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“Ouȝ,” quaþ roulond, “blame me nouȝt,
Bisengeme, ihc habbe i-fouȝt.
Otuwel, ich hadde yment,
Þat þou sscholdest haue ifeled þat dent.
Ich hadde wel leuere, so mote ich þe,
Otuwel, habbe ȝouen it þe.”