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Henricus

Suþþe deide þe olde quene biȝonde þe se wiþoute faile
Þat vr kinges moder henri was & þe erl of cornewaile
Hir sone bigan to rere þe abbeie of hailes
As in ȝer of grace tuelf hundred & six & fourti iwis
Þe erles sone of gloucestre beues was suþþe ibore
& newe peni chaunge imad & þe olde bileued biuore
& erþgrine strong inou aboute leinte al so
Tuelf hundred as in ȝer of grace & seuene & fourti þer to
Þe nexte ȝer þer after þe gode king lowis
Of france to þe holi lond wende & þoru paris
Bareuot eode & open heued & þen holi wey bigan
Wiþ procession of freres & of mani god man
& þe nexte ȝer suþþe as me telle can
Þe stronge cite of damiet vpe saracens he wan
As tuelf hundred in ȝer of grace & fourti & nine
Þulke gode lowis is nou seint & ileid in ssrine
Þe erles douȝter of gloucetre ibore was þulke ȝer
Margrete & dame ssenche of wan we speke er
Þe nexte ȝer þer after a seinte steuenes niȝt
As tuelf hundred & fifti in ȝer of grace riȝt
An sone adde ibore þat edmond ihote was
Þat spousede þulke margrete suþþe as god ȝef þat cas
& was erl of cofnwaile þulke ȝer al so
Þer was in þe holi lond strong bataile ido
At seinte marie tid in leinte & þe beste kniȝtes þat þer were
Of cristinmen alas aslawe were þere
As sir willam de longespey & þe erl of artois al so
& þe king lowis was inome & in prison ido
Vort he was out ibouȝt mid raunson of is lond
& damiet i ȝolde aȝen in to heþene manne hond
Þe king ȝef sir edward is sone gascoine suþþe al so
As in tuelf hundred ȝer of grace & fifti & tuo
Þulke ȝer was þut somer so druye & so hot
Þat ȝut to þis daye of none hattore me not
Sein Richard of chichestre & roberd iwis
Groce teste deide þe nexte ȝer after þis
Suþþe vr quene of engelond & ir sone sir edward
& þe bissop water of wircetre ȝarkede hom ouerward
& to makie mariage wende hom ouer se