|*T [The life of Ipomydon]
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      193| Of your court and your norture
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      194| He hath well lerned, I you ensure;
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      195| He wolde wende into a straunge count[re]
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      196| More in seruyce for to be;
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      197| So that ye take it not in greue,
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      198| Full fayne he wolde praye you of leue,
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      199| And I shall make me redy
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      200| To wende with hym in company
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      201| And serue hym as his owne knyght
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      202| And honour hym with all my myght.'
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      203| Than sayd Armones the kynge:
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      204| "If this be his owne desyrynge
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      205| I am well apayde of his wyll,
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      206| For his askynge I holde skyll;
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      207| And now I wote thou arte my frende
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      208| Syth that thou wylte with hym wende;
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      209| Take you ynough of all thynge
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      210| And loke ye wante no spendynge!'
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      211| Syr Tholomewe forth gan go
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      212| And to Ipomydon came he tho,
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      213| And sayd, "Syr, without lesynge,
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      214| Your fader hath graunted your askynge;
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      215| He badde ye sholde nothynge spare
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      216| And myselfe shall with you fare.'
 2: 5; f. B.i.r      217| "I praye God thanke you, mayster dere,

 2: 6; f. B.i.r      218| That ye me loue I may se here.'
 2: 6; f. B.i.r      219| Than they busked them to go,
 2: 6; f. B.i.r      220| Horse they toke and harneys also;
 2: 6; f. B.i.r      221| Of all thynge they wanted none.
 2: 6; f. B.i.r      222| Now to his fader the chylde is gone;
 2: 6; f. B.i.r      223| On knees he fell before the kynge
 2: 6; f. B.i.r      224| And prayed hym of his dere blessynge:
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    225| "That blessynge haue thou, my sone treu,
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    226| That Mary gaue vnto Iesu.'
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    227| Now they go forth on theyr waye;
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    228| Ipomydon to his men gan saye
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    229| That there be none of them all
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    230| So hardy, by his name hym to call,
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    231| Whereso they wente ferre or nere,
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    232| Or ouer the straunge ryuere:
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    233| "Ne no man tell what I am,
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    234| Where I shall go ne whens I cam.'
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    235| All they graunted his commaundement
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    236| And forth they go with one assent.
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    237| Ipomydon and Tholomewe
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    238| With robes and with mantelles newe
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    239| Of the rychest that myght be;
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    240| There was none suche in that countre,
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    241| For there was many a ryche stone
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    242| That on the mantelles fresshely shone.
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    243| So longe the wayes they haue nome
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    244| That to Calabre they be come.
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    245| They came to the castell gate,
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    246| The porter was redy therate;
 2: 6; f. [B.i.v]    247| The porter to them they can call

 2: 7; f. [B.i.v]    248| And prayed hym go into the hall:
 2: 7; f. [B.i.v]    249| "And tell thy lady gentyll and fre
 2: 7; f. [B.i.v]    250| That comen are men of ferre countre,
 2: 7; f. [B.i.v]    251| And yf it please her we wyll her praye
 2: 7; f. [B.i.v]    252| That we myght dyne with her to-daye.'
 2: 7; f. [B.i.v]    253| The porter sayd full courteysly:
 2: 7; f. [B.i.v]    254| "Your erande to do I am redy.'
 2: 7; f. [B.i.v]    255| The lady to her mete was set,
 2: 7; f. [B.i.v]    256| The porter came and fayre her gret:
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     257| "Madame,' he sayd, "God you saue.
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     258| At your gates gestes ye haue.
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     259| Straunge men as for to se;
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     260| They aske mete for charyte.'
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     261| The lady commaunded anone soone
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     262| That the gates were vndone:
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     263| "And brynge them all vnto me,
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     264| For well at ease shall they be.'
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     265| They toke theyr pages, horse and all.
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     266| These two men went into the hall;
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     267| Ipomydon on knees hym set
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     268| And the lady fayre he grete:
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     269| "I am a man of straunge countre
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     270| And praye you, yf it your wyll be,
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     271| That I myght dwell with you this yere,
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     272| Of your nurture for to lere.
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     273| I am come out of ferre lande,
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     274| For I herde tell beforehande
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     275| Of your nurture and your seruyse
 2: 7; f. B.ii.r     276| Is holden of so grete empryse.

 2: 8; f. B.ii.r     277| I praye you that I may dwell here,
 2: 8; f. B.ii.r     278| Some of your seruyce for to lere.'
 2: 8; f. B.ii.r     279| The lady behelde Ipomydan
 2: 8; f. B.ii.r     280| And semed well a gentyll man;
 2: 8; f. B.ii.r     281| She knewe none suche in all her lande,
 2: 8; f. B.ii.r     282| So goodly a man and well farande;
 2: 8; f. B.ii.r     283| She sawe also by his nurture
 2: 8; f. B.ii.r     284| He was a man of grete valure.
 2: 8; f. B.ii.r     285| She cast full soone in her thought
 2: 8; f. B.ii.r     286| That for no seruyce came he nought,
 2: 8; f. B.ii.r     287| But it was worshyp her vnto,
 2: 8; f. B.ii.r     288| In her seruyce hym to do.
 2: 8; f. [B.ii.v]   289| She sayd, "Syr, welcome ye be,
 2: 8; f. [B.ii.v]   290| And all that cometh with the.
 2: 8; f. [B.ii.v]   291| Syth ye haue had so grete trauayle,
 2: 8; f. [B.ii.v]   292| Of a seruyce ye shall not fayle.
 2: 8; f. [B.ii.v]   293| In this countre ye may dwell here
 2: 8; f. [B.ii.v]   294| And at your wyll for to lere;
 2: 8; f. [B.ii.v]   295| Of the cup ye shall serue me,
 2: 8; f. [B.ii.v]   296| And all your men with you shall be;
 2: 8; f. [B.ii.v]   297| Ye maye dwell here at your wyll
 2: 8; f. [B.ii.v]   298| But your berynge be full yll.'
 2: 8; f. [B.ii.v]   299| "Madame,' he sayd, "graunt mercy!'
 2: 8; f. [B.ii.v]   300| He thanked the lady courteysly;
 2: 8; f. [B.ii.v]   301| She commaunded hym to mete,
 2: 8; f. [B.ii.v]   302| But, or he sate in ony sete
 2: 8; f. [B.ii.v]   303| He saluted them, grete and small,
 2: 8; f. [B.ii.v]   304| As a gentylman sholde in hall;
 2: 8; f. [B.ii.v]   305| All they sayd soone anone

 2: 9; f. [B.ii.v]   306| They sawe neuer so goodly a persone,
 2: 9; f. [B.ii.v]   307| Ne so lyght ne so glad,
 2: 9; f. [B.ii.v]   308| Ne none that so ryche araye had.
 2: 9; f. [B.ii.v]   309| There was none that sate nor yede
 2: 9; f. [B.ii.v]   310| But they had meruayle of his dede,
 2: 9; f. [B.ii.v]   311| And sayd he was no lytell syre
 2: 9; f. [B.ii.v]   312| That myght shewe suche atyre.
 2: 9; f. [B.ii.v]   313| Whan they had eten and grace sayd
 2: 9; f. [B.ii.v]   314| And the table awaye was layd,
 2: 9; f. [B.ii.v]   315| Up than arose Ipomydone
 2: 9; f. [B.ii.v]   316| And to the buttry he wente anone
 2: 9; f. [B.ii.v]   317| And his mantell hym about;
 2: 9; f. [B.ii.v]   318| On hym loked all the rout
 2: 9; f. [B.ii.v]   319| And euery man sayd to other there:
 2: 9; f. [B.ii.v]   320| "Wyll ye se the proude squyere
 2: 9; f. B.iii.r    321| Shall serue my lady of the wyne
 2: 9; f. B.iii.r    322| In his mantell that is so fyne!'
 2: 9; f. B.iii.r    323| That they hym scorned wyst he nought,
 2: 9; f. B.iii.r    324| On other thynges he had his thought;
 2: 9; f. B.iii.r    325| He toke the cup of the butlere
 2: 9; f. B.iii.r    326| And drewe a lace of sylke full clere,
 2: 9; f. B.iii.r    327| Adowne than fell his mantell by.
 2: 9; f. B.iii.r    328| He prayed hym for his courteysy
 2: 9; f. B.iii.r    329| That lytell gyfte that he wolde nome,
 2: 9; f. B.iii.r    330| Tyll eftesoone a better come.
 2: 9; f. B.iii.r    331| Vp it toke the buttelere,
 2: 9; f. B.iii.r    332| Before the lady he dyde it bere,
 2: 9; f. B.iii.r    333| And prayed the lady hertly

 2:10; f. B.iii.r    334| To thanke hym for his courteysy.
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    335| All that was than in the hall
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    336| Grete honour they spake hym all,
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    337| And sayd he was no lytell man
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    338| That suche gyftes gyue can.
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    339| There he dwelled many a daye
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    340| And serued the lady well to paye;
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    341| He bare hym on so fayre manere
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    342| To knyghtes, ladyes and squyere,
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    343| All hym loued that were hym by,
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    344| For he bare hym so courteysly.
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    345| The lady had a cosyn that hyght Iason,
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    346| Full well he loued Ipomydon;
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    347| Where that he went in or out,
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    348| Iason wente with hym aboute.
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    349| The lady laye but she slepte nought
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    350| For on the squyere she had grete thought,
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    351| How he was fayre and shaped wele,
 2:10; f. B.iii.r    352| Body and armes euerydele;
 2:10; f. B.iii.v    353| There was none in all her lande
 2:10; f. B.iii.v    354| So well he semed doughty of hande;
 2:10; f. B.iii.v    355| But she coude wete for no case,
 2:10; f. B.iii.v    356| Fro whens he came ne what he wase,
 2:10; f. B.iii.v    357| Ne of no man coude enquere
 2:10; f. B.iii.v    358| Other than the straunge squyere.
 2:10; f. B.iii.v    359| She her bethought on a queyntyse
 2:10; f. B.iii.v    360| If she myght knowe in ony wyse,
 2:10; f. B.iii.v    361| To wete wherof he were come;

 2:11; f. B.iii.v    362| This was her thought, all and some;
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    363| She thought to wood her men to ta[n]e
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    364| That she myght knowe hym by his name.
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    365| On the morowe whan it was daye,
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    366| To her men than dyde she saye:
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    367| "Tomorowe whan it is daye-lyght,
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    368| Loke ye be all redy dyght
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    369| With your houndes more and lese,
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    370| In the forest to take my grese,
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    371| And there I wyll myselfe be,
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    372| Your game to behelde and se.'
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    373| Ipomydon had houndes thre
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    374| That he brought from his countre;
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    375| Than they were to the wood gone,
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    376| This lady and her men euerychone,
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    377| And with them theyr houndes lad,
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    378| All that euer ony houndes had,
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    379| Syr Tholomewe, forgate he nought,
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    380| His maysters houndes thyder he brought
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    381| That many a daye ne had ronne ere;
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    382| Full well he thought to note them there.
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    383| Whan they came to the launde on hyght,
 2:11; f. B.iii.v    384| The quenes pauylyon there was pyght
 2:11; f. [B.iv.r]   385| That she myght se of the best,
 2:11; f. [B.iv.r]   386| All the game of the forest.
 2:11; f. [B.iv.r]   387| The wandlessours wente thrugh the forest
 2:11; f. [B.iv.r]   388| And to the lady brought many a beest,
 2:11; f. [B.iv.r]   389| Harte and hynde, bucke and doo

 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   390| And other beestes many mo.
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   391| The houndes that were of grete pryce
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   392| Plucked dere downe all at a tryce,
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   393| Ipomydon with his houndes tho
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   394| Drewe downe bothe bucke and doo;
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   395| More he toke with houndes thre
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   396| Than all that other company.
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   397| Thre squyers vndyde theyr dere,
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   398| Eche man on his owne manere;
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   399| Ipomydon a dere wente vnto,
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   400| Full cunnyngely he dyde it vndo,
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   401| So fayre that veneson he it dyght
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   402| That hym behelde bothe squyer and knyght;
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   403| The lady loked out of her pauylyon
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   404| And sawe hym dyght the veneson,
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   405| There she had grete deynte,
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   406| And so had all that dyde hym se.
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   407| She sawe all that he downe drough,
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   408| Of huntynge she wyst he coude ynough,
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   409| And thought in her herte than
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   410| That he was a gentyll man.
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   411| She bad Iason her men to call;
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   412| Home they passed, grete and small,
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   413| Home they wente soone anone.
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   414| This lady to her mete dyde gone
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   415| And of venery had her fyll,
 2:12; f. [B.iv.r]   416| For they had taken game at wyll.
 2:12; f. [B.iv.v]   417| Ipomydon serued, as I vnderstande,
 2:12; f. [B.iv.v]   418| As he was wonte to do beforehande.

 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   419| "Syr,' she sayd, "without fayle,
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   420| Ye haue ben in grete trauayle.
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   421| Another man, as I you saye,
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   422| Shall serue me at mete this daye;
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   423| Go to your mete soone on hy,
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   424| My cosyn Iason shall sytte you by.'
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   425| The ladyes herte was on hym caste
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   426| And she behelde hym wonder faste,
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   427| Euer on hym she cast her eye,
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   428| Ipomydon full well it sye.
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   429| Anone it gaue hym in his thought,
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   430| To loke agayne let wolde he nought,
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   431| For no more cowarde thought he to be
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   432| Of his lokynge than was she.
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   433| The lady perceyued it full wele,
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   434| Of all his lokynge euerydele,
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   435| And therwith began to shame,
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   436| For she myght lyghtly fall in blame;
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   437| If men perceyued it onythyng,
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   438| Bytwene them two of theyr lokynge,
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   439| Than wolde they saye all bydene
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   440| That some loue were them bytwene,
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   441| Than sholde she in slaundre fall
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   442| An[d] lese moche honoure therwithall.
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   443| She thought to warne hym pryuely
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   444| By her cosyn that sate her by.
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   445| "Iason,' she sayd, "thou arte to blame,
 2:13; f. [B.iv.v]   446| And therfore the ought to shame

 2:14; f. [B.iv.v]   447| To beholde my mayde in vayne.
 2:14; f. [B.iv.v]   448| Euery man to other wyll sayne
 2:14; f. C.i.r      449| That bytwene you is some synne;
 2:14; f. C.i.r      450| Of thy lokynge I rede thou blynne.'
 2:14; f. C.i.r      451| Ipomydon hym bethought anon
 2:14; f. C.i.r      452| How that she blamed Iason
 2:14; f. C.i.r      453| Without deseruynge euerydele,
 2:14; f. C.i.r      454| But the encheson he perceyued wele;
 2:14; f. C.i.r      455| Downe he loked and thought grete shame
 2:14; f. C.i.r      456| That Iason bare for hym suche blame;
 2:14; f. C.i.r      457| Styll he sate and sayd ryght nought,
 2:14; f. C.i.r      458| To dwell no lenger there he thought.
 2:14; f. C.i.r      459| As the lady her chambre had tane,
 2:14; f. C.i.r      460| Before her came Ipomydane,
 2:14; f. C.i.r      461| And sayd, "Madame, God yelde it the,
 2:14; f. C.i.r      462| The grete honoure thou hast done me.
 2:14; f. C.i.r      463| Haue god daye, now wyll I fare
 2:14; f. C.i.r      464| Into the countre that I was yare.'
 2:14; f. C.i.r      465| "Felowe,' she sayde, "chose at thy wyll
 2:14; f. C.i.r      466| Whether thou wylte wende or abyde styll.'
 2:14; f. C.i.r      467| He wente anone into the hall
 2:14; f. C.i.r      468| And toke his leue of grete and small,
 2:14; f. C.i.r      469| Bothe of lesse and eke of more,
 2:14; f. C.i.r      470| As I sayd to you before.
 2:14; f. C.i.r      471| To Iason he wente anone-ryght
 2:14; f. C.i.r      472| And toke his leue with herte vnlyght;
 2:14; f. C.i.r      473| Than sayd Iason on hye:
 2:14; f. C.i.r      474| "Good syr, leue this folye
 2:14; f. C.i.r      475| And with my lady dwell here,

 2:15; f. C.i.r      476| She loueth the in all manere.
 2:15; f. C.i.r      477| If thou wende forth in this wyll
 2:15; f. C.i.r      478| For sorowe she wyll herselfe spyll.'
 2:15; f. C.i.r      479| "Iason, felowe, let be thy thought.
 2:15; f. C.i.r      480| Lenger dwell here wyll I nought,
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    481| For I shall wende home to my kynge
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    482| And leue you here without ioyinge.'
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    483| "Myne owne dere frende, syth it is so
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    484| That thou wylte algates go,
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    485| Gyue me leue with the to wende
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    486| Into what countre that thou wylte lende,
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    487| I wolde full fayne do it in dede.'
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    488| "Graunt mercy, syr, God gyue the mede.
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    489| With me hyther came ye nought.
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    490| Ne shall with me but that I brought.'
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    491| He toke his leue of Iason there
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    492| And wente forth elleswhere.
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    493| Whan the lady wyst that he was gone
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    494| A sory woman than was she one;
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    495| Vpon her bed she can her laye
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    496| And to herselfe than gan she saye:
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    497| "There is not suche a man in lande,
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    498| If he be doughty of his hande,
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    499| As he is of body to se,
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    500| Of what lande that euer he be.'
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    501| "Alas,' she sayd, "and wellawaye,
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    502| That for a worde he wente awaye!
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    503| Had men sought all mankynde
 2:15; f. [C.i.v]    504| A fayrer body myght no man fynde.'

