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V.

There saw I dress1 him, new out of haunt,
The fery 2 tiger full of felony,
The dromedare, the standar3 elephant,
The wily fox, the widow's enemy,
The climber goat, the elk for alblastrye,4
The herknere 5 boar, the wholesome grey
for hortis,"

In myddis where eftsoon1 I have espied Fortune, the goddess, houfing on the ground;

And right before her feet, of compass round,
A wheel, on which clevering I sye3
A multitude of folk before mine eye.

IX.

The hare also, that oft goeth to the And ane surcoat she wearit long that tyde,

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That seemed to me of divers hewis, Whilom thus, when she would turn aside,

Stood this goddess of fortune 8,4 A chaplet with many fresh anewis 5

She had upon her head; and with this hung

A mantle on her shoulders large and long,

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12 Hold, stop.

4 Askewis.

13 Sagacious.

14 Ravenous.

6 Spotted with the same.

7 Countenance. 8 A little.

9 As if.

10 I knew not what

to do.

II Slippery.

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sion.

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2 Transported. verses.- -Tytler.

4 Love's.

7 Sufficient,

complete.

In good time and seily1 to begin

XVII.

Their prenticehood; and furthermore I Blessed mot1 be the goddis all,

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