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And knelyng þankeþ hir of þat requeste
So glad he was he nyst nat what to seye
Sche kyst hir sone and hom sche goþ hir weye
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[PART II.]
Arryued ben þe cristen folk to londe /
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In Surry with a gret solempne route
And hastily þis soudan sent his sonde
First to his moder and al þe regne aboute
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And seyd his wyf was comen out of doute
And preyeþ hir for to ride aȝein þe queene
The honour of his regne to susteene /
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Gret was þe prees and riche was tharray
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Of Surriens and Romayns mette in feere
The moodur of þe Sowdan riche and gay
Receyued hir with al so glad a cheere
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As eny modir might hir doughter deere
And to þe nexte Citee þer bysyde
A softe paas solempnely þay ryde
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Nought trow I þe triumphe of Iulius
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Of which þat lukan makeþ moche bost
was ryaller ne more curious
Than was thassemble of þis blisful oost
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But þis Scorpioun þis wikked goost
This Sowdones for al hir flateryng
Cast vnder þis ful mortally to styng
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The Sawdan comþ himself sone after þis
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So really þat wonder is to telle
And welcomeþ hir wiþ ioy and blys
And þus with myrth and ioy I let hem dwelle
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