 2:16; f. [C.i.v]    505| This lady that was of ryche blode,
 2:16; f. [C.i.v]    506| That nyght she coude but lytell good,
 2:16; f. [C.i.v]    507| That she sholde suche mone make
 2:16; f. [C.i.v]    508| For a straunge mannes sake,
 2:16; f. [C.i.v]    509| That no man wyst what he was;
 2:16; f. [C.i.v]    510| But yet she sayd ofte, "Alas,
 2:16; f. [C.i.v]    511| For suche is none in Chrystente,
 2:16; f. [C.i.v]    512| Full well he semeth a knyght to be!'
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     513| Thus she conforted herselfe amonge
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     514| And ofte she felle in mournynge stronge.
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     515| Ipomydon wente, as ye may here,
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     516| Behynde he lefte a messengere
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     517| For to brynge hym tydynges newe,
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     518| If there were ony that he knewe;
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     519| What they were he sholde them brynge,
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     520| And that anone, without lettynge,
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     521| The lande of Poyll he hath nome
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     522| And to the kynge, his fader, is come
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     523| And to the quene, his moder dere,
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     524| For hym they made ryght glad chere.
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     525| Courteyse he was, bothe stoute and bolde,
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     526| And moche in lande of hym was tolde;
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     527| All men hym loued, suche was his grace.
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     528| Of chylde Ipomydon her is a space.
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     529| They were togyder many a yere,
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     530| With moche myrth and game in fere;
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     531| The kyng his sone knyght gan make,
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     532| And many other for his sake.
 2:16; f. C.ii.r     533| Iustynges were cryed, ladyes to se,

 2:17; f. C.ii.r     534| Thyder came lordes grete plente,
 2:17; f. C.ii.r     535| Tourneymentes atyred in the felde,
 2:17; f. C.ii.r     536| A thousande armed with spere and shelde.
 2:17; f. C.ii.r     537| Knyghtes began togyder to ryde,
 2:17; f. C.ii.r     538| Some were on horsbacke on euery syde.
 2:17; f. C.ii.r     539| Ipomydon that daye was vyctoryous
 2:17; f. C.ii.r     540| And there he gaue many a cours.
 2:17; f. C.ii.r     541| For there was none that he mette,
 2:17; f. C.ii.r     542| And his spere on hym were sette,
 2:17; f. C.ii.r     543| That after within a lytell stounde
 2:17; f. C.ii.r     544| Hors and man bothe wente to grounde.
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   545| The heraudes gaue the chylde the gree,
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   546| A thousande pounde he had to fee.
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   547| Mynstrelles had gyftes of golde,
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   548| And forty dayes the feest dyde holde.
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   549| Of the heyre of Calabre here wyll I tell,
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   550| And of her baronage fayre and well,
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   551| How that they had at counseyle bene
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   552| And of assent was them bytwene
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   553| That theyr lady sholde take an housbande
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   554| To gouerne them and all theyr lande,
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   555| Bycause she was of yonge age.
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   556| To her came all her baronage
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   557| And sayd, "Madame, we wyll you praye
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   558| That we myght our wyll saye.
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   559| Your lande thynketh ye do them wronge
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   560| Without a kynge to be so longe,
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   561| That myght gouerne this lande so fayre,
 2:17; f. [C.ii.v]   562| And bytwene you haue an hayre,

 2:18; f. [C.ii.v]   563| And holde this lande in ryght blode.'
 2:18; f. [C.ii.v]   564| The lady answered with mylde mode:
 2:18; f. [C.ii.v]   565| "Your counsayle is good euerychone,
 2:18; f. [C.ii.v]   566| But husbande yet wyll I haue none.'
 2:18; f. [C.ii.v]   567| They toke theyr leue and wente theyr waye
 2:18; f. [C.ii.v]   568| And betaught the lady good daye.
 2:18; f. [C.ii.v]   569| To counseyle newe than gan they gone
 2:18; f. [C.ii.v]   570| And full soone they were at one,
 2:18; f. [C.ii.v]   571| To kynge Mellyager, her vncle, they went
 2:18; f. [C.ii.v]   572| And tolde hym of the ladyes entent:
 2:18; f. [C.ii.v]   573| For an husbande they had ben with her,
 2:18; f. [C.ii.v]   574| And she gaue them a lyght answer.
 2:18; f. [C.ii.v]   575| Forth they wente, without lettynge,
 2:18; f. [C.ii.v]   576| To the lande there he was kynge.
 2:18; f. C.iii.r    577| Kynge Mellyager soone they founde
 2:18; f. C.iii.r    578| And anone they kneled to the grounde,
 2:18; f. C.iii.r    579| Prayenge hym as lefe and dere
 2:18; f. C.iii.r    580| That he wolde theyr prayer here;
 2:18; f. C.iii.r    581| They tolde hym all-togyder now
 2:18; f. C.iii.r    582| What they had done and how,
 2:18; f. C.iii.r    583| And suche answere she gaue them tyll,
 2:18; f. C.iii.r    584| Husbande to haue she had no wyll:
 2:18; f. C.iii.r    585| "Wherfore, lorde, we wolde you praye,
 2:18; f. C.iii.r    586| For we wete well that ye beest maye
 2:18; f. C.iii.r    587| Counseyle well our lady now,
 2:18; f. C.iii.r    588| As best may be the realmes prowe.'
 2:18; f. C.iii.r    589| "Lordynges,' he sayd, "withouten fayle,
 2:18; f. C.iii.r    590| I assent vnto your counseyle,
 2:18; f. C.iii.r    591| For vnto my cosyn wyll I go

 2:19; f. C.iii.r    592| And make her, or I wende her fro,
 2:19; f. C.iii.r    593| Me to graunte husbande to take,
 2:19; f. C.iii.r    594| Or clene my loue she shall forsake.'
 2:19; f. C.iii.r    595| Than they thanked the kynge so free
 2:19; f. C.iii.r    596| And wente home to theyr countree.
 2:19; f. C.iii.r    597| Kynge Mellyager to his cosyn is gone,
 2:19; f. C.iii.r    598| And she hym welcomed fayre anone,
 2:19; f. C.iii.r    599| And of his comynge she was glade,
 2:19; f. C.iii.r    600| And full moche <ioye> of hym she made.
 2:19; f. C.iii.r    601| Whan they had taken theyr sporte in hall,
 2:19; f. C.iii.r    602| The kynge to counseyle gan her call
 2:19; f. C.iii.r    603| And sayd, "Dere cosyn, here my wyll:
 2:19; f. C.iii.r    604| A husbande must ye take you tyll,
 2:19; f. C.iii.r    605| The whiche may of this lande be kynge,
 2:19; f. C.iii.r    606| And gouerne it in all thynge;
 2:19; f. C.iii.r    607| For no woman may take in hande,
 2:19; f. C.iii.r    608| Well to gouerne suche a lande.'
 2:19; f. [C.iii.v]  609| "Syr,' she sayd, "ye be of my blode,
 2:19; f. [C.iii.v]  610| I holde your counseyle fayre and good
 2:19; f. [C.iii.v]  611| And after it fayne wolde I do,
 2:19; f. [C.iii.v]  612| As moost worshyp may be me to;
 2:19; f. [C.iii.v]  613| But syth that I a husbande haue shall,
 2:19; f. [C.iii.v]  614| Do make crye vnder this castell wall,
 2:19; f. [C.iii.v]  615| Iustynges there thre dayes to lest,
 2:19; f. [C.iii.v]  616| And who that there may bere hym best
 2:19; f. [C.iii.v]  617| And that doughtyest is of hande
 2:19; f. [C.iii.v]  618| Shall wedde me and all this lande.
 2:19; f. [C.iii.v]  619| Syr, loke ye crye, without delaye,

 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  620| Halfe a yere before the daye,
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  621| That it may be knowen ferre and nere,
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  622| On what daye it shall be here.'
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  623| Now thynketh this fayre maye
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  624| On the straunge squyer nyght and daye:
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  625| "If he be suche as I hym holde,
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  626| Also doughty and so bolde,
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  627| For me than he wyll be here
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  628| And wynne me in all manere.'
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  629| Herawdes were called on hye,
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  630| Thrugh the lande to make the crye;
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  631| This crye was knowen ouerall,
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  632| In all the lande of grete and small.
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  633| Ipomydons messenger anone
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  634| Home to Poyll gan he gone;
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  635| The crye he vnderstode wele
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  636| And tolde his mayster euerydele.
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  637| Ipomydon in herte was full glad,
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  638| Whan that he the tydynges had;
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  639| He called his mayster Tholomewe,
 2:20; f. [C.iii.v]  640| That euer was full good and trewe,
 2:20; f. [C.iv.r]   641| And sayd, "Syr, make we vs redy,
 2:20; f. [C.iv.r]   642| For into Calabre now wyll I!'
 2:20; f. [C.iv.r]   643| He purueyed hym thre noble stedes
 2:20; f. [C.iv.r]   644| And also thre noble wedes;
 2:20; f. [C.iv.r]   645| That one was whyte as ony mylke,
 2:20; f. [C.iv.r]   646| The trappour of hym was whyte sylke;
 2:20; f. [C.iv.r]   647| That other was reed, bothe styffe and stoure,
 2:20; f. [C.iv.r]   648| The trappoure was of the same coloure;

 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   649| Blacke than was that other stede,
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   650| Of the same coloure was his wede.
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   651| Thre greyhoundes with hym he lad,
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   652| The best that his fader had,
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   653| Reed and whyte and blacke they were.
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   654| Whan he was dyght in this manere,
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   655| With hym he toke a fayre may,
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   656| And wente forth on his iourney;
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   657| Into Sesoney the waye they nome.
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   658| Within the lande whan that he come,
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   659| He badde Tholomewe take his stedes,
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   660| All his men and all his wedes:
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   661| "And take your ynne in the cyte
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   662| By nyght that no man you se.
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   663| Let no man se them by nyght ne daye,
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   664| But them that shall theyr mete puruaye.'
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   665| His owne way forth he nome
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   666| Vnto a forest tyll that he come;
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   667| There hunted kyng Mellyager in that forest,
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   668| At harte and hynde and wylde beest;
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   669| Ipomydon mette with a knyght
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   670| And asked hym anone-ryght
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   671| Who that grete lord was that was there,
 2:21; f. [C.iv.r]   672| That in the forest chased the dere.
 2:21; f. [C.iv.v]   673| The knyght sayd, "Yf ye wyll here,
 2:21; f. [C.iv.v]   674| It is the kynge Mellyagere
 2:21; f. [C.iv.v]   675| That thus hunteth here besyde.'
 2:21; f. [C.iv.v]   676| Ipomydon vnto the kynge can ryde
 2:21; f. [C.iv.v]   677| And saluted hym as a kyng dere,

 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   678| He welcomed hym on fayre manere.
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   679| He prayed the kynge yf it were his wyll,
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   680| A lytell stounde to stande styll
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   681| And here the speche of a knyght;
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   682| The kynge hym graunted anone-ryght.
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   683| "I am a knyght, as ye may se,
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   684| And come I am from ferre countre,
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   685| For noblesse of you I haue herde tell;
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   686| All my desyre is with you to dwell,
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   687| In your countre to be here,
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   688| The maner of this lande to lere.'
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   689| The kynge behelde the knyght than,
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   690| He thought he was a goodly man:
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   691| "In all his lande, bothe ferre and nere,
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   692| Was none so fayre a bachelere.'
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   693| "Syr knyght,' he sayde in fayre manere,
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   694| "Gladly shall ye dwell here.'
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   695| Ipomydon sayd, "I shall you tell,
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   696| At this couenaunt wolde I dwell;
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   697| Full fayne I wolde be redy bowne
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   698| To lede your quene bothe vp and downe,
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   699| From her chambre to her hall,
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   700| And my lemman I wolde her call;
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   701| My mayden that is of honoure
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   702| Shall dwell in the quenes boure;
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   703| At euery tyme that I her lede,
 2:22; f. [C.iv.v]   704| A kysse of the quene shall be my mede.
 2:22; f. D.i.r      705| I wyll no more for my seruyse.'
 2:22; f. D.i.r      706| The kynge anone, without aduyse,

 2:23; f. D.i.r      707| Thought he came for other thynge,
 2:23; f. D.i.r      708| And graunted hym his askynge.
 2:23; f. D.i.r      709| Anone the kynge lefte his game,
 2:23; f. D.i.r      710| Home they rode bothe insame
 2:23; f. D.i.r      711| And to the quene the couenauntes sayd.
 2:23; f. D.i.r      712| "As ye haue done, I holde me payd.'
 2:23; f. D.i.r      713| There he dwelled many a daye
 2:23; f. D.i.r      714| With moche myrth, game and playe;
 2:23; f. D.i.r      715| Full fayre he dyde his seruyce
 2:23; f. D.i.r      716| And serued the quene at her deuyse;
 2:23; f. D.i.r      717| Where that she wente, in boure or hall,
 2:23; f. D.i.r      718| The quene his lemman he dyde call.
 2:23; f. D.i.r      719| So it befell vpon a daye
 2:23; f. D.i.r      720| That to the iustynge men dyde them araye;
 2:23; f. D.i.r      721| Thyder wolde kynge Mellyager
 2:23; f. D.i.r      722| With all the knyghtes that with hym were:
 2:23; f. D.i.r      723| Syr Campany[u]s, that good knyght,
 2:23; f. D.i.r      724| In all the lande was none so wyght,
 2:23; f. D.i.r      725| And syr Caymus, the kynges stewarde,
 2:23; f. D.i.r      726| A doughty knyght and no cowarde.
 2:23; f. D.i.r      727| The kynge sayd to syr Ipomydon,
 2:23; f. D.i.r      728| That called was the quenes lemman,
 2:23; f. D.i.r      729| As he mette hym in the hall:
 2:23; f. D.i.r      730| "The tyme is come that iuste we shall;
 2:23; f. D.i.r      731| Dyght you now, go we our waye!
 2:23; f. D.i.r      732| I wote ye thynke to wynne the maye.'
 2:23; f. D.i.r      733| And he answered with mylde chere:
 2:23; f. D.i.r      734| "Who shall than serue my lady dere?

