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 Fair Ellayne's face, from sorrow and grief,

Was waxen pale and green:

That lady's face was goodly red,

She had but little tene.

But as he pass'd by her window

He grew a little wroth :

O, why does yon pale face look at me

From out the golden cloth?

It is some burd, the fair dame said

That aye rode him beside,

Has come to see your bonny face

This merry summer-tide.

But Ellayne let a lily-flower

Light on his cap of steel:

O, I have gotten two hounds, fair knight,

The one has served me well.

But the other, just an hour agone,

Has come from over sea,

And all his fell is sleek and fine,

But little he knows of me.

Now, which shall I let go, fair knight,

And which shall bide with me?

O, lady, have no doubt to keep

The one that best loveth thee.

O, Robert, see how sick I am!

Ye do not so by me.

Lie still, fair love! have ye gotten harm

While I was on the sea?