And that I man maad was,

And my name y-entred

In the legende of lif

Longe er I were,

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Or ellis un-writen for som wikkednesse,

As Holy Writ witnesseth:

[Nemo ascendit ad cœlum, nisi qui]

[de cœlo descendit.]

"I leve it wel," quod I, "by oure Lord!