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 ( 16 ) Dame,' fays he, be merry and glad. And thank my brethren two. Hereof to fpeak, faid Adam Bell; I wifh it is no hurt : The meat that we muft fup withal. It refteth yet on foot. Then went they down into the land, Tbefe noble men all three ; Each of them flew an heart of greece. The bell that they could fee. Here, have the beft, Alice, my wife, 'Said William of Cloudeflie, Because you boldly flood by me, When I was flain full nigh. And then they all to fupper went, With fuch meat as they had ;. And thankfull for their future good, Tdey were merry and glad. And when they all had fupped well So certain without leafe, Cloudeflie faid we’ll to our king, And get a charter of peace. Alice fhall be our fojourning, In the nunnery befide: My two'dear fons fhall with her go, And there they fhall abide. My eldeft fon fhall go with me, For him I have no care; For him fhall bring you word again. How that we all do fare.