And leet hem gon. Ther mighte I seen

Wenged wondres faste fleen,

[Twenty thousand] in a route,

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As Eolus hem blew aboute.

And, lord! this hous, in alle tymes,

Was ful of shipmen and pilgrymes,

With scrippes [bret-ful] of lesinges,

Entremedled with tydinges,

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