I praye the, syr knyght, tell me.

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‘And welcome be thou, ge[n]tyll knyght,

Why hast thou be so longe?’

‘For the abbot and the hyë iustyce

Wolde haue had my londe.’

267

‘Hast thou thy londe [a]gayne?’ sayd Robyn;

‘Treuth than tell thou me:’

‘Ye, for God,’ sayd the knyght,