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COLUMN b
              4001 Q&apost; ce puet e&s;tre &et1; dont ce muet 
              4002 Q ue la reine ne vo&s; puet
              4003 V eoir ne&s;gard&apost; ne vo&s; veult
              4004 S el on&q-hbar;&s; o vo&s; parl&apost; &s;ieult
A C E F G T U 4005 N en deu&s;t or fere dangier
              4006 N e voz parole&s; e&s;trangier
              4007 &D1; e ce &q-hbar; por li fet auez
              4008 O r me dite&s; &s;e vo&s; &s;auez
              4009 &P-til; quel cho&s;e &et1; &p-til; &q-hbar;l forfet
A C E F G T U 4010 &E1; le vo&s; a tel &s;amblant fet
              4011 S ire orendroit ne men gardoie
              4012 M e&s; li ne ple&s;t &q-hbar;le me voie
              4013 N e &q-hbar;le ma parole e&s;cout
              4014 J l men anuie &et1; poi&s;e mout
A C E F G T U 4015 C erte&s; fet li roi&s; ele a tort
              4016 C ar vo&s; e&s;te&s; iu&s;&q-omeg; la mort
              4017 P or li en auenture mi&s;
              4018 o r en venez biax doz ami&s;
              4019 S iron&s; au &s;ene&s;chal parl&apost;
A C E F G T U 4020 L a voeil ge fet il ml&apost;t aler
              4021 A u &s;ene&s;chal v&ot-hbar; ambedui
              4022 &Q-alpha; nt lanceloz fu deuant lui
              4023 S i li a dit au p&apost;mier mot
              4024 L i &s;ene&s;chau&s; a lancelot
FOLIO 18r IMAGE
COLUMN a
A C E F G T U 4025 M l&apost;t ma&s; honi . &et1; ge de &q-o;i 
              4026 F et lanceloz dite&s; le moi
              4027 Q&apost; l honte vo&s; ai ge d&oc-hbar; fete
              4028 M l&apost;t g&nt-alpha; car tu a&s; a chief trete
              4029 L a cho&s;e &q-hbar; ge ni poi trere
A C E F G T U 4030 &et1; a&s; fet ce &q-hbar; ge ni poi fere
              4031 &LargeA-2; tant &s;en vet li roi&s; toz &s;eul&s;
              4032 de la chambre &s;e&s; let amdeu&s;
              4033 &et1; lanceloz au &s;ene&s;chal
              4034 &E1; n&q-vbar;ert &s;il a eu g&nt-alpha; mal
A C E F G T U 4035 O il fet il &et1; ai encore
              4036 O nc noi plu&s; mal &q-hbar; ge ai ore
              4037 C ar ge fu&s;&s;e morz de&s; pieca
              4038 N e fu&s;t li roi&s; qui de ci va
              4039 &Q-vbar; ma mou&s;tre ∥ &s;a pite
A C E F G T U 4040 T ant de doucor &et1; dami&s;te
              4041 &com; &q-hbar;&s; la ou il le &s;eu&s;t
              4042 R ien&s; nule &q-vbar; me&s;tier meu&s;t
              4043 N e me failli vne feiee
              4044 Q&apost; ne me &s;oit aparelliee
A C E F G T U 4045 M aintenant &q-hbar; il me ple&s;oit
              4046 M e&s; &com;tre .i. bien quil me fe&s;oit
              4047 &et1; meleagan&s; dautre part
              4048 S e&s; fiex &q-vbar; ml&apost;t e&s;t de male art
              4049 P ar trai&s;on a li mandoit
A C E F G T U 4050 L e&s; mire&s; &s;i lor &com;mandoit
              4051 Q&apost; tel oignement me mei&s;&s;ent
              4052 S or le&s; plaie&s; qui mocei&s;&s;ent
              4053 &E1; in&s;i pere auoie &et1; parra&s;tre
              4054 Q&apost; q&nt-omeg; li roi&s; .i. bon empla&s;tre
A C E F G T U 4055 M e fe&s;oit &s;or me&s; plaie&s; metre
              4056 &Q-vbar; ml&apost;t &s;e vouzi&s;t entremetre
              4057 Q&apost; geu&s;&s;e to&s;t gari&s;on
              4058 &et1; &s;e&s; filz ∥ &gn-omeg;t trai&s;on
              4059 &P-til; ce quil me voloit ocire tuer
A C E F G T U 4060 L e&s; fe&s;oit ml&apost;t to&s;t remuer
              4061 &et1; metre .i. mauue&s; oignement
              4062 M e&s; ge &s;ai bien certainement
              4063 Q&apost; li roi&s; ne le &s;auoit mie
              4064 T el murtre ne tel felonie
A C E F G T U 4065 N e &s;ofri&s;t il en nule gui&s;e
              4066 M e&s; ne &s;auez pa&s; la franchi&s;e
              4067 Q&apost; il a de ma dame fete
              4068 O n&q-hbar;&s; ne fu ∥ nule guete
              4069 S i bien gardee tor&s; ne marche
A C E F G T U 4070 &D1; e&s; le ten&s; &q-hbar; noe fi&s;t larche
COLUMN b
              4071 Q&apost; il miex gardee ne lait 
              4072 Q&apost; nei&s; veoir ne la lait
              4073 S on filz &q-vbar; ml&apost;t en e&s;t dolent
              4074 F or&s; deuant la &com;mune gent
A C E F G T U 4075 [unclear reason="illegible"]O[/unclear] u deu&at-hbar; le &s;on cor&s; demaine
              4076 A &s;i g&nt-omeg; h[unclear reason="illegible"]e[/unclear]nor la demaine
              4077 &et1; a menee iu&s;&q-hbar; ci
              4078 L i fran&s; roi&s; la &s;oe m&apost;ci
              4079 C om ele deui&s;er le &s;ot
A C E F G T U 4080 O n&q-hbar;&s; au deui&s;er ni ot
              4081 F or&s; li &q-vbar; &s;i le deui&s;a
              4082 K eu&s; le roi ml&apost;t plu&s; en pri&s;a
              4083 &P-til; la leaute q&n-hbar; lui vit
              4084 M e&s; e&s;t ce voir&s; &q-hbar; len ma dit
A C E F G T U 4085 Q&apost; le a a vo&s; &s;i g&nt-alpha; corrou&s;
              4086 Q&apost; &s;a parole oiant t&apost;&s;toz
              4087 V o&s; a vaee &et1; e&s;&com;dite
              4088 V erite vo&s; en a len dite
              4089 F et lanceloz tot a e&s;trou&s;
A C E F G T U 4090 M e&s; &p-til; deu &s;aurieez me vo&s;
              4091 &D2; ire &p-til; qoi ele me het
              4092 &et1; cil re&s;p&ot-hbar; &q-hbar; il ne &s;et
              4093 A inz &s;en &m-hbar;uelle e&s;t&n-omeg;gement
              4094 O r &s;oit a &s;on &com;mandement
A C E F G T U 4095 F et lanceloz qui miex ne veut
              4096 &et1; dit &com;gie &qr-hbar;re me&s;tuet
              4097 S irai mon &s;egnor Gauu&ai-hbar; &qr-hbar;re
              4098 &Q-vbar; e&s;t entrez en ce&s;te terre
              4099 &E1; n cou&et-hbar; mot quil i vendroit
A C E F G T U 4100 A u pont de&s;oz leue tot droit
              4101 &LargeA-2; tant e&s;t de la chambre i&s;&s;uz
              4102 deuant le roi en e&s;t venuz
              4103 &et1; p&apost;nt &com;gie de ce&s;te voie
              4104 L i roi&s; volent&apost;&s; li otroie
A C E F G T U 4105 M e&s; cil quil auoit deliurez
              4106 &et1; de pri&s;on de&s;pri&s;onez
              4107 L i demand&et-hbar; &q-hbar; il feront
              4108 &et1; il dit ouoec moi vendront
              4109 T uit cil qui i vaudront venir
A C E F G T U 4110 &et1; cil qui &s;e voudront tenir
              4111 &D1; elez la reine &s;e tiegnent
              4112 N e&s;t pa&s; re&s;on &q-hbar; o moi viegnent
              4113 O uoec moi viegnent cil &q-vbar; voelent
              4114 L ie &et1; ioiant plu&s; &q-vbar;l ne &s;oelent
A C E F G T U 4115 O uoec la roine remainent
              4116 P ucele&s; &q-vbar; ioie demainent
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COLUMN a
              4117 &et1; dame&s; &et1; ch&apost;r maint 
              4118 M e&s; .i. tot &s;ol nen i remaint
              4119 &Q-vbar; miex nama&s;t a retorn&apost;
A C E F G T U 4120 &E1; n &s;on pai&s; &q-hbar; &s;eiorn&apost;
              4121 M e&s; la reine le&s; retient
              4122 &P-til; mon &s;eg&n-til; Gauuain &q-vbar; vient
              4123 &et1; dit quele ne &s;e moura
              4124 J u&s;&q-hbar; nouele&s; en &s;aura
A C E F G T U 4125 P ar tot e&s;t la nouele dite
              4126 Q&apost; la roine e&s;t tote quite
              4127 &et1; deliure tout li pri&s;on
