Alle atte mete þat þer was,
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& nouȝt michel noise þer nas.
At þe heye bord eten kinges ten,
Þat alle were Gyes fomen.
Þan seyd Gij þe Englisse,
'Vnderstond to mi speche:
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Þilke lord þat woneþ an heye,
Þat al þing walt fer & neye,
& in þe rode lete him pini,
Al cristen men to saui, [sauei, but the e underdotted.]
& in þe se made þe sturioun,
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So ȝif ȝou alle his malisoun,
& alle þilk þat ich here se,
Þat mis-bileued men be;
& þe at þe first, sir soudan,
Cristes wreche þe come opan!
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Yuel fure breninde fast þe opon,
& cleue þi brest doun to þi ton!
For icham Gij ȝe mow wel [l added over the line with another ink.] se,
Yuel mot ȝe alle y-the!
Vnder-stond, treitour, mi resoun:
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Haue þou Cristes malisoun,
& alle þilke forþ mitt te,
Þat ich her [r added over the line (with another ink?).] about þe se.
Þe heye god þat is ful of miȝt
Binim ȝou ȝour limes & ȝour siȝt!
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Bi me þe sent word þemperour Garioun,
Þat miȝti men haþ in his bandoun, [C line 3660]
Þurch wham þou art y-brouȝt to schond,
& hoteþ þe wende out of his lond,
For here has tow no riȝt.
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Finde a Sarrazin oþer a kniȝt,
& he schal anoþer finde, [folio 127b:b]
Þat schal deray[ne] his riȝt kinde.
Y schal wiþ þe glotoun fiȝt;
& ȝif þine haue þe more miȝt,
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