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 & than I wyll wed his wyfe, of whom I am so amourous that I can not slepe nor take any rest' / same tyme that they thus made promyse & sware  deth of Huon, There was amonge them a varlet with duke Raoull who in his yougth had serued Huon of Burdeux / and when he vnderstode yf Huon came to the tournay, howe he sholde be murderyd / as preuely as he coude / he departyd fro Vyene, & neuer restyd tyll he came to the cite of Burdeux, where as he founde duke Huon in his palays with his lordes, who had been aduertesyd that there shold be a great tournay at Mayence in Almayne / and he deuysyd with his lordes to go thether. The same tyme thether came the varlet, who humbly salutyd duke Huon, who sayd to hym, 'frend, where hast thou ben so longe?' 'Syr,' quod the varlet, 'I come now from Viene in Austrych, and duke Raoull who is lorde there hathe cryed a tournay in euery countre, and, syr, yf ye go thether ye shalbe slayne / for thys tournay is deuysyd for none other entent / for by cause it is well knowen that there can be no hye dedes of armes done in any place / but that ye wyll be at it. and whan they haue slayne you duke Raoull wyll haue the duches your wyfe in mariage; therfore, syr, for goddes sake aduyse you well that ye come not there, in as moch as ye loue your lyfe / for ye can not scape / there be a .xx. M men that hath sworne your deth; yf ye enter in to the tornay ye can neuer scape the deth / and I haue herde duke Raoull swere that when he hath slayne you he wyll kepe all your londes.' When duke Huon hadde herd the verlet / he sware by god and made promyse that duke Raoull sholde derely by his fals treason. Then