Descended from the mountaynes most f arionslj,
Agajnst the erle raised a cmell company ; 1427

Bytwxt hym and Chestre lettynge the kyngb way,
Parposynge to slee or take hym for a praye. 1429

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The erle son perceyaed theyr maUdoas entent : 1430

In all hast possible sonde to Chestre secretly,
To wame his constable by lone and commaandem[en]t,
Wyllyam the son of Nigell / to rayse a great army,
To mete hym at Basyngwerke right sone and spedely 1434
For his deliueraunce from deth and captinite
Of the wyld walshemen / without humanite. 1436

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The constable congregate in all goodly hast 1437

A myghty stronge host / in theyr best arraye,
To-warde Hilburghee on ioumey ridyng fast,
Trustyng vpon shippes all them to conuaye —
Whiche was a riall rode that tyme, nyght and daye. 1441
And whan they theder came, shyppyng none there was
To carie all them oner in conuenient space. 1443

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Alas, what hert may thynke / or tonge well expresse 1444
The dolorous greuaunce / and great lamentacion
That the host made / for loue and tendemes,
Knowynge their great maister in suche persecucion t
Borne wept and way led without consolacion, 1448

I Some sighed and sobbed / some were in extasy,
i Without perfect reason. / alas, what remedy) 1450

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: Wyllyam the constable, most carefull man on lyue 1451
Of his mysfortune, in suche extreme necessite
Called to hym a monke there d welly ng contemplatyue,
Hequired hym for counsayle and prayer for his charite.
The monke exhorted hym to knele vpon his kne, 1455

Humblie to beseke Werburge, his patronesse.
