More dede þan ani oþer:
His stroke was heui so a foþer.
Gij and his feren also
Als lyouns þai fouȝten þo,
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& the Gregeys forþ wiþ hem, [folio 126a:a]
Þai wered hem as douhti men. [C line 3382]
Weynes & cartes þai han y-nome
Mo þan fiften þousende atte frome.
Y-ioined hij han þe gret piles,
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Ginnes þai made on selcouþe wise,
Sum piles scharpe kerueinde,
Al aboute so mani stondinde,
Þat ich ne can þe noumbre telle,
Noiþer in rime no in spelle.
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Þer nas man þat þer neye come,
Þat he ne was to-corwen anon.
So griseliche be þe engins,
For to sle þe Sarrazines,
In ich half y-sett arawe,
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Scharpe soules doun of þe hulle y-drawe. [r added over the line.]
Þer-mid þai hewe þe gret stonis,
Bi-hewe quarre for þe nonis,
So gret so tventie men miȝt drawe,
To slen hem of þe heþen lawe.
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Swiche a þousende for-smiten þai be,
Þat neuer after schullen y-the;
Wel iuel hem is bifallen þare,
Ded þai ben wiþ sorwe & care. [C line 3404]
Wharto schuld ich tale telle?
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Þe soudan lepe on hors ful snelle.
Gret onde he hadde to Gyoun,
& to Herhaud, his compaynoun,
For hij han slawe so fel of his.
He sat on an hors of pris,
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Wiþ gret hete he smot to Gij,
Opon his helme, sikerly,
