Smal fendal bifides, a felure hir ou? Of tryed Tolouse, of Tars tapites ī nogħi, þat were enbrawded & beten wyth þe beft gemes, per glent wt yzen gray, A femloker þat eu? he fyze, Soth mozt no mon say. V. Bot Arthure wolde not ete til al were ferued, He watz fo joly of his joyfnes, & fù quat child gered, Aup to lenge lye, or to longe fitte, So bified him his 3onge blod & his brayn wylde; & also anop9 maner meued hi eke, Pat he þurz nobelay had nomen, he wolde neu? ete To joyne wyth hỹ i iustÿg in joparde to lay, Lede lif for lyf, leue vchon op3, As fortune wolde fulfu hō þe fayrer to haue. pis watz [the] kýges coûtenauce where he i co't were, in halle; per fore of face so fere, [fol. 92b.] He stiztlez stif i stalle, 1 Of of, MS. Ful zep i þat nw zere, Much mirthe he mas wt alle. VI. Thus p' ftondes i ftale þe stif kýg his feluen, þat mony hert ful hize hef at her towches; per laght wt outen lope, Ay two had disches twelue, Good ber, & bryzt wyn bope. 105 110 115 120 || on clothe; 125 VII. Now wyl I of hor feruise say yow no more, 130 An op9 noyfe ful newe nezed biliue, þat þe lude my3t haf leue liflode to cach. For vnepe watz þe noyce not awhyle sesed, & þe fyrft coce i pe co't kyndely ferued, per hales i at þe halle dor an aghlich mayft", On þe most on þe molde on mesure hygħ ; Fro pe fwyre to be fwange fo fware & fo pik, & his lyndes & his lymes fo longe & fo grete, [fol. 93.] Half etayn i erde I hope þat he were. Bot mon most I algate myn hy to bene, & þat þe myrieft i his muckel þat myzt ride; For of bak & of breft al were his bodi fturne, Bot his wombe & his waft were worthily fmale, & alle his fetures folzande, i forme þat he hade, For wonder of his hwe me hade, Set i his femblaut fene; He ferde as freke were fade, & ou al enker grene. VIII. Ande al grayped i grene þis gome & his wedes, 150 A mere mantile abof, mensked wt ine, Wt pelure pured apert þe pane ful clene, Wt blype blaun' ful bryzt, & his hod bope, 155 þat watz lazt fro his lokkez, & layde on his fchulderes ; þat spenet on his fparlyr, & clene spures vnder, Of bryst golde, vpon filk bordes, barred ful ryche, & fcholes vnder fchankes, pere pe fchalk rides ; 160 & alle his vesture uerayly watz clene v'dure, Bope be barres of his belt & op blype ftones, ||fertayn; 165 170 175 IX. Wel gay watz pis gome gered i grene, 150 pat half his armes þer vnder were halched i þe wyfe 185 pe mane of þat mayn hors much to hit lyke, 1 as as, MS. C Ay a herle of þe here, an op9 of golde; & bouden bope wyth a bande of a bryzt grene, So fayd al þat hý fyze, Vnd his dynttez dryze. || wt yze; узе; X. Whep hade he no helme ne hawbrgh naup, 190 195 200 Ne no fchafte, ne no fchelde, to schwne ne to fmyte, As wel schapen to schere as fcharp rafores ; [fol. 94.] Pat watz waūden wyth yrn to þe wandez ende, & fo aft' pe halme halched ful ofte, Wyth tryed taffelez perto tacched i nogħe, 205 210 215 |