And whan he sawh þe pepul of noyse al stille
Thus schewed he þe mighty dukes wille
Line 2536
The lord haþ of his heih discrecioun
Considered þat it were destruccioun
To gentil blood to fighten in þis wise
Of mortal batail now in þis Emprise
Line 2540
were for to schapen þat þey schuld not dye
he wol his firste purpos modifye
No man þerfore vp peyne of los of lyf
No maner schot/ ne pollax ne schort knyf
Line 2544
In to þe lystes sende or þider bryng
Ne schorte swerd for to stoke þe bytyng
No man ne drawe ne bere by his side /
Ne noman schal to his felawe ryde
Line 2548
But oon cours with a scharpe spere
Feyne if him lust on foote himself to were
And he þat is at meschief schal be take / [folio 34b]
And nat slayn but be brought to þe stake
Line 2552
That schal be ordeyned on eyþer syde
But þider he schal by force and þer abyde /
And if so falle a cheuenten be take
On eyþer side or elles sle his make /
Line 2556
No lenger schal þe turneynge laste
God spede ȝou goþ forþ and ley on faste
wiþ long swerd and wiþ mace fiȝt ȝour fille
Goþ now ȝour way þis is þe lordes wille
Line 2560
The voice of þe poepul touchiþ heuen
So lowde cried þei with mylde steuen
God saue such a lord þat is so good
he wilneþ no destruccioun of blood
Line 2564
vp goþ þe trompes and þe melodye
And to þe lystes ryde þe companye /
By ordynaunce þurgh þe cite large
Hangyng wiþ cloþ of gold and not wiþ Sarge
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Ful lik a lord þis nobul Duk cam ryde
These tuo Thebans on eyþer side
