& þe Grene Knyȝt
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Þat pine to fynde þe place þe peple biforne
For to sette þe sylueren[1] þat sere sewes halden
125 on clothe.
Iche lede as he loued hymselue
Þer laght withouten loþe;
Ay two had disches twelue,
Good ber and bryȝt wyn boþe.
For to sette þe sylueren[1] þat sere sewes halden
125 on clothe.
Iche lede as he loued hymselue
Þer laght withouten loþe;
Ay two had disches twelue,
Good ber and bryȝt wyn boþe.
130Now wyl I of hor seruise say yow no more,
For vch wyȝe may wel wit no wont þat þer were.
An oþer noyse ful newe neȝed bilue,
Þat þe lude myȝt haf leue liflode to cach;
For vneþe watȝ þe noyce not a whyle sesed,
135And þe fyrst cource in þe court kyndely serued,
Þer hales in at þe halle dor an aghlich mayster,
On þe swyre to þe swange so sware and so þik,
And his lyndes and his lymes so longe and so grete,
f. 93aHalf etayn in erde I hope þat he were,
141Bot mon most I algate mynn hym to bene,
And þat þe myriest in his muckel þat myȝt ride;
For of bak and of best al were his bodi sturne,
Both[2] his wombe and his wast were worthily smale,
145And alle his fetures folȝande, in forme þat he hade,
ful clene;
For wonder of his hwe men hade,
Set in his semblaunt sene;
He ferde as freke were fade,
150 And oueral enker grene.
For vch wyȝe may wel wit no wont þat þer were.
An oþer noyse ful newe neȝed bilue,
Þat þe lude myȝt haf leue liflode to cach;
For vneþe watȝ þe noyce not a whyle sesed,
135And þe fyrst cource in þe court kyndely serued,
Þer hales in at þe halle dor an aghlich mayster,
On þe swyre to þe swange so sware and so þik,
And his lyndes and his lymes so longe and so grete,
f. 93aHalf etayn in erde I hope þat he were,
141Bot mon most I algate mynn hym to bene,
And þat þe myriest in his muckel þat myȝt ride;
For of bak and of best al were his bodi sturne,
Both[2] his wombe and his wast were worthily smale,
145And alle his fetures folȝande, in forme þat he hade,
ful clene;
For wonder of his hwe men hade,
Set in his semblaunt sene;
He ferde as freke were fade,
150 And oueral enker grene.
Ande al grayþed in grene þis gome and his wedes:
A strayt cote ful streȝt, þat stek on his sides,
A meré mantile abof, mensked withinne
With pelure pured apert, þe pane ful clene
155With blyþe blaunner ful bryȝt, and his hode boþe,
A strayt cote ful streȝt, þat stek on his sides,
A meré mantile abof, mensked withinne
With pelure pured apert, þe pane ful clene
155With blyþe blaunner ful bryȝt, and his hode boþe,
