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‘Now may I well both hope and sing,
For I have bene at Cristes bering;
Home to my felowes now will I fling.
Crist of heven to his bliss us bring!’
Ut hoy!
For in his pipe he made so much joy.
FOOTNOTES:
[617] tabard = short coat.
[618] flagat = flask.
[619] taid = tied.
[620] braid = time.
[621] yode = went.
[622] hode = hood.
[623] ferly = marvellous.