Anon go get us fast into this inn 1094 A kneading trough, or else a kemelin, 1095 For each of us; but look that they be large, In whichë we may swim as in a barge: And have therein vitaillë suffisant But for one day; fie on the remenant; The water shall aslake 1096 and go away Aboutë prime 1097 upon the nextë day. But Robin may not know of this, thy knave, 1098 Nor eke thy maiden Gill I may not save: Ask me not why: for though thou askë me I will not tellë Goddë’s privity. Sufficeth thee, but if thy wit be mad, 1099 To have as great a grace as Noë had; Thy wife shall I well saven out of doubt. Go now thy way, and speed thee hereabout.

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