¶ De pietate Elydory.
¶ Elydour feyned hym sik to lye,
& seide he hopede [hopid, expected.] forto deye.
After his barons þenne he sent,
And þey alle til hym went;
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A day was ordeyned for to be, [Lambeth folio 17a:2]
Þat þey schold visiten [suld viset.] hym, & se;
Wyþoute noyse til hym schold [suld.] go,
On alone, wyþouten mo,
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& speke softe & priuely,
ffor he ne moughte suffre no cri.
Ilkon dide þe kynges wille,
As þey come yn, þey held hem stille;
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& als þey comen, þe kyng hem tok,
& dide þem sweren on þe bok
ffor to don Argail homage;
Were he neuere of so hey parage,
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Wold he, ne wolde, [wild he ne wild.] þat scholde [suld.] he do,
