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"The deer rins wild on hill and dale,

"The birds fly wild from tree to tree;

"But there is neither bread nor kale,

"To fend[[105]] my men and me.

"Yet I will stay at Otterbourne,

"Where you shall welcome be;

"And, if ye come not at three dayis end,

"A fause lord I'll ca' thee."

"Thither will I come," proud Percy said,