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(163-164)

A set of beads, the gaudies tricked in green,

Whence Hung a golden brooch of brightest sheen

 

(128-130)

And she spoke daintily in French, extremely,

After the school of Stratford-atte-Bowe;

French in the Paris style she did not know.

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U   /      U    /           U       /    U        /         U    /

A set  of beads, the gaudies tricked in green,

 

 U               /        U     /   U       /          U       /    U       /

Whence Hung a golden brooch of brightest sheen

 

Published 15th Century
Canterbury Tales
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