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“Certes,” quaþ charles þo,
“Nou þou wolt þat it be so,
I grante wel þat it so be,
For whi þat he wille dwelle wiþ me.
Þanne hadde ich þe & oliuer,
Otuwel, & gode ogger,
In all þe world in lenkþe & brede,
Þer nis king þat nolde me drede.”