II. 2

Than sayde [the] kyn[g] vntrue, 492

‘And ye fynde haw[k]es of great value,

Brynge me one with the!’ 494

Torent sayd: ‘so God me saue,

Torrent agrees to do it.

Yf it betyde, that I any haue,

At your wyll shall they be.’ 497

To his squyer bade he thare,

After his armoure to fare,

In the felde abode he; 500

He rides

They armed hym in his wede,

He bestrode a noble stede

.......... 503

to the Forest of Magdalen,

Torent toke the way agayne

Unto the forest of Maudelayne,

In a wylsome way; 506

Berys and apes there founde he

And wylde bestys great plente

And lyons, where they lay. 509

In a wode, that is tyght,

It drewe towarde the nyght.

By dymmynge of the day 512

Lysten, lordes, of them came wo,

gets separated from his Squire,

He and his squyer departed in two,

Carefull men then were they. 515

At a shedynge of a rome

Eyther departed other frome,

As I vnderstande. 518

Torent taketh a dolefull way

Downe into a depe valay,

.......... 521

FRAG. 3. TORRENT IS TO FIGHT THE CALABRIAN GIANT, SLOGUS.