3315 that there be sciénces, By which men makë divers apparences, Such as these subtle tregetourës 3316 play. For oft at feastës have I well heard say, That tregetours, within a hallë large, Have made come in a water and a barge, And in the hallë rowen up and down. Sometimes hath seemed come a grim lioún, And sometimes flowers spring as in a mead; Sometimes a vine, and grapës white and red; Sometimes a castle all of lime and stone; And, when them liked, voided 3317 it anon: Thus seemed it to every mannë’s sight. Now then conclude I thus; if that I might At Orleans some oldë fellow find, That hath these Moonë’s mansións in mind, Or other magic natural above, He should well make my brother have his love. For with an áppearánce a clerk

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