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<NAME>Olivia Bottum</NAME>
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<HEAD>&para; Syr Degore.</HEAD>
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<DIV1 TYPE="poem">
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<L>_LOrdynges and ye wyll holde you &s;tyll</L>
<L>A gentyll tale tell you I wyll</L>
<L>Of knyghtes of this countree</L>
<L>That hath trauayled beyonde the &s;ee</L>
<L>To &s;eke auentures bothe nyght &amp; daye</L>
<L>And how they myght theyr &s;trengh a&s;&s;ay</L>
<L>As dyde a knyght his name was &s;yr Degore</L>
<L>One of the be&s;t that was founde hym before</L>
<L>Somtyme in Englonde there was a kynge</L>
<L>A noble man of maners in all thynge</L>
<L>Stoute in armes and vnder &s;hylde</L>
<L>Full moche doubted in batayll and felde,</L>
<L>There was no man than veramente</L>
<L>That with hym Iu&s;ted in turmente</L>
<L>That out of his &s;tyrope myght brynge his fote</L>
<L>He was &s;o &s;tronge without doubte</L>
<L>The kynge had no chyldern but one</L>
<L>A doughter as whyte as whalles bone</L>
<L>That mayden he loued as his lyfe</L>
<L>Her moder was deed the quene his wyfe</L>
<L>In trauayll of chylde &s;he dyed alas</L>
<L>But whan that mayden of aege was</L>
<L>Kynkes &s;ones her woed then</L>
<L>Emperours Dukes and other men</L>
<L>To haue that mayden in maryage</L>
<L>For loue of her grete herytage</L>
<L>But than the kynge dyde them an&s;were</L>
<L>That no man &s;holde wedde her</L>
<L>But yf that he myght with &s;toute Iu&s;tynge</L>
<L>The kynge out of his &s;adyll brynge</L>
<L>And downe hym lo&s;e his &s;tyropes two</L>
<L>Many one a&s;&s;ayed and myght nought do</L>
<PB REF="2" MS="y">
<L>Euery yere of ryght it wolde</L>
<L>A grete fee&s;t wole he holde</L>
<L>Vpon his quenes murnynge daye</L>
<L>That was buryed in an abbaye</L>
<L>So on a daye the kynge wolde ryde</L>
<L>To an abbaye there be&s;yde</L>
<L>To do dyryges and ma&s;&s;es bothe</L>
<L>The poore to fede and the naked to clothe</L>
<L>His owne doughter with hym rode</L>
<L>And in the fore&s;t &s;tyll &s;he abode</L>
<L>She called her chamberlayne her to</L>
<L>And other maydens &s;he dyde al&s;o</L>
<L>And &s;ayd adowne &s;he mu&s;te alyght</L>
<L>Better her clothes to amende and ryght</L>
<L>Adowne they ben alyght all thre</L>
<L>Her damoy&s;ell and &s;o dyde &s;he</L>
<L>A full longe &s;tounde there &s;he abode</L>
<L>Tyll all the meyne frome her rode</L>
<L>They gate vp and after they wolde</L>
<L>But they coude not they ryght waye holde</L>
<L>The wodde was roughe and thycke ywy&s;&s;e</L>
<L>And they toke theyr waye all amy&s;&s;e</L>
<L>They rode &s;outhe they rode we&s;t</L>
<L>In to the thycke of that fore&s;t</L>
<L>And in to a londe they came at the la&s;t</L>
<L>Than weryed they wonder fa&s;te</L>
<L>Than wy&s;t the well amy&s;&s;e they had gone</L>
<L>And downe the lyght euerychone</L>
<L>And they called all in fere</L>
<L>But there myght no man them here</L>
<L>The weder was hote before the none</L>
<L>They wy&s;t neuer what was be&s;t to done</L>
<PB REF="3">
<L>But layde them downe vpon the grene</L>
<L>Some fel on &s;lepe as I wene</L>
<L>Thus they fell on &s;lepe euerychone</L>
<L>Saue the kynges doughter alone</L>
<L>She went aboute and gadred floures</L>
<L>And to here the &s;onge of &s;mall foules</L>
<L>So longe &s;he dyde forth pas</L>
<L>That &s;he wy&s;t neuer where &s;he was</L>
<L>y^e waye to her damoy&s;elles &s;he wolde haue nome</L>
<L>But &s;he wy&s;t neuer how to come</L>
<L>Than gan &s;he crye wonder &s;ore</L>
<L>She wepte and wronge her handes thore</L>
<L>And &s;ayd alas that I was borne</L>
<L>For well I wote I am forlorne</L>
<L>For wylde be&s;tes wyll me rynde</L>
<L>Or ony man may me fynde</L>
<L>And then &s;he &s;awe a Ioyfull &s;yght</L>
<L>To her came prekynge a fayre knyght</L>
<L>Full well he &s;emed a gentyll man</L>
<L>And ryche clothes hym vpon</L>
<L>Well farynge both of fote and honde</L>
<L>There was non &s;uche in that londe</L>
<L>So &s;tout a man than was he</L>
<L>He &s;ayd madame god you &s;e</L>
<L>Be ye a drade of me ryght nought</L>
<L>I haue none armes with me brought</L>
<L>I haue the loued this many a yere</L>
<L>And now I haue founde the here</L>
<L>Thou &s;halte be my le~manne or I go</L>
<L>Wheder it tourne to wele or wo</L>
<L>No more to done then coude &s;he</L>
<L>But wepte and cryed and wolde haue fle</L>
<PB REF="3">
<L>Anone began he her to be holde</L>
<L>And dyde with her what he wolde</L>
<L>And berafte her her mayden hode</L>
<L>And than before the lady he &s;tode</L>
<L>He &s;ayd madame gentyll and fre</L>
<L>With chylde I wote well that ye be</L>
<L>Well I wote it &s;hall be a knaue</L>
<L>Therfore my &s;werde he &s;hall haue</L>
<L>My good &s;werde of ameaunt</L>
<L>For therwith I &s;lewe a gyaunt</L>
<L>I brake the poynt in his hede</L>
<L>And in the felde I it leued</L>
<L>Dame take it vp lo it is here</L>
<L>For thou &s;peke&s;t not with me this many a yere</L>
<L>And yet parauenture the tyme may come</L>
<L>That I maye &s;peke with my &s;one</L>
<L>And by this &s;worde I may hym ken</L>
<L>He ky&s;&s;ed his loue and wente then</L>
<L>The knyght pa&s;&s;ed as he come</L>
<L>All wepynge the lady that &s;werde vp nome</L>
<L>She wente awaye &s;ore wepynge</L>
<L>And founde her maydens &s;lepynge</L>
<L>She hydde the &s;werde &s;o as &s;he myght</L>
<L>And called them vp anone ryght</L>
<L>And toke theyr hor&s;es euerychone</L>
<L>And began to ryde &s;oone anone</L>
<L>And than ther came at the la&s;t</L>
<L>Many a knyght prekynge fa&s;t</L>
<L>Fro the kynge than were they &s;ent</L>
<L>To were wheder they wente</L>
<L>They brought them in to the hye waye</L>
<L>And rode in fere to that abbaye</L>
<PB REF="4">
<L>There was done &s;eruyce and all thynge</L>
<L>With many a ma&s;&s;e and ryche offerynge</L>
<L>And whan that &s;eruyce was all done</L>
<L>And gan to pa&s;&s;e the hye none</L>
<L>The kynge vnto his palays gan ryde</L>
<L>And moche people by his &s;yde</L>
<L>Whan euery man was gladde and blythe</L>
<L>The lady &s;oned many a &s;ythe</L>
<L>Her baly waxed more and more</L>
<L>She wepte and wronge her handes &s;ore</L>
