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Þer kam a kniȝt of agineis,
A bold man, & a courteis,
& wiþ carnifees he mette,
& wende Carnifees to lette:
King karnifees him haueþ istunt,
& slouȝ him ate forme dunt.
Þo karnifees hadde þous do,
He wende to seruen ham alle so;