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Beneathe an ancient oake one daye / A holye friar kneeled to praye; / Scarce hadde he mumbled Aves three, / When lo! a voice within the tree!
Straighte to the friar's hearte it wente, / A voice as of some spirit pente / Within the hollow of the tree, / That cried, "Good father, sette me free!"