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Arthure
& calybourne is gode suerd mid god ernest he drou
& smot aboute in eiþer side to grounde harde ynou
& four hondred men ar he reste is owe honde he slou
& sixti & tene al so þe asaut was somdel tou
& þerto nadde he oþer help bote god & seinte marie
& calibourne is gode suerd to do such maistrie
Þo is men iseye þis after vaste hii drowe
& to gronde aboute smite & þe saxons uaste slowe
& colgrim þat hor maister was & baldulf is broþer
Aslawe were at þulke asaut & al so moni an oþer
Vor mony a þousend þer were aslawe & teldrich attelaste
His felawes þo he sey aslawe bi gan to fle vaste
Þo þis batayle was ydo to þe king com message
Þat þe scottes & þe picars dude him gret outrage
& sire howel is neueu king of þe oþer brutayne
Þat sik lay as ich sede er bisegede mid al hor mayne
Þo þe king hurde þis him longede þuder sore
He ne miȝte þere longe abide þe saxons to sywy more
Cadour erl of cornwayle he bileuede þere
Mid ten þousend men uor to sywe hom þat ofscaped were
Þe erl sywede mid is men þe saxons uaste ynou
& strong batayle smite & teldric þe prince slou
& is compaynie þe mestedel bote an vewe atten ende
Mercy him cryde þat hii moste Into hor owe londe wende
& suore & toke him ostage þat hii ne ssolde neuere ywys
Þis lond eft asayly ne ssame do ne amys
So þat þet folc of saxons namore hider ne come
Þe wule þat þe king arthure wiste þis kinedome
& smot aboute in eiþer side to grounde harde ynou
& four hondred men ar he reste is owe honde he slou
& sixti & tene al so þe asaut was somdel tou
& þerto nadde he oþer help bote god & seinte marie
& calibourne is gode suerd to do such maistrie
Þo is men iseye þis after vaste hii drowe
& to gronde aboute smite & þe saxons uaste slowe
& colgrim þat hor maister was & baldulf is broþer
Aslawe were at þulke asaut & al so moni an oþer
Vor mony a þousend þer were aslawe & teldrich attelaste
His felawes þo he sey aslawe bi gan to fle vaste
Þo þis batayle was ydo to þe king com message
Þat þe scottes & þe picars dude him gret outrage
& sire howel is neueu king of þe oþer brutayne
Þat sik lay as ich sede er bisegede mid al hor mayne
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He ne miȝte þere longe abide þe saxons to sywy more
Cadour erl of cornwayle he bileuede þere
Mid ten þousend men uor to sywe hom þat ofscaped were
Þe erl sywede mid is men þe saxons uaste ynou
& strong batayle smite & teldric þe prince slou
& is compaynie þe mestedel bote an vewe atten ende
Mercy him cryde þat hii moste Into hor owe londe wende
& suore & toke him ostage þat hii ne ssolde neuere ywys
Þis lond eft asayly ne ssame do ne amys
So þat þet folc of saxons namore hider ne come
Þe wule þat þe king arthure wiste þis kinedome
Cadour erl of cornwayle þo he adde ydo al þis
To þe king is louerd wende to scotlond ywis
Þe king adde er among þe scottes ystured him uol wel
& deliuered of hom ar he come is neueu sire howel
& yslawe of hom monyon so þat in an yle
Hii of scapede atte laste bi norþe mony a myle
Þet water geþ al aboute & þer inne eke beþ
Sixti grete roches as men al day yseþ
Þer Inne nomon ne woneþ ac in ech roche þer is
In tyme of ȝere an ernes nest þat hii bredeþ inne ywis
To þe king is louerd wende to scotlond ywis
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& deliuered of hom ar he come is neueu sire howel
& yslawe of hom monyon so þat in an yle
Hii of scapede atte laste bi norþe mony a myle
Þet water geþ al aboute & þer inne eke beþ
Sixti grete roches as men al day yseþ
Þer Inne nomon ne woneþ ac in ech roche þer is
In tyme of ȝere an ernes nest þat hii bredeþ inne ywis
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