with fals tresone vnder a coverture:
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Thanne Generides thought on hym to be sure,
And with his swerd he clefe his hede on twoo,
That neuer after spake he wordes moo.
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Thanne vppon his stede lept generides,
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Be hynd hym was sett Clarionas his lady dere,
And Natanell all redy ganne hym dresse,
Vppon an hors beforn the lavendere,
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And soo thei rode togeder all in feer,
Owt of ther enmys handes they were sure,
Euerychone talkyng of ther aventure.
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In this meane tyme the body of the knyght
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his page anon vppon his hors it layde,
And to the courte [MS. contre.] he went ayeyn full right.
Whanne it was knowen the kyng was sore dismayd,
'Now haue I lost my wor[l]dly Ioye,' he seid:
Grete thought he toke and way[led] more And more,
Wher with the courte [MS. contre.] was trobelyd very sore.
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And how it was of all that aventur,
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Thanne to the kyng he told all the hoole processe,
'Ther is,' quod he, 'no levyng creature
So dere to hir as is Generides;
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Whiche in long tyme hath dured still opese,
This is the trougth I say yow for certayn.
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. . . . . [[A leaf has been here cut out of the MS., containing 187 lines. The catchwords of the next line are, 'And he it is suerly.']] 'And it obeye with humble reuerence, [folio 25a] . . . . .
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I[n] yow only is all my feithfull trest;
I am your child, demeane me as ye list.'
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