Boþe burnez and burdez, þe better and þe wers,
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Laþez hem alle luflyly to lenge at my fest,
And bryngez hem blyþly to borȝe as barounez þay were,
So þat my palays plat ful be pyȝt al aboute;
Þise oþer wrechez iwysse worþy noȝt wern.'
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Þen þay cayred and com þat þe cost waked,
Broȝten bachlerez hem wyth þat þay by bonkez metten, [metten, n corrected by scribe from ȝ.]
Swyerez þat swyftly swyed on blonkez,
And also fele upon fote, of fre and of bonde.
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When þay com to þe corte, keppte wern þay fayre,
Styȝtled wyth þe stewarde, stad in þe halle,
Ful manerly wyth marchal mad for to sitte,
As he watz dere of degre dressed his seete.
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Þenne seggez to þe soverayn sayden þerafter:
'Lo! lorde, wyth yor leve, at yor lege heste,
And at þi banne we haf broȝt, as þou beden habbez,
Mony renischche renkez, and ȝet is roum more.'
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Sayde þe lorde to þo ledez, 'Laytez ȝet ferre,
Ferre out in þe felde, and fechez mo gestez,
Waytez gorstez and grevez, if ani gomez lyggez,
What-kyn folk so þer fare, fechez hem hider;
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Be þay fers, be þay feble, forlotez none, [MS., M. forlotez; M. note forletez(?).]
Be þay hol, be þay halt, be þay on-yȝed,
And þaȝ þay ben boþe blynde and balterande cruppelez,
Þat my hous may holly by halkez by fylled. [may, scribe apparently first wrote ia and corrected to m: MS. halkeȝ; M. halkes: MS., M. by; Fi. be.]
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For, certez, þyse ilk renkez þat me renayed habbe
And denounced me noȝt now at þis tyme,
Schul never sitte in my sale my soper to fele,
Ne suppe on sope of my seue, þaȝ þay swelt schulde.' [MS., M. 1 þaȝ þaȝ; M. 2 þaȝ.]
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