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us, And when they cam vp aboue{n)} CULPRITS
They turnyd abowte and lokyd downe, FREE.
The lord seyd, "so god saue me, 612
I never had such a Yet hadde I neu_er_ such a fytte
turn in my life As I haue hadde in ?at lowe pytte;
before, I can tell So mary so mutt me spede." 615
you." The knyght and thys lady bryght,
Then the Lord and Howe they would home that nyg{h-}t,
lady go home, For no thyng they would abyde; 618
And so they went home;
as ADAM of COBSAM Thys seyd Adam of Cobsa{m~}.[8]
[leaf 186, back] By the weye as they rode 621
says. Throwe a wode in ther playeng,
On their way home For to here the fowlys syng
they halt, They hovyd stylle and bode. 624
and the steward The stuard sware by godes ore,
and proctor swear And so dyd the proctoure much more,
they'll never go That neu_er_ in ther lyfe 627
back for five and Would they no more come in ?_a_t wonne
forty years. Whan they were onys thens come,
Thys forty yere and fyve. 630
The lady gives all Of the tresure that they brought,
their money to the The lady would geue hem ryght noght,
wright's wife.
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