They sayde, To hange a good yeaman,

Called Wyllyam of Cloudesle.

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That lytle boye was the towne swyne-heard,

And kept fayre Alyce swyne;

Full oft he had sene Cloudesle in the wodde,

And geuen hym there to dyne.

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He went out of a creues in the wall,

And lightly to the woode dyd gone;