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And knelynge / thanketh hire of that requeste
So glad he was / he nyste what to seye
She kiste hir sone / and hom she gooth hir weye
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[PART II.]
¶ Arryued been this cristen folk to londe
In Surrye / with a gret solempne route
And hastily / this Sowdan sente his sonde
ffirst to his moder / and al the regne aboute
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And seyde his wyf / was comen out of doute
And preyde hire / for to ryde agayn the queene
The honour / of his regne to sustene
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¶ Greet was the prees / and riche was tharray [folio 117b]
Of Surryens / and Romayns met yfeere
The moder of the Sowdan / riche and gay
Receyueth hire / with also glad a cheere
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As any moder / myghte hir doghter deere
And to the nexte Citee / ther bisyde
A softe paas / solempnely they ryde
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¶ Naught trowe I / the triumphe of Iulius
Of which þat lucan / maketh swich a boost
Was roiallour / ne moore curyus
Than was the assemblee / of this blisful oost
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But this scorpion / this wikked goost
The Sowdanesse / for al hir flaterynge
Caste vnder this / ful mortally to stynge
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¶ The Sowdan cometh hym self / soone after this
So roially / þat wonder is to telle
He welcometh hire / with alle ioye and blys
And thus in myrthe and Ioye / I lete hem dwelle
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