Original Text lines 566-639


566 he dowellez þer al þat day and dressez on þe morn
567 askez erly hys armez and alle were þay bro3t
568 fyrst a tule tapit ty3t ouer þe flet
569 and miche watz þe gyld gere þat glent þeralofte
570 þe stif mon steppez þeron and þe stel hondelez
571 dubbed in a dublet of a dere tars
572 and syþen a crafty capados closed aloft
573 þat wyth a bry3t blaunner was bounden withinne
574 þenne set þay þe sabatounz vpon þe segge fotez
575 his legez lapped in stel with luflych greuez
576 with polaynez piched þerto policed ful clene
577 aboute his knez knaged wyth knotez of golde
578 queme quyssewes þen þat coyntlych closed
579 his thik þrawen þy3ez with þwonges to tachched
580 and syþen þe brawden bryne of bry3t stel ryngez
581 vmbeweued þat wy3 vpon wlonk stuffe
582 and wel bornyst brace vpon his boþe armes
583 with gode cowters and gay and glouez of plate
584 and alle þe godlych gere þat hym gayn schulde [bob]
585 þat tyde [wheel]
586 wyth ryche cote armure
587 his gold sporez spend with pryde
588 gurde wyth a bront ful sure
589 with silk sayn vmbe his syde
590 when he watz hasped in armes his harnays watz ryche
591 þe lest lachet ouer loupe lemed of golde
592 so harnayst as he watz he herknez his masse
593 offred and honoured at þe he3e auter
594 syþen he comez to þe kyng and to his cort ferez
595 lachez lufly his leue at lordez and ladyez
596 and þay hym kyst and conueyed bikende hym to kryst
597 bi þat watz gryngolet grayth and gurde with a sadel
598 þat glemed ful gayly with mony golde frenges
599 ayquere naylet ful nwe for þat note ryched
600 þe brydel barred aboute with bry3t golde bounden
601 þe apparayl of þe payttrure and of þe proude skyrtez
602 þe cropore and þe couertor acorded wyth þe arsounez
603 and al watz rayled on red ryche golde naylez
604 þat al glytered and glent as glem of þe sunne
605 þenne hentes he þe helme and hastily hit kysses
606 þat watz stapled stifly and stoffed wythinne
607 hit watz hy3e on his hede hasped bihynde
608 wyth a ly3tly vrysoun ouer þe auentayle
609 enbrawden and bounden wyth þe best gemmez
610 on brode sylkyn borde and bryddez on semez
611 as papiayez paynted peruyng bitwene
612 tortors and trulofez entayled so þyk
613 as mony burde þeraboute had ben seuen wynter [bob]
614 in toune [wheel]
615 þe cercle watz more o prys
616 þat vmbeclypped hys croun
617 of diamauntez a deuys
618 þat boþe were bry3t and broun
619 then þay schewed hym þe schelde þat was of schyr goulez
620 wyth þe pentangel depaynt of pure golde hwez
621 he braydez hit by þe bauderyk aboute þe hals kestes
622 þat bisemed þe segge semlyly fayre
623 and quy þe pentangel apendez to þat prynce noble
624 I am in tent yow to telle þof tary hyt me schulde
625 hit is a syngne þat salamon set sumquyle
626 in bytoknyng of trawþe bi tytle þat hit habbez [fol. 99]
627 for hit is a figure þat haldez fyue poyntez
628 and vche lyne vmbelappez and loukez in oþer
629 and ayquere hit is emdelez and englych hit callen
630 oueral as I here þe endeles knot
631 forþy hit acordez to þis kny3t and to his cler armez
632 for ay faythful in fyue and sere fyue syþez
633 gawan watz for gode knawen and as golde pured
634 voyded of vche vylany wyth verertuez ennourned [bob]
635 in mote [wheel]
636 forþy þe pentangel nwe
637 he ber in schelde and cote
638 as tulk of tale most trwe
639 and gentylest kny3t of lote