In Ynde and abouten Ynde, ben mo than 5000 iles, gode and grete, that men duellen in, with outen tho that ben inhabitable, and with outen othere smale iles.
And the crounes and the cercles abouten here hedes ben made of precious stones and riche perles and grete.
And the kyng of that contree is a fulle gret lord and a ryche and a myghty, and hathe undre him 7 other kynges of 7 other yles abouten hym.
And whan thei chesen here kyng, thei taken him that rubye, to beren in his hond, and so thei leden him rydynge alle abouten the cytee.
In Jerusalem was wont to be a patriark, and erchebysshoppes and bisshoppes abouten in the contree.
Abouten the Flom Jordan ben manye chirches, where that manye cristene men dwelleden.
The kyng of that yle is fulle riche and fulle myghty, and righte devout aftre his lawe: and he hathe abouten his nekke 360 perles oryent, gode and grete, and knotted, as Pater Nostres here of amber.
Abouten Grece there ben many iles, as Calistre,[Footnote: Calliste, one of the Cyclades.
Lat us go forth abouten our viage; Heer winne I no-thing up-on cariage.
O many a teer on many a pitous face Doun ran of hem that stoden hir bisyde; 1105 Unnethe abouten hir mighte they abyde.
Wher was ther any wight so ententyf Abouten him as wommen?
And the fowles of raveyne of alle the contree abouten knowen the custom of long tyme before, and comen fleenge aboyen in the eyr, as egles, gledes, ravenes and othere foules of raveyne, that eten flesche.
King Richard clad him and arose, And walked aboutenin the close.
Abouten fast we shall rare, And every day we shall eat All as many as we may get.
And thus abouten the gon, And Godes folke betrayeth.
So do they runabouten all the day And teaze the grass-hid larks from getting rest.
Daisies and buttercups and ladysmocks Are all abouten shining here and there, Nodding about their gold and yellow locks Like morts of folken flocking at a fair.
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