ffor which this noble duc / as he wel kan
Conforteth / and honoureth euery man
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And made reuel / al the longe nyght
Vn to the straunge lordes / as was right
¶ Ne ther was holden to disconfitynge
But as a Iustes / or a tourneyinge
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ffor soothly / there was no disconfiture
ffor fallyng . nys nat but an auenture
Ne to been had by force vn to the stake
Vnyolden / and with twenty knyghtes take
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A persone allone / with outen mo
And haryed forth / by arm / foot / and to
And eek his steede / dryuen forth with staues
With footmen / bothe yemen and eek knaues
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It nas arretted hym / no vileynye
Ther may no man / clepe it cowardye
¶ ffor which anoon / Duc Theseus leet crye
To stynten / al rancour and enuye
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The gre / as wel of oo syde as of oother
And eyther syde ylyk as otheres brother
And yaf hem yiftes / after hir degree
And fully heeld a feeste / dayes three
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And conueyed / the kynges worthily
Out of his toun / a iournee largely
And hoom wente euery man / the righte way [folio 36b]
Ther was namoore / but fare wel haue good day
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Of this bataille / I wol namoore endite
But speke of Palamon / and of Arcite [[A break in the MS. with]]
¶ Explicit secunda pars
¶ Incipit pars tercia & vltima
Swelleth the brest of Arcite / and the soore
Encreese that his herte / moore and moore
The clothered blood / for any lechecraft
Corrupteth / and is in his bouk / ylaft
That neyther veyne blood / ne ventusynge
Ne drynke of herbes / may been his helpynge
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The vertu expulsyf / or animal
ffro thilke vertu / clepyd natural
