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He counselled them to yield forthwith, But brave Sir Edmund Rose Declared he’d sooner meet his death Than bend to foreign foes, But to the Abbot should they yield A double tithe on every field, He would it not oppose.
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He counselled them to yield forthwith, But brave Sir Edmund Rose Declared he’d sooner meet his death Than bend to foreign foes, But to the Abbot should they yield A double tithe on every field, He would it not oppose.