<L>So vpon a daye &s;he gan &s;ore wepe</L>
<L>A mayden of hers toke good kepe</L>
<L>And &s;ayd madame for charyte</L>
<L>Why ye do wepe ye wyll tell me</L>
<L>Mayden and I tell the before</L>
<L>And thou me wrey I were but lore</L>
<L>For I haue ben euer meke and mylde</L>
<L>And truly nowe I am with chylde</L>
<L>And yf ony man it vnder yede</L>
<L>Euery man wolde tell in euery &s;tede</L>
<L>That my fader on me it wan</L>
<L>For I loued neuer other man</L>
<L>And yf my fader it may wete</L>
<L>Suche &s;orowe his herte may gete</L>
<L>That he &s;hall neuer mery man be</L>
<L>For all his Ioye is layde on me</L>
<L>And tolde the damoy&s;ell all in fere</L>
<L>How the chylde was begoten on here</L>
<L>Now gentyll lady greue you nought</L>
<L>For &s;tyll it &s;hall be forth brought</L>
<L>Shall no man it wytte certaynly</L>
<L>Truely madame but you and I</L>
<PB REF="4">
<L>Tyme was come &s;he was vnbounde</L>
<L>And delyuered both hole and &s;ounde</L>
<L>A man chylde there was bore</L>
<L>Gladde was the lady therfore</L>
<L>The mayden &s;erued her at her wyll</L>
<L>And layde the chylde in a cradyll</L>
<L>She wrapped hym in clothes anone</L>
<L>And was all redy for to haue gone</L>
<L>Yet was the chylde vnto the moder holde</L>
<L>She gaue it .xx. pounde of golde</L>
<L>And .x. pounde of &s;yluer al&s;o</L>
<L>Vnder his heed &s;he gan it doo</L>
<L>Moche it is that a chylde behoues</L>
<L>She put with hym a payre of gloues</L>
<L>Herlemman gaue her them in a &s;tonde</L>
<L>They wolde elles on no womans honde</L>
<L>On chyldes nother woman they nolde</L>
<L>But on his moders handes they wolde</L>
<L>And bad the chylde no wyfe wedde in londe</L>
<L>But the gloues wolde on her honde</L>
<L>For they myght &s;erue no where</L>
<L>Saue the moder that dyde hym bere</L>
<L>A letter with the chylde put &s;he</L>
<L>With the gloues al&s;o perde</L>
<L>She knyt the letter with a threde</L>
<L>A boute his necke a full good &s;pede</L>
<L>Than was it in the the letter wrytte</L>
<L>Who &s;o it founde &s;hulde it wytte</L>
<L>For cry&s;tes loue yf ony good man</L>
<L>This wofull chylde fynde can</L>
<L>Do hym be cry&s;tened of pree&s;tes honde</L>
<L>And to helpe hym to lyue in londe</L>
<PB REF="5">
<L>With this &s;yluer that is here</L>
<L>Tyll he may armes bere</L>
<L>And helpe hym with his owne good</L>
<L>For he is come of gentyll blode</L>
<L>And whan &s;he had thus done</L>
<L>The mayden toke her leue full &s;one</L>
<L>With the chylde in the cradyll and all thynge</L>
<L>She &s;tale awaye in the euenynge</L>
<L>And went her waye &s;he wy&s;te not whyder</L>
<L>Thrughe thycke and thynne in the breer</L>
<L>She wente all the wynter nyght</L>
<L>By &s;hynynge of the mone lyght</L>
<L>Then was &s;he redely ware anone</L>
<L>Of an hermytage made of &s;tone</L>
<L>An holy man had there his dwellynge</L>
<L>And theder &s;he wente without le&s;ynge</L>
<L>And &s;ette the cradyll at the dore</L>
<L>For &s;he dur&s;te dwell no lenger thore</L>
<L>But turned agayne a none ryght</L>
<L>And came agayne the &s;ame nyght</L>
<L>The hermyte ro&s;e on the morowe tho</L>
<L>And his knaue al&s;o</L>
<L>Lorde he &s;ayd I crye the mercy</L>
<L>For nowe I here a yonge chylde crye</L>
<L>This holy man his dore vndyde</L>
<L>And founde the cradell in the &s;tede</L>
<L>He lyfte vp the &s;hete anone</L>
<L>And loked vpon the lytell grome</L>
<L>Than helde he vp his ryght honde</L>
<L>And thanked Ihe&s;u cry&s;t of his &s;onde</L>
<L>He bare the chylde in to the chapell</L>
<L>For Ioye of hym he ronge the bell</L>
<PB REF="5">
<L>And layde vp the gloues and the tre&s;oure</L>
<L>And cry&s;tened the chylde with grete honoure</L>
<L>And in the wor&s;hyp of the trynyte</L>
<L>He called the chyldes name Degore</L>
<L>For Degore to vnder&s;tonde it is</L>
<L>But thynge that almoo&s;t is lo&s;t ywys</L>
<L>As thynge that is almoo&s;t a goo</L>
<L>Therfore he called that chylde &s;oo</L>
<L>The hermyte was an holy man of lyfe</L>
<L>He had a &s;y&s;ter that was a wyfe</L>
<L>He &s;ente the chylde to her full rathe</L>
<L>With moche money by his knaue</L>
<L>And badde &s;he &s;holde take good hede</L>
<L>The chylde to noury&s;&s;he and fede</L>
<L>And this lytell chylde Degore</L>
<L>Vnto that cyte was I bore</L>
<L>The good man and his wyfe in fere</L>
<L>The chylde they kepte as it theyr owne were</L>
<L>Tyll it was .x. wynter olde</L>
<L>He waxed a fayre chylde and a bolde</L>
<L>Well taught fayre and kynde</L>
<L>There was none &s;uche in all that ende</L>
<L>What tyme .x. yere was come and &s;pente</L>
<L>Vnto the hermyte they hym &s;ente</L>
<L>The hermyte longed hym for to &s;e</L>
<L>Thenne was he a fayre chylde and fre</L>
<L>He taught the chylde of clarkes lore</L>
<L>Other .x. wynter withouten more</L>
<L>And whan he was of .xx. yere</L>
<L>He was a man of grete powere</L>
<L>There was no younge man in that londe</L>
<L>That myght &s;tande a brayde of his honde</L>
<PB REF="6">
<L>And whan the hermyte that dyde &s;ee</L>
<L>That he a man &s;o &s;tronge wolde be</L>
<L>A &s;talworthe man in ony werke</L>
<L>And of his tyme a well good clerke</L>
<L>He toke his florens and his gloues</L>
<L>That he had kepte &s;or hym in his hou&s;e</L>
<L>But his .x. pounde that was &s;terlynge</L>
<L>was &s;pente aboute the chyldes kepynge</L>
<L>The hermyte toke hym his lettre to rede</L>
<L>He loked therin that &s;ame &s;tede</L>
<L>Syr he &s;ayd for &s;aynt charyte</L>
<L>Was this lettre made by me</L>
<L>Ye &s;one by hym that me deme &s;hall</L>
<L>Thus I founde the and tolde hym all</L>
<L>He &s;ette hym downe on knees full blythe</L>
<L>And thanked the hermyte many &s;ythe</L>
<L>And &s;ayd he wolde not re&s;t in londe</L>
<L>Tyll the tyme he had his fader fonde</L>
<L>He gaue the hermyte halfe his golde</L>
<L>And the remenaunt vp he folde</L>
<L>He toke his leue and fayne wolde go</L>
<L>The hermyte &s;ayd he &s;holde not &s;o</L>
<L>To &s;eke thy kynne thou may&s;t not endure</L>
<L>Without good hor&s;e and good armure.</L>
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<HEAD>&para; How &s;yr Degore fought with a dragon in a fo+re&s;t and &s;lewe hym.
