(60)

Thoo wase Torrent ffresse and good;

Nere the fynd sore he stod,

Cryst hym saue and see!

The Giant attacks again.

The fynd fawt with an yron⁾ staff,

The fyrst stroke, to hym he gaffe, 685

He brast hys schyld on thre.

Torrent vndyr hys staff Rane,

Torrent runs him thro’ the heart,

To the hart he baryd hym than⁾,

And lothely cry gane he.

To the grownd he fell̴ ase tyght, 690

cuts his head off,

And Torrent gan hys hed of-smyght,

And thus he wynnythe the gre.

690. gownd MS.