[6-text p 196]
¶ He dide next his white leer
Of clooth of lake / fyn & cleer
A breech / and eek a Sherte
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And next his Sherte / an Aketon
And ouer that an haubergeon
ffor percyng of his herte
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¶ And ouer that a fyn hauberk
Was al ywroght of Iewes werk
fful strong it was of plate
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And ouer that / his cote Armour [folio 215a]
As whit as is / a lilie flour
In which / he wol debate
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¶ His sheeld was al / of gold so reed
And ther Inne was / a bores heed
A Charbocle / by his syde
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And there he swoor / on Ale and breed
How þat the geant / shal be deed
Bityde / what bityde
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¶ Hise Iambeux were / of quyrboily
His swerdes shethe / of Yuory
His helm / of laton bright
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His Sadel was / of Rewel bon
His brydel / as the sonne shon
Or as the moone light
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¶ His spere was / of fyn Cipres
That bodeth werre / and no thyng pes
The heed / ful sharpe ygrounde
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His Steede was / al dappel gray
It goth an Ambel / in the way
fful softely / and rounde //
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