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Folio 134 Recto
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And in a boote / on that other syde •
a nothar fisher / drughe his nette also •
full of gret fysshe / neptunus was his guyde •
with so gret plentie / he nyst not what to do •
and ther were lettars enbroded not fer free •
full freshly wryten / this worde / grand peyne •
A cloos acordyng / with this reson / grand gayne •
• neptunus is also a goddes •
of the see •
The noble illand / where he saughe this sight •
gave wn1 to hym a demonstracion •
taught hym also / by þe pooles lyght •
he was not fer from londones toune •
and with a flood the pursyvaunt came downe •
lefft the watar / and at thems stronde •
with owt a b[o]ode / in haste / he came to londe •
where certayne vessyles / nowe by þe anker ryde •
hy me them to refreshe and to takyn ayre •
certayn estates / whiche purvey and provyd •
for to vysyte / and sene the noble mayr •
of this citie / and maken theyr repayr •
to his presence or þat they furder flyte •
vnder soport / that he woll them admyt / finis •
Notes
  1. Trinity R.3.20 has "vn to" here, but the glyph's form looks similar to the initial glyph in "where" in the line above and in the first line of the section following. When compared with "vnder" in the final line this becomes very clear. ↩

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