Menn
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Commentary
thigging thugs were and houhnhymn songtoms were and comely norgels were and pollyfool fiansees. Menn have thawed, clerks have surssurhummed, the blond has sought of the brune: Elsekiss thou may, mean Kerry piggy?: and the duncledames have countered with the fellows: Who ails tongue coddeau, aspace of dumbillsilly?
Lines 15-18 ("Menn have thawed ... dumbillsilly") repeat the sequence of tongues of lines 13-15 ("thigging thug ... fiansees"): Irish, Italian|Latin, Danish, French (ie Celts, Christians, Norsemen, and Normans)
