¶
The
right
plesaunt
and
goodly
Historie
of
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
the
which
for
the
excellent
endytyng
of
it
,
and
for
the
notable
Prowes
and
great
vertues
that
were
in
them
:
is
no
les
pleasaunt
to
rede
,
then
worthy
to
be
knowen
of
all
estates
bothe
hyghe
and
lowe
.
☞
depiction of four knights in armour, the four sons of Aymon, with swords drawn, riding a single large horse or Bayard
The
Prologue
.
AS
the
Philosopher
in
the
fyrst
booke
of
hys
methafysyque
sayth
that
euery
man
naturally
desireth
to
know
and
to
con
newe
thynges
▪
And
therfore
haue
the
Clerkes
&
people
of
great
vnderstandynge
desyred
and
coueite
to
lerned
sciences
and
to
know
vertues
of
thinges
.
Some
by
Phylosophy
,
other
by
Poetrye
,
and
other
by
Historyes
and
cronyckes
of
thynges
passed
.
And
vpon
these
three
they
haue
greatly
laboured
in
suche
that
thanked
be
God
,
by
theyr
good
dylygence
and
laboures
:
they
haue
had
greate
knowledge
by
innumerable
volumes
of
bookes
,
whiche
haue
be
made
and
compyled
by
great
studye
&
payne
vnto
thys
day
.
And
bycause
that
aboue
all
thinges
the
princes
&
lordes
of
hie
estate
and
entendement
desyre
to
see
thy
storyes
of
the
ryght
noble
and
hye
vertues
of
the
prodecessours
whiche
ben
digne
,
and
worthy
of
remembraunce
of
perpetuall
recommendacion
.
Therfore
lace
at
the
request
and
commaundement
of
the
ryght
noble
and
vertus
Erle
Iohn
Erle
of
Oxeforde
my
good
synguler
and
especial
lorde
I
reduced
&
translated
out
of
Frenche
into
our
maternall
and
Englyshe
tongue
the
lyfe
of
one
of
his
predecessoures
named
Robert
Erle
of
Oxeforde
tofore
sayd
which
diuerse
&
many
great
myracles
whiche
God
shewed
for
him
as
wel
in
his
lyfe
as
after
his
death
,
as
it
is
shewed
all
a
longe
in
hys
sayde
booke
.
And
also
that
my
sayd
Lorde
desyreth
to
haue
other
Hystories
of
olde
tyme
passed
of
vertues
chyualry
reduced
in
lykewyse
into
our
Englishe
tonge
:
he
late
sent
to
me
a
booke
in
Frenche
conteynyng
th
actes
and
faytes
of
warre
do
one
and
made
agaynst
the
great
Emperour
and
king
of
Fraunce
Charlemayne
by
the
.iiii.
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
other
wyse
named
in
Frenche
,
Les
quatre
sylz
Aymon
.
whyche
booke
accordynge
to
hys
request
I
haue
endeuorde
me
to
accomplyshe
and
to
reduce
it
into
our
englyshe
,
to
my
great
coste
and
charges
as
in
the
translatinge
as
in
enprynting
of
the
same
,
hopyng
&
not
doubtyng
but
that
hys
good
grace
shall
rewarde
me
in
suche
wise
that
I
shal
haue
cause
to
pray
for
his
good
and
prosperus
welfare
,
And
besechynge
his
said
noble
good
grace
to
pardon
me
of
the
rude
and
this
simple
worke
For
accordyng
to
the
coppy
whyche
he
sent
to
me
I
haue
folowed
as
nigh
as
I
can
,
and
where
as
any
defaute
shall
be
founde
I
submyt
me
to
the
correccion
of
them
that
vnderstande
the
cronycle
&
hystory
besethyng
them
to
correcte
it
&
amende
there
as
they
shall
fynde
faute
.
And
I
shall
praye
almighty
God
for
them
that
so
doo
to
rewarde
them
in
suche
wyse
that
after
this
shorte
and
transytory
lyfe
we
all
may
come
to
euerlastyng
lyfe
in
heuen
.
Amen
.
¶
Thus
endeth
the
prologue
.
❧
Heere
foloweth
the
Table
of
this
presente
booke
.
WHo
that
wyll
know
the
history
of
the
foure
noble
and
worthye
knyghtes
,
named
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
wherof
the
fyrste
was
called
Reynawde
,
the
seconde
Alarde
,
the
thyrde
Guychard
and
the
fourthe
Rycharde
:
let
hym
first
reade
this
presente
table
folowynge
,
In
whiche
men
shall
fynde
that
thys
presente
booke
conteyneth
.xxviii.
chapytres
,
which
speaken
of
many
faire
and
dyuerse
matters
,
whiche
they
that
shall
reade
thys
sayde
chapytres
shall
mowe
see
the
history
all
alonge
.
And
ye
shall
see
in
this
fyrst
chapytre
,
howe
that
after
kynge
Charlemayne
was
come
agayne
from
the
partyes
of
Lombardy
where
he
had
had
great
and
merueyllouse
battaylles
ayenste
the
sarasyns
:
he
helde
vpon
whitso●daye
open
courte
at
Parys
where
was
a
fayre
felawshyp
of
Prynces
and
Barons
,
as
ye
shall
heare
after
alonge
.
And
in
the
same
chapitre
ye
shall
also
see
howe
the
same
daye
the
duke
Aymon
of
Ardeyne
broughte
to
the
courte
hys
foure
sonnes
,
that
is
to
wit
Reynawde
,
Alarde
,
Guichard
and
Richarde
,
and
howe
kynge
Charlemayne
made
theim
knyghtes
wyth
his
owne
handes
,
also
howe
the
duke
Benes
of
Aigremounte
slewe
Lohier
the
eldest
sonne
of
kyng
Charlemain
.
the
duke
benes
was
vncle
to
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
,
and
after
how
the
duke
Benes
of
aygremount
was
slaine
coming
to
Parts
by
the
commaundemente
of
kinge
Charlemayne
after
that
he
had
appointed
for
the
death
of
his
sonne
.
And
also
in
this
first
chapitre
men
shal
nowe
see
many
other
faire
matters
,
whiche
were
to
longe
for
to
be
reherced
in
this
preambule
of
this
present
booke
.
fol.
i.
THe
seconde
Chapyter
sheweth
howe
Grysson
of
hauitefelle
and
Guenes
after
that
they
had
slayne
the
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremount-retourned
to
Parys
and
recounted
to
kynge
Charlemayn
the
mortall
treason
that
they
had
put
to
execucyon
,
wherof
the
kynge
was
ryghte
glad
and
syn
after
he
was
ryghte
sorye
for
it
.
For
after
that
the
two
bretherne
of
the
Duke
Benes
made
great
warre
ayenst
him
,
and
so
dyd
Gerarde
of
Rousillon
,
and
Dron
,
and
Mawgys
the
sonne
of
the
duke
Benes
,
and
after
they
made
peace
and
accorded
togyther
.
But
the
kinge
Charlemain
accorded
not
with
the
foure
sonnes
of
aimon
nor
to
their
cosin
Mawgys
.
❧
Item
howe
Reynawde
slew
the
neuew
of
king
Charlemayne
with
a
chesse
boorde
as
they
plaied
togyther
at
the
chesse
,
wherof
the
warre
began
the
whiche
was
so
mortall
and
lasted
so
longe
:
that
it
bare
a
great
domm●ge
to
the
realme
of
fraunce
.
fol.
xiii
.
THe
thirde
chapitre
speaketh
,
how
after
that
kynge
Charlemayne
hadde
made
all
his
barons
to
forsake
the
foure
sonnes
of
aymon
.
He
went
and
besyeged
them
at
mountenforde
where
he
was
discomfyted
two
tymes
but
the
castelle
of
Mountenforde
was
taken
after
that
,
by
treason
.
And
after
howe
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
auenged
theim
of
the
traytoures
that
betrayed
theym
.
And
after
saued
theym selfe
wythin
the
forest
of
Ardeyne
where
theyr
father
found
them
as
he
went
from
the
syege
towarde
his
londe
of
Dordon
.
And
howe
for
to
keep
his
othe
that
he
had
made
to
kynge
Charlemayne
:
He
dyd
assayle
hys
sonnes
,
so
that
of
fyue
hundred
menne
that
they
were
there
abod
on
liue
with
his
sonnes
but
xvii
.
persones
.
But
Reynawd
and
his
brethern
had
none
euil
,
but
slew
many
of
their
fathers
men
.
fol.
xvi
:
THe
fourth
chapytre
sheweth
how
after
that
the
olde
Aimon
had
discomfyted
his
chyldern
:
they
went
and
dwelled
in
the
depest
of
the
forest
of
Ardeyne
and
abode
there
tyll
that
they
were
al
counterfayte
blacke
and
roughe
as
wilde
beastes
for
the
greate
hungre
that
they
had
suffred
,
and
after
they
went
to
Dordon
for
to
see
their
father
that
made
them
good
chere
,
and
feasted
them
greately
.
And
gaue
them
of
hauoyre
so
muche
that
they
myghte
well
make
war
with
ayenst
the
king
,
and
howe
Mawgis
their
cosyn
arryued
whan
that
they
should
haue
departed
,
whiche
went
with
theym
in
to
the
realme
of
Gascoygne
with
fyue
hundred
knightes
.
And
whan
theyr
mother
sawe
them
departe
:
she
was
for
it
full
sorye
.
fol.
xxxi
THe
fyfthe
chaptre
sheweth
how
after
that
Reynawde
and
hys
brethern
with
their
cosyn
mawgys
were
departed
from
theyr
mother
for
to
seeke
their
aduenture
:
they
went
so
longe
tyll
they
came
to
the
realme
of
Gascoygne
.
