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Sir Gawayn & þe Grene Knyȝt
As hit is breued in þe best boke of romaunce.
Þus in Arthurus day þis aunter bitidde,
Þe Brutus bokeȝ þereof beres wyttenesse;
Syþen Brutus, þe bolde burne, boȝed hider fyrst,
2525After þe segge and þe asaute watȝ sesed at Troye,
iwysse,
Mony auntereȝ here-biforne
Haf fallen suche er þis.
Now þat here þe croun of þorne,
2530 He bryng vus to his blysse! Amen.
Þus in Arthurus day þis aunter bitidde,
Þe Brutus bokeȝ þereof beres wyttenesse;
Syþen Brutus, þe bolde burne, boȝed hider fyrst,
2525After þe segge and þe asaute watȝ sesed at Troye,
iwysse,
Mony auntereȝ here-biforne
Haf fallen suche er þis.
Now þat here þe croun of þorne,
2530 He bryng vus to his blysse! Amen.
HONY SOYT QUI MAL PENCE.