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Rh is of þe boc-house of saynt Austines of Canterberi, mid þe lettres : C : C :

Holy archanle Michael. M. C. C.	Saynt Gabriel and Raphael. Ye brenge me to þo castel. Þer alle zaulen vareþ wel. Lhord Jhesu almi&#x0293;ti kyng. þet madest and lokest alle þyng. Me þet am þi makyng. to þine blisse me þou bryng. Amen.

Blind and dyaf and alsuo domb. Of zeventy yer al vol rond. Ne ssolle by dra&#x0293;e to þe grond. Vor peny vor Mark ne vor pond.

MIDDLESEX.

(A.D. 1307.)

Of Syr Edward oure derworth kyng, Iche mette of him anothere faire metyng. Me thought he rood upon an asse, And that ich take God to witnesse; Ywonden he was in a mantell gray, Toward Rome he nom his way, Upon his hevede sate a gray hure, It semed him wel a mesure. . . . . . . Into a chapel I cum of ure lefdy, Jhe Crist her leve son stod by, On rod he was an loveliche mon, Als thilk that on rode was don. He unneled his honden two. . . . . . . Whoso wil speke myd me Adam the marchal In Stretforde Bowe he is yknown and over al.