And
how
goynge
thither
warde
they
made
manye
euylles
in
Fraunce
.
And
howe
the
kynge
of
Gascoign
whan
they
were
come
there
▪
dyd
receiue
them
in
his
seruise
ryghte
sweetly
in
bourdeux
vpon
Gyrond
,
by
cause
that
than
this
king
of
Gascoigne
that
was
called
Yon
had
warre
ayenst
a
kyng
sarasin
that
was
entred
in
to
Gascoygne
,
that
had
to
name
Porrus
that
helde
Tholouse
and
all
the
londe
aboute
.
fol.
xxxvi
.
THe
.vi.
chapter
speaketh
how
Reinawde
and
his
bretherne
dystressed
bourgons
a
sarasyn
that
had
distroyed
the
realme
of
Gascoign
,
and
had
chased
the
kinge
yon
to
bourdeux
vpon
Gyronde
that
durste
not
depart
from
thence
,
for
feare
of
the
sarasyns
.
And
howe
kyng
you
gaue
his
sister
Clare
vnto
Reinawde
to
be
hys
wyfe
,
for
the
greate
seruyse
that
he
hadde
doon
to
hym
.
And
dyd
doo
make
for
hym
the
castell
of
Mountawban
.
fol.
xxxviii
.
THe
seuenth
chapitre
speaketh
how
Charlemayne
for
a
voyage
that
he
made
to
saint
Iames
in
Galyce
he
knewe
in
his
comynge
agayne
howe
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
that
were
his
mortalle
enmies
were
in
Gascoygne
with
in
a
stronge
castel
called
Mountawban
.
And
how
he
sente
worde
to
kinge
yon
that
he
shoulde
delyuer
to
him
Reynawd
and
hys
bretherne
.
And
yf
he
refused
to
doo
thys
:
he
sholude
come
and
besyege
hym
in
hys
loude
afore
.x.
or
xii
.
moneths
were
passed
,
wherof
king
yon
answered
that
he
shoulde
not
doo
it
.
And
howe
after
that
kynge
Charlemayne
was
retourned
to
Parys
,
Rowlande
his
neuewes
arryued
at
Parys
,
which
the
kyng
made
knyght
.
And
after
sent
him
for
to
reyse
a
siege
afore
Coloyne
that
a
sarasyn
had
besyeged
,
that
was
called
Estorfawde
the
which
was
ouercome
by
Rowland
And
howe
Reynawde
wan
the
crowne
of
Charlemayne
for
his
well
renuynge
vpon
hys
baye
horse
at
Parys
.
fol.
xliii
.
THe
.viii.
chapitre
speaketh
how
Charlemayne
went
into
Gascoygne
with
his
host
&
besieged
Reynawd
and
his
bretherne
within
Mountawhan
,
and
howe
Reynawde
wan
the
fyrst
batail
of
the
king
,
which
Rowlande
conduyted
with
Olyuer
,
and
the
bishop
Turpin
wherof
Charlemayne
was
so
sore
wrothe
:
that
he
wende
to
haue
wexed
mad
for
it
of
the
great
shame
that
he
had
of
it
.
fol.
li.
THe
.ix.
chapitre
sheweth
howe
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
were
betrayed
and
solde
to
king
Charlemayne
by
kynge
you
,
that
sent
theym
in
to
the
playne
of
Valcoloures
all
vnarmed
,
but
onelye
of
theyr
swerdes
,
rydinge
vpon
mulectes
clothed
with
mantelles
of
scarlace
furred
with
ermynes
.
From
the
whyche
walle
they
escaped
worthylye
,
by
the
wyll
of
oure
lorde
.
But
they
were
sore
wounded
.
Of
Charlemaines
parrye
abode
there
deade
Foulques
of
Morillon
,
and
many
other
barons
for
whome
the
kynge
was
ryghte
sorye
.
folio
.
lvi
.
THe
.x.
chapitre
speaketh
,
howe
after
that
Goodard
the
secretarye
of
kynge
you
had
bewrayed
all
the
treason
to
Mawgys
that
the
kynge
yon
had
doone
to
hys
cosyns
whiche
he
knewe
well
.
For
he
had
seene
kynge
Charlemaynes
lettres
.
And
had
wrytten
answere
therupon
from
kinge
yon
,
Mawgis
brought
to
reynawde
and
hys
,
suche
a
succoures
that
by
his
wyt
they
were
kepte
from
death
.
fol
,
lxxii
.
THe
.xi.
chapitre
speaketh
howe
by
the
succours
that
Mawgis
brought
to
reynawd
and
to
his
bretherne
into
the
playne
of
Valcoloures
,
they
discomfited
kyng
charlemaynes
folke
,
wherof
Ogier
had
manye
reproches
of
rowlande
for
some
goodnes
and
fauoure
that
he
had
shewed
to
reynawde
and
his
bretherne
at
roche
mountbron
,
and
was
therfore
called
traitoure
,
wherof
a
great
inconuenience
came
therof
afterwarde
a
fore
king
Charlemayne
.
foli
.
lxxxi
.
THe
.xii.
chapitre
sheweth
howe
that
after
reynawde
and
hys
brethern
were
whole
of
their
woundes
that
they
had
had
in
the
playnes
of
Valcoloures
:
they
retourned
to
Mountawban
.
But
whan
kyng
yon
knewe
of
theyr
commynge
agayn
:
he
fledde
awaye
,
and
made
hym selfe
to
be
shorne
a
monke
in
a
monastery
that
was
within
the
woode
of
the
serpente
,
where
rowlande
and
Ogyer
the
Dane
founde
him
and
wold
haue
made
him
be
hanged
,
for
the
treason
that
he
had
doone
to
reynawde
and
to
his
bretheren
,
yf
Reynawde
had
not
succoured
him
.
fol.
lxxviii
.
THe
xiii
.
chapiter
sheweth
,
how
●h●●
after
Reynawd
had
succou●e●●yng
yon
,
was
the
same
houre
a
m●rueyl●ou●e
battaylle
betweene
Reynawde
and
the
frenshemen
.
For
Rowlande
was
there
sore
beten
and
many
other
,
wherof
Ogyer
was
glad
by
cause
that
Rowland
had
called
him
traytoure
.
And
also
he
knewe
that
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
were
not
for
to
be
so
lyghtelye
ouercomen
,
as
men
had
sayde
afore
.
And
for
this
cause
there
had
been
a
sore
medle
betweene
Rowland
and
Ogyer
,
yf
it
had
not
be
the
other
barons
that
departed
them
,
and
in
this
recountre
Rycharde
the
brother
of
Reynawde
abode
for
prisoner
of
Rowlande
.
fol.
lxxxviii
.
THe
xiiii
.
chapitre
sheweth
how
after
that
Reynawde
,
Alarde
,
and
Guycharde
were
gone
towarde
Mountawban
after
the
battayle
,
and
that
they
had
made
full
greate
sorowe
for
Rychard
theyr
brother
which
was
in
kynge
Charlemaines
handes
,
The
sayd
Rychard
was
delyuered
by
mawgys
greate
wysedome
.
fol.
xc
.
THe
.xv.
chapitre
speaketh
how
after
that
Reynawde
and
hys
brethern
and
Mawgys
had
discomfyted
Charlemayn
:
they
came
and
ouerthrewe
downe
his
pauilyon
,
and
bare
awaye
with
theym
the
Egle
of
golde
,
that
was
there
vpon
the
pauilion
wherof
kynge
Charlemayne
was
sore
an
angred
,
in
so
muche
that
he
wolde
yeelde
vp
his
crowne
vnto
his
barons
,
sayinge
that
he
wolde
be
no
more
kynge
,
for
they
had
fayled
hym
and
habandonned
for
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
and
sayde
to
them
that
they
should
crown
Reinawd
that
he
might
be
theyr
king
,
for
they
loued
him
much
more
than
they
dyd
hym
.
Than
Olyuer
sayde
to
kinge
Charlemayne
,
that
he
shoulde
take
againe
the
crown
,
and
that
he
shoulde
brynge
to
him
Mawgys
that
he
had
taken
,
whan
he
was
aboute
to
pylle
the
pauyllyon
,
for
he
abode
alone
whan
kynge
Charlemaine
hearde
the
same
:
he
tooke
agayne
his
crowne
,
and
was
ryghte
glad
of
the
prise
of
mawgys
.
fol.
cii
.
THe
.xvi.
chapitre
speaketh
how
the
kynge
Charlemayne
wolde
doo
hange
Mawgys
Incontynente
that
Olyuer
had
take
hym
to
him
.
But
by
the
meane
of
the
Douseperes
of
Fraunce
that
at
the
requests
of
Mawgys
pledgyd
hym
,
for
one
nyght
onelye
:
He
made
so
muche
that
he
escaped
to
the
honoure
and
acquytaunce
of
hys
sureties
and
of
hym
,
and
bare
awaye
with
hym
to
Mountawban
the
crowne
and
the
sworde
of
kynge
Charlemayne
the
same
nyghte
.
Wherof
kynge
Charlemayne
was
full
sory
.
And
therfore
he
sende
worde
to
Reynawde
that
he
shoulde
sende
to
hym
agayne
his
crowne
and
his
swerde
,
and
all
that
Mawgys
had
borne
awaye
with
hym
,
and
he
shoulde
graunt
hym
his
truce
for
two
yeres
.
To
the
which
thing
Reynawd
accorded
hym
,
wherof
happed
to
hym
after
that
many
great
euylles
.
fol.
cv
.
THe
.xvii.
Chapytre
sheweth
,
how
Reynawde
faught
with
Rowland
.
Which
he
ouercame
,
by
the
wyl
of
god
.