 2:24; f. D.i.r      735| For certes of iustes can I nought,
 2:24; f. D.i.r      736| To serue my lady is all my thought.
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    737| If I her lefte for other nede,
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    738| I were not worthy to haue my mede.'
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    739| The kyng tourned than awaye
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    740| And to his knyghtes dyde he saye:
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    741| "So fayre a body as bereth he,
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    742| Alas, a cowarde that he sholde be!'
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    743| Campany[u]s and all that stode by,
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    744| They meaned that knyght courteysly;
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    745| They toke theyr leue at the quene
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    746| And wente forth all bydene,
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    747| Vnto Calabre they toke the waye,
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    748| There they sholde iuste that other daye.
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    749| Leue we them at the iustynge
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    750| And talke we of other thynge,
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    751| Of Ipomydon and the lady shene
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    752| That was at home with the quene.
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    753| Whan tyme came they sholde to mete,
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    754| Ipomydon brought her to her sete;
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    755| Into the hall whan he her brought,
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    756| To take his kysse he forgate nought.
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    757| Whan she had eten, to chambre she is gone,
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    758| Ipomydon vnto the quene wente anone:
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    759| "Tomorowe, madame, I wolde you praye,
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    760| With leue of you, whan it is daye,
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    761| To go to the forest to take a dere.
 2:24; f. [D.i.v]    762| My greyhoundes ranne not this quartere;

 2:25; f. [D.i.v]    763| Whyle that my lorde is at the iustynge,
 2:25; f. [D.i.v]    764| My greyhoundes I wolde fayne se rennynge.
 2:25; f. [D.i.v]    765| Of one thynge, madame, I wolde you praye:
 2:25; f. [D.i.v]    766| If I come not by tyme of daye,
 2:25; f. [D.i.v]    767| Whan ye se tyme, to mete ye wende,
 2:25; f. [D.i.v]    768| For I wote not howe longe I lende.'
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     769| "Syr,' she sayd, "God you spede.'
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     770| He kyssed her and forth he yede.
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     771| Ipomydon called his mayster than,
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     772| Syr Tholomewe, that noble man:
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     773| "To my hostage ye go by nyght,
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     774| My whyte stede, loke he be dyght,
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     775| And with the armure hyther ye brynge
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     776| Tomorowe, or the daye sprynge.
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     777| Hye you out at the castell yate
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     778| And from all syght kepe you algate.'
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     779| Ipomydon wente to the portere
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     780| And prayed hym, yf his wyll were,
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     781| The gate myght be opened before daye;
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     782| The porter graunted and toke hym the kaye,
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     783| And at the fyrst cocke arose he;
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     784| Forth he wente with houndes thre,
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     785| In a leasshe he dyde them do
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     786| And blewe a grete horne also;
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     787| He blewe lowde and shoke it well,
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     788| That it ronge all the castell.
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     789| The maydens to the quene dyde saye:
 2:25; f. D.ii.r     790| "Your lemman goth to wynne the may.'

 2:26; f. D.ii.r     791| The quene answered, without lettynge:
 2:26; f. D.ii.r     792| "All men knowe not of iustynge.
 2:26; f. D.ii.r     793| Thoughe he knowe not of suche dedes,
 2:26; f. D.ii.r     794| He may be good at other nedes.'
 2:26; f. D.ii.r     795| Ipomydon is to Tholomewe gone,
 2:26; f. D.ii.r     796| He toke him his houndes euerychone.
 2:26; f. D.ii.r     797| He prayed hym, as his mayster dere,
 2:26; f. D.ii.r     798| To mete them well in all manere,
 2:26; f. D.ii.r     799| And with the flesshe kepe them in place,
 2:26; f. D.ii.r     800| There as theyr steuen set was.
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   801| He sayde, "God spede the, lorde dere!
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   802| Therto I shall do my deuere.'
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   803| Ipomydon went forth and his page
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   804| Tyll he came to an hermytage;
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   805| He loked forth and behelde,
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   806| Many a knyght he sawe in felde.
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   807| Eche to other fast dyde ryde
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   808| With grete speres on eche syde.
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   809| He toke his spere anone-ryght
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   810| And lepte vpon his stede so lyght;
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   811| In he came amonge them all,
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   812| Thrugh the cloudes as he had fall;
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   813| The fyrst knyght he dyde to ryde
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   814| With a spere, that wolde abyde,
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   815| In the mydes of the shelde he set his spere,
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   816| That horse and man he dyde downe bere.
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   817| Another knyght he mette also,
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   818| And there his backe he brast tho;
 2:26; f. [D.ii.v]   819| The thyrde he slewe, without lettynge,

 2:27; f. [D.ii.v]   820| The fourth wente into the same rynge.
 2:27; f. [D.ii.v]   821| There was no knyght that he mette
 2:27; f. [D.ii.v]   822| That wolde his spere on hym sette,
 2:27; f. [D.ii.v]   823| But yf his spere all tobrake,
 2:27; f. [D.ii.v]   824| He wolde hym to the grounde shake.
 2:27; f. [D.ii.v]   825| The lady laye ouer the castell wall
 2:27; f. [D.ii.v]   826| And behelde the iustes all;
 2:27; f. [D.ii.v]   827| She sent speres whyte and blacke
 2:27; f. [D.ii.v]   828| To all men that wolde them take.
 2:27; f. [D.ii.v]   829| Iason she sent vnto the knyght
 2:27; f. [D.ii.v]   830| That in the whyte armes was dyght,
 2:27; f. [D.ii.v]   831| To bere hym speres at his nede;
 2:27; f. [D.ii.v]   832| She thought hym the worthyest of dede,
 2:27; f. D.iii.r    833| And euery man to other dyde saye,
 2:27; f. D.iii.r    834| He was the manlyest there that daye.
 2:27; f. D.iii.r    835| Than all the people homewarde wente
 2:27; f. D.iii.r    836| And Iason to the knyght hym bente,
 2:27; f. D.iii.r    837| Prayenge hym, "As his lorde dere,
 2:27; f. D.iii.r    838| Come home to thyne owne manere,
 2:27; f. D.iii.r    839| For well I wote thou shalte be kynge,
 2:27; f. D.iii.r    840| The whiche is gretly to my lykynge!'
 2:27; f. D.iii.r    841| "Iason,' he sayd, "God the foryelde
 2:27; f. D.iii.r    842| Thy grete seruyce to-day in the felde,
 2:27; f. D.iii.r    843| That thou hast done me in this place.'
 2:27; f. D.iii.r    844| Iason meruayled of that case:
 2:27; f. D.iii.r    845| "Syr,' he sayd, "for charyte,
 2:27; f. D.iii.r    846| What man be ye that knoweth me?'
 2:27; f. D.iii.r    847| "It were merueyle but I the knewe.
 2:27; f. D.iii.r    848| Somtyme thou were my felowe trewe.

 2:28; f. D.iii.r    849| I am,' he sayd, "the straunge squyer
 2:28; f. D.iii.r    850| That serued my lady this other yere;
 2:28; f. D.iii.r    851| Grete her well in fayre manere.
 2:28; f. D.iii.r    852| This daye for her I haue ben here,
 2:28; f. D.iii.r    853| But lenger dwell here may I nought,
 2:28; f. D.iii.r    854| Suche tydynges to me is brought
 2:28; f. D.iii.r    855| Home from myne owne countre,
 2:28; f. D.iii.r    856| And forth I must, as I tell the.'
 2:28; f. D.iii.r    857| "A, syr,' he sayd, "arte thou he?
 2:28; f. D.iii.r    858| For God that dyed vpon a tre,
 2:28; f. D.iii.r    859| Come now and with my lady speke,
 2:28; f. D.iii.r    860| Or elles I wote her herte wyll breke,
 2:28; f. D.iii.r    861| For and she knewe thou wente thy waye,
 2:28; f. D.iii.r    862| She lyueth not tomorowe daye.'
 2:28; f. D.iii.r    863| "Thou shalte, Iason, vnderstande
 2:28; f. D.iii.r    864| I wolde not tary for all this lande.'
 2:28; f. [D.iii.v]  865| He toke his leue and went his waye.
 2:28; f. [D.iii.v]  866| Iason to the quene dyde saye
 2:28; f. [D.iii.v]  867| Worde by worde euerydele:
 2:28; f. [D.iii.v]  868| "The straunge squyer grette her wele.
 2:28; f. [D.iii.v]  869| He was that ylke whyte knyght
 2:28; f. [D.iii.v]  870| That in the felde so rychely was dyght.'
 2:28; f. [D.iii.v]  871| This lady to her chambre is gone;
 2:28; f. [D.iii.v]  872| A sorowfull woman is she one.
 2:28; f. [D.iii.v]  873| Vpon her bedde she dyde downe fal
 2:28; f. [D.iii.v]  874| In swowne before the maydens all,
 2:28; f. [D.iii.v]  875| And whan she rose out of her swownynge,
 2:28; f. [D.iii.v]  876| Her handes full fast than dyde she wrynge:
 2:28; f. [D.iii.v]  877| "Alas,' she sayd, "what was I wood,

 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  878| A wytles thynge, and coude no good!
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  879| My wytte myght haue serued me
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  880| That suche a man doughty must be.'
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  881| But yet she trowed in her thought,
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  882| So lyghtly wolde he leue her nought;
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  883| That was her confort moost in care,
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  884| And elles she had herselfe forfare.
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  885| Ipomydon to his mayster came soone,
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  886| And founde hym and his greyhoundes anone;
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  887| Plente of flesshe had he caught,
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  888| Hors and harneys to hym he raught,
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  889| And eyther passed to theyr ynne.
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  890| Ipomydon the flesshe toke with him,
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  891| Before the quene he dyde it bere,
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  892| As she was set at her soupere.
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  893| "Madame,' he sayd, "my lorde, the kynge,
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  894| Hath not thus sped with theyr iustynge.'
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  895| All the hall that there were insame,
 2:29; f. [D.iii.v]  896| At hym they loughe and had good game.
 2:29; f. [D.iv.r]   897| Ipomydon wente to his mete,
 2:29; f. [D.iv.r]   898| Fast he brake and softe he ete,
 2:29; f. [D.iv.r]   899| For he had fasted all that daye;
 2:29; f. [D.iv.r]   900| Suche a lykynge he had in playe.
 2:29; f. [D.iv.r]   901| As they sate at theyr soupere,
 2:29; f. [D.iv.r]   902| In cometh the kynges messengere;
 2:29; f. [D.iv.r]   903| Vpon his kne he hym sette
 2:29; f. [D.iv.r]   904| And full fayre the quene he grette.

 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   905| To her sente worde her lorde, the kynge,
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   906| How they had done at the iustynge;
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   907| Than asked the quene anone-ryght:
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   908| "Was there ony that with Campany[u]s dyde fyght,
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   909| Whiche was so doughty in the felde,
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   910| Eyther with spere or with shelde?'
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   911| "Ye, madame, so may I the,
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   912| There was one worth suche thre:
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   913| In whyte armure he was dyght,
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   914| In all the felde was none so wyght,
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   915| But yf it were my lorde, the kynge,
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   916| For he dyde passe in all thynge.'
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   917| The quene asked, "what was he?'
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   918| The messenger sayd, "So may I the,
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   919| At that tyme knewe hym no man.'
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   920| Than bespake Ipomydan
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   921| And sayd, "messenger, I the praye,
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   922| Vnto my lorde, the kynge, saye
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   923| That my good whyte greyhounde
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   924| Hath slayne more dere and brought to grounde
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   925| Than wolde all his haue done to-daye.'
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   926| Ipomydon to the messenger gan saye,
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   927| Prayenge hym the kynge some bere,
 2:30; f. [D.iv.r]   928| To wete that he was not to lere.
 2:30; f. [D.iv.v]   929| The quene is to her chambre gone,
 2:30; f. [D.iv.v]   930| Thyder ledeth her Ipomydone;
 2:30; f. [D.iv.v]   931| He prayed for leue on the morowe to playe,

 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   932| As he had done that other daye.
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   933| The quene hym graunted courteysly;
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   934| Vnto his mayster he dyde hym hye,
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   935| And prayed hym soone anone
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   936| To his hostage that he wolde gone
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   937| And brynge hym his reed stede,
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   938| Forgete nought the same wede,
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   939| In the place that they were ere,
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   940| And that he sholde be erly there.
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   941| Full erly arose Ipomydan,
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   942| His horne, his greyhounde he toke than.
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   943| He blewe it lowde and well coude shake
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   944| That all the maydens he dyde awake.
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   945| Than sayd all that were therin:
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   946| "Your lemman goth the lady to wynne.'
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   947| The quene answered, as she dyde ere:
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   948| "He may more wynne than he were there.'
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   949| The kynges messenger forth went
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   950| And toke hym hole his present;
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   951| Euery worde to the kynge he tolde,
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   952| Than sayde the knyghtes that were bolde:
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   953| "Alas, that suche a knyght sholde lyue,
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   954| But he to manhode wolde hym gyue!'
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   955| Ipomydon to his mayster went,
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   956| His armure and his stede he hent,
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   957| The reed greyhounde he toke ryght.
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   958| That daye he prayed hym to do his myght,
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   959| And in that place kepe the flesshe
 2:31; f. [D.iv.v]   960| With the greyhounde in the leshe.

 2:32; f. E.i.r      961| Forth he wente in that stounde
 2:32; f. E.i.r      962| And to the hermytage he came sounde,
 2:32; f. E.i.r      963| Into the felde he loked than,
 2:32; f. E.i.r      964| He sawe there many an armed man,
 2:32; f. E.i.r      965| He hym armed and forth dyd ryde.
 2:32; f. E.i.r      966| Fast they iusted on euery syde,
 2:32; f. E.i.r      967| And euer behelde the lady bryght,
 2:32; f. E.i.r      968| If she myght se the whyte knyght;
 2:32; f. E.i.r      969| For she on hym no eye myght cast,
 2:32; f. E.i.r      970| But she thought her hert sholde brast.
 2:32; f. E.i.r      971| Iason that daye was made knyght
 2:32; f. E.i.r      972| And rychely in the felde was dyght;
 2:32; f. E.i.r      973| Ipomydon, this thynge he sawe
 2:32; f. E.i.r      974| That Iason was knyght, his owne felawe;
 2:32; f. E.i.r      975| To hym he prycked and fast gan hy;
 2:32; f. E.i.r      976| Whan he sholde mete, he rode hym by.
 2:32; f. E.i.r      977| That daye he thought hym so to done
 2:32; f. E.i.r      978| That worthely he wanne his shone.
 2:32; f. E.i.r      979| But Ipomydon, as I you saye,
 2:32; f. E.i.r      980| Many a knyght he felde that daye,
 2:32; f. E.i.r      981| So many speres he brake asondre
 2:32; f. E.i.r      982| That all the folke on hym had wondre.
 2:32; f. E.i.r      983| They sayd there was none in all that lande
 2:32; f. E.i.r      984| That was so manly of his hande,
 2:32; f. E.i.r      985| For all they sayd tho full tyte,
 2:32; f. E.i.r      986| The reed was better than the whyte,
 2:32; f. E.i.r      987| And so he bare hym that daye
 2:32; f. E.i.r      988| That knyghtes waxed wery of his playe.
 2:32; f. E.i.r      989| Whan that euery knyght gan in ryde,

