(26) LES PARDONNEURS (p. [191]).—Le pardonneur de Chaucer:
. . . . . . . a gentil pardoner,
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That streyt was comen from the court of Rome;
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His walet lay byforn him in his lappe,
Bret-ful of pardoun come from Rome al hoot.
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Lordyngs, quod he, in chirches whan I preche,
I peyne me to have an hauteyne speche,