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 She. I say not nay, but that all day         It is both written and said        That woman's faith is, as who saith,          All utterly decayd:        But nevertheless, right good witnèss          In this case might be laid        That they love true and continue:          Record the Nut-brown Maid,        Which,  when her love came her to prove,          To her to make his moan,        Would not depart; for in her heart          She loved but him alone.

He. Then between us let us discuss What was all the manere Between them two: we will also Tell all the pain in fere ''That she was in. Now I begin,'' So that ye me answere: Wherefore all ye that present be, I pray you, give an ear. ''I am the Knight. I come by night,'' As secret as I can, Saying, Alas! thus standeth the case, I am a banished man.

She. And I your will for to fulfil In this will not refuse; Trusting to show, in wordes few, That men have an ill use— To their own shame—women to blame, And causeless them accuse.

in fere] in company together.