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A knave child, riht fair withalle;

A dowhter ek, the which men calle

Hellen, he hadde be this wif.

Bot for ther mai no mannes lif

Endure upon this Erthe hiere,

This worthi queene, as thou miht hiere, 4260

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Er that the children were of age,

Tok of hire ende the passage,