 2:33; f. E.i.r      990| Syr Iason dyde with hym abyde,
 2:33; f. E.i.r      991| And sayd, "Syr knyght, God the it yelde,
 2:33; f. E.i.r      992| Thy grete helpe to-daye in the felde!
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]    993| Thrugh the more loue that I wan,
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]    994| That more desyre I ne can.
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]    995| I wote thou shalt be lorde here
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]    996| For I knowe none that is thy pere,
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]    997| Saue yesterdaye the whyte knyght,
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]    998| But he is out of the lande dyght.'
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]    999| "Naye, Iason, my trewe fere,
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1000| Thou shalte se that I am here.
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1001| But grete well my lady dere,
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1002| For her to-daye haue I ben here,
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1003| The whiche I saye, without fayle,
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1004| Wyll tourne to grete trauayle,
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1005| And many an hors ryde to dede,
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1006| Or I come there that I must nede;
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1007| For all my lande I lese for aye,
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1008| But I be there by a certayne daye.'
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1009| Iason sayd, "Graunt mercy,
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1010| And thynke vpon my lady,
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1011| For and ye passe her thus fro,
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1012| For sorowe she wyll herselfe slo!'
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1013| Ipomydon sayd, "By heuen-kynge,
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1014| At this tyme I wyll not lynge,
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1015| But greet her well and haue good daye,
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1016| And I shall come whan that I maye.'
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1017| Syr Iason passed forth therby
 2:33; f. [E.i.v]   1018| And this tale tolde to the lady:

 2:34; f. [E.i.v]   1019| "The reed knyght and the whyte is one,
 2:34; f. [E.i.v]   1020| But for-sothe now is he gone!'
 2:34; f. [E.i.v]   1021| Than sory was that swete thynge,
 2:34; f. [E.i.v]   1022| And ofte she fell in grete mournynge
 2:34; f. [E.i.v]   1023| But she bethought her, as she dyde yare,
 2:34; f. [E.i.v]   1024| And elles she had herselfe forfare.
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1025| Ipomydon to his mayster yede,
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1026| And toke him his armure and his stede;
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1027| He toke the flesshe and the greyhounde,
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1028| And towarde the towne he hym bounde;
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1029| His hors he had and his huntynge-wede,
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1030| Anone into the hall he yede,
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1031| Before the que[ne] the flesshe he layd,
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1032| "Here is my dayes iourney,' he sayd.
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1033| At hym they lough and made glad chere,
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1034| The quene went to her soupere
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1035| And her lemman sate her by.
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1036| The kynges messenger came full ny,
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1037| And sayd the kynge grette her wele;
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1038| The iustynge he tolde her euerydele.
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1039| The fyrst worde the quene can saye:
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1040| "Came the whyte knyght there to-daye?'
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1041| "Naye,' he sayd, "By God almyght,
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1042| But there was a noble reed knyght,
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1043| The whiche all men that had hym se,
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1044| Sayd that he was better than he.'
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1045| Ipomydon sayd to the messengere:
 2:34; f. E.ii.r    1046| "Recommende me to my lorde so dere,

 2:35; f. E.ii.r    1047| And saye that Gager, my reed greyhounde,
 2:35; f. E.ii.r    1048| Moche dere hath brought to grounde.
 2:35; f. E.ii.r    1049| I had more ioye at his rennynge
 2:35; f. E.ii.r    1050| Than to stande and stare at the iustynge.
 2:35; f. E.ii.r    1051| "Madame,' he sayd, "so God me mende,
 2:35; f. E.ii.r    1052| Of your game I rede ye hym sende.'
 2:35; f. E.ii.r    1053| "Syr,' she sayd, "as ye thynke beest.
 2:35; f. E.ii.r    1054| Farewell for now I go to rest.'
 2:35; f. E.ii.r    1055| Vnto her chambre she wente than;
 2:35; f. E.ii.r    1056| Before her wente Ipomydan,
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1057| Ones of leue he wolde her praye,
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1058| He wolde not hunte after many a daye.
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1059| She graunted hym his boone,
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1060| Vnto his mayster he wente full soone;
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1061| He yede and set, without lacke,
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1062| Stede and harneys that was blacke;
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1063| He knewe the way at the forest,
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1064| Where they sholde mete in the best.
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1065| The messenger came vnto the kynge,
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1066| His present fayre he dyde hym brynge;
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1067| What he sholde saye forgate he nought.
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1068| The kynge of hym wonder thought
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1069| And in his herte had grete pyte,
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1070| So goodly a man as was he,
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1071| That euer he was so lytell of pryse
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1072| And therto full of cowardyse.
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1073| Whateuer they thought in theyr herte,
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1074| Many of them he made to smerte.
 2:35; f. [E.ii.v]  1075| Let hym go, God hym spede,

 2:36; f. [E.ii.v]  1076| Tyll eftesoone we of hym reed.
 2:36; f. [E.ii.v]  1077| Ipomydon arose erly there,
 2:36; f. [E.ii.v]  1078| As he was wonte to done ere;
 2:36; f. [E.ii.v]  1079| Forth he rode blowynge his horne,
 2:36; f. [E.ii.v]  1080| That all the maydens dyde hym scorne
 2:36; f. [E.ii.v]  1081| And sayd, "Your lemman goth to playe,
 2:36; f. [E.ii.v]  1082| For he wyll wynne vp all to-daye.'
 2:36; f. [E.ii.v]  1083| The quene them blamed wonder fast,
 2:36; f. [E.ii.v]  1084| Her herte to hym was somwhat cast.
 2:36; f. [E.ii.v]  1085| Vnto his mayster he wente by and by
 2:36; f. [E.ii.v]  1086| And prayed hym full hertely
 2:36; f. [E.ii.v]  1087| To take more dere, yf he myght,
 2:36; f. [E.ii.v]  1088| Than he dyde that other daye-lyght.
 2:36; f. E.iii.r   1089| Anone his horse he dyde dyght,
 2:36; f. E.iii.r   1090| And rode to the felde forth-ryght,
 2:36; f. E.iii.r   1091| Armure blacke lyke the stede,
 2:36; f. E.iii.r   1092| To the hermytage forth he yede;
 2:36; f. E.iii.r   1093| Anone his stede he bestrode,
 2:36; f. E.iii.r   1094| Amonge them all in he rode.
 2:36; f. E.iii.r   1095| He was ware of a knyght
 2:36; f. E.iii.r   1096| In reed atyre that was dyght --
 2:36; f. E.iii.r   1097| "This reed knyght was here yesterdaye,
 2:36; f. E.iii.r   1098| He iusted for that fayre maye.
 2:36; f. E.iii.r   1099| There was none bare hym so fayre,
 2:36; f. E.iii.r   1100| Of Calabre he wyll wynne the hayre.'
 2:36; f. E.iii.r   1101| The lady laye on the toure on hye,
 2:36; f. E.iii.r   1102| Full soone the reed knyght dyde she spye;
 2:36; f. E.iii.r   1103| She thought it had be the straunge squyer
 2:36; f. E.iii.r   1104| That she hoped sholde be her fere.

 2:37; f. E.iii.r   1105| Her purpose was to hym to wende,
 2:37; f. E.iii.r   1106| Whan the iustynge came to ende,
 2:37; f. E.iii.r   1107| And brynge hym with fayre manere,
 2:37; f. E.iii.r   1108| To her was none so lefe ne dere.
 2:37; f. E.iii.r   1109| Ryght as the quene in that thought stode,
 2:37; f. E.iii.r   1110| The reed knyght anone in rode;
 2:37; f. E.iii.r   1111| The blacke knyght toke a spere in hande,
 2:37; f. E.iii.r   1112| For to iuste with hym he thought in lande,
 2:37; f. E.iii.r   1113| And eyther with other soone they mette,
 2:37; f. E.iii.r   1114| In-mydde the shelde the stroke they sette.
 2:37; f. E.iii.r   1115| The blacke knyghtes spere was full stronge,
 2:37; f. E.iii.r   1116| And therwith he dyde fast thronge
 2:37; f. E.iii.r   1117| The knyght and stede within a stounde,
 2:37; f. E.iii.r   1118| That they lay bothe vpon the grounde.
 2:37; f. E.iii.r   1119| Ipomydon toke the reed stede,
 2:37; f. E.iii.r   1120| And to his men he dyde hym lede.
 2:37; f. [E.iii.v] 1121| Than came forth syr Caymus,
 2:37; f. [E.iii.v] 1122| A proude knyght and a daynous;
 2:37; f. [E.iii.v] 1123| Iuste he wolde with the blacke knyght,
 2:37; f. [E.iii.v] 1124| But all to lytell was his myght;
 2:37; f. [E.iii.v] 1125| With a spere that well wolde laste,
 2:37; f. [E.iii.v] 1126| Knyght and horse downe he caste.
 2:37; f. [E.iii.v] 1127| Syr Caymus horse he toke lyghtly,
 2:37; f. [E.iii.v] 1128| The reed knyght set hym by.
 2:37; f. [E.iii.v] 1129| Syr Campany[u]s full fast hym helde,
 2:37; f. [E.iii.v] 1130| He thought to iuste with hym in felde;
 2:37; f. [E.iii.v] 1131| His thought was to wynne that maye,
 2:37; f. [E.iii.v] 1132| But he fayled foule of his praye.

 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1133| Forth they rode togyder fast
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1134| That theyr speres asondre brast;
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1135| Bothe they were styffe and stronge,
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1136| Fast dyde they ryde, they taryed not longe,
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1137| And eyther of them toke a spere;
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1138| Campany[u]s thought hym downe to bere.
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1139| In-mydde the place the knyghtes mette,
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1140| Ipomydon so Campany[u]s grette,
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1141| That knyght and stede in that case
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1142| Fell on a hepe in-mydde the place.
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1143| The blacke knyght toke his stede good,
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1144| The kynge therat waxed wood
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1145| That he his knyghtes downe dyde bere.
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1146| He folowed the knyght with a spere;
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1147| He had thought to do hym harme,
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1148| For he smote hym thrugh the arme.
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1149| Ipomydon with that stroke abrayd
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1150| And to the kynge thus he sayd:
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1151| "As thou arte kynge, gentyll and fre,
 2:38; f. [E.iii.v] 1152| Abyde and iuste a course with me,
 2:38; f. [E.iv.r]  1153| And I forgyue the this vyllany!'
 2:38; f. [E.iv.r]  1154| The kynge sayd, "Therto graunte I!'
 2:38; f. [E.iv.r]  1155| Full fayne he wolde haue ben awaye,
 2:38; f. [E.iv.r]  1156| But for shame he sayd not naye.
 2:38; f. [E.iv.r]  1157| The kynge and he, in place they mette,
 2:38; f. [E.iv.r]  1158| The blacke knyght suche a stroke hym sette,
 2:38; f. [E.iv.r]  1159| That kynge and horse downe he cast,

 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1160| That he thought his necke tobrast.
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1161| The kynges stede he lede away,
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1162| Than euery man to other dyd say:
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1163| "He may well be kynge of the lande,
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1164| For he is the doughtyest man of hande,
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1165| That ony man sawe euer here.'
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1166| And so sayd all that were there,
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1167| They gaue hym the gree of the felde
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1168| For the doughtyest man vnder shelde.
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1169| Herawdes dyscryued his armes blake
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1170| And sayd, in the worlde was not his make,
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1171| And they sayd, without lettynge,
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1172| He was worthy to be kynge.
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1173| Whan euery man home dyde drawe,
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1174| Iason wente vnto his felawe:
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1175| "Come home, syr, I you praye,
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1176| Vnto your owne, I dare well saye.
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1177| Ye shall be made kynge of the lande
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1178| For the doughtyest man of hande.
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1179| Thou hast no pere, I dare well saye,
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1180| So sayd all that were here to-daye.'
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1181| "Iason,' he sayd, "God yelde it the,
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1182| The grete honour thou gyuest me.'
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1183| Iason sayd, "Yf your wyll it be,
 2:39; f. [E.iv.r]  1184| What are ye that knoweth me?'
 2:39; f. [E.iv.v]  1185| "Sometyme I was thy felowe dere
 2:39; f. [E.iv.v]  1186| That called was the straunge squyere;
 2:39; f. [E.iv.v]  1187| I haue ben here these dayes thre,
 2:39; f. [E.iv.v]  1188| But now no lenger I may be.'

 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1189| "For Godes loue,' sayd Iason, "or ye hens fare,
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1190| Come brynge my lady out of care
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1191| And confort her in all thynge,
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1192| And thynke also ye shall be kynge.'
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1193| He sayd, "Iason, thy worde thou spare,
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1194| For that wolde tourne me to moche care;
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1195| I haue dwelled here to longe,
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1196| The whiche wyll cause me trauayle stronge.
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1197| Recommende me to her anone-ryght,
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1198| For I must trauayle daye and nyght.'
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1199| He toke his leue and forth dyde fare;
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1200| Iason tourned home full of care,
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1201| And whan he came into the hall,
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1202| He tolde the lady what was befall,
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1203| The blacke knyght was the squyer stronge,
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1204| That had dwelled with her so longe,
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1205| And howe he wanne her with his hande:
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1206| "But he is passed out of the lande.'
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1207| The lady mourned and was full wo,
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1208| She thought her herte wolde brast in two,
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1209| But yet she trowed in her thought
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1210| So lyghtly wolde he leue her nought,
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1211| Syth that he had, without fayle,
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1212| For her loue so grete trauayle.
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1213| Ipomydon forth is gone
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1214| With his stedes euerychone;
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1215| He founde his mayster with stuffe ynoughe
 2:40; f. [E.iv.v]  1216| Houynge vnder the grete wood-boughe;
 2:40; f. [F.i.r]   1217| He toke hym the stedes euerychone

 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1218| And to his ynne he badde hym gone.
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1219| He toke his houndes and his horne
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1220| And layde the flesshe hym beforne;
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1221| Before the quene he it layd,
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1222| And in his game thus he sayd:
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1223| "Knowe ye ony at the iustynge,
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1224| That hath wonne halfe so moche thynge?'
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1225| The quene, as she was wonte to doone,
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1226| To her souper she went soone,
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1227| And her lemman, without dout;
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1228| Scantly had they mete set out,
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1229| Whan in cometh the kynges messangere
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1230| And grette well the lady in this manere:
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1231| "Well you gretteth my lorde, the kynge.
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1232| He byddeth you for onythynge
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1233| That ye be tomorowe erly
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1234| At the chalenge of that lady.'
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1235| The quene than dyde saye:
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1236| "Hath the reed knyght wonne her to-daye?'
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1237| "I saye, madame, so God me spede,
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1238| The reed knyght hath lost his stede,
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1239| My lorde, the kynge, hath lost his also,
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1240| Campany[u]s, Caymus and other mo;
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1241| The blacke knyght hath wonne them all,
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1242| Moche honoure vnto hym is fall.'
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1243| Than bespake Ipomydone:
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1244| "Better it is on huntynge to gone
 2:41; f. [F.i.r]   1245| In the forest, so God me spede,

 2:42; f. [F.i.r]   1246| Than thus lyghtly to lese a stede.
 2:42; f. [F.i.r]   1247| Wherfore, messenger, I the praye
 2:42; f. [F.i.r]   1248| In my behalfe that thou saye,
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1249| Whan thou comest to the kynge,
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1250| Greet hym well in all thynge,
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1251| And saye my blacke greyhounde, Gylmyne,
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1252| To-daye hath borne hym well and fyne,
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1253| For he hath taken many a beest,
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1254| The gretest that was in the forest,
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1255| And therfore, madame, yf your wyll it be,
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1256| Syth we haue so grete plente,
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1257| Sende hym some, whyle we may.
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1258| He wyll vs quyte another day.'
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1259| Ipomydon was sore trauayled
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1260| In the games that he had sped;
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1261| His arme vnstopped, the blode dyde fall
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1262| Vpon the table before them all;
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1263| Than sayd the quene, "My lemman dere,
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1264| How are ye hurte in this manere?'
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1265| "For-sothe, madame, I shall you saye:
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1266| I lette renne at a dere to-daye,
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1267| My palfrey I prycked after so fast
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1268| That he stumbled and me downe cast.
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1269| At that tyme I toke this harme,
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1270| A stumpe smote me thrugh the arme,
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1271| And that was for, I sholde saye,
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1272| The gree of the felde I toke to-daye.'
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1273| So they laughed at hym that nyght
 2:42; f. [F.i.v]   1274| That some myght not syt vpryght.

