¶ Responcio gentis Arthury.
Þys þat he seide was wel herd,
& alle at ones þey hym answerd,
" Maistrie ne pes wolde he non ȝelde;
. " Bataille was set, bataille þey wylde.
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" Þey wylde deye þer in þe feld,
" But ȝyf þe maystrie wyþ hem held." [MS. hem. P. leaves out lines 13,445-46.]
Þey swore al þat myghte be sworn,
' What chaunce so was leid hem byforn,
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