‘I make myn auowe to God,’ saide the coke,

‘Thou arte a shrewde hynde

In ani hous for to dwel,

For to askë thus to dyne.’

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And there he lent Litell John

God[ë] strokis thre;

‘I make myn auowe to God,’ sayde Lytell John,

‘These strokis lyked well me.

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