But tho that crowned were in laurer grene
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Wan the pryse; their dintës were so sore
That ther was non ayenst hem might sustene;
And [than] the justing al was left of clene;
And fro their hors the †nine alight anon;
And so did al the remnant everichon.
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And forth they yede togider, twain and twain,
That to behold, it was a worldly sight,