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Trew king, that sittes in trone,

Unto the I tell my tale,

And unto the I bid a bone,

For thou ert bute of all my bale:

Als thou made midelerd and the mone,

And bestes and fowles grete and smale.

Unto me send thi socore sone,

And dresce my dedes in this dale.

(Laurence Minot: Battle of Halidon Hill. 1352.)

On Minot's lyrics see ten Brink's History of English Literature, Kennedy translation, vol. i. p. 323.