[2180] Thei wald nocht leif for trawell nor for eß.
And ſum tyme It preſwmyt was & ſaid,
that he once had the flower of knighthood in his household, but now this flower is away.
That in my houſhold of al this world I had
The flour of knychthed and of chevalry;
[2184] Bot now thar-of y ſe the contrarye,
Sen that the flour of knychthed is away.”
“Schir,” quod he, “of Reſone ſuth yhe ſay;
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And if god will, In al this warld ſo Round