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greth frape. 390
? anne cam for? a knaue anan,
& seyde to sire eufemian:
'Go we, sire, I rede,
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393
And loken [sire] at ? oure pilgrim
? at ? e han fed of long tym,
Wher he be quik o? er dede. 396
'? if he be ded ? at was so meke,
he is ? at man ? at ? ei seke,
I wot wi? -oute drede: 399
he was a man of holy lif,
Of him com neuere stout ne strif,
Ne wikke word ne dede.
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402
Whanne eufemian ? at i-herde,
he ? ede to loke hou alex ferde,
To his hous ful ry? th; 405
[folio 236a] he fond him ded whan he com ? are,
his face, ? er it lay on bere,
As sonne schinede bry? th. 408
In his hond he fond a skript,
Eufemian ? ede to him as tyd
To wyte what was ? er-Inne; 411
Bote for nones kynnes gyn
out of ? e hond ? at it was In
My? tte he it nat wynne.
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414
Whan he ne my? tte no betere spede,
To ? e emperour he ?