‘Forgive, forgive me, Queene, Madam!
For Christ’s love forgive me!’—
‘God forgave his death, Aldingar,
And freely I forgive thee.’—
LII
‘Now take thy wife, thou King Harry,
And love her as thou sho’ld;
Thy wife shee is as true to thee
As stone lies in castle wall.’
LIII
The lazar under the gallow tree
[Grew] a pretty man and small:
The lazar under the gallow tree
Was made steward in King Harry’s hall.
FOOTNOTES:
[55] brent = burnt.
[56] lodly = loathly.
[57] lome = thing.
[58] bett = kindled.