CHAUCER’S WORDS TO HIS SCRIVENER.

ADAM Scrivener, if ever it thee befall

Boece or Troilus for to write anew,

Under thy long locks thou may’st have the scall* *scab

But *after my making* thou write more true! *according to my

So oft a day I must thy work renew, composing*

It to correct, and eke to rub and scrape;

And all is through thy negligence and rape.* *haste

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