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Wiþ þat answerd þe douk Loer,
‘Lat be, sir Otus, for seyn Richer.
Þat felonie y nil hem nouȝt do
For nouȝt þat y miȝt afo.
Y nil bitray þerl Tirri
For loue þat he was mi norri
Fram childehed, now he is a man.
Now do ȝe þe best þat ȝe can,
& he wil amend oȝines me.
Bi him y nold no traysoun se,
No Herhaud no Gij þe fre
No wille ich nouȝt bitreye, y telle þe,
For þai ben gode men alle þre:
Amende þai may oȝaines me.’