He com to þe putte, þene vox I-herde; [W. & M. i-herde.]
He him kneu wel bi his rerde, [W. & M. by.]
For hit wes his neiȝebore,
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And his gossip, of children bore.
A-doun bi þe putte he sat.
Quod þe wolf, "Wat may ben þat [M. What.]
Þat ich in þe putte I-here? [W. & M. i-here.]
Hertou cristine, oþer mi fere?
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Say me soþ, ne gabbe þou me nout,
Wo haueþ þe in þe putte, I-brout?" [W. & M. i-brout.]
Þe vox hine I-kneu wel for his kun, [W. & M. i-kneu, MS. I kneu.]
And þo eroust kom wiit to him;
For he þoute mid soumme ginne,
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Him-self houpbringe, þene wolf þerinne.
Quod þe vox, "Wo is nou þere?
Ich wene hit is sigrim þat ich here." [W. & M. Sigrim.]
"Þat is soþ," þe wolf sede,
"Ac wat art þou, so god þe rede?"
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"A," quod þe vox, "ich wille þe telle;
On alpi word ich lie nelle.
Ich am reneuard, þi frend,
And ȝif ich þine come heuede I-wend, [W. & M. i-wend.]
Ich hedde so I-bede for þe, [W. & M. i-bade.]
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Þat þou sholdest comen to me."
