The Tale of Sir Thopas
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For in þat cuntre nas þer non
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Til him þer cam a Ioly geaunt
His name was cleped sire Olyphaunt
He seyde child by Termagaunt
But if þou prike out of myn haunt
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Anon I slee þin steede
Here is þe queene of fayerye
Wiþ harpe and pype and Synphonye
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The childe seyde so mote I þe
And ȝit I hope par ma fay
That þou schalt wiþ þis launcelay
For heere þou schalt be slawe /
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Sire Thopas drow a bak ful faste
Þis geaunt at him stones caste /
Out of a felle staf slynge
But faire askapeþ child Thopas
And al it was þurgħ goddes gras
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And þurgħ his faire berynge
3it lesteneþ lordes to my tale /
Murier þen þe nightyngale
For now I wole ȝou roune /
How sire Thopas with sydes smale /
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Prykyng ouer downe and dale /
His mery men comaunded he /
To maken him boþe game and glee
For needes moste he figħt
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Wiþ o geaunt with hedes þre