Seven roods of ground the king he came,
And sayd, ‘Welcome, King of Man and Erle of Derbye!
The thing that I haue taken from thee,
I geeve it to thee againe whollye.
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‘The manrydden of Lancashire and Cheshire both,
Att thy bidding euer to bee;
Ffor those men beene true, Thomas, indeed;
They beene trew both to thee and mee.’
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