Unto his in he goþ snelle;
Þer nil he no lenger duelle.
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To þerl he wil gon,
& tak his leue sone anon.
Gij him com to court þore, [C line 835]
& aliȝt atte halle dore;
& to þerl he went þo,
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& schewed him wat he wald do.
'Sir erl,' quod Gij, 'y bid þe,
Leue to wende ȝif þou me.
Ouer þe se ichil now wende;
God to gode hauen me sende!
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Time it is þat ich fond
To winne priis in vncouþe lond;
Al þe glader ȝe mow be
Ȝif we of armes preised be.
& ȝif þou hast folk of grete miȝt,
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It is te gret worþschip, y pliȝt,
For al þe more men schal þe dout
Wiþ-in þi lond & eke wiþ-out.'
¶ 'Sir Gij,' quod þerl þo, [C line 847]
'Faileþ þe out þat y mai do?
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Gold oþer siluer, oþer heye stede?
To passe þe se hastow no nede.
Sir Gij,' he seyd, 'lete ben al þis,
Anouȝ þe worþ þat þe nede is;
& to pleyn vnder þe linde,
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Þe hert to chacen and þe hinde:
Of al þinges þou schalt haue plente.
Bileue at hom, sir Gi, wiþ me.
We schul wende boþe y-fere [folio 113b:2]
To play bi wode & bi riuer;
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Al bi times þou miȝt wende;
Ȝete no hastow ben here a moneþ to þende [Þende added over the line.] .
¶ 'Miche þank, sir,' quod Gij þo;
'For soþe so no may [y] nouȝt do.'
