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Sir Alf will not stay in Norroway land, / For he passes his time there wearily; / Full fifteen lordships in fief he holds, / He can live thereout right merrily.
Sir Alf he walks on the verdant wold, / Conning his breviary; / There meets him Bendit Rimaardson, / For God of his sins was weary.