‘Yett one thing greeveth me,’ said the erle,

‘And in my hart maketh me heavye,

This day to heare the wan the feild,

And yesterday cowards to bee.’

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‘It was a wronge wryting,’ sayd our king,

That came ffrom the Erle of Surrey;

But I shall him teach his prince to know,

If euer wee come in our countrye.’

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