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Henricus
Þe erl of gloucestre þulke ȝer Richard þat was so boldÞe erles doȝter of lincolne spousede þat het mold
Þo com þe legat sir otes to engelond fram rome
& made a conseil at londone to wan þe bissopes come
& suþþe he wende to oxenford to þe abbeie of oseneye
& þere clerkes him made climbe somdel heye
As tuelf hundred in ȝer of grace & eiȝte & þritti þer to
To him hii wende to oseneie hor nedes uor to do
So þat on of is men a sein gregories day
Caste broþ up a clerc as þut folk it sai
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& asailede þe legat & on of is men slowe
In to þe stepel of oseneye þe legat fleu vor fere
Is men mid strokes flowe al so & of þouȝte hii come þere
Suþþe þo it com to pes & folie bileued was
Þe legat esste amendment of þe vil trespas
So þat vor þe manslaȝt & uor þe oþer wou
Þe clerkes finede wiþ him gret raunson inou
Þat ech clerc in þe toune him ȝef atten ende
As muche as he in þe wouke in is commune spende
Þe king sir simond de montfort þe erldom ȝef & his
A candelmasse day þo of leicestre iwis
In þe kinges chaumbre at wodestoke atte welle was
A clerc ifounde wonderliche þulke ȝer bi cas
He made him as bi wit so þat it was ifounde
Þat it was bi speke to sle þe king wan he sei stounde
To couentre he was isend todrawe he was þere
& a four half engelond is quarters isend were
Þe kinges eldoste sone sir edward ibore was
A seint botulfes tid as god ȝef þut cas
Tuelf hundred as in ȝer of grace & nine & þritti riȝt
Þat suþþe vr king was & so noble kniȝt
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At missomer to þe holi lond & mani god kniȝt þer to
Þer after in Ieniuer Isabel is wif
Contesse of gloucestre let at bercamstude þat lif
Ibured heo was at beulu & ir herte ibured is
At teukesburi & ir gottes at messendene iwis
Þo sprong þer gret contek bituene henri vr king
& þe erchebissop seint edmund & noȝt vor lute þing
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