1999My tongue is made of steele, and it shall beg

2000My mercie on his coward burgonet.

2001Tell him my colours are as red as his,

2002My men as bold, our English armes as strong,

2003returne him my defiance in his face.

2004He. I go.

2006Pr: What newes with thee?

2007He. The Duke of Normandie my Lord & master

2008Pittying thy youth is so ingirt with perill,

2009By me hath sent a nimble ioynted iennet,

2010As swift as euer yet thou didst bestride,

2011And therewithall he counsels thee to flie,

2012Els death himself hath sworne that thou shalt die.

2013P: Back with the beast vnto the beast that sent him

2014Tell him I cannot sit a cowards horse,

2015Bid him to daie bestride the iade himselfe,

2016For I will staine my horse quite ore with bloud,

2017And double guild my spurs, but I will catch him,

2018So tell the capring boy, and get thee gone.

2020He: Edward of Wales, Phillip the second sonne

2021To the most mightie christian king of France,

2022Seeing thy bodies liuing date expird,

2023All full of charitie and christian loue,

2024Commends this booke full fraught with prayers,

2025To thy faire hand, and for thy houre of lyfe,

2026Intreats thee that thou meditate therein,

2027And arme thy soule for hir long iourney towards.

2028Thus haue I done his bidding, and returne.

2029Pr. Herald of Phillip greet thy Lord from me,

2030All good that he can send I can receiue,

2031But thinkst thou not the vnaduised boy,

2032Hath wrongd himselfe in this far tendering me,

2033Happily he cannot praie without the booke,

2034I thinke him no diuine extemporall,

2035Then render backe this common place of prayer,

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