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Rh Where that the god Apollo stood; He saw the riches, and the good ; And thought he wold-e by some way, The treasure pick and steal away. And thereupon so slily wrought, That his purpóse about he brought. And went away unaperceived: Thus hath the man his god deceived— His ring, his mantle, and his beard, As he which nothing was afeared, All privily with him he bare; And when the wardens were aware Of that, their god despoiled was, They thought it was a wondrous case, How that a man for any weal, Durst in so holy plac-e steal, And nam-e-ly, so great a thing!— This tale cam-e unto the king, And was through spoken over-all. But for to know in special, What manner man hath done the deed, They soughten help upon the need, And maden calculatión Whereof by demonstratión The man was found-e with the good. In judgment, and when he stood,