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Þis king soiournd in Traciens,

Þat was a cité of noble defens;

[For Winchester] was cleped þo

Traciens wiþouten no. 50

[Þe king] hadde a quen of priis,

Þat was ycleped Dame Herodis,

Þe fairest leuedi, for þe nones,

Þat miȝt gon on bodi and bones,

Ful of loue and of godenisse; 55