Prince proudest in palle,
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Dame Gaynour and alle,
Went to Rondoles halle,
To þe suppere.
XXVII.
The king to souper is set, serued in halle,
Vnder a siller of silke, dayntly diȝte,
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Withe al worshippe and wele menewith þe walle,
Briddes brandene and brad in bankers brighte.
Þere come in a soteler with a symballe,
A lady, lufsom of lote, ledand a kniȝte.
Ho raykes vp in a res bifor þe rialle,
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And halsed sir Arthur, hendly one hiȝte.
Ho said to þe souerayne, wlonkest in wede:
"Mone makeles of mighte,
Here commes ane errant kniȝte;
Do him resone and riȝte,
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For þi manhede.
XXVIII.
¶ Mone, in þy mantelle, þat sittes at þi mete,
In pal pured to pay, prodly pight!"
. . . . .
Þe tasses were of topas, þat were þere to tiȝte;
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He gliffed vp with his eighen, þat grey were and grete,
With his beueren berde, on þat burde bright.
He was þe soueraynest of al sitting in sete
Þat euer segge had sene with his eȝe sighte.
King crowned in kithe, talkes hir tille:
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