But that hit shoon ful more clere;
But of what congeled matere
Hit was, I niste redely.
But at the laste espyed I,
And found that hit was, every deel,
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A roche of yse, and not of steel.
Thoughte I, '[By Seynt Thomas of Kent!]
This were a feble foundement
To bilden on a place hye;