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Of which the force was plesaunce to myn y,

With diamant or saphire; never liche

I have non seyn, ne wrought so wonderly.

So whan I met with Philobone, in hy

I gan demaund, 'Who is this sepulture?'

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'Forsoth,' quod she, 'a tender creature

Is shryned there, and Pitè is her name.

She saw an egle wreke him on a fly,