thy soverayne.'
'How shulde I this performe?' quod I.
'Right wel,' quod she; 'and here me now a litel. It is hardely