To the abbot sayd he,
‘To suffre a knyght to knele so longe,
Thou canst no curteysye.
116.
116.3 ‘as ferre in prees,’ in as thick a part of the fight.
‘In joustës and in tournement
Full ferre than have I be,
And put myself as ferre in prees
As ony that ever I se.’
117.