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Þat watȝ laȝt fro his lokkeȝ and layde on his schulderes;
Heme wel-haled hose of þat same grene,
Þat spenet on his sparlyr, and clene spures vnder
Of bryȝt golde, vpon silk bordes barred ful ryche,
160And scholes vnder schankes þere þe schalk rides;
And alle his vesture uerayly watȝ clene verdure,
Boþe þe barres of his belt and oþer blyþe stones,
Þat were richely rayled in his aray clene
Aboutte hymself and his sadel, vpon silk werkeȝ,
165Þat were to tor for to telle of tryfles þe halue
Þat were enbrauded abof, wyth bryddes and flyȝes,
With gay gaudi of grene, þe golde ay inmyddes.
Þe pendauntes of his payttrure, þe proude cropure,
His molaynes, and alle þe metail anamayled was þenne,
170Þe steropes þat he stod on stayned of þe same,
And his arsounȝ al after and his aþel sturtes,
Þat euer glemered and glent al of grene stones;
Þe fole þat he ferkkes on fyn of þat ilke,
sertayn,
175 A grene hors gret and þikke,
A stede ful stif to strayne,
In brawden brydel quik
f. 93b To þe gome he watȝ ful gayn.
Heme wel-haled hose of þat same grene,
Þat spenet on his sparlyr, and clene spures vnder
Of bryȝt golde, vpon silk bordes barred ful ryche,
160And scholes vnder schankes þere þe schalk rides;
And alle his vesture uerayly watȝ clene verdure,
Boþe þe barres of his belt and oþer blyþe stones,
Þat were richely rayled in his aray clene
Aboutte hymself and his sadel, vpon silk werkeȝ,
165Þat were to tor for to telle of tryfles þe halue
Þat were enbrauded abof, wyth bryddes and flyȝes,
With gay gaudi of grene, þe golde ay inmyddes.
Þe pendauntes of his payttrure, þe proude cropure,
His molaynes, and alle þe metail anamayled was þenne,
170Þe steropes þat he stod on stayned of þe same,
And his arsounȝ al after and his aþel sturtes,
Þat euer glemered and glent al of grene stones;
Þe fole þat he ferkkes on fyn of þat ilke,
sertayn,
175 A grene hors gret and þikke,
A stede ful stif to strayne,
In brawden brydel quik
f. 93b To þe gome he watȝ ful gayn.
Wel gay watȝ þis gome gered in grene,
180And þe here of his hed of his hors swete.
Fayre fannand fax vmbefoldes his schulderes;
A much berd as[1] a busk ouer his brest henges,
Þat wyth his hiȝlich here þat of his hed reches
Watȝ euesed al vmbetorne abof his elbows,
Þat half his armes þer-vnder were halched in þe wyse
186Of a kyngeȝ capados þat closes his swyre;
Þe mane of þat mayn hors much to hit lyke,
Wel cresped and cemmed, wyth knottes ful mony
Folden in wyth fildore aboute þe fayre grene,
180And þe here of his hed of his hors swete.
Fayre fannand fax vmbefoldes his schulderes;
A much berd as[1] a busk ouer his brest henges,
Þat wyth his hiȝlich here þat of his hed reches
Watȝ euesed al vmbetorne abof his elbows,
Þat half his armes þer-vnder were halched in þe wyse
186Of a kyngeȝ capados þat closes his swyre;
Þe mane of þat mayn hors much to hit lyke,
Wel cresped and cemmed, wyth knottes ful mony
Folden in wyth fildore aboute þe fayre grene,
- ↑ 182 as: as as MS.
