And ever yede a lady and a knight.

The Flower.

And at the last I cast myn eye asyde,

And was ware of a lusty company

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That came, roming out of the feld wyde,

Hond in hond, a knight and a lady;

The ladies alle in surcotes, that richly

Purfyled were with many a riche stoon;

And every knight of greene ware mantles on,