Ben hanged therfore,

Than for al that

That thow hast here shewed."

"I wende riflynge were restitucion," quod he,

"For I lerned nevere rede on boke;

And I kan no [Frensshe], in feith,

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But of the fertheste ende of [Northfolk]."

"Usedestow evere usurie?" quod Repentaunce,

"In al thi lif tyme."