And after hem, on many a fresh corsere,

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There came of armed knightës such a rout

That they besprad the largë feld about.

And al they ware[n], after their degrees,

Chapëlets new, made of laurer grene,

Some of oke, and some of other trees;

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Some in their handës berë boughës shene,

Some of laurer, and some of okës kene,