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<T BARB BRUS>
<B BARB>
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<Q ABERD>
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<N TRS JACS>

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STORYS TO REDE AR DELITABILL
SUPPOS YAT YAI BE NOCHT BOT FABILL
YAN SULD STORYS YAT SUTHFAST WER
AND YAI WAR SAID ON GUD MANER
HAWE DOUBILL PLESANCE IN HERYNG
YE FYRST PLESANCE IS THE CARPYNG
AND YE TOYIR YE SUTHFASTNES
THAT SCHAWYS YE THING RYCHT AS IT WES
AND SUTH THYNGIS YAT AR LIKAND
TYLL MANNYS HERYNG AR PLESAND
YARFOR I WALD FAYNE SET MY WILL
GIFF MY WYT MYCHT SUFFICE YARTILL
TO PUT IN WRYT A SUTHFAST STORY
YAT IT LEST AY FURTH IN MEMORY
SWA YAT NA TYME OF LENTH IT LET
NA GER IT HALY BE FORZET
FOR AULD STORYS YAT MEN REDYS
REPRESENTIS TO YAIM YE DEDYS
OF STALWART FOLK YAT LYWYT AR
RYCHT AS YAI YAN IN PRESENCE WAR

AND CERTIS YAI SULD WEILL HAWE PRYS
YAT IN YAR TYME WAR WYCHT AND WYS
AND LED YAR LYFF IN GRET TRAWAILL
AND OFT IN HARD STOUR OFF BATAILL
WAN GRET PRICE OFF CHEWALRY
AND WAR WOYDYT OFF COWARDY
AS WES KING ROBERT OFF SCOTLAND
YAT HARDY WES OFF HART AND HAND
AND GUD SCHYR JAMES . . .