Of Sones fyve, and douhtres thre 7310

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Besiden hem, and thritty mo,[651]

And weren knyhtes alle tho,

Bot noght upon his wif begete,

Bot elles where he myhte hem gete

Of wommen whiche he hadde knowe;

Such was the world at thilke throwe:

So that he was of children riche,

As therof was noman his liche.[652]