VIII.

[A] Ande al grayþed in grene þis gome & his wedes,

152 A strayt cote ful stre3t, þat stek on his sides,

A mere mantile abof, mensked with-inne,

With pelure pured apert þe pane ful clene,

With blyþe blaunner ful bry3t, & his hod boþe,

156 Þat wat3 la3t fro his lokke3, & layde on his schulderes

Heme wel haled, hose of þat same grene,

[B] Þat spenet on his sparlyr, & clene spures vnder,

Of bry3t golde, vpon silk bordes, barred ful ryche

160 & scholes vnder schankes, þere þe schalk rides;

& alle his vesture uerayly wat3 clene verdure,

Boþe þe barres of his belt & oþer blyþe stones,

Þat were richely rayled in his aray clene,

164 [C] Aboutte hym-self & his sadel, vpon silk werke3,

Þat were to tor for to telle of tryfles þe halue,

Þat were enbrauded abof, wyth bryddes & fly3es,

With gay gaudi of grene, þe golde ay in myddes;

168 Þe pendauntes of his payttrure, þe proude cropure

His molaynes, & alle þe metail anamayld was þenne

Þe steropes þat he stod on, stayned of þe same,

& his arsoun3 al after, & his aþel sturtes,

172 Þat euer glemered[1] & glent al of grene stones.

[D] Þe fole þat he ferkkes on, fyn of þat ilke,

sertayn;

A grene hors gret & þikke,

176 [E] A stede ful stif to strayne,

In brawden brydel quik,

To þe gome he wat3 ful gayn. [Fol. 93b.]

[Sidenote A: He was clothed entirely in green.]

[Sidenote B: His spurs were of bright gold.]

[Sidenote C: His saddle was embroidered with birds and flies.]

[Sidenote D: The foal that he rode upon was green;]

[Sidenote E: it was a steed full stiff to guide.]

[Footnote 1: glemed (?).]

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