Antonius was war, and wol nat faile
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To meten with thise Romains, if he may;
Took eek his reed, and bothe, upon a day,
His wyf and he, and al his ost, forth wente
To shippe anoon, no lenger they ne stente;
[And in the see hit happed hem to mete]—
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Up goth the trompe—and for to shoute and shete,
And peynen hem to sette on with the sonne.