              4128 S &s;en iront &s;anz me&s;pri&s;on
              4129 &Q-omeg; nt lor plera &et1; bon lor iert
A C E F G T U 4130 L un&s; a lautre le voir en&q-vbar;ert
              4131 N on&q-hbar;&s; del parole ne tienent
              4132 L e&s; genz la ou en &s;amble vienent
              4133 &et1; de ce &s;ont ml&apost;t corroucie
              4134 Q&apost; li mal pa&s; &s;ont de&s;pecie
A C E F G T U 4135 S i va &et1; vient qui on&q-hbar;&s; vieult
              4136 N e&s;t mie ein&s;i c&o-hbar; e&s;tre &s;ieult
              4137 M e&s; q&nt-omeg; le&s; genz dou pai&s; &s;orent
              4138 Q a la batalle e&s;tre ne porent
              4139 C oment lanceloz auoit fet
A C E F G T U 4140 S i &s;e &s;ont tuit cele part tret
              4141 O u il cuident quil &s;en aloit
              4142 C ar il cuident qau roi bel &s;oit
              4143 S e pri&s; &et1; mene li auoient
              4144 L ancelot &et1; il &s;en e&s;toient
A C E F G T U 4145 T uit de lor arme&s; de&s;garni
              4146 &et1; &p-til; ce furent e&s;charni
              4147 Q&apost; cil dou pai&s; arme vindrent
              4148 N e fu m&apost;ueille &s;e il pri&s;trent
              4149 L ancelot qui de&s;armez ere
A C E F G T U 4150 T ot pri&s; len remainent arr&apost;e
              4151 L e&s; piez loiez &s;oz le cheual
              4152 &et1; cil dient vo&s; fete&s; mal
              4153 S egnor car li roi&s; no&s; &com;duit
              4154 N o&s; &s;ome&s; tuit en &s;on &com;duit
A C E F G T U 4155 &et1; cil dient no&s; ne &s;auon&s;
              4156 M e&s; toz &s;i c&o-hbar; pri&s; vo&s; auon&s;
              4157 V o&s; &com;uendra venir a cort
              4158 N ouele qui to&s;t vet a court
              4159 A u roi [del]q[/del] vient &q-hbar; &s;a gent ont pri&s;
A C E F G T U 4160 L ancelot &et1; quil lont oci&s;
              4161 &Q-alpha; nt li roi&s; lot &s;i len e&s;t grief
              4162 &et1; iure a&s;&s;ez plu&s; &q-hbar; &s;on chief
COLUMN b
              4163 Q&apost; cil &q-vbar; lont mort en morront 
              4164 J a deffendre ne &s;en porront
A C E F G T U 4165 [gap reason="illegible"] car &s;il le&s; puet tenir ou p&apost;dre [note]hole in MS at beginning of line, 4165-7[/note]
              4166 [gap reason="illegible"] Jl le&s; fera ardoir ou pendre
              4167 [gap reason="illegible"] ou ardoir en feu ou noier
              4168 &et1; &s;eil le voelent noier
              4169 J a il [del]p-til[/del] [del]ce[/del] ne&s; [del]en[/del] crera a nul fuer
A C E F G T U 4170 Q&apost; trop li ont mi&s; en &s;on cuer
              4171 &G-alpha; nt doel &et1; tel honte [del]ret[/del]fete
              4172 &Q-vbar; li deuroit e&s;tre retrete
              4173 S il nen e&s;toit pri&s;e veniance
              4174 M e&s; il la prendra &s;anz doutance
A C E F G T U 4175 C e&s;te nouele ∥ tot va
              4176 T ant &q-hbar; la roine troua
              4177 &Q-vbar; au meng&apost; e&s;toit a&s;&s;i&s;e
              4178 A poi quele ne &s;e&s;t oci&s;e
              4179 M ainten&at-hbar; que de lancelot
A C E F G T U 4180 L a menc&o-hbar;ge &et1; la nouele ot
              4181 M e&s; ele la cuide veraie
              4182 &et1; tant durem&et-hbar; &s;en e&s;maie
              4183 Q a poi la parole ne pert
              4184 M e&s; &p-til; la gent dit en apert
A C E F G T U 4185 V oir ml&apost;t me poi&s;e de &s;a mort
              4186 &et1; &s;il men poi&s;e nai pa&s; tort
              4187 &Q-vbar; l vint en ce&s;t pai&s; por moi
              4188 &P-til; ce pe&s;ance auoir en doi
              4189 L or&s; dit a lui mei&s;me en ba&s;
A C E F G T U 4190 &P-til; ce &q-hbar; len ne loi&s;t pa&s;
              4191 Q&apost; de boiure ne de meng&apost;
              4192 N e li e&s;tuet iame$ proier
              4193 S e ce e&s;[unclear reason="illegible"]t&apost;[/unclear] voir&s; &q-hbar; il morz &s;oit
              4194 &P-til; la crieme &q-hbar;le en auoit
A C E F G T U 4195 S e lieue tanto&s;t ml&apost;t dolente
              4196 &D1; e la table &s;i &s;e demente
              4197 Q&apost; nu&s; ne lentent ne e&s;coute
              4198 &D1; e lui ocirre e&s;t &s;i e&s;toute
              4199 Q&apost; &s;ouent &s;e p&apost;nt a la goule
A C E F G T U 4200 &et1; &s;i &s;e &com;fe&s;&s;e a li &s;oule
              4201 S i &s;e repent &et1; bat &s;a coupe
              4202 &et1; ml&apost;t &s;e bla&s;me &s;i &s;encoupe
              4203 &D2; el pechie &q-hbar;le fet auoit
              4204 V&apost; &s; lui . car ele bien &s;auoit
A C E F G T U 4205 Q&apost; &s;ien&s; auoit e&s;te toz di&s;
              4206 &et1; fu&s;t encor &s;e il fu&s;t vi&s;
              4207 T el doel a de &s;a cruaute
              4208 Q&apost; ml&apost;t en pert de &s;a beaute
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COLUMN a
              4209 S a cruaute &s;a felonie 
A C E F G T U 4210 &D1; &ot-hbar; plu&s; a terre &et1; plu&s; de vie
              4211 &et1; ce quele velle &et1; geune
              4212 T oz &s;e&s; meffez en&s;amble avne
              4213 &et1; tuit li reuienent deuant
              4214 T oz le&s; recorde &et1; dit &s;ouant
A C E F G T U 4215 H a&punc1; la&s;&s;e de &q-o;i me &s;ouint
              4216 &Q-alpha; nt me&s; ami&s; deuant moi vint
              4217 &et1; ge le deu&s;&s;e &com;ioir
              4218 &et1; ge ne le vou&s; nez oir
              4219 &Q-alpha; nt m&o-hbar; e&s;gart &et1; ma parole
A C E F G T U 4220 L i veai ne fi&s; ge &q-hbar; fole
              4221 Q&apost; fole en fiz &s;i mait dex
              4222 Q&apost; felone&s;&s;e &et1; &q-hbar; cruiex
              4223 &et1; &s;il cuidai ge fere a ga&s;
              4224 M e&s; ein&s;i nel cuida il pa&s;
A C E F G T U 4225 S i nel ma mie pardone
              4226 N u&s; for&s; moi ne li a done
              4227 L e mortel cop mon e&s;cient
              4228 &Q-alpha; nt il vint deuant moi riant
              4228a &et1; Gel deu&s;&s;e conioiir
              4228b &et1; ge ne le voul&s; ne&s; oir
              4229 &et1; il cuida &q-hbar; gel vei&s;&s;e
A C E F G T U 4230 M l&apost;t lie &et1; &q-hbar; ge li fei&s;&s;e
              4231 J oie g&nt-alpha; &et1; veoir nel voul&s;
              4232 &D1; ont ne fu ce li mortel&s; cop&s;
              4233 Q&apost; ma parole li veai
              4234 A d&oc-hbar; &s;anz faille li percai
A C E F G T U 4235 &D2; ou cuer &et1; de lame en&s;amble
              4236 &et1; cil dui cop lont mort en&s;amble
              4237 N e lont mort autre braibencon
              4238 &D1; ex a&ui-omeg; ge ia raencon
              4239 &D2; e ce&s;t murtre de ce&s;t pechie
A C E F G T U 4240 N enil voir ainz &s;eront &s;echie
              4241 T uit li floeue &et1; la mer tarie
              4242 H a la&s;&s;e c&o-hbar; fu&s;&s;e garie
              4243 &et1; c&o-hbar; me fu&s;t g&nz-alpha; re&com;forz
              4244 S iune foiz ainz &q-hbar; il fu&s;t mor&s;
A C E F G T U 4245 L eu&s;&s;e entre me&s; b&z-omeg; tenu
              4246 &com; ment c&apost;te&s; tot nu a nu
              4247 &P-til; ce &q-hbar; plu&s; en fu&s;&s;e a ai&s;e
              4248 &Q-alpha; nt il e&s;t morz ge &s;ui mauue&s;e
              4249 Q&apost; ne faz tant &q-hbar; ge me muire
A C E F G T U 4250 &com; ment doit donc m&o-hbar; ami nuire
              4251 &Q-alpha; nt ge &s;ui viue apre&s; &s;a mort
