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He tened quen he schulde telle,
He groned for gref & grame;

be blod i his face con melle,

When he hit fchulde fchewe, for schame.

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"Lo! lorde," q þe leude, & pe lace hondeled,

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pis is pe bende of þis blame I bere [in] my nek,

pis is pe lape & pe loffe, þat I lazt haue,

Of couardife & couetyfe, þat I haf cazt þare,

pis is þe token of my trawþe, þat I am tan ine,

& I mot nedez hit were, wyle I may last;

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For non may hyden his harme, bot vnhap ne may hit,
For p hit one3 is tachched, twyne wil hit neu"."

þe kýg comfortez þe knyzt, & alle be cot als, Lazen loude pat, & luflyly acorden,

pat lordes & ladis, pt longed to be Table,

Vche burne of þe brop-hede a bauderyk schulde haue,
A bende, a belef hy a-boute, of a bryzt grene,

& þat, for fake of þat segge, i fwete to were.
For þat watz acorded pe renou of þe Roude Table,
& he honored þat hit hade, eu? more aft?,
As hit is breued i þe best boke of romaūce.
þ9 i Arthur9 day pis aut bitidde,
pe Brut9 bokef p of beres wytteneffe;

Sype Brut, pe bolde burne, bozed hider fyrst,
Aft' þe fegge & pe afaute watz fefed at Troye,

I wyffe ;

Mony aut ez here bi-forne,

Haf fallen fuche er þis :

Now þat bere pe crou of porne,

He bryg v9 to his blyffe! AMEN.

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The Awntyrs of Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne.

Here bygynnes The awntyrs of Arthure at the

Terne Wathelyй.

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I.

N 'Kyng Arthure tym' ane awntir by-tyde,

By the 'TerneWahethelyñ, als' the buke tellis,

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Als he to Carelele was cōmeñ, that conqueroure kyde,

With dukes, and wt5 ducheperes, þat wt pat dere duellys,

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For to hunte at the herdys, þat lange hase bene hyde ;

And one a daye þay þam 10 dighte to be depe dellis,
To fette" of be femmales, in pe1s foreste 'wele frythede",
Faire 'in the fernyfone tyme, by frythis", and fellis.

Thus to be wode are" thay wente, the wlonkeste in wedys,
Bothe the kynge, and the qwene, ¬

And att pe doghety by-dene,-
Syr Gawane, gayeste one grene,-

Dame Gayenoure he ledis.

I. the tyme of Arthur, MS. Douce.

• Turnewathelañ, as.

3 Whañ. 4 and.

> This word omitted. 6 pe. 7 Om. 8 had. 9 Om. 10 hem.
14 by pe firmyschamis, in frithes. 15 Om.

13 and frydde.

11 fall'. 12 Om.

16 arn.

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And' thus f Gawane pe gay, dame2 Gayeno" he ledis,
In a glet'ande gyde, þat glemet full gaye;
With riche rebanes reuerffede, 'who pts righte redys,
Raylede wt rubes, 'one royalle arraye ;

Hir hude 'was of hawe' hewe, pt hir hede hydys,
'Wroghte wt peloure, and patte, and perrye to paye;
Schruedede' in a schorte cloke, þat the rayne fchrydes®,
Sett ou wt fafyrs, full fothely to saye.

'And thus wondirfully was all pe wyghtis wedys",

Hir faditt femyde" of þat ilke,

'Semlely fewede wti2 fylke;

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Gayely fcho" glydis.

III.

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Thus' alle in glet'ande golde gayely fcho' glydis
The gates, wtf Gawane, by a' grene wette;
'Nane bot hym felfe, one a blonke, 'by pt birde bydis,
That borne was in Burgoyne, by buke, & by bette;
He ledde pt lady so lange by 'pofe landez fydys,
Sytheñ' vndir a 'lorere fcho lyghte, lawe by a fette;
Sir Arthure, wt his erles, full1o ernestly rydis,

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To teche 'pam to þaire triftis, trewely" to telle.

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5 of a herde. 6 Of pillo', of pal10 With faffres & feladynes, fet by 14 The.

II.-1 Om. 2 Om. werk, of. 7 Schurde. pe fides. 11 fette.

s ho fo. 4 of riall'.
8 fhedes. 9 Om.
2 Saude with fambutes of.

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* And þat burne, oñ his.

" with the Quene.

6 pe

8 lorre pey.

9 And. 10 Om. 11 hem to her triftres, pe trouthe for.

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