And
brought
him
to
mountawban
,
wherof
kyng
Charlemayne
was
greatly
wrothe
.
And
also
sheweth
how
mawgis
brought
king
Charlemayne
in
to
the
castel
of
Mountawban
vpon
bayarde
all
a
slepe
.
And
after
tooke
him
to
Reinawd
within
his
bed
.
And
after
went
and
arrayed
hym selfe
in
maner
of
an
Hermyte
poorely
clothed
.
And
lefte
all
his
kinnesmen
and
freendes
,
bycause
that
he
wolde
not
let
the
peace
of
Reynawde
toward
the
kynge
Charlemayne
.
For
the
war
had
lasted
to
longe
.
fol.
cxiii
.
THe
.xviii.
chapytre
sheweth
how
after
that
Mawgys
had
taken
Charlemaine
in
to
the
handes
of
Reinawde
his
good
cosin
:
he
went
with
out
leaue
in
to
a
woode
nyghe
the
ryuer
of
Dordon
,
in
to
a
hermitage
where
he
dyd
dwelle
as
an
Hermyte
,
lyuinge
poorely
for
to
saue
his
soule
.
fol.
cxvi
.
THe
.xix.
chapitre
sheweth
howe
the
barons
of
Fraunce
that
were
at
Mountawban
made
great
sorowe
by
cause
that
they
myghte
not
awake
the
kynge
Charlemayne
that
Mawgys
by
his
crafte
had
made
to
slepe
,
and
broughte
vnto
Mountawban
.
But
whan
the
houre
of
the
enchauntmente
of
Mawgys
was
passed
:
kyng
Charlemayn
awaked
.
And
whan
he
saw
himselfe
in
Mountawban
:
he
sware
that
he
shoulde
neuer
make
peace
wyth
Reynawde
as
longe
as
that
he
were
prysoner
.
And
so
Reynawde
dyd
sende
him
againe
vpon
his
horse
bayard
free
and
quite
,
wherof
he
repented
him
sore
afterwarde
.
For
soone
after
this
,
kyng
Charlemayn
made
Mountawban
to
be
besyeged
of
so
nyghe
:
that
he
famyshed
Reynawd
and
his
bretherne
,
his
wife
and
his
children
,
and
all
the
people
,
so
that
they
dyed
for
hungre
and
thirst
,
the
most
parte
.
fol.
cxvii
.
THe
.xx.
chapitre
speaketh
how
after
that
Charlemaine
had
besyeged
Mountawban
of
so
nyghe
that
he
dyd
famysh
all
them
that
were
wythin
,
knewe
howe
Reynawd
was
gone
,
and
had
habandonned
Mountawban
,
and
was
gone
his
waye
he
and
his
bretherne
,
hys
wyfe
and
hys
chylderne
by
vnder
the
erthe
,
and
were
gone
to
Ardeyne
,
where
kynge
Charlemayne
went
and
besyeged
them
agayne
.
But
afore
that
he
dyd
set
hys
syege
:
Reynawde
and
hys
bretherne
yssued
oute
ayenst
hym
,
whereby
manye
one
loste
their
lyfe
of
the
one
partie
and
of
the
other
.
And
the
duke
Richarde
of
Normandye
was
taken
there
,
which
was
one
of
the
Douseperes
of
Fraunce
,
and
a
ryghte
noble
and
a
worthy
knyght
,
preu
and
hardy
,
wherfore
kynge
Charlemaine
was
righte
sorye
.
fol.
cxxix
.
THe
.xxi.
chapitre
sheweth
,
how
Mawgys
beynge
in
his
hermytage
,
came
in
his
mynde
a
vysyon
that
he
hadde
by
nyghte
in
his
slepe
,
for
to
goe
see
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
.
Than
in
the
mornynge
he
tooke
hys
waye
,
and
founde
two
marchauntes
the
whiche
had
be
robbed
by
seuen
theeues
in
a
wood
.
Of
the
whiche
seuen
theues
:
Mawgys
slewe
fiue
of
theym
with
his
palster
,
and
tooke
again
to
the
marchauntes
theyr
marchaundyses
,
and
all
theyr
hauoyre
.
And
than
he
went
forth
his
waye
toward
Mountawban
for
to
see
his
cosyns
and
his
brethern
.
fol.
cxxxiiii
.
THe
.xxii.
Chapiter
sheweth
,
how
Reynawde
wolde
haue
doon
hange
Richard
the
duke
of
Normandye
by
cause
he
myghte
not
haue
peace
with
the
kinge
Charlemayne
.
And
howe
whan
the
Douse
peeres
of
Fraunce
knewe
this
:
they
came
to
kyng
Charlemayne
and
prayed
him
to
make
peace
with
Reynawde
,
for
to
haue
againe
theyr
felawe
the
duke
Rycharde
of
Normandye
,
to
the
whiche
thynge
kynge
Charlemayne
answered
that
he
would
not
doo
it
,
wherof
they
were
so
sore
an
angred
that
they
left
him
,
but
kynge
Charlemain
dyd
sende
after
theym
and
sent
theym
worde
that
they
shoulde
returne
agayne
to
hym
,
and
that
he
shoulde
make
peace
with
Reynawde
vnder
this
condicyon
that
Reinawd
should
goe
beyonde
the
sea
,
beggynge
his
breade
.
fol.
cxxxvii
.
THe
.xxiii.
Chapytre
sheweth
,
howe
after
that
Reynawde
was
departed
from
Ardeyne
for
to
make
his
vyage
beyonde
the
sea
,
poorely
clothed
as
a
pylgrym
seekynge
hys
breade
for
goddes
sake
:
Rycharde
of
Normandye
tooke
Bayarde
and
brought
with
him
Alard
,
Guychard
,
and
Rycharde
bretherne
to
Reynawd
and
presented
them
to
Charlemayne●
the
whiche
he
receyued
ryghte
honourablye
by
good
loue
,
and
after
brake
his
syege
and
departed
for
to
goe
to
Parys
.
But
whan
he
was
in
the
citye
of
Lyege
vpon
the
brydge
ouer
the
ryuer
of
Mewse
:
he
made
Bayard
to
be
cast
into
the
water
with
a
mille
stone
at
the
necke
of
hym
,
but
bayarde
the
horse
escaped
and
is
yet
a
lyue
in
the
forest
of
Ardeyne
,
as
men
sayen
.
Fol.
Cxiiiii
.
THe
.xxiiii.
Chapytre
sheweth
howe
that
after
Reynawde
was
departed
from
Ardeyne
from
hys
bretherne
,
from
his
wise
and
fro
hys
chyldrene
for
to
goe
beyonde
the
sea
,
for
to
accomplyshe
hys
voyage
〈◊〉
to
the
holy
graue
:
he
found
in
Constantynople
his
cosyn
Mawgis
and
went
both
togither
vnto
afore
Iherusalem
,
that
a
kynge
sarasyn
whiche
was
admyral
of
percie
had
taken
by
treason
,
but
Reynawde
and
Mawgis
dyd
so
much
wyth
the
folke
of
the
lond
,
that
the
cyrye
was
take
agayne
of
the
christen
.
fol.
cxivi
.
THe
.xxv.
Chapytre
sheweth
,
how
that
after
Reynawde
was
come
agayne
from
the
holy
londe
where
he
had
doone
merueyles
:
he
sent
Aimonet
and
Yo●net
hys
two
sonnes
to
kynge
Charlemaine
muche
honourably
for
to
be
made
knightes
of
hys
hande
.
For
he
taughte
theym
well
in
armes
in
all
good
maners
,
and
tooke
to
them
fyue
hundred
good
men
well
horsed
for
to
conduyte
them
toward●
the
kyng
at
Parys
.
fol.
Civii
.
THe
.xxvi.
Chhapytre
sheweth
how
after
that
kyng
Charlemayne
had
muche
swetely
receyued
the
chylden
of
Reynawde
and
made
them
knightes
:
they
fought
wyth
the
sonnes
of
Foulques
of
Moryllon
,
and
discomfited
them
in
the
feeld
at
Parys
,
whyche
is
called
the
ysle
of
our
ladi
.
Bicause
that
they
had
charged
theyr
father
of
treason
,
bycause
he
had
slaine
theyr
father
Foulques
of
moryllon
in
the
playnes
of
Valcolours
.
Fol.
Clviii
.
THe
.xxvii.
chapitre
conteineth
how
that
after
Reynawde
was
gone
fro
Mountawban
in
maner
of
a
pilgrime
neuer
to
haue
returned
agayne
after
that
he
had
dealed
his
goodes
to
his
children
,
his
brethern
and
his
sonne
Aymoner
made
great
sorow
,
whan
they
wyst
that
he
was
gone
wythout
theyr
knowledge
all
barefote
with
a
palster
in
his
hande
.
Folio
.
Clxviii
.
THe
.xxviii.
chapitre
sheweth
how
after
that
Reynawde
was
departed
fro
Mountawban
for
to
saue
his
soule
:
he
went
to
Colcin●
vpon
the
Rine
,
and
founde
that
men
builded
the
churche
of
saynt
Peter
.
And
there
came
to
hym
a
wyll
and
a
deuocyon
for
to
serue
the
masons
that
wrought
there
,
for
the
loue
that
he
had
to
our
lorde
.
But
at
the
laste
the
other
labourers
had
so
great
enuy
at
hym
of
that
he
was
more
loued
than
they
were
of
all
the
maysters
for
the
good
seruice
that
he
dyd
that
they
slew
hym
,
and
after
they
put
hym
in
a
sacke
&
caste
hym
into
the
water
of
the
Ryue
,
but
by
the
wil
of
our
lord
his
corps
appered
aboue
the
water
makyng
so
many
fayre
myracles
healyng
of
all
sykenesses
,
so
that
he
was
named
a
saynte
the
day
of
hys
buryenge
.
