With diadem, full high in his palace; And held his feast so solemn and so rich, That in this worldë was there none it lich. 3038 Of which if I should tell all the array, Then would it occupy a summer’s day; And eke it needeth not for to devise 3039 At every course the order of servíce. I will not tellen of their strangë sewes, 3040 Nor of their swannës, nor their heronsews. 3041 Eke in that land, as tellë knightës old, There is some meat that is full dainty hold, That in this land men reck of 3042 it full small: There is no man that may reporten all. I will not tarry you, for it is prime, And for it is no fruit, but loss of time; Unto my purpose 3043 I will have recourse.
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