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Þauȝ þou bringe wiþ sscheld & spere
Al þat euere may wepene bere,
To werren vpon [k]ing garsie,
Certes alle þei sscholden deie.
& þou art king, & old kniȝt,
& hauest iloren al þi miȝt,
& in þi ȝinkþe, tak god hede,
Þou nere neuere douȝti of dede.”