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