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 As olde bokis maken mencion  
 He was the most lusty bacheler  
 Of al the worlde and eke the beste archer  
He slough Pheton the serpent as he lay  
 Slepyng ayens the sonne vp on a day  
 And many anothir nobil dede  
 He with his bowe wrought as men mowe rede  
 Pleye he coude on euery mynstralcye  
And syngen that it was a melodye  
 To here of his cleer vois the soun  
 Certes the kyng of Thebes amphion  
 That with his song wallid the cyte  
 Coude neuer synge half so wel as he  
Therto he was the semelist man  
 That is or was sith the worlde began  
 What nedith it his feture forto discryue  
 For in this worlde was ther non so fair a liue  
 He was therwith fulfillid of gentilnsse  
Of honour and of parfyt worthynesse  
 This Phebus that was flour of bachelerye  
 As wel in fredom as in chiualrye  
 For disporte in signe eek of victorye  
 Of Pheton so as tellith vs the story  
Was wont to bere in his hond aboue  
 Now hadde this Phebus in his hous a crowe  
 With ynne a cage y fostrid many a day  
 And taughte it speke as men teche a Iay  
 Whit was this crowe as is a snow whit swan  
And countirfetid the speche of euery man  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MA, 5
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group H, 109
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment IX, 109

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In CTP line numbering: MA, 10
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group H, 114
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment IX, 114

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In CTP line numbering: MA, 15
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group H, 119
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment IX, 119

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MA, 20
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group H, 124
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment IX, 124

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MA, 25
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group H, 129
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment IX, 129

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MA, 30
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group H, 134
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment IX, 134