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Þauȝ otuwel speke outrage,
For he was comen on message,
King charles þat was heende and god,
Noble soffre him habbe nouȝt bote god,
Bote seide to him a non riȝt:
“Be þou skwier, be þou kniȝt,
Tel me ȝef thi conseil is nome,
Of what linage þou art come.”