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In londe
Lo lordes myne here a fitte
If ȝe wil any more of it
To tel it wil .I. fonde
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[Fitte II.]
Nowe haldeþ ȝoure mouþe par Charite
Boþe knyke and lady free
And herkeneþ to my spelle.
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Of Bataile and of Cheualry [folio 191b]
And of ladys loue drery.
Anone .I. wil ȝowe tell
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Men speke of Romans of prise
Of horne Childe and of Ipose
Of Beuys and sir Guy
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Of sir Libeus and plendamour
Bot sir Thopas he bereþ þe floure
Of Roial Chiualry
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His goode steede al he be-strode
And forþe vpon his weye he glode
As sparkeles oute of þe bronde
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Vpon his creste he bare a toure
And þer-in stiked a lyly floure
God schelde his corps fro schonde
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And for he was a knyht aunterous
He wolde slepen in none hous
Bot lygen in his hode
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His briht helme was his wangere
And by him baiteþ his dextrere
Of erbes fine and good
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