1Thogh he were sory to departe, [folio 29b]
Thow dyst that Feloun so coarte,
That here he durst[e] nat abyde.
'And eke vpon that other syde,
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The two Labellys, large and longe,1 [[1_1 [Stowe folio 36a] ]]
Hangynge by thyn hornys stronge, [[St. & C.]]
Ar Fygure of the conqueste [[St. & C.]]
That thow madest on thys beste, [[St. & C.]]
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And of the Clensynge of thys place, [[C. & St.]]
Wasshe & swept only by grace, [[C. & St.]]
I mene fyrst at [[Stowe]] the halwyng,
yt makyng hooly by blessyng,
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Lyk a myghty champyoun
In the dedycacyoun;
Wych for to don, as yt ys skyl,
Off Gracë Dieu thys ys the wyl:
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That thow be armyd offtë sythe,
As a vyctor, thy myght to kythe,
That thylkë best most contrayre
Be neuer hardy to repayre,
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Nor yt tassaylle by no wrong,
Whan he seth thyn armour strong;
Wych ar sygnes in substaunce
Ay to be put in remembraunce,
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How thow hast venquysshed & fordon [[bore doun St.]]
Thylke vntrewë fals felon,
Bete & oppressyd fynally;
And that thow mayst ben ay redy,
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ffressh & newe ay to bataylle
Ageyns all that wyl assaylle,
At allë [[alle St., al C.]] tyme & ech sesoun,
Off Grace Dieu the mansyoun,
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Or yt dyspoylle in any wyse,
Robbe or reue yt in ther guyse,
By [[Stowe]] sleythe, falshed, or any whyle,
Grace Dieu ffor to exile [Camb. MS. reads: And dispoile it of hire goodes bi dymes, and taxes bi violences and by extorciouns. But ther of as j wot wel of sooth, thou doost not well thi deuoir, For thi self grauntest hem, and shewest the weyes to haue hem, the which thing grace dieu halt no game, p. 12.]
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