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Folio 87 Recto (Page 175)
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A Desguysing to þe mayre by þe Goldsmithes •
Where certayne vesselles / nowe by þe anker ryde1 •
Hem to refressħe and to taken ayr •
Certein estates / wheche purveye and provyde •
ffor to vysyte / and seen þe noble Mayr •
Of þis cytee / and maken þeyre repayr •
To his presence or þat þey firþer flitte •
Vnder supporte / þat he wol hem admytte •
Notes
  1. MacCraken has a marginal note here that is not part of the original manuscript. ↩

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