Here for to let you vnderstand,

I slew the Bishopp of St Andrew,’

Quoth he, ‘with a possat in [his hand].’

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. . . . . quoth hee,

That euer my manhood I did trye;

I’le make a vow for Englands sake

That I will neuer battell flee.’

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‘God amercy, Browne,’ then said the king,