Clamb on hyr bak wher-as she stood.
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To hyre yt was no grevaunce;
ffor, as lyhtly (in substaunce)
I was take vp in-to lyte,
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As a chykne off [[shulde off St.]] a kyte, [Stowe folio 223a]
Al sodeynly, or I was war;
And on hyr bak, fforth she me bar
Vn-to the hegh, and was my guyde
Stretth [[Streghte St.]] vn-to the tother syde.
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And to that weye she hath me born
Wych that I hadde lefft to-forn,
And held to me ful wel forward; [[ffrowarde St.]]
But gret encombraunce affterward
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Ther-off ys ffallen vn-to me,
And fful gret aduersyte,
Wych I shal tellyn in substaunce,
As they kome to rémembraunce.
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Whan I was passyd the hegh allas,
ffynally thys was the caas:
Yowthe me brouht (and thus yt stood,)
In-to a weyë large and brood,
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And sayde she wolde, off al that day,
No ferther ber me on my way.
And so, wher yt were [[were St., om. C.]] sour or soote,
She trew [[threwe C.]] me doun. I wente on foote
Ay be that hegh, doun costeyynge.
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"And, with-outë long [[longe St.]] taryynge,
In the weye that she me sette, [folio 194b]
An Oldë [[olde St., Old C.]] wekke a-noon I mette,
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Hydous and owgly off hyr look;
And off hyr shap, good hed I took;
Hyr Eyen royllynge in hyr hed,
Hyr fface colouryd was lyk [[lyk was to St.]] led,
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Hyr noosë heng doun to hyr chyn,
Hyr mouth fful large, and ek ther-in
With hyr teth (as I beheld,)
A fful large sak she held;
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Ther-in a tonge she held also,
And Rampawntly she gan to go [Stowe folio 223b]
Vn-to me-ward, off cruelte,
