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For the cherl, he was so wode;

So gan he threten and manace,

And thurgh the haye he did me chace.

For feer of him I tremblid and quook,

So cherlishly his heed he shook;

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And seide, if eft he might me take,

I shulde not from his hondis scape.

Than Bialacoil is fled and mate,