[Sampson.]
LO Sampson / which that was anunciat [Sampson.]
By the Aungel / longe er his natiuitee
And was / to god almyghty consecrat
And stood in noblesse / whil that he myghte see
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Was neuere swich another / as was he
To speke of strengthe / and ther-with hardynesse
But to hise wyues / tolde he his secree
Thurgh which / he slow hym self for wrecchednesse
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¶ Sampson / this noble almyghty champion
With-outen wepne / saue hise hondes tweye
He slow / and al to-rente the leon
Toward his weddyng walkynge by the weye
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His false wyf / koude hym so plese and preye
Til she his conseil knew / and she vntrewe
Vn-to his foos / his conseil gan biwreye
And hym forsook/ and took another newe
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¶ Thre hundred foxes / took Sampson for Ire
And alle hir tayles / he togydre bond
And sette the foxes tayles / alle on fire
ffor he on euery tayl / hadde knyt a brond
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And they brende / alle the cornes in that Lond
And alle hire Olyueris / and Vynes eke
A thousand men / he slow with his hond
And hadde no wepne / but an Asses cheke
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¶ Whan they were slayn / so thursted hym / þat he
Was wel ny lorn / for which he gan to preye
That god / wolde on his peyne / haue som pitee
And sende hym drynke / or ellis moste he deye
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And of this Asses cheke / that was dreye
Out of a wang tooth / sprang anon a welle
Of which he drank ynogh / shortly to seye
Thus heelp hym god / as Iudicum kan telle
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