Of officers; for he is, out of dowte,

A straunger yit:'—'Come on,' quod Philobone,

'Philogenet, with me now must ye gon.'

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And stalking soft with esy pace, I saw

About the king [ther] stonden environ,

Attendaunce, Diligence, and their felaw

Fortherer, Esperaunce, and many oon;

Dred-to-offend there stood, and not aloon;

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