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Ase Torrent Iesu gan⁾ pray, 540

He herd the dragon⁾, ther he lay

Vndyr-nethe a clow;

Of and on he wase stronge,

The Dragon’s tail is 7 yards long,

Hys tayle wase VII yerdes long,

That aftyr hyme he drowe; 545

Hys wyngges wase long and wyght,

To the chyld he toke a flyght

With an howge swowe;

Had he nether⁾ schyld ne spere,

But prayd to god, he schold hyme were, 550

For he wase in dred i-nowe.

542. clow] colod or colvd, l corrected from d, MS.

543. and] an MS.

545. drewe MS.

548. swowe] swayne (!) MS.

551. inowthe MS.