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Þe oþere were asoiled elles it were wou
& come aȝen to engelond wiþ ioye & blisse inou
Sir simond þe ȝonge huld al awey vaste
Þe castel of kenigwurþe þe wule is poer ilaste
Þe kniȝtes were deserites in þe lond aboute wide
Sir simond him bi þoȝte it nas nouȝt god abide
In þe castel to longe laste he were bi set
Him þoȝte þe wide contreie wolde him liki bet
To þe deserites to an yle he wende
Þat me clupeþ exholm þe bet him to defende
Sir edward wiþ is poer afterward him drou
& to pais vor to come bi sende him vaire inou
As vor kundede of blode & ostage vor him tok
Sir simond him ileuede & is felawes uorsok
So þat atte laste to londone hii come
Þe king & is kniȝtes conseil of him nome
So þat him was iloked out of londe wende
& þe king of is tresorie eche ȝer him sende
A certein summe of sterlings to is liues ende
Þe wule he were aȝe þe king of is dedes hende
Þe wule hii speke her of to confermi þis cas
Of is frend priueliche iwarned he was
Þat it was al gile & þat hii him þoȝte caste
In strong prison to bileue þe wule is lif ilaste
So þat vor drede her of he wende him ouer se
& stilleliche stel awei & ne com neuere aȝe
Sir roberd erl of ferers þat nas noȝt þe ȝut itake
& sir henri de hastinges & sir baudewine de wake
& sir Ion deruile & oþere hor red nome
& to þe toun of chastelfeld in dorbi ssire come
Sir Ion erl of wareine & sir henri of alemaine
& sir warin of bassingbourne wende mid al hor maine
& oþer kniȝt manion toward chaster felde
& a witsonen eue hii come þer in þe felde

Sir baudewine de wake & sir henri de hastinge
& oþere were in hor dedut iwend an hontinge
Sir gregori of caldewelle sir Ion of clintone
Sir richard de mandeuile þat longe worþ in mone