For as they fynden cause in the matere
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Upon the poynt, what afterward betyde,
The lawe of right shal nat be layd a-syde.
So may a king of werre the viage
Ordayne and take, as he therto is holde,
To clayme and aske his rightful heritage
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In alle places wher it is with-holde.
But other-wyse, if god him-selve wolde