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There owre kyng and the barker

partyd ffeyre atwyn;

God þat set yn heffen so hey

breyng os owt of sen!

Explycyt þe Kyng and the Barker.


12. lawhe all. For low, cf. 43; lowhe, 441, 463, 471, 481.

64. ffare. Read, perhaps, with rhyme, haffe.

71, 151. yowre = owre: cf. yever, yeffor, 333, 521.