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Torrent grips the Giant;
Torrent vndyr hys spryt he sprent
f. 79a.
And a-bowght the body he hyme hente,
As far as he myght last.
‘A! fellow, wylt thow so?’
they both fall, and roll down the mountain.
And to the grownd gan they goo, 185
Of the movnteyn) bothe downe they past.
Ase the boke of Rome tellys,
They tornyd XXXII ellys,
In armys walloyng fast.
Yt tellythe in) the boke of Rome, 190
Euyr) ase the gyant a-boue come,
The Giant bursts
Hys guttes owt of hys body brast.
181. sprent] spred MS.
186. they past] gan they pase MS.
188. ellys] tymys MS.
192. brast] Rane MS.