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¶ Vp on this word / we han assented soone
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ffor as it semed / it was for to doone
To enden / in som vertuous sentence
And for to yeue hym / space and audience
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And bede oure hoost he sholde to hym seye
That alle we / to telle his tale hym preye
¶ Oure hoost hadde the wordes for vs alle
Sire preest quod he / now faire yow bifalle
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Sey what yow list and we wol gladly heere
And with that word / he seyde in this manere
Telleth quod he / youre meditacion
But hasteth yow / the sonne wole adoun
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Beth fructuous / and that in litel space
And to do wel / god sende yow his grace
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¶ Explicit prohemium.
