40. "My trowth ys plyght to yonne Skottysh knyght,

It nedes me not to layne,

That I schulde byde hym upon thys bent,
And I have hys trowth agayne.

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41. "And if that I weynde of thys growende,
For soth, onfowghten awaye,
He wolde me call but a kowarde knyght
In hys londe another daye.

42. "Yet had I lever to be rynde and rente,"
By Mary, that mykkel maye,7
Then ever my manhood schulde be re-
provyd

Wyth a Skotte another daye.

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1 royal 3 conceal 4 eye 5 from flayed and drawn 7 powerful maid

company

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43.

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"Wherefore schote, archars, for my sake,
And let scharpe arowes flee;
Mynstrells, playe up for your waryson,1
And well quyt it schall bee.

39. "For Jhesus love," sayd Syr Harye Perssy, 49. Wyth that scharpe arowes bygan to flee,

"That dyed for yow and me,
Wende to my lorde my father agayne,

I tell yow in sertayne;
Men of armes Byganne to joyne,
Many a dowghty man was ther slayne.

And saye thow sawe me not with yee.1

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