I buylded up religious houses braue.
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At Winchester the minster there I made,
At Shaftesburye I buylt a nunnerye,
I daily did erect diuinitie:[1228]
All which good deedes euen by one wicked trade,
Were quite defaste and from my fame did fade:
O hateful thing that fuming fantasye,
Should make a man that seeth, not to see:
Alas, I byte on pleasure’s bytter bayte,