His wepen, his clew, his thing that I have said,

Was by the gayler in the hous y-laid

Ther as this Minotaur hath his dwelling,

Right faste by the dore, at his entring.

And Theseus is lad unto his deeth,

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And forth un-to this Minotaur he [geeth],

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And by the teching of this Adriane

He overcom this beste, and was his bane;