 2:43; f. [F.i.v]   1275| The quene sayd, "My lemman hende,
 2:43; f. [F.i.v]   1276| Tomorowe wyll we togyder wende
 2:43; f. [F.i.v]   1277| And se who hath wonne the maye.'
 2:43; f. [F.i.v]   1278| Ipomydon answered and sayd, "Naye,
 2:43; f. [F.i.v]   1279| Syth I was not at the iustynge,
 2:43; f. [F.i.v]   1280| I wyll not be at the chalengynge;
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1281| But of one thynge, madame, I you praye.
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1282| Delyuer my mayden to me this daye,
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1283| For suche tydynges is come to me
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1284| That I must home to my countre;
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1285| And I shall be, bothe daye and nyght,
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1286| Whyle that <I> lyue, your owne knyght.'
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1287| The quene sayd, "Dwell here styll!'
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1288| For to let hym go she had no wyll.
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1289| He toke his leue at his lady
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1290| And at the maydens that stode her by;
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1291| His owne mayden that was so bryght,
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1292| To his hostage she wente ryght,
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1293| There she neuer came before,
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1294| Syth his stedes were harborowed thore.
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1295| He set hym downe in the hall,
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1296| His hoste to hym he let call.
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1297| Into the stable he hym ledes,
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1298| There as stode his good stedes,
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1299| And sayd to hym, "My frende dere,
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1300| I wolde the praye on this manere
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1301| That my worde thou vnderstonde
 2:43; f. F.ii.r    1302| And this message thou take in honde:

 2:44; f. F.ii.r    1303| Thou hast herde speke of the iustynge
 2:44; f. F.ii.r    1304| That hath ben for the lady, that fayre thynge,
 2:44; f. F.ii.r    1305| And also of the whyte knyght,
 2:44; f. F.ii.r    1306| The fyrst daye that iusted ryght;
 2:44; f. F.ii.r    1307| I was that knyght that standeth the by,
 2:44; f. F.ii.r    1308| And on this whyte stede rode I.
 2:44; f. F.ii.r    1309| Of the reed knyght thou herde saye,
 2:44; f. F.ii.r    1310| That iusted on that other daye;
 2:44; f. F.ii.r    1311| That same knyght for-sothe I was,
 2:44; f. F.ii.r    1312| This reed stede I had in place.
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1313| Vpon the thyrde daye thou harde tell
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1314| Of a blacke knyght how it befell;
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1315| On his blacke stede that daye I sate
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1316| And all these other on hym I gate;
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1317| Therfore, good syr, I the praye
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1318| That thou do, as I the saye:
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1319| Aryse vp in the mornynge
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1320| And go to the maydens challengynge!
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1321| Take this same whyte stede
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1322| And a man dyght in the same wede,
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1323| Vnto my lorde, the kynge, thou wende
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1324| And greet hym well as lorde hende,
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1325| Saye, the quenes lemman, his owne knyght,
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1326| Sende hym this stede and armure bryght;
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1327| The fyrst daye he rode theron thore,
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1328| He knoweth well how he hym bore;
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1329| And saye that well vouchesafe I wolde,
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1330| Thoughe euery heere were syluer and golde.
 2:44; f. [F.ii.v]  1331| Take the reed stede with the armure clere

 2:45; f. [F.ii.v]  1332| And greet well my lady dere;
 2:45; f. [F.ii.v]  1333| And saye her lemman and her knyght
 2:45; f. [F.ii.v]  1334| Sende her this stede and armure bryght!
 2:45; f. [F.ii.v]  1335| Take the armure and the blacke stede,
 2:45; f. [F.ii.v]  1336| To syr Campany[u]s thou hym lede!
 2:45; f. [F.ii.v]  1337| Take here the kynges owne stede,
 2:45; f. [F.ii.v]  1338| To the heyre of Calabre thou hym lede!'
 2:45; f. [F.ii.v]  1339| And all-togyder he dyde hym saye
 2:45; f. [F.ii.v]  1340| How he sholde present the fayre maye:
 2:45; f. [F.ii.v]  1341| "Campany[u]s stede thou take anone
 2:45; f. [F.ii.v]  1342| And lede hym vnto syr Iasone.
 2:45; f. [F.ii.v]  1343| This other reed stede, without drede,
 2:45; f. [F.ii.v]  1344| I to the gyue for thy mede,
 2:45; f. F.iii.r   1345| On hym before thou shalte ryde
 2:45; f. F.iii.r   1346| And all these other by thy syde.'
 2:45; f. F.iii.r   1347| He taught hym, or he wente awaye,
 2:45; f. F.iii.r   1348| In what wyse that he sholde saye,
 2:45; f. F.iii.r   1349| And for the herbygage of his stedes
 2:45; f. F.iii.r   1350| He gaue hym twenty pounde to medes.
 2:45; f. F.iii.r   1351| The burgeys helde vp his honde
 2:45; f. F.iii.r   1352| And thanked God of his sonde:
 2:45; f. F.iii.r   1353| "Of Calabre I wote who shall be kynge,
 2:45; f. F.iii.r   1354| Now am I glad of my herborynge.
 2:45; f. F.iii.r   1355| I shall make your present
 2:45; f. F.iii.r   1356| Ryght gladly with good entent.'
 2:45; f. F.iii.r   1357| The burgeys toke the stedes than,
 2:45; f. F.iii.r   1358| On euery stede he set a man,

 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1359| On the thre that the knyghtes were,
 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1360| Men armed in all theyr gere.
 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1361| Forth they wente, without lesynge,
 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1362| Towarde the maydens chalengynge.
 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1363| Soone they came to the cyte
 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1364| There lordes were grete plente.
 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1365| Soone the lordes dyde them sy
 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1366| There as they sate in company.
 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1367| They had wonder of the stedes
 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1368| And of the men in dyuers wedes;
 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1369| The kynge knewe the burgeys at all,
 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1370| Anone to hym he let hym call:
 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1371| "Whose be these stedes that be so stronge?
 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1372| Myne I knowe well them amonge.'
 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1373| "Syr, with your leue styll syt,
 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1374| And the trouth ye shall wytte.
 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1375| The quenes lemman, syr, ywys,
 2:46; f. F.iii.r   1376| Gretteth you well with ioye and blys
 2:46; f. [F.iii.v] 1377| And sendeth the this whyte stede,
 2:46; f. [F.iii.v] 1378| And with hym the same wede,
 2:46; f. [F.iii.v] 1379| That he rode on the fyrst daye.
 2:46; f. [F.iii.v] 1380| Hym to take he wolde you praye,
 2:46; f. [F.iii.v] 1381| Vouche hym safe on you he wolde,
 2:46; f. [F.iii.v] 1382| And euery heere were syluer and golde;
 2:46; f. [F.iii.v] 1383| He prayed God kepe you hole and sounde,
 2:46; f. [F.iii.v] 1384| For the best lorde that euer he founde.'
 2:46; f. [F.iii.v] 1385| Vnto the quene than sayd he there:
 2:46; f. [F.iii.v] 1386| "Well you greteth your lemman dere.
 2:46; f. [F.iii.v] 1387| This reed stede that is so swyfte,

 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1388| He prayeth you to take hym of his gyfte.
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1389| On you he voucheth safe, by saynt Martyne,
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1390| Though euery heere were of syluer and gold fyne,
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1391| For his lady good and trewe
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1392| And the curteysest that euer he knewe.'
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1393| To syr Campany[u]s forth he wente:
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1394| "The quenes lemman, syr, you sente
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1395| This blacke stede with the atyre, I saye,
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1396| That he rode on the last daye;
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1397| He prayeth you ye wolde hym take,
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1398| For a doughty knyght, by Goddes sake.'
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1399| Vnto the mayde he wente there
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1400| And grette her on this manere:
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1401| "The straunge squyer hath you sent
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1402| This ylke stede to present;
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1403| He stale hym not he badde me saye,
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1404| He wanne hym on the lyght-daye,
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1405| And yf ye byleue hym not, as ye myght deme,
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1406| He badde you aske the kynge, your eme,
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1407| And holde vp that you haue hyght,
 2:47; f. [F.iii.v] 1408| To take no man but he were lyght.'
 2:47; f. [F.iv.r]  1409| The kynge sayd, "I felte full wele
 2:47; f. [F.iv.r]  1410| How he bare hym euerydele;
 2:47; f. [F.iv.r]  1411| Of his dedes I am full sore,
 2:47; f. [F.iv.r]  1412| Suche a stroke I bare neuer afore.
 2:47; f. [F.iv.r]  1413| I dare well saye, by Goddes myght,
 2:47; f. [F.iv.r]  1414| That he is a doughty knyght,
 2:47; f. [F.iv.r]  1415| Without boost, stalworth of hande.

 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1416| A queynter knyght is none in lande.'
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1417| Syr Campany[u]s spake wordes than
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1418| And sayd, "He is a doughty man,
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1419| To iuste he lette as he were fered,
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1420| But foule he hath our eyen blered.'
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1421| The burgeys to Iason sayd thus:
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1422| "This stede ought syr Campanius.
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1423| He sente hym the for his fere,
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1424| To loke well to his lady dere.'
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1425| Vnto syr Caymus dyde he saye:
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1426| "He greteth the well by me to-daye.
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1427| He wolde haue sente you stedes moo,
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1428| But he had none he myght forgoo.
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1429| This reed stede he gaue to me,
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1430| His messenger for to be,
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1431| And for the herbygage of his stedes
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1432| He gaue me twenty pounde to medes.'
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1433| All they sayd there they stode,
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1434| He was come of gentyll blode.
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1435| Than sayd the heyre of Calabre bryght:
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1436| "Helpe me to gete that gentyll knyght!
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1437| But I hym haue that in felde me wan,
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1438| For-sothe I wyll neuer haue man.'
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1439| Anone dyde syr Caymus saye:
 2:48; f. [F.iv.r]  1440| "Is he stolen thus awaye
 2:48; f. [F.iv.v]  1441| And broke my ladyes boure, the quene,
 2:48; f. [F.iv.v]  1442| And ledde awaye her mayden shene?
 2:48; f. [F.iv.v]  1443| Worthe I neuer glad ne fayne,

 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1444| But I brynge them bothe agayne.'
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1445| The kynge was courteys and gent,
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1446| Full goodly he receyued his present;
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1447| Hertly he thanked the gentyll knyght
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1448| And sayd in lande was none so lyght.
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1449| He gaue the burgeys for his message
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1450| An hondred pounde to herytage.
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1451| But Ipomydon forth is gone
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1452| And his men euerychone.
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1453| His messenger he lefte styll there,
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1454| To brynge hym tydynges, yf ony were,
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1455| In suche maner as they fell;
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1456| What they were he sholde hym tell.
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1457| Ipomydon came by a forest,
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1458| A whyle he thought there to rest,
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1459| He was forwaked and all wery;
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1460| To his men he sayd on hy:
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1461| "Slepe I must, without fayle,
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1462| For I am wery of my trauayle.'
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1463| He layde his heed on his maydens arme
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1464| And fell on slepe and thought no harme.
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1465| He had not sleped but a whyle,
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1466| Not the mountnaunce of a myle,
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1467| The mayden sawe forth comynge
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1468| An armed knyght fast rydynge;
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1469| She woke her lorde and badde hym ryse,
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1470| For her herte began to gryse.
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1471| Than came forth Caymus full stoute,
 2:49; f. [F.iv.v]  1472| To hym he spake wordes proute:

 2:50; f. G.i.r     1473| "Traytoure, he sayd, "thou dydest dyshonoure,
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1474| Whan thou brakest the quenes boure
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1475| And toke her mayden and my stede.
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1476| Agayne to courte I wyll the lede.
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1477| Aryse, thou traytoure, I bydde the,
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1478| To courte thou shalte agayne with me!'
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1479| Ipomydon hym answered now:
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1480| "To courte I dare as well as thou,
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1481| But for the tourne I nyll,
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1482| Not but at myne owne wyll.
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1483| For His loue that vs dere bought,
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1484| Syth I haue hast, let me nought!'
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1485| Caymus than to hym dyde sayne:
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1486| "Wylte thou nylt thou, thou shalte agayne,
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1487| Or ryght here thou shalte abyde!'
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1488| Ipomydon sterte hym vp that tyde,
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1489| Anone he mounted vpon his stede,
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1490| They rode togyder with good spede.
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1491| Ipomydon vnhorsed Caymus tho,
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1492| That his arme brast in two.
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1493| He badde his men take his stede
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1494| And let a worse hors hym lede.
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1495| In his sadle they set hym backewarde
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1496| And bounde hym with a corde full harde,
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1497| To the tayle was tourned his vysage,
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1498| They badde hym lerne a newe vsage.
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1499| Thus Caymus rode vnto the towne,
 2:50; f. G.i.r     1500| Whan he had lost all his renowne.

 2:51; f. G.i.r     1501| His horse hyed hym homewarde to fare,
 2:51; f. G.i.r     1502| The mayster also with moche care.
 2:51; f. G.i.r     1503| His horse to the courte hym brought.
 2:51; f. G.i.r     1504| The kynge euer on Caymus thought
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1505| And sayd he wolde not go to bedde,
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1506| Tyll he wyst how the knyght spedde.
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1507| The horse brought Caymus to the gate,
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1508| The porter lete hym in therat.
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1509| Iason the hors in dyde brynge
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1510| And ledde the knyght before the kynge.
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1511| The kynge asked, by Goddes payne,
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1512| If he had brought the knyght agayne.
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1513| Anone he answered vnto the kynge
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1514| And tolde hym of his myslykynge:
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1515| "Though all the knyghtes in the hall
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1516| Came to hym, bothe grete and small,
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1517| He wolde of them gyue nothynge,
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1518| But yf it were of you, syr kynge.'
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1519| Than they laughed all insame,
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1520| And at his harme had good game.
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1521| There was none in that place,
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1522| But they were glad of that cace.
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1523| Thus Caymus hath his seruice quytte,
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1524| And of Ipomydon here is a fytte.
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1525| Ipomydon helde forth his waye,
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1526| Full glad he was of his iourney.
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1527| He sawe grete folke agaynst hym ryde,
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1528| The whiche had sought hym wonder wyde,
 2:51; f. [G.i.v]   1529| For to brynge hym newe tydynge

 2:52; f. [G.i.v]   1530| That deed was his fader, the kynge,
 2:52; f. [G.i.v]   1531| Of whiche tydynge he was woo,
 2:52; f. [G.i.v]   1532| But he may not agaynst God doo.
 2:52; f. [G.i.v]   1533| Thrugh his lande he wente rydynge;
 2:52; f. [G.i.v]   1534| All the people honoured hym as kynge,
 2:52; f. [G.i.v]   1535| And whan he came into that stede,
 2:52; f. [G.i.v]   1536| That the kynge, his fader, was dede,
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1537| Thrughout that lande he lete crye
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1538| That all men sholde thyder hye,
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1539| Preestes and clerkes of euery towne,
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1540| Bysshoppes, erles and barowne.
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1541| There he made an entyerment
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1542| With many masses with good entent.
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1543| An archbysshop buryed his fader dere,
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1544| Prechynge there was many a frere.
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1545| Poore men that sate vpon the grounde,
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1546| Well deled of many a pounde.
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1547| A grete feest there was dyght
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1548| For erles and for many a knyght;
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1549| All men that therof wolde take
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1550| Had mete there for Goddes sake.
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1551| Whan this feest was broken vp,
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1552| Euery man his leue toke
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1553| And wente theyr waye, as I you tell;
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1554| Ipomydon thought at home to dwell.
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1555| His moder and he dwelled insame
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1556| With moche myrth, ioye and game,
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1557| Tyll it befell vpon a daye,
 2:52; f. G.ii.r    1558| The quene to her sone dyde saye

