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e court haldes;
For al wat3 ? is fayre folk in her first age,
on sille;
56 [F] ? e hapnest vnder heuen,
Kyng hy3est mon of wylle,
Hit were[1] now gret nye to neuen
So hardy a here on hille.

[Sidenote A: Arthur held at Camelot his Christmas feast,]
[Sidenote B: with all the knights of the Round Table,]
[Sidenote C: full fifteen days. ]
[Sidenote D: All was joy in hall and chamber,]
[Sidenote E: among brave knights and lovely ladies,]
[Sidenote F: the happiest under heaven. ]
[Footnote 1: MS. werere. ]

IV.

60 [A] Wyle nw 3er wat3 so 3ep ? at hit wat3 nwe cummen,
? at day doubble on ? e dece wat3 ? e douth serued,
Fro ? e kyng wat3 cummen with kny3tes in to ? e halle,
?
e chauntre of ? e chapel cheued to an ende;
64 Loude crye wat3 ? er kest of clerke3 & o? er,
Nowel nayted o-newe, neuened ful ofte; [Fol. 92]
& sy? en riche forth runnen to reche honde-selle,
[B] 3e3ed 3eres 3iftes on hi3, 3elde hem bi hond,
68 Debated busyly aboute ? o giftes;
Ladies la3ed ful loude, ? o3 ? ay lost haden,
& he ? at wan wat3 not wrothe, ? at may 3e wel trawe.
[C] Alle ? is mir? e ? ay maden to ? e mete tyme;
72 When ?