Wiþ wel fair processioun
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Ouer al bi ich a side.
For ioie belles þai gun ring, [folio 165a:b]
'Te deum laudamus' þai gun sing,
& play, & michel pride.
Sir Gij vnarmed him, & was ful bliþe:
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His sclauain he axed also swiþe:
No lenger he nold abide.
¶ 'Sir pilgrim,' þan seyd þe king,
'Whennes þou art, wiþouten lesing,
Þou art douhti of dede;
For þurch douhtines of þin hond
Þou hast saued al Inglond:
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God quite þe þi mede,
& mi treuþe y schal pliȝt þe,
So wele y schal feffe þe
Boþe in lond & lede,
Þat of riches in toun & tour
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Þou schalt be man of mest honour
Þat woneþ in al mi þede.'
¶ 'Sir king,' seyd þe pilgrim,
'Of alle þe lond þat is tin
Y no kepe þerof na mare;
Bot, now ichaue þe geant slain
(Þerof, y-wis, icham ful fain),
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Mi way ichil forþ fare.'
'Merci, sir,' þe king seyd þan, [C line 10391]
'Tel me, for him þat made man
(For noþing þou ne spare),
Tel me what þi name it be,
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Whennes þou art, & of what cuntre,
Or y schal dye for care.'
