His sheld to-dasshed was with swerdes and maces,

In which men mighte many an arwe finde

That thirled hadde horn and [nerf and rinde];

And ay the peple cryde, 'here cometh our Ioye,

And, next his brother, holdere up of Troye!'

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93. For which he wex a litel reed for shame,

Whan he the peple up-on him herde cryen,

That to biholde it was a noble game,

How sobreliche he caste doun his yën.