CHAUCERS WORDES UNTO ADAM, HIS
OWNE SCRIVEYN
Adam scriveyn, if ever it thee bifalle
Boece or Troilus to wryten newe,
Under thy lokkes thou most have the
scalle,
But after my making thou wryte trewe.
So ofte a daye I mot thy werk renewe,
Hit to correcte and eek to rubbe
and scrape;
And al is through thy negligence
and rape.
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