"Louerd, þu clepedest me, An ich nagt ne ansuarede þe, Bute wordes scloe and sclepie: "Þole yet! þole a litel!" Bute "yiet" and "yiet" was endelis, And "þole a litel" a long wey is."
January 1, 1970
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