That lord Persë, leyff-tenante of the Marchis,
he lay slayne Chyviat within.
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‘God haue merci on his solle,’ sayde Kyng Harry,
‘good lord, yf thy will it be!
I haue a hondrith captayns in Ynglonde,’ he sayd,
’as good as euer was he:
But, Persë, and I brook my lyffe,
thy deth well quyte shall be.’
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