What sorewe so þey made al gates,
Agayns Arthur þey opened þe gates,
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And let hym in, & alle hyse, [Lambeth folio 47b:1]
& dide [mad.] hym omage & seruise.
When he had homage of lef & loþ,
Hostages he tok to halde þer oþ;
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At Parys to soiourne he ches;
Baillifs he sette to ȝeme þe pes;
He parted his host in haluendel, [& þe halfendele.]
Bytaughte he þem to [betaught he vnto.] sire Ohel,
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& bad hym 'go to wynne Burgoyne,
' Peytowe, Nauerne, & Gascoigne,
' & Lorreyne, ȝyf [lorenge if þat.] he myghte,
. ' Assaye þem wyþ loue or fyghte.'
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Ohel dide his comaundement,
He tok þe folk, & þyder went;
And alle þo landes [& wan all þo.] þat y haue seyd,
. To gyue truage on þem he leyd.
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¶ De austeritate Gwytardi.
Gwithard, [MS. Gwichard. P. Witard. (Guitart, Wace, ii. 90, l. 10,375.)] þe Duk of Peyters,
Was a fel knyght & a fers
ffor to kepe his heritage,
Nought ne wolde gyue [he wild gyfe no.] truage;
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Often he turnde Ohel þe vys,
& often of hym wan þe pris,
& often a-geyn hym he les
. Er þan he wolde come til [are he wild com vnto.] þe pes.
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Ohel destruide ner al þe lond;
Þat he wyþouten castel fond,
