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Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Vol. 11 of 14: Containing His Miscellaneous Pieces, Viz; Dreames, Assemble of Foules, Pyte Is Dede, Cuckowe and Nightingale; Gode Counsaile; A, B, C, &C
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