(44)

And than seyd the kyng on-trew:

‘Yf thow get hawkys of gret valew,

Bryng on of them to me!’

f. 84b.

Torrent Seyd: ‘So god me saue, 495

He agrees to do it.

Yf yt be-tyd, that I may haue,

At yowr wyll̴ they schal be.’

Hys squyere bode he thar⁾,

Aftyr hys armor⁾ for to far⁾,

In the fyld byddythe he. 500

Torrent rides

They armyd hym in⁾ hys wed,

Tho he be-strod a noble sted,

And forthe than Rod hee.

498. squyere] so F. II; squyeres MS.
there MS.

TORRENT FINDS A DRAGON IN THE FOREST.