Shortly, hit was so ful of bestes,
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That thogh Argus, the noble countour,
Sete to rekene in his countour,
And rekened with his figures ten—
For by tho figures mowe al ken,
If they be crafty, rekene and noumbre,
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And telle of every thing the noumbre—
Yet shulde he fayle to rekene even