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Mid his tonge he snytte hire nose  ⁊ tuengde hire sore
For hit was wiþinne þe nyȝte  he nemiȝte iseo nomore
Þe schrewe was glad ⁊ bliþe ynouȝ  þo he was out of his honde
He fleȝ ⁊ gr^adde bi þe lifte  þa^t me hurde into al þe londe
Out what haþ þe calewe ido  what hap þe calewe ido
In þe contira me hurde wide  hou þe schrewe gr^adde so
As god þe schrewe hadde ibeo  acome ysnyt his nose
He nehiȝede nomore þiderward  to hele him of þe pose
¶ Þe holi abbot seint Dunstan  hadde gr^et poer
Wiþ king Edmund þa^t was þo  ⁊ was al his consailler
After king Edmundes deþ  a good while was a gon
Þa^t Edwyne his sone was ymaked king  ⁊ noȝt after anon
Þis Edwyne hadde vuel red  ⁊ þer after drouȝ
Wiþ seint Dunstan he was wroþ  siker wiþ gr^et wouȝ
¶ Of his Abbey he dude him out  ⁊ dude him schame ynouȝ
Þe more schame þa^t he him dude  þe more þe gode man louȝ
He drof him out of Engelond  ⁊ let him grede fleme
Þis gode man wende forþ wel glad  ne nam he neuere ȝeme
To þe abbey of seint Amand  biȝunde see he drouȝ
⁊ soiournede þer longe  ⁊ ladde god lyf ynouȝ
¶ After kyng Edwynes lyue  Edgar þa^t was his broþer
Was king ymaked for he was nher þan eni oþer
Suyþe god man he bicom  ⁊ louede wel holi churche
⁊ ech man þa^t him þerto radde  after him be gan wirche
Me tolde him of seint Dunstan  þa^t his broþer drof of londe
Mid vnriȝt for his godnisse  ⁊ gan him vnderstonde
¶ After him he sende anon  þa^t he come aȝe sone
⁊ bileue his consailler  of þa^t he hadde to done
Seint Dunstan com hom aȝen  ⁊ faire was vnderfonge
Ladde his Abbey al in pees  fr^am whan he was so longe
Wiþ þe king he was suyþe wel  ⁊ was al his consailler
Moche me spac of his godnisse  boþe fur ⁊ nher
Hit biful þa^t þe biscop  of wircetre was ded
Þe king ⁊ þe archebischop Ode  þerof nome here red
¶ Þo þe holi abbot seint Dunstan  bischop hi makede þere
To makie him heȝere in godes lawe  his wille þeȝ hit nere
Somme eschte þe archebischop  of Canterbury sire Ode
Wherfore hi him bischop makede  ⁊ his gr^a were so gode