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Henricus

& oþer men þat were inome he let bringe aboute
In oþer castels vaste inou þat þer nas no doute
Tokninge ȝut of more wo þat ȝut to comene was
Vr louerd sende in siȝte bi a wonder cas
Vor a sterre wiþ a launce þat comete icluped is
Aros þo aȝe dai biuore þe sonne iwis
Fram seinte margarete tid vort misselmasse nei
Þat ech man miȝte wondri þat þe sterre isei
Þer wende of him a lem þat toward þe norþ drou
Euene as it were a launce red & cler inou
Þulke sterre is selde iseie bote it be to tokninge
& suþþe þer after com muche blod ssedinge
Hii þat hulde mid þe king & nere nouȝt inome
Wende aboute her & þer as hii miȝte best bicome
In þe castel of bristowe hii come atte laste
Wel an seuene baners & hulde hom þere vaste & sir warin al so
Of bassingbourne & sir Ion de muchegros þer to
Sir pain de chaus & sir roberd tipetot iwis
& oþer mo & hor wiues þat ne likede noþing þis
As to wite hor bodies vort hii betere iseie
Hii hulde hom þere defensables to libbe oþer to deie
So þat þe quene aspide þat bote feble warde it nas
In þe castel of walingford þat aboute hir sone was
To bristowe he sende word þat þe kniȝtes miȝte wel
Wiþ lute strengþe winne him out of þulke castel
So þat þis kniȝtes to rede hom nome
& mid an þre hundred hors to walingford hii come
In a fridai iarmed riȝt as þe sonne aros
Þe castel hii asailede þat mani man agros
Aȝen alle halwe churche þe verste dich hii nome
& brake þe otemoste wal & wiþinne come
Hii þat wiþinne were þe castel wuste vaste
Mid arblast and mid oþer ginnes vaste aȝen hom caste
& sede to hom wiþoute bote hii wolde aȝen wende
Þat hii wolde sir edward vawe out to hom sende
Iliþered wiþ a mangenel hom wiþ hom to lede
Sir edward vpe wal wiþinne com al so & sede