Here fayle3 þou not to fy3t."
XIII.
"I seek no fight," says the knight.
"Nay, frayst I no fy3t, in fayth I þe telle,
Hit arn aboute on þis bench bot berdle3 chylder;
If I were hasped in armes on a he3e stede,
Here is no mon me to mach, for my3te3 so1 wayke.
For-þy I craue in þis court a crystmas gomen,
For hit is 3ol & nwe 3er, & here ar 3ep mony;
If any so hardy in þis hous holde3 hym-seluen,