[172] shreeven = shriven, confessed.
[173] werryed = worried.
[174] birtled = brittled, cut up.
[175] ronge = rung, resounded.
[176] sheede = shed, spill.
[18. King Arthur and King Cornwall]
A Fragment
King Arthur of Little Britain unwisely boasts the beauty of his famous Round Table.
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Saies, ‘Come here, cuzen Gawaine so gay,
My sisters sonne be yee;
Ffor you shall see one of the fairest round tables
That ever you see with your eye.’