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Tables are raised aloft, 1648 Þenne þay teldet table3 [on] trestes alofte, cloths cast upon them, Kesten cloþe3 vpon, clere ly3t þenne and torches are lighted. Wakned bi wo3e3, waxen torches Segge3 sette, & serued in sale al aboute; With much mirth and glee, 1652 Much glam & gle glent vp þer-inne, Aboute þe fyre vpon flet, & on fele wyse, supper is served in the hall, At þe soper & after, mony aþel songe3, As coundutes of kryst-masse, & carole3 newe, 1656 With alle þe manerly merþe þat mon may of telle. and ever our lovely knight by the lady sits, & euer oure luflych kny3t þe lady bi-syde; Such semblaunt to þat segge semly ho made, who does all she can to please her companion. Wyth stille stollen countenaunce, þat stalworth to plese, 1660 Þat al for-wondered wat3 þe wy3e, & wroth with hym-seluen, Bot he nolde not for his nurture nurne hir a-3ayne3, Bot dalt with hir al in daynte, how-se-euer þe dede turned to wrast; When they had long played in the hall, 1664 Quen þay hade played in halle, As longe as hor wylle hom last, they proceeded "to chamber." To chambre he1 con hym calle, & to þe chem-ne þay past. 1 ho (?).