That I so long withouten sleepë lay;

And up I roos, three houres after twelve,

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About the [very] springing of the day,

And on I put my gere and myn array;

And to a plesaunt grovë I gan passe,

Long or the brightë sonne uprisen was,

In which were okës grete, streight as a lyne,

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Under the which the gras, so fresh of hew,