Up by the brydel, at the staves ende,

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That every word, he dradde hit as an arowe;

Hir daunger made him bothe bowe and bende,

And as hir liste, made him turne or wende;

For she ne graunted him in hir livinge

No grace, why that he hath lust to singe;

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But drof him forth, unnethe liste hir knowe

That he was servaunt to hir ladyshippe,