cleer hony; that is to seyn, they coude make no [piment] nor clarree;
[ne they coude] nat medle the brighte fleeses of the contree of
Seriens with the venim of Tyrie; this is to seyn, they coude nat
deyen whyte fleeses of Serien contree with the blode of a maner
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shelfisshe that men finden in Tyrie, with whiche blood men deyen
purpur. They slepen hoolsom slepes up-on the gras, and
dronken of the renninge wateres; and layen under the shadwes
of the heye pyn-trees. Ne no [gest ne straungere] ne carf yit
the heye see with ores or with shippes; ne they ne hadde seyn