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7093 Suche ben the stynkyng pphetis;
7094 Nys none of hem, that good pphete is;
7095 ffor they, thurgh wikked entencioun,
7096 The yeer of the incarnacioun
7097 A thousand and two hundred yeer,
7098 ffyve and fifty, ferther neuerv,
7099 Broughten a book, with sory grace,
7100 To yeven ensample in comune place,
7101 That seide thus, though it were fable:
7102 "This is the gospel pdurable,
7103 That fro the holy goost is sent."
7104 Wel were it worth to bene brent.
7105 Entitled was in such manere
7106 This book, of which I telle heere.
7107 Ther nas no wight in all parys,
7108 Biforne oure lady, at parvys,
7207 But I wole stynt of this matere,
7208 ffor it is wonder longe to here;
7209 But hadde that ilke book endured,
7210 Of better estate I were ensured;
7211 And freendis have I yit, pdee,
7212 That han me sett in gret degre.
7213 'Of all this world is Empour
7214 Gyle my fadir, the trechour,
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