Why nil the leoun comen or the bere,

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That I mighte ones mete him with this spere?'

Thus seyn thise yonge folk, and up they kille

These hertes wilde, and han hem at hir wille.

Among al this to-romblen gan the heven,

The thunder rored with a grisly steven;

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Doun com the rain, with hail and sleet so faste,

With hevenes fyr, that hit so sore agaste