Til ate laste on Collatin,

A worthi knyht, and was cousin

To Arrons, seide him in this wise:

‘It is,’ quod he, ‘of non emprise

To speke a word, bot of the dede,

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Anon forthi this same tyde

Lep on thin hors and let ous ryde:

So mai we knowe bothe tuo

Unwarli what oure wyves do,