(81)

f. 92a.

The kyng Seyd: ‘Be seynt Adryan⁾,

I Rede, a nother Jentyll̴ mane

Be there and haue the gre:

I haue a dowghttyr, þat ys me dere, 930

and offers him his Daughter and 2 Duchies instead.

Thow schalt here wed to thy fere,

And, yf yt thy wyll be,

Two duchyes in londe

I wille geve here in⁾ hande.’

‘Gramarcy, syr,’ sayd he, 935

Torrent says he must keep his troth.

‘With my tonge so haue I wrowght,

To breke my day than will̴ I nowght,

Nedys me behovythe ther to bee.’

929. the] so F. IV; om. MS.
degre MS.

932. So F. IV; om. (!) MS.

933. londe] honde F. IV; om. MS.

935. syr s. h.] so F. IV; seyd he thane MS.

TORRENT ARRIVES IN CALABRIA.