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Compylit hes his cairis, quha will luik.

To brek my sleip ane uther quair I tuik,

In quilk I fand the fatall desteny

Of fair Cresseid, that endit wretchitly.

Quha wait gif all that Chauceir wrait was trew?

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Nor I wait nocht gif this narratioun

Be authoreist, or fenyeit of the new

Be sum poeit, throw his inventioun,