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Þat was vor noȝt nolde he noȝt þe king sende ȝut is sonde
Þat he were at is parlement vor neode of þe londe
Þe king was þo he nolde noȝt anguisous & wroþ
Vor þe despit he wolde be awreke he suor is oþ
Bote he come to amendement is poer attelaste
He ȝarkede & wende uorþ to cornwayle uaste
Gorloys is castles astorede uaste aboute
In a strong castel he dude is wif vor of hire was al is doute
In anoþer him sulf he was vor he nolde noȝt
Þat he were at is parlement vor neode of þe londe
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Vor þe despit he wolde be awreke he suor is oþ
Bote he come to amendement is poer attelaste
He ȝarkede & wende uorþ to cornwayle uaste
Gorloys is castles astorede uaste aboute
In a strong castel he dude is wif vor of hire was al is doute
In anoþer him sulf he was vor he nolde noȝt
Ȝif cas come þat hii were boþe to deþe ibroȝt
Þe castel þat þe erl inne was þe king bisegede uaste
Vor he miȝte is ginnes vor ssame to þen oþer caste
Þo he was þere seueniȝt he ne spedde noȝt
Igerne þe contesse so moche was in is þoȝt
Þat he nuste non oþer wit ne he ne miȝte ssame
Telle it bote a priue kniȝt vlfin was is name
Þat he truste mest to & þo þe kniȝt hurde þis
Sire he sede I ne can wite wat red her of is
Vor þe castel is so strong þat þe leuedi is Inne
Þat ich wene al þis lond mid strengþe ne ssolde it winne
Vor þe se geþ al aboute & entreie bote on þer nis
& þat is vpe harde roches & so nare wey it is
Þat þer ne may go on & on þat þre men wiþinne
Miȝte sle al þat lond ar hii come þer Inne
& noȝt for þan ȝif merlin at þi conseil were
Þe castel þat þe erl inne was þe king bisegede uaste
Vor he miȝte is ginnes vor ssame to þen oþer caste
Þo he was þere seueniȝt he ne spedde noȝt
Igerne þe contesse so moche was in is þoȝt
Þat he nuste non oþer wit ne he ne miȝte ssame
Telle it bote a priue kniȝt vlfin was is name
Þat he truste mest to & þo þe kniȝt hurde þis
Sire he sede I ne can wite wat red her of is
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Þat ich wene al þis lond mid strengþe ne ssolde it winne
Vor þe se geþ al aboute & entreie bote on þer nis
& þat is vpe harde roches & so nare wey it is
Þat þer ne may go on & on þat þre men wiþinne
Miȝte sle al þat lond ar hii come þer Inne
& noȝt for þan ȝif merlin at þi conseil were
Ȝif eni miȝte he couþe þe beste red þe lere
Merlin was sone of send ysed it was him sone
Þat he wolde þe beste red segge wat were to done
Merlin was sori ynou vor þe kinges folye
& naþeles sire king he sede her mot to maistrie
Þe erl aþ tueie men him next briȝthoel & Iordan
Icholle make þi sulue ȝif þou wolt þoru art þat ich can
Abbe al þe fourme of þe erl as þou were purliche he
& vlfin as Iordan & as briȝthohel me
Þis art was al clene ydo þat ychanged hii were
Hii þre in þe oþeres fourme hom sulue as it were
Aȝen eue hii wende vorþ nuste no mon þat cas
To þe castel hii come ariȝt as it eue was
Merlin was sone of send ysed it was him sone
Þat he wolde þe beste red segge wat were to done
Merlin was sori ynou vor þe kinges folye
& naþeles sire king he sede her mot to maistrie
Þe erl aþ tueie men him next briȝthoel & Iordan
Icholle make þi sulue ȝif þou wolt þoru art þat ich can
Abbe al þe fourme of þe erl as þou were purliche he
& vlfin as Iordan & as briȝthohel me
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Hii þre in þe oþeres fourme hom sulue as it were
Aȝen eue hii wende vorþ nuste no mon þat cas
To þe castel hii come ariȝt as it eue was
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