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Of that foule, false, unkinde brid.'
Than spak oo brid for alle, by oon assent,
'This mater asketh good avysement;
For we ben fewe briddes here in-fere.
And sooth it is, the Cukkow is not here;
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And therefor we wol have a parlement.
And therat shal the Egle be our lord,
And other peres that ben of record,