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Lording,’ he seyd, ‘oþer is mi þouȝt:
So astow wenest no schapestow nouȝt.’

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Long berd he hadde & sterne siȝt;
A man he semed of michel miȝt.
Biforn him anon Gij him dede,
& feir he gret him in þat stede.