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The gyant lenyd to a tre

And be-hyld Torrent so free,

For sothe, ase I yow seye. 635

Thys fend wase ferly to fyght,

Rochense, seythe the boke, he hyght,

Ther wase a dredfull̴ fraye.

and is attackt by this giant Rochense.

To the chyld than⁾ gan he smyght:

‘A theff, yeld the asttyt, 640

f. 88a.

As fast as thow may!’

‘What,’ seyd Torrent, ‘art thow wood?

God, that Dyed on the Rood,

Geff the evyll̴ happe thys day!’

635. I] om. MS.

TORRENT FIGHTS THE GIANT ROCHENSE.