unto the lord Persë:

‘To kyll alle thes giltles men,

alas, it wear great pittë!

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‘But, Persë, thowe art a lord of lande,

I am a yerle callyd within my contrë;

Let all our men vppone a parti stande,

and do the battell off the and of me.’

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‘Nowe Cristes cors on his crowne,’ sayd the lorde Persë,