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 I am so hungry that I may not slepe  
 Now wolde god that I mighte slepe euyr  
 Thanne sholde no hunger in my wombe crepe  
 Ther is no thing than bred that me were leuyr  
Thus day be day this child gan to crye  
 Til in his fadris barm adoun it lay  
 And sayde farwel fader I mot dye  
 For this payne no lenger suffre I may  
 And whenne the woful fader ded hym say  
For wo his armys he gan to byte  
 And sayde allas fortune and welawey  
 Thy fals whele my wo I may wyte  
 His othir child wende that for hunger it was  
 That he his armys gnew & not for woo  
And sayde fader do not so allas  
 But rathir eet the flessh vp on vs two  
 Our flessh thow yaf vs take oure flessh vs fro  
 And ete ynough right thus the child sayde  
 And aftir that with ynne a day or two  
The child leyde hym doun in his lappe & deyde  
 Hym self dispeiryd eek for hunger starf  
 Thus endid the mighty erle of pyse  
 From high estate fortune from hym carf  
 Of this tragedye it oughte I nough suffyse  
Who so wil here it in a lengir wyse  
 Redith the grete poet of ytaile  
 That hight daunte for he can it deuyse  
 Fro poynt to poynt nat o word wil he fayle  
 AL though that Nero were as vicyous  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MO, 745
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3629
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 2439

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MO, 750
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3634
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 2444

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MO, 755
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3639
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 2449

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MO, 760
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3644
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 2454

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MO, 765
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3649
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 2459