"I tooke the lazar vpon my backe,
in the Queenes bed I did him lay, 188
I bad him 'lie still, Lazar, where he lay,
looke he went not away,
I wold make him a whole man & a sound
in 2 houres of a day.' 192
"euer alacke!" sayes Sir Aldingar,
"falsing neuer doth well;
"forgiue, forgiue me, Queene, Madam!
for Christs loue forgiue me!" 196
"God forgaue his death, Aldingar,
& freely I forgiue thee."
"Now take thy wife, thou K[ing] Harry,
& loue her as thou shold; 200
thy wiffe shee is a true to thee
as stone that lies on the castle wall."
the Lazar vnder the gallow tree
was a pretty man & small, 204
the Lazar vnder the gallow tree
was made steward in King Henerys hall.
ffins.]
FOOTNOTES:
[328] [burnt.]
[329] [leper.]
[330] He probably insinuates that the king should heal him by his power of touching for the king's evil.