“Thanne I frayned at Feith, What al that fare by-mente, And who sholde juste in Jerusalem. ‘Jhesus,’ he seide, ‘And fecche that the fend claymeth, Piers fruyt the Plowman.’

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“ ‘Who shal juste with Jhesus?’ quod I, ‘Jewes or scrybes?’

“ ‘Nay,’ quod he; ‘The foule fend, And fals doom and deeth.’ ”

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By the aid of Charles of Valois the Neri party triumphed in Florence, and the Bianchi were banished, and with them Dante. ↩