In Gernade at the seege eek hadde he be At Algizir and ryden in Belmarye At Lyeys was he and at Satalye Whan they weere wonne and in the grete see At many a noble armee hadde he bee At mortal batailles hadde he been fiftene And foghten for oure feyth at Tramyssene In lystes thryes and ay slayn his foo This ilke worthy knyght hadde been also Somtyme with the lord of Palatye Agayn another hethen in Turkye And eueremoore he hadde a souereyn prys And thogh that he weere worthy he was wys And of his poort as meke as is a mayde Ne neuere yet no vileynye he sayde In al his lyf vnto no manere wight He was a verray parfit gentil knyght