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The House of Fame Page 6

2151 And clamben up on othere faste,

  2152 And up the nose and hye caste,

  2153 And troden faste on othere heles,

  2154 And stampe, as men don after eles.

  2155 Atte laste I saugh a man,

  2156 Which that I nevene naught ne can;

  2157 But he semed for to be

  2158 A man of greet auctoritee...

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  end of "The House of Fame"