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rides all night in a wood,

Hys squyer⁾ Rod all̴ nyght

In a wod, that wase full̴ tyght,

With meche care and gret fare, 590

For to seke hys lord Torrent,

That wyghtly wase frome hyme sent,

And he wyst nevyr⁾ whethyr ne whar⁾.

He Durst neuyr⁾ cry ne schuot,

For wyld bestes were hym a-bowght 595

In⁾ the holttes hare;

A lytyl whyll̴ be-fore the day

He toke in⁾ to a Ryde-wey

Hyme self to meche care.

592. wysly MS.

593. wher MS.

595. wyld] wyd MS.

596. hore MS.

597. lyty MS.