That no wight coude remedie of his care.
And whan the olde Creon gan espye
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How that the blood roial was broght adoun,
He held the cite by his tirannye,
And did the gentils of that regioun
To been his frendes, and dwellen in the toun.
So what for love of him, and what for awe,
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The noble folk wer to the toune y-drawe.