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and has a fiery head on it.
On the tayle an hed ther) wase,
f. 85b.
That byrnyd Bryght as anny glase,
In fyer whan yt was dyght;
A-bowght the schyld he lappyd yt ther), 555
Torrent the bowght a-sondyr schere
Thurrow the grace of god almyght.
As the boke of Rome tellys,
Torrent cuts 4 ells off the Dragon’s tail;
Of hys taylle he cut IIII elles
With hys swerd so bryght. 560
Than cryed the lothely thyng,
That all̴ the dall̴ be-gan to Ryng,
That hard the gyant wyght.
554. yt] he MS.
558. Tellys] tellythe MS.
563. That the gyant hard wyght MS.
TORRENT KILLS THE DRAGON.