              4252 &Q-alpha; nt ge a rien&s; ne me deport
COLUMN b
              4253 S a mal n&o-hbar; &q-hbar; ge trai por lui 
              4254 &Q-alpha; nt ap&apost;&s; &s;a mort me dedui
A C E F G T U 4255 M l&apost;t fu&s;&s;ent or douz a &s;a vie
              4256 L i mal d&ot-hbar; iai or tel enuie
              4257 M auue&s; e&s;t &q-vbar; miex veult morir
              4258 Q&apost; mal por &s;on ami &s;ofrir
              4259 M oi certe&s; e&s;t il ml&apost;t ple&s;ant
A C E F G T U 4260 &Q-vbar; l par e&s;t ein&s;i aui&s;ant [note] differs substantially from Foulet-Uitti [/note]
              4261 M iex voeil viure &et1; &s;ofrir le&s; colx
              4262 Q&apost; morir &p-til; auoir repo&s;
              4263 &LargeL-3; a reine en tel paine e&s;tut
              4264 .ij. ior&s; &q-hbar; ne menia ne but
A C E F G T U 4265 T ant q&u-hbar; cuida &q-hbar;le fu&s;t morte
              4266 A &s;&s;ez va &q-vbar; nouele porte
              4267 A incoi&s; la lede que la bele
              4268 A lancelot vint la nouele
              4269 Q&apost; morte e&s;t &s;a dame &et1; &s;amie
A C E F G T U 4270 S il len pe&s;a nen doutez mie
              4271 B ien le &s;orent toute&s; le&s; genz
              4272 &Q-vbar; l en fu iriez &et1; dolenz
              4273 &P-til; voir il fu &s;i adolez
              4274 S oir &et1; &s;auoir le volez
A C E F G T U 4275 Q&apost; &s;a vie en ot en de&s;pit
              4276 O cirre &s;en veut &s;anz re&s;pit
              4277 M e&s; ainz fi&s;t vne brief &com;plainte
              4278 &D1; une ceinture &q-hbar; il ot ceinte
              4279 N oee au chief a la&s; corant
A C E F G T U 4280 &et1; dit a lui &s;ol en plorant
              4281 H a&punc1; morz c&o-hbar; ma&s; or aguetie
              4282 Q&apost; tot &s;ain me fez de&s;hetie
              4283 &D2; e&s;hetiez &s;ui &et1; mal ne &s;ent
              4284 F or&s; dun doel &qu-omeg; cuer me de&s;cent
A C E F G T U 4285 C i&s; doel&s; e&s;t max voire mortel&s;
              4286 C e voeil ge bien &q-hbar; il &s;oit tel&s;
              4287 &et1; &s;e deu ple&s;t ge en morrai
              4288 &com; ment&punc1; aut&apost;ment ne porrai
              4289 M orir &s;e damedeu ne ple&s;t
A C E F G T U 4290 S i ferai me&s; &q-hbar; il me le&s;t
              4291 C e&s;t la&s; entor ma gorge e&s;t&in-alpha;dre
              4292 &E1; in&s;i pui&s; bien ma mort de&s;t&in-alpha;dre
              4293 &E1; in&s;i ma vie mocirra
              4294 M orz qui on&q-hbar;&s; ne de&s;irra
A C E F G T U 4295 S e ciauz n&o-hbar; &q-vbar; de li n&ot-hbar; cure
              4296 N e veut venir me&s; ma ceinture
              4297 L e mamenra ia tote pri&s;e
              4298 &et1; de&s; &q-hbar;le ert en ma ju&s;ti&s;e
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COLUMN a
              4299 N e fera el a mon talent 
A C E F G T U 4300 O il&punc1; me&s; trop i vendra lent
              4301 T ant &s;ui de&s;irranz &q-hbar; ge laie
              4302 L or&s; ni demeure ne delaie
              4303 A inz met ∥ mi le la&s; &s;a te&s;te
              4304 T ant &qn-hbar;tor le col li arre&s;te
A C E F G T U 4305 &et1; por ce &q-hbar; plu&s; mal li face
              4306 L e chief de &s;a ceinture lace
              4307 A larcon de la &s;ele e&s;troit
              4308 &E1; in&s;i &q-hbar; nu&s; ne la∥coit
              4309 P ui&s; &s;e let v&apost;&s; terre cliner
A C E F G T U 4310 S i &s;e veut fere trainer
              4311 A &s;on cheual tant quil le&s;&ti-omeg;gne
              4312 V ne heure ne plu&s; nel de&s;daigne
              4313 C il qui ap&apost;&s; lui cheuauchoient
              4314 &Q-alpha; nt a t&apost;re cheu le voient
A C E F G T U 4315 S i cuident &q-hbar; pa&s;mez &s;e &s;oit
              4316 Q&apost; nu&s; dou la&s; ne &s;a∥coit
              4317 Q&apost; ntor &s;on col auoit lacie
              4318 T ot maintenant lont em&bc-omeg;ie
              4319 S el relieuent entre lor braz
A C E F G T U 4320 L or&s; ont a∥ceu le laz
              4321 Q&apost; entor &s;on col auoit mi&s;
              4322 &D1; ont il e&s;toit &s;i entrepri&s;
              4323 S el trenchent ml&apost;t i&s;nelement
              4324 M e&s; la gorge &s;i durement
A C E F G T U 4325 J cil laz iu&s;ticie li ot
              4326 Q&apost; de piece parl&apost; ne pot
              4327 Q a poi nen ot le&s; vaine&s; route&s;
              4328 &D1; ou col &et1; de la gorge toute&s;
              4329 N on&q-hbar;&s; pui&s; &s;e il vouzi&s;t bien
A C E F G T U 4330 N e &s;e peu&s;t forfere rien
              4331 C e poi&s;e lui q&n-hbar; le&s;gardoit
              4332 &P-til; poi &q-hbar; de doel toz nardoit
              4333 C ar ml&apost;t uolent&apost;&s; &s;ocei&s;t
              4334 S e nu&s; garde ne &s;en p&apost;i&s;t
A C E F G T U 4335 &et1; q&nt-omeg; il ne &s;e pot plu&s; taire
              4336 S i dit . ahi morz deputaire
              4337 M orz &p-til; deu dont nauoie&s; tu
              4338 T ant de pooir ne de v&apost;tu
              4339 Q ainz Q&apost; ma dame me tau&s;i&s;&s;e&s;
A C E F G T U 4340 E &s;poir &p-til; ce &q-hbar; nel fei&s;&s;e&s;
              4341 N el vou&s;i&s; fere ne degna&s;
              4342 ∥ felonie me&s;pargna&s;
              4343 N e ia ne tiert a el &com;te
              4344 H a&punc1; &q-hbar;l &s;erui&s;e &et1; &q-hbar;l bonte
COLUMN b
A C E F G T U 4345 C om la&s; or en bon lieu a&s;&s;i&s;e 
              4346 &D2; ehez ait qui de ce&s;t &s;erui&s;e
              4347 T e mcie &et1; qui gre ten &s;et
              4348 G e ne &s;ai li [unclear reason="illegible"]q&apost;[/unclear]x plu&s; me het
              4349 O u la vie qui me de&s;irre
A C E F G T U 4350 O u la mort &q-vbar; me veut ocirre
              4351 &E1; in&s;i lun&s; &et1; lautre&s; mocit
              4352 M e&s; ce&s;t adroit &s;e dex mait
              4353 Q&apost; maugre mien &s;ui encor vi&s;
              4354 Q&apost; ge me deu&s;&s;e e&s;tre oci&s;
A C E F G T U 4355 L or&s; &q-hbar; ma dame la reine
              4356 M e mon&s;tra &s;amblant de haine
              4357 N e nel fi&s;t mie &s;anz re&s;on
              4358 A inz i ot ml&apost;t droite oche&s;on
              4359 M e&s; ge ne &s;ai quele ele fu
A C E F G T U 4360 &D1; ex &s;e ge leu&s;&s;e &s;eu
              4361 
              4362 
              4363 
              4364 
A C E F G T U 4365 &D2; ex ciz forfez &q-hbar;l&s; e&s;tre pot
              4366 C erte&s; ge cuit &q-hbar; ele &s;ot
              4367 Q&apost; ge montai en la charrete
              4368 G e ne &s;ai &q-hbar;l bla&s;me mi mete
              4369 S e ce&s;tui non ce ma trai
A C E F G T U 4370 S ele &p-til; ce&s;tui ma hai
              4371 &D1; ex ce&s;t forfet &p-til; qoi me nut
              4372 O n&q-hbar;&s; amor&s; bien ne conut
              4373 &Q-vbar; ce&s;tui me torne are&pro2;che
              4374 Q&apost; &qn-omeg;&q-hbar;n puet dire de boche
A C E F G T U 4375 &E1; &s;t bien&s; me&s; &q-hbar; damor veni&s;t
              4376 &et1; qa amor aparteni&s;t
              4377 T ot e&s;t amor &et1; cortoi&s;ie
              4378 &Q-omeg; nq&n-hbar; puet fere por &s;amie
              4378a N ei&s; en charrete monter
              4378b &D1; eu&s;t por vraie amor conter [note] These two added lines are repeated in l. 4389-4390 [/note]
