&, pilgrim, for him þat dyed on rode,
& þat for ous schadde his blod,
To bigge ous alle fre,
Take þe batayle now on hond,
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& saue ous þe [Added above the line.] riȝt of Inglond,
For seynt Charite.'
¶ 'Do way, leue sir,' seyd Gij.
'Icham an old man, a feble bodi:
Mi strengþe is fro me fare.'
Þe king fel on knes to grounde,
& crid him merci in þat stounde,
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Ȝif it his wille ware,
& þe barouns dede also:
O knes þai fellen alle þo
Wiþ sorwe & sikeing sare.
Sir Gij biheld þe lordinges allc,
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& whiche sorwe hem was bi-falle:
Sir Gij hadde of hem care.
¶ Sir Gij tok vp þe king anon,
& bad þe lordinges euerichon
Þat þai schuld vp stond,
& seyd, 'for god [Another god erased in MS.] in trinite
& for to make Inglond fre,
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Þe batayle y nim on hond.'
Þan was þe king ful glad & bliþe, [folio 163b:b]
& þonked Gij a þousend siþe [C line 10127]
& Iesu Cristes sond.
[¶ here by mistake in MS.] To þe king of Danmark he sent þan,
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& seyd he hadde founden a man
To fiȝt for Inglond.
