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539: That no more of golde gyffes юan of grette stones,
540: No more of wyne юan of watyre юat of юe welle rynnys,
541: Ne of welthe of юis werlde bot wyrchipe allone.
542: Syche contenaunce was neuer knowen in no kythe ryche,
543: As was with юat conquerour in his courte halden;
544: I countede at this Crystynmesse of kyngez enoynttede
545: Hole ten at his table юat tym with hym selfen.
546: He wyll werraye iwysse, be ware 3if юe lykes;
547: Wage many wyghtemen and wache thy marches,
548: That they be redye in araye and at areste foundyn;
549: For 3ife he reche vnto Rome, he raunsouns it for euere!

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550: I rede юow dresce the юerfore, and drawe no lytte langere;
551: Be sekyre of юi sowdeours and sende to юe mowntes;
552: Be юe quartere of юis 3ere, and hym quarte stannde,
553: He wyll wyghtlye in a qwhyle on his wayes hye."
554: "Bee estyre," sais юe Emperour, "I ettyll my selfen
555: To hostaye in Almayne with armede knyghtez;
556: Sende freklye into Fraunce, юat flour es of rewmes,
557: Fande to fette юat freke and forfette his landez;
558: For I sall sette kepers, full conaunde and noble,
559: Many geaunte of Geen, justers full gude,
560: To mete hym in the mountes and martyre hys knyghtes,
561: Stryke юem doun in strates and struye them fore euere!
562: There sall appon Godarde a garette be rerede,
563: That schall be garneschte and kepyde with gude men of armes,
564: And a bekyn abouen to brynne when юem lykys,
565: Юat nane enmye with hoste sall entre the mountes;
566: There schall one Mounte Bernarde be beyldede anoюere,
567: Buschede with banerettes and bachelers noble;
568: In at the portes of Pavye schall no prynce passe,
569: Thurghe the perelous places, for my pris knyghtes."
570: Thane Sir Lucius lordlyche lettres he sendys
571: Onone into юe Oryente, with austeryn knyghtez,
572: Till Ambyganye and Orcage and Alysaundyre eke,
573: To Inde and to Ermonye, as Ewfrates rynnys,
574: To Asye and to Affrike and Ewrope юe large,
575: To Irritayne and Elamet and all юase owte ilez,
576: To Arraby and Egipt, till erles and oюer,
577: That any erthe ocupyes in юase este marches,
578: Of Damaske and Damyat, and dukes and erles,
579: For drede of his daungere they dresside юem sone;
580: Of Crete and of Capados the honourable kyngys
581: Come at his commandmente clenly at ones,
582: To Tartary and Turky, when tythynngez es comen;
583: They turne in by Thebay, terauntez full hugge,
584: The flour of юe faire folke of Amazonnes landes,