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Henricus

& þoru sir philip basset & þis me huld þo
An ende of a foxes wrenche vor ȝut he couþe mo
Þo was þut lond in pes wiþoute destourbance
& þe worre nas no leng þoru þe pourueance
Þer after sone sir edward as ich vnder stonde
Þe crois nom at norhamptone to þe holi londe
Suþþe þer was at londone a lute destance ich wene
In ȝer of grace tuelf hundred & sixti & tene
So þat þe erl of wareine slou atte verste touche
Biuore þe iustises atte bench sir alein de la souche
Þe king was þer of anuid vor þe grete wou
Þe erl hadde so gret help þat he of scapede wel inou
Vor þe sonendai after lammasse biuore þe king he com
At winchestre as him was iset to avonge is dom
Mid him viue & tuenti kniȝtes þun oþ suore þer
Þat he ne dude it vor non vuel ne malice bi speke er
Ne in no despit of þe king & vor þis trespas
He ȝef þe king tuelf hundred marc & ipaised was
Þo wende sir edward toward þe holi londe
Þulke heruest nobliche as ich vnderstonde
& after þe assumpcion þe vifte day iwis
He dude him in þe se at douere he & his
Þe quene wende vorþ mid him & is vncle þat was
Sir willam de valance & al so sir thomas
Of clare & sir pain de chaus & of clifford sir roger
& sir roberd tipetot & mani oþer þer
Sir henri of alemaine þerafter sone alas
Wende to þe court of rome to make som purchas
In þe monþe of lude as he com hamward bi cas
In þe toun of biterbe aspied he was
Vor in a friday þe morwe vp sein gregories day
As he stod at is masse as þut folk isay
Biuore þe weued in is bedes at þe secre riȝt
Com sir gui de mountfort þat was stalwarde kniȝt
& is aunte sone alas Iarmed wel inou
& comp[ain]ie wiþ him & to him euene drou
& s[mot h]im þoru out wiþ is suerd & villiche him slou
& [[OMITTED]]tat of holichurche me þincþ wiþ vil wou

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