Hadde I oon foot-brede of space;
And every wight that I saugh there
Rouned [ech] in otheres ere
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A newe tyding prevely,
Or elles tolde al openly
Right thus, and seyde: 'Nost not thou
[That is betid, lo, late or now]?'
'No,' quod [the other], 'tel me what;'—
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