The Chambres and þe stables weren wyde
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And wel we weren esud atte beste
And schortly whan þe sonne was to reste
So hadde I spoken with hem euerychon
That I was of here felawschipe anon
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And made forward erly to a Ryse
To take oure weye ther as I ȝow deuyse
But natheles whiles I haue tyme and space
Or þat I ferþere in þis tale pace
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Me þinkeþ it acordant to resoun
To telle ȝow alle þe condicioun
Of eche of hem so as it semed me [folio 1b]
And which þey weren and of what degre
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And eek in what array þat þey were Inne
And at a knight than wol I first bygynne
A Knight þer was and þat a worþy man
That from þe tyme þat he ferst bigan
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To ryden out he louede Chyualrye
Trouthe and honour fredom and curtesie
Ful worthi was he in his lordes werre
And þerto hadde he riden noman ferre
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As wel in Cristendom as hethenesse
And euere honoured for his worþinesse
At Alisandre he was whan it was wonne
Ful ofte tyme he hadde þe bord bygonne /
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Abouen alle naciouns in pruce
In lettowe hadde Reyced and in Ruce
No cristen man so ofte of his degre
In Gernade atte siege hadde he be
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At Algesir and riden in Belmarie
At lieys was he and at Satalie
At many a noble ariue hadde he be
whan þey were wonne and in þe greete see
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At mortal batailles hadde he ben fiftene
And foughten for oure feith at Tramassene
In lystes þries and ay slayn his foo
