‘And I asked you neuer none tyll nowe,

Therfore, good lorde, graunte it me:’

‘Nowe aske it, madame,’ sayd the kynge,

‘And graunted shall it be.’

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‘Than, good lorde, I you beseche,

The yemen graunte you me:’

‘Madame, ye myght haue asked a bone

That sholde haue ben worthe them thre.

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