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Therfor I can hem now beleve.
With that this egle gan to crye:
'Lat be,' quod he, 'thy fantasye;
Wilt thou lere of sterres aught?'
'Nay, certeinly,' quod I, 'right naught;
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And why? for I am now to old.'
'Elles I wolde thee have told,'
Quod he, 'the sterres names, lo,