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Torrent of Portyngale

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Thow the fyndes ey were owte, 1035

Fast he leyd hym a-bowte

All̴ þat somyrres nyght;

He set ys backe to an hyll̴,

That Torrent schuld not come hym tyll̴,

So meche þat theff covd of fyght. 1040

He bled so sore, I vndyrstond,

Hys croke fell̴ owt of hys hond,

Hys dethe to hyme ys dyght.

then spears him thro’ the body,

Torrent to hyme Rane with a spere,

Thurrow the body he gan hym bere, 1045

Thus helpe hym god of myght.

1040. þat] þe add. MS.

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