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9 And all the while salt tears bedewed the hearers' cheeks.
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Then said +the+ royall Pere in sober wise;
2 Deare Sonne, great beene the euils, which ye bore
From first to last in your late enterprise,
4 That I note, whether prayse, or pitty more:
For neuer liuing man, I weene, so sore
6 In sea of deadly daungers was distrest;
But +since+ now safe ye seised haue the shore,
8 And well arriued are, (high God be blest)
Let vs deuize of ease and euerlasting rest.
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1 Then said the royal peer in sober wise:
peer > nobleman wise > manner
2 "Dear son, great been the evils which you bore
great been > [so] great were
3 From first to last in your late enterprise,