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I thank the mekill, schir knight,” said the ryall,
"It makis me blythar to be than all thi braid landis;
Or all the renttis fra thyne vnto Ronfiwall,
poght I myght reif thame with right, rath to my hādis."
Than faid the fenyeour in fyth, femely in faill,

"Because of yone bald berne, that broght me of bandis,
All that I haue wndir hewyne, I hald of you haill,
In firth, forest, and fell, quhare euer that it standis.
Se vourschipfull Wawane has wonnyn to your hādis
The fenyory in gouernyng,

Cumly conquerour, and kyng,

Heir mak [I] yow obeifing,

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As liege lord of ladis.

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And fyne fewte I yow feft, without fenyeing,

Sa pt the cause may be kend, and knawin throw skill;
Blithly bow and obeife to your bidding,

As I am haldin to tell treuly thair till.”

Of fchir Gologras grant blith wes the king,

And thoght þe fordward wes fair, freyndschip to fulfil.
Thair schir Gawane the gay, throu requiring,

Gart pe fouerane him self, femely on faill,

Cary to be caftel, cleirly to be hald,

With all be wourthy þt were,

Erll, duke, and douch-spere,

Baith banrent and bachilere,

That blyth war & bald.

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CIV.

Quhen pe femely fouerane wes fet in þe faill,
It wes felcouth to fe the feir feruice;
Wynis wifly in wane, went full grete waill
Amang the pryncis in place, peirles to price.
It war teir for to tel, treuly in tail,

To ony wy in this warld, wourthy, I wife.
With reualing and reuay all the oulk hale,
Also rachis can ryn vndir the wod rise,
On þe riche riuer of Rone ryot thai maid;
And fyne, on pe nynte day,

The renkis rial of array,

Bownyt hame thair way,

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With outin mare baid.

Quhen the ryal roy, maist of renoune,

With al his reuerend rout wes reddy to ryde;

The king, cumly with kith, wes crochit with croune,

To schir Gologras be gay, faid gudly þt tyde,—
"Heir mak I the reward, as I haue refoune,
Before thir' fenyeouris in fight, femely befide,
As tuiching pe teporalite, in toure, and in toune,
In firth, foreft, and fell, and woddis fo wide;
I mak releisching of þin allegiance;

But dreid I fall þe warand,

Baith be fey and be land,

Fre as I the first fand,

With outin distance."

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heir endis the knightly Tale of Golagros and Gawa ne, in the fouth gait of Edinburgh, be Walter Chepman and Androw Millar, the viii. Day of Ap'ile, the phere of God, M.CCCCC. and viii. yheris.

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