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That in this worlde is don of al mankinde.

Than prayde him Scipioun to telle him al

The wey to come un-to that hevene blisse;

And he seyde, 'know thy-self first immortal,

And loke ay besily thou werke and wisse

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To comun profit, and thou shalt nat misse

To comen swiftly to that place dere,