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189: Bernakes and botures in baterde dysches,
190: Юareby braunchers in brede, bettyr was neuer,
191: With brestez of barowes юat bryghte ware to schewe;
192: Seyn come юer sewes sere, with solace юerafter,
193: Ownd of azure all ouer and ardant юem semyde,
194: Of ilke a leche юe lowe launschide full hye,
195: Юat all ledes myghte lyke юat lukyde юem apon;
196: Юan cranes and curlues craftyly rosted,
197: Connygez in cretoyne, colourede full faire,
198: Fesauntez enflureschit on flammande siluer,
199: With dariells endoride and daynteez ynewe;
200: Юane clarett and creette, clergyally rennen,
201: With condethes full curious, all of clene siluyre,
202: Osay aХnеd algarde and oюer ynewe,
203: Rynisch wyne and rochell, richere was neuer,
204: Vernage of Venyce vertuouse and Crete,
205: In faucetez of fyn golde, fonode whoso lykes.
206: The Kyngez cope-borde was closed in siluer,
207: In grete goblettez ouergylte, glorious of hewe;
208: There was a cheefe buttlere, a cheualere noble,
209: Sir Cayous юe curtaise, юat of юe cowpe seruede:
210: Sexty cowpes of suyte fore юe Kyng seluyn,
211: Crafty and curious, coruen full faire,
212: In euerilk a party pyghte with precyous stones,
213: That nan enpoyson sulde goo preuely юervndyre,
214: Bot юe bryght golde for brethe sulde briste al to peces,
215: Or ells юe venym sulde voyde thurghe vertue of юe stones.
216: And the Conquerour hym seluen, so clenly arayede,
217: In colours of clene golde cleede, wyth his knyghttys,
218: Drissid with his dyademe on his deesse ryche,
219: Fore he was demyd юe doughtyeste юat duellyde in erthe.
220: Thane юe Conquerour kyndly carpede to юose lordes,
221: Rehetede юe Romaynes with realle speche:
222: "Sirs, bez knyghtly of contenaunce, and comfurthes 3our seluyn;
223: We knowe noghte in юis countre of curious metez,
224: In thees barayne landez, bredes none oюer;
225: Forethy, wythowttyn feynyng, enforce 3ow юe more
226: To feede 3ow with syche feble as 3e before fynde."
227: "Sir," sais юe Senatour, "soo Criste motte me helpe,
228: There ryngnede neuer syche realtee within Rome walles!
229: There ne es prelatte, ne pape, ne prynce in юis erthe,
230: That he ne myghte be wele payede of юees pryce metes."
231: Aftyre theyre welthe юey wesche and went vnto chambyre,
232: Юis ilke kydde Conquerour, with knyghtes ynewe;
233: Sir Gaywayne юe worthye Dame Waynour he ledys;
234: Sir Owghtreth on the toюer syde, of Turry was lorde.
235: Thane spyces vnsparyly юay spendyde thereaftyre:
236: Maluesye and muskadell, юase meruelyous drynkes,
237: Raykede full rathely in rossete cowpes,
238: Till all юe riche on rawe, Romaynes and oюer.