In stounde.
He wes foursiþe forswore
to þe kyng þer bifore,
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& þat him brohte to grounde.
wiþ feteres & wiþ gyues ichot he wes to drowe
ffrom þe tour of londone, þat monie myhte knowe, [þat hat hier konsekutive Bedeutung.]
In a curtel of burel, a selkeþe wyse,
ant a gerland on ys heued of þe newe guyse,
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þurh cheepe.
monimon of engelond,
forto se symond,
þideward con lepe.
þo he com to galewes, furst he wes an honge,
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al quic byheueded, þah him þohte longe;
seþþe he wes yopened, is boweles ybrend,
þe heued to londone brugge wes send
to shonde.
so ich euer mote þe!
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sum while wende he
þer lutel to stonde. [lutel ist mit "wende" zu verbinden: "er dachte wenig daran, dort (auf "londone brugge") auf|gepflanzt zu stehen.]
He rideþ þourh þe site, as y telle may,
wiþ gomen & wyþ solas, þat wes here play,
to londone brugge hee nome þe way;
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Moni wes þe wyues chil þat þer on lokeþ aday, [Wright liest "lakeþ" und konstruirt: þat þer on seide "lakeþ a-day" ant "alas".]
Ant seide, "alas!
þat he wes ibore,
& so villiche forlore,
so feir mon ase he was!"
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Nou stont þe heued aboue þe tubrugge,
ffaste bi waleis, soþ forte sugge. [waleis ist gen. sg.]
