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And knelyng þanketh hire of þat requeste
So glad he was he nyste what to seye
Sche kiste hir sone and hom sche goþ hir weye
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[PART II.]
¶ Arryued been þise cristene folk to londe
In Surrie with a gret solempne route
And hastiliche þis sowdan sent his sonde
ffirst to his mooder and alle þe regne aboute
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And saide his wijf was come out of doute
And preyde hir for to ryde agein þe queene
The honour of his regne to susteene
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¶ Gret was þe prees and riche was þarray
Of Surriens and Ramains met y feere
The mooder of þe Soudan riche and gay
Receyued hire with also glad a cheere
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As any mooder might hir doughter deere
And to þe nexte Citee þer bisyde
A softe paas solempnely þei ryde
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¶ Naught trowe I þe tryumphe of Iulius [folio 79b]
Of which þat lukan makeþ such a bost
Was riallere ne more curious
Than was thassemble of þis blisful oost
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But þis scorpion this wikkede goost
The Sowdanesse for alle hir flateringe
Caste vnder þis ful mortally to stynge
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¶ The Sowdan comeþ himself sone after þis
So really that wonder is to telle
he welcomeþ hire with alle ioye and blis
And þus in merthe and Ioye I lete hem dwelle
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