22. His brother: Hector.

23. Who gives me drink?: Who has given me a love-potion, to

charm my heart thus away?

24. That plaited she full oft in many a fold: She deliberated

carefully, with many arguments this way and that.

25. Through which I mighte stand in worse plight: in a worse

position in the city; since she might through his anger lose the

protection of his brother Hector.

26. I am not religious: I am not in holy vows. See the complaint

of the nuns in “The Court of Love.”

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