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In londe
¶ Lo lordes myne / here is a fit
If ye wole / any moore of it
To telle it wol I fonde
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[Fit II.]
n Ow hoold youre mouth per charitee
Bothe knyght and lady free
And herkneth to my spelle
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¶ Of bataille / and of chiualry
And of ladyes / loue drury
Anon / I wol yow telle
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¶ Men speken / of Romances of pris
Of Hornchild / and of Ypotys
Of Beves and Sir Gy
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Of Sire lybeux / and playn damour
But sire Thopas / he bereth the flour
Of real Chiualry
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¶ His goode Steede / al he bystrood
And forth vp on his wey he glood
As Sparcle / out of the bronde
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¶ Vp on his Creest he bar a tour
And ther Inne stiked / a lilie flour
God shilde / his cors fro shonde
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¶ And for he was / a knyght auntrous
He nolde slepen / in noon hous
But liggen in his hode
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His brighte helm / was his wonger
And by hym / bayteth his destrer
Of herbes / fyne and goode
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