Fol.
Clxix
¶
Here
finyssheth
the
table
and
consequentely
foloweth
the
booke
heere
after
.
Howe
duke
Aimon
of
Ardein
brought
to
the
courte
his
foure
sonnes
,
that
is
to
wit
Reynawde
,
Alarde
,
Guichard
,
and
Richarde
,
and
howe
kynge
Charlemayne
made
theim
knyghtes
wyth
his
owne
handes
,
also
howe
the
duke
Benes
of
Aigremounte
slewe
Lohier
the
eldest
sonne
of
kynge
Charlemain
.
the
duke
benes
was
vncle
to
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
,
and
after
how
the
duke
Benes
of
aygremount
was
slaine
coming
to
Paris
by
the
commaundemente
of
kinge
Charlemayn
after
that
he
had
appointed
for
the
death
of
his
sonne
.
And
also
in
this
first
chapitre
men
shal
now
see
many
other
faire
matters
,
which
were
to
longe
for
to
be
reherced
in
the
preamble
of
this
present
.
booke
.
TRuelye
we
finde
in
the
gestes
&
faites
of
the
good
kynge
Charlemayne
that
vpon
a
time
at
a
feast
of
Penthecoste
the
sayde
kyng
Charlemayne
kept
a
ryght
great
and
solempne
court
at
Parys
,
after
that
he
was
come
againe
fro
the
partyes
of
Lombardy
where
he
had
had
a
ryght
great
and
meruaylous
batayle
ayenst
the
Sarasyns
,
and
suche
folke
as
were
oute
of
the
beleue
,
wherof
the
cheef
of
the
sayde
Sarasins
was
named
Guithelym
the
sesne
.
The
whiche
the
said
kynge
Charlemayne
by
hys
prowesse
and
valyauntnes
had
dyscomfyted
&
ouercomen
.
At
the
which
battaylle
and
dyscomfyture
dyed
greate
noblenesses
of
kinges
,
princes
,
Dukes
,
Erles
,
barons
,
knyghtes
and
squyers
.
As
Salamon
of
bretayne
.
Huon
erle
of
Mauns
,
syr
yues
,
syr
yuoyre
berenger
,
and
Haton
,
syr
Arnaulde
of
Beaulande
,
syr
walleraunte
of
Bollon
and
many
valyaunte
knyghtes
.
The
House
peres
of
Fraunce
were
come
there
and
many
Almaynes
and
Englyshemenne
.
Normans
Poeteuyns
.
Lombardes
and
Barnyers
.
And
amonge
other
Dukes
&
princes
was
come
thyther
.
The
good
and
worthye
duke
Aymes
of
Ardeyne
.
And
in
his
felawshyp
his
foure
fayre
sonnes
,
that
is
to
wyt
Re●nawde
,
Alarde
,
Guycharde
,
and
Rycharde
,
that
were
wonderfull
fayre
,
wytty
,
great
,
mightye
,
and
valyaunte
,
specyally
Reynawde
whiche
was
the
greatest
and
the
tallest
manne
that
was
founde
at
that
tyme
in
al
the
worlde
.
For
he
had
xvi
.
feete
of
length
and
more
.
Than
at
this
assemble
and
feast
:
stood
the
sayd
kynge
Charlemayne
on
his
feete
amonge
his
prynces
and
barons
,
sayinge
in
this
wyse
,
barons
my
bretheren
and
freendes
,
ye
knowe
howe
I
haue
conquested
and
gotten
so
manye
greate
londes
by
youre
helpe
and
succours
.
So
many
of
the
Sarasins
and
misbeleuers
brought
to
death
,
&
in
my
subieccion
,
how
but
late
agoe
ye
haue
seene
by
the
paynni
Guerelym
whiche
I
haue
dyscomfyted
&
ouercomen
,
and
reduced
to
the
christen
faith
.
Notwithstandynge
we
haue
loste
there
ryghte
greate
cheualry
and
noblenesse
.
And
for
faute
of
many
of
oure
vassaylles
and
subiectes
that
to
vs
dayneth
not
to
come
,
howe
be
it
that
we
had
sent
for
theym
,
as
the
Duke
Rycharde
of
Roussellon
,
the
duke
Dron
of
Nantuell
,
and
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremounte
,
that
been
all
three
bretherne
Germayne
.
Wherof
vnto
you
I
complayne
me
,
and
tell
you
that
yf
it
were
not
syr
Salamon
that
worthylye
came
to
succoure
vs
with
.xxx.
thousande
fygheynge
menne
,
and
syr
Lambreyght
bernyer
and
syr
Geffraye
of
Bourdelle
with
walleraunce
of
Bullon
that
bare
our
baner
:
we
were
alle
dyscomfyted
and
lost
as
ye
all
knowe
wel
,
and
this
by
the
defaut
of
the
said
three
bretherene
that
dayned
neuer
to
come
to
our
sendynge
,
nor
obey
,
and
aboue
all
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremounte
.
All
be
it
that
they
be
all
oure
lyege
menne
that
euer
owen
to
me
seruyce
and
fydelytie
.
Now
I
shal
sende
hym
worde
that
he
come
to
serue
me
at
this
nexte
somer
with
all
his
power
.
And
in
case
that
he
shall
be
refusynge
to
obeye
oure
commaundementes
:
by
saynt
denys
of
fraunce
I
shall
sende
for
al
my
freendes
and
subiectes
and
I
shall
goe
besyege
him
at
Aygremounte
.
And
yf
we
can
haue
him
:
I
shall
make
him
to
be
shamefully
hanged
and
his
sonne
Mawgis
to
be
slaine
all
quycke
,
and
shall
do
brenne
his
vncourteous
wyfe
.
And
I
shall
sert
all
his
londes
in
fyre
.
Than
the
good
Duke
Naymes
of
Bauyere
rose
vp
dyligently
and
said
to
kynge
Charlemayne
in
this
wyse
.
Syr
me
semeth
that
ye
ought
not
to
angre
your selfe
so
sore
.
And
yf
ye
will
beleue
my
counsell
:
ye
shal
sende
a
messanger
to
the
duke
of
Aygremount
which
messanger
shal
be
wel
and
honourably
accompanied
.
And
he
muste
be
sage
and
prudent
,
for
to
shewe
wel
to
the
Duke
of
Aygremounte
all
that
ye
shal
charge
hym
.
And
after
whan
ye
shall
know
hys
answere
and
his
wyll
:
ye
shall
than
aduyse
you
what
ye
oughte
for
to
doo
.
In
good
fayth
sayde
the
kyng
,
ye
counseylle
me
ryght
well
and
wiselye
.
Than
thoughte
Charlemayne
what
message
he
myght
sende
to
him
.
And
than
he
sayde
all
hyghe
afore
them
all
,
complayninge
himselfe
who
shall
be
he
that
shall
doo
thys
message
.
And
for
doubte
of
deathe
shall
not
leue
nothynge
vnsayd
of
hys
message
to
the
duke
benes
,
but
there
was
none
of
them
all
that
oughte
answered
.
For
manye
of
theim
were
of
Sybbe
to
hym
.
As
the
duke
Aymon
of
Ardeyne
that
was
his
brother
Germayne
.
Thus
were
the
foure
brethern
of
one
father
and
of
one
mother
.
Than
was
kynge
Charlemayne
ryghte
wrothe
and
angrye
.
And
sware
by
saynte
denys
that
the
Duke
benes
shoulde
be
wasted
and
destroyed
.
And
no
manne
shoulde
be
in
the
worlde
that
shoulde
keep
him
therfro
.
Than
he
called
high
his
eldest
sonne
Lohier
saying
in
this
maner
,
ye
must
doo
this
message
my
dere
sonne
,
and
lede
with
you
for
your
conduyt
and
suretye
an
hundred
knightes
armed
and
honourably
arayed
,
And
ye
shall
saye
to
the
Duke
benes
of
Aygremounte
that
yf
he
come
not
for
to
serue
vs
thys
somer
aboute
saynte
Iohans
daye
nexte
comynge
as
I
haue
saide
afore
:
that
I
shall
besyege
Aygremounte
&
shall
dystroye
all
his
lande
and
he
and
his
I
shal
doo
hange
or
slea
al
quycke
,
and
his
wyfe
to
be
brente
.
Syr
sayd
Lohier
al
at
your
pleasure
.
I
shal
doo
.
And
wit
that
it
shall
not
be
taryed
,
for
feare
of
death
,
but
that
I
shal
tell
him
al
a
longe
all
that
ye
haue
charged
me
of
.
And
I
shall
depart
to
morow
in
the
mornyng
by
the
grace
of
God
.
Than
should
you
haue
sene
the
king
weepe
of
pitie
for
his
sonne
Lohier
For
he
repented
him
that
he
had
charged
him
for
to
doo
this
message
,
but
syn
that
he
had
so
sayd
:
he
must
doo
it
.
And
the
morne
was
come
Lohier
&
his
noble
company
made
them
redy
and
after
lept
on
horsbacke
,
and
came
afore
the
kyng
.
Than
sayd
Lohier
to
the
king
his
father
.
Syr
here
I
am
redye
and
all
my
folke
for
to
fulfyll
your
wyll
.
Fayre
sonne
sayd
Charlemayne
I
recommend
thee
vnto
god
that
on
the
crosse
suffred
death
and
passion
,
and
hym
I
beseche
to
kepe
and
waraunt
thee
&
al
thy
felawshyp
from
euyl
&
from
any
combraunce
,
than
departed
Lohier
and
his
company
,
wherof
after
warde
the
kynge
made
great
lamentacyon
for
his
sonne
Lohier
,
and
not
wyth
out
a
cause
.
