But he entreated eagerly,
While they were forced to comply,
And give consent to let him go,
But where, alas! they did not know.
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In the third part you soon shall find,
That fortune was to him most kind,
And after many dangers past,
He came to Durham at the last.
PART III
1
He went by chance, as I heard say,
To that same house that very day
In which his Godfather did dwell;
But mind what luck to him befell—
2
This child did crave a service there,
On which came out his Godfather,
And seeing him a pretty youth,
He took him for his Page in truth.
3
Then in this place he pleased so well,
That 'bove the rest he bore the bell;
This child so well the Lord did please,
He raised him higher by degrees.