 2:53; f. G.ii.r    1559| In preuyte and in counsayle:
 2:53; f. G.ii.r    1560| "Thou hast a broder, without fayle,
 2:53; f. G.ii.r    1561| Goten on me pryuely,
 2:53; f. G.ii.r    1562| Or I was wedded to ony,
 2:53; f. G.ii.r    1563| But hastely he was done fro me;
 2:53; f. G.ii.r    1564| I wote not yf he alyue be,
 2:53; f. G.ii.r    1565| But he sente this other yere
 2:53; f. G.ii.r    1566| A ryche rynge of golde full clere.
 2:53; f. G.ii.r    1567| And euer he ony broder had,
 2:53; f. G.ii.r    1568| I sholde gyue it hym he bad,
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1569| That where he came amonge hye or lowe,
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1570| By that rynge he sholde hym knowe.
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1571| Than take this rynge, my sone, of me.
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1572| In what countre that ye be,
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1573| Who that knoweth this ylke rynge,
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1574| He is thy broder, without lesynge!'
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1575| The rynge he toke of his moder
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1576| And trusted well to knowe his broder.
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1577| Thus they departed in that place,
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1578| And after went in shorte space
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1579| Vnto hym came his baronage,
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1580| Whiche were men of grete parage;
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1581| Theyr entent is to crowne hym kynge,
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1582| But his thought was on other thynge,
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1583| For crowne wolde he none bere.
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1584| He wolde be more assayed there
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1585| In other landes, ferre and nere,
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1586| Of his strength and his powere.
 2:53; f. [G.ii.v]  1587| He had an vncle was styffe and stronge,

 2:54; f. [G.ii.v]  1588| Of mydle age to lyue longe.
 2:54; f. [G.ii.v]  1589| Syr Perse of Poyl was his name,
 2:54; f. [G.ii.v]  1590| Men he dystroyed that dyde shame.
 2:54; f. [G.ii.v]  1591| Before his baronage, I vnderstande,
 2:54; f. [G.ii.v]  1592| Ipomydon seased hym in his lande
 2:54; f. [G.ii.v]  1593| And gaue hym the profyte for his sake,
 2:54; f. [G.ii.v]  1594| Tyll that he the crowne wolde take.
 2:54; f. [G.ii.v]  1595| Now tourne we all the matere
 2:54; f. [G.ii.v]  1596| And speke we of Calabre the heyre.
 2:54; f. [G.ii.v]  1597| A duke dwelled Calabre besyde,
 2:54; f. [G.ii.v]  1598| A stoute man and of grete pryde.
 2:54; f. [G.ii.v]  1599| He was myghty and of grete powere,
 2:54; f. [G.ii.v]  1600| Men dredde hym bothe ferre and nere.
 2:54; f. G.iii.r   1601| His name was duke Gerone,
 2:54; f. G.iii.r   1602| Of Seyssene-lande he was barone.
 2:54; f. G.iii.r   1603| This doughty duke herde saye
 2:54; f. G.iii.r   1604| The heyre of Calabre was suche a maye,
 2:54; f. G.iii.r   1605| Messengers he sente anone
 2:54; f. G.iii.r   1606| Vnto Calabre for to gone.
 2:54; f. G.iii.r   1607| He sayd he wolde haue her to wyfe,
 2:54; f. G.iii.r   1608| If she wolde, without stryfe,
 2:54; f. G.iii.r   1609| "And in case she wolde not so,
 2:54; f. G.iii.r   1610| I shall make her moche wo;
 2:54; f. G.iii.r   1611| For I shall destroye her landes all,
 2:54; f. G.iii.r   1612| Her men slee, bothe grete and small,
 2:54; f. G.iii.r   1613| Her castell breke and her boure,
 2:54; f. G.iii.r   1614| With strength take her in her toure,
 2:54; f. G.iii.r   1615| Oneles that she may fynde a knyght
 2:54; f. G.iii.r   1616| That for her lande with me dare fyght.'

 2:55; f. G.iii.r   1617| Forth than wente the messenger
 2:55; f. G.iii.r   1618| And tolde the lady this mater;
 2:55; f. G.iii.r   1619| The lady answered ryght-soone
 2:55; f. G.iii.r   1620| And sayd she wolde neuer haue none,
 2:55; f. G.iii.r   1621| "But hym that me wan, so God me saue,
 2:55; f. G.iii.r   1622| Other husbande wyll I none haue.'
 2:55; f. G.iii.r   1623| This messenger his erande dyde sayne
 2:55; f. G.iii.r   1624| And homewarde he wente agayne.
 2:55; f. G.iii.r   1625| He tolde the duke of her answarre,
 2:55; f. G.iii.r   1626| Anone he began grete warre,
 2:55; f. G.iii.r   1627| For grete power gadred he
 2:55; f. G.iii.r   1628| To wynne this mayden that was so fre.
 2:55; f. G.iii.r   1629| Ipomydon his messenger had herde
 2:55; f. G.iii.r   1630| Of this tydynge how it ferde;
 2:55; f. G.iii.r   1631| Vnto his mayster he wente soone
 2:55; f. G.iii.r   1632| And tolde hym bothe all and some.
 2:55; f. [G.iii.v] 1633| Whan he had herde, Ipomydan,
 2:55; f. [G.iii.v] 1634| Than was he a sory man,
 2:55; f. [G.iii.v] 1635| That he ne myght with that duke fyght,
 2:55; f. [G.iii.v] 1636| Whiche was holden so noble a knyght.
 2:55; f. [G.iii.v] 1637| Ryght vnsemely on queynt manere
 2:55; f. [G.iii.v] 1638| He hym dyght, as ye shall here.
 2:55; f. [G.iii.v] 1639| A barbour he called, withouten more,
 2:55; f. [G.iii.v] 1640| And shaued hym bothe behynde and before,
 2:55; f. [G.iii.v] 1641| Queyntly endented out and in,
 2:55; f. [G.iii.v] 1642| And also he shaued halfe his chyn.
 2:55; f. [G.iii.v] 1643| He semed a fole, that queynt syre,
 2:55; f. [G.iii.v] 1644| Bothe by heed and by atyre.
 2:55; f. [G.iii.v] 1645| Armure he toke that was rusty,

 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1646| And horsed hym on an olde runcy;
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1647| A helme as blacke as any pan,
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1648| A croked spere he toke hym than.
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1649| Whan tha[t] he was thus dyght,
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1650| He semed yll a doughty knyght.
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1651| Vnto Sesseyne he wente, as ye may here,
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1652| Vnto the kynge Mellyagere,
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1653| And in the hall he brake his spere,
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1654| Ryght as he wood were,
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1655| The tronchon fell vpon the borde;
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1656| He fared as he had ben wode.
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1657| The kynge and quene laughed lyght
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1658| And sayed he was a fole well dyght.
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1659| "Fole, go to mete!' the kynge dyde saye;
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1660| The fole answered and sayd, "Naye!
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1661| For yet I wyll not ete with the,
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1662| But they a bone wyll graunt me:
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1663| The fyrst dede of armes I wyll haue,
 2:56; f. [G.iii.v] 1664| That ony person of the wyll craue.'
 2:56; f. [G.iv.r]  1665| "Fole, go to mete!' sayd the kynge,
 2:56; f. [G.iv.r]  1666| "I graunte the thyne askynge.'
 2:56; f. [G.iv.r]  1667| The fole wente to mete lyghtly
 2:56; f. [G.iv.r]  1668| And tyed his horse fast hym by,
 2:56; f. [G.iv.r]  1669| But or he rose from the borde
 2:56; f. [G.iv.r]  1670| Many men laughed at his worde.
 2:56; f. [G.iv.r]  1671| Into the hall came rydynge a maye,
 2:56; f. [G.iv.r]  1672| Out of Calabre, the sothe to saye,
 2:56; f. [G.iv.r]  1673| On a whyte mule before the kynge,

 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1674| A dwarfe with her came rydynge.
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1675| "Syr kynge, my lady greteth well the,
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1676| And prayeth the, for charyte,
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1677| To helpe her in this myster
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1678| Agaynst the dukes power;
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1679| He hath destroyed her landes all,
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1680| Ryght vnto her castell wall,
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1681| And without she haue helpe of the,
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1682| She wyll leue her landes and fle.'
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1683| The kynge answered anone
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1684| And sayd, "All my knyghtes are gone,
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1685| Campany[u]s and other full bolde.
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1686| Helpe my cosyn fayne I wolde,
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1687| But they be all at a dede,
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1688| To helpe a lady o[u]t of drede.
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1689| In this worlde knowe I no knyght
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1690| That durst alone with hym fyght.'
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1691| Vp sterte the fole anone,
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1692| Vnto the kynge he sayd full soone:
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1693| "Lo, I am here all redy dyght,
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1694| That dare with hym alone fyght.'
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1695| "Sytte downe, fole!' the mayde dyde saye,
 2:57; f. [G.iv.r]  1696| "We lyste not to speke of playe.
 2:57; f. [G.iv.v]  1697| Dryue thy foly where thou wyll,
 2:57; f. [G.iv.v]  1698| For no ioye haue I there-vntyll!'
 2:57; f. [G.iv.v]  1699| The fole sayd, "Be thou wroth or glad,

 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1700| Suche promesse of the kynge I had
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1701| That I sholde haue the fyrst dede.'
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1702| The mayden tourned and forth yede.
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1703| The fole sterte vp, without delaye,
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1704| And sayd, "Syr kynge, haue good daye!'
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1705| He stepte on his horse there
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1706| And sayd, "Farewell and haue good yere!'
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1707| Some sayd he was a fole well dyght,
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1708| And some sayd he semed a knyght
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1709| That is come fro ferre countre,
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1710| Bycause he wolde not knowen be.
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1711| He prycked his horse wonder fast,
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1712| The mayde he sawe at the last.
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1713| As they rode by the waye,
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1714| The mayde to the dwarfe dyde saye:
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1715| "Vndo my tente and set it fest,
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1716| For here I wyll a whyle me rest!'
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1717| Mete and drynke bothe they had,
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1718| That was fro home with them lad.
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1719| Bothe they dranke therof and ete,
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1720| But euer the fole without sete,
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1721| Not one morsell they wolde hym cast,
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1722| Though he sholde for hunger brast.
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1723| The dwarfe sayd, "We be to blame.
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1724| Gyue the fole some mete for shame!'
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1725| "Not one morsell!' she dyde saye,
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1726| "For hunger shall dryue hym awaye.'
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1727| With that there came rydynge a knyght
 2:58; f. [G.iv.v]  1728| Vnto her tente anone-ryght.

 2:59; f. H.i.r     1729| "Come forth with me!' to her he sayd,
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1730| "I haue the spyed syth thou out brayd.
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1731| Thou arte my lemman as I haue thought.'
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1732| The fole sayd, "That byleue I nought.
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1733| She is myne, I wyll her haue,
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1734| From the I hope her wele to saue!'
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1735| The knyght sayd, "Fole, leue thy foly,
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1736| Or elles thou shalte dere aby!'
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1737| The fole sterte to a tronchon
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1738| That bare vp the maydens pauylyon,
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1739| And smote the knyght on the crowne
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1740| That starke-dede he felle downe.
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1741| He gaue the dwarfe the knyghtes gere,
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1742| To hymselfe he toke the spere,
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1743| Vp they rose and forth yede,
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1744| Tyll efte to rest they had nede.
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1745| They toke mete and made them glad,
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1746| To the mayde the dwarfe bad:
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1747| "Gyue the fole some mete for shame,
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1748| He hath saued you from blame,
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1749| And thynke ye sholde haue ben shent,
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1750| Had he ben out from you present!'
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1751| The mayde answered hym anone:
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1752| "By God, mete geteth he none.
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1753| It was but foly, I prayse it nought,
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1754| I wolde he were from vs brought.'
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1755| With that there came another knyght,
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1756| The mayde he chalenged anone-ryght
 2:59; f. H.i.r     1757| And sayd, "Come forth, my lady dere!'

 2:60; f. H.i.r     1758| The fole sayd, "Thou hast none here.
 2:60; f. H.i.r     1759| She is myne and longe hath bene.'
 2:60; f. H.i.r     1760| With that the knyght began to tene
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1761| And sayd, "Fole, thou shalte aby,
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1762| If thou speke more of this foly!'
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1763| The fole sayd, "I wyll not blynne.
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1764| If thou her haue, thou shall her wynne!'
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1765| With that he lepte on his horse lyght,
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1766| And eyther to other dyde them dyght;
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1767| The fole hym meteth with a spere
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1768| That thrugh the body he dothe hym bere.
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1769| The knyght was dede thrugh this dede,
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1770| Vnto the dwarfe he gaue his stede.
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1771| Forth they busked them anone
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1772| Vnto a place they thought to gone,
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1773| There they wolde haue ben all nyght;
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1774| They myght no ferther [f]or lacke of lyght.
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1775| They toke them mete and drynke good-spede,
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1776| Vnnethes they wolde the fole ony bede.
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1777| Ryght as they sate and made them glad,
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1778| There came a knyght, as the deuyll bad;
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1779| He was the dukes broder Geron,
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1780| All was blacke that he had on,
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1781| Bothe his horse and his wede.
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1782| Vnto the mayde he dyde hym spede
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1783| And sayd, "Syth I fynde you here,
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1784| Ye shall be my lemman dere!'
 2:60; f. [H.i.v]   1785| The fole sayd, "Nay, not so.

 2:61; f. [H.i.v]   1786| Another she hath taken her to:
 2:61; f. [H.i.v]   1787| That am I thou seest here.
 2:61; f. [H.i.v]   1788| Yf thou her bye, she is to dere.'
 2:61; f. [H.i.v]   1789| "Fole,' he sayd, "thou bourdest grete.
 2:61; f. [H.i.v]   1790| With my spere I shall the bete!
 2:61; f. [H.i.v]   1791| Her tyme foule had she spedde,
 2:61; f. [H.i.v]   1792| Yf she sholde lye with the in bedde.'
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1793| The fole sayd, "Twyse I her bought.
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1794| With thy chydynge thou getest her nought.
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1795| If thou her haue, thou shalte her by
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1796| A peny derer than euer dyde I.'
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1797| There was no lenger to abyde,
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1798| But eyther of them to other dyde ryde;
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1799| The fole mette the knyght so
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1800| That he his backe brast in two.
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1801| With that stroke he hym slewe
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1802| And his armure of he drewe.
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1803| Anone he toke the knyghtes stede
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1804| And armed hym in his wede.
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1805| Whan the fole was well dyght,
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1806| The mayde hym semed a godly knyght,
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1807| And trowed well fole was he none,
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1808| By the dedes that he had done.
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1809| They layde them downe to take theyr rest.
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1810| The dwarfe full soone slepte fest,
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1811| But the mayde wakynge laye
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1812| And on the fole thynkynge aye;
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1813| She demed he was a doughty knyght,
 2:61; f. H.ii.r    1814| Wherfore to hym she dyde her dyght.

