To finde o word of that I mene,
Bot al it is foryete clene;
And thogh I stonde there a myle,
Al is foryete for the while, 690
A tunge I have and wordes none.
And thus I stonde and thenke al one
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Of thing that helpeth ofte noght;
Bot what I hadde afore thoght
To speke, whanne I come there,