              4379 &P-til; mamie Nel di ge pa&s;
A C E F G T U 4380 N e &s;ai &s;e ge le di a ga&s;
              4381 G e ne li o&s; metre ce&s;t non
              4382 N e &s;ai &s;e die amie ou non
              4383 M e&s; tant cuit ge damor&s; &s;auoir
              4384 Q&apost; ni deu&s;&s;e bla&s;me auoir
A C E F G T U 4385 
              4386 
              4387 Q&apost; por lui me &s;ambloit honor
              4388 A fere &qn-omeg;&q-hbar; veut amor
              4389 N ei&s; en charrete monter
A C E F G T U 4390 &D1; eu&s;t &p-til; vraie a&m-til; conter [note] l. 4389-4390 repeat l. 4378a-b [/note]
              4391 S en e&s;t la &pro2;uance veraie
              4392 Q amor&s; ein&s;i le&s; &s;oen&s; e&s;&s;aie
              4393 &E1; in&s;i &com;noi&s;t amor&s; le&s; &s;oen&s;
              4394 M e&s; [add place=infralinear]..[/add]ci&s; ma dame ne fu pa&s; boen&s;
FOLIO 20r IMAGE
COLUMN a
A C E F G T U 4395 C i&s; &s;erui&s;e&s; bien le&s;prouai 
              4396 A u &s;amblant que en li trouai
              4397 &et1; tote&s; voie&s; &s;e&s; ami&s;
              4398 F i&s;t ce d&ot-hbar; maint i ont ia mi&s;
              4399 &P-til; lui honte reproche &et1; bla&s;me
A C E F G T U 4400 S ont fet ce de qoi len me bla&s;me
              4401 &et1; de ma doucor am&apost;tume
              4402 &P-til; ce &q-hbar; tiex e&s;t la cou&s;tume
              4403 &D2; e cez qui dam&apost; rien&s; ne &s;euent
              4404 Q ui le&s; honor en honte leuent
A C E F G T U 4405 M e&s; &q-vbar; amor en honte moulle
              4406 N e la leue pa&s; ainz la &s;oulle
              4407 M l&apost;t &s;ont cil damor non&s;achant
              4408 &Q-vbar; ein&s;i la uont de&s;achant
              4409 &et1; ml&apost;t en loig de li &s;e boute
A C E F G T U 4410 &Q-vbar; &s;on &com;mandement redoute
              4411 
              4412 
              4413 
              4414 
A C E F G T U 4415 &LargeL-3; anceloz ein&s;i &s;e demente
              4416 &et1; &s;a gent e&s;t lez lui dolente
              4417 &Q-vbar; le&s;gardent &et1; &s;i le tienent
              4418 &et1; ent&apost;tant nouele&s; vien&et-hbar;
              4419 Q&apost; la reine ne&s;t pa&s; morte
A C E F G T U 4420 &et1; lanceloz &s;en re&com;forte
              4421 &et1; &s;eil auoit de la mort
              4422 &D1; euant doel m&apost;uellou&s; &et1; fort
              4423 &E1; ncor fu bien .c. mile tan&s;
              4424 L i doel&s; de la reine gran&s;
A C E F G T U 4425 &et1; q&nt-alpha; il furent dou recet
              4426 P re&s; a .vi. lieue&s; ou a .vij.
              4427 O u li roi&s; bademagu&s; ere
              4428 N ouele &q-hbar; il ot ml&apost;t ch&apost;e
              4429 L i fu de lancelot &com;tee
A C E F G T U 4430 S i la volentier&s; e&s;coutee
              4431 Q uil vit &et1; vient &s;ain&s; &et1; hetiez
              4432 F i&s;t li roi&s; &q-hbar; bien affetiez
              4433 Q uil lala la reine dire
              4434 &et1; ele dit ∥ foi beau &s;ire
A C E F G T U 4435 &Q-omeg; nt vo&s; le dite&s; bien le croi
              4436 M e&s; &s;il fu&s;t morz bien vo&s; otroi
              4437 Q&apost; iame&s; ior ne fu&s;&s;e liee
              4438 B ien me fu&s;t ma ioie abregiee
              4439 S un&s; ch&apost;r&s; en mon &s;erui&s;e
A C E F G T U 4440 &E1; u&s;t mort receue &et1; pri&s;e
              4441 &LargeA-2; tant li roi&s; de li &s;e part
              4442 &et1; la reine dautre part
              4443 F u tart &q-hbar; li &s;on&s; ami&s; viegne
              4444 M e&s; na talent &q-hbar; v&apost;&s; lui tiegne
COLUMN b
A C E F G T U 4445 H aine de negune cho&s;e 
              4446 M e&s; nouele qui ne repo&s;e
              4447 A inz cort toz ior&s; &com;&q-hbar;&s; ne fine
              4448 V int de rechief a la reine
              4449 Q&apost; lanceloz oci&s; &s;e fu&s;t
A C E F G T U 4450 &P-til; li &s;e fere li leu&s;t
              4451 &E1; l en e&s;t liee &et1; &s;el croit bien
              4452 M e&s; ele nel vou&s;i&s;t por rien
              4453 
              4454 
A C E F G T U 4455 
              4456 
              4457 
              4458 
              4459 
A C E F G T U 4460 
              4461 C il qui le lierent &et1; pri&s;trent
              4462 &et1; dit li roi&s; &q-hbar; mar i vindrent
              4463 Q&apost; tuit &s;ont mort &et1; &com;fondu
              4464 &et1; il li ont to&s;t re&s;pondu
A C E F G T U 4465 &Q-vbar; l cuidoient quil le vou&s;i&s;t
              4466 M oi ne plot il me&s; il vo&s; &s;i&s;t
              4467 F et li roi&s; na lui rien&s; ne monte
              4468 L ui nauez vo&s; fet nule honte
              4469 S e moi n&o-hbar; qui le &com;dui&s;oie
A C E F G T U 4470 &com; ment quil &s;oit la honte e&s;t moie
              4471 M e&s; ia ne vo&s; en gaberez
              4472 &Q-alpha; nt vo&s; de moi e&s;chaperez
              4473 &Q-alpha; nt lanceloz lot corrocier
              4474 &D2; e la pe&s; fere &et1; adrecier
A C E F G T U 4475 A u plu&s; &q-vbar;l on&q-hbar;&s; pot &s;e paine
              4476 T ant quil la fet. &et1; &s;i lenmaine
              4477 L i roi&s; la reine veoir
              4478 L or&s; ne le&s;&s;a mie chaoir
              4479 L a roine &s;e&s; oilz v&apost;&s; terre
A C E F G T U 4480 A inz le vet liement re&q-hbar;rre
              4481 S i lonora a &s;on pooir
              4482 &et1; &s;i le fi&s;t lez li &s;eoir
              4483 P ui&s; parl&apost;ent a g&nt-omeg; loi&s;ir
              4484 &D2; e ce &q-hbar; lor v&it-hbar; a ple&s;ir
A C E F G T U 4485 N e matiere ne lor failloit
              4486 Q amor a&s;&s;ez lor en donoit
              4487 &et1; q&nt-omeg; lanceloz voit &s;on ai&s;e
              4488 &Q-vbar; l ne dit rien&s; &q-vbar; ne li plai&s;e
              4489 A la roine. lor&s; a &com;&s;eil
A C E F G T U 4490 L i dit dame ml&apost;t me m&apost;ueil
              4491 &P-til; qoi tel &s;amblant me fei&s;te&s;
              4492 A uanthier &qn-omeg;t vo&s; me vei&s;te&s;
              4493 A poi la mort ne me dona&s;te&s;
              4494 &com; q&apost;&s; .i. mot ne me &s;ona&s;te&s;
A C E F G T U 4495 N e ge noi tant de hardement
              4496 Q&apost; ne&s; .i. &s;ol amendement
              4497 V o&s; en o&s;a&s;&s;e demand&apost;
              4498 &D1; ame or &s;ui pre&s; de lamend&apost;
FOLIO 20v IMAGE
COLUMN a
              4499 M e&s; &q-hbar; le forfet dit maiez 
A C E F G T U 4500 &D2; ont iai e&s;te ml&apost;t e&s;maiez
              4501 &et1; la reine li re&com;te
              4502 &com; ment. dont neu&s;te&s; vo&s; honte
              4503 &D1; e la charrete ou vo&s; monta&s;te&s;
              4504 A grant a enuiz i entra&s;te&s;
A C E F G T U 4505 &Q-omeg; nt vo&s; demora&s;te&s; .ij. pa&s;
              4506 &P-til; ce ioir ne vo&s; voil pa&s;
              4507 N arre&s;oner ne e&s;gard&apost;
              4508 A utre foiz men do&it-hbar; dex gard&apost;
              4509 F et lanceloz de tel me&s;fet
A C E F G T U 4510 &et1; ia dex de moi m&apost;ci nait
              4511 S e vo&s; neu&s;te&s; ml&apost;t &gn-omeg;t droit
              4512 &D2; ame fet il tot orendroit
              4513 &D2; e moi lamende en receuez
              4514 &et1; &s;e vo&s; ia le me deuez
A C E F G T U 4515 ∥ doner. &p-til; deu &s;el me dite&s;.
