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THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE.
The Lover.
The Fair gifts! aye, verily, good store,
Rich robe and mantle fitted for15400
A queen, and hood with fur bedight,
And dainty boots, and hosen white,
If you but aid my cause;—then said
The entry granted
The hag that, well it were I sped
Me towards the tower, where I should see
Fair-Welcome, who awaited me;
But ere she flitted did explain
How best I might good entry gain.
