(51)
Be the gyant wase Redy dyght,
Torrent kills it.
Torrent had slayne the dragon) Ryght;
Thus gan god hyme scheld.
To the mownteyne he toke the wey
To Rest hyme, all̴ that day, 580
He had myster, to be kyld.
f. 87a.T1
Tyll̴ the day be-gan to spryng,
Fowllys gan myrre to syng
Bothe in) frethe and in feld.
Leve we now of Torrent thore 585
Torrent’s Squire
And speke we of thys squyer) more:
Iesu hys sole fro hell̴ shyld!
581. kyllyd MS.
585. there MS.
T1. There is no f. 86 in the paging of the MS.
TORRENT’S SQUIRE IS MET BY A GIANT.