              4516 A mi&s; vo&s; en e&s;te&s; bien quite&s;
              4517 F et la reine outrement
              4518 G e le vo&s; ∥doig bonement
              4519 &D2; ame fet il u&r-hbar;e merci
A C E F G T U 4520 M e&s; ge ne vo&s; pui&s; mie ici
              4521 T ot dire &q-omeg;n&q-hbar; ge voudroie
              4522 V olentier&s; a vo&s; parleroie
              4523 P lu&s; a loi&s;ir &s;il pooit e&s;tre
              4524 &et1; la reine vne fene&s;tre
A C E F G T U 4525 L i mou&s;tre a loeil n&o-hbar; mie au doi
              4526 &et1; dit venez parl&apost; a moi
              4527 A cele fene&s;tre an&q-hbar;nuit
              4528 &Q-alpha; nt par caienz dormiront tuit
              4529 &et1; &s;i vendrez ∥ .i. vergier
A C E F G T U 4530 C aienz entrer &et1; h&apost;bergier
              4531 N e porroit mie u&re-hbar; cor&s;
              4532 G e &s;erai en&s; &et1; vo&s; defor&s;
              4533 N e caien&s; ne porriez venir
              4534 N e ge ne porrai auenir
A C E F G T U 4535 A vo&s; for&s; de bouche ou de main&s;
              4536 M e&s; &s;il vo&s; ple&s;t iu&s;&q-omeg; demain
              4537 J &s;erai por lamor de vo&s;
              4538 A &s;&s;am&s;bl&apost; ne porrion&s; no&s;
              4539 Q en ma chambre deuant moi gi&s;t
A C E F G T U 4540 K eu&s; li &s;ene&s;chal&s; qui langui&s;t
              4541 &D1; e&s; plaie&s; dont il e&s;t couer&s;
              4542 N e li hui&s; nen ert mie ouer&s;
              4543 A inz ert bien fer&s; &et1; bien gardez
              4544 &Q-omeg; nt vo&s; vendrez s vo&s; gardez
COLUMN b
A C E F G T U 4545 Q&apost; nule e&s;pie ne vo&s; trui&s;&s;e 
              4546 &D1; ame fet il la ou ge pui&s;&s;e
              4547 N e me verra ia nule e&s;pie
              4548 &Q-vbar; mal i peu&s;t ne mal en die
              4549 &LargeE1-2; in$i ont pri&s; lor ∥lement
A C E F G T U 4550 &et1; de∥tent ml&apost;t liement
              4551 L anceloz i&s;t hor&s; de la chambre
              4552 S i liez que il ne li ramenbre
              4553 &D1; e nul de t&apost;&s;toz &s;e&s; anui&s;
              4554 M e&s; trop li demore la nui&s;
A C E F G T U 4555 &et1; li ior&s; li a poi [del]de[/del] dure
              4556 &et1; ce &q-hbar; il a endure
              4557 Q&apost; .c. autre ou vn&s; an&s; entier&s;
              4558 A u ∥lement ml&apost;t volentier&s;
              4559 A la&s;t &s;e il fu&s;t anuitie
A C E F G T U 4560 T ant a au ior vaintre luitie
              4561 Q&apost; la nuiz e&s;t noire &et1; ob&s;cure
              4562 &Q-vbar; lot mi&s; de &s;oz &s;a couerture
              4563 &et1; de&s;oz &s;a chape affuble
              4564 &Q-omeg; nt il vit le ior obnuble
A C E F G T U 4565 S i &s;e fet la&s; &et1; trauellie
              4566 &et1; dit &q-hbar; ml&apost;t auoit vellie
              4567 S aroit me&s;tier de repo&s;er
              4568 B ien poez entendre &et1; glo&s;er
              4569 V o&s; qui auez fet autretel
A C E F G T U 4570 Q&apost; por la gent de &s;on o&s;tel
              4571 L e dit. atant &s;e vet couch&apost;
              4572 M e&s; not mie &s;on lit ml&apost;t ch&apost;
              4573 Q&apost; por rien&s; il ni repo&s;a&s;t
              4574 N e il ne vau&s;i&s;t ne o&s;a&s;t
A C E F G T U 4575 N e il ne vouzi&s;t pa&s; auoir
              4576 L e hardement ne le pooir
              4577 S oef &et1; ml&apost;t to&s;t &s;e leua
              4578 N e ce mie ne li greua
              4579 &Q-vbar; l ne lui&s;oit lune ne&s;toile
A C E F G T U 4580 N en la me&s;on nauoit chandoile
              4581 N e lampe ne lant&apost;ne ardant
              4582 &et1; il &s;en vet ml&apost;t re&s;gardant
              4583 S i &q-hbar; nul&s; garde ne &s;en pri&s;t
              4584 A inz cuidoient quil &s;e dormi&s;t
A C E F G T U 4585 &E1; n &s;on lit t&apost;&s;tote la nuit
              4586 S anz &com;pegnie &et1; &s;anz &com;duit
              4587 T oz &s;eul&s; v&apost;&s; le v&apost;gier ala
              4588 Q&apost; nul home ni en&com;tra
              4589 &et1; de ce li e&s;t bien cheu
A C E F G T U 4590 Q une piece dou mur cheu
FOLIO 21r IMAGE
COLUMN a
              4591 O t el v&apost;gier nouelement 
              4592 P ar cele frete i&s;nelement
              4593 P a&s;&s;e outre &et1; fet tant &q-hbar; il vient
              4594 A la fene&s;tre a&s; main&s; &s;e tient
A C E F G T U 4595 S i quil ne tou&s;t ne&s;t&apost;nue
              4596 A tant la reine e&s;t venue
              4597 &E1; n vne ml&apost;t blanche chemi&s;e
              4598 N i ot bliaut ne cote mi&s;e
              4599 M e&s; .i. cort mantel ot de&s;u&s;
A C E F G T U 4600 &D1; e&s;carlate &et1; de &s;i&s;&s;enu&s;
              4601 &Q-omeg; nt lanceloz voit la reine
              4602 &Q-vbar; &s;or la fene&s;tre &s;acline
              4603 &Q-vbar; de gro&s; fer e&s;toit ferree
              4604 &D2; un doz re&s;gart la enerree
A C E F G T U 4605 &E1; le lui dun autre en riant
              4606 Q&apost; ml&apost;t e&s;toient de&s;irrant
              4607 C il de cele &et1; ele de lui
              4608 &D1; e vilonie &et1; danui
              4609 N e tindrent ∥lement ne plet
A C E F G T U 4610 L i vn&s; pre&s; de lautre &s;e tret
              4611 T ant &q-hbar; main a main &s;entretienent
              4612 &D1; e ce q&n-hbar;&s;amble ne ∥uienent
              4613 L or grieue tant a de&s;me&s;ure
              4614 &Q-vbar; l en bla&s;ment la ferreure
A C E F G T U 4615 M e&s; de ce lanceloz &s;e vante
              4616 Q&apost; &s;e la reine atalente
              4617 O uoecli laienz entrera
              4618 J a por le&s; fer&s; ne remaindra
              4619 &et1; la reine li re&s;pont
A C E F G T U 4620 N e veez vo&s; &q-hbar; ci&s;t fer &s;ont
              4621 R oit a ploier &et1; fort a fraindre
              4622 J a tant ne&s; &s;auriez de&s;traindre
              4623 N e tirer a vo&s; ne &s;ach&apost;
              4624 Q un en peu&s;&s;iez e&s;rach&apost;
A C E F G T U 4625 &D1; ame fet il or ne vo&s; chaille
              4626 G e ne cuit &q-hbar; ia fer&s; i vaille
              4627 R ienz nule ne me puet tenir
              4628 Q&apost; bien ne pui&s;&s;e a vo&s; venir
              4629 [add place=infralinear].[/add]Q Se u&re-hbar; &com;gie le motroie
A C E F G T U 4630 T ote miert deliure la voie
              4631 M e&s; &s;e il bien ne vo&s; agree
              4632 &D1; &ot-hbar; miert ele &s;i en&com;bree
              4633 Q&apost; ni pa&s;&s;eroie por rien
              4634 C erte&s; fet ele gel &s;ai bien
A C E F G T U 4635 M a volentez pa&s; ne vo&s; tient
              4636 M e&s; tant atendre vo&s; couient
COLUMN b
              4637 Q&apost; n mon lit &s;oie recouchiee 
              4638 Q&apost; de noi&s;e ne vo&s; me&s;chiee
