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 At Cristemasse mery mowe ye daunce  
 Ye sekyn lond and se for your wynnyngis  
And as wyse folk ye knowe al the state  
 Of reygnes that been fadir of tidingis  
 And talis bothe of pees and of debaat  
 I were right now of a tale desolaat  
 Ne were that a Marchant gon is many a yere  
Me taughte a tale whiche ye mowe here  
 IN Surry whylom duellyd a companye  
 Of Chapmen riche therto sad & trewe  
 That wyde where senten their spicerye  
 Clothis of gold & satyn riche of hewe  
Her chaffare was so trusty and so newe  
 That euery wight hath deynte of her chaffare  
 And eke with hem to selle here ware  
 Now fyl it that the maistris of the sort  
 Haue shapen hem to Rome forto wende  
Were it for chapman hood or for disport  
 Non othir message wold they thyder sende  
 But cam hem self to Rome this is the ende  
 And in suche place as thoughte hem auantage  
 For her entent they takyn her herbygage  
Soiourned haue thyse marchantis in that toun  
 A certeyn tyme as fyl for her plesaunce  
 But so be fyl that the excellent renoun  
 Of the Emperours doughter dame Constance  
 Reported was with euery circumstaunce  
Vnto thyse marchantis in suche wyse  
 Fro day to day as y shal you deuyse  

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