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And thenne he asked leue & wente oute of his heremytage for to mayntene his neuewe ageynst the myghty Erle / and so hit happed that this man that lyeth here dede dyd so moche by his wysedome and hardynes that the Erle was take and thre of his lordes by force of this dede man

Ther[idamas]. Won with thy words, & conquered with thy lookes,

I yeeld my ſelfe, my men & horſe to thee:

To be partaker of thy good or ill,

As long as life maintaines Theridimas.

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