Al sodainly [be]gan to take her flight;

And to the lady of the Leef forthright

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She flew, and set her on her hond softly,

Which was a thing I marveled of gretly.

The goldfinch eek, that fro the medle-tree

Was fled, for hete, into the bushes cold,

Unto the lady of the Flour gan flee,

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And on her hond he set him, as he wold,