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At the schedyng of a Rome

Eche partyd other frome,

For sothe, ase I vndyrstond.

Torrent toke a dulful wey

Downe in⁾ a depe valey 520

Be-syd a well̴ strong.

A lytyll̴ be fore mydnyght

and comes on a Dragon.

Of a dragon he had syght,

That grysly wase to fond;

He had hym nowght to were, 525

f. 85a.

But hys schyld and hys spere,

That wase in⁾ hys squyeres hond.

524. fond] syght MS.

A DRAGON ATTACKS TORRENT.