"Chivalrous one, as I may behest,
To award thee for thy reverence,
For chouses await to steal thy gold,
And never they shall live the age-old.
Chivalrous one, as I may behest,
To reward thee for thy golden heart most best
For peasants and merchants afool thyselves to be thieves to please
Thy hungry greed, to fordwine later without ease.
Chivalrous one, as I indeed admire,
Give thou thy arm in marriage, the dream that men most aspire
For thou are true in word and deed, thou are a man fit to be king
Come join thy kingdom, and forever be blest by God almighty"
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