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leaf 1 May God give

God, that ys worthy and Bold,

Heuen⁾ and Erthe haue In hold,

Fyld, watyr, and wynde,

us grace to win Heaven!

Yeve vse grace hevyn⁾ to wyne,

And brynge vs owt off Dedly synne 5

And In thy seruyse to Ende!

A stounde and ye woll̴ lyst be-Dene,

Ale dowghtty men⁾ þat Euyr hathe ben⁾,

Wher So that they lende,

I’ll tell you of a doughty knight.

I Schall̴ yow tell̴, ore I hense pase, 10

Off a knyght, þat Dowghtty wase,

In Rome ase clarkys ffynde.

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