And as it fell him forto tarie
That ilke time nyh the pet,
And hath the trusse faste knet,
He herde a vois, which cride dimme,
And he his Ere to the brimme
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Hath leid, and herde it was a man,
Which seide, ‘Ha, help hier Adrian, 4970
And I wol yiven half mi good.’
The povere man this understod,