HERAWDE.

    Bourtonne hys seconde beereth to the feelde. 
  Comme onn, yee knyghtes, and wynn the honnour’d sheeld.

  BERGHAMME.

    I take the challenge; squyre, mie launce and stede. 105
    I, Bourtonne, take the gauntlette; forr mee staie. 
    Botte, gyff thou fyghteste mee, thou shalt have mede[93];
    Somme odherr I wylle champyonn toe affraie[94];
    Perchaunce fromme hemm I maie possess the daie,
    Thenn I schalle bee a foemanne forr thie spere. 110
    Herehawde, toe the bankes of Knyghtys saie,
    De Berghamme wayteth forr a foemann heere.

CLINTON.

Botte longe thou schalte ne tend[95]; I doe thee fie[96]. 
Lyche forreying[97] levynn[98], schalle mie tylte-launce flie.
[Berghamme & Clinton tylte.  Clinton fallethe. 
BERGHAMME.

Nowe, nowe, Syrr Knyghte, attoure[99] thie beeveredd[100] eyne. 
I have borne downe, and este[101] doe gauntlette thee. 
Swythenne[102] begynne, and wrynn[103] thie shappe[104] orr myne;
Gyff thou dyscomfytte, ytt wylle dobblie bee.

    [Bourtonne & Burghamm tylteth.  Berghamme falls.

HERAWDE.

    Symonne de Bourtonne haveth borne downe three,
    And bie the thyrd hathe honnoure of a fourthe. 120
    Lett hymm bee sett asyde, tylle hee doth see
    A tyltynge forr a knyghte of gentle wourthe. 
    Heere commethe straunge knyghtes; gyff corteous[105] heie[106],
    Ytt welle beseies[107] to yeve[108] hemm ryghte of fraie[109].

  FIRST KNYGHTE.

Straungerrs wee bee, and homblie doe wee clayme 125
The rennome[110] ynn thys Tourneie[111] forr to tylte;
Dherbie to proove fromm cravents[112] owre goode name,
Bewrynnynge[113] thatt wee gentile blodde have spylte.

HEREHAWDE.

Yee knyghtes of cortesie, these straungerrs, saie,
Bee you fulle wyllynge forr to yeve hemm fraie? 130
[Fyve Knyghtes tylteth wythe the straunge Knyghte, and bee
everichone[114] overthrowne.

BOURTONNE.

Nowe bie Seyncte Marie, gyff onn all the fielde
Ycrasedd[115] speres and helmetts bee besprente[116],
Gyff everyche knyghte dydd houlde a piercedd[117] sheeld,
Gyff all the feelde wythe champyonne blodde bee stente[118],
Yett toe encounterr hymm I bee contente. 135
Annodherr launce, Marshalle, anodherr launce. 
Albeytte hee wythe lowes[119] of fyre ybrente[120],
Yett Bourtonne woulde agenste hys val[121] advance. 
Fyve haveth fallenn downe anethe[122] hys speere,
Botte hee schalle bee the next thatt falleth heere. 140