Alacke, it was the more pittìe.
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Ere the first crowinge of the cocke,
When as the kinge in his bed laye,
He thoughte [ Sir Gawaine] to him came,
And there to him these wordes did saye.
"Nowe, as you are mine unkle deare,
And as you prize your life, this daye
O meet not with your foe in fighte;
Putt off the battayle, if yee maye.