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So like in arms these champions were,As they had been a very pair,So that a man would almost swear That either had been either:Their furious steeds began to neigh,That they were heard a mighty way:Their staves upon their rests they lay; Yet, ere they flew together,
Their seconds minister an oath,Which was indifferent to them both,That on their knightly faith and troth, No magick them supplied;And sought them that they had no charms,Wherewith to work each others harms,But came with simple open arms, To have their causes tried.
Together furiously they ran,That to the ground came horse and man;The blood out of their helmets span, So sharp were their encounters:And though they to the earth were thrown,Yet quickly they regain'd their own;Such nimbleness was never shown, They were two gallant mounters.
