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‘Dere god,’ sayd Torrant thane,

‘Where schall̴ I fynd that lothly man)?’

Ther they answerd hym anone: [965]

‘In a castyll̴ be-syd the see,

Slongus, soo hyght hee,

Many a man had he slone.

We wot will̴ wher he doth ly:

Be-fore the cyte of Hungry; [970]

He will̴ not thens gone,