710
Ther weren dwellinge in this noble toun
Two lordes, which that were of greet renoun,
And woneden so nigh, upon a grene,
That ther nas but a stoon-wal hem bitwene,
As ofte in grete tounes is the wone.
715
And sooth to seyn, that o man hadde a sone,
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Of al that londe oon of the lustieste.