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Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

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12;26 III. JOHN LYDGATE.:;;;;;;9 Then vn<strong>to</strong> London I dyd me hye,Of all <strong>the</strong> land it beareth <strong>the</strong> pryse :'Hot pescod^j",' one began <strong>to</strong> crye,*Strabery rj^e,' and ' cherryes in <strong>the</strong> ryse ;'One bad me come nere and by some spyce,Peper and safforne <strong>the</strong>y gan me bede.But for lack <strong>of</strong> mony Imyght not spede.10 Then <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Chepe I gan me drawne,Where mutch people IOne <strong>of</strong>red me velvet, sylke, and lawne,An o<strong>the</strong>r he taketh me by <strong>the</strong> hande,Isaw for <strong>to</strong> stand*Here is Parys thred, <strong>the</strong> fynest in <strong>the</strong> land;'neuer was vsed <strong>to</strong> such thyng

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