¶ Before þe king i say þe riȝt,
Þar-to me treuþe y þe pliȝt:
To seche him y schel fonde
In Fraunce, in Lombardie,
In Spayne, in Spir, in Roussie,
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In mani an honkouþ londe.
Betwene þis and þe lond of Ynde
Ȝif a be, y schel him fynde,
And bringe him to honde.
& whan ichaue so y-do
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Þin heued y schel smite þe fro:
For no man nel ich wonde.'
¶ 'Pes, feloun,' queþ [þ]erl of Cornewayle [folio 169a:a] [C line 8623] , [ȝis feloun quaþ þerl of cornwaile]
'Al þe lesing schel þe nouȝt vaile:
Traytour þow worst holde.'
Þat herde anoþer kniȝt:
Egar a het, forsoþ apliȝt,
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Heraud is man y-tolde.
His steward, for-soþ, he was:
He sterte vp in þat plas,
And to the duk a wolde.
'Felawe duk,' a seide, 'þow lixst,
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Whan þow me lorde be-twixst
Þat he Reinbroun solde.
Fif hondred siþe haue þow maugre
Of Iesu, þat sit in trinite,
Iesu ful of miȝt,
Boute þow swiþe arme þe,
& do þe bataile aȝenes me,
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And proue it [proued MS.] ariȝt.'
Þar hii hadde togedres smite,
Nadde þe king hit vnder-ȝite,
& departede hem an hiȝt.
He bad hem lete be þat fare,
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& besouȝte hem to make hem ȝare
Aȝenes þe Dennisch king to fiȝt.
