"I wolde ben y-shryve," quod this sherewe,
"And I for shame dorste;
I wolde be gladder, by God!
That Gybbe hadde meschaunce,
Than though I hadde this wouke y-wonne
A weye of Essex chese.
"I have a neghebore by me,
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I have anoyed hym ofte,
And lowen on hym to lordes