Louerd, i-her[i]d be þou ay!
þat i haue beden þat ilke day,
þat I may, for þi sake,
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Of hem þat in myn owene lond
Serueden me to fot & hond
Here Almesse forto take.'
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Nou þese men þat were out-sent,
aȝen homward þei ben I-went
To sire eufemian.
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þei swore to him be heuene king:
Of Alex herde þei no tyding,
As wyde as þei hadde gan.
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'In eche a lond þan haue we be,
We ne founden no man þat couþe him se,
þat to him coude vs wisse.'
