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For this [thing] is al of another tonne,
Of olde story, er [swich thing] was be-gonne.
Whan that the sonne out of the south gan weste,
And that this flour gan close and goon to reste
For derknesse of the night, the which she dredde,
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†Hoom to myn hous ful swiftly I me spedde
*To goon to reste, and erly for to ryse,
To seen this flour to sprede, as I devyse.