No womman cam among þer geste;
Þe wommen wyþoute men schuld be,
But seruiturs of here meyne.
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¶ De nobile Conuiuio & seruientibus.
Þe kyng was set vp at þe des,
Þer was in ful [about him þe.] mykel pres,
But aboute hym þe lordynges sat,
Ilkon after his astat. [ilk a lord after his state.]
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Kay was styward, chosen of alle
To serue byforn þe kyng in halle;
Hys cloþyng was god [riche. (Vestus d'un vermel sig|laton, Wace, ii. 107, l. 10,742.)] & fyn,
. & þe pelure of eremyn; [pelore of hermyne.]
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Wyþ hym serued byfore þe kyng
A þousand y þe same cloþynge; [vestu d'ermine, Wace, l. 10,745.]
Out of the kechene serued sire Kay,
& alle his felawes þat day.
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¶ Sire Beduer on þat oþer partie,
He serued of þe botelerye; [boterie.]
Wiþ hym was clad in eremin [pelore of hermyne.]
A þousand þat serued of [þat brouht.] þe wyn:
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Was þer non þat serue bad,
But he in riche pelure were clad. [ll. 11,317-11,318. The Petyt MS. leaves out these lines, but they are in Wace, ii. 108, l. 10,755-6.]
Þe kynges coupe sire Beduer bar, [Lambeth folio 49a:2]
& ȝede byforn al þat þer war;
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After hym come alle þe route
Þat serued þe lordes [barons.] alle aboute.
¶ Þe quene was serued ful richely,
Hure seriauntz were assigned [hir seruantz were signed.] [Petyt folio 67a:1] redy
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