And sekeþ pees, and hold ȝou þerinne; 15

and so biddeþ Iohan Trewman and alle his felawes.

4 [togidre]] togidedre MS.]

11 [ye]] þe MS.]


E. ON THE YEAR 1390-1. St. John's College (Oxford) MS. 209, f. 57 a.

The ax was sharpe, the stokke was harde,

In the xiiii yere of Kyng Richarde.


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