For olde payens that ydoles [heried]
Useden tho in feldes to ben beried
And faste by this grave was a welle.
And, shortly of this tale for to telle,
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This covenant was affermed wonder faste;
And longe hem thoughte that the sonne laste,
That hit nere goon under the see adoun.
This Tisbe hath so greet affeccioun
And so greet lyking Piramus to see,