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Reliques of ancient English poetry: consisting of old heroic ballads ...

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AND BALLADS. 217<br />

After a long fight, at length) as the dragon was preparing<br />

to<br />

fly, fir Beijis<br />

" Hit him under the wynge<br />

" As he was in his fiyeuge,<br />

" There he was tender without fieah,<br />

" And Bevis thought to be his bale.<br />

" tie fimote after, as I you fay e,<br />

1<br />

' With his goodfiword Morglaye.<br />

tl Up to the hikes Morglay yode<br />

" Through hart e, lyver, bone, and bloude<br />

" To the groundfell the dragejz,<br />

te<br />

Great joye fir Bevis begon.<br />

" Under the ficales al on bight<br />

" He fimote <strong>of</strong>f his headforth right,<br />

" And put it on a fipsre : &c. Sign. K. i

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