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Otuwel þoute on errore deede,
Þo he hadde slawe his stede,
Hou roulond houede stille as ston,
Til he was risen & gon;
& he stod al stille,
& leet roulond risen at wille,
& seide, “roulond, so mote ich þe,
Þat strok ich mente to þe,

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& nou it is on þi stede istunt,
Let nou stonde dunt for dunt.”