ENTRODUCTIONNE.
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Somme cherisounce[60] it ys to gentle mynde, Whan heie have chevyced[61] theyre londe from bayne[62], Whan theie ar dedd, theie leave yer name behynde, And theyre goode deedes doe on the earthe remayne; Downe yn the grave wee ynhyme[63] everych steyne, 5 Whylest al her gentlenesse ys made to sheene, Lyche fetyve baubels[64] geasonne[65] to be seene.
ÆLLA, the wardenne of thys[66] castell[67] stede, Whylest Saxons dyd the Englysche sceptre swaie, Who made whole troopes of Dacyan men to blede, 10 Then seel'd[68] hys eyne, and seeled hys eyne for aie, Wee rowze hym uppe before the judgment daie, To saie what he, as clergyond[69], can kenne, And howe hee sojourned in the vale of men.
[Footnote 60: comfort.]
[Footnote 61: preserved.]
[Footnote 62: ruin.]
[Footnote 63: inter.]
[Footnote 64: jewels.]
[Footnote 65: rare.]
[Footnote 66: Bristol.]
[Footnote 67: castle.]
[Footnote 68: closed.]
[Footnote 69: taught.]