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Say you so, do you see, And then at him he let flie: With hand and with foot, And so they went to 't, And the word it was—Hey, boyes, hey! Your word, quoth the Dragon, I don't understand, Then to 't they fell at all; Like two wild bears, so fierce, I may Compare great things with small. Two dayes and a night With this Dragon did fight Our champion on the ground; Tho' their strength it was great, Yet their skill it was neat, They never had one wound. At length the hard ground began for to quake, The Dragon gave him such a knock; Which made him to reel, And straightway he thought To lift him high as a rock, And thence let him fall; But More of More Hall, Like a valiant son of Mars, As he came like a lout, So he turned him about, And hit him a kick on the back. Oh! quoth the Dragon with a sigh, And turn'd six times together; Sobbing and tearing, cursing and swearing, Out of his throat of leather. Oh! thou rascall, More of More Hall, Would I had seen you never; With the thing at thy foot, Thou has prick't my gut, Oh! I am quite undone for ever! Murder! murder! the Dragon cryed, Alack! alack! for grief;