Now hem he hurte, and hem alle doun he caste;

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Ay where he wente it was arayed thus:

He was hir deeth, and sheld and lyf for us;

That as that day ther dorste noon with-stonde,

Whyl that he held his blody swerd in honde.

30. Therto he is the freendlieste man

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Of grete estat, that ever I saw my lyve;

And wher him list, best felawshipe can