[Here bygynneth þe tale. [Sloane MS 1685 folio 78a]
[AT Sarray in þe londe of Sarcarye [Sloane MS 1685 folio 78b]
There dwelt / a kynge þat weryd Russye
Thouȝe whiche þere dyede many a duȝty man
Thys noble kynge was clepyd Kambynskan
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whiche in his tyme was of so grete rennoun
That þer was nouthir/ in regioun
So excellent a lord / in alle þinge
Hym lakkith nouȝt þat longith to a kynge
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As of þe Cite whiche he was borne
he kepte hys lawe to whiche þat he was sworne
And þerto he was hardy wyse & ryche
And pitouse & Iuste alle wey yliche
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Sothe of/ hys worde benygne & honorable
Of/ his corage as eney centre stable]
[Camb. MS, leaf 277;part of leaf torn off; filled-in here from Sl. 1685] Ȝon[ge fresshe stronge in armes desyrous]
As on[y bachelere of alle hys hous]
A fayr per[son he was & fortunat]
And kepte a[lle wey so wele ryalle estate]
That there na[s nouthir suche a noþere man]
This noble kyng [of Tartre þis Kambynskan]
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Hadde two sonys on [Eltheta his wif]
Of whiche the eldeste [hiȝt Algarsife]
That oþer sone was clepid [Camballo]
A doughtyr hadde this worth[y kynge also]
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That [[hat corrected]] ȝyngeste was & hyghte Canace
But for to telle ȝow al hire beautee
It lyth not in myn tunge nyn myn kunnyng
I dar nat vndyrtake so high a thyng
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