And so I folowèd, til it me brought

To right a plesaunt herber, wel y-wrought,

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That benched was, and [al] with turves new

Freshly turved, wherof the grenë gras

So small, so thik, so short, so fresh of hew,

That most lyk to grene †wol, wot I, it was.

The hegge also, that yede [as] in compas

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And closed in al the grene herbere,