The service doon, they soupen al by day.
What nedeth yow rehercen hir array? (290)
Ech man wot wel, that at a kinges feeste
Hath plentee, to the moste and to the leeste, 300
And deyntees mo than been in my knowing.
At-after soper gooth this noble king
To seen this hors of bras, with al the route
Of lordes and of ladyes him aboute.
298. E. me; _the rest_ yow. 299. Hn. Cp. Pt. Ln. that at; E. Cm. Hl.
_om._ at. 300. Hath (_so; for_ Is; _cf. French _il y a.) 303. E.
Cm. the; Hl. his; _rest_ a.
Swich wondring was ther on this hors of bras 305
That, sin the grete sege of Troye was,
Ther-as men wondreden on an hors also,
Ne was ther swich a wondring as was tho. (300)
But fynally the king axeth this knight
[470: T. 10624-10657.]
The vertu of this courser and the might, 310
And preyede him to telle his governaunce.