[6-text p 270]
¶ Hise children wende / that it for hunger was
That he hise armes gnow / and nat for wo
And seyden fader / do nat so allas
But rather / ete the flessh vp-on vs two
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Oure flessh thow yaf taak oure flessh vs fro
And ete ynow / right thus they to hym seyde
And after that with-Inne a day / or two
They leyde hem / in his lappe adoun / and deyde
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¶ Hym self despeired / eek / for hunger starf
Thus ended is / this myghty Erl of Pize
ffrom heigh estat. ffortune awey hym carf
Of this tragedie / it oghte ynogh suffise
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Who so wole it heere it in a lenger wise
Redeth / the grete Poete of Ytaille
That highte Dant. for he kan al deuyse
ffro point to point nat o word wol he faille [6-text p 281]
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Here is ended the Monkes tale
