"In ashes and sackcloth he did array His daintie corse, proud humors to abate, And dieted with fasting euery day, The swelling of his woundes to mitigate, And made him pray both earely and eke late: And euer as superfluous flesh did rott Amendment readie still at hand did wayt, To pluck it out with pincers fyrie whott, That soone in him was lefte no one corrupted iott."
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In ashes and sackcloth he did array His dainty corse, proud humours to abate, And dieted with fasting every day, The swelling of his wounds to mitigate, And made him pray both early and eke late: And ever as superfluous flesh did rot, Amendment ready still at hand did wait, To pluck it out with pincers fiery hot, That soon in him was left no one corrupted jot. — Bk. I, Canto X, stanza 26
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