Of1 alderes, of armes, of oþer auenturus,
Oþer sum segg hym bi-soȝt of sum siker knyȝt,
To Ioyne wyth hym in iustyng in Iopardé to lay,
Lede lif for lyf, leue vchon oþer,
As fortune wolde fulsun hom þe fayrer to haue.
Þis watȝ [þe] kynges countenaunce where he in court were,
At vch farand fest among his fre meny,
in halle;
Þer-fore of face so fere.
He stiȝtleȝ stif in stalle,