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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