For
he
shal
neuer
see
him
quicke
agayne
as
ye
shal
vnderstand
yf
ye
wyll
kerken
it
.
Now
go
the
gentill
messangers
streyght
to
warde
Aygremount
,
sore
thretenynge
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
,
saying
that
they
should
take
the
head
from
the
body
of
hym
yf
he
doo
ought
to
them
agaynst
his
deuoyre
.
But
it
shal
go
all
other
wyse
with
them
.
For
it
haped
all
contrary
to
theyr
myndes
and
purpose
wherof
afterward
many
ladyes
abode
widowes
without
husbandes
,
&
many
gentil
women
with
out
a
louer
.
And
so
many
churches
destroyed
,
and
so
many
landes
brente
and
wasted
;
wherof
it
is
yet
pitie
for
to
see
.
And
thus
ridinge
&
thretynge
Benes
of
Aygremount
,
a
spy
heard
all
that
they
sayd
,
and
came
hastelye
to
Aygremo
sit
to
ward
Benes
that
was
in
his
Palays
and
tolde
hym
how
messangers
were
coming
vnto
hym
from
kyng
Charlemayne
that
sore
thretened
him
,
and
that
the
sonne
of
kyng
Charlemayne
was
there
in
person
.
Than
sayd
the
Duke
to
hys
folke
wherof
he
had
at
that
houre
fo●
son
with
him
in
his
Palays
bicause
of
the
feast
of
Penthecoste
.
Lordes
sayd
he
,
the
kynge
Charlemayne
setteth
lytle
by
me
,
that
will
that
I
shal
go
serue
him
with
all
my
power
and
my
puyssance
,
and
that
wors
is
,
he
sendeth
to
me
his
eldest
sonne
for
to
tel
me
some
message
the
threteneth
me
greatly
,
what
counsell
ye
me
therto
my
bretherne
&
freendes
.
Than
sp●ke
a
good
knyght
that
was
called
syr
Simon
,
&
sayd
.
My
lorde
I
shal
counsel
you
truly
yf
ye
wyll
herken
and
beleue
me
.
Receyue
honourably
the
messangers
of
the
kynge
Charlemayne
.
For
wel
ye
wote
that
he
is
your
ryght
wyse
lorde
,
and
wit
that
who
that
warreth
against
his
souerayn
Lorde
:
he
doth
agaynst
god
&
rayson
and
haue
no
regarde
to
your
kynne
nor
to
thys
that
your
bretherne
Gyrarde
of
Roussyllon
and
the
duke
of
Nantuell
wolde
not
obey
hym
.
For
I
aduyse
you
wel
that
Charlemayn
is
myghty
,
and
he
shall
distroye
you
of
body
and
of
goodes
,
but
yf
that
ye
obey
him
.
And
yf
ye
amiablie
go
to
hym
,
he
shall
haue
mercy
of
you
.
Than
answered
the
duke
that
thus
he
wolde
not
doo
,
and
that
the
sayd
knight
gaue
him
euill
counsell
.
For
yet
sayd
he
I
am
not
so
low
brought
but
that
I
haue
three
brythren
that
shall
helpe
to
susteine
and
beare
out
my
warre
agaynst
Charlemayne
,
&
also
my
foure
neuewes
the
sonnes
of
my
brother
Aymes
of
Dordon
that
ben
full
fayre
knightes
,
worthy
and
wel
taught
in
faytes
of
warre
.
Alas
sayd
than
the
duchesse
.
My
good
lorde
beleue
your
good
counsell
.
For
no
men
shall
prayse
you
that
ye
make
warre
agaynst
your
right
wyse
lorde
,
and
wit
it
well
that
it
is
agaynst
the
commaundementes
of
God
,
&
against
all
equitie
.
Wherfore
yf
ye
haue
misdoone
any
thing
agaynst
hym
,
doo
so
much
that
ye
be
accorded
with
him
.
And
take
none
heed
to
your
brethern
,
as
syr
Symon
dothe
counsell
you
.
For
neuer
good
may
come
therof
for
to
be
euyl
in
fauoure
with
his
souerayne
Lorde
.
Than
behelde
the
duke
the
duchesse
in
great
wrathe
and
had
her
that
she
should
holde
her
peace
in
the
deuilles
name
,
&
that
she
should
neuer
more
speake
to
hym
of
this
mater
.
For
in
certayne
he
should
not
do
for
the
kyng
Charlemayne
the
mountenaunce
of
a
peny
.
So
helde
her
peace
the
duchesse
&
sayd
that
she
should
speake
nomore
to
hym
therof
.
GReat
was
the
noyse
and
the
bruyte
within
the
palayce
of
Aygremount
,
for
some
counselled
the
duke
,
that
thus
as
the
duchesse
sayd
:
he
should
doo
,
and
many
other
sayd
nay
.
Than
sayd
the
duke
vnto
them
that
counselled
him
naye
and
that
he
should
not
accorde
nor
make
peace
with
the
kyng
Charlemayne
,
that
he
could
theym
thanke
,
muche
longe
they
spake
of
this
mater
.
And
the
messangers
of
the
Kyng
Charlemayne
duryng
the
same
haue
riden
so
muche
that
they
ben
come
to
Aygremount
.
And
the
castell
was
see
vpon
a
roche
ryght
hye
and
well
enuyroned
with
stronge
walles
thycke
highe
and
wel
garnyshed
with
great
towres
,
so
that
for
the
strength
and
sytuacyon
of
the
castell
,
it
was
imprenable
,
but
only
by
famyshynge
.
Than
sayd
Lohier
to
the
lordes
that
were
wyth
hym
.
Lordes
nowe
see
what
a
fortresse
is
there
,
what
walles
what
a
ryuer
tenneth
at
the
foote
of
it
?
I
beleue
verely
that
in
al
christendome
is
not
her
lyke
.
It
can
neuer
betake
by
force
,
but
yf
it
is
by
famysshyng
.
Than
spake
a
knight
that
was
called
Sauary
and
sayd
to
Lohier
his
lorde
,
syr
sayde
he
it
semeth
me
(
spekynge
vnder
correccion
)
that
my
lorde
the
kynge
Charlemayne
your
father
hath
enterprised
a
great
foly
,
whan
he
troweth
to
come
to
at
an
ende
of
this
duke
of
Aygremount
for
in
good
sothe
he
is
right
puissaunt
And
I
beleue
that
he
shall
make
as
mani
men
for
to
make
the
warre
,
as
shall
my
lorde
your
father
yf
it
cam
there
to
that
he
wolde
make
hym
warre
.
It
were
a
fayre
thynge
yf
they
myght
be
accorded
together
,
and
of
my
parte
I
shoulde
counsell
the
same
yf
it
myght
be
doone
.
But
well
I
wot
that
yf
your
father
had
hym
,
al
the
golde
in
Paris
should
not
kepe
hym
,
but
that
he
should
do
hange
hym
or
els
slea
hym
quycke
.
So
beseche
I
you
ryght
deere
syr
that
ye
speake
humbly
vnto
the
duke
benes
of
Aygremount
.
For
in
certayne
he
is
ryght
fyers
and
outragyous
&
incontinent
might
haue
there
a
sore
meddle
betwene
you
and
hym
,
wher
of
the
losse
should
tourne
vpon
vs
.
For
we
ben
to
lew
folke
.
Than
answered
Lohier
and
sayd
to
hym
that
he
sayd
well
and
wysely
,
but
alwayes
sayd
he
we
doubt
hym
not
of
any
thynge
.
We
be
here
al
redy
an
hondred
knyghtes
well
appoynted
,
and
for
sothe
yf
he
say
vnto
vs
anye
thynge
vnto
our
dyspleasure
:
he
shal
be
the
fyrst
that
shall
repent
and
be
sory
for
it
.
Than
sayd
the
knight
Sauare
al
softly
to
hymself
,
that
this
were
not
wysely
doone
.
For
wel
I
swere
said
he
vpon
my
fayth
that
yf
it
hap
you
to
say
any
thyng
to
hym
that
by
any
maner
shall
displease
hym
:
he
shall
make
you
sorye
and
shall
wreke
it
vpon
you
bodye
.
And
happelye
we
shall
all
be
in
a
waye
for
to
dy
.
Syr
aduyse
your selfe
well
&
wyll
to
procede
prudently
in
your
message
.
For
well
I
say
vnto
you
that
he
is
ryght
cruell
,
and
of
greate
worthynesse
accomplysshed
.
THus
spekyng
of
one
thyng
and
of
other
rode
so
longe
the
messangers
,
that
they
ben
come
to
the
gate
of
the
castel
which
was
sone
shet
by
the
porter
,
then
knocked
the
sayd
knightes
,
and
the
porter
answered
to
them
.
Lordes
what
be
you
?
Freende
answered
Lohier
open
to
vs
this
gate
presently
.
For
we
wyll
speake
to
the
Duke
Benes
of
Aigremount
from
the
kinge
Charlemayn
Now
abyde
you
a
lytle
and
hast
you
not
sayd
the
porter
.
And
I
wyl
goe
speake
redely
to
my
lorde
the
Duke
.
So
went
the
sayde
porter
into
the
halle
where
he
sawe
the
Duke
his
lorde
.
He
kneeled
incontynent
afore
him
&
tolde
him
howe
downe
at
the
gate
was
a
right
great
company
of
men
of
armes
.
And
that
they
were
well
an
hondred
men
or
more
ryght
well
horsed
&
well
armed
,
and
with
them
is
the
eldest
sonne
of
king
charlemayne
that
strongly
threteneth
you
,
and
also
your
folke
.
My
lorde
sayde
the
porter
shall
I
open
the
gates
vnto
them
,
yea
sayd
the
duke
For
I
doubt
them
nothynge
,
and
we
ben
ynough
for
them
.
