'That is y-cleped Sclaunder light,
And blow hir loos, that every wight
Speke of hem harm and shrewednesse,
In stede of good and worthinesse.
For thou shalt trumpe al the contraire
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Of that they han don wel or faire.'
'Alas,' thoughte I, 'what aventures
Han these sory creatures!
For they, amonges al the pres,