And is out of his clawes forth escaped,

Yet hit is afered and awhaped

Lest hit be hent eft-sones, so sat she.

But utterly hit may non other be.

By force hath he, this traitour, doon that dede,

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That he hath reft her of her maydenhede,

Maugree her heed, by strengthe and by his might.

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Lo! here a dede of men, and that a right!