The knyght had a gentyll wyffe,
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A better myȝht non be of lyfe,
Ne non semblyer in syght.
Dame clarys hyght þat lady;
Off all godnes sche had treuly
Glad chere boþe dey and nyȝht.
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Grete almus-folke boþe þei were
Both to pore man and to frere;
They cheryd many a wyȝht.
ffor þem had no man ouȝht lore
Wheþer þei wer ryche or pore,
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Of hym þei schuld haue ryȝht.
Euery ȝere sir clegys wold
In crystyn-mes a fest hold
Yn þe worschype of þat dey,
[As Ryall in all thynge
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As he hade ben A kynge,
For-soth as I you saye.] [Verses 40-42 are supplied from the Edinburgh MS.]
Ryche and pore in þat contre
At þat fest þei schuld be;
Ther wold no man sey nay.
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Mynstrellus wold not be be-hynd,
Myrthys wer þei may ffynd,
That is most to þer pay.
Mynstrellus when þe fest was don,
Schuld not with-outyn gyftes gon
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That wer both rych and gode,
