| | They dronkyn for they wolde her lyues hane | |
| 1855 | For whiche this nobil duke as he wel can | |
| | Comforteth and honoureth euery man | |
| | And made reuell al the longe nyght | |
| | Vnto the straunge lordis as it was right | |
| | Ne there was holden no discomfytynge | |
| 1860 | But as a Iustes or a turmentyng | |
| | For sothly ther was no descomfiture | |
| | For faylyng nys but auenture | |
| | Ne to be lad be force vnto the stake | |
| | Vn yeldyn and with twenty knyghtis take | |
| 1865 | On persone allone with oute mo | |
| | And haried forth be arme foot and to | |
| | And eke his stede dryuen forth with stauys | |
| | With footmen bothe yemen and knauys | |
| | Hit was a rekened hym no velonye | |
| 1870 | Ther may noman clepe it a cowardrye | |
| | For whiche anon duke Theseus let crye | |
| | To styntyn al rancour and enuye | |
| | The degre as wel in o side as in other | |
| | And eythir side lyk as othir brothir | |
| 1875 | And yaf hem giftis aftir her degre | |
| | And fully held a feste dayes thre | |
| | And conueyed the knyghtis worthily | |
| | Out of his town a iourney largely | |
| | And hom wente euery man the righte way | |
| 1880 | Ther was no more but farwel haue good day | |
| | B | Vt forto speke of Palamon & arcite | |
| | Of Palamon wil I stynte alite | |
