And Redyly by hyme stode,

Be-syd hyme on a lay, [165]

And seyd: ‘Sertes, yf I leve,

Soche a wed I woll̴ the geff,

To meve the Euyr) and ay.’

157. movnten MS.

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Thow the chyld were neuyr) so yinge,

The fyndes spere sparrythe hyme no-thyng) [170]

In the holttes haree;