699. E. or; _rest_ and. E. stede-.

But ther ben folk of swich condicioun,

That, whan they have a certein purpos take,

They can nat stinte of hir entencioun,

But, right as they were bounden to a stake,

They wol nat of that firste purpos slake. 705

Right so this markis fulliche hath purposed (650)

To tempte his wyf, as he was first disposed.

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