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tHe wulf sayd I may wel forbere your mockes & your scornes and also your felle venymous wor∣des strong theef that ye ar / ye saide that I was almost dede for hungre / when ye helpe me in my nede / that is fal∣sely lyed / for it was but aboon that ye gaf to me / ye had eten away alle the flessh that was theron / And ye
mocke me and saye that I am hongry here where I stan∣de / that toucheth my worship to nygh / what many a spyty worde haue ye brought forth wyth false lesyngis / And that I haue conspyred the kynges deth fro the tresour that ye haue seid to hym / is in hulsterlo / And ye haue also my wyf shamed and sklandred / that she shal neuer recoure it / and I shold euer be disworshipped therby yf I auengyd it not / I haue forborn yow longe / but now ye shal not escape me / I can not make her of gre•••• preef / But I saye here to fore my lord and to fore all•• them that ben here that thow art a false traytour and a morderar / And that shal I pr••ue and make good on th•• body wythin lystes in the felde. and that body ayenst body And thenne shal our stryf haue an ende / And therto I caste to the my gloue / and take thou it vp / I shal h••u•• right of the or deye therfore / Reynard the fore thoug•••• how come I on this Campyng / we ben not bothe lyke I shal not wel conne stonde ayenst this stronge th••ef all my proof is now come to an ende.