Torrent of Portyngale

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‘Euyr⁾ me thynkythe be thy tale,

The song of the burdes smale

On slepe hathe hyme browght.’

‘Ye,’ seyd Torrent, ‘ore he be wakyn⁾, 280

I schall̴ the tell̴ soche a tokyn⁾,

Of hym thow haue no thowght!

But wolddes thow for thy gentry

Do the lyonnys downe lye,

That they nyee me nowght?’ 285

The Lady takes Torrent past the Lions, into the Castle.

By the hande sche ganne hym ta

And led hyme in⁾ betwe them twa;

Ryght ase sche wold, they wrowght.

277. thy] my erased and thy written above the line.

283. thy] th corrected from m.
gentry] gentre, e corrected from y.

285. nyee] first e above the line.

286. hande] d corrected from e.
tane MS.

287. bewte MS.
twayne MS.

TORRENT IS TAKEN INTO THE GIANT’S CASTLE.