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sumewhule knihtes iwuned for to donne. He dude him
   sometimes                      wont                   do             placed
ine turnement, and hefde vor his leofmonnes luve his
                                                                    lady's
schelde ine vihte, ase kene kniht, on everiche half
                                                                                         side
i-þurled. Þis scheld þet wreih his Godhed was his leove
   pierced                              covered                                        dear
licome þet was ispred o rode, brod ase scheld buven in
   body                                                                                above
his i-streiht earmes, and neruh bineoðen, ase þe on vot,
        stretched                          narrow                                   one foot
efter þet me weneð, sete upon þe oðer vote. . . . Efter
according to supposition
kene knihtes deaðe me hongeð heie ine chirche his.
                                       men    hang
schelde on his munegunge. Al so is þis scheld, þet is,
                              remembrance
þet crucifix iset ine chirche, ine swuche stude þet me hit
                                                                 such      place
sonest iseo, vorto þenchen þerbi o Jesu Cristes kniht-­
            may see
schipe þet he dude o rode.

VIII.

(A.D. 1356.^[1])

sir john mandeville.

For als moche as it is longe tyme passed, that ther was no generalle passage ne vyage over the see; and many men desiren for to here speke of the holy lond, and han therof gret solace and comfort; I John Maundevylle, Knyght, alle be it I be not worthi, that

1. Morris, Specimens of Early English, page 198.