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Þere was an affrikan gent,
Þat hatte baldolf of aquilent,
King garsie seide to him anoon;
“Certes, Baldoff, þou most goon,
& take wiþ þe kniȝt & swein,
& tourne þe cristene men aȝein;
& ich mi self wole after come,
& helpe þat otuwel were nome.”