Which brought me to an herber fair and grene,

Mad with benches, ful craftily and clene,

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That, as me thought, ther might no crëature

Devyse a better, by dew proporcioun;

Safe it was closed wel, I you ensure,

With masonry of compas enviroun,

Ful secretly, with stayres going doun

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Inmiddes the place, with turning wheel, certayn;