with alle my powere hym to auayle."
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"So me þoȝt," seyd þe erle,
"Þe semed nat to be a cherle;
But, for þát y here þe seye,
Þou were wurþy for to deye,
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For þou hylpë þer to slo,
Þat alle my kyn ys dede me fro;
But, langer þat y sykerd þe,
Shalt þou haue no skaþe for me."
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He ȝede and solde hym for raunsoun
At London to a Frysoun,—
A Frysoun ȝe shul vndyrstande
To a marchaunde of Fryslande;—
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Þys Frysun wulde þys man furþe lede, [folio 71a]
And, dyd on hym bondes for drede;
For he ne shulde skape [eschape.] by þe weye,
He dyd on hym, bondes for to leye; [He dede bondes on hym to leye.]
But hyt auayled hym no þyng
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Neuer a day, þat byndyng;
For yn þat oure þat þe messe was sunge,
Þe bondes to-braste, and alle to-sprunge.
Þys Frysoun þoȝt 'how may þys be?
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hé may ryȝt weyl fro me fle;
Chaunsfullyche hyt vayled noȝt,
þe katel þat y wyþ hym [hym wyþ.] boȝt.'
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þe Frysoun seyd, "wylt þou weyl
Restore aȝen alle my katel,
And y shal ȝyue þe leue to go
To þy cuntre, þere þou come fro;
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But fyrst þou shalt me trouþë plyght,
And trewly holde hyt at alle þy myȝt,
To brynge þe katel, and ȝyue for þe,
And ellës y grauntë þe nat fre."
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he graunted hym alle þat he seyd,
And trouþe yn hande with hand[ë] leyd.
þys Iumna went to þe kyng Loyre,
þat was kyng of Kaunterbyre;
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he was seynt Audre syster sone,
And Iumna was wonte with here to wone;
