And yet at last, as in conclusioun,
I cast my clothes on, and went my way,
This foresayd charge having in rémembraunce,
Til I cam to a lusty green valey
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Ful of floures, to see, a gret plesaunce;
And so bolded, with their benygn suffraunce
That rede this book, touching this sayd matere,
Thus I began, if it plese you to here.
Nat long ago, ryding an esy paas,