They gatherd together so royally,

The stoutest men and the best in gear,

And he that rade not on a horse,

I wat he rade on a weil-fed mear.

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So in the morning, before they came out,

So well, I wot, they broke their fast;

In the [forenoon they came] unto a bye fell,

Where some of them did eat their last.

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