              4639 C ar ni auroit gieu ne deport
A C E F G T U 4640 S e li &s;ene&s;chau&s; &q-vbar; ci dort
              4641 S e re&s;uelloit por u&re-hbar; noi&s;e
              4642 &P-til; ce&s;t bien droiz &q-hbar; ge men voi&s;e
              4643 Q uil nen porroit nu&s; bien&s; venir
              4644 S il me veoit de ci venir
A C E F G T U 4645 &D1; ame fet il or alez don&q-hbar;&s;
              4646 M e&s; de ce ne doutez vo&s; on&q-hbar;&s;
              4647 Q&apost; ge doie ia noi&s;e fere
              4648 S i &s;oef en quit le&s; fer&s; trere
              4649 Q&apost; ia ne mi trauellerai
A C E F G T U 4650 N e nului ni e&s;uell&apost;ai
              4651 &LargeA-2; tant la reine &s;entorne
              4652 &et1; cil &s;aparelle &et1; atorne
              4653 &D1; e la fene&s;tre de&s;&com;fire
              4654 A &s; fer&s; &s;e prent &et1; &s;ache &et1; tire
A C E F G T U 4655 S i &q-hbar; tre&s;toz ploier le&s; fet
              4656 &et1; &q-hbar; hor&s; de lor lieu&s; le&s; tret
              4657 M e&s; &s;i e&s;toit trenchanz li fer&s;
              4658 Q&apost; dou doit moien iu&s;&q-omeg;&s; ner&s;
              4659 L a p&apost;miere iointe en trencha
A C E F G T U 4660 &et1; de lautre apre&s; &s;e&s;creua
              4661 L a p&apost;meraine iointe toute
              4662 M e&s; del &s;anc qui iu&s; en degoute
              4663 N e de&s; plaie&s; nule ne &s;ent
              4664 C il qui a lautre cho&s;e entent
A C E F G T U 4665 L a fene&s;tre ne&s;t mie ba&s;&s;e
              4666 N epor&qn-omeg;t lanceloz i pa&s;&s;e
              4667 M l&apost;t to&s;t &et1; ml&apost;t deliuremant
              4668 &E1; n &s;on lit troeue [del]qe[/del] keu dormant
              4669 &et1; pui&s; vint au lit la roine
A C E F G T U 4670 S i li aore &et1; li encline
              4671 C ar en nul cor&s; &s;aint ne croit tant
              4672 &et1; la reine li e&s;tant
              4673 S e&s; &bz-omeg; en&com;tre si lembrace
              4674 &E1; &s;troit pre&s; de &s;on pi&s; le lace
A C E F G T U 4675 S i la v&apost;&s; lui en &s;on lit tret
              4676 &et1; le plu&s; bel &s;amblant li fet
              4677 Q&apost; ele on&q-hbar;&s; fere li puet
              4678 Q&apost; da&m-til; &et1; dou cuer li muet
              4679 &D2; amor vient &q-hbar;le le &com;iot
A C E F G T U 4680 S e cele alui g&n-omeg;t amor ot
              4681 &et1; il .c. mile tanz a li
              4682 Q&apost; enu&apost;&s; toz autre&s; failli
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COLUMN a
              4683 A mor&s; enuer&s; &q-hbar; le &s;ien fi&s;t 
              4684 M e&s; en &s;on cuer tot re&s;plendi&s;t
A C E F G T U 4685 A mor&s; &et1; fu &s;i enterine
              4686 Q&apost; nuer&s; toz autre&s; fu frarine
              4687 &LargeO-2; r a lanceloz qnquil vieult
              4688 Q&nt-omeg; la reine en gre requieult
              4689 S a &com;pegnie &et1; &s;on &s;olaz
A C E F G T U 4690 &et1; il la tient entre &s;e&s; braz
              4691 &et1; ele lui entre le&s; &s;oen&s;
              4692 T ant li fu &s;e&s; gieu&s; doz &et1; boen&s;
              4693 &et1; dou be&s;ier &et1; dou &s;entir
              4694 Q&apost; il li auint &s;anz mentir
A C E F G T U 4695 V ne ioie &et1; vne m&apost;ueille
              4696 T el &com;&q-hbar;&s; encor &s;a parelle
              4697 N e fu oie ne &s;eue
              4698 M e&s; toz iorz e&s;t par moi teue
              4699 Q&apost; n &com;te ne doit e&s;tre dite
A C E F G T U 4700 &D1; e&s; ioie&s; fu la plu&s; e&s;lite
              4701 &et1; la plu&s; delitable cele
              4702 Q&apost; li &com;te&s; no&s; te&s;t &et1; cele
              4703 M l&apost;t ot de ioie &et1; de deduit
              4704 L anceloz tote cele nuit
A C E F G T U 4705 M e&s; li ior&s; vient &q-vbar; ml&apost;t li grieue
              4706 Q&apost; delez &s;amie &s;e lieue
              4707 A u leuer fu il droiz martir&s;
              4708 M l&apost;t li grieue li departir&s;
              4709 C ar ml&apost;t i &s;oefre &gn-omeg;t martire
A C E F G T U 4710 Q&apost; &s;e&s; cuer&s; cele part li tire
              4711 O u la reine &s;e remaint
              4712 N a nul pooir quil len remaint
              4713 C ar la reine tant li ple&s;t
              4714 Q&apost; il na talent quil la le&s;t
A C E F G T U 4715 L i cor&s; &s;en vet li cuer&s; &s;eiorne
              4716 A la fene&s;tre &s;en retorne
              4717 M e&s; &q-hbar; dou cuer tant i remaint
              4718 &et1; li drap &s;ont tachie &et1; taint
              4719 &D2; ou &s;anc qui li chai de&s; doi&s;
A C E F G T U 4720 M l&apost;t &s;en part lanceloz de&s;troiz
              4721 P lain&s; de &s;o&s;pir&s; &et1; plain&s; de lerme&s;
              4722 &D2; ou reuenir ne&s;t pri&s; nu&s; t&apost;me&s;
              4723 C e pe&s;a lui me&s; ne pot e&s;tre
              4724 A enui&s; pa&s;&s;e la fene&s;tre
A C E F G T U 4725 S i entra il ml&apost;t volentier&s;
              4726 N auoit mie le&s; doiz entier&s;
              4727 C ar ml&apost;t le&s; auoit fort bleciez
              4728 &et1; &s;a il le&s; fer&s; redreciez
COLUMN b
              4729 &et1; remi&s; en lor lieu&s; arriere 
A C E F G T U 4730 S i &q-hbar; ne deuant ne derriere
              4731 N e en lun rien lautre co&s;te
              4732 N e pert &q-hbar; len eu&s;t o&s;te
              4733 N ul de&s; fer&s; ne torz ne ploie
              4734 A u departir a &s;ouploie
A C E F G T U 4735 A la cha&apost;mbre &et1; fet autretel
              4736 C &o-hbar; &s;il fu&s;t deuant .i. autel
              4737 P ui&s; &s;en part aml&apost;t g&nt-omeg; angoi&s;&s;e
              4738 N en&com;tre home qui le &com;noi&s;&s;e
              4739 T ant qen &s;on o&s;tel e&s;t venuz
A C E F G T U 4740 &E1; n &s;on lit &s;e&s;t couchiez toz nuz
              4741 S i &q-hbar; nul home ni e&s;uelle
              4742 &et1; lor&s; a&s;p&apost;ment &s;e merueille
              4743 
              4744 
A C E F G T U 4745 &P-til; ce quil &s;oit tot a&s;&s;eur
              4746 Q au retrere le&s; fer&s; dou mur
              4747 &D2; e la fene&s;tre les bleca
              4748 &P-til; ce pa&s; ne &s;e corrouca
              4749 Q&apost; il vouzi&s;t miex de &s;on cor&s;
A C E F G T U 4750 L e&s; braz auoir trez t&apost;&s;toz for&s;
              4751 Q&apost; il ne fu&s;t outre pa&s;&s;ez
              4752 M e&s; &s;il ne fu&s;t aillor&s; qua&s;&s;ez
              4753 &et1; ml&apost;t ledement empiriez
              4754 M l&apost;t en fu&s;t dolanz &et1; iriez
A C E F G T U 4755 &LargeL-3; a roine la matinee
              4756 &D1;edenz &s;a chambre encortinee
              4757 S e fu ml&apost;t &s;oef endormie
              4758 M e&s; de ce ne &s;e gardoit mie
