The chambres and stables weren wyde
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And wele were we esed at the best
And shortly when þe son went to rest
So hade I spoke with hem euerychone
That I was of her felyshippe anone
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And made foreward erly to aryse
To take our wey as I shall you deuise
But neuertheless while I haue tyme and space
Er þat I in þis tale ferther pace
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Me thinketh yt accordyng were to reson
To telle you all the condicon
Of ecch of hem so as it semeth me
And whiche they were and of what degre
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And eke of what array þei were in [Eg. 2726 folio 1b]
And at a knight þan woll I ferst begynne
A Knight þere was and þat a worthy man
þat fro þe tyme þat he first began
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To ryde out he loued chiualrye
Trewth honour fredome and curtesye
And there-to hade he ryden no man so ferre
ffull worthy was he in his lordes werre
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As wele in cristendome as in hethnesse
And euer honour for his worthynesse
At alisaundre he was / whan it was won
ffull often tymes hade he / the boorde bygon
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Aboue all nacions / in Spruce
In lettow hade he be and in Ruce
No cristen man so oft in his degre
In Garnard eke at the sege hade he be
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In Algaryse and rydyn in Belmary
At Lyaies hade he be and at Sataly
When they were wonne and in þe grete se
At many a noble aryve hade he bee
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At mortaill batailles hade he be xv
And fought for our feith at Tramyssene
Within þe lyestes iij· and ay sleyn his fo
