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e ri? th pas,
her sorou? mi? th nou? th slake. 366
Alexius no? ing ? ou? th,
Bot on Iesu crist he ? ou? th,
And grete ioye he gan make 369
ffor he ne was nou? th biknowe
Of his frendes hei? e ne lowe,
His wel? e gan a-wake.
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Eufeniens seide in his mende,
'? e most wrecche fer oi? ere hende
Certes now am I. 375
Conforte ne ioye ne may me come;
Now my childe is me bynome
My song is tourned to cry. 378
My wijf is barayne, & ek olde;
She ne may haue no childe for colde,
Oure heir al forto by. 381
In sorou? & care my lijf is di? th,
ffor to dye it were my ri? th,
And hennes to party. ' 384
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? wi? ? at his moder fel to grounde
And lay yswowen a longe stounde,
And roos vp al afrayed: 387
'My leue son, ? at were so meke,
I ne woot where I shal ? ee seke,
? erefore I am dismayed.