456
? ?e pope to ?e bed bey?,
?e writ of his hond he tey?,
Right wi?-outen gynne. 459
?at writ he began to sprede,
& to foren ?e folk to rede,
?at weren ?er-inne.
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? ?
o
eufemian
was y-war
?
at his sone lay ?ar,
& so long had wi? him beo, 465
he fel in swounyng on ?e molde,
'Allas,' he seide, '?at euer .I. sholde so vnkynde beo.' 468
// Be a stounde he gan vp-stonde,
Tar his her & wrong his honde,
?at ?e folk myghte rewe. 471
?ei weopen & made reuly cry,
for him ?ei wer wel sory
?at ?ei him euere knewe.
