A Knyght ther was, and that a worthy man
That fro the tyme that he first bigan
To riden out, he loved chivalrie
Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisie
Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre
And therto hadde he riden, no man ferre
As wel in cristendom as in hethenesse
And evere honoured for his worthynesse