And
many
worthy
knyghtes
and
esquyers
ben
no
where
able
for
to
defende
vs
all
,
were
Charlemayne
himself
with
them
with
hys
puissaunce
.
So
ran
incontinent
the
porter
downe
agayne
for
to
open
vnto
them
the
gate
.
Lohier
&
his
felowes
entred
within
and
mounted
vp
vnto
the
dongeon
of
the
castell
where
the
duke
was
that
sayd
to
hys
barons
.
Lordes
heere
cometh
the
eldest
sonne
of
the
kyng
Charlemayne
for
to
tell
me
his
message
.
But
(
di
that
god
that
suffred
death
and
passyon
)
Yf
he
speake
wysely
to
vs
he
shal
do
as
sage
.
And
yf
he
sayth
any
thyng
that
shall
dysplease
vs
,
we
shall
soone
&
without
delaye
take
vengeaunce
therof
.
So
was
the
duke
Benes
well
accompanyed
&
nobly
of
wel
two
hondred
knyghtes
&
more
.
Thys
was
in
the
moneth
of
May
that
all
creatures
humain
ought
wel
for
to
reioyce
them
and
that
folke
preu
and
worthy
in
armes
taken
hert
and
hardinesse
for
to
defende
them self
wel
,
and
warre
agaynst
theyr
enemyes
.
And
this
during
:
Lohier
the
sonne
of
King
charlemayne
entred
into
the
halle
of
the
Palays
of
Aygremount
ryght
nobly
armed
and
his
folke
also
,
and
saw
the
halle
ryght
well
garnyshed
of
fayre
folke
rychelye
arayed
.
And
the
duke
sittynge
right
proudlye
amonge
his
barons
,
and
the
duchesse
hys
wyfe
next
by
hym
,
and
before
hym
his
sonne
Mawgys
that
was
a
great
mayster
of
the
science
of
Nigromancy
that
played
afore
his
father
of
his
art
of
nigromancy
,
wherin
the
Lordes
that
were
there
tooke
great
pleasure
.
And
wit
it
well
that
in
all
the
worlde
was
not
a
worthyer
chrysten
,
nor
more
able
,
than
was
the
sayd
Mawgys
.
Except
onlye
hys
cosyn
Reynawde
one
of
the
Sonnes
of
Aymon
,
wherof
specyally
treateth
now
this
History
.
Than
marched
forthe
Lohier
and
wente
in
the
fyrst
of
all
,
and
after
hym
hys
folke
by
good
conduyte
.
And
salued
the
duke
B●nes
of
Agremount
in
thys
wyse
,
wherby
moch
great
euill
happed
vnto
him
at
last
.
That
God
that
created
the
firmament
and
made
all
thynge
of
nought
for
the
people
to
susteyne
.
And
on
the
crosse
suffred
death
and
passyon
for
all
soules
to
be
redemed
out
of
the
paynes
of
hel
:
keep
and
saue
the
king
Charlemayne
Emperour
of
Aimayne
and
king
of
Fraunce
and
all
hys
noble
lyne
and
confound
thee
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremounte
.
My
father
the
kyng
by
me
expressely
sendeth
to
thee
word
thou
come
incontinent
to
Paris
with
fyue
hondred
knyghtes
for
to
do
to
him
right
and
reason
of
thys
that
thou
were
not
wyth
him
in
armes
in
the
partyes
of
Lumbardy
for
to
fyght
agaynst
the
enemyes
of
the
christen
fayth
.
Where
by
thy
faute
were
dead
there
Bawdoyne
lorde
of
Melanke
.
Gesfroi
of
Bourdel
,
and
many
other
great
Dukes
Prynces
knyghtes
and
barons
.
And
yf
thou
wylt
not
doo
it
:
I
tell
thee
(
duke
benes
)
that
the
kinge
shall
come
vpon
thee
wyth
an
hundred
thousand
men
of
armes
.
So
shalt
thou
be
take
and
brought
into
Fraunce
.
And
there
thou
shalt
be
iudged
as
a
theefe
and
a
false
traytour
vnto
thy
Souerayne
Lorde
,
for
to
be
slayne
and
hanged
all
quicke
,
thy
wyfe
brente
and
thy
chyldren
destroyed
and
banysshed
.
Doo
therfore
this
that
I
commaund
thee
in
the
kinges
behalfe
,
for
thou
knowest
well
that
thou
arte
his
man
vassayle
and
subiecte
.
WHan
the
Duke
Benes
of
aygremount
had
heard
Lohyer
thus
speake
:
Than
yf
ye
had
sene
hym
chaunged
hys
coloure
pouffe
&
blowe
,
as
a
man
cruel
,
proude
and
outrageouse
,
and
sayd
to
Lohier
in
thys
maner
.
I
shal
not
goe
to
kynge
Charlemayne
nor
nothynge
of
hys
wyll
I
shall
not
fulfyll
.
For
I
hold
nother
Castell
ne
Fortresse
of
hym
,
but
I
shall
goe
vpon
him
with
all
my
puyssaunce
,
and
shall
destroy
all
the
lande
of
Fraunce
vnto
Parys
.
Than
sayd
Lohier
vnto
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
.
Vassayle
sayde
he
how
darest
thou
answere
thus
?
And
it
the
king
knew
now
that
thou
thretenest
hym
thus
as
thou
doest
:
he
should
come
incontynent
vpon
thee
,
and
should
vtterli
destroy
thee
,
well
thou
knowest
that
thou
arte
hys
liege
man
,
and
that
thou
canne
not
say
agaynst
it
,
come
than
redely
and
serue
thy
souerayne
lorde
kinge
Charlemyan
,
and
beleue
me
yf
thou
wyll
saue
thyne
owne
lyfe
.
For
if
thou
doo
it
not
:
I
make
thee
sure
and
certayne
that
yf
he
can
haue
thee
by
force
that
he
shall
make
thee
to
be
hanged
there
as
the
ayre
and
the
wyndes
with
theyr
great
blastes
shall
dry
vp
the
bones
of
thee
.
Whan
the
duke
heard
Lohier
speake
to
him
in
this
maner
he
stode
vp
anon
vpon
his
feete
,
and
sayd
,
that
to
his
euel
chere
he
cam
there
for
to
make
to
him
hys
message
.
Than
came
foorth
a
knyght
named
syr
water
that
was
a
man
of
the
Duke
of
Aygremount
and
sayd
to
the
Duke
My
lorde
keep
for
gods
loue
that
ye
doo
no
foly
.
Let
Lohier
say
all
hys
wyll
,
for
ye
be
neuer
the
worse
for
his
sayenge
,
and
as
ye
well
knowe
kynge
Charlemayne
is
ryght
puyssaunt
and
so
moche
that
there
is
nother
castell
,
Citie
,
nor
towne
neuer
so
stronge
that
can
holde
agaynst
him
,
Go
than
to
him
by
my
counsell
,
for
ye
be
his
man
his
vassayle
&
his
subiect
,
and
of
hym
you
holde
your
castell
of
Aygremount
and
all
your
landes
,
and
yf
ye
so
doo
:
ye
shall
doo
as
sage
,
and
it
shall
be
your
prouffyte
,
&
also
of
al
your
lande
,
and
for
to
war
agaynst
your
ryght
wise
Lorde
,
nothyng
but
euil
can
come
to
you
thereof
.
Whan
the
Duke
had
hearde
the
wyse
knyght
to
speake
:
he
coulde
to
him
right
good
thanke
therfore
,
but
alwayes
all
angry
he
sayd
to
hym
,
holde
your
peace
.
For
I
shall
holde
nothyng
of
hym
as
longe
that
I
shal
may
beare
armes
,
and
mounte
a
horse
backe
.
I
shall
sende
for
my
deere
bretherne
Gerrade
of
Roussyllon
,
and
Dron
of
Natuell
,
and
Garnyer
his
sonne
,
and
than
we
shal
gone
vpon
kyng
Charlemayne
,
and
yf
I
canne
mete
with
him
in
any
place
:
we
shall
destroy
hym
,
&
shall
doo
of
hym
that
he
troweth
to
doo
of
me
.
Wene
he
that
I
am
a
cowarde
?
nay
by
my
faythe
,
for
I
should
not
take
all
the
gold
in
Parys
but
that
I
should
slea
the
messanger
.
Euyll
was
to
hym
whan
he
durst
so
threten
me
.
And
than
sayde
Lohier
,
I
nether
prayse
you
nor
doubt
you
not
.
Whan
the
Duke
benes
of
Agremount
vnderstode
Lohyer
:
he
wexed
for
great
wrathe
as
red
as
ony
fyre
in
hys
face
,
and
began
to
ryse
vp
and
to
call
.
Nowe
Barons
vpon
hym
,
brynge
hym
to
me
,
for
he
shall
neuer
be
wraunted
but
that
I
shall
make
hym
to
dye
shamefullye
.
And
the
barons
durst
not
say
against
theyr
lorde
,
but
drew
al
theyr
swerdes
.
And
incontynent
did
ren
vpon
Charlemaynes
folke
.
And
Lohier
called
his
baner
,
and
than
began
he
and
his
folke
to
defende
them selfe
sharpely
.
And
god
knoweth
howe
many
heades
and
armes
were
there
cut
of
that
day
.
For
at
the
same
houre
:
began
a
thynge
,
wherof
afterwarde
so
manye
ladyes
and
damoyselles
were
with
out
husbandes
&
wythout
louers
,
so
many
of
children
fatherlesse
,
and
so
manye
chirches
wasted
and
distroyed
that
neuer
sythe
were
repayred
.
