'To trusse yt in, whan thow hast nede,
And with thé thow shalt yt lede,—
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Lyst sodeynly, in bataylle,
Any man the wolde assaylle,— [folio 130b]
Lyte and lyte to vsë the, [Stowe folio 148b]
Euere a-mong, armyd to be.
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'And for thow hast made mencïoun, [prose cap cxxxvi]
Off dauyd the noble champyoun,—
That he wold noon Armys bere,—
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Wych slowh the Lyon & the Beere; [leonem et vrsum C., om. St.]
But touchyng the samë fourme [[form fourme C., fourme St.]]
Thow mayst the neuere to hym confourme,
But yiff thy body thow [[thow St., now C.]] applye
ffor to fyhte a-geyn Golye
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With thy staff & with thy slynge;
And with the also that thow brynge
In thy skryppë stonys fyue,
With the geaunt for to stryue,
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As dauyd dyde, thorgh hys renoun,
Whan he hym slowh & beet a-doun.'
The pylgrym [[Pylgryme St., pylgrm C.]]
"Ma dame, certys," tho quod I, [prose cap cxxxvii-viii]
"That ye me graunt so gracyously
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To be armyd as dauyd was
Whan he fauht with Golyas,
I thankë yow with al myn myght,
And yow be-sechë / a-noon ryht
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That I may be armyd so,
Whan-euere that I shal haue a-do.
Other Armure ne wyl I noon,
On pylgrimage whan I shal gon;
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But that ye [[yow St.]] lyst to do your peyne
A Somer, fyrst[ë] to ordeyne, [¶ Bahu / St., om. C.]
And ther-wyth (as ye haue be-hyht)
Stonys & slyngë a-noon ryht.
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But fyrst I shal dysArmë me
Off thys Armure, as ye shal Se." [Stowe folio 149a]
And so I dyde; & castë [[kast St.]] doun [prose cap cxxxix]
Purpoynt, helm and haberioun, [folio 131a]
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Glouys & swerd, I yow ensure,
