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COLUMN a
3663 &et1; &s;ele &s;on non b&ie-hbar; &s;eu&s;t
3664 M l't uolantier&s; dit li eu&s;t
3665 &Q1-vbar; l &s;e regarda&s;t .j. petit
3666 L or&s; uint ala reine &et1; dit
3667 D ame &p-til; deu &et1; por le uo&s;tre
3668 P reu. uo&s; re&q-vbar;er. &et1; por le no&s;tre
3669 &Q1-hbar; le n&o-hbar; a ce ch&apost;R.
3670 &P-til; ce &q-hbar; il li doie eidier
3671 M e dite&s; &s;e uo&s; le &s;auez
3672 T el cho&s;e re&q-vbar;&s;e mauez
3673 D amei&s;ele fet la reine
3674 O u ge nantant nule haine
3675 &N3; e felenie &s;e bien non
3676 L anceloz del lac a a non
3677 L i ch&apost;r&s; mien e&s;ciant
3678 D ex com en ai lie &et1; riant
3679 L e cuer &et1; &s;ain fet la pucele
3680 L or&s; &s;aut auant &et1; &s;i lapele
3681 S i haut &q-hbar; toz le pueple&s; lot
3682 A ml&apost;t haute uoiz lancelot
3683 T re&s;torne toi &et1; &s;i e&s;garde
3684 &Q1-vbar; e&s;t &q-vbar; de toi &s;e prant garde
3685 &Large&Q1;-2; ant lanceloz &s;oi nomer
3686 &N3;e mi&s;t gaire&s; alui torner
3687 T re&s;torne &s;oi &et1; uoit amont
3688 L a cho&s;e de tre&s;tot le mont
3689 &Q1-hbar; plu&s; de&s;irroit aueoir
3690 A &s; loge&s; de la tor &s;eoir
3691 &N3; e pui&s; lore &q-vbar;l &s;a parcut
3692 &N3; e &s;e torna ne ne &s;e mut
3693 D e uer&s; li &s;e&s; ialz ne &s;a chiere
3694 E inz &s;e de&s;fandoit ∥ derriere
3695 &et1; meleaganz lenchaucoit
3696 T ote&s; uoie&s; plu&s; &q-vbar;l pooit
3697 S i e&s;t ml&apost;t liez &com; cil &q-vbar; pan&s;e
3698 C or nait iame&s; uer&s; lui de&s;fan&s;e
3699 S an &s;ont cil del pai&s; ml&apost;t lie
3700 &et1; li e&s;trange &s;i irie
3701 &Q1-vbar; l ne &s;e pueent &s;o&s;tenir
3702 E inz an i e&s;tut mainz uenir
3703 J u&s; &q-alpha; terre toz e&s;perduz
3704 O u a&s; genolz ou e&s;tanduz
3705 E n&s;i ml&apost;t ioie &et1; duel ia
3706 &et1; lor&s; de rechief &s;e&s;cria
COLUMN b
3707 L a pucele de&s; la fene&s;tre
3708 H a&punc1; lancelot ce &q-hbar; puet e&s;tre
3709 &Q1-hbar; &s;i fole&mt-hbar; te contiens
3710 J a&s;oloit e&s;tre toz li biens
3711 &et1; tote la proe&s;ce an toj
3712 &N2; e ie ne pan&s; mie ne croj
3713 &com; &q-hbar;&s; dex fei&s;t ch&apost;r.
