Of huide ne of hewe. [þat onne water fare.]
Þe shipes man ire ous binom, [þe schypmane toke here vs frome,]
Wiþ-oute tale, wiþ-houte dom. [Wiþouten law or oþer dome.]
Þo wes oure care newe! [Than wexed new alle oure care.]
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We wenten þorou þe wildernesse, [We went throghe a.]
Mid weping and mid sorinesse, [with. soroufulnes.]
And comen to one watere. [We comme to a streme.]
Mi fader me nom and ouer ber, [toke. me bere.]
And mi broþer lette ben þer [Ms. broþeþ.] , [broder he lefte there,]
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To loken oure hatere. [Tyll þat he comme ageyne.]
A wilde lioun þer com gon [gane st. com.]
And kipte me wel sone anon [And cauȝht me in his mouthe anone,]
And bar me in his mouþe. [And bore me faste aweye.]
And þe shepherdes þat .I.-seye,
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And blewen out horn in þe leye
Bi norþe and eke bi souþe. [340—2) The schypherdys schepe, When þi hym se, þi dyde hym mete And schrewydly dyde hym freye.]
Wel softeliche ich wes ared
And brout in a softe bed,
.I.-herd be god almiȝtte! [343—5) Thus fro þe lyone I was tane, And broȝht me vp with bourde & game; Thanke be gode all-myght!]
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A riche man of þat ilke londe [ilke fehlt.]
Al þat me ned wes, he me founde [All þat nedyde. fonde.]
And dobede me to kniȝtte." [dubyde. a st. to.]
"A, broþer, let me tellen þe: [A broder late me telle þe.]
A wolf þere com and kipte me [camme. cauȝht.]
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And ber me in his mouþe. [bore. mothe.]
Þe ploumen wel þat .I.-seye, [Plow|mene þat syght þi se,]
And blewen hout horn in þe leye, [And to hym fast þi dyde hyȝe,]
Stark men and couþe. [Stronge mene, & welle þi cowthe.]
Wel softeliche hy me aredde. [The wolfe fore fere do (u)ne me leyde.]
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And seþþen a levedi me fedde [lady me hath fedde.]
And dobbede me to kniȝtte; [dubyde. a st. to.]
Hoe fond me palefrey and stede, [Sche me fonde.]
Helm and brunie and oþer wede, [Helme, habyrione & odour wede,]
And swerd and spere wel briȝtte." [Spere & swerde full bryght.]
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Here moder al þis .I.-herdde [There. herde.]
Þere hoe wes in on orcherdde, [Þer as sche was in a ȝerde.]
Wepinde al for blisse. [Sche wepe.]
To hire bour hoe wende anon, [sche went.]
So swiþe so hoe miȝtte gon, [Also swyth as sche couthe gone.]
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Wiþ mikel gladnesse. [fulle mykille.]
Þer com ride sire Ewstas [camme rydinge.]
Þer his wif at inne was, [There þat lady inne was.]
Þe kniȝtes for to seche. [to sekyne swythe.]
Hoe bihoeld þat fayre kniȝt, [Sche beheld þat sembly kn(y)ght.]
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And he þat lewedi, þat wes briȝt, [lady. was so bryght]
Mid chere wel loueliche. [With chere fayre & blythe.]
"Dame, quad he, sey þou me, [he seyd. tell.]
Wat men her houte at inne be [here. houte fehlt.]
At þisse nekste howse?" [þis nexte.]
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"Sire, quad hoe, kniȝttes tweyne. [Syre, I knaw þer k. two.]
Wel þou shalt .I.-cnowen beyne — [schall theme know also.]
Welcome, mi leue spowse! [lefe.]
Mi louerd, ich .I.-cnowe þe [we(l) I knaw the.]
Bi one wonde, þat ich .I.-se [a. I se.]
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Oupon þi neb .I.-sene. [nose is sene.]
Lemman, ich haue harde .I.-fare, [A, lord, I hade herde fare]
