That is to sey, the foules of ravyne
Were hyest set; and than the foules smale,
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That eten as hem nature wolde enclyne,
As worm, or thing of whiche I telle no tale;
But water-foul sat lowest in the dale;
And foul that liveth by seed sat on the grene,
And that so fele, that wonder was to sene.
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Ther mighte men the royal egle finde,