That I ne schal be redi to go [folio 5b]
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In-to that Ile, for wele or wo,
What-so-euere schal be-tyde;
I schal not longe thenne abyde,
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If it be so ȝe wil me fynde
That nedeful is to mannes kynde:
¶ A strong schippe [MS. schiþ.] , and vitayles good,
And other thynges that me by-hood,
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And worthi knyȝtes In my companye,
That proued ben In chyualrie.
And I, my lord, to the schal brynge
That golden flece, that worthi thynge,
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If I may wynne it with doughtinesse,
Or any man with hardinesse.'
¶ When Pelleus herde his Cosyn speke,
He wiste wel his othe he wolde not breke;
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He was Ioyful in his mod,
He sais: 'Cosyn and al my blod!
As thow art, my Cosyn, thi-self alone,
Is non so strong of body ne bone;
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I schal fulfille al thy lykyng
That thow hast nede In any thyng
And nedeful is in that viage;
The worthiest of my baronage
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For-sothe, Cosyn, schal wende with the;
A strong schip schal ordeyned be,
It schal be mad that ȝow may bere,
That the see do ȝow no dere,
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That in the water ȝe ben not spilt;
Al thyng schal be as thow wilt.'
PElleus kyng was wonder blythe.
A strong schip was mad swythe,
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Strong & wyde and wondir large,
With his boot and his barge;
