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and of other feeding such as he might come to. 

 So it befell that the King Claudoneus of France 

 rode to see the estate of his realm, and (it) befell 

 that the king passed there where the greyhound 

 was that kept his lord and master, and the grey- 

 hound arose against him, and began to yelp at 

 him. The King Claudoneus of France the which 

 was a good man and of good perception, anon 

 when he saw the greyhound, knew that it was the 

 greyhound that King AppoUo of Lyonnys had 

 brought to his court, whereof he had great wonder, 

 and he went himself there where the greyhound 

 was and saw the pit, and then he made some of 

 his men alight from their horses for to look what 

 was therein, and therein they found the King 

 Appollo's body all whole. And anon as the 

 King Claudoneus of France saw him, he knew it 

 was the King Appollo of Lyonnys, whereof he was 

 right sorry and sore aggrieved, and ordained a cry 

 throughout all his realm, that whoso would tell 

 him the truth of the deed he would give him 

 whatsoever that he would ask. Then came a 

 damsel that was in the tower when the King 

 Appollo of Lyonnys was dead, and thus she said 

 to the King Claudoneus of France, "Sir," quoth 

 she, '' if you will grant me a boon that I shall ask 

 and assure me to have it, before all your men, I 

 shall show you him that hath done the deed," 

 and the King swore to her before his men, and it 



