Gye hym turned and dud hym see:
To fyght wyth hym wolde he not flee.
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They faght togedur þere full faste,
Whyll þere speres myght laste.
The erle smote tho syr Gye
Thorow the schelde hardelye.
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Gye smote at hym a nodur dynte:
Hys hors and hym downe he tynte.
¶ Gye had pyte of that knyght,
When he sawe, he had be of myght, [m in myght uncertain in MS.: on might be read as well.]
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And þat he had hys sone slone.
Twenty wyntur hyt was gone,
Sythen he myght armes bere,
Or helpe hymselfe in any were.
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Gye seyde: 'haue here thy stede
And hye þe whome a gode spede.
Hyt were bettur for þe to be in churche
And holy werkys for to wyrche, [folio 204a:1]
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Then to welde schelde or spere
Or any [armes blotted out after any.] odur armes to bere.
I haue ȝyldyd the thy mede:
For þy mete haue here thy stede.
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I wolde haue askyd þe none, yf y had wyste,
Thogh y schulde haue dyed for hungur and þryste. [MS. þurste.]
I schall neuyr more come to the
To aske mete for charyte.
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God let me euyr wele fare,
At þy courte or y come mare.'
¶ Also so god geue yow reste,
Fylle the cuppe of the beste.
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Now wendyþ Gye faste away:
He wolde not ȝelde hym þat day.
Þer came knyȝtys on euery syde
Yonge and of moche pryde.
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