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6 enquired of him what he would have He answered and said, O Lady! have mercy upon me, for if the Emperor my brother find me in prison, then hall I die without any remedy.

Then said the Empress, if I might know that thou wouldest be a good man, and leave thy folly, thou shouldest find grace. Then did he promise her assuredly to be true, and amend all his trespasses. When he had thus promised, the Empress delivered him anon, and made him to be bathed and shaven, and apparelled him worthily according to his state, and then she said unto him thus. Now Good- brother, take thy steed and come with me, that we may meet my Lord. He answered and said, Lady, I am ready to fulfil your will and commandment in all things, and then the Empress took him with her and many other Knights, and so rode forth to meet the Emperor: And as they rode together by the way, they saw a great hart run before them, wherefore every man with such hounds as they had, chased him on horse-back, so that with the Empress was left no creature save