Þer haue men bokes of al his lyf,
. Þer are his merueilles red ful ryf; [kid full rife.]
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Þat we of hym here alle rede,
Þere were þey writen ilka dede.
Þyse grete bokes so faire langage,
. Writen & spoken of ffraunces [on france.] vsage,
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Þat neuere was writen þorow Englischemen, [Lambeth folio 47b:2]
Swilk stile to speke, kynde ne [no kynde.] can,
But ffrensche men wryten hit in prose,
. Right as he dide, hym for to alose;
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In prose al of hym ys writen,
Þe bettere til vnderstande & wyten. [ll. 10,977-10,978. The Petyt MS. leaves out this line.]
¶ Hic diuisit Arthurus Prouincias, & dedit Ducibus Comitibus, Baronibus, Militibus, & aliis, secun|dum probitates suas.
Arthur at Pasches, [At þe pasch.] at Parys,
He held his feste of gret[e] [fest of grete.] pris:
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Til alle þo þorow hym had lorn,
Restored he als þey were [had.] byforn;
Riche or pore, gentil or þral,
. Þat he þem aughte, he ȝald [paid.] þem al.
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After þat he was worthy,
He ȝald þer seruise largely:
To Kaye þat was his stywarde,
Aungowe he gaf hym til his part;
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He gaf also sire Beduer,
Þat was of fe his boteler,
He gaf hym in fe all Normandie,
But þenne hit was cald [þat tyme men say it hight.] [Petyt folio 65a:2] Neustrie;
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