& I mot nede3 hit were, wyle I may last;
For non may hyden his harme, bot vnhap ne may hit,
For þer hit one3 is tachched, twynne wil hit neuer."
Þe kyng comforte3 þe kny3t, & alle þe court als,
La3en loude þer-at, & luflyly acorden,
Þat lordes & ladis, þat longed to þe Table,
Vche burne of þe broþer-hede a bauderyk schulde haue,
A bende, a belef hym aboute, of a bry3t grene,
& þat, for sake of þat segge, in swete to were.
For þat wat3 acorded þe renoun of þe Rounde Table,