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Þer cam a noþer stout sarazin,
Þat was armed wel a fin,
Þat hiȝte myafle of bagounde,
& wiþ a litel stounde
He made his stede swiþe to goon,
& smot oliuer a noon
Þorou out al his armure briȝt,
He woundede sore þat gode kniȝt.