ÆLLA, EGWINA, SERVYTOURE, COERNYKE.
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ÆLLA.
Thee I ordeyne the warde; so alle maie telle. 1200 I have botte lyttel tym to dragge thys lyfe; Mie lethal tale, alyche a lethalle belle, Dynne yn the eares of her I wyschd mie wyfe! Botte, ah! shee maie be fayre.
EGWINA.
Yatte shee moste bee.
ÆLLA.
Ah! saie notte foe; yatte worde woulde Ælla dobblie flee. 1205