If that he be a man, he [shal do] so.

And we shul make him balles eek also

[Of wexe and towe, that, whan he gapeth faste],

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Into the bestes throte he shal hem caste

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To slake his hunger and encombre his teeth;

And right anon, whan that Theseus seeth

The beste achoked, he shal on him lepe

To sleen him, or they comen more [to-hepe].