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,