And the fyre so fast vpon hym fell,
That hys bo[w]stryng brent in two.
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The spercles brent and fell hym on,
Good Wyllyam of Cloudesle;
But than was he a wofull man, and sayde,
Thys is a cowardes death to me.
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‘Leuer I had,’ sayde Wyllyam,
‘With my sworde in the route to renne,