              4759 Q&apost; il fu&s;&s;ent &s;oullie dou &s;anc
A C E F G T U 4760 A inz cuidoit quil fu&s;&s;ent tot blanc
              4761 S anz tache &et1; &s;anz de&s;auenant
              4762 &et1; meleag&nz-omeg; maintenant
              4763 Q uil fut ve&s;tuz &et1; atornez
              4764 S en e&s;t deu&apost;&s; la chambre alez
A C E F G T U 4765 O u la reine &s;e gi&s;oit
              4766 L e&s; dra&s; &s;anglenz en &s;on lit voit
              4767 &D1; e fre&s; &s;anc tachiez &et1; goutez
              4768 S e&s; &com;pegnon&s; en a boutez
              4769 C &o-hbar; tre&s; a∥ceuanz de mal
A C E F G T U 4770 &et1; el lit keu le &s;ene&s;chal
              4771 &E1; &s;garde &et1; voit &s;e&s; draz tachiez
              4772 &D2; e &s;anc. &q-hbar; la nuit ce &s;achiez
              4773 F urent &s;e&s; plaie&s; e&s;creuee&s;
              4774 &et1; dit dame or ai ge trouee&s;
A C E F G T U 4775 T ex en&s;egne&s; com ge voloie
              4776 B ien e&s;t voir &q-hbar; ml&apost;t &s;e foloie
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COLUMN a
              4777 &Q-vbar; de fame gard&apost; &s;e paine 
              4778 S on &t-omeg;uail i pert &et1; &s;a paine
              4779 Q&apost; ainz la pert cil &q-vbar; la garde
A C E F G T U 4780 Q&apost; cil qui ne &s;en done garde
              4781 M l&apost;t a or bele garde fete
              4782 M e&s; ∥e&s; qui de moi vo&s; guete
              4783 &D1; e moi vo&s; a il bien gardee
              4784 M e&s; anuit vo&s; a re&s;gardee
A C E F G T U 4785 K eu&s; li &s;ene&s;chau&s; maugre &s;uen
              4786 S a de vo&s; eu tot &s;on boen
              4787 &et1; &s;i &s;era ml&apost;t bien proue
              4788 &com; ment fet ele&punc1; iai troue
              4789 S anc en voz d&z-omeg; qui le te&s;moigne
A C E F G T U 4790 &D1; e&s; q&u-alpha; dire le me be&s;oigne
              4791 &P-til; ce le &s;ai por ce le prui&s;
              4792 &E1; n voz draz &et1; e&s; &s;on&s; le trui&s;
              4793 L e &s;anc qui chai de&s;e&s; plaie&s;
              4794 C e &s;ont entre&s;egne&s; veraie&s;
A C E F G T U 4795 L or&s; prime&s; la roine vit
              4796 &et1; en lun &et1; en lautre lit
              4797 L e&s; draz &s;anglenz &s;i &s;e&s;m&apost;uelle
              4798 H onte en ot &s;i deuint v&apost;melle
              4799 &et1; dit &s;e damedex me gart
A C E F G T U 4800 C el &s;anc &q-hbar; en me&s; draz e&s;gart
              4801 O n&q-hbar;&s; ne li aporta kez
              4802 M e&s; anuit me &s;aigna li nez
              4803 &D1; e mon ne&s; fu au mien e&s;poir
              4804 &et1; ele cuida dire voir
A C E F G T U 4805 ∥ mon chief fet meleagranz
              4806 &Q-omeg; n&q-hbar; vo&s; dite&s; e&s;t noianz
              4807 &pro2; uee en e&s;te&s; &et1; atainte
              4808 N i a me&s;tier&s; parole fainte
              4809 B ien en &s;era li voir&s; &pro2;uez
A C E F G T U 4810 P ui&s; dit &s;egnor ne vo&s; mouuez
              4811 A &s; garde&s; qui iloec e&s;toient
              4812 &et1; gardez &q-hbar; o&s;te ne &s;oient
              4813 L i drap doulit tant &q-hbar; ge viegne
              4814 G e voeil &q-hbar; li roi&s; droit me tiegne
A C E F G T U 4815 &Q-omeg; nt la cho&s;e veue aura
              4816 L or&s; le qui&s;t tant quil le troua
              4817 S i &s;e le&s;&s;e a &s;e&s; piez chaoir
              4818 &et1; dit &s;ire venez veoir
              4819 
A C E F G T U 4820 
              4821 S i verrez m&apost;uelle&s; &pro2;uee&s;
              4822 Q&apost; iai veue&s; &et1; trouee&s;
              4823 M e&s; aincoi&s; &q-hbar; vo&s; i ailliez
              4824 V o&s; pri &q-hbar; vo&s; ne me failliez
COLUMN b
A C E F G T U 4825 &D1; e iu&s;tice ne de droiture 
              4826 B ien &s;auez en &q-hbar;le auenture
              4827 &P-til; la roine me &s;ui mi&s;
              4828 &D2; ont uo&s; e&s;te&s; me&s; anemi&s;
              4829 &et1; [add place=infralinear].[/add]f por moi la fete&s; garder
A C E F G T U 4830 H ui matin lalai re&s;garder
              4831 &E2; n &s;on lit &et1; &s;i ai veu
              4832 T ant &q-hbar; gi ai a∥ceu
              4833 Q oli gi&s;t keu&s; cha&s;&com;ne nuit
              4834 &P-til; deu &s;ire ne vo&s; anuit
A C E F G T U 4835 S il men poi&s;e &et1; ge m&e-hbar; plaig
              4836 C ar ce me vient a &g-omeg;nt de&s;daig
              4837 &Q-omeg; nt ele me het &et1; de&s;pit
              4838 K eu&s; cha&s;cune nuit a li gi&s;t
              4839 T ai&s; fet li roi&s; ge nel croi pa&s;
A C E F G T U 4840 S ire or venez veoir le&s; dra&s;
              4841 C oment keu&s; le&s; a &com;reez
              4842 &Q-omeg; nt ma parole ne creez
              4843 A incoi&s; cuidiez &q-hbar; ge vo&s; mente
              4844 L e&s; &dz-omeg; &et1; la coite &s;anglente
A C E F G T U 4845 &D1; e&s; plaie&s; keu uo&s; mou&s;terrai
              4846 O r alez dont &s;i le&s; verrai
              4847 F et li roi&s; car veoir le&s; voeil
              4848 L e voir men ap&apost;ndront mi oeil
              4849 &LargeL-3; i roi&s; tot maintenant &s;en va
A C E F G T U 4850 Ju&s;&q-omeg; la chambre ou il troua
              4851 L a reine qui &s;e leuoit
              4852 L e&s; &dz-omeg; &s;anglenz en &s;on lit voit
              4853 &et1; ou lit ke&s; tot en&s;ement
              4854 &et1; dit dame or vet malement
A C E F G T U 4855 S e ce&s;t voir&s; &q-hbar; me&s; filz ma dit
              4856 S ire fet el &s;e dex mait
              4857 O n&q-hbar;&s; ne fu nei&s; de &s;onge
              4858 &com; tee &s;i male menconge
              4859 J e cuit &q-hbar; keu&s; li &s;ene&s;chau&s;
A C E F G T U 4860 &E1; &s;t &s;i cortoi&s; &et1; &s;i leau&s;
              4861 Q&apost; il ne fet mie a me&s;croire
              4862 N e ge ne regiet mie en foire
              4863 M &o-hbar; cor&s;. ne nen faz liuroi&s;on
              4864 C&apost; te&s; keu&s; ne&s;t mie tex hom
A C E F G T U 4865 &Q-vbar; l me re&q-hbar;i&s;t tel outrage
              4866 N e ge nen oi on&q-hbar;&s; corage
              4867 &D2; el fere. ne ia nen aurai
              4868 S ire maugre vo&s; en &s;aurai
              4869 F et meleaganz a &s;on pere
A C E F G T U 4870 S e keuz lou&tg-alpha;e ne &com;pere
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COLUMN a
              4871 &et1; &q-hbar; la reine i ait honte 
              4872 A vo&s; tient la iu&s;tice &et1; monte
              4873 &et1; ge vo&s; en reqier &et1; pri
              4874 K eu&s; a le roi artu&s; trai
A C E F G T U 4875 S on &s;egnor &q-vbar; ml&apost;t le creoit
              4876 &et1; &com;andee li auoit [note]second "e" of "&com;andee" is separated from the first "e" due to a whole in the MS.[/note]
