Þat weriþ grouer and groy[18] and schrud so schene,
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Whan erþ makiþ is liuerei, he grauiþ vs in grene.
Whan erþ haþ erp wiþ streinþ þus geten,
Alast he haþ is leinþ miseislich i-meten.
Dic uestam[19] dextrarium regique regine,
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Iter longum marium, quod est sine fine,
Indumentum uarium dans cedit sentine[20],
Quando[21] dat corrodium, noa tradit ruine.