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On the morn he asks for his arms. He dowelleȝ þer al þat day, and dresseȝ on þe morn, Askeȝ erly hys armeȝ, & alle were þay broȝt A carpet is spread on the floor, 568 Fyrst a tule tapit, tyȝt ouer þe flet, & miche watȝ þe gyld gere þat glent þer alofte; and he steps thereon. Þe stif mon steppeȝ þeron, & þe stel hondoleȝ, He is dubbed in a doublet of Tarsic silk, and a well-made hood. Dubbed in a dublet of a dere tars, 572 & syþen a crafty capados, closed aloft, Þat wyth a bryȝt blaunner was bounden with-inne; They set steel slices on his feet, and lap his legs in steel greaves. Þenne set þay þe sabatounȝ vpon þe segge foteȝ, His legeȝ lapped in stel with luflych greueȝ, 576 With polayneȝ piched þer-to, policed ful clene, Aboute his kneȝ knaged wyth knoteȝ of golde; Fair cuisses enclose his thighs, Queme quyssewes þen, þat coyntlych closed His thik þrawen þyȝeȝ with þwonges to-tachched; and afterwards they put on the steel habergeon, 580 & syþen þe brawden bryne of bryȝt stel ryngeȝ, Vmbe-weued þat wyȝ, vpon wlonk stuffe; well-burnished braces, elbow pieces, and gloves of plate. & wel bornyst brace vpon his boþe armes, With gode cowters & gay, & gloueȝ of plate, 584 & alle þe godlych gere þat hym gayn schulde Þat tyde; Over all this is placed the coat armour. Wyth ryche cote armure, His spurs are then fixed, His gold sporeȝ spend with pryde, and his sword is attached to his side by a silken girdle. 588 Gurde wyth a bront ful sure, With silk sayn vmbe his syde.