“And Mercia that lost hire skinne,

Bothe in the face, bodie, and chinne,

For that she would envyen, lo!

To pipen bette than Apollo.”

“And Mercia that lost hire skinne, Bothe in the face, bodie, and chinne, For that she would envyen, lo! To pipen bette than Apollo.”

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A town at the foot of Parnassus, dedicated to Apollo, and here used for Apollo.