(Yn þe latyne þat y fonde þore,
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he seyþ nat 'tweluemonth,' but 'euermore.')
He cursed hem þere alsaume
As þey karoled on here gaume.
as sone as þe preste hadde so spoke,
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Euery hande yn ouþer so fast was loke,
Þat no man myȝt with no wundyr
Þat tweluemonþe [tweluemonþe H, twelfmonþe O.] parte hem asundyr.
Þe preste ȝede yn, whan þys was done,
And commaunded hys sone Aȝone
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Þat he [he O, om. H.] shulde go swyþe aftyr Aue,
Oute of þat karolle algate to haue.
But al to late þat wurde was seyd,
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For on hem alle was þe veniaunce leyd.
Aȝone wende weyl for to spede; [folio 60b:2]
Vn-to þe karolle asswyþe he ȝede;
hys systyr by þe arme he hente,
And, þe arme fro þe body wente.
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Men wundred allë, þat þere wore,
And merueyle mowe ȝe herë more,
For seþen he had þe arme yn hande,
Þe body ȝede furþ karoland;
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And noþer [noþer þc.] body, ne þe arme,
Bledde neuer blodë, colde ne warme,
But was as drye, with al þe haunche,
As of a stok were ryue a braunche.
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Aȝone to hys fadyr went,
And broght hym a sory present:
"loke, fadyr," he seyd, "and haue hyt here,
Þe armë of þy doghtyr dere
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Þat was myn ownë syster Aue,
Þat y wende y myȝt a [haue.] saue.
Þy cursyng, now sene hyt ys
with veniaunce on þyn [þyn O, þy H.] ownë flessh;
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Fellyche þou cursedest, and ouer sone;
Þou askedest veniaunce, þou hast þy bone."
Ȝow þar nat aske ȝyf þere was wo
