Chaucerian and Other Pieces / Being a Supplement to the Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

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Dwelling within a castell ryally.'

So than apace I jorned forth among,

And as he seid, so fond I there truly.

For I beheld the towres high and strong,

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And high pinácles, large of hight and long,

With plate of gold bespred on every side,

And presious stones, the stone-werk for to hide.

No saphir ind, no rubè riche of price,

There lakked than, nor emeraud so grene,