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THE CONTRAST TO THE EAST MIDLAND.

(About A.D. 1230.)

Ar ne kuthe ich sorghe non, Nu ich mot manen nun mon, Karful wel sore ich syche; Geltles ihc tholye muchele schame; Help God for thin swete name, Kyng of hevene-riche.