ffor which this noble duc as he wel kan
Conforteth / and honoureth euery man
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And made reuel / al the longe nyght
Vn to the straunge lordes / as was right
Ne ther was holden / no disconfitynge
But as a Iustes / or a tourneiynge
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ffor soothly / ther was no disconfiture
ffor fallyng / nys nat but an Auenture
Ne to be lad by force / vn to the stake
Vnyolden / and with twenty knyghtes take
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O persone allone with outen mo
And haryed forth / by Arm[e] / foot and too
And eke his steede / dryuen forth with staues
With footmen / bothe yemen and eek knaues
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It nas aretted hym no vileynye
Ther may no man / clepen it cowardye
¶ ffor which anon / duc Theseus leet crye
To stynten / alle rancour and enuye
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The gree / as wel of o syde as of oother
And eyther syde ylik as ootheres brother
And yaf hem yiftes / after hir degree
And fully / heeld a feeste / dayes three
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And conuoyed / the kynges worthily
Out of his toun / a Iournee largely
And hoom wente euery man the righte way
Ther was namoore / but fare wel / haue good day
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Of this bataille / I wol namoore endite
But speke of Palamon and of Arcyte
Swelleth the brest of arcite / and the soore
Encreesseth at his herte / moore and moore
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The clothered blood / for any lechecraft
Corrupteth / and is in his bouk ylaft
That neither veyne blood / ne ventusynge
Ne drynke of herbes / may ben his helpynge
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The vertu expulsif / or Animal
ffro thilke vertu / cleped natural
