For with the hoke he wounded is so sore,
That he his wages hath for ever-more.
The Brooch of Thebes.
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¶ The broche of Thebes was of suche a kinde,
So ful of rubies and of stones Inde,
That every wight, that sette on hit an yë,
He wende anon to worthe out of his minde;
So sore the beaute wolde his herte binde,
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