APPENDIX TO GROUP A. [THE SPURIOUS TALE OF GAMELYN.]
Her endeth o tale of the Cooke and her folowyth a nother tale of the same cooke [MS Reg. 17 D. xv folio 66b]
Lythen and listeneþe and harkeneþe Arighte
And ye schulne here of A doughty knyghte
Sir Iohan of Boundis was his name
He couþe of norture And mochell of game
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Thre sonnes þe knyghte hadde with his bodye wonne
The eldeste was a mocche schrewe And soone he bigonne
His breþerne louede wele her ffadre And of hym were Agaste
The eldeste desaruede his ffaders Curse And hadde hitt atte þe laste
The gode knyghte his ffadre lyuede so ȝore
That deþe was hym comen And handelede hym ffulle sore
The gode knyghte carede sore syke þere he laye
How his chyldron schulde lyuen Affter his daye [MS Reg. 17 D. xv folio 67a]
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He hadde bene wyde where buttenon husbande he was [[Reg. 17 D. xv. ends.]]
All the londe that he hadde it was purchas. [[Harl. 1758, begins.]] [Harl. 1758 folio 46a]
ffayn he wolde it were dressid among hem alle.
That eche of hem had his part as it myght falle.
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Tho sent he in to contre after [[r is for r/]] wise knyghtis.
To helpe delen his londis and dressen hem to rightis.
He sent hem word bi lettres thei schulde hye blyue.
Yf thei wolde speke with hym while he was on lyue.
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