e
blaunner
ful bry3t, & his hod bo?
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93.
]
[E] Bot mon most I algate mynn hym to bene,
& ? at ? e myriest in his muckel ? at my3t ride;
[F] For of bak & of brest al were his bodi sturne,
144 [G] Bot his wombe & his wast were worthily smale,
& alle his fetures fol3ande, in forme ? at he hade,
ful clene;
For wonder of his hwe men hade,
148 Set in his semblaunt sene;
He ferde as freke were fade,
& ouer-al enker grene.
[Sidenote A: There was no want of anything. ]
[Sidenote B: Scarcely had the first course commenced,]
[Sidenote C: when there rushes in at the hall-door a knight;]
[Sidenote D: the tallest on earth]
[Sidenote E: he must have been. ]
[Sidenote F: His back and breast were great,]
[Sidenote G: but his belly and waist were small. ]
VIII.
[A] Ande al gray? ed in grene ? is gome & his wedes,
152 A strayt cote ful stre3t, ? at stek on his sides,
A mere mantile abof, mensked with-inne,
With pelure pured apert ? e pane ful clene,
With bly?
e blaunner ful bry3t, & his hod bo? e,
156 ? at wat3 la3t fro his lokke3, & layde on his schulderes
Heme wel haled, hose of ? at same grene,
[B] ? at spenet on his sparlyr, & clene spures vnder,
Of bry3t golde, vpon silk bordes, barred ful ryche
160 & scholes vnder schankes, ? ere ? e schalk rides;
& alle his vesture uerayly wat3 clene verdure,
Bo? e ? e barres of his belt & o? er bly? e stones,
? at were richely rayled in his aray clene,
164 [C] Aboutte hym-self & his sadel, vpon silk werke3,
? at were to tor for to telle of tryfles ? e halue,
? at were enbrauded abof, wyth bryddes & fly3es,
With gay gaudi of grene, ? e golde ay in myddes;
168 ?
[E] Bot mon most I algate mynn hym to bene,
& ? at ? e myriest in his muckel ? at my3t ride;
[F] For of bak & of brest al were his bodi sturne,
144 [G] Bot his wombe & his wast were worthily smale,
& alle his fetures fol3ande, in forme ? at he hade,
ful clene;
For wonder of his hwe men hade,
148 Set in his semblaunt sene;
He ferde as freke were fade,
& ouer-al enker grene.
[Sidenote A: There was no want of anything. ]
[Sidenote B: Scarcely had the first course commenced,]
[Sidenote C: when there rushes in at the hall-door a knight;]
[Sidenote D: the tallest on earth]
[Sidenote E: he must have been. ]
[Sidenote F: His back and breast were great,]
[Sidenote G: but his belly and waist were small. ]
VIII.
[A] Ande al gray? ed in grene ? is gome & his wedes,
152 A strayt cote ful stre3t, ? at stek on his sides,
A mere mantile abof, mensked with-inne,
With pelure pured apert ? e pane ful clene,
With bly?
e blaunner ful bry3t, & his hod bo? e,
156 ? at wat3 la3t fro his lokke3, & layde on his schulderes
Heme wel haled, hose of ? at same grene,
[B] ? at spenet on his sparlyr, & clene spures vnder,
Of bry3t golde, vpon silk bordes, barred ful ryche
160 & scholes vnder schankes, ? ere ? e schalk rides;
& alle his vesture uerayly wat3 clene verdure,
Bo? e ? e barres of his belt & o? er bly? e stones,
? at were richely rayled in his aray clene,
164 [C] Aboutte hym-self & his sadel, vpon silk werke3,
? at were to tor for to telle of tryfles ? e halue,
? at were enbrauded abof, wyth bryddes & fly3es,
With gay gaudi of grene, ? e golde ay in myddes;
168 ?