 2:62; f. H.ii.r    1815| "Syr knyght,' she sayd, "slepe you now?
 2:62; f. H.ii.r    1816| Ye are no fole that well I know.
 2:62; f. H.ii.r    1817| Ye be a doughty knyght of hande,
 2:62; f. H.ii.r    1818| I knowe none suche in all this lande,
 2:62; f. H.ii.r    1819| And the same knyght, so trowe I,
 2:62; f. H.ii.r    1820| That somtyme wanne my lady,
 2:62; f. H.ii.r    1821| I trowe full well thou be he.
 2:62; f. H.ii.r    1822| Wylte thou leue her and wedde me?
 2:62; f. H.ii.r    1823| Thou shalte be of grete powere:
 2:62; f. H.ii.r    1824| I am as ryche as is the heyre
 2:62; f. [H.ii.v]  1825| Of Calabre-lande, without doute.'
 2:62; f. [H.ii.v]  1826| The knyght loked fast aboute
 2:62; f. [H.ii.v]  1827| And euermore styll he laye
 2:62; f. [H.ii.v]  1828| And herde her speke, as I you saye,
 2:62; f. [H.ii.v]  1829| And whan that she had all sayd,
 2:62; f. [H.ii.v]  1830| He sterte hym vp in a brayd,
 2:62; f. [H.ii.v]  1831| And therwith vp he arose,
 2:62; f. [H.ii.v]  1832| And wolde haue taken her by the nose.
 2:62; f. [H.ii.v]  1833| Euer the fayrer that she spake,
 2:62; f. [H.ii.v]  1834| The fouler braydes dyde he make.
 2:62; f. [H.ii.v]  1835| Thus he wrangled and went awaye,
 2:62; f. [H.ii.v]  1836| One worde to her he wolde not saye.
 2:62; f. [H.ii.v]  1837| Whan she se it wolde not be,
 2:62; f. [H.ii.v]  1838| "Syr knyght,' she sayd, "for charyte,
 2:62; f. [H.ii.v]  1839| Trowes[t] thou thou shalte not fayle
 2:62; f. [H.ii.v]  1840| To helpe my lady in this batayle
 2:62; f. [H.ii.v]  1841| And with the duke Gerone to fyght,

 2:63; f. [H.ii.v]  1842| As thou kynge Mellyager hyght?
 2:63; f. [H.ii.v]  1843| What shall I to my lady saye,
 2:63; f. [H.ii.v]  1844| Whyther wyll ye come or naye?'
 2:63; f. [H.ii.v]  1845| "Tomorowe whan I the duke se,
 2:63; f. [H.ii.v]  1846| Perauenture in suche plyght I may be
 2:63; f. [H.ii.v]  1847| That I wyll the batayle take,
 2:63; f. [H.ii.v]  1848| And so it may falle I wyll it forsake,
 2:63; f. [H.ii.v]  1849| For I am holden nothynge you tyll,
 2:63; f. [H.ii.v]  1850| Nought but at myne owne wyll.'
 2:63; f. [H.ii.v]  1851| The mayden tourned homewarde and thought,
 2:63; f. [H.ii.v]  1852| To his answere she wolde saye nought.
 2:63; f. [H.ii.v]  1853| She bad the knyght haue good daye,
 2:63; f. [H.ii.v]  1854| And he sayd, "Farewell, fayre maye,
 2:63; f. [H.ii.v]  1855| In at a preuy posterne gate
 2:63; f. [H.ii.v]  1856| By nyght she stale in therat,
 2:63; f. H.iii.r   1857| And to the lady she tolde soone
 2:63; f. H.iii.r   1858| What the fole had for her doone,
 2:63; f. H.iii.r   1859| And that he cometh for her to fyght.
 2:63; f. H.iii.r   1860| This lady was a sorowfull wyght,
 2:63; f. H.iii.r   1861| For on the morowe the duke with pryde
 2:63; f. H.iii.r   1862| Vnto the castell gate he dyde ryde,
 2:63; f. H.iii.r   1863| But they were shette hym agayne.
 2:63; f. H.iii.r   1864| With a loude voyce than dyde he sayne:
 2:63; f. H.iii.r   1865| "Come out, lemman, on fayre manere.
 2:63; f. H.iii.r   1866| I wyll no lenger tary here,
 2:63; f. H.iii.r   1867| Or elles a knyght ye out sende,
 2:63; f. H.iii.r   1868| With me to fyght you to defende!'
 2:63; f. H.iii.r   1869| And as they stode thus talkynge,

 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1870| He sawe a knyght come rydynge;
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1871| A glad man than was he,
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1872| His broder he had wende it had be.
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1873| It was not he, as ye shall here,
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1874| He answered the duke in this manere:
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1875| "What arte thou that makest this cry,
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1876| And at this gate so grete maystry?'
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1877| "I am,' he sayde, "lorde of her within,
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1878| For I am syker this mayde to wyn,
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1879| And wyll so done or I hens gone,
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1880| So that other husbande geteth she none.'
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1881| Ipomydon sayd, "That thou shalte mys,
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1882| For all myne owne that lady is,
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1883| And full longe she hath ben so,
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1884| And therfore I rede the hens go.
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1885| I wyll her defende from all men!'
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1886| The duke answered anone then:
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1887| "Traytour,' he sayd, "thou arte another.
 2:64; f. H.iii.r   1888| I wende thou haddest ben my brother.
 2:64; f. [H.iii.v] 1889| His stede thou hast, his armure, lo,
 2:64; f. [H.iii.v] 1890| I trowe thou hast hym slayne also!'
 2:64; f. [H.iii.v] 1891| "That I hym slewe I gaynesaye nought.
 2:64; f. [H.iii.v] 1892| So to serue the I haue thought.'
 2:64; f. [H.iii.v] 1893| With that worde, without lye,
 2:64; f. [H.iii.v] 1894| Fast togyder than dyde they hye,
 2:64; f. [H.iii.v] 1895| So that theyr speres all tobrast;
 2:64; f. [H.iii.v] 1896| Forth they drewe theyr swerdes and fought fast.
 2:64; f. [H.iii.v] 1897| The lady laye in a hye toure

 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1898| And sawe betwene them all the stoure,
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1899| But she ne wyst whiche for her dyde fyght,
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1900| For they in lyke wede were dyght.
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1901| Greter batayle myght none be,
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1902| For neyther wolde for other fle;
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1903| They fought togyder wonder longe,
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1904| The batayle was bothe styffe and stronge,
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1905| That of theyr lyues neyther rought.
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1906| Ipomydon than hym bethought
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1907| He was in poynt to lese there,
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1908| That he had bought wonder dere;
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1909| His swerde in bothe handes he toke,
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1910| It was sharpe, as sayth the boke,
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1911| And hertly he dyde it vplyfte,
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1912| Amydes the crowne he gaue hym swyfte,
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1913| Thrugh helme and basenet it raught,
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1914| His crowne was shauen at one draught.
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1915| The duke felte hym hurte full sore,
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1916| He prayed the knyght to smyte no more:
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1917| "I am nye deed, I may not stande,
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1918| I yelde me here vnto thy hande
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1919| And shall be thyne owne knyght,
 2:65; f. [H.iii.v] 1920| At thy wyll bothe daye and nyght.
 2:65; f. [H.iv.r]  1921| I shall restore into this lande
 2:65; f. [H.iv.r]  1922| More good than euer I fande,
 2:65; f. [H.iv.r]  1923| And euermore whyle I lyue,
 2:65; f. [H.iv.r]  1924| A thousande pounde I wyll the gyue.'
 2:65; f. [H.iv.r]  1925| Ipomydon sayd, "I graunt the here,
 2:65; f. [H.iv.r]  1926| So that thou do on this manere,

 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1927| Thou come not nye this pauylyowne,
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1928| But hye the fast [out of] the towne!'
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1929| The duke hym graunted hastely,
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1930| Out of the towne for to hye.
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1931| He and all that with hym were come,
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1932| Homewarde they hyed them full soone.
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1933| Ipomydon rode to the pauylyon,
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1934| Lyke as it were duke Geron.
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1935| Besyde the castell where was the hayre,
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1936| Renneth a ryuer longe and fayre,
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1937| With shyppes and sayles manyfolde;
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1938| Theyr stremers were of fyne golde.
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1939| The lady sayd she wolde flee,
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1940| If the duke wanne the gree.
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1941| These shyppes stuffed with vytayle,
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1942| Whiche with this lady sholde sayle.
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1943| She loked out into the towne
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1944| And sawe one come to the pauylyowne.
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1945| She wende the duke had wonne the gree,
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1946| Wherfore she busked her to flee.
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1947| Ipomydon to the gates wente,
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1948| Than the lady helde herselfe shente.
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1949| "Come forth,' he sayd, my lemman dere,
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1950| For I haue wonne the now here!'
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1951| The lady herde hym make suche crye,
 2:66; f. [H.iv.r]  1952| To her shyp than dyde she hye;
 2:66; f. [H.iv.v]  1953| They plucked vp sayles and forth dyde passe,
 2:66; f. [H.iv.v]  1954| She and her men, bothe more and lasse.

 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1955| Tourne we now anone-ryghtes
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1956| To speke of kyng Melliagers kny#3tes,
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1957| That whan theyr iourney was done
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1958| They them busked home full soone,
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1959| Campanius and his felowes full bolde.
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1960| Whan the tydynges to them was tolde
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1961| Of the heyre of Calabre, that fayre maye,
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1962| And of the duke, as I you saye,
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1963| And how she sent after socoure,
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1964| The preuyest mayde in her boure,
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1965| And how a fole hath take in hande,
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1966| To fyght with hym in that lande.
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1967| Syr Campanius busked hym forth to fare,
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1968| To brynge the lady out of care,
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1969| And all the power that had the kynge
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1970| Busked them to that fyghtynge
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1971| In all the hast that they myght,
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1972| With the duke for to fyght.
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1973| Towarde Calabre as they rode,
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1974| They sawe shyppes in the flode;
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1975| Anone they called to them there
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1976| And asked them of whens they were.
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1977| The shypmen sayd, "Of Calabre-lande.
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1978| A duke hathe wonne it with his hande.
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1979| Here is the lady, as ye maye se,
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1980| She hath forsaken her owne countre.'
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1981| Campanius prayed the lady to dwell,
 2:67; f. [H.iv.v]  1982| And somwhat of her grefe to tell.

 2:68; f. [H.iv.v]  1983| She herde it was her vncles knyght
 2:68; f. [H.iv.v]  1984| And tourned agayne anone-ryght
 2:68; f. I.i.r     1985| And tolde the knyghtes all lyghtly
 2:68; f. I.i.r     1986| Of the duke that was so doughty,
 2:68; f. I.i.r     1987| And how the fole had hym borne
 2:68; f. I.i.r     1988| Of good poyntes therebeforne,
 2:68; f. I.i.r     1989| And how the duke hath hym slayne,
 2:68; f. I.i.r     1990| "And comen is to my gates agayne.'
 2:68; f. I.i.r     1991| Campanius sayd anone-ryght:
 2:68; f. I.i.r     1992| "I dare laye it was the same knyght
 2:68; f. I.i.r     1993| Was comen out of his lande,
 2:68; f. I.i.r     1994| For he was doughty [o]f his hande.
 2:68; f. I.i.r     1995| Madame, I rede we tourne agayne,
 2:68; f. I.i.r     1996| And we shall se who is slayne,
 2:68; f. I.i.r     1997| And than we shall this dede wreke,
 2:68; f. I.i.r     1998| If we haue grace with hym to speke,
 2:68; f. I.i.r     1999| That all this lande shall therof here,
 2:68; f. I.i.r     2000| And elles hange me by the swere,
 2:68; f. I.i.r     2001| But I his heed vnto you brynge!'
 2:68; f. I.i.r     2002| All they graunted, without lesynge.
 2:68; f. I.i.r     2003| This lady tourned her shyp anone
 2:68; f. I.i.r     2004| And with syr Campanius forth is gone.
 2:68; f. I.i.r     2005| Whan she came the castell nye,
 2:68; f. I.i.r     2006| As ferre as she myght it espye,
 2:68; f. I.i.r     2007| In that place she wolde not abyde,
 2:68; f. I.i.r     2008| Tyll she wyste how it wolde tyde.
 2:68; f. I.i.r     2009| Campani[u]s all his men let call,

 2:69; f. I.i.r     2010| And to the castell they went all;
 2:69; f. I.i.r     2011| They sawe a knyght in blacke atyre,
 2:69; f. I.i.r     2012| They wende full well the duke it were
 2:69; f. I.i.r     2013| That had destroyed the lande aboute.
 2:69; f. I.i.r     2014| Vnto hym they hyed all the route.
 2:69; f. I.i.r     2015| Campanyus sayd in this manere:
 2:69; f. I.i.r     2016| "What arte thou that standeth here?
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2017| Tell me why thou makest this dyn,
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2018| And what thou woldest haue herein.'
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2019| He sayd, "My lemman that I wan,
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2020| I wyll not leue her for no man!'
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2021| Syr Campanius sayd, "Thou getest her nought!
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2022| I rede from her thou chaunge thy thought,
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2023| And go home to thy countre,
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2024| Or elles, for-sothe, thou shalte deed be.
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2025| Wherfore fast hens thou hy,
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2026| Without ony more vyllany,
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2027| And elles I swere, by God almyght,
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2028| We shall all agaynst the fyght.'
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2029| Ipomydon sayd, "What may this be?
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2030| Is this the maner of this countre?
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2031| If ony of you haue better ryght
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2032| Than I haue to this lady bryght,
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2033| Come forth and proue it with your hande,
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2034| One for one, whyle I may stande!'
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2035| Campanius answered to the knyght:
 2:69; f. [I.i.v]   2036| "Chose whether thou wylte go or elles fyght!'

 2:70; f. [I.i.v]   2037| Ipomydon sayd, "Syth it is so
 2:70; f. [I.i.v]   2038| That I shall her thus forgo,
 2:70; f. [I.i.v]   2039| Rather I wyll the batayle take
 2:70; f. [I.i.v]   2040| And lese my lyfe for her sake,
 2:70; f. [I.i.v]   2041| And put it all in Goddes hande!'
 2:70; f. [I.i.v]   2042| Agaynst them all he thought to stande;
 2:70; f. [I.i.v]   2043| All at ones on hym they layde,
 2:70; f. [I.i.v]   2044| Ipomydon his swerde outbrayd,
 2:70; f. [I.i.v]   2045| And many a man he felled downe ryght.
 2:70; f. [I.i.v]   2046| He fought with many a doughty knyght,
 2:70; f. [I.i.v]   2047| That many a stroke vpon hym layd.
 2:70; f. [I.i.v]   2048| "Yelde the, traytour!' "Not yet!' he sayd.
 2:70; f. [I.ii.r]  2049| The knyghtes that were of grete pryde,
 2:70; f. [I.ii.r]  2050| Fast they fought on eche syde.
 2:70; f. [I.ii.r]  2051| Ipomydon sawe none other wone,
 2:70; f. [I.ii.r]  2052| But socoured hym at a wall of stone,
 2:70; f. [I.ii.r]  2053| And they pursued after fast
 2:70; f. [I.ii.r]  2054| That many vnto deth he cast.
 2:70; f. [I.ii.r]  2055| So longe agaynst them he dyde stande,
 2:70; f. [I.ii.r]  2056| They hewed the gloues of his hande;
 2:70; f. [I.ii.r]  2057| All bare-handed fought this knyght,
 2:70; f. [I.ii.r]  2058| They sawe neuer none so wyght.
 2:70; f. [I.ii.r]  2059| Syr Campanius, as I vnderstande,
 2:70; f. [I.ii.r]  2060| Sawe the rynge on his hande,
 2:70; f. [I.ii.r]  2061| That he gaue his moder, the quene;
 2:70; f. [I.ii.r]  2062| Many a yere he had it not sene.
 2:70; f. [I.ii.r]  2063| Campanius prayed hym stande styll,
 2:70; f. [I.ii.r]  2064| Whyle he asked hym a skyll.

