'Ichot þat non so hardi be,
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Þat him mis-do to-for me,
Þer-while þat he in mi court is:
Þat ich hot ȝou alle, y-wis,
& þat his stede be him [to underdotted after him.] bitauȝt,
& out at þe gates þat he be brouȝt,
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& þat he be to-hewe flesche and bon.'
Þai deliuerd his stede anon:
He lepe opon him swiþe,
& out at þe gat he gan driue.
His scheld wiþ him þan he bar,
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His gode swerd forȝat he nouȝt þar.
Out of þe castel he is y-gon,
Toward Loreyne he went anon.
Þerl wiþ þat armed is: [C line 6647]
Gij he drof smertliche, y-wis,
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Wiþ his kniȝtes on heye stede
Redi armed to þat nede.
Sir Gij his stede bi-went þo:
On of her kniȝtes he smot so,
Þurch his bodi þe swerd is gon.
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Anoþer he feld þer anon.
Wiþ þat come þerl prikeinde
Opon his stede wele bereinde
Wiþ a spere an hond y-armed [The y added above the line.] wel:
Gij to smite he was ful fel.
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Gij him wiþ-went, wold he nouȝt fle: [folio 145a:a]
To þerl Florentin þan smot he.
Heteliche togider þai smete
Opon her scheldes wiþ gret hete.
Þerl alder furst smot sir Gij
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Wiþ a gode spere, sikerly.
Gij him smot oȝain, no miȝt he as nauȝt,
Þat he haþ þe grounde y-rauȝt. [ra on an erasure.]
Bi þe reynes his stede toke he:
Of þerl he hadde gret pite,
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