And ov’r all there as 85 profit should arise, Courteous he was, and lowly of servíce; There n’as no man nowhere 86 so virtuous. He was the bestë beggar in all his house: And gave a certain farmë 87 for the grant, None of his bretheren came in his haunt. For though a widow haddë but one shoe, So pleasant was his In principio , 88 Yet would he have a farthing ere he went; His purchase was well better than his rent. And rage he could and play as any whelp, In lovëdays; 89 there could he muchel help. 90
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