And whyl I lay thus in A trance,
In gret Anoy and pérturbaunce,
I herde a voys mellodyus,
Wonder soote and gracyous,
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Wych was to me ful gret plesaunce;
ffor I forgat al my grevaunce,
My dool and al my passïoun,
Wyth mellodye off thylkë soun.
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But as I stood thus in a wher,
And drowhë [[I drowe Tib., And drowh C.]] me toward the ryver,
A Tour I sawh, wylde and savage,
And squar abouten, off passage, [[An Illumination of the Tower follows in Tib., with flames coming out of six holes below the battlements. The Pilgrim is shown on his Island.]]
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Wych haddë Roundë [[Round C., St., rownd Tib.]] ffenestrallys,
Percyd thorgh, vp-on the wallys;
At wyche hoolys, (out off doute,) [Tib folio 97a]
Smoke and flawmë passede oute; [folio 279b]
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And yet thys tour (who lokë wel,)
Tournede abouten as a whel [[Blank in MS. for an Illumination.]]
Vp-on the fflodys Envyroun,
Wyth the wawës vp and doun.
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Somwhyle (as I koudë knowe)
The hiest party was most lowe;
And also (ek I sawh ful offte)
The lowest party set aloffte;
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And thus, by transmutacïoun,
Yt turnede alway vp so doun.
And in thys whyle, euer Among,
I herdë a melodyous song,
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Off On (as I koude vnderstond,)
That ber a phetele [[phethele Tib., phetell St.]] in hys hond;
And thys menstral (soth to seyne)
Was departyd evene a tweyne:
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ffrom the myddel vp, A man,
Donward (as I rehersë kan)
A bryd wynged merveyllously,
Wyth pawnys streynynge mortally.
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