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Myn yën to the heven I caste.

Tho was I war, lo! at the laste,

That faste by the sonne, as hyë

As [kenne] mighte I with myn yë,

Me thoughte I saw an egle sore,

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But that hit semed moche [more]

Then I had any egle seyn.

But this as sooth as deeth, certeyn,