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Ase Torrent Iesu gan) pray, [540]

He herd the dragon), ther he lay

Vndyr-nethe a clow;

Of and on he wase stronge,

Hys tayle wase VII yerdes long,

That aftyr hyme he drowe; [545]

Hys wyngges wase long and wyght,

To the chyld he toke a flyght

With an howge swowe;