A knight ther was, and that a worthy man,That fro the tyme that he first biganTo ryden out, he loved chivalrye,Trouthe and honour, fredom, and curteisye.Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre,And therto hadde he riden, no man ferre,As wel in Cristendom as hethenesse,And ever honoured for his worthinesse.At Alisaundre he was, whan it was wonne;Ful ofte tyme he hadde the bord bigonneAboven alle naciouns in Pruce.In Lettow hadde he reysed and in Ruce,No Cristen man so ofte of his degree.In Gernade at the sege eek hadde he beOf Algezir, and riden in Belmarye.At Lyeys was he, and at Satalye,Whan they were wonne; and in the Grete SeeAt many a noble aryve hadde he be.At mortal batailles hadde he been fiftene,And foughten for our feith at TramisseneIn listes thryes, and ay slayn his foo.This ilke worthy knight had been alsoSomtyme with the lord of Palatye,Ageyn another hethen in Turkye:And evermore he hadde a sovereyn prys.And though that he were worthy, he was wys,And of his port as meke as is a mayde.He never yet no vileinye ne saydeIn al his lyf, unto no maner wight.He was a verray parfit gentil knight.

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