142

When the kynge this letter had red,

In hys harte he syghed sore;

‘Take vp the table,’ anone he bad,

‘For I may eate no more.’

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The kyng called hys best archars,

To the buttes with hym to go;

‘I wyll se these felowes shote,’ he sayd,

‘That in the north haue wrought this wo.’