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[The] first looke he looked the letter vpon,

Lo! he wept full bitterly;

The second looke he looked it vpon,

Said, False steward, woe be to thee!

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When the Ladye of Learne these tydings heard,

O Lord! shee wept soe biterlye:

‘I told you of this, now good my lord,

When I sent my child into that wild country.’