"By aught that I kan knowe."
"Wite God!" quod a wafrestere,
"Wiste I this for sothe,
Sholde I nevere ferther a foot,
For no freres prechyng."
"Yis," quod Piers the Plowman,
And poked hem alle to goode,
"Mercy is a maiden there
Hath myght over alle;
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