APPENDIX TO GROUP A.
[THE SPURIOUS TALE OF GAMELYN.]
LItheth and lestneþ and herkneþ aright [folio 59a]
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And ȝe schul heere a talkyng of a doughty knight
Sire Iohn of Boundys was his right name
he cowde of/ norture ynough & mochil of game
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Thre sones þe knight · þat with his body he wan
The eldest was a moche schrewe / and sone he bygan
his breþeren loued wel here fader / and of him were agast /
The eldest deserued his fadres curs / and had it at þe last /
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The goode kniȝt his fader lyuede so ȝore
That deth was comen him to and handled him ful sore
The goode knight cared sore . sik þer he lay
how his children scholde lyuen after his day
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he hadde ben wyde wher . but non housbond he was
Al þe lond þat he had / it was verrey purchas
Fayn he wold it were dressed / amonges hem alle
That ech of hem had his part / as it might falle /
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Tho sent he in to cuntre after wise knightes
To helpe delen his londes / and dressen hem to rightes
he sent hem word by lettres / þey schulden hye blyue
yf þey wolde speke with him whil he was on lyue /
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