What
shal
I
tel
you
more
?
wyt
it
that
they
fought
there
so
longe
wythin
the
halle
of
the
Palays
:
that
the
noys
went
through
all
the
towne
.
Than
should
ye
haue
seen
the
bourgeys
,
Marchauntes
,
&
men
of
craft
with
axes
swerdes
and
other
wepyns
,
and
came
to
the
Castel
warde
aboute
seuen
thousand
men
and
more
.
But
the
entre
of
the
Palays
of
Aygremount
was
narow
,
and
the
Frenche
men
were
within
that
kept
them
well
that
they
entred
not
in
at
theyr
case
.
Alas
what
terryble
and
vnhappy
a
slaughter
was
there
that
daye
.
For
the
folke
of
kyng
Charlemayne
were
but
a
few
to
the
regard
of
them
of
the
other
parte
.
And
as
ye
may
knowe
suche
assemble
was
ryght
euyll
.
So
defended
them selfe
moche
noblye
and
valyauntlye
the
folke
of
kyng
Charlemayne
and
so
muche
that
Lohier
seynge
that
,
that
he
and
hys
folke
had
the
worse
:
he
smote
a
knight
by
fore
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
by
suche
a
wyse
that
he
ouerthrew
hym
downe
dead
forth
sayd
he
gods
curse
haue
thou
,
and
afterward
he
sayd
pyteously
in
waylyng
himselfe
.
Lorde
God
that
within
the
holy
wombe
of
the
blessed
vyrgyn
Marye
tooke
thy
herbowrynge
and
suffred
death
&
passyon
for
to
redeme
mankynde
,
wilt
defende
me
thys
daye
from
shamefull
death
and
from
tourment
,
for
I
wot
well
,
but
yt
it
be
that
your
hygh
diuynitie
socoure
me
this
day
:
I
shall
not
see
the
king
Charlemayne
my
father
no
more
.
Than
the
Duke
called
hygh
vpon
hym
sayenge
,
Lohier
so
helpe
me
God
thys
day
shall
be
your
laste
.
It
shall
not
be
so
sayde
Lohyer
.
And
with
this
he
smote
the
Duke
vpon
the
head
,
but
hys
helme
saued
hym
.
And
the
stroke
descended
to
the
heele
of
him
so
that
the
bloud
ranne
out
.
By
God
sayd
Lohier
ye
shall
not
escape
.
Than
came
the
duke
Benes
of
Aigremount
to
him
as
woode
and
sore
an
angred
,
sayinge
I
should
prayse
my selfe
full
lytle
it
I
might
not
auenge
me
vpon
thee
.
So
heaued
vp
the
Duke
hys
brande
of
steele
and
smote
Lohyer
so
harde
vpon
hys
bryght
helme
that
he
cleued
hym
to
the
teeth
.
And
Lohyer
fell
dead
afore
hym
.
vpon
the
pauement
of
the
Halle
.
Ha
God
what
great
domage
hath
done
the
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
to
haue
thus
slayne
Lohier
the
eldest
sonne
of
the
great
kyng
Charlemayne
.
Forafterwarde
al
the
oste
of
Fraunce
was
in
moche
great
and
innumerable
tourmente
therfore
and
in
ryght
greate
payne
continual
,
and
the
Duke
himselfe
dyed
therfore
,
full
soryly
.
That
was
the
payment
that
he
had
for
it
,
as
ye
here
after
shall
heare
yf
peasybly
ye
wyll
heare
me
.
NOw
is
outrageouslye
slayne
the
good
Lohyer
the
eldest
sonne
of
kinge
Charlemayne
And
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
full
of
cruelnes
tooke
the
hed
from
the
body
of
hym
.
And
after
that
the
folke
of
the
sayd
Lohyer
the
sonne
of
the
great
kyng
Charlemayne
saw
thei
.
Lorde
dead
:
thynke
ye
they
made
no
great
defence
.
Alwayes
of
a
hundred
that
they
were
entred
within
the
palays
with
theyr
Lord
Lohyer
abode
there
on
lyue
but
.xx.
wherof
the
duke
incontynente
made
.x.
of
them
to
be
slayne
,
and
the
other
.x.
he
reteyned
a
lyue
,
and
to
them
sayde
,
yf
ye
wyll
promyse
and
sweare
to
me
vpon
your
othe
and
fayth
of
knighthode
that
ye
shall
beare
your
Lorde
Lohyer
to
hys
father
the
Kyng
Charlemayne
,
and
say
to
hym
that
I
sende
to
hym
his
sonne
Lohyer
in
good
aray
,
and
that
in
an
euyll
houre
he
dyd
sende
hym
to
me
for
to
tell
me
suche
wordes
,
I
shall
let
you
goe
quyte
and
saute
,
and
to
hym
ye
shall
saye
that
for
hym
I
shall
not
doo
the
mountenaunce
of
a
Peny
,
and
that
I
shall
go
vpon
hym
in
thys
Sommer
next
comynge
wyth
fourtye
thousande
men
,
and
that
I
shall
destroye
hym
and
all
hys
lande
.
They
answered
,
Syr
wee
shall
doo
that
,
that
shall
please
you
to
commaunde
vs
.
Than
the
Duke
dyd
doo
make
redyly
a
byere
,
and
made
the
corps
of
Lohyer
to
be
put
wythin
the
sayd
byere
.
And
after
he
delyuered
it
to
his
.x.
knightes
that
were
left
on
lyue
and
put
it
in
a
carte
to
drawe
wyth
two
horses
.
And
the
Duke
conueyed
theym
thorough
the
Towne
.
And
whan
they
were
in
the
feeldes
:
the
.x.
knightes
beganne
to
weepe
and
to
make
great
mone
for
theyr
Lorde
Lohier
saying
,
alas
my
lorde
Lohier
what
shall
wee
no
we
saye
for
you
to
the
Kynge
your
father
that
so
great
sorowe
shall
haue
,
whan
he
shal
knowe
your
cruell
death
.
We
may
well
be
incertayne
that
,
that
he
shall
make
vs
all
dye
.
Thus
weepynge
and
makynge
theyr
mone
for
the
loue
of
theyr
Lorde
Lohyer
,
the
rode
on
theyr
way
streyght
to
Parys
.
¶
But
nowe
we
shall
heere
leaue
to
speake
of
the
messangers
and
shall
tell
you
of
the
Kynge
Charlemayne
that
was
at
Parys
.
CHarlemayne
that
was
at
Parys
with
a
great
multitude
of
Lordes
that
were
there
assembled
.
And
there
vpon
a
day
kynge
Charlemayne
sayd
vnto
hys
Lordes
and
barons
.
Lordes
I
am
moch
wroch
and
sory
of
my
sonne
Lohyer
that
I
haue
sente
to
Aygremounte
,
and
I
feare
me
sore
that
they
haue
take
debate
wyth
the
duke
Benes
of
Agremounte
,
whiche
is
fell
,
and
cruell
,
&
I
doubte
me
leste
,
he
hath
slayne
my
sonne
Lohier
.
But
by
my
crowne
yf
he
haue
so
doone
,
or
any
thynge
that
turneth
to
dyspleasure
or
dommage
to
my
sayd
sonne
:
I
shal
go
vpon
him
wyth
a
hundred
thousand
men
and
shall
make
hym
to
be
hanged
at
a
gybet
.
Syr
sayd
the
good
Duke
Aymes
of
Dordonne
,
I
shall
comen
you
ryght
sore
,
yf
he
hath
offended
against
you
that
ye
make
punyssyon
therof
and
wreke
on
hym
greate
vengeaunce
.
He
is
your
liege
man
,
and
ought
to
serue
,
prayse
and
honoure
you
.
Alwayes
yf
he
hath
trespassed
agaynst
you
in
any
manere
I
am
ryght
sorye
for
it
,
and
yf
ye
haue
a
cause
to
be
wrothe
wyth
hym
,
I
haue
heare
my
foure
sonnes
,
That
is
to
wyt
Reynawde
Alarde
Guycharde
and
Rycharde
,
that
ben
ryght
valyaunt
as
ye
syr
well
knowe
which
shal
be
trusty
and
true
to
you
.
Aymon
sayd
the
kyng
Charlemayn
I
conne
you
great
thanke
of
the
offre
that
nowe
ye
haue
doone
to
me
.
And
it
is
my
wyll
that
ye
make
them
to
come
hether
presently
to
the
ende
that
I
make
them
knightes
,
and
I
shall
gyue
to
them
Castelles
,
towres
and
Townes
,
and
Cities
ynough
.
Than
sent
the
duke
Aymes
Incontinent
for
hys
children
,
and
made
them
to
come
afore
kynge
Charlemayne
.
And
whan
the
king
Charlemayne
saw
them
:
they
pleased
him
moche
,
and
Reynawde
was
the
first
that
spake
and
sayd
.
Syr
yf
it
please
yon
for
to
make
vs
knyghtes
,
we
shal
be
euer
redy
for
to
serue
you
and
your
noble
Lordshyp
.
Than
the
king
Charlemayne
called
hys
stewarde
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Bringe
to
me
the
armes
that
were
the
kynge
Cedres
whyche
I
haue
wyth
my
handes
slayne
in
batayle
before
Pampelune
and
shall
gyue
theym
to
the
gentyll
Reynawde
as
to
hym
that
is
as
I
wene
the
moste
valyaunt
of
all
,
and
of
other
good
armes
I
shall
gyue
to
the
other
three
bretherne
.
So
brought
there
the
stewarde
the
armes
that
were
full
fayre
and
riche
,
and
than
were
armed
the
foure
gentyl
brethren
children
to
the
good
Aimes
of
dordonne
,
and
Ogyer
of
Denmarke
that
was
of
theyr
kynne
dyd
on
theyr
spurres
to
the
new
knight
Reynawde
,
&
the
kynge
Charlemayne
gyrde
hym
his
swearde
,
and
than
doubed
him
to
a
Knighte
sayinge
God
encreace
in
thee
goodnes
,
honour
,
and
worthines
.
