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Caxton 1, folio38v image
 Cam ridynge the god of armys Marce  
 His cote armur was of cloth of tarce  
 Cowchid with perlis white rounde and grete  
 His sadyl was of brent gold newe y bete  
A mantelet on his shuldris hangynge  
 Bret ful of rubyys bright as fyre spryngyng  
 His brighte cryspe heris lyke ryngys were ronne  
 And that was yelow & glitered as the sonne  
 His nose was high his yen bright and grym  
His lippis rounde his colour sanguyn  
 A fewe frakelis in his face were spreynt  
 Betwix yelow and somdeel blak meynt  
 And as alioun he lokyd aboute faste  
 Of . xxv . yeer of age I hym caste  
His berd was wel begonne forto sprynge  
 His throte was as a trompe sownynge  
 Vp on his hed he weryd of laurer grene  
 A garlond fressh and lusty forto sene  
 Vpon his hed he baar for his dedwyte  
An egle as ony lily whit  
 An hundred knyghtes hadde he with hym there  
 Al armed sane her hedis and al her gere  
 Were richely arayed in alle maner thingis  
 Trustith wel that erlis dukes and kyngis  
Were gadred in this nobyl companye  
 For loue and encrece of cheualrye  
 Aboute this kyng ther ronnen on euery part  
 Wel many tame liouns and libart  
 And in this wyse the lordis alle and som  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: KT, 1305
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 2163
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 2163

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: KT, 1310
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 2168
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 2168

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: KT, 1315
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 2173
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 2173

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: KT, 1320
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 2178
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 2178

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: KT, 1325
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 2183
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 2183