Þe douk he haþ a grete harm y-do,
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He þouȝt for to awreke him so.
When þe douk Loer herd þis tiding,
Þat Gij and Tirri were coming, [C line 6273]
His douhte[r] Oysel also,
Wel glad & bliþe he was þo.
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Herhaud he cleped him to,
& teld him þe soþe þo,
Þat Gij and Tirri wer y-come,
& hadde on hem wer y-nome,
Wiþ hem was þerl Amis
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Wiþ ferred of miche pris.
When Herhaud y-herd þis,
Þat Gij and Tirri comen is,
Neuer nas he so bliþe:
God he þonked mani siþe.
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'Sir Herhaud,' seyd þe douk Loer,
'Ichil þe make messanger:
To þerl Aubri þou schal go,
& Gij, & Tirri, & sigge hem so,
Þat ich wiþ hem acord wille
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Of alle þat þai cun to me telle.
Sir Tirri ichil mi douhter ȝiue,
& half mi lond while þat y liue.
Ichil þat þou wittnesse me
Þat þe loue ste[de]fast be.'
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'Sir,' quaþ Herhaud, 'ichil so
Alle mi miȝt do þer-to.'
Þe douke of-sent his prisouns alle,
& dede hem arme swiþe [One or two letters erased after swiþe.] snelle,
& hete hem þat þai failed nouȝt [C line 6305]
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Of þat þai hadde þider y-brouȝt.
'Forþ wiþ Herhaud ȝe schal gon,
Þe acord to make riȝt anon.'
Herhaud made him redi þo,
Riȝt into Gormoise he is y-go, [folio 143a:a]
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