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NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE.

(A.D. 1338.)

Now of kyng Robin salle I &#x0293;it speke more, & his broþer Tomlyn, Thomas als it wore, & of Sir Alisandere, þat me rewes sore, Þat boþe com in skandere, for dedes þei did þore. Of arte he had þe maistrie, he mad a corven kyng In Cantebrige to þe clergie, or his broþer were kyng. Siþen was never non of arte so þat sped, Ne bifore bot on, þat in Cantebrigge red. Robert mad his fest, for he was þore þat tyme, & he sauh alle þe gest, þat wrote & mad þis ryme. Sir Alisander was hie dene of Glascow, & his broþer Thomas &#x0293;ed spiand ay bi throw, Where our Inglis men ware not in clerke habite, & non wild he spare, bot destroied also tite. Þorgh þe kyng Robyn þei &#x0293;ede þe Inglis to spie, Here now of þer fyn þam com for þat folie.