1941 and to processións, To preachings eke, and to these pilgrimáges, To plays of miracles, and marriáges, And weared upon me gay scarlet gites. 1942 These wormës, nor these mothës, nor these mites On my apparel frett 1943 them never a deal 1944 And know’st thou why? for they were used 1945 well. Now will I tellë forth what happen’d me: I say, that in the fieldës walked we, Till truëly we had such dalliance, This clerk and I, that of my purveyance 1946 I spake to him, and told him how that he, If I were widow, shouldë weddë me. For certainly, I say for no bobance, 1947 Yet was I never without purveyance

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