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The kyng of Norway said: ‘Nowe,

Fals thevis, woo worth you, 1760

Ferly sotell̴ were ye:

Ye said, the knyght wold not com⁾:

Swith oute of my kyngdome,

Or hangid shall̴ ye be!’

The King of Norway sends Torrent’s false Squires to sea,

His squiers, that fro hym⁾ fled, 1765

With sore strokys are they spred

Vppon the wanne see, [1870]

where all drown, save one.

And there they drenchid euery man⁾,

Saue one knave, that to lond cam⁾,

And woo be-gone is he. 1770

DESONELL IS NEAR CHILD-BEARING.