Should causelesse kil a man in myserye,

Tel me thy name and place, then by and by

I wyl prouide for thyne aduersitie:”

Then he replide: “My name is Sigeberte,

I am the man which wrought thy master’s smart:

I rulde of late this realme euen at my liste,

Take thou reuenge with that thy friendly fiste.”

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“And wel content: I wyl reuenge with speede,

The death of him whome causelesse thou didst kill: