Now ys Wawayn comen hom,
. fful blithe ys Loth al of his com;
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Noble he was, & ful curteys,
Mykel honur of hym euere men seys: [honour of him men rede & seis.]
He loued mesure & faire beryng;
Pruyde ne bost loued he no þyng;
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Vnkynde, false, & fykele, [fals & fikell lesyng.] he hated;
Lesynges, alle swilk he abated; [auauntour alle suilk he bated.]
More he gaf þan he by-hette,
Wel more he dide þan terme of sette.
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Now ys Loth in Norweye seised,
& Wawayn comen, þat mykel ys preised. [is comen & preised.]
Alle þo men þat were of myght,
Þat weren ȝonge, & couþe [in youth þat couth ouht.] of fyght,
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& loueden [þat lufed.] [Petyt folio 63b:1] more werre þan pes,
Arthur til hym alle swyche [Arthure all suilk men.] ches;
Of swylk gadered he many on,
& schipes on se ful god won.
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When his host was styf & stark,
He schiped to-wardes Denemark.
Achil, þat þen was kyng of Danes,
Saw Bretons & Noreys come alle at anes
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Wyþ Arthur, to wynne his lond,
& for to destruye al þat he [þei.] fond.
But Achil þoughte, as kyng ful wys,
Þat [He sauh.] Arthur oueral hadde þe prys;
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He wiste wel he schulde conquere
His lond of hym, ȝyf he come þere;
But he seide 'he wolde nought [if he suld not.] so
' Hym seluen ne his lond fur-do, [P. leaves out this line.]
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