‘By hym that dyed on a tre,

Tyll a false thefe be hanged,

Called Wyllyam of Clowdysle.’

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Than spake that good [yeman Clym of the Cloughe,

And swore by Mary fre,

If that we stande long wythout,

Lyke a thefe hanged shalt thou be.]

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[Lo here] we haue got the kynges seale;