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And passit doun quhair cairfull Cresseid lay;

And on hir heid he laid ane frosty wand,

Than lawfully on this wyse can he say;

'Thy greit fairnes, and al thy bewty gay,

Thy wantoun blude, and eik thy goldin hair,

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Heir I exclude fra thee for evermair.

I change thy mirth into melancholy,

Quhilk is the mother of all pensivenes;