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e godlych gere ? at hym gayn schulde
? at tyde;
[I] Wyth ryche cote armure,
[J] His gold spore3 spend with pryde,
588 [K] Gurde wyth a bront ful sure,
With silk sayn vmbe his syde.

[Sidenote A: On the morn he asks for his arms. ]
[Sidenote B: A carpet is spread on the floor,]
[Sidenote C: and he steps thereon. ]
[Sidenote D: He is dubbed in a doublet of Tarsic silk, and a well-made
hood. ]
[Sidenote E: They set steel slices on his feet, and lap his legs in steel
greaves. ]
[Sidenote F: Fair cuisses enclose his thighs,]
[Sidenote G: and afterwards they put on the steel habergeon,]
[Sidenote H: well-burnished braces, elbow pieces, and gloves of plate. ]
[Sidenote I: Over all this is placed the coat armour. ]
[Sidenote J: His spurs are then fixed,]
[Sidenote K: and his sword is attached to his side by a silken girdle. ]

V.

[A] When he wat3 hasped in armes, his harnays wat3 ryche, [Fol. 99a. ]
? e lest lachet ou[?
]er loupe lemed of golde;
592 So harnayst as he wat3 he herkne3 his masse,
Offred & honoured at ? e he3e auter;
[B] Sy? en he come3 to ? e kyng & to his cort fere3,
Lache3 lufly his leue at lorde3 & ladye3;
596 & ? ay hym kyst & conueyed, bikende hym to kryst.
[C] Bi ? at wat3 Gryngolet grayth, & gurde with a sadel,
? at glemed ful gayly with mony golde frenges,
Ay quere naylet ful nwe for ? at note ryched;
600 ? e brydel barred aboute, with bry3t golde bounden;
[D] ? e apparayl of ? e payttrure, & of ? e proude skyrte3,
? e cropore, & ? e couertor, acorded wyth ? e arsoune3;
& al wat3 rayled on red ryche golde nayle3,
604 ?