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Þo cam a soudan, stout & firs,
On of garsies duzze peers,
Þat hatte karmel of tabarie;
Oppon þe Sarasins he gan crie,
“Recreiede kniȝtes, whi nele ȝe fiȝte,
Traitours, þeues, where [is] ȝoure miȝte?
It is sschame bi god mahon,
Þat oure folk goon þus a doun.”