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Quaþ otuwel, “ne doute þe nouȝt.
Bi god, þat al þe world haueþ wrouȝt,
& þe deþ þat ischal deie,
Þou ne sschalt hente no vileinie,
Of no man of king charles lond,
Bote riȝt of myn oune hond:
Bi him, þat made leef & bouȝ,
Þer offe þe sschall þinken ynouȝ.”
Quaþ clarel, “þo do þi best,
To-morwe þou sschalt finde me prest.”