¶ Bifor þemperour þan com sir Gij: [C line 9653]
'Ichaue wroken þerl Tirri
(Þe soþe þou miȝt now sen),
& defended him of þat felonie
Oȝain þe douke Berard of Paui,
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Þat was so stout & ken.
Þerfore þe soþe ich ax þe,
Ȝif Tirri schal quitecleymed be,
& haue his lond oȝen.
& who so þer-oȝain wiþstond
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He schal haue schame of min hond,
Wel siker may he ben.'
¶ Þemperour seyd, 'sikerly,
Þou hast wroken þerl Tirri;
Gret honour þou hast him don.
Þerfore when he is come
His londes þan al & some
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He schal haue euerichon.'
Þan was Gij glad & bliþe,
& kest of his armes also swiþe:
After him he thouȝt to gon.
Þemperour wald cloþe him in gold,
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Ac, sikerliche, he seyd he nold:
His sclauain he axed anon.
