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“Uuere beþ þey biforen vs weren,
Houndes ladden and hauekes beren
And hadden feld and wode?
Þe riche leuedies in hoere bour,
Þat wereden gold in hoere tressour
Wiþ hoere briȝtte rode...”

“Were is þat lawing and that song,

Þat trayling and that proude ȝong,

Þo hauekes and þo houndes?

     Al þat ioye is went away,

Þat wele is comen to weylaway,

To manie harde stoundes.”