That ye shulde take him with the dede.
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He coude his coming not forbere,
Though ye him thrilled with a spere;
It nere not thanne as it is now.
But trusteth wel, I swere it yow,
That it is clene out of his thought.
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Sir, certes, he ne thenketh it nought;
No more ne doth Fair-Welcoming,