Ther as ther dwelte creature noon
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Save wilde bestes, and that ful many oon,
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He made his ship a-londe for to sette;
And in that yle half a day he [lette],
And seide, that on the lond he moste him reste.
His mariners han doon right as him leste;
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And, for to tellen shortly in this cas,