Or trawell In to armys for to hant;

[2196] And lat no knycht fra thyne-furth hyme awant

All the knights rise to go with him.

That it denyith;”—with that onon thei roß,

Al the knychtis, and frome the burdis goß.

The king that ſauch In to his hart was wo,

Arthur reproves him.

[2200] And ſaid, “ſir gawan, nece, why dois yow ſo?

Knowis yow nocht I myne houſhold ſuld encreß,

In knychthed, and in honore, and largeß?