Note 521 — from the Origins To the Renaissance (continued 5)
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Yet preye I yow on yvel ye ne take, That it is short which that I to yow wryte; I dar not, ther I am, wel lettres make, Ne never yet ne coude I wel endyte. Eek greet effect men wryte in place lyte. Thentente is al, and nought the lettres space And fareth now wel, God have you in his grace. La vostre C.
Book v. st. 233. Troilus had written at great length, of course, "the papyr al y-pleynted." St. 229.