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Þe bischop answerd, ‘þer-of þou no drede:
Al siker ȝe beþ of þilke dede.’
Þe bischop oȝain y-farn he is,
Her answere he telleþ hem, y-wis.
When þe day come þat was sett,
Þerl com forþ wiþouten lett
Wiþ to hundred kniȝtes & mo,
Þat bliþe were þider to go;
Ac þerof þai dede foliliche:
Was þer non of hem, sikerliche,
Þat ani wepen wiþ hem bere:
So siker þai wende to be þere.
In riche cloþes þai were schred wele,
Þat were gold-broiden eueridel.
To þemperour þai comen anon,
To þerl Tirri & his men ichon.
Y-comen þai ben to þe douke Loer,
& brouȝt þe maide wiþ leyȝeand cher.
Y-comen þai ben to þe parlement,
For to here þat iugement.