              4877 L a rien&s; &q-hbar; plu&s; aime en ce&s;t monde
              4878 S ire &s;ofrez &q-hbar; ge re&s;ponde
              4879 F et keu&s; &s;i men e&s;&com;dirai
A C E F G T U 4880 J a dex q&nt-omeg; del m&ot-hbar; ∥tirai
              4881 &N1; e me face m&apost;ci a lame
              4882 S e ge on&q-hbar;&s; jui a ma dame
              4883 C erte&s; miex voudroie e&s;tre mort
              4884 Q&apost; tel ledure ne tel tort
A C E F G T U 4885 &E1; u&s;&s;e qui&s; v&apost;&s; mon &s;egnor
              4886 &N1; e iame&s; dex &s;ante gregnor
              4887 Q&apost; iai orendroit ne me doint
              4888 A inz p&apost;nge fin en ice&s;t point
              4889 S e ge on&q-hbar;&s; le me pen&s;ai
A C E F G T U 4890 M e&s; de me&s; plaie&s; itant &s;ai
              4891 Q anuit mont &s;egnie a plente
              4892 S en &s;ont mi drap en&s;anglente
              4893 &P-til; ce uo&s;tre filz me me&s;croit
              4894 M e&s; certe&s; il ni a nul droit
A C E F G T U 4895 &et1; meleagranz li re&s;pont
              4896 S i mait dex trai vo&s; ont
              4897 L i vif deable &et1; li maufe
              4898 &Q-vbar; anuit vo&s; ont e&s;chaufe
              4899 &et1; &p-til; ce &q-hbar; trop vo&s; greua&s;te&s;
A C E F G T U 4900 V oz plaie&s; &s;anz faille e&s;creua&s;te&s;
              4901 L i &s;anz dambedeu&s; parz le proeue
              4902 &et1; vo&s; dite&s; &q-hbar; ce&s;t &com;troeue
              4903 B ien le veon&s; bien i apert
              4904 &D2; roiz e&s;t &q-hbar; &s;on forfet &com;pert
A C E F G T U 4905 &Q-vbar; &s;i en e&s;t prouez repri&s;
              4906 O nc ch&apost;r&s; de v&re-hbar; pri&s;
              4907 &N1; e fi&s;t tele de&s;&com;uenue
              4908 S i vo&s; en e&s;t honte auenue
              4909 S ire &s;ire fet keuz auroi
A C E F G T U 4910 G en deffendrai madame &et1; moi
              4911 &D2; e ce &q-hbar; len ci &s;u&s; me met
              4912 &D2; roiture ne re&s;on ne fet
              4913 C il qui a tort no&s; en trauaille
              4914 V o&s; nauez [unclear reason="illegible"]me[/unclear]&s;tier de bataille
A C E F G T U 4915 F et li roi&s; &q-hbar; trop vo&s; dolez
              4916 S ire &s;e &s;oufrir le volez
COLUMN b
              4917 &E1; in&s;i malade&s; com ge &s;ui 
              4918 M e &com;batrai en&com;tre lui
              4919 S i mou&s;trerai &q-hbar; ge nai coupe
A C E F G T U 4920 &E1; n cebla&s;me dont len mencoupe
              4921 M e&s; la roine mande ot
              4922 T ot &p-vbar;ueement lancelot
              4923 &et1; dit au roi que ele aura
              4924 .i. ch&apost;r qui deffendra
A C E F G T U 4925 L e &s;ene&s;chal de ce&s;te cho&s;e
              4926 V&apost; &s; melea&gn-omeg;t &s;eil o&s;e
              4927 &et1; melea&gn-alpha;z dit tanto&s;t
              4928 &N1; ul ch&apost;r ne vo&s; en o&s;t
              4929 
A C E F G T U 4930 
              4931 &N1; ei&s; &s;eil e&s;toit Jaianz
              4932 A tant vint lancelot laianz
              4933 S ot de ch&apost;r&s; &s;i &gn-omeg;t route
              4934 Q&apost; plaine en fu la &s;ale toute
A C E F G T U 4935 M aintenant &q-hbar; il fu venuz
              4936 O iant touz Jone&s; &et1; chenuz
              4937 L a reine la cho&s;e conte
              4938 &et1; dit. lancelot ce&s;te honte
              4939 M a ci meleagranz &s;u&s; mi&s;e
A C E F G T U 4940 &et1; en me&s;creance men a mi&s;e
              4941 V&apost; &s; t'&s;toz ciauz qui lorront dire
              4942 S e vo&s; ne len fete&s; de&s;dire
              4943 A nuit ce dit a Keu&s; geu
              4944 A moi &p-til; ce quil a veu
A C E F G T U 4945 M e&s; &dz-omeg; &et1; le&s; &s;oen&s; de &s;anc tainz
              4946 &et1; dit &q-hbar; toz en e&s;t atainz
              4947 S e v'&s; lui ne &s;e puet deffendre
              4948 O u &s;autre&s; nele veut emprendre
              4949 L a bataille&p-til; lui aidier
A C E F G T U 4950 J a ne vo&s; couient a pledier
              4951 F et lanceloz la ou ge &s;oie
              4952 J a deu ne place [unclear reason="illegible"]&com;[/unclear] me&s;croie
              4953 &N1; e vo&s; ne lui de ce&s;t afere
              4954 P re&s; &s;ui de la bataille fere
A C E F G T U 4955 Q&apost; il on&q-hbar;&s; ne le pen&s;a
              4956 S e en moi point de deffen&s;e a
              4957 &P-til; lui la bataille emp&apost;ndrai
              4958 A mon pooir le deffendrai
              4959 &et1; meleagranz auant &s;aut
A C E F G T U 4960 &et1; dit &s;e damediex me &s;aut
              4961 C e voeil ge bien &et1; ml&apost;t me &s;iet
              4962 J a nu&s; ne pen&s;t &q-hbar; il me griet.
              4963 &et1; lanceloz dit &s;ire roi&s;
              4964 J tant &s;ai plet &et1; de loi&s;
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COLUMN a
A C E F G T U 4965 &et1; de droit &et1; de Jugement 
              4966 &N1; e doit e&s;tre &s;anz &s;erement
              4967 B ataille de tel me&s;creance
              4968 M eleag&nz-omeg; &s;anz demorance
              4969 
A C E F G T U 4970 
              4971 &D2; it viegnent li &s;aint orendroit
              4972 Q&apost; ge &s;ai bien &q-hbar; ge ai droit
              4973 &et1; lanceloz en&com;tre dit
              4974 S egnor fet il &s;e dex mait
A C E F G T U 4975 K e&s; li &s;ene&s;chau&s; &com;nut droit
              4976 &Q-omeg; nt dit q&u-hbar; a tort le me&s;croit
              4977 M aintenant lor cheuax demand&e-hbar;t
              4978 L or arme&s; aport&apost; &com;mandent
              4979 O n lor aporte arme &s;e &s;ont
A C E F G T U 4980 V allet le&s; arment arme &s;ont
              4981 &et1; ia re&s;ont li &s;aint bor&s; tret
              4982 M eleagranz auant &s;e tret
              4983 &et1; lanceloz deiou&s;te lui
              4984 L or&s; &s;agenoullent ambedui
A C E F G T U 4985 &et1; Meleag&n-omeg;z tent &s;a main
              4986 A &s; &s;ainz &et1; iure tot de plain
              4987 &E2; in&s;i mait dex &et1; cil &s;aint
              4988 Q&apost; li &s;ene&s;chau&s; fu &com;pain&s;
              4989 L a reine anuit en &s;on lit
A C E F G T U 4990 &et1; &s;ot de li tot &s;on delit.
              4991 &et1; Ge ten lief come ∥iure
              4992 F et lanceloz &et1; &s;i te iure
              4993 &Q-vbar; l ni iut ne ne la &s;enti
              4994 &et1; de celui qui a menti
A C E F G T U 4995 P&apost; gne dex &s;e lui pleit veniance
              4996 &et1; face veraie demon&s;trance
              4997 M e&s; .i. autre encor en ferai
              4998 &D2; ont ia ne me pariurerai
              4999 C ui quil anui&s;t &et1; cui &qn-hbar; poi&s;t
A C E F G T U 5000 Q&apost; &s;[unclear reason="illegible"]ei[/unclear]l hui venir me loi&s;t