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e hende halde3 hym one,
? at is ? e ryche ryal kyng of ? e rounde table;
& hit wat3 Wawen hym-self ? at in ? at won sytte3,
Comen to ? at krystmasse, as case hym ? en lymped.
908 [C] When ? e lorde hade lerned ? at he ? e leude hade,
Loude la3ed he ? erat, so lef hit hym ? o3t,
[D] & alle ? e men in ?
at mote maden much joye,
To apere in his presense prestly ? at tyme,
912 ? at alle prys, & prowes, & pured ? ewes
Apendes to hys persoun, & praysed is euer,
By-fore alle men vpon molde, his mensk is ? e most.
[E] Vch segge ful softly sayde to his fere,
916 [F] "Now schal we semlych se sle3te3 of ? ewe3,
& ? e teccheles termes of talkyng noble,
Wich spede is in speche, vnspurd may we lerne,
[G] Syn we haf fonged ? at fyne fader of nurture;
920 God hat3 geuen vus his grace godly for so? e,
? at such a gest as Gawan graunte3 vus to haue,
When burne3 bly? e of his bur? e schal sitte
& synge.
924 In menyng of manere3 mere,
? is burne now schal vus bryng, [Fol. 103b.