Þat it worþ abouȝt wel strong
Þat ich am bi-wrayd wrong!'
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To armes þai went wiþ þat ichon;
Out of þe cite þai ben y-gon,
& went toward þe heþen men,
Wiþ þem to holden & to ben,
To help þe heþen men ichon.
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Wiþ þat com þemperour anon:
Fram þe riuer he come rideinge,
& wiþ his folk fast prikeinge;
Feir weder it was, & miri also,
Þe briȝt armes he seye þo.
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¶ Þemperour hem seye, & knewe Gij,
For he come hem swiþe neye.
At an herhaud þan asked he,
'This armed folk, what may þis be?'
'Sir,' quaþ he, 'it is Gij,
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Þat in wretþe fram þe wil parti;
Vnto þe soudan he wil fare,
& wirche þe sorwe & michel care
Þurch wraying þat teld him is:
Wele y wot þat soþe it nis.
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Wele it semeþ þat wroþ is he;
Al armed on his stede ich him se.'
When þemperour herd þis, [C line 3175]
Alle droupeninde he was y-wis,
He gan to prike, & þat anon: [folio 124b:a]
Line 3335
As hauk þat fleyþe his hors gan gon.
After Gij loude he gradde þo:
'Abide & speke me now to!
For godes loue lete now be;
Whi wiltow, sir, go fro me?
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Ȝif ich ouȝt haue agilt to þe,
For godes loue þou say it me;
Be it in dede oþer in speche
That ani þe han agilt, y þe biseche,
