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of a Margarit-perle, that is so precious a gemme †whyt, clere and
litel, of whiche stones or jewel[les] the tonges of us Englissh
people tourneth the right names, and clepeth hem 'Margery-perles';
thus varieth our speche from many other langages. For
trewly Latin, Frenche, and many mo other langages clepeth hem,
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Margery-perles, [by] the name 'Margarites,' or 'Margarite-perles';
wherfore in that denominacion I wol me acorde to other mens
tonges, in that name-cleping. These clerkes that treten of kyndes,