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thy rakys · þy rowndis · þy q^ūrters abowte
thy stoppis · þy foynys · lete hē fast rowte
thy spryngys · þy quarters · þy rabetis also
Ber^e a goede eye & lete þy hond go
ffy on a false hert þ^t dar not a byde
Wen he seyþ rovndys · & rakys rēnyng by h^s side
ffle not hastly for a lytil pryde
ffor lytil Wote þy adusary Wath hy̆ shal betide
lete strokys fast folowe aft^r hys honde
And hauk rovnde w^t a stop & stil þ^t þ^u stond
Greve not gretly þov þ^u be tochyd a lyte
ffor ā aft^r stroke ys bet^r yf þ^u dar hy̆ smyte
A gode rovnde wt an hauke & smyte ryʒt dovne
Gedyr vp a doblet & spar^e not hys crovne
W^t a rownde & a rake a byde at a bay
W^t a rēnŷg q^ūrter sette hŷ oute of hys way
Thys buþ^e þ ^e lettrs þ^t stondŷ in hys syʒte
To Teche · or to play · or ellys for to fyʒte
These buþ^e þ^e strokys of þy hole grovnde
ffor hurte · or for dynte · or ellys for deþys wonde

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