Of comfort that was not cold,

And said: We have brente Northumberland,

We have all wealth in hold.

“Now we have harried all Bambroughshire,

All the wealth in the world have we;

I rede we ride to Newcastle

So still and stalworthlie!”

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OH, SEVENTY-SEVEN TWICE-TOLD WERE THEY

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Oh, seventy-seven twice-told were they