And
than
mounted
Reinawde
on
horsbacke
vpon
Bayard
that
was
suche
a
horse
,
that
neuer
was
his
like
in
all
the
world
nor
neuer
shall
be
except
Busifal
the
horse
of
the
great
Kinge
Alexander
.
For
as
for
to
haue
ronne
.xxx.
myle
together
he
wolde
neuer
haue
sweted
.
The
sayd
Bayard
thys
horse
was
growen
in
the
Isle
of
Boruscā
,
and
Mawgys
the
sonne
of
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
had
gyuen
to
his
cosin
Reynawde
,
that
after
made
the
Kynge
Charlemayne
full
wrothe
and
sory
,
as
ye
shal
now
heare
here
after
.
REynawde
was
a
horse
backe
with
a
Sheelde
paynted
hangyng
at
his
necke
,
and
thwerled
his
swerde
by
great
fyersnesse
.
And
wyt
wel
that
he
was
a
fayre
knight
wounderful
great
and
well
founded
,
and
of
hym
was
a
fayre
syght
,
for
well
he
semed
one
of
the
moste
valyaunt
Knightes
that
men
coulde
fynde
in
all
the
worlde
.
And
the
Barons
that
were
there
sayde
.
Ha
god
what
a
fayre
Knight
is
he
?
Neuer
was
nor
shall
be
sene
so
fayre
a
man
of
armes
as
Reynawde
,
god
encrease
to
hym
honour
and
worthynesse
,
goodnes
and
pryse
.
And
after
were
moche
honourably
and
worthily
arayed
and
armed
the
other
three
bretherne
of
Reynawde
,
and
sith
lyght
all
on
horsebacke
vnder
Saint
Victor
nyghe
Parys
.
Than
made
the
kinge
Charlemayne
to
set
vp
in
the
grounde
a
poste
agaynst
whyche
he
made
the
new
knightes
for
to
assaye
them selfe
.
They
Iusted
moche
worthely
,
but
Reynawde
Iusted
best
vpon
his
horse
bayarde
,
&
ryght
well
lyked
and
were
a
greable
vnto
charlemayne
the
faytes
of
the
valyaunt
knyght
Reynawde
,
vnto
whome
the
king
sayd
,
Reynawde
from
hens
forth
ye
shal
come
with
vs
in
batayle
and
Reynawde
answered
him
in
thys
maner
.
Syr
god
yelde
it
you
an
hundred
thousand
tymes
,
and
I
promit
you
in
good
fayth
to
obey
and
serue
you
truly
.
Nor
neuer
ye
shall
fynde
my selfe
in
no
forfayte
,
but
yf
it
com
of
you
.
THe
Emperour
Charlemaine
after
the
Iustynge
was
doone
:
he
retourned
to
his
Palays
in
Parys
.
Than
he
resoned
wyth
hys
prynces
and
Barons
,
and
there
were
the
duke
Naymes
of
bauyres
Oger
the
dane
and
the
A●chebysshop
Turpin
,
and
sayd
to
them
in
thys
wyse
.
barons
sayd
he
I
cannot
maruayle
me
to
moche
of
Lohier
my
eldest
son
that
●a●ieth
so
longe
in
hys
message
I
haue
great
feare
that
some
incontinent
be
happed
vnto
hym
.
I
dremed
this
night
in
my
slepe
that
the
thonder
bolte
fell
vpon
my
Sonne
Lohier
,
and
then
came
the
Duke
benes
of
Aygremount
vpon
hym
and
smote
his
head
of
,
but
by
my
bearde
yf
he
haue
doone
so
:
whyles
he
lyueth
he
shall
neuer
accorde
with
me
.
Nor
I
shall
neuer
haue
Ioye
at
my
herte
.
For
it
is
he
that
I
loue
best
in
this
worlde
.
Syr
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
I
beleue
not
such
thinges
,
nor
vnto
suche
dremes
ye
shall
not
gyue
no
credence
,
alwayes
sayde
the
king
yf
he
haue
doone
so
:
I
shall
neuer
leue
him
the
value
of
a
peny
,
for
I
shall
sende
for
the
Normans
,
the
Bernyge●s
,
the
Fleminges
,
the
chāpenoys
,
the
Almaynes
,
the
Bauiers
and
for
Englishemen
,
and
so
shall
I
goe
vpon
hym
and
shall
vtterly
destroy
hym
,
and
Naymes
sayde
euer
vnto
hym
that
he
shoulde
not
fraye
hym selfe
of
nothynge
tyll
that
he
knewe
the
certentye
.
And
as
they
spake
thus
:
there
came
ryding
a
messenger
vpon
a
horse
fauell
sore
sicke
and
werye
,
and
also
sore
wounded
vnto
the
death
.
He
came
vnto
Parys
afore
the
Palays
where
Kyng
Charlemayne
was
at
the
wyndowes
.
And
whan
he
sawe
come
the
Messanger
:
he
came
downe
lightlye
from
the
Palays
halle
vnto
the
gate
and
with
him
Naymes
of
Bauyer
and
Ogyer
the
Dane
.
And
whan
the
Messanger
saw
the
kinge
:
he
salued
him
fall
soft
as
he
that
was
ryght
sorye
and
sore
wounded
,
and
that
wyth
payne
myght
speake
,
and
said
in
this
maner
wyse
.
Great
folye
ye
dyd
,
whan
ye
dyd
sende
my
Lorde
your
sonne
for
to
aske
trybute
and
obeyssaunce
of
the
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremounte
,
the
whiche
trybute
your
sonne
asked
him
shamfully
,
but
the
duke
whiche
is
sore
fel
and
cruel
whan
he
heard
speak
my
sayd
lorde
your
sonne
:
he
commaunded
to
a
mayny
of
knightes
that
were
there
that
he
should
betake
&
that
he
should
neuer
retourne
agayn
to
you
for
to
recount
his
message
nor
what
answere
he
had
founde
to
the
which
taking
:
the
medle
was
great
and
cruell
,
so
that
your
dere
sonne
Lohier
was
dead
there
.
And
the
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
kylled
hym
and
all
your
folke
except
me
and
.ix
other
that
conduyte
and
bryng
your
sonne
in
a
byere
.
And
I
my selfe
am
sore
hurt
as
ye
may
se
.
And
than
the
messanger
could
speake
no
more
.
But
fell
downe
in
a
swoune
of
the
greate
greefe
and
sore
that
he
felte
bycause
of
hys
woundes
.
And
whan
the
king
had
heard
these
wordes
:
he
fel
down
vpon
the
ground
for
the
great
sorow
that
he
tooke
therof
and
wrange
his
handes
,
and
pulled
his
beard
.
And
tare
all
hys
heres
sayinge
.
Ha
good
lorde
that
made
heauen
and
erth
,
ye
haue
brought
me
in
great
sorowe
&
tourment
Irrecouerable
that
neuer
shall
cease
with
me
.
So
requyre
I
vnto
you
the
death
humbly
.
For
neuer
more
desyre
I
not
to
lyue
.
The
good
duke
of
Bauyre
began
to
recomfort
him
,
sayinge
.
For
goddes
loue
syr
tourment
not
your self
,
but
haue
good
hert
and
hope
in
god
and
recomfort
your
folke
.
And
thys
wolde
say
the
duke
Naymes
for
them
that
he
saw
weepe
there
for
theyr
kinsmen
and
freendes
that
were
dead
with
Lohier
.
And
doo
(
sayd
he
to
the
kyng
)
let
your
sonne
be
worshypfully
buryed
at
saynt
Germayne
of
the
medowes
.
And
than
ye
shall
goe
vpon
the
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
wyth
all
your
noble
power
,
and
great
puyssaunce
,
and
shall
destroy
hym
and
all
hys
landes
at
your
pleasure
.
Than
the
kinge
Charlemayne
recomforted
him selfe
,
and
well
he
knew
that
Naymes
counselled
hym
truly
and
lawfully
.
Than
sayd
the
kyng
,
Barons
make
redy
,
and
wee
shall
go
agaynst
my
dere
sonne
Lohier
.
And
incontinent
all
the
prynces
and
Barons
made
them selfe
redye
for
to
doo
the
commaundement
of
the
kinge
.
And
whan
they
were
gone
two
myle
out
of
Parys
:
they
met
with
the
corps
.
And
were
there
with
the
Kinge
Naymes
Ogyer
.
Sampson
of
bourgoyne
,
and
many
other
great
Lordes
.
Than
sayd
the
kinge
Charlemayne
whan
he
sawe
the
body
of
his
deere
sonne
Lohier
:
Alas
how
shamefully
am
I
created
?
he
descended
from
his
horse
a
foote
,
&
tooke
vp
the
cloth
that
was
vpon
the
biere
&
behelde
his
sonne
Lohier
.
Than
saw
he
the
head
that
was
smytten
of
from
the
body
and
the
face
that
was
all
to
Hewen
.
Ha
good
Lorde
sayd
he
,
how
well
maye
I
be
made
now
al
quicke
,
well
I
ought
for
to
hate
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremounte
that
thus
hath
murdered
my
sonne
,
he
than
kissed
his
childe
al
bloudiful
often
and
said
vnto
him
in
this
wise
.
Ha
faire
sonne
ye
were
a
talle
man
and
a
gentil
knight
.
Now
praye
I
the
puyssant
God
of
glorye
that
he
take
your
soule
this
yf
it
be
his
pleasure
into
hys
Realme
of
Paradyse
.
Great
sorow
made
the
kyng
Charlemