And is the wisest now on earth I weene;

His dwelling is low in a valley greene,

Under the foot of Rauran mossy hore,[°]

From whence the river Dee[°] as silver cleene,

His tombling billowes roll with gentle rore:

There all my dayes he traind me up in vertuous lore.

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Thither the great magicien Merlin came,

As was his use, ofttimes to visit me: