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Thus sir Torrent, for soth, is fare,

A noble wynd droffe hym⁾ thare, 1415

Was blowyng oute of the weste.

Of the Coste of Norway they had a sight... [1419]

Of sayling they were all̴ preste.

So ffeyre a wynd had the knyght,

A litull̴ be-ffore the mydnyght 1420

He Rode be a foreste.

The shipmen tell him of a Giant.

The shipmen said: ‘We be shent;

Here dwellith a geaunt, verament,

On his lond are we kest!’

1424. kest] sett MS.