(3)
¶ Wher is he nowe, that man of noble men,
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That, in his howsold, kepte the ryall rowte?
Ther is no place in all the wordle I ken,
but of the Substaunce he hath chosen owte.
Hit was a wordle to se hym ride aboute
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Through-out his land; And that was day be day:
All men of Englond ar bounde for hym to pray.
(4)
¶ O noble Edward, wher art thowe be-come,
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Which full worthy I haue seen goyng in estate?
Edward the iiijth I mene, with the sonne,
The rose, the sonnë-beme / which was full fortunate:
Noon erthly prince durst make with hym debate.
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Art thowe agoo, and was here yestirday?
All men of Englond ar bound for the to pray.
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The well of Knyghthode, withouten any pere
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Of all erthely prynces thowe were the lode-sterre!
Be-holde & rede; herkyn well and hyre!
In gestis, in romansis, in Cronicles nygh & ferre,
Well knowen it is / þer can no man it deserre,
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Pereless he was / and was here yestirday:
All men of Englond ar bounde for hym to pray.
(6)
¶ Fy on this wordle! What may we wrecches say, [folio 3b]
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That nowe haue lost the lanterne & the light,
Oure kyng oure lorde, (alas and wele-a-wey!)
In euery felde full redy for oure right,
It was no nede / to pray hym for to fight;
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Redy he was / that was here yestirday:
All men of Englond ar bounde for hym to pray.
(7)
¶ Me thynkith euer this kyng sholde not be gon;
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I see his lordis, I see his knyghtis all;
I see his plasis made of lyme and ston;
I see his seruauntes sittyng in the Hall,
And, walkyng among them, his Marshall.
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What sholde I say? He was here yestirday:
All men of Englond ar bounde for hym to pray.
