Bytwene undurne and prime;
Loke at thou come at that tyme,
Other swowne shal i[n] sweme,
The lady shall i-se.

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f. 89.] And trewly, withouten les, Thou shalt be servid, or I sess,

Bothe of werre and of pess,

Of ayther cours thre."

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LXXVII.

The kny3th was so dressé,
Hytt was gret joye to se,
So fayre an hors-man as he

Seye thei never are ;
Some loked one hys stede,

And some on hys rych wede,
And some the resone gan rede

What the knyзthe bare.

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He loutes down to them alle,

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Bothe to the [riche] and to the smalle,

Bothe with spere and with sche[l]d:

The eorl hoved and byheld,

Brem as a bare!

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