gret deol me myhte se þore,
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mony mon is honde wrynge. [moni mon is honde wrynge ist abhängig von "me myhte se", so dass dieses Verbum zwei verschiedene Ergänzungen zu sich nimmt, in v. 55 ein Objektsnomen (gret deol), und in v. 56 einen acc. c. inf.]
þe pope of peyters stod at is masse
wiþ ful gret solempnete,
þer me con þe soule blesse:
"kyng edward, honoured þou be!
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god leue, þi sone come after þe, [leue, Percy liest "love".]
bringe to ende þat þou hast bygonne;
þe holy croiz ymad of tre, [croiz, ms. crois.]
so fain þou woldest hit han ywonne!
Jerusalem, þou hast ilore
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þe flour of al chiualerie;
Nou kyng edward liueþ namore:
alas! þat he ȝet shulde deye! [Jerusalem, ms. Jerlm, mit Querstrich durch l.]
he wolde ha rered vp ful heyȝe
oure baners, þat bueþ broht to grounde;
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wel longe we mowe clepe & crie,
er we a such kyng han yfounde!"
Nou is Edward of Carnaruan
kyng of engelond al aplyht;
god lete him ner be worse man
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þen is fader, ne lasse of myht,
to holden is poremen to ryht,
ant vnderstonde good consail,
al engelond forte wisse ant diht;
of gode knyhtes darht him nout fail. [darht (= darþ), ms. darh.]
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þah mi tonge were mad of stel,
ant min herte yȝote of bras,
þe godnesse myht y neuer telle,
þat wiþ kyng edward was:
