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Torrent

In a mornyng as he lay,

To hym selfe gan⁾ he say:

‘Why lye I thus alone? 2295

appeals to God

God, hast thou forsakyn⁾ me?

All̴ my truste was in the,

In lond where I haue gone!

who once enabled him to kill Dragons and Giants.

Thou gave me myȝt ffor to slee

Dragons two other thre 2300

And giauntes meny one, [2401]

And now a man⁾ in wekid lond

Hath myn⁾ armour and stede in⁾ hond:

I wold, my liffe were done!’

2299. flee MS.!