Of þre kniȝtes so wele doinde,
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Oȝain þe Loreyns fiȝting.
Gij to þe steward haþ y-smite, [C line 4927]
Of his hors he feld him wiþ hete:
Þurch strengþe of fiȝt he him wan.
Þe oþer oway fleye ich man:
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Gij & Tirri hem folweþ stron[g]liche
& her feren, [MS. ferren.] hardiliche.
Alle þai ben ded oþer ouer-come:
Þer bileued non vnnome.
Gij & Tirri oȝain ben y-gon:
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Wiþ hem þai ladde her prisouns ichon.
Whar-to schuld y þer-of lye?
Þat day þai hadde þe maistrie.
Þan com forþ a kniȝt þer, [C line 4937]
Þe tiding teld þe douke Loyer:
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'Sir douk,' he seyd, 'vnder-stond to me.
To ben awreken now biþenke þe.
Bifor Gormoise þat cite
On arnemorwe þan come we
Wiþ fif hundred of gode kniȝtes: [folio 134b:b]
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An acumbraunce ous come anon riȝtes.
Alle nomen & slawen ben hye:
Oȝein ne beþ nouȝt comen fourti.
Repeired is þerl sir Tirri,
Wiþ him of Warwike sir Gij, [l. 5170 before 5168 in MS.]
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Herhaud of Ardern, þe gode marchis,
& wiþ hem fif hundred kniȝtes of pris,
Þat gode ben to fiȝt & modi.
Þine kniȝtes þai han slayn bi & bi.'
Þe douk answerd, 'is it soþe þis, [C line 4953]
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Þat þerl Tirri repeired is,
Gij of Warwike, & Herhaud also,
& her feren, þat gode ben, mo:
Þe fende hem haþ þider y-brouȝt.
To slen ous alle þai han in þouȝt.'
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