Hou that thei weren alle glade,
So mochel joie of him thei made.
The presens every day be newed,
He was with yiftes al besnewed;
The poeple was of him so glad,
That thogh non other man hem bad, 1500
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Taillage upon hemself thei sette,
And as it were of pure dette
Thei yeve here goodes to the king: