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Arthur would not eat, Bot Arthure wolde not ete til al were serued, He watȝ so Ioly of his Ioyfnes, & sum-quat child gered, His lif liked hym lyȝt, he louied þe lasse nor would he long sit 88 Auþer to lenge lye, or to longe sitte, So bi-sied him his ȝonge blod & his brayn wylde; & also anoþer maner meued him eke, Þat he þurȝ nobelay had nomen, ho wolde neuer ete 92 Vpon such a dere day, er hym deuised were until he had witnessed a "wondrous adventure" of some kind. Of sum auenturus þyng an vncouþe tale, Of sum mayn meruayle, þat he myȝt trawe, Of1 alderes, of armes, of oþer auenturus, 96 Oþer sum segg hym bi-soȝt of sum siker knyȝt, To Ioyne wyth hym in iustyng in Iopardé to lay, Lede lif for lyf, leue vchon oþer, As fortune wolde fulsun hom þe fayrer to haue. 100 Þis watȝ [þe] kynges countenaunce where he in court were, At vch farand fest among his fre meny, [Fol. 92b.] in halle; He of face so bold makes much mirth with all. Þer-fore of face so fere. 104 He stiȝtleȝ stif in stalle, Ful ȝep in þat nw ȝere, Much mirthe he mas with alle. 1 Of of, in MS.