‘He robbyt me and my felowes boþe

Of twenti marke in serten;

If þat false owtlay be takyn,

Ffor soþe we wolde be fayn.’

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‘So did he me,’ seid þe munke,

‘Of a hundred pound and more;

I layde furst hande hym apon,

Ȝe may thonke me þerfore.’

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