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This Lord William Pearcie the third had his Nativity
in Normandy the first here of that name
In England after the Conquest as yee shall after see
wch to this day hath floured wthout reproach or shame
ffor ffaith & fastnes alway reputed in brute and fame
ffrom the Conquest downe lineally my matter shall proceede
& if it bee not elegant, yet a true history shall yow reade.