This is to seine wheþer he or þou
Maie wiþ his hundreþ as .I. spak of nowe [V. 98.]
Sle his contrarie or owte of listes driue [[no slaying men tioned.]]
That schal .I. ȝeue Emelia to wif
Line 1860
To whome þat fortone ȝeueþ so faire a grace
The listes schal .I. maken in þis place
And god so wisly on my soule rewe
As .I. schal Euen Iuge be and trewe
Line 1864
Ȝe schol none oþer ende wiþ me makene
Þat one of ȝowe ne schall be dede or takene
And ȝif ȝowe þinkeþ þis is wele .I.-seide
Seiþe ȝowre avise and holde ȝowe wele apaide
Line 1868
This es ȝoure ende and ȝoure conclusione
Who lokeþ lihtly nowe bot palamone
Who springeþ vp for ioie bot arcite
Who couþe telle or who couþe it endite
Line 1872
The ioye þat is maked in þe place
Whan Theseus haþe done so faire a grace [['tanta grazia,' V. 100.]]
But downe one knees went. euery manere wiht
And þonked him wiþ al here hert and myht
Line 1876
And namely þe Thebanes oft siþe
And þus wiþ good hope and wiþþe herte bliþe
Thei taken here leue and homward gan þei ride
To Thebes wiþ olde walles wide
Line 1880
[PART III. No gap in the MS.]
.I. trowe men wolde it deme Necligence
Ȝif .I. for-ȝate to tellen þe dispence
Of Theseus þat goþe so besily
To Maken vp þe listes roially
Line 1884
Þat suche a noble theatre as it was
.I. dare wele saie in þe werlde þere nas
The circuite a Mile was aboute [VII. 108.]
Walled of stone and diche all wiþ-oute [[no ditch.]]
Line 1888
Rounde was þe schappe maner of compas
