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[Th]at Rome [th]o kept vnder Myght,
Vnder Frollo (:) a worthy knyght 64
[Th]a_t frau_nce hadde [th]o to kepe,
To rywle, defende, & to lede.
He beats Frollo Arthour and Frollo fou[gh]t in feld;
back to Paris, [Th]ere deyde many vnder scheld. 68
Frollo in-to Paryss fly,
W_y_th strenkthe kept hyt wysely:
and there Arthour byseged [th]_a_t Syte & town
besieges him, Tyll_e_ [th]eire vytayl was y-doon. 72
till Frollo Frollo [th]at worthy knyght?challenges him Proferyd wy_t_h_ Artho_ur for to fyght to single combat. Vnder [th]is wyse & condiciou_n_,--
"Ho hadde [th]e Maystrie (:) haue [th]e crown; 76
And no mo men but [th]ey two."
They fight: [Th]e day Was sett (:) to-geder [th]ey go:
Fayr hyt was to byholde
In suche two kny[gh]ghte[gh] bolde: 80
[Th]er was no word y-spoke,
But eche hadde other by [th]e [th]rote;
[Th]ey smote wy_t_h_ trou_n_chou_n
& wy_t_h swerd;
[Th]at hyt seye were a-ferd; [Fol. 43.] 84
Frollo fou[gh]t wy[th] hys ax (:) as men dude se;
(Frollo with He hytt Arthour (:) so sore (:)
his axe) [th]_a_t he felle on kne.
He ros vp raply (:) and smot hym full_e_ sore;
He dude hym to grent a (.) soue[gh][1]
[th]erfore. [1. ? sone[gh]] 88
thus they hyw on helmes hye,
And schatered on wy[th] scheldes.
[Th]e puple by-gan to crye
[Th]at stood on [th]e feldes; 92