When he seye Amoraunt so grim
(Þer durst no man fiȝt wiþ him:
So grille he was on grounde),
Þan asked he respite til a day, [folio 151a:b]
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To finde anoþer ȝif he may
Oȝaines him durst founde.
¶ Þan hadde he respite al þat ȝere
& fourti days: so was þe maner
Þurch lawe was þan in lond,
Ȝif him seluen durst nouȝt fiȝt
Finde anoþer ȝif he miȝt
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Oȝaines him durst stond.
Þe king as swiþe hom is went,
Ouer alle his lond anon he sent
After erl, baroun, and bond,
& asked ȝif ani wer so bold:
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Þriddendel his lond haue he schold
Þe batayl durst take an hond.
¶ Ac for nouȝt þat he hot miȝt
Þer was non durst take þe fiȝt
Wiþ þe geaunt for his sake.
Þan was ich out of prisoun nome,
Biforn him he dede me come,
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Conseyl of me to take,
And asked me at worde fewe
Ȝif y wist oþer y-knewe
A man so miȝti of strake
Þat for him durst take þe fiȝt:
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Were he buriays oþer kniȝt,
Riche prince he wald him make.
¶ & ȝif y miȝt ani fende
He wald make me riche & al mi kende,
& ȝif me gret honour,
