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us in Arthurus day ? is aunter bitidde,
? e Brutus bokees ? er-of beres wyttenesse;
2524 Sy? en Brutus, ? e bolde burne, bo3ed hider fyrst,
After ? e segge & ? e asaute wat3 sesed at Troye,
I-wysse;
Mony auntere3 here bi-forne,
2528 Haf fallen suche er ? is:
[I] Now ? at bere ? e croun of ? orne,
He bryng vus to his blysse! AMEN.

[Sidenote A: "Lo! " says he, handling the lace, "this is the band of blame,]
[Sidenote B: a token of my cowardice and covetousness,]
[Sidenote C: I must needs wear it as long as I live.
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[Sidenote D: The king comforts the knight, and all the court too. ]
[Sidenote E: Each knight of the brotherhood agrees to wear a bright green
belt,]
[Sidenote F: for Gawayne's sake,]
[Sidenote G: who ever more honoured it. ]
[Sidenote H: Thus in Arthur's day this adventure befell. ]
[Sidenote I: He that bore the crown of thorns bring us to His bliss! ]

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NOTES.

Line 8 Ricchis turns, goes,
The king . . .
Ricchis his reynys and the Renke metys:
Girden to gedur with ? ere grete speires. --T. B. l. 1232.

37 ? is kyng lay at Camylot vpon kryst-masse.