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,