To alle the develles I me take,
Or elles, god, thou me confounde!
But er men diden this castel founde,
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It passeth not ten dayes or twelve,
But it was told right to my-selve,
And as they seide, right so tolde I,
He kiste the Rose privily!
Thus seide I now, and have seid yore;
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