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‘Rise vp,’ he seid, ‘þou prowde schereff,

Buske þe and make þe bowne;

I haue spyed þe kynggis felon,

Ffor sothe he is in þis town.

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‘I haue spyed þe false felon,

As he stondis at his masse;

Hit is long of þe,’ seide þe munke,

‘And euer he fro vs passe.