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Coursabex, þe king, cam þo,& mette fleinde a þousend & mo,
“Traitours,” quaþ coursabex, þe king,
“Certes þis is a foul þing,
Þat ȝe schule fle for ferd:
Traitours, tourneþ aȝein þe herd,
Tourneþ aȝein alle wiþ me,
& we wole make þe freinche fle.”
Þous coursabex him self allone,
Made tourne hem aȝein echone.
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