he had a bere skyn cole-blak for old
his lange heer y-kempt byhynd his bak
As eny rauen fether it schon for blak
Line 2144
A wreþe of gold arm-gret and huge of wight/
Vpon his heed set ful of stoones bright
Of fyne rubeus and of fyn dyamauntȝ
Aboute his chare wente with white alauntȝ
Line 2148
Twenty and mo as grete as eny stere
To hunt at þe lyoun or at þe bere
And folwed him with mosel fast I-bounde
Colerd of gold and torettȝ fyled rounde
Line 2152
An hundred lordes had he in his route
Armed ful wel wiþ hertes stern and stoute
With arcita in stories as men fynde
The gret Emetreus þe kyng of ynde
Line 2156
Vppon a steede bay trapped in steel
Couered wiþ cloþ and of gold dyapred wel
Cam rydyng lyk / þe god of armes mars
his coote armour was of a cloþ of Tars
Line 2160
Cowched of perlys whyte round and grete
his sadil was of brend gold newe bete
A mantelet vpon his schuldre hangyng
Bret-ful of Rubies reed and fir sparclyng
Line 2164
His crispe her lik rynges was I-ronne
And þat was ȝalwe and gliteryng as þe sonne
his nose was heigh his eyen were cytryne
His lippes rounde his colour was sangwyn
Line 2168
A fewe freknes in his face y-spreynd
Betwixe ȝolwe and somdel blak y-meynd
And as a lyoun he his lokyng caste [folio 29b]
Of fyue and twenty ȝeer his age I caste
Line 2172
his berd was wel bygonne for to sprynge
His voys was as a trumpe thunderynge
vpon his heed he wered a laurer grene
A garlond freisch and lusty for to sene
Line 2176
vpon his hond he bar for his delyt
