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 | The Romance of William of Palerne |  |
And whan þei were greiþed gayli in þat gere,
þei seten in here solas til sunne ȝede to rest.
whan it neiȝet niȝt, þei nold no lenger a-bide,
but went forþ on here weie for wel list hem gone,
& here semli werwolf sewed fast after,
þat wittily tauȝt hem þe weies whider þei wende scholde,
sechande towarde cisile þe sotilest weyes.
& namliche on þe morwe many men hem souȝt
In wodes & wildernesse wide where a-boute,
& as þei walked in wodes wiþ ful gode houndes,
þei founde þe beres skinnes & þe bestes flayne.
þat it was an hert & an hinde hastili þei knewen,
& wist wel þat þei went wrapped in þe skinnes,
þei þat bi-fore had be as tvo white beres,
& wist þat þai in wast wrouȝt þer to-fore
for al þe hard huntyng þat þei hadde maked.
& folwe hem durst þei no ferre for a gret werre,
þat was wonderli hard in þe next londe,
& þo þe seute sesed after þe swete bestes.
Munge mai [i] no more of noman þat hem folwed,
ac of þe hert & þe hinde herkenes now ferþer.
þei seten in here solas til sunne ȝede to rest.
whan it neiȝet niȝt, þei nold no lenger a-bide,
but went forþ on here weie for wel list hem gone,
& here semli werwolf sewed fast after,
þat wittily tauȝt hem þe weies whider þei wende scholde,
sechande towarde cisile þe sotilest weyes.
& namliche on þe morwe many men hem souȝt
In wodes & wildernesse wide where a-boute,
& as þei walked in wodes wiþ ful gode houndes,
þei founde þe beres skinnes & þe bestes flayne.
þat it was an hert & an hinde hastili þei knewen,
& wist wel þat þei went wrapped in þe skinnes,
þei þat bi-fore had be as tvo white beres,
& wist þat þai in wast wrouȝt þer to-fore
for al þe hard huntyng þat þei hadde maked.
& folwe hem durst þei no ferre for a gret werre,
þat was wonderli hard in þe next londe,
& þo þe seute sesed after þe swete bestes.
Munge mai [i] no more of noman þat hem folwed,
ac of þe hert & þe hinde herkenes now ferþer.
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