....our Lady was borne,
Then thought Cornewall King these palmers had beene in Britt.
Then bespake him Cornewall King,
These were the words he said there:
80 "Did you ever know a comely King,
His name was King Arthur?"
And then bespake him noble King Arthur,
These were the words said hee:
"I doe not know that comly King,
85 But once my selfe I did him see."
Then bespake Cornwall King againe,
These were the words said he.
Sayes, "Seven yeere I was clad and fed,
In Litle Brittaine, in a bower;
90 I had a daughter by King Arthurs wife,
It now is called my flower;
For King Arthur, that kindly cockward,
Hath none such in his bower.
"For I durst sweare, and save my othe,
95 That same lady soe bright,
That a man that were laid on his death-bed
Wold open his eyes on her to have sight."
"Now, by my faith," sayes noble King Arthur,
"And thats a full faire wight!"
100 And then bespoke Cornewall [King] againe,
And these were the words [he said]:
"Come hither, five or three of my knights,
And feitch me downe my steed;
King Arthur, that foule cockeward,
105 Hath none such, if he had need.
"For I can ryde him as far on a day,
As King Arthur can doe any of his on three.
And is it not a pleasure for a King,
When he shall ryde forth on his journey?
110 "For the eyes that beene in his head,
[They] glister as doth the gleed;"—
"Now, by my faith," says noble King Arthur,
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