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47. A Pure Balade of Love

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Caius Coll. 176, fol. 23r, top

Knyȝtes in travayle for to serve
Wherof the may thanke deserve
Where as thes men of Armes be
Some most ouer the gret see
So that by lande and by ship
The most travayle for wurship
And make many hasty rodes
Somtyme Vnto ynde sumtyme to þe Rodes
And somtyme in to tartary
So that the herialte on theym crye
Viallant viallant Lo where he goith
And then he gyvith hym gold & cloth