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Þai com to Paui wiþ þat:
Þe douk Otus nouȝt forȝat,
Þat erl Tirri he bond fast,
& in-to þester prisoun him cast,
Þer he was in sorwe, apliȝt:
He nist wheþer it wer day or niȝt.
Litel he hadde of mete or dring.
His leman lan neuer wepeing
Aniȝt, when sche alon was,
Þat noman wiþ hir nas.