And soyles themselues by beating[370] thereupon.

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Or eare I had soiournd there a yeare,

Straunge tidinges came hee was to England gone,

Had tane the king, and that which touched him neare,

Imprisoned him with other of his fone,

And made him yeelde him vp his crowne, and throne:

When I these thinges for true by search had tryed,

Griefe gript mee so, I pinde away and dyed.

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