¶ Exe Sacrificium.
¶ Þys feste day þat was so hey,
Were offred ffifty [was of fourti. (quarante mil, Wace, i. 209, l. 4431.)] þousand ky,
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&, þer-to, þre [þer þritti (trente-millers, Wace.)] þousand hyndes,
Wylde walkande by wode lyndes;
& an hundred þousand schep;
Þe noumbre of [tale af.] foules gaf noman kep,
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So fele þer were, myght non þem [no man.] ame,
What of wilde, what of tame.
When don was þat sacrefyse,
& feste holde in þer beste wyse, [P. leaves out this line.]
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Mynstrals bygon to blowe [glewe.] [Petyt folio 29a:1] & ryme,
Als þer custume was þat tyme;
Knyghtes, squiers, made bourdys,
& hem desgysede in pourpre [in þer quantise of purpure.] & bys;
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& oþer bachelers skirmede faste,
Wrastlede, lepen, [wristled skipped.] stones caste;
In feld, in toun, in [at.] ilka weye,
Ilkon pleide þat he couþe pleye.
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When þey hadde alle pleyd at wille,
& schold haue ended, & [& suld haf.] ben al stille,
Two wolde skyrmen, as fel þe [skirme þat com of.] cas,
Sire Huwelyn & Irelgas. [hereglas (Ireglas in rubric and next line).]
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