e pouere,
In grete
meschief
& stronge to couere,
ffor hunger in wrecchednesse.
Adam Davy's Five Dreams about Edward II - 1389
at he shulde his body wi? kepe,
Litel hym com wi?inne. 342
ffrom ?e tyme he took his tourne
ffrom Rome, ?ere he was borne,
he was sou?th of his kynne 345
In alle cuntrees, in euery toun,
In chirche, in felde, vp & doun,
ffor nou?th wolde ?ai blynne.
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? His kynrede com ?ere hym biside,
?at had ysou?th hym fer & wide,
& ?af hym her Almesse, 351
As he sat amonge ?
e pouere,
In grete
meschief
& stronge to couere,
ffor hunger in wrecchednesse.
354
Sore of hym ?ai gonnen rewe,
Stille he satt, & wel hem knewe,
Her names more & lesse. 357
Ychaunged was his faire hewe
?orou? reyn & wynde ?at on hym blewe,
And o?er stronge destresse. 360
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? whan ?ai mi?tten nou?th spede,
Ne hym of axen in no ?ede
Ne in no londe of take, 363
wi? sorou? ?