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¶ Dampned was he / to dyen in that prison
ffor Roger / which þat bisshope was of Pize
Hadde on hym maad / a fals suggestion
Thurgh which the peple / gan vp on hym rise
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And putten hym to prison / in swich wise
As ye han herd / and mete and drynke he hadde
So smal / that wel vnnethe it may suffise
And ther with al / it was ful poure and badde
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[ [Rats.] [folio 98b] A]nd on a day bifel / þat in that hour
Whan þat his mete / wont was to be broght
The Gayler / shette the dores of the tour
He herde it wel / but he spak / right noght
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And in his herte / anon ther fil a thoght
That they for hunger / wolde doon hym dyen
Allas quod he / allas þat I was wroght
Ther with / the teeris fillen from hise eyen
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¶ His yonge sone / þat thre yeer was of age
Vn-to hym seyde / fader / fader / why do ye wepe
Whanne wol the Gayler / bryngen oure potage
Is ther no morsel breed / þat ye do kepe
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I am so hungry / that I may nat slepe
Now wolde god / þat I myghte slepen euere
Thanne sholde noght hunger / in my wombe crepe
Ther is no thyng but breed / þat me were leuere
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¶ Thus day by day / this child bigan to crye
Til in his fadres barm / adoun it lay
And seyde / farewel fader / I moot dye
And kiste his fader / and deyde the same day
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And whan the woful fader / deed it say
ffor wo / hise armes two / he gan to byte
And seyde / allas ffortune and weylaway
Thy false wheele / my wo al may I wyte
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