Ȝif y, sir Tirri, feyle þe,
Þerwhiles þat ich haue liif in me.'
'Sir Gij,' he seyd, 'gramerci:
Þilke y sigge þe, sikerly.'
Now sendeþ Gij after kniȝtes snelle, [C line 4801]
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Almaines swiþe & of gode wille
To him þer come gret plente:
Er þe twenti day y-comen be,
Fif hundred kniȝtes hardi & hende
To Tirri come for his frende,
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& seyd to Tirri, 'to þi fader we wil gon:
Wele we it auȝt to don;
Wel redi we ben ichon.'
So long þai han forþ y-gon,
Y-comen þai ben to Gormoise. [C line 4809]
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In þat cite was gret noise.
In an euening þai com to þe cite,
Þat hye wiþ-outen aperceiued nar he.
Wel glad him was þerl Aubri
Of the cominge of his sone Tirri,
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& of sir Gyes coming,
Þat gode kniȝt was, wiþ-outen lesing.
Her eyȝen watred for gladnesse,
Alle þai ȝede oȝain him to kisse.
'Leue fader,' seyd sir Tirri,
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'Worþschip wele now sir Gij:
Felawes we ben treuþe-y-pliȝt.
Y wil þat ȝe it wite now riȝt:
Fram deþ he haþ y-heled me.'
Quaþ þerl: 'god [god added above the line.] y-þonked mot it be.
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Hennes forward alle þat min is
To his wille schal ben, y-wis,
His hest to don & his wille [folio 134a:a]
Erliche & lat, loude & stille.
A wel eld man ich am, y-wis:
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Þat y bar armes tventi ȝer it is;
