" Y make þe somouns vnto Rome,
" & comaunde þe þat þou come,
" ffolewyng atte [folowand at þis.] nexte heruest. [a mi-aost, Wace, ii. 118, l. 10,969.]
" Hit schal nought helpe cheson to kest;
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" But com, & amende [mend.] þyn vnright,
" Þat þou so slowe ffrolle oure knyght,
" & als amende on oþer weye
" Of þat we conne [kon more.] to þe seye.
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" But ȝif hit be so þou make delay,
" Þat þou nelt [& will not.] come at þy day,
" Ne come [bewe (bow).] til oure comaundement,
. " Þan telly þe outrely [tell .I. þe þat þou ert.] schent!
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" ffor, þorow force, ffraunce y schal [.I. will.] þe reue;
" Of Bretayne nought o fote byleue! [a fote leue.]
" Y trowe [wene.] nought þou wilt abide,
. " & ȝyf þou do, þou schalt þe hide,
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" & siker [I. trowe nouht.] on þys half þe se
" Þou schalt nought [þou sall.] dur schewe þe to me;
" & ȝyf þou on þys half bes, [halfe bees.]
" At my comyng [if .I. kom.] for soþe þou fles,
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" Þou schal nought tapice [tapir (to crouch), Wace, ii. 119, l. 10,985.] a night to slepe
" Þat y ne schal do þe sterte & lepe,
" & brynge þe to Rome in bondes, [bandes.]
" & leue þe þer in Romaynes hondes! [þe in þe Romeyn handes.] "
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At þat word was noise & cry
Of þe Bretons þat stoden ney;
Oþes þey swore þat "þey schold deye [Que cil seront deshonoré, Wace, l. 11,993.]
