For thei leveden upon hym
That lyed in this manere:
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[Ponam pedem in aquilone, et similis ero altissimo.]
["And alle that hoped it myghte be so,]
Noon hevene myghte hem holde,
But fellen out in fendes liknesse
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Nyne dayes togideres,
Til God of his goodnesse