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Yea, and chiefly of my friends—

Hereby thou meanest me, I wis.

None must to the sight draw near.

Our city hath thine heedful care.

Rightly.

Rightly through the city art thou reverenced everywhere.

Thou abide before Her shrine:

What service shall I do her there?

Cleanse her house with flame.

That it be pure for thy return thereto.

And when forth the temple come the strangers—