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Of metres hath, ne floures of sentence;

Sauf that me list my writing to convey,

In that I can to please her hygh nobley.

The blosmes fresshe of Tullius garden soote

Present thaim not, my mater for to borne:

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Poemes of Virgil taken here no rote,

Ne crafte of Galfrid may not here sojorne:

Why nam I cunning? O well may I morne,