With generall pardon for my men, halfe gone,
Which heard and read, the rest within an houre,
Shranke all away ech man to shift for one:
And when I sawe they left mee post alone,
I did disguise mee like a knight of the post,
And into Sussex rode away in post.[803]
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And there I lurked till that cursed coyne,
That restles begle sought and found mee out,
For straight the king by promise did enioyne