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Þe skwier þouȝte wel by siȝt,
Þat Otuwel was a douȝti kniȝt,
& for he was in message come,
Bi þe hond he haueþ him nome,
& ladde him in to þe halle,
Among þe grete lordes alle,
& þere þei stoden oppon her feet.
He schewede him where þe king seet,

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& tauȝte him hou he scholde knowe,
Þere þei seten oppon a rowe,
Roulond & olyuer,
& þe godde kniȝt ogger.