Ayens autumpne, redy for to shake.

I saw ther Daphne, closed under rinde,

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Grene laurer, and the hoolsom pyne;

The myrre also, that wepeth ever of kinde;

The cedres hye, upright as a lyne;

The philbert eek, that lowe doth enclyne

Her bowes grene to the erthe adoun

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Unto her knight, y-called Demophoun.