The first man that John Dory did meet
Was good king John of France-a;
John Dory could well of his courtesie,
But fell downe in a trance-a.
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‘A pardon, a pardon, my liege and my king,
For my merie men and for me-a,
And all the churles in merie England,
I’le bring them all bound to thee-a.’
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