 2:71; f. [I.ii.r]  2065| The knyght answered and bad hym saye,
 2:71; f. [I.ii.r]  2066| For all they were wery of that playe.
 2:71; f. [I.ii.r]  2067| "Syr knyght,' he sayd, "tell me this thynge!
 2:71; f. [I.ii.r]  2068| Where had ye that ylke rynge?'
 2:71; f. [I.ii.r]  2069| Ipomydon answered as he thought,
 2:71; f. [I.ii.r]  2070| And sayd, "For-sothe, I stale it nought.
 2:71; f. [I.ii.r]  2071| For thou coueytest to haue the rynge,
 2:71; f. [I.ii.r]  2072| I swere by Iesu, heuen-kynge,
 2:71; f. [I.ii.r]  2073| Or thou it haue with mystery,
 2:71; f. [I.ii.r]  2074| With sore strokes thou shalte it by!'
 2:71; f. [I.ii.r]  2075| Syr Campanius prayed hym with fayre chere
 2:71; f. [I.ii.r]  2076| To tell hym on fayre manere,
 2:71; f. [I.ii.r]  2077| Where he had that ylke rynge,
 2:71; f. [I.ii.r]  2078| And saye the sothe, without les[ynge.]
 2:71; f. [I.ii.r]  2079| Ipomydon sa[yd, ' . . . . line damaged]
 2:71; f. [I.ii.r]  2080| I wyll tell [ . . . . line damaged]
 2:71; f. [I.ii.v]  2081| But tell me why thou doost enquere,
 2:71; f. [I.ii.v]  2082| And I shall gyue the an answere.'
 2:71; f. [I.ii.v]  2083| "This rynge,' he sayd, "that is so fyne,
 2:71; f. [I.ii.v]  2084| For-sothe, sometyme it was myne.
 2:71; f. [I.ii.v]  2085| Now, as ye are a gentylman,
 2:71; f. [I.ii.v]  2086| Tell me where ye that rynge wan.'
 2:71; f. [I.ii.v]  2087| "The quene,' he sayd, "of Poyll-lande
 2:71; f. [I.ii.v]  2088| Gaue me this rynge, as ye may vnderstande.
 2:71; f. [I.ii.v]  2089| She is my moder good and fayre,
 2:71; f. [I.ii.v]  2090| Of all that lande I am the hayre.'
 2:71; f. [I.ii.v]  2091| "Syr knyght,' he sayd, "yet abyde.

 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2092| What sayd she more to you that tyde?'
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2093| "She sayd, I hade a broder on lyfe,
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2094| Was goten or that she was wyfe,
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2095| And sayd, who that knoweth this rynge
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2096| Was my broder, without lesynge.'
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2097| Syr Campanius sayd, "by God almyght,
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2098| I am thy broder, thou gentyll knyght.'
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2099| They fell bothe downe in that stounde,
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2100| At ones fallynge on the grounde.
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2101| Men caught them vp and waked them bothe,
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2102| They were full glad and nothynge lothe.
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2103| Ipomydon enquyred of his brother,
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2104| What was his name, for none knewe other.
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2105| He sayde, "Syr Campanius I hyght,
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2106| That agaynste the dyde fyght.
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2107| With kynge Mellyager dwelled I.'
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2108| "Somtyme we were in company.
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2109| Knewe [ye] neuer the quenes lemman,
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2110| [line damaged . . . ]e this mayde wan?'
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2111| ..... [line missing] .....
 2:72; f. [I.ii.v]  2112| ..... [line missing] .....
 2:72; f. I.iii.r   2113| Ipomydon sayd, "I bare the shelde,
 2:72; f. I.iii.r   2114| That wanne the lady in the felde.
 2:72; f. I.iii.r   2115| Stedes I had that daye in place,
 2:72; f. I.iii.r   2116| The sothe ye knowe that it so was,
 2:72; f. I.iii.r   2117| Whyte and reed and blacke also;

 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2118| Well ye wote that it was so.
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2119| And there I wanne by Goddes grace
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2120| The best stedes that daye in place,
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2121| The kynges stede and thyne also,
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2122| And of myne owne I sent you two,
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2123| And yours I sent to other men;
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2124| Ye wote well it was so then.
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2125| I toke my leue of the quene,
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2126| With me wente my mayden shene
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2127| Homewarde myne owne lande.
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2128| Syr Caymus sayd, I vnderstande,
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2129| That he wolde seche vs bothe agayne,
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2130| Or elles that he wolde be slayne.
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2131| He sayd, I wente without leue,
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2132| All ye wyst how it dyde preue,
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2133| And therfore, broder, as I haue sayd,
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2134| I am best worthy to haue the mayde.'
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2135| They sawe it was the same knyght,
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2136| Than all theyr hertes began to lyght.
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2137| Euer as they wente, they dyde hym kysse,
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2138| There was ioye and moche blysse.
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2139| Messengers before dyde thrynge,
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2140| To brynge the lady good tydynge.
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2141| Whan she sawe they came so faste,
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2142| Than the lady was agaste.
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2143| She went they had dysconforted be,
 2:73; f. I.iii.r   2144| This lady badde drawe sayle and fle.
 2:73; f. [I.iii.v] 2145| The messengers cryed as they were wode,

 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2146| Whan they sawe her go with the flode.
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2147| They sayd, "Madame, drede ye nought.
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2148| The straunge squyer hath you sought.'
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2149| Whan she herde of hym speke,
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2150| She thought her herte wolde tobreke,
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2151| But she myght se hym with syght,
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2152| That her wanne in grete fyght.
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2153| They tourned the shyppes to the lande,
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2154| Togyder they mette at the sande.
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2155| Whan the lady of hym had a syght,
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2156| She commaunded a bote anone-ryght,
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2157| For at the lande fayne wolde she be,
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2158| That she myght the knyght se.
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2159| She lepte out of the bote lyghtly,
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2160| Into the water the knyght stode by,
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2161| And he in after also fast,
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2162| That vp he gate her at the last.
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2163| Whan they came vnto the lande,
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2164| Ipomydon toke her by the hande
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2165| And tolde her there, withouten fayle,
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2166| Her loue had caused hym grete trauayle:
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2167| "Syth fyrst that I dyde with you dwell,
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2168| Halfe my sorowe I can not tell,
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2169| And how ye blamed your cosyn Iason
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2170| For that I loked you vpon,
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2171| And than I toke my leue and went,
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2172| Tyll I herde of your entent,
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2173| Tyll that ye wolde haue a knyght
 2:74; f. [I.iii.v] 2174| That of his hande was moost wyght.

 2:75; f. [I.iii.v] 2175| Thyder I drewe whan I it herde,
 2:75; f. [I.iii.v] 2176| All ye wote how that it ferde.
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2177| I serued your vncle longe withall,
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2178| The quenes lemman they dyde me call;
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2179| And after I iusted dayes thre,
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2180| Many men there dyde I se,
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2181| And there I wanne stedes good,
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2182| Some were reed as any blode,
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2183| And also wysshely God me mende,
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2184| The kynges stede to you I sende;
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2185| But soone after, I vnderstande,
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2186| I wente into myne owne lande,
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2187| Tyll I herde vpon a daye
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2188| Of the duke that made entraye;
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2189| I busked me in queynt manere,
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2190| Ryght as I a fole were,
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2191| And wente agayne to the kynge.
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2192| He knewe me not for nothynge;
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2193| And thyder came fro you a mayde,
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2194| And to the kynge these wordes she sayde,
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2195| That he must you socoure sende,
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2196| Fro the duke you to defende.
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2197| But the kynge you of helpe forsoke
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2198| And I the baytayle to me toke;
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2199| Forth with the mayde dyde I gone
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2200| And there I kepte her from her fone.
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2201| Thre knyghtes of theyr lyues I let,
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2202| And now the duke I haue dyscomfet.
 2:75; f. [I.iv.r]  2203| I dare well saye, by Goddes sande,

 2:76; f. [I.iv.r]  2204| I haue you wonne with my hande.'
 2:76; f. [I.iv.r]  2205| Whan the lady herde how it was,
 2:76; f. [I.iv.r]  2206| She fell in swownynge in the place.
 2:76; f. [I.iv.r]  2207| He toke her vp with good spede,
 2:76; f. [I.iv.r]  2208| His mouth to hers he dyde bede,
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2209| They kyssed togyder with good chere,
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2210| For eyther was to other dere.
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2211| I let you wytte, without delaye,
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2212| Halfe theyr ioye I can not saye.
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2213| Forth they wente to the castell
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2214| There the lady before dyde dwell.
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2215| All that nyght they were insame
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2216| With moche myrth, ioye and game.
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2217| On the morowe the clerkes were bowne,
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2218| To wryte letters of grete renowne
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2219| Vnto the kynge of Sesseney-lande,
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2220| That was her vncle, I vnderstande;
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2221| Vnto the Emperour, I dare well saye,
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2222| Were wrytten letters of grete noblaye,
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2223| To archbysshops and bysshops of the lande,
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2224| Preestes and clerkes that were at hande,
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2225| Dukes, erles and barons also;
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2226| Knyghtes and squyers sholde thyder go.
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2227| Messengers were sent euerywhere,
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2228| For poore and ryche, all sholde be there.
 2:76; f. [I.iv.v]  2229| And whan the lordes these tydynges herde,

 2:77; f. [I.iv.v]  2230| They hyed them fast thyderwerde.
 2:77; f. [I.iv.v]  2231| This feest was cryed longe before,
 2:77; f. [I.iv.v]  2232| Forty dayes withouten more.
 2:77; f. [I.iv.v]  2233| Metes were made grete plente,
 2:77; f. [I.iv.v]  2234| For many a man there sholde be.
 2:77; f. [I.iv.v]  2235| With the Enperour came to the feest
 2:77; f. [I.iv.v]  2236| An hondred knyghtes at the leest,
 2:77; f. [I.iv.v]  2237| And with the kynge, her vncle, also,
 2:77; f. [I.iv.v]  2238| To hondred horses without mo.
 2:77; f. [I.iv.v]  2239| Syr Perse of Poyll thyder came
 2:77; f. [I.iv.v]  2240| And with hym knyghtes of grete fame,
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2241| That doughty were of that lande,
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2242| In batayle proued, I vnderstande.
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2243| On the morowe whan it was daye,
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2244| They busked them, as I you saye,
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2245| Towarde the chyrche with game and gle,
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2246| For to make that grete solemnyte.
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2247| The archebysshoppe of that lande
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2248| Wedded them, I vnderstande.
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2249| Whan it was done,as I you saye,
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2250| Home they wente, without delaye.
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2251| By that they came to the castell,
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2252| Theyr mete was redy euerydell.
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2253| Trompettes to mete dyde blowe tho,
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2254| Claryons and other mynstrelles mo.
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2255| Tho they wysshe and wente to mete,
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2256| And euery lorde toke his sete.
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2257| Whan they were set, all the route,
 2:77; f. [I.v.r]   2258| Mynstrelles blewe than all aboute,

 2:78; f. [I.v.r]   2259| Tyll they were serued all with pryde
 2:78; f. [I.v.r]   2260| Of the fyrst course at that tyde.
 2:78; f. [I.v.r]   2261| The seruyce was of grete aray,
 2:78; f. [I.v.r]   2262| That they were serued with that daye.
 2:78; f. [I.v.r]   2263| Thus they ete and made them glad,
 2:78; f. [I.v.r]   2264| With suche seruyce as they had.
 2:78; f. [I.v.r]   2265| Whan they had dyned, as I you saye,
 2:78; f. [I.v.r]   2266| Lordes and ladyes wente to playe,
 2:78; f. [I.v.r]   2267| Some to tables and some to chesse,
 2:78; f. [I.v.r]   2268| With other games, more and lesse.
 2:78; f. [I.v.r]   2269| Ipomydon gaue in that stounde
 2:78; f. [I.v.r]   2270| To mynstrelles fyue hondred pounde,
 2:78; f. [I.v.r]   2271| And other gyftes of grete noblaye
 2:78; f. [I.v.r]   2272| He gaue to other men that daye.
 2:78; f. [I.v.v]   2273| Thus the feest, as it was tolde,
 2:78; f. [I.v.v]   2274| Forty dayes it was holde.
 2:78; f. [I.v.v]   2275| Ipomydon his broder let call,
 2:78; f. [I.v.v]   2276| There he stode in the hall,
 2:78; f. [I.v.v]   2277| And gaue hym all Poyll-lande,
 2:78; f. [I.v.v]   2278| But an erledome, I vnderstande,
 2:78; f. [I.v.v]   2279| And of that lande made hym kynge,
 2:78; f. [I.v.v]   2280| And after hym his ofsprynge.
 2:78; f. [I.v.v]   2281| He thanked God and hym with mode,
 2:78; f. [I.v.v]   2282| And euery man spake of hym gode.
 2:78; f. [I.v.v]   2283| Syr Campanius forth is gone on sande
 2:78; f. [I.v.v]   2284| Vnto the kynge of Sesseneys lande,
 2:78; f. [I.v.v]   2285| He was in his chambre there,
 2:78; f. [I.v.v]   2286| Talkynge with the ladyes in fere.
 2:78; f. [I.v.v]   2287| He tolde of the gyftes fayre,

 2:79; f. [I.v.v]   2288| Of Poyll-lande how he was hayre.
 2:79; f. [I.v.v]   2289| The ladyes answered all in one:
 2:79; f. [I.v.v]   2290| "Suche a man in the worlde is none!'
 2:79; f. [I.v.v]   2291| Ipomydon, there he stode in hall,
 2:79; f. [I.v.v]   2292| Tholomewe he let to hym call
 2:79; f. [I.v.v]   2293| And gaue hym an erledome fre,
 2:79; f. [I.v.v]   2294| And a mayde, his wyfe to be,
 2:79; f. [I.v.v]   2295| That was with hym in Poyll-lande,
 2:79; f. [I.v.v]   2296| With the quene, I vnderstande,
 2:79; f. [I.v.v]   2297| Syr Tholomewe tho dyde saye:
 2:79; f. [I.v.v]   2298| "I thanke you, lorde, for this maye
 2:79; f. [I.v.v]   2299| And for your gyftes many one,
 2:79; f. [I.v.v]   2300| That ye haue gyuen me here-beforne.'
 2:79; f. [I.v.v]   2301| Tho passed he forth, as I you saye,
 2:79; f. [I.v.v]   2302| There he lyked best to playe.
 2:79; f. [I.v.v]   2303| Ipomydon, in hall there he stode,
 2:79; f. [I.v.v]   2304| Bethought hym of mylde mode
 2:79; f. [I.vi.r]  2305| Of his felowe, syr Iasan,
 2:79; f. [I.vi.r]  2306| How he was a worthy man.
 2:79; f. [I.vi.r]  2307| To hym he gaue bothe ferre and nere
 2:79; f. [I.vi.r]  2308| Grete lande, as ye may here,
 2:79; f. [I.vi.r]  2309| To his wyfe a fayre maye,
 2:79; f. [I.vi.r]  2310| That he had loued many a daye,
 2:79; f. [I.vi.r]  2311| And other gyftes he gaue also
 2:79; f. [I.vi.r]  2312| Vnto other men many mo.
 2:79; f. [I.vi.r]  2313| Whan this feest was come to ende,
 2:79; f. [I.vi.r]  2314| Euery man home wolde wende.
 2:79; f. [I.vi.r]  2315| On the morowe, without lesynge,
 2:79; f. [I.vi.r]  2316| The Emperour went vnto the kynge,

 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2317| His leue to take gan he gone,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2318| And with hym lordes many one.
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2319| At the takynge of his leue
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2320| Halfe the ioye I can not dyscryue,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2321| That there was them amonge,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2322| Of ladyes and of knyghtes stronge.
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2323| The Emperour hath his leue tane
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2324| At the kynge, Ipomydane,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2325| And at the quene fayre and fre,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2326| So dyde many mo than he.
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2327| Thus the lordes fayre and hende,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2328| Homewarde all they dyde wende,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2329| Euery lorde to his countre,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2330| Or where they lyked best to be,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2331| And lefte them there bothe insame,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2332| With moche myrth, ioye and game,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2333| There to dwell for euermore,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2334| Tyll them departed deth sore.
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2335| Ipomydon and his lady dere
 2:80; f. [I.vi.r]  2336| Lyued togyder many a yere,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.v]  2337| With all ioye that men myght se.
 2:80; f. [I.vi.v]  2338| In the worlde so moche none myght be,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.v]  2339| As was euer them amonge,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.v]  2340| Tyll deth them departed that was stronge.
 2:80; f. [I.vi.v]  2341| And whan they dyed, I trowe, ywys,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.v]  2342| Bothe they wente to heuen-blys,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.v]  2343| There as none other thynge may be,
 2:80; f. [I.vi.v]  2344| But ioye and blys, game and gle.
 2:80; f. [I.vi.v]  2345| Vnto that blys God brynge vs all,

 2:81; f. [I.vi.v]  2346| That dyed on a crosse for grete and small.

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