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<L>SIr hermyte he &s;ayd in dede</L>
<L>I wyll haue no other wede</L>
<L>But a batte in mi honde</L>
<L>Myn enemyes therwith to with&s;tande</L>
<L>A full good &s;apelynge of an oke</L>
<L>On whome he &s;ette therwith a &s;troke</L>
<L>Where he neuer &s;o tall a man</L>
<L>Nor yet &s;o good armure hym vpon</L>
<L>He wolde hym fell to the grounde</L>
<L>With that &s;ame batte in that &s;tounde</L>
<PB REF="7">
<L>The chylde ky&s;&s;ed the hermyte tho</L>
<L>And toke his leue for to goo</L>
<L>Degore wente forthe on his waye</L>
<L>Thrughe a fore&s;t halfe a daye</L>
<L>He harde no man nor &s;awe none</L>
<L>Tyll it was pa&s;t the hye none</L>
<L>Thenne harde he grete &s;trokes fall</L>
<L>That made grete noy&s;e withall</L>
<L>Full &s;oone he thought that thynge to &s;e</L>
<L>To wyte what the &s;trokes myght be</L>
<L>There was an erle bothe &s;toute and gay</L>
<L>He was come theder that &s;ame day</L>
<L>For to hunte for a dere or a doo</L>
<L>But his houndes were gone hym fro</L>
<L>Thenne was there a dragon grete and grymme</L>
<L>Full of fyre and al&s;o venimme</L>
<L>with a wyde throte and tu&s;kes grete</L>
<L>Vpon that knyght fa&s;t gan he bete</L>
<L>And as a lyon thenne was his fete</L>
<L>His tayle was longe and full vnmete</L>
<L>Bytwene his hede and his tayle</L>
<L>Was .xxii. fote withouten fayle</L>
<L>His body was lyke a wyne tonne</L>
<L>He &s;hone full bryght agayn&s;t the &s;onne</L>
<L>His eyen were bryght as ony gla&s;&s;e</L>
<L>His &s;cales were harde as ony bra&s;&s;e</L>
<L>And therto he was necked lyke a hor&s;e</L>
<L>He bare his hede vp with grete force</L>
<L>The breth of his mouth that dyde out blowe</L>
<L>As it had bene a fyre on lowe</L>
<L>He was to loke on as I you tell</L>
<L>As it had ben a fende of hell</L>
<PB REF="7">
<L>Many a man he had &s;hente</L>
<L>And many a hor&s;e he had rente</L>
<L>And to that erle harde batayll began</L>
<L>But he defended hym lyke a man</L>
<L>And boldely &s;mote hym with his &s;werde</L>
<L>But of all his &s;trokes he was not aferde</L>
<L>His &s;kynne was harde as ony &s;tone</L>
<L>Wherfore he myght hym no harme done</L>
<L>And whan the erle &s;yr Degore &s;e</L>
<L>Helpe &s;yr he &s;ayd for &s;aynt charyte</L>
<L>And thenne an&s;werde &s;yr Degore</L>
<L>Full gladly &s;yr and god before</L>
<L>whan the dragon of Degore had a &s;yght</L>
<L>He left the erle and came to hym ryght</L>
<L>And the chylde that was &s;o &s;tronge</L>
<L>Toke his &s;taffe that was longe</L>
<L>And &s;mote the dragon &s;o on the crowne</L>
<L>That in that wodde he fell downe</L>
<L>And then that dragon anone ryght</L>
<L>Smote the chylde with &s;uche myght</L>
<L>With his tayle vpon the ryght &s;yde</L>
<L>That downe he fell in that tyde</L>
<L>And he &s;terte vp anone full ryght</L>
<L>And defended hym with moche myght</L>
<L>With that &s;taffe that was &s;o longe</L>
<L>He brake of hym bothe fote and bone</L>
<L>That it was wonder for to &s;e</L>
<L>He was &s;o toughe he myght not deye</L>
<L>Tyll Degore one &s;troke at hym flonge</L>
<L>With his &s;taffe that was &s;o &s;tronge</L>
<L>He &s;mote hym on the crowne on hye</L>
<L>That he made his braynes out flye</L>
<PB REF="8">
<L>And thenne the erle was glade and blythe</L>
<L>And thanked Degore many a &s;ythe</L>
<L>And prayed hym he wolde with hym ryde</L>
<L>Vnto his palays there be &s;yde</L>
<L>And there he made hym a knyght</L>
<L>And made hym good chere that nyght</L>
<L>Rentes tre&s;oure and half his londe</L>
<L>He wolde haue &s;ezyd in to his honde</L>
<L>Syr Degore thanked hym truely</L>
<L>And prayed hym of his curtay&s;ye</L>
<L>To lette his ladyes before hym come</L>
<L>Wyues medens more and &s;ome</L>
<L>And al&s;o your doughter eke</L>
<L>And yf my gloues ben for them mete</L>
<L>Or wyll vpon ony of there hondes</L>
<L>Than wolde I fayne take my londes</L>
<L>And yf my gloues wyll not &s;oo</L>
<L>Thenne wyll I take my leue and goo</L>
<L>All the women were out brought</L>
<L>That there aboute myght be &s;ought</L>
<L>All the a&s;&s;ayed the gloues than</L>
<L>But they where mete for no woman</L>
<L>Syr Degore toke vp his gloues anone</L>
<L>And al&s;o toke leue for to gone</L>
<L>The Erle was a lorde of gentyll blode</L>
<L>He gaue &s;yr Degore a &s;tede ryght good</L>
<L>And therto he gaue hym good armure</L>
<L>The whiche was both fayre and &s;ure</L>
<L>And al&s;o a page his man to be</L>
<L>And an hakneye to ryde on truely</L>
<L>Syr Degore was glade and blythe</L>
<L>And thanked the erle many a &s;ythe</L>
<PB REF="8">
<L>He rode forthe vpon his waye</L>
<L>Many a myle vpon &s;omers daye</L>
<L>Vpon a daye moche people he mette</L>
<L>He houed &s;tyll and fayre them grette</L>
<L>And a&s;ked a &s;quyre what tydynge</L>
<L>And frome whens came all that folke rydynge</L>
<L>The &s;quyre &s;ayd &s;yr veramente</L>
<L>They come frome the parlamente</L>
<L>Fro a coun&s;eyll the kynge dyde make</L>
<L>The whiche is for his doughters &s;ake</L>
<L>But whan the parlament was moo&s;t plenere</L>
<L>The kynge lete crye bothe fer and nere</L>
<L>Yf ony man were &s;oo bolde</L>
<L>That with the kynge Iu&s;t wolde</L>
<L>He &s;holde haue his doughter in maryage</L>
<L>And all his londe and herytage</L>
<L>It is a londe bothe good and fayre</L>
<L>And the kynge therto had none ayre</L>
<L>But &s;ertes there dare no man graunt therto</L>
<L>Many one &s;ayd they myght not doo</L>
<L>For euery man that rydeth to hym</L>
<L>He beteth them with &s;trokes grym</L>
<L>Some he breketh the necke anone</L>
<L>Of &s;ome he cracketh bothe backe and bone</L>
<L>Some thrughe the body he glytte</L>
<L>And &s;ome to deth he &s;mytte</L>
<L>And to hym may no man do nothynge</L>
<L>Suche a grace euer had our kynge</L>
<L>Syr Degore &s;tode in a &s;tody than</L>
<L>And thought he was a doughty man</L>
<L>And I am in my yonge blode</L>
<L>And I haue hor&s;e and armure good</L>
<PB REF="9">
<L>And as I trowe a full good &s;tede</L>
<L>I wyll a&s;&s;aye yf that I may &s;pede</L>
<L>And yf I may bere the kynge downe</L>
<L>I may be a man of grete renowne</L>
<L>And yf that he me fell can</L>
<L>There knoweth no body what I am</L>
<L>Dethe or lyfe what &s;o me be tyde</L>
<L>I wyll ones ayen&s;t hym ryde</L>
<L>Thus in the cyte his ynne he takes</L>
<L>And re&s;ted hym and mery makes</L>
<L>So vpon a day the kynge he mette</L>
<L>He kneled downe and fayre hym grette</L>
<L>He &s;ayde &s;yr kynge of moche myght</L>
<L>My lorde hath &s;ent me to you ryght</L>
<L>To warne you how it &s;hall be</L>
<L>My lorde wyll come and fyght with the</L>
<L>To Iu&s;t with the my lorde hathe nome</L>
<L>The kynge &s;ayd he &s;hall be welcome</L>
<L>Be he knyghte or barowne</L>
<L>Erle Duke or chorle in towne</L>
<L>There is no man I wyll for&s;ake</L>
<L>Who all may wynne all may take</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; How &s;yr Degore Iu&s;ted with the kynge of En+glonde and &s;mote hym downe.</HEAD>
<L>_SO on the morowe the day was &s;ette</L>
<L>The kynge auy&s;ed moche the bette</L>
<L>But thenne there was no lyuynge man</L>
<L>That Degore tru&s;ted moche vpon</L>
<L>But to chirche that tyme went he</L>
<L>To here a ma&s;&s;e of the trynyte</L>
<PB REF="9">
<L><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></L>
<L>To the fader he offered a floryne</L>
<L>And to the &s;one another fyne</L>
<L>The thyrde to the holy goo&s;t he offered</L>
<L>The pree&s;t in his ma&s;&s;e for hym prayed</L>
<L>And whan the ma&s;&s;e was done</L>
<L>Vnto his ynne he wente anone</L>
<L>He dyde arme hym well in dede</L>
<L>In ryche armure good at nede</L>
<L>His good &s;tede he began to &s;tryde</L>
<L>And toke his &s;pere and forthe dyde ryde</L>
<L>His knaue toke an other &s;pere</L>
<L>And after his may&s;ter gan it bere</L>
<L>Thus in the felde &s;yr degore a bode than</L>
<L>They kynge came with many a man</L>
<L>Many came theder redely</L>
<L>To &s;e the iu&s;tynge truely</L>
<L>All that in the felde were</L>
<L>They &s;ayd and dyde &s;were</L>
<PB REF="10">
<L>That they neuer or that tyme &s;e</L>
<L>So fayre a man with theyr eye</L>
<L>As was that yonge knyght &s;yr Degore</L>
<L>But non wy&s;t what man was he</L>
<L>They rode to gyder at the la&s;te</L>
<L>On theyr good &s;tedes full fa&s;te</L>
<L>The kynge had the gretter &s;hafte</L>
<L>And more he coude of that crafte</L>
<L>To da&s;&s;he hym downe thenne had he mente</L>
<L>And in his &s;hylde &s;ette &s;huche a dente</L>
<L>That his good &s;pere all to bra&s;te</L>
<L>But Degore was &s;tronge and &s;at fa&s;t</L>
<L>Than &s;ayd the kynge alas alas</L>
<L>For me befell neuer &s;uche a ca&s;e</L>
<L>There was neuer man that I myght hit</L>
<L>That euer myght my &s;troke &s;ytte</L>
<L>This is a man all for the nones</L>
<L>For he is a man of grete bones</L>
<L>Thenne toke the kynge a gretter tre</L>
<L>And &s;quare al&s;o mote I the</L>
<L>And yf his necke wyll not a two</L>
<L>His backe &s;hall or that I goo</L>
<L>The kynge rode to hym with grete randowne</L>
<L>And thought to haue da&s;&s;hed the chylde downe.</L>
<L>He &s;mote &s;yr Degore &s;oone anone</L>
<L>Ryght before the br&s;t bone</L>
<L>That his hor&s;e was rered on hye</L>
<L>And &s;yr Degore was fallen nye</L>
<L>Syr Degore thus his cours out yode</L>
<L>He was &s;ore angry in his mode</L>
<L>Alas he &s;ayd I haue my&s;&s;ed yet</L>
<L>And he hath me twyes hit</L>
<PB REF="10">
<L>And neuer ones with hym I met</L>
<L>By god I &s;hall me auy&s;e bet</L>
<L>They rode togyder with grete myght</L>
<L>In theyr &s;heldes theyr &s;peres pyght</L>
<L>That theyr good &s;peres all to broke</L>
<L>Vnto theyr handes with the &s;troke</L>
<L>And than the kynge began to &s;peke</L>
<L>Gyue me a &s;pere that wyll not breke</L>
<L>For he &s;hall anone be &s;myten downe</L>
<L>Thoughe he be as &s;tronge as was &s;amp&s;owne</L>
<L>And yf he be the deuyll of hell</L>
<L>I &s;hall hym &s;oone downe fell</L>
<L>The kynge toke a &s;pere &s;tyfe and &s;tronke</L>
<L>And Degore toke a nother good and longe</L>
<L>And &s;touly to the kynge he &s;mytte</L>
<L>The kynge hym fayled and Degore hym it</L>
<L>And &s;yr Degore &s;oo hym bete</L>
<L>That he made the kynges hor&s;e torne vp his fete.</L>
<L>Boldely he rode vp than</L>
<L>And &s;emed a full goodly man</L>
<L>The kynge was out of his &s;adyll ca&s;te</L>
<L>Wherof his doughter was &s;ore a ga&s;te</L>
<L>Thenne was there moche noy&s;e and crye</L>
<L>The kynge was &s;ore a&s;&s;hamed for thy</L>
<L>Wele I wote his doughter was &s;ory</L>
<L>Fer thenne &s;he wy&s;te redely</L>
<L>That &s;he &s;hulde maryed be</L>
<L>To a man of a &s;traunge countree</L>
<L>And lede her lyfe with &s;uche one</L>
<L>That &s;he wy&s;te neuer fro whens he come</L>
<L>The kynge &s;ayd to &s;yr Degore</L>
<L>Come heder fayre &s;one me before</L>
<PB REF="11">
<L>And thou were as gentyll a man</L>
<L>As thou &s;eme&s;t to loke vpan</L>
<L>And thou coude wyt and rea&s;on doo</L>
<L>As thou arte doughty man to</L>
<L>I wolde thynke my londe well be&s;et</L>
<L>And yf it were fyue tymes the bet</L>
<L>For worde &s;poken I mu&s;t nedes holde</L>
<L>Before my barons that be &s;o bolde</L>
<L>I take the my doughter by the honde</L>
<L>And &s;e&s;&s;e the in all my londe</L>
<L>To be myn heyre after me</L>
<L>In Ioye and bly&s;&s;e for to be</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; How &s;yr Degore wedded his moder the ky~ges doughter of Englonde / and howe &s;hewe knewe y^t he whas her &s;one by the gloues.<FIGURE>
</FIGURE></HEAD>
<PB REF="11">
<L>GRete ordynaunce was there wrought</L>
<L>To the chyrche dore they were brought</L>
<L>And were there wedded veramente</L>
<L>Vnto the holy &s;acramente</L>
<L>Loke what foly happened there</L>
<L>That he &s;holde wedde his owne modere</L>
<L>The whiche had borne hym one her &s;yde</L>
<L>And yet he knewe nothynge that tyde</L>
<L>He knewe nothynge of her kenne</L>
<L>Nor &s;he knewe nothynge of hym</L>
<L>And bothe togyder ordeyned to bedde</L>
<L>Yet parauenture they may be &s;ybble</L>
<L>Thus dyde &s;yr Degore the bolde</L>
<L>He wedded his moder to haue and to holde</L>
<L>God &s;uffred moche thynge there</L>
<L>But yet he lete them not &s;ynne in fere</L>
<L>It pa&s;&s;ed on the hye tyme of none</L>
<L>And the daye was nere hande done</L>
<L>To bed was brought bothe he and &s;he</L>
<L>With grete myrthe and &s;olempnyte</L>
<L>Syr Degore &s;tode and be helde than</L>
<L>And thought of the hermyte holy man</L>
<L>That he &s;holde neuer for thy</L>
<L>Wedde no Wedowe nor lady</L>
<L>But yf &s;he myght the gloues two</L>
<L>Lyhtly vpon her handes doo</L>
<L>Alas than &s;ayd &s;yr Degore</L>
<L>The tyme that euer I was bore</L>
<L>And &s;ayd anone with heuy chere</L>
<L>Me had leuer than all this kyngdome here</L>
<L>That is now &s;e&s;&s;yed in to my honde</L>
<L>That I were fayre out of this londe</L>
<PB REF="12">
<L>The kynge the&s;e wordes harde tho</L>
<L>And &s;ayd dere &s;one why &s;ay&s;t thou &s;o</L>
<L>Is there ought ayen&s;te thy wyll</L>
<L>Other done or &s;ayd that dothe the yll</L>
<L>Or ony thynge that is my&s;done</L>
<L>Tell me and it &s;hall be amended &s;one</L>
<L>Naye lorde he &s;ayd thenne</L>
<L>But for all the maryage that done hath ben</L>
<L>I wyll not with no woman mell</L>
<L>Wyfe wedowe nor damoy&s;ell</L>
<L>But yf &s;he myght the&s;e gloues doo</L>
<L>Lyghtly vpon her handes two</L>
<L>And whan the lady gan this here</L>
<L>A none &s;he changed all her chere</L>
<L>And all to gyder turned her mode</L>
<L>Her vi&s;age waxed rede as ony blode</L>
<L>She knewe that the gloues longed to her</L>
<L>And &s;ayd gyue me the gloues fayre &s;yr</L>
<L>She toke the gloues in that that &s;tede</L>
<L>And lyghtly vpon her handes them dyde</L>
<L>She fell downe and began to crye</L>
<L>And &s;ayd lorde god I a&s;ke mercy</L>
<L>I am thy moder that the dyde bere</L>
<L>And thou arte my owne &s;one dere</L>
<L>Syr Degore full &s;one tho</L>
<L>Toke her vp in his arumes two</L>
<L>Than were they glade and blythe</L>
<L>They ky&s;&s;ed to gyder many a &s;ythe</L>
<L>The kynge of them had grete meruayll</L>
<L>Of the noy&s;e they made withouten fayll</L>
<L>And was a ba&s;&s;hed of theyr wepynge</L>
<L>And &s;ayd doughter what is this thynge</L>
<PB REF="12">
<L>Fader &s;he &s;ayd wyll ye it here</L>
<L>Ye wene that I a mayden were</L>
<L>Nay truely fader I am none</L>
<L>For it is .xx. wynter a gone</L>
<L>This is my &s;one god it wote</L>
<L>And by the&s;e gloues I it wotte</L>
<L>She tolde hym all togyder there</L>
<L>How he was begoten on here</L>
<L>Than be&s;pake &s;yr Degore</L>
<L>Swete moder than &s;ayd he</L>
<L>Where is my fader wonnynge</L>
<L>And whan herde ye of hym ony tythynge</L>
<L>Sone &s;he &s;ayd by heuen kynge</L>
<L>I can tell of hym no tydynge</L>
<L>But whan thy fader frome me wente</L>
<L>A poyntles &s;werde he me lente</L>
<L>And charged me to kepe it than</L>
<L>Tyll the tyme thou were a man</L>
<L>She fette the &s;werde full &s;wythe</L>
<L>And &s;yr Degore it out twythe</L>
<L>Longe and brode it was perde</L>
<L>There was none &s;uche in that countre</L>
<L>Truely &s;ayd &s;yr Degore than</L>
<L>Who &s;o it owed he was a man</L>
<L>Now god of heuen he me kepe</L>
<L>Nyght nor daye I wyll not &s;lepe</L>
<L>Tyll the tyme I may my fader &s;e</L>
<L>In cry&s;tendome yf that he be</L>
<L>He made hym mery that ylke nyght</L>
<L>On the moro whan it was day lyght</L>
<L>He wente to the chyrche to here ma&s;&s;e</L>
<L>And made hym redy for to pa&s;&s;e</L>
<PB REF="13">
<L>Than &s;ayd the kynge my nexte kynne</L>
<L>I wyll gyue the knyghtes with the to wynne</L>
<L>Syr he &s;ayd gramercy than</L>
<L>With &s;hall go no other man</L>
<L>But my knaue that may take hed</L>
<L>To myn armure and to my &s;tede</L>
<L>He lepte on hor&s;e the &s;othe to &s;aye</L>
<L>And rode forth on his Iournaye</L>
<L>Many a myle and many awaye</L>
<L>He rode forth on his palfraye</L>
<L>And euer more he rode we&s;t</L>
<L>Tyll tyme he came to a fore&s;t</L>
<L>Wylde be&s;tes there wente hym by</L>
<L>And foules &s;onge there full merely</L>
<L>So longe he rode tyll it drewe to nyght</L>
<L>The &s;one wente doune and fayled lyght</L>
<L>Vnto &s;ome towne fayne wolde he ryde</L>
<L>But there was none on neyther &s;yde</L>
<L>Soone after he founde a ca&s;tell clere</L>
<L>A lady truely wonned there</L>
<L>A fayre ca&s;tell of lyme and &s;tone</L>
<L>But other towne there was none</L>
<L>Degore &s;ayd to his knaue that tyde</L>
<L>Wyll we to that ca&s;tell ryde</L>
<L>And all nyght abyde wyll we</L>
<L>And a&s;ke lodgynge for charyte</L>
<L>The drabryge was drawen tho</L>
<L>And the yate &s;tode open al&s;o</L>
<L>Vnto the ca&s;tell they gan them &s;pede</L>
<L>And fyr&s;t he &s;tabled vp his &s;tede</L>
<L>And than he &s;et vp his hakeney</L>
<L>I noughe they founde of corne and hey</L>
<PB REF="13">
<L>He wente a boute and gan to call</L>
<L>Bothe in the courte and eke in hall</L>
<L>Nether for loue nor yet for awe</L>
<L>Lyuynge man none there they &s;awe</L>
<L>And in the myddes of the hall floure</L>
<L>There was a grete fyre in that &s;toure</L>
<L>Than &s;ayd his man leue &s;yre</L>
<L>I haue wonder who made this fyre</L>
<L>Yf he wyll come agaye this nyght</L>
<L>I wyll hym abyde as I am knyght</L>
<L>He &s;et hym done vpon the dea&s;e</L>
<L>And made hym well at ea&s;e</L>
<L>Than was he ware &s;oone of one</L>
<L>That at the dore he gan gone</L>
<L>And thre maydens fayre and fre</L>
<L>That where tru&s;&s;ed vp to the knee</L>
<L>Twayne of them bowes dyde bere</L>
<L>And two of them charged were</L>
<L>With veny&s;on that was full good</L>
<L>Thenne &s;yr Degore vp &s;tode</L>
<L>And ble&s;&s;ed them a none ryght</L>
<L>But they &s;pake not to the knyght</L>
<L>But whente in to the cambre a none</L>
<L>And &s;hytte the dore full &s;one</L>
<L>And a none after therwithall</L>
<L>There came a dwarfe in to the hall</L>
<L>Foure fote was the length of hym</L>
<L>His vy&s;age was bothe grete and grym</L>
<L>And the hear that on his heed was</L>
<L>It was yelo as ony waye</L>
<L>But full &s;touly than loked he</L>
<PB REF="14">
<L>He ware a cyrcote that was grene</L>
<L>With blaunchmer it was furred I wene</L>
<L>He was well clade and well dyght</L>
<L>His &s;hone was corked as a knyght</L>
<L>He was large bothe of fote and hande</L>
<L>As ony man was in that lande</L>
<L>Syr Degore loked on hym tho</L>
<L>And to hym reuerence dyde doo</L>
<L>And he to hym wolde &s;peke no worde</L>
<L>But made hym be&s;y to lye the borde</L>
<L>He layde the clothe and &s;ette forth brede</L>
<L>And al&s;o wyne bothe whyte and rede</L>
<L>Torches in the hall he dydde lyght</L>
<L>All thynge redy to &s;ouper he dyght</L>
<L>And &s;one after with grete honoure</L>
<L>There came a lady out of her boure</L>
<L>And with her came maydens fyftene</L>
<L>Some in rede and &s;ome in grene</L>
<L>Syr Degore folowed a none ryght</L>
<L>And nought &s;he &s;pake vnto that knyght</L>
<L>But yede and wa&s;&s;hed euerychone</L>
<L>And to &s;ouper gan they gone</L>
<L>The lady was fayre and bryght</L>
<L>In the myddes of the de&s;&s;e &s;he &s;et downe ryght</L>
<L>On euery &s;yde &s;at maydens fyne</L>
<L>Fayre and goodly as ony was a lyue</L>
<L>By god than &s;ayd &s;yr Degore</L>
<L>I haue you ble&s;&s;ed and ye not me</L>
<L>But ye &s;eme dombe by &s;aynt Iohan</L>
<L>I &s;hall make you &s;peke and I can</L>
<L>Syr Degore coude of curtey&s;y</L>
<L>He yede and &s;at before the lady</L>
<PB REF="14">
<L>And whan he had taken that &s;ete</L>
<L>He toke a knyfe and cutte his mete</L>
<L>Full lytell mete at &s;ouper ete he</L>
<L>He dyde &s;o be holde that mayden fre</L>
<L>Hym thought &s;he was the fayre&s;t lady</L>
<L>That euer afore he dyde &s;e</L>
<L>All his herte thought and myght</L>
<L>Was on that lady that was to bryght</L>
<L>And whan they had &s;ouped all</L>
<L>The dwerfe brought water in to the hall</L>
<L>Thenne gan they wa&s;&s;he euerychone</L>
<L>And than to chambre gan they gone</L>
<L>Truely quod Degore and after I wyll</L>
<L>To loke on that lady all my fyll</L>
<L>Who that me warneth he &s;hall abye</L>
<L>Or to do hym make a &s;ory crye</L>
<L>Vpon the &s;tayre the waye he nome</L>
<L>And &s;oone in to the chambre he come</L>
<L>They lady that was &s;o fayre and bryght</L>
<L>Vpno her bedde &s;he &s;at downe ryght</L>
<L>She harped notes &s;wete and fyne</L>
<L>Her maydens fylled a pyece of wyne</L>
<L>And &s;yr Degore &s;at hym downe</L>
<L>For to here the harpes &s;owne</L>
<L>That thorowe the notes of the harpe &s;hyll</L>
<L>He layde hym downe and &s;lepte his fyll</L>
<L>This fayre lady that ylke nyght</L>
<L>She bad go couer that gentyll knyght</L>
<L>And ryche clothes aboute hym ca&s;te</L>
<L>And the lady wente to a nother bed at the la&s;te</L>
<L>So on the morowe whan it was daye</L>
<L>The lady ro&s;e the &s;othe to &s;aye</L>
<PB REF="15">
<L>And in to the chambre her waye gan take</L>
<L>She &s;ayd &s;yr knyght a ry&s;e and wake</L>
<L>They lady &s;ayd all in game</L>
<L>Ye be well worthy to haue blame</L>
<L>For as a bee&s;t all nyght thou dyde &s;lepe</L>
<L>And of my maydens toke&s;t no kepe</L>
<L>And than an&s;wered the knyght &s;o fre</L>
<L>Mercy madame and forgyue it me</L>
<L>The notes of thyne harpe it made</L>
<L>Or elles the good wyne that I hade</L>
<L>But tell me now my lady hende</L>
<L>Or I out of this chambre wende</L>
<L>who hathe this ca&s;tell in his honde</L>
<L>And who is lorde of this londe</L>
<L>wheder that ye be mayden or wyfe</L>
<L>And in what maner ye lede your lyfe</L>
<L>And why ye haue &s;o many women</L>
<L>Alone withouten ony men</L>
<L>Syr fayne I wolde the tell</L>
<L>And thou coude it amende well</L>
<L>My fader was a bolde barowne</L>
<L>And holden a lorde of toure and towne</L>
<L>He had neuer chylde but me</L>
<L>I am ayre in this countre</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; How &s;yr Degore foughte for a lady with a gy|aunt and &s;lewe hym.
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<FIGURE>
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<L>THere hathe me wowed many a knyght</L>
<L>And many a &s;quyre well dyght</L>
<L>But than theyr wonned here be&s;yde</L>
<L>A &s;toute gyaunt full of pryde</L>
<L>He hathe me de&s;yred longe nad yore</L>
<L>And hym to loue may I neuer more</L>
<L>He is a boute with his me&s;trye</L>
<L>To do me &s;hame and velonye</L>
<L>And he hathe &s;layne my men ychone</L>
<L>Saue my &s;ory dwerfe alone</L>
<L>Ryght as they &s;tode &s;he fell to grounde</L>
<L>And &s;oned there in that &s;tounde</L>
<L>All her damoy&s;elles to her come</L>
<L>To comforte her and her vp nome</L>
<L>The lady loked on &s;yr Degore</L>
<L>Lefe dame thenne &s;ayd he</L>
<L>Be not adrad whyles I am here</L>
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<L>I wyll the helpe to my powere</L>
<L>Syr &s;he &s;ayd thenne all my londe</L>
<L>I wll it ce&s;&s;e in to thy honde</L>
<L>And all my good I wyll the gyue</L>
<L>And all my body whyle I lyue</L>
<L>For to be at all your wyll</L>
<L>Erly and late loude and &s;tyll</L>
<L>And thy lemman for to be</L>
<L>To wreke me nowe on myn eneme</L>
<L>That was Degore fayne to fyght</L>
<L>For to defende that ladyes ryght</L>
<L>And to &s;le that other knyght</L>
<L>And wynne that lady that was &s;o bryght</L>
<L>And as they &s;tode bothe in fere</L>
<L>Her maydens came rydynge with heuy chere</L>
<L>She bad drawe the bryge ha&s;tely</L>
<L>For here cometh youre enemy</L>
<L>Or elles he wyll &s;le vs ychone</L>
<L>Syr Degore &s;terte vp anone</L>
<L>Oute at a wyndowe he hym &s;e</L>
<L>He was &s;one armed on hor&s;e hye</L>
<L>So &s;toute a man as he was one</L>
<L>In armes &s;awe &s;he neuer none</L>
<L>Syr Degore armed hym by lyue</L>
<L>And oure of the ca&s;tell he gan dryue</L>
<L>And rode euen the gyaunt agayne</L>
<L>They &s;mote togyder with moche mayne</L>
<L>That theyr good &s;peres all to bra&s;t</L>
<L>Degore was &s;troge and &s;at fa&s;t</L>
<L>But his &s;tedes bake bra&s;te a two</L>
<L>Thenne &s;yr Degore fell to the grounde tho</L>
<L>And thenne he &s;terte vp and loughe</L>
<PB REF="16">
<L>And his good &s;werde he out drughe</L>
<L>Than &s;ayd the gyaunt to hym anone</L>
<L>On fote we wyll to gyder gone</L>
<L>Thou ha&s;t &s;ayd Degore &s;layne my good &s;tede</L>
<L>I hope to quyte the thy mede</L>
<L>To &s;le thy &s;tede nought I wyll</L>
<L>But to fyght with the my fyll</L>
<L>And tho they fought on fote in fere</L>
<L>With &s;tronge &s;trokes on helme clere</L>
<L>The gyaunt gaue &s;yr Degore</L>
<L>Houge &s;trokes grete plente</L>
<L>And &s;yr Degore dyde hym al&s;o</L>
<L>Tyll helme and ba&s;ynet bar&s;te in two</L>
<L>The gyanut was a greued &s;ore</L>
<L>Bycau&s;e he hadde his blode lore</L>
<L>He &s;troke vpon &s;yr Degore &s;oo</L>
<L>That to the grounde he made hym goo</L>
<L>Syr Degore recouered &s;oone a plyght</L>
<L>And &s;uche a &s;troke he gaue that knyght</L>
<L>And on the crowne &s;oo it &s;ette</L>
<L>That throwe his helme and ba&s;ynet</L>
<L>He made the &s;werde go thorowe his het</L>
<L>And anone the gyaunt fell downe deed</L>
<L>The lady &s;at in her ca&s;tell</L>
<L>And fawe all the holde batayll</L>
<L>How the gyaunt was &s;layne</L>
<L>That wolde her haue forlayne</L>
<L>She was as glade of that &s;yght</L>
<L>As euer was bryde of the daye lyght</L>
<L>Syr Degore came to the cae&s;tll</L>
<L>Ano agayn&s;t hym came that damoy&s;ell</L>
<L>She thanked hym of his good dede</L>
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<L>And in her chambre &s;he dyde hym lede</L>
<L>She &s;ette hym on her bed anone</L>
<L>And vnarmed hym full &s;one</L>
<L>She toke hym in her harmes two</L>
<L>And ky&s;&s;ed hym .C. tymes and mo</L>
<L>And &s;ayd all my good I wyll the gyue</L>
<L>And my body whyle I lyue</L>
<L>Gramercy damoy&s;ell then &s;ayd he</L>
<L>Of that ye haue graunted me</L>
<L>But I mu&s;t in to ferre contree</L>
<L>Mo auentures for to &s;e</L>
<L>Vnto this twelue monthes be ago</L>
<L>And thenne I &s;hall come you to</L>
<L>He betoke her to the heuen kynge</L>
<L>The lady wepte at his departynge</L>
<L>Syr Degore rode vpon his waye</L>
<L>Many a longe Iourney</L>
<L>And euer more he rode we&s;t</L>
<L>Tyll a lande he founde in a fore&s;t</L>
<L>To hym came prekynge a knyght</L>
<L>Well armed and on his hor&s;e dyght</L>
<L>In armes that wolde endure</L>
<L>With fyne golde and ryche a&s;ure</L>
<L>Thre bore hedes were theryne</L>
<L>They whiche were of golde fyne</L>
<L>As &s;oone as euer he &s;awe that knyght</L>
<L>He &s;pake to hym a none ryght</L>
<L>And &s;ayd velayne what doo&s;t thou here</L>
<L>In my fore&s;t to &s;le my dere</L>
<L>Syr Degore &s;ayd with wordes meke</L>
<L>Syr of thy dere I take no kepe</L>
<L>For I am auenturous knyght</L>
<PB REF="17">
<L>That gothe to &s;eke warre and fyght</L>
<L>His fader an&s;wered and &s;ayd &s;aunfayll</L>
<L>And thou be come to &s;eke batayll</L>
<L>Thenne make the redy in a &s;tounde</L>
<L>For thou ha&s;te thy felowe founde</L>
<L>And thenne &s;yr Degore without daungere</L>
<L>Armed hym to fyght with his fadere</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; How &s;yr Degore fought with his fader &amp; how his fader knewe hym by the broken &s;werde.<FIGURE>
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<L>A Well godd helme for the nones</L>
<L>And well &s;ette with precyus &s;tones</L>
<PB REF="18">
<L>It myght well be his owne &s;aunfayll</L>
<L>For he wanne it ones in batayll</L>
<L>He ke&s;t his &s;helde aboute his &s;were</L>
<L>Of ryall armes good and dere</L>
<L>His good &s;tede he began to &s;tryde</L>
<L>He toke his &s;pere and began to ryde</L>
<L>And his man toke an other &s;pere</L>
<L>And by his &s;yde he gan it bere</L>
<L>But loke what foly began that tyde</L>
<L>The &s;one agayn&s;t the fader gan ryde</L>
<L>But neyther knewe other a ryght</L>
<L>And thus began they to fyght</L>
<L>Syr Degore had the greater &s;hafte</L>
<L>And wonder well he coude his crafte</L>
<L>To da&s;&s;he hym downe than had he wente</L>
<L>And in his &s;helde gaue &s;uche a dente</L>
<L>That his good &s;pere all to bra&s;t</L>
<L>But his fader was &s;tronge and &s;at fa&s;t</L>
<L>Another cours than haue they take</L>
<L>The fader for the &s;ones &s;ake</L>
<L>So harde they &s;mote togyder in &s;othe</L>
<L>That theyr hor&s;es backes broke bothe</L>
<L>And thenne they fought on fote in fere</L>
<L>Wirh harde &s;trokes on helme clere</L>
<L>And thus his fader a meruayled was</L>
<L>Of his &s;werde that was poyntles</L>
<L>And to hym &s;ayd anone ryght</L>
<L>Abyde a whyle thou gentyll knyght</L>
<L>Where was thou borne and in what londe</L>
<L>Syr he &s;ayd in Englonde</L>
<L>A kynges doughter is my moder</L>
<L>But I wote not who is my fader</L>
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<L>What is thy name thenne &s;ayd he</L>
<L>Syr my name is Degore</L>
<L>Syr Degore thou arte welcome</L>
<L>For well I wote thou arte my &s;one</L>
<L>By this &s;werde I knowe the here</L>
<L>The poynt is in my pautenere</L>
<L>He toke the poynt and &s;ette it to</L>
<L>And they accorded bothe two</L>
<L>So longe they haue &s;poke togyder</L>
<L>Bothe the &s;one and the fader</L>
<L>That they be ryght well at one</L>
<L>The fader and the &s;one alone</L>
<L>Syr Degore and his fader dere</L>
<L>In to Englonde they rode in fere</L>
<L>They were bothe armed and well dyght</L>
<L>As it becometh euery knyght</L>
<L>They rode forth on theyr Iourney</L>
<L>Many a myle of that countrey</L>
<L>And on theyr way they rode full fa&s;t</L>
<L>In to Englonde they came at the la&s;te</L>
<L>Whan they myght Englonde &s;e</L>
<L>They drewe theder as they wolde be</L>
<L>Whan they wher to that palays come</L>
<L>They wher welcome all and &s;ome</L>
<L>And they behelde ouer all</L>
<L>The lady them &s;pyed ouer a wall</L>
<L>And whan that lady &s;awe that &s;yght</L>
<L>She wente to them with all her myght</L>
<L>And ryght well &s;he them knewe</L>
<L>And than &s;he chaunged all her hewe</L>
<L>And &s;ayd my dere &s;one Degore</L>
<L>Thou ha&s;t thy fader brought with the</L>
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<L>Truely madame than &s;ayd he</L>
<L>Full well I wote that it is he</L>
<L>Now thanked be god than &s;ayd the kynge</L>
<L>For nowe I wote without le&s;ynge</L>
<L>Who is &s;yr Degores fader in dede</L>
<L>The lady &s;woned in that &s;tede</L>
<L>And &s;one after &s;ekerly</L>
<L>The knyght wedded that lady</L>
<L>She and her &s;one was departed I twynne</L>
<L>For he and &s;he were to nye of kynne</L>
<L>Forth thenne wente &s;yr degore</L>
<L>With the kynge and his meyne</L>
<L>His fader and his moder dere</L>
<L>Vnto they ca&s;tell they wente in fere</L>
<L>Where as dwelled that lady bryght</L>
<L>That he had wonne in fyght</L>
<L>And wedded her witth grete &s;olempnyte</L>
<L>Before all the lordes of that countre</L>
<L>Thus came the knyght out of his care</L>
<L>God gyue vs grace well to fare</L>
<L>And that we all vpon domes day</L>
<L>Come to the bly&s;&s;e that la&s;teth ay.</L>
</DIV2>
<CLOSER>AMEN</CLOSER>
</DIV1>
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<BACK>
<DIV1 TYPE="colophon">
<P>&para; Thus endeth the treaty&s;e of &s;yr Degore. En|prynted at London in Flete &s;trete at the &s;ygne of the &s;onne by Wynkyn de worde.</P>
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