& ȝif we were togider baye,
Of wer no þurt ous stond no aye.
Line 7090
And ȝif þou here wiþ me bileue wold,
Anouȝ we haue of siluer & of gold,
God cites and castels strong,
Þe feirest and þe best of þis lond.
Wiþ douke Loer ichil be,
Line 7095
& alle Gormoise ichil ȝiue þe
Wiþ alle þe worþschip þat liþe þer-to
& ȝete an oþ [anoþer instead of an oþ MS.] ichil þe do
Þat neuere [& instead of þat neuere MS.] þe worþ of a [a omitted in MS.] pani [Paui Turnbull.]
Ichil þer-of chalangij.'
Line 7100
'Sir erl,' quaþ Gij, 'þer-of speke nouȝt: [C line 6781]
Al idel þou hast me þer-of bisouȝt.
Gret wille ich haue to þat waye: [folio 145b:b]
Y no lete it nouȝt, þer-fore to daye.
No were it for þe loue of mi leman,
Line 7105
Nold ich neuer wende þe fram,
Ac wiþ þe euer duelle ich wolde,
Þat neuer departi we ne scholde.
Gon ich mot, wille y so nille,
O-þink þe nouȝt, y may nouȝt duelle.' [deulle origin|ally, but the e underdotted, and another added above the line.]
Line 7110
Togider þai kisten hem þo,
At her departing þai wepen bo:
Boþe þai wepen bitterliche,
Þat folk hadde þerof pite miche.
Alle þe men þat þer were
Line 7115
Was for hem sori þere
At the departing of to feren: [ferren MS.]
Wel gode kniȝtes boþe þai weren.
Gij lepe on a mule ambling, [C line 6795]
Bi þe way he rideþ sorweing.
Line 7120
Tirri bileft sorwe makeing,
& Gij his felawe bimeninge.
So miche sorwe he made day & niȝt,
No man miȝt tellen it, y ȝou pliȝt. [This line was omitted, but after|wards added after 1. 7142 with a reference to its place.]
