Bot god nim of him ȝeme,
His liif it is michel awene.
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Listeneþ now & sitteþ stille: [C line 3731]
Of Herhaud ich ȝou telle wille,
Þat of swoning no may him duelle.
For his lord Gij, y ȝou telle,
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So michel sorwe him was an,
Þat telle no miȝt he it noman.
Euerich man is swiþe wo
When he schal a gode [MS. agode] frende for-go:
So was Herhaud for his lord fre;
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No wende he him neuer more y-se.
Þan bigan his sorweinge,
His her [r in her added over the line.] he [he omitted in MS.] tar, his honden gan wring.
'Allas!' he seyd, 'sir Gij! [folio 128a:b]
Now ich wot wele siker-lye
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Þat y no schal þe neuer y-se;
Allas! for sorwe wo is me!'
For grete sorwe þat he hedde
He fel adoun on his bedde,
Þer he is y-falle on slepe,
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As a man weri of wepe.
A sweuen him mett wel ferly,
Þat he seye his lord sir Gij
On his stede swiþe cominge,
& on his hond his swerd kerueing;
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Aseyled he was wiþ wolues & bere:
Vnneþe he miȝt him fram hem were [C line 3750]
Alle þai hadde to-broken his scheld,
& his brini to-rent manifeld.
Vnneþe he miȝt him were,
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So þai gun on him to tere.
Wiþ þat is Herhaud awaked,
& of his sweuen gret sorwe maked,
