I will requite it in euerye degree.
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Then to the miller his wiffe whispered secretlye,
Saing, It seemeth the youth is of good kin,
Both by his apparell and by his manners;
To turne him out, certainely it were a great sin.
‘Yea,’ quoth hee, ‘you may see hee hath some grace,
When as he speaks to his betters in place.’
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‘Well,’ quoth the millers wiffe, ‘younge man, welcome heer!