The English Charlemagne Romances

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Oliuer, þat was his broþer,
He mette wiþ a noþer,
A douȝti kniȝt, an heþene man,
A strong þef þat heet bassan.
Oliuer was horsed wel,
& bare a spere kene & fel,

& smot him riȝt vnder þe sscheld,
Þat þere he lay amidde þe feld.

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