But yit I gan ful wel espye,
Betwix hem was a litel envye.
[Oon seyde], Omere made lyes,
Feyninge in his poetryes,
And was to Grekes favorable;
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Therfor held he hit but fable.
Tho saugh I stonde on a pileer,
That was of [tinned yren] cleer,
That Latin poete, [dan] [Virgyle],