So that in prive conseil there

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Thei ben assented forto wende.

And therupon to make an ende, 2540

Tresor ynowh with hem thei token,

And whan the time is best thei loken,

That sodeinliche in a Galeie

Fro Romelond thei wente here weie

And londe upon that other side.

The world fell so that ilke tide,