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Set fire on the house, said the sheriff,

Since it will no better be,

And burn we therein William, he said,

His wife and children three.

They fired the house in many a place,
The fire flew up on high:

Alas! then cried fair Alice,
I see we here shall die.

William opened a back window,
That was in his chamber hi',

And there with sheets he did let down
His wife and children three.

Have you here my treasure, said William,
My wife and my children three:
For Christ's love do them no harm,
But wreak you all on me.

William shot so wondrous well,
Till his arrows were all ago',
And the fire so fast upon him fell

That his bowstring burnt in two.

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