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,