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*Of swich swetnesse and swich odour over-al,
That, for to speke of gomme, or herbe, or tree,
†Comparisoun may noon y-maked be;
For hit surmounteth pleynly alle odoures,
†And eek of riche beautee alle floures.
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†[Forgeten had the erthe his pore estat]
†Of winter, that him naked made and [mat],
And with his swerd of cold so sore greved;