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orou? de? es law? es,
? at he drou? to his endyng daw? es,
ffor de? com hym biforne. 750
His sergeaunt he cleped sone,
And for his loue, bad hym a bone,
? at bare ? e crovne of ? orne, 753
To fecche hym enk & parchemyne,
fforto write in latyne
His lijf si? ? e he was borne. 756
(64)
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His sergeaunt was glad & bli? e;
Enk & parchemyn also swi? e
He fette, & hym bitook; 759
Alexius ? o write bigan;
Ak ? ere was non bifore ? an
? at wist he cou? e in book. 762
? ere-inne he wroot oord & ende,
Hou he fro his wijf gan wende,
And al his kyn forsook; 765
And hou Alex at his partyng,
whan he took his wijf ? e ryng,
hou rewly she gan look; 768
(65)
? And hou in pilerynage he ? ede,
In hunger, in ? orst, in pouere wede,
And in what manere, 771
And hou he sat in grete destresse
Amonge ? e pouere, & fenge almesse
Seuentene ? ere;
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And hou his frendes comen hym by,
And he hem knew apertely,
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