ABSTRACT

Loo here a manhode for to preyse aryght! Vengeaunce of deth, of rancoure and of pryde, Compassyd treason, knyghthode layde asyde, 2670 Worthynesse by envye slawe, Falshede alofte, trauthe abacke ydrawe. Alas, in armes that he shulde falle Of Trecherye, there the bytter galle. Shoulde in this worlde many knyght be founde That be to trauthe of theyr ordre bounde. Alas, alas, for now this Achylles Conspyred hath with his Myrundones The deth of one the worthyest wyght That ever was, and the beste knyght. 2680 Alas for wo, my herte I fele dede For his sake this story whan I rede ...