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Tables are raised aloft, 1648 Þenne þay teldet tableȝ [on] trestes alofte, cloths cast upon them, Kesten cloþeȝ vpon, clere lyȝt þenne and torches are lighted. Wakned bi woȝeȝ, waxen torches Seggeȝ 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 songeȝ, As coundutes of kryst-masse, & caroleȝ newe, 1656 With alle þe manerly merþe þat mon may of telle. and ever our lovely knight by the lady sits, & euer oure luflych knyȝt 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 watȝ þe wyȝe, & wroth with hym-seluen, Bot he nolde not for his nurture nurne hir a-ȝayneȝ, 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 (?).