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"Among thise children was a wydwes sone, A litel clergeon, seven yeer of age..."

"Among thise children was a wydwes sone, A litel clergeon, seven yeer of age..."
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"Among thise children was a wydwes sone, A litel clergeon, seven yeer of age..."

from: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer (P. 58) -  1958
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"Among thise children was a wydwes sone, A litel clergeon, seven yeer of age, That day by day to scole was his wone, And eek also, whereas he saugh thymage Of Cristes mooder, hadde he in usage, As hym was taught, to knele adoun and seye His Ave Marie, as he goth by the weye." (p. 58)