And they, as erste is sayde, were willing to agree,
Like periurde theeues conspirde, by secrete fyne deuice
Gaue Pontoise vp, and tooke the promiste price.
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But in Nouember next, when it was sharpe and colde,
And dayly froste had dryde and parched hard the grounde,
Wee were in hope agayne to get of Pontoise holde,
Which erste the townesmen sold for gayne of many a pound:
The snow fell fast, lay thick, and couered well the ground,
And ditches were so harde about the towne before,