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;