Had on him throwen a vesture,

Which that men clepe a [cote-armure],

Enbrowded wonderliche riche,

Al-though they nere nought y-liche.

[But noght nil I, so mote I thryve],

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[Been aboute] to discryve

Al these armes that ther weren,

That they thus on hir cotes beren,

For hit to me were impossible;