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< 263r Cx1: Folio 263v; The Tale of Thopas 125-153 264r > Go to Cx2
Caxton 1, folio263v image
125Prikyng ouer hill and dale  
 Is comyn agayn to toun  
 His mery men comaundith he  
 To maken hym bothe game and gle  
 For nedis must hym fighte  
130With a geaunt with heddis thre  
 Ful of paramour and iolyte  
 Of some that shoon so bright  
 Com hithir he sayde my mynstralis  
 And gestours for to telle talis  
135Anone in myn armynge  
 Of Romauncis that been Ryal  
 Of Popis and of Cardinal  
 And eek of loue longyng  
 They set hym ferst swete wyne  
140And mede in a masselyne  
 And ryal spiclory  
 Of gyngerbred that was so fyn  
 And licorice and eek comyn  
 With sugir that is try  
145He did next his whit lere  
 Of cloth of layke fyne and clere  
 A breche and eke a sherte  
 And next his sherte an haketon  
 And ouer that an habergeon  
150For Persing of his herte  
 And ouer that a fyn hanberk  
 Was al y wrought of Iuys werk  
 Ful strong it was of plate  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TT, 125
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2027
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 837

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TT, 130
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2032
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 842

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TT, 135
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2037
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 847

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TT, 140
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2042
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 852

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TT, 145
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2047
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 857

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TT, 150
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2052
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 862