That I shal never fro thee go,

[But be thyn owne sworen brother!]

We wil medle us ech with other,

That no man, be he never so wrothe,

Shal han that oon [of] two, but bothe

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At ones, al [beside] his leve,

Come we a-morwe or on eve,

Be we cryed or stille y-rouned.'

Thus saugh I fals and sooth compouned