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Of eche of them so as it semed me
And which thei were and of what degre
And eke what array that thei were in
And at a knight than wil I first begyn
A knight ther was & that a worthi ma
That fro the time that he first began
To ride out he loved chevalrye
Trouth honoure fredam and curtesy
Ful wurthie was he in his lordis werre
And thereto had he riden noman more ferre
As wel in Cristendom as in hethnesse
And evere honoured for his wourthinesse
At Alexander he was whan it was won
Ful oftime he had the bord begunne
Aboven alle nacions in Pruce
In Lettow had he riden and in Ruce
No cristenman so ofte of his degre
In Garnade at the sege eke had he be
Of Algazir and riden in Belmary
At [...] was he and at Sataly
Whan thei were won & in the gret See
At many a noble Armee had he be
At mortal bataile had he ben fiftene
And fought for oure feith at Tramassene
In listis thrice & alway slayn his fo
This ilk wurthi knight had ben also
Sumtime with the lord of Palacy
Ayens anothir heth[...] in Turky
And everemore he had sov[...] price
He was ful wurthi and ful [...]se
And of his port as meke as a [...]id
He nevere yit no vilany saide
In al his lif to no maner wight
He was a veray parfit gentil knight
And forto telle you of his array
His hors were good but he was not gay
Of fustian he ware a gipon
Al besmotird with his haburgeon