| | Whanne they were wonne and in the grete see | |
| 60 | At many at nobil aryue hadde be he | |
| | At mortal bataillis had he be fiftene | |
| | And foughte for oure feith at Tramyssene | |
| | In listis thries and hath sleyn his foo | |
| | This ilke worthy knyght hadde be also | |
| 65 | Som tyme with the lord of Palathie | |
| | Agayn another hethen man in Turkye | |
| | And euermore he hadde a souerayn price | |
| | And though he was worthy he was wise | |
| | And of his port as meke as a mayde | |
| 70 | He neuer yet vilayns worde sayde | |
| | In al his lif to nomaner wight | |
| | He was a gentil parfight knyght | |
| | Forto telle you of his aray | |
| | His hors were gode but he was not gay | |
| 75 | Of fustian he wered a gippioun | |
| | Al be smered with his habergeon | |
| | For he was late come fro his viage | |
| | And sente forto do his pilgremage | |
| | W | Ith hym ther was a semely yong squyer | |
| 80 | A louer and a lusti bacheler | |
| | With lockis crulle as they were leyd in presse | |
| | Of twenty yer of age he was I gesse | |
| | Of his stature he was of euene lenghte | |
| | And wonderly deliuer & greet of strenghte | |
| 85 | And he had be som tyme in chyualrye | |
| | In Flaundris in Artoise and in Picardye | |
| | And born hym wel as of a litil space | |
