ANCIENT POEM S.

Ile pawne my landes, the king then cryd,
My fceptre, crowne, and all,
That whatfoere queen Elianor fayes
No harme thereof fhall fall.

Do thou put on a fryars coat,
And Ile put on another;

And we will to queen Elianor goe
Like fryar and his brother..

Thus both attired then they goe:

When they came to Whitehall,

The bells did ring, and the quirifters fing,
And the torches did lighte them all.

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The king pulled off his fryars coate,

And appeared all in redde:

She fhrieked, and cryd, and wrung her hands, 75
And fayd fhe was betrayde.

The king lookt over his left shoulder,

And a grimme look looked hee,

Earl marshall, he fayd, but for my oathe,
Or hanged thou shouldst bee.

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V. 63, 67. She means that the eldest of these two was by the earl marfball, the youngest by the king.

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