Nor he his [nephewe], sothe to tell;
Alacke! it was a woefulle case,
As ere in Christentye befelle.
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But when they were together mette,
And both to faire accordance broughte,
And a month's league betweene them sette,
Before the battayle sholde be foughte,
An addere crept forth of a bushe,