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Iohannes
Þe contesse isabel þat þerl mareschales douȝter was
To gileberd erl of gloucestre ispoused was in þis cas
Maister alixandre nequam þat canon was er
Imad was of cirencestre abbod þulke ȝer
Þe barons orne vpe king mid hor poer so vaste
Þat he made of þe olde lawes is chartre atte laste
To holde uor him & uor is eirs & aselede is vaste inou
Ac suþþe as vnstable man wiþ sede & wiþ drou
& wanne him muche strange folc of biȝonde se
& some as god it wolde ne come neuere aȝe
& largeliche hom ȝef inou of is barones londe
& is castles aboute tok hom vaste an honde
In diuerse contreies & þut lond to bitraye
Ordeinede þat hii ssolde alle in one daye
& in one time wende out ech in is side
& robbi so an oniwar þe contreie aboute wide
Riȝt al so it was ido þat in one time riȝt
Hii smite out of hor castles Iarmed wel apliȝt
& robbede þe contreies al an oniwar
& of [orf] & tresour made is sone bar
& wo so nolde aȝen hom at hor wille fine
Hii barnde hous & oþer god & defoulede louerd & hine
Some at hor horsetaile villiche hii to drowe
& some hii nome and tormentede in diuerse tormens inowe
To gileberd erl of gloucestre ispoused was in þis cas
Maister alixandre nequam þat canon was er
Imad was of cirencestre abbod þulke ȝer
Þe barons orne vpe king mid hor poer so vaste
Þat he made of þe olde lawes is chartre atte laste
To holde uor him & uor is eirs & aselede is vaste inou
Ac suþþe as vnstable man wiþ sede & wiþ drou
& wanne him muche strange folc of biȝonde se
& some as god it wolde ne come neuere aȝe
& largeliche hom ȝef inou of is barones londe
& is castles aboute tok hom vaste an honde
In diuerse contreies & þut lond to bitraye
Ordeinede þat hii ssolde alle in one daye
& in one time wende out ech in is side
& robbi so an oniwar þe contreie aboute wide
Riȝt al so it was ido þat in one time riȝt
Hii smite out of hor castles Iarmed wel apliȝt
& robbede þe contreies al an oniwar
& of [orf] & tresour made is sone bar
& wo so nolde aȝen hom at hor wille fine
Hii barnde hous & oþer god & defoulede louerd & hine
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& some hii nome and tormentede in diuerse tormens inowe
Ȝe þat vil it is to telle some hii lete honge
Bi hor membres an hey in pines wel stronge
Vort hii adde fin imad some deide vaste
& þulke in priue chaumbres villiche hii caste
& al a ȝer largeliche þis wrechede ilaste
& þe baron was wo inou so þat atte laste
Hii wende & nome londone þe boldore hii were þo
Þe king robbede bi norþe & dude wel muche wo
So þat þe barons sende to þe king philip of france
Þat he hom sende socour in þis luþer destance
& bote he wolde oþer do þat he sende wiþ poer
Lowis is sone & hii wolde make him king her
Þis forewarde was vaste imad so þat lowis com
Wiþ poer gret inou in to þis kinedom
Þe barons him dude homage & some mid suikedom
So þat of roucestre þe castel verst he nom
Bi hor membres an hey in pines wel stronge
Vort hii adde fin imad some deide vaste
& þulke in priue chaumbres villiche hii caste
& al a ȝer largeliche þis wrechede ilaste
& þe baron was wo inou so þat atte laste
Hii wende & nome londone þe boldore hii were þo
Þe king robbede bi norþe & dude wel muche wo
So þat þe barons sende to þe king philip of france
Þat he hom sende socour in þis luþer destance
& bote he wolde oþer do þat he sende wiþ poer
Lowis is sone & hii wolde make him king her
Þis forewarde was vaste imad so þat lowis com
Wiþ poer gret inou in to þis kinedom
Þe barons him dude homage & some mid suikedom
So þat of roucestre þe castel verst he nom
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