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196 “Well, well, that freely I concede.”

“Then that between us is agreed.

Now Love, that springs of Charity,

More needful is, it seems to me,

Than Justice.”

“ Make that clear, I pray.

Ere from the point you go astray.”

“With right good will. I this maintain:

The thing that’s good in every vein

Must be of worthier metal made

Than that which needs extraneous aid.

Tills point beyond all question is,

I doubt not thou wilt grant me this.”

“The matter make more plain to me.

Who knows but what some catch may be?

I fain would some example hear,

Perhaps thereby ’twere made more clear.”