SI● Henry brought hym into the hal . ●●●…ge of Irlond was a ryght goodly kny●●● the age of .xxx. yere / & he was right rychely ara●●● in purple / A mantyll furred with sables . Euer●●●● behelde hym . The kyng of Englonde & the que●●●●de hym gret chere for the worshyp of Surdit & 〈◊〉 set bytwene the kynges doughtere at mete . T●●●●●ge of Irlonde was ryght sadde & made sy●●●●… Surdit came before hym & sayde vnto hym 〈◊〉 of good chere / for ye haue good pryson for to ●●twene two so fayre ladyes . Truly 〈…〉 〈…〉 kynges yongest doughter and sayd 〈…〉 ho●●yke ye the kyng of Irlonde / and yf I 〈◊〉 he m●●●t please you I wolde touche of ma●●…●●twe●● you and hym allthough 〈◊〉 ●●tteth me ●o it for poore men are seldome herde amonge ●ordes . A Surdyt quod she fayre swete syr ●●e●●…●●…ought theron . ye madame yf I thought that it 〈◊〉 your good plesure . god wote sayd she he shol●●●●●●se me well yf it pleased my lorde my fader and ●●ethren / yf soo be that I m●gh● not haue another 〈◊〉 neyther kynge nor duke / but he is the best kny●●…●f the world . Madame it is harde to knowe the 〈…〉 r there be many good / so he thought well 〈◊〉 〈…〉 t for hym / & so dyd she / so he wold not suppor 〈…〉 fell in to other maters . After that they wente 〈…〉 & sporte theym in the gardynes / Some at the 〈…〉 and some at the tables / and at other dysportes . 〈◊〉 after souper they songe and daunced . And on 〈◊〉 ●●●rowe after the kynge helde his grete counseyll ●●ere was the kynge of scottes that had wedded 〈◊〉 . & the kynge had wedded the kynges syster 〈…〉 . And there was the kynge of corne wayle / & ●●ynces & the barons for to wete what sholde be 〈◊〉 with the kynge of Irlonde . So it was spoken 〈◊〉 ●yuers maners that longe were to tell . So at the 〈◊〉 ●he kynge asked Surdyt and sayd . Surdyt say ●●●r ●●uyse for it is reason your wyll be herde / For 〈…〉 hym in subgeccyon . Fayne he wolde ●●●sed hym & sayd . Sythe it pleaseth you that 〈…〉 forgyue it me yf I speke rudely as a man the knyght playeth it well . Of all dysportes ●●…es he coude ryght well / and on a tyme Gen●●ened hym & sayde . Surdyt se ye ●●●…his realme 〈…〉 gentylwoman where ye set your herte and you 〈…〉 unce tell it me / & in good faythe I am she that 〈…〉 good herte wyll helpe you in worshyp . Mada●…●●●de he I thanke you for alwaye haue I nede of good ladyshyp & helpe / but as in that I loue th●● as I ought to do good ladyes . A Surdyt . say●● they all in comune / is there none that hath aua●●…ge one ouer another . madame they be all so go there may no man to moche preyse them nor lou● 〈…〉 in worshyp / and as for me the loue of a poore k●●●●●… is but of lytell thynge . A sayd she he is not poo● 〈…〉 hathe the beaute / the bounte / & the good condy●●●●… 〈…〉 the good behauynge that ye haue for in good 〈…〉 knowe none so fayre nor so grete a lady in th●●●●●…tre / that she ne ought not to holde herselfe ryg●●… worshypped for to be byloued of suche a knyg●● 〈…〉 hope that ye be . Madame I am ryght fer fro● 〈…〉 one as ye say / but it pleaseth you for to talke & you with so pore a knyght as I am . A sayd s●● 〈…〉 leue me not / in good fayth I saye but as I th●… 〈…〉 way the knyght toke her talkynge in myrth & 〈…〉 de & gaue her no maner of comforte / in so mo 〈…〉 she aspyed that he was not in wyll for to loue 〈…〉 ●●●che dyspleased her moche / For yf she hadde 〈…〉 ony maner of comforte that he wold ha●● ●●●lde haue loued the but he made all fayre che●●…●●…t gyuynge ony comforte of loue / wherfore 〈…〉 tre many ●yght sorowfull & in especyall the 〈…〉 doughters / ryght wyfely demeaned hymselfe 〈…〉 & pleased all . Many nyghtes he thought on 〈…〉 y & made layes of her the whiche fell al in com 〈…〉ynge of sorowe & that he shold al way serue her 〈…〉 but chaungynge & in those thoughtes he toke ofte 〈…〉 greate dyscomforte & somtyme allegyaunce of 〈…〉 uy thoughtes . Tho it befell that there was ty●●●●●… of warre bytwene the kynge of Irlonde & the 〈…〉 of Englonde . So there was trewes taken that 〈…〉 ●roken at Mighelmas & was passed a thre day 〈…〉 d the kynge of Irlonde came with grete armes . 〈…〉 tydynges came to the courte . And the kynge 〈◊〉 ●●londe sent letters ouer all & made his assemble 〈…〉ned his two sones for to go Surdit asked his 〈…〉 . Syr what tytle hathe the kynge you fader 〈…〉 warre . And Henry sayde that his fader hadde 〈…〉 tle takynge it on his soule & on his peryll Sir 〈…〉 ●urdit than shall I go with you for in no wrō 〈…〉 y●● of warre wyll I not arme me for no thynge 〈…〉 wowe better for to loue the soules than the bo 〈…〉 dy at 〈◊〉 mortalle● whiche drawe euery day to 〈…〉 de and the same may not dye for she muste ha●●●●r rewarde of the good dede and of the badde his 〈…〉 er herde hym & praysed hym moche in his herte 〈…〉 ●ell he thought that he had good ryght .