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SI● Henry brought him into the hall. ●●●…ge of ireland was a right goodly knysak the age of xxx year/ & he was right richly ara●●● in purple/ A mantle furred with sables. Euer●●●● beheld him. The king of England & the que●●●●de him great cheer for the worship of Surdit & 〈◊〉 set between the kings doughtere at meet. T●●●●●ge of ireland was right sad & made sy●●●●… Surdit came before him & said unto him 〈◊〉 of good cheer/ for ye have good prison for to between two so fair ladies. Truly 〈…〉 〈…〉 kings youngest daughter and said 〈…〉 ho●●yke ye the king of ireland/ and if I 〈◊〉 he m●●●t please you I would touch of ma●●…●●twe●● you and him although 〈◊〉 ●●tteth me ●o it for poor men are seldom heard among ●ordes. A Surdyt quod she fair sweet sir ●●e●●…●●…ought thereon. ye madame if I thought that it 〈◊〉 your good pleasure. god wot said she he shol●●●●●●se me well if it pleased my lord my father and brothers/ if so be that I m●gh● not have another 〈◊〉 neither king nor duke/ but he is the best kny●●…●f the world. Madame it is hard to know the 〈…〉 r there be many good/ so he thought well 〈◊〉 〈…〉 t for him/ & so did she/ so he would not suppor 〈…〉 fell in to other matters. After that they went 〈…〉 & sport them in the gardens/ Some at the 〈…〉 and some at the tables/ and at other disports. 〈◊〉 after souper they song and danced. And on 〈◊〉 ●●●rowe after the king held his great counsel ●●ere was the king of scots that had wedded 〈◊〉. & the king had wedded the kings sister 〈…〉. And there was the king of corn wail/ & princes & the barons for to wete what should be 〈◊〉 with the king of ireland. So it was spoken 〈◊〉 ●yuers manners that long were to tell. So at the 〈◊〉 ●he king asked Surdyt and said. Surdyt say ●●●r bruyse for it is reason your will be herd/ For 〈…〉 him in subjection. Fain he would ●●●sed him & said. Sith it pleaseth you that 〈…〉 forgive it me if I speak rudely as a man the knight playeth it well. Of all disports ●●…es he could right well/ and on a time Gen●●ened him & said. Surdyt see ye ●●●…his realm 〈…〉 gentylwoman where ye set your heart and you 〈…〉 unce tell it me/ & in good faith I am she that 〈…〉 good heart will help you in worship. Mada●…●●●de he I thank you for alway have I need of good ladyship & help/ but as in that I love th●● as I ought to do good ladies. A Surdyt. say●● they all in common/ is there none that hath advantage one over another. madame they be all so go there may no man to much praise them nor lou● 〈…〉 in worship/ and as for me the love of a poor k●●●●●… is but of little thing. A said she he is not poo● 〈…〉 hath the beauty/ the bounty/ & the good condy●●●●… 〈…〉 the good behaving that ye have for in good 〈…〉 know none so fair nor so great a lady in th●●●●●…tre/ that she ne ought not to hold herself ryg●●… worshipped for to be beloved of such a knight 〈…〉 hope that ye be. Madam I am right fer fro● 〈…〉 one as ye say/ but it pleaseth you for to talk & you with so poor a knight as I am. A said s●● 〈…〉 leave me not/ in good faith I say but as I th●… 〈…〉 way the knight took her talking in mirth & 〈…〉 de & gave her no manner of comfort/ in so more 〈…〉 she espied that he was not in will for to love 〈…〉 ●●●che disposed her much/ For if she had 〈…〉 any manner of comfort that he would ha●● ●●●lde have loved the but he made all fair che●●…●●…t giving any comfort of love/ wherefore 〈…〉 tre many ●yght sorrowful & in especial the 〈…〉 daughters/ right wifely demeaned himself 〈…〉 & pleased all. Many nights he thought on 〈…〉 y & made lays of her the which fell all in come 〈…〉ynging of sorrow & that he should all way serve her 〈…〉 but changing & in those thoughts he took oft 〈…〉 great discomfort & sometime allegiance of 〈…〉 vy thoughts. though it befell that there was ty●●●●●… of war between the king of ireland & the 〈…〉 of England. So there was truce taken that 〈…〉 ●roken at Mighelmas & was passed a three day 〈…〉 d the king of Ireland came with great arms. 〈…〉 tidings came to the court. And the king 〈◊〉 lalonde sent letters over all & made his assemble 〈…〉ned his two sons for to go Surdit asked his 〈…〉. Sir what title hath the king you father 〈…〉 war. And Henry said that his father had 〈…〉 tle taking it on his soul & on his peril Sir 〈…〉 ●urdit than shall I go with you for in no wron 〈…〉 y●● of war will I not arm me for no thing 〈…〉 woo better for to love the souls than the bo 〈…〉 dy at 〈◊〉 mortals which draw every day to 〈…〉 de and the same may not die for she must ha●●●●r reward of the good deed and of the bad his 〈…〉 o heard him & praised him moche in his heart 〈…〉 ●ell he thought that he had good right.