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  I have a horse ­a ryghte goode horse ­
      Ne doe I envye those
  Who scoure y{e} playne yn headye course
      Tyll soddayne on theyre nose
  They lyghte wyth unexpected force ­
      Yt ys ­a horse of clothes.

  I have a saddel ­“Say’st thou soe? 
      Wyth styrruppes, Knyghte, to boote?”
  I sayde not that ­I answere “Noe” ­
      Yt lacketh such, I woote: 
  Yt ys a mutton-saddel, loe! 
      Parte of y{e} fleecye brute.

  I have a bytte ­a ryghte good bytte ­
      As shall bee seene yn tyme. 
  Y{e} jawe of horse yt wyll not fytte;
      Yts use ys more sublyme. 
  Fayre Syr, how deemest thou of yt? 
      Yt ys ­thys bytte of rhyme.

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