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Plague on his heart, laid fa.r Alice, Who tell my hufband fo. Set fire on the houfe, faid the Sheriff, Since no better will it be, And burn me therein, William, he faid His wife and children three : ' They fir’d the houfe in many a place, ’Till the fire flew on high ; Alas, alas ! Said fair Alice, I fee we here fhall die. William opened a back window. That was in’s chamber high, And there with fheet did he let down, His wife and children three ; For chriftian love do them no harm. But wreak you all on me. William fhot fo wond’rous well, Till all his arrows were gone ; And fire fo faft about him fell, That bow ftrings burnt in twain. The fparkle's burnt, and burnt upon. Good William of Cloudeflie ; But then was he a woful man, ’Twas cowards of me Rather had I, laid William, My fword in rout to run, ' Then here amengft mine enemies wood, So cruelly to burn. He took his fword and buckler then, Amongft them all he ran ;