‘Also be that fayre yeman

Thou bryngest there with the;

What tydyngës fro Noty[n]gham?

Lytill Johnn, tell thou me.’

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‘Well the gretith the proudë sheryf,

And sende[th] the here by me

His coke and his siluer vessell,

And thre hundred pounde and thre.’

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