¶ 'Heraud,' a seide, 'me name is:
'Ich norschede þe, Reinbroun, y-wis;
In my nory þow were.'
Sone Reinbroun wiste þis,
Þat [he] Heraud of Arderne is,
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Merci a cride him þere.
Sire Heraud tok him vp þo
Leuelich in is armes to
Wiþ hertte & wel gode chere.
On here stedes lopen he,
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& forþ hii ride to þe cite
Wiþ meche ioie y-fere.
¶ To þemeraile tolden he
How þai acorded be
Þourȝ grace of god almiȝte.
King Arguus was ouer-come,
& al is men y-slawe and nome
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In þat ilche fiȝte.
Heraud & Reinbroun toke leue þo [C line 11232]
Into Ingelond for to go,
And in-to schip hem diȝte.
So longe hii sailede in þe se,
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Þat in a lond thanne riuede he
Þat wonder was of siȝte.
¶ Hii ne seie castel ne cite:
Erst hii wente in al þe contre
(So distrued it is),
Til it toward þe neuen cam.
A castel þei seie fer hem fram:
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To þe gate þai riden, iwis.
Of þe porter Heraud gan craue,
'Tel me now, so god þe saue,
Was þis castel is?
Forhel it [Forheled MS.] nouȝt, we bedeþ þe:
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Kniȝtes we beþ of fer contre,
Ase god ȝeue vs blis.
