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“Wel-come be þou,” quaþ otuwel þo,
& turnde his stede & made him go,
& to þe place þo rod he,
Þere þe bataille sscholde be.
Al a-boute þe water ran,
Þer was noþer man ne wimman,
Þat miȝte in riden no gon,
At no stede bote at on;
& þere otuwel in rood,
No lengere he ne a-bood.