Bid him for seynt Charite
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Þat he take þe batayl for þe,
& he it wil nim on hond.'
¶ Þan was þe king glad & bliþe. [C line 10087]
A-morwe he ros vp ful swiþe,
& went to þe gate ful riȝt;
Tvay erls went wiþ him þo,
& tvay bischopes dede also.
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Þe weder was fair & briȝt.
Opon þe day about prime
Þe king seiȝe cum þe pilgrim.
Bi þe sclauayn he him pliȝt:
'Pilgrim,' he seyd, 'y pray þe,
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To court wende þou hom wiþ me, [folio 163b:a]
& ostel þer al niȝt.'
¶ 'Be stille, sir,' seyd þe pilgrim:
'It is nouȝt ȝete time to take min in,
Al-so god me rede.'
Þe king him bisouȝt þo,
& þe lordinges dede also:
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To court wiþ hem he ȝede.
'Pilgrim,' quaþ þe king, 'par charite,
Ȝif it be þi wil, vnderstond to me:
Y schal schewe þe al our nede.
Þe king of Danmark wiþ gret wrong
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Þurch a geaunt, þat is so strong,
Wil strou al our þede.
¶ & whe han taken of him batayle,
On what maner, saunfayle,
Y schal now tellen þe.
Þurch þe bodi of a kniȝt, [akniȝt MS.]
Oȝains [Oȝains altered from Oȝanss.] þat geaunt to hold fiȝt,
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Schal þis lond aquite be.
