And carf byforn his fadur at þe table /
Line 100
A ȝeman had he / and seruantes nomoo
At þat tyme for him lust ryde soo
And he was clad in coote and hood of grene
A shef of pocok arwes bright and kene
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vnder his belte he bar ful þriftily
wel cowde he dresse his takel ȝomanly
His arwes drowpud nouȝt wiþ fetheres lowe
And in his hond he bar a mighty bowe
Line 108
A not heed hadde he wiþ a broun visage
Of woode craft cowde he wel al þe vsage
vpon his arme he bar a gay bracer
And by his side a swerd and a bokeler
Line 112
And on þat oþer side a gay daggere
harneysed wel and scharp as poynt of spere
A cristofre on his brest of siluer schene [folio 2b]
An horn he bar þe bawdrik was of grene
Line 116
A forster was he sothely as I gesse
Ther was also a Nonne a prioresse
That of hire smylyng was ful symple and coy
hire grettest ooth nas but by seynt loy
Line 120
And sche was clept/ madame Englentyne
Ful wel sche sang þe seruise deuyne
Entuned in hire nose ful semyly
And frensch sche spak ful faire and fetysly
Line 124
Aftur þe scole of Stratford atte Bowe
For frensch of Parys was to hire vnknowe
At mete wel I-taught was sche with alle
Sche leet no morsel from hire lippes falle
Line 128
Ne wette hire fyngres in hire sauce deepe
wel cowde sche carie a morsel and wel keepe
That no drope fil vppon hire brest
In Curtesie was sett al hire lest
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hire ouerlippe wypud sche so clene
That in hire Cuppe was no ferþing sene
Of grees whan sche dronken hadde hire draught