3714 &Q1-vbar; &s;e poi&s;t apareillier
3715 A ta ualor ne a ton pris
3716 Or te ueon&s; &s;i antrepris
3717
3718
3719 T orne toi &s;i &q-hbar; de ca &s;oies
3720 &et1; &q-hbar; a de&s; ce&s;te tor uoies
3721 &Q1-hbar; boen ueoir &et1; bel la fet
3722 C e tient a honte &et1; a g&nt-alpha; let
3723 L anceloz tant &q-hbar; il &s;an het
3724 C une g&nt-alpha; piece a b&ie-hbar; le &s;et
3725 L e pi&s; de la bataille eu
3726 S e lont tuit &et1; tote&s; &s;eu
3727 L or&s; &s;aut arriere &et1; fet &s;on tor
3728 &et1; met antre lui &et1; la tor
3729 M eleagant tre&s;tot a force
3730 &et1; meleaganz ml&apost;t &s;e&s;force
3731 &Q1-hbar; de lautre part &s;e retort
3732 &et1; lanceloz &s;ore li cort
3733 S el hurte de &s;i g&nt-alpha; uertu
3734 D e tot le cor&s; atot le&s;cu
3735 &Q1; &nt-alpha; dautre part &s;e uialt torner
3736 &Q1-hbar; il le fet tot chanceler
3737 .ij. foiz ou plu&s; me&s; b&ie-hbar; li poi&s;t
3738 &et1; force &et1; harde&mz-hbar; li croi&s;t
3739 &Q1-alpha; mor&s; li fet ml&apost;t g&nt-alpha; aie
3740 &et1; ce &q-hbar; il nauoit haie
3741 R ien nule tant come celuj
3742 &Q1-vbar; &s;e conbat an&co-hbar;tre luj
3743 A mor&s; &et1; haine mortex
3744 S i g&nz-alpha; &q-alpha;inz ne fu encor tex
3745 L e font &s;i fier &et1; corageus
3746 &Q1-hbar; de neant nel tient a geus
3747 M eliaganz ainz le crient molt
3748 C on&q-hbar;&s; ch&apost;r. &s;i e&s;tolt
3749 &N3; ac&oi-hbar;ta me&s; ne ne conut
3750 &N2; e tant ne li greua ne nut
3751 &N3; u&s; ch&apost;r&s;. me&s; &com; cil fet
3752 V olantier&s; <add place=supralinear>lo&i-hbar;g</add>de lui &s;e tret
COLUMN c
3753 S e li ganchi&s;t &et1; &s;e reu&s;e
3754 &Q1-hbar; &s;e&s; co&s; het &et1; &s;e&s; refu&s;e
3755 &et1; lanceloz pa&s; nel menace
3756 M e&s; ferant uer&s; la tor la chace
3757 O u lareine ert apoiee
3758 S ouant la &s;eruie &et1; loiee
3759 D e tant &q-hbar; &s;i pre&s; li menoit
3760 &Q1-alpha; remenoir li couenoit
3761 &P-til; ce &q-vbar;l ne la uei&s;t pas
3762 S e il ala&s;t auant .j. pas
3763 E n&s;i lanceloz ml&apost;t &s;ouant
3764 L e menoit arrier&s; &et1; auant
3765 ∥ tot la ou boen li e&s;toit
3766 &et1; toteuoie&s; &s;a re&s;toit
3767 D euant la reine &s;a dame
3768 &Q1-vbar; li ami&s; el cor&s; la flame
3769 &P-til; &q-vbar;l laua &s;i regardant
3770 &et1; cele flame &s;i ardant
3771 V er&s; meleagant le fei&s;oit
3772 &Q1-hbar; par tot la ou li plei&s;oit
3773 L e pooit mener &et1; chacier
3774 C ome auugle &et1; come e&s;chacier
3775 L e m&ai-hbar;ne maugre an ait il
3776 L i roi&s; uoit &s;i ataint &s;on fil
3777 &Q1-vbar; l ne &s;aide ne de&s;fant
3778 S i lan poi&s;e &et1; pitiez len prant
3779 S i metra &com;&s;oil &s;e il puet
3780 M e&s; la reine lan e&s;tuet
3781 P roier &s;e il le uialt b&ie-hbar; feire
3782 L or&s; il comanca aretreire
3783 D ame ie &u-nine; ai ml&apost;t amee
3784 &et1; ml&apost;t &s;eruie &et1; enoree
3785 P ui&s; &q-alpha;n ma baillie &u-nine; oj
3786 O n&q-hbar;&s; cho&s;e feire ne &s;oj
3787 &Q1-hbar; uolantier&s; ne la fei&s;&s;e
3788 M e&s; &q-hbar; u&re-hbar; enor i uei&s;&s;e
3789 Or man randez le guerred&o-hbar;
3790 M e&s; demander &u-nine; uoel .j. don
3791 &Q1-hbar; doner ne me deuriez
3792 S e ∥ amor nel fei&s;iez
3793 B ien uoi &q-hbar; de ce&s;te bataille
3794 A me&s; filz le poior &s;anz faille
3795 &N3; e porce ne uo&s; an pri mie
3796 &Q1-vbar; l man poi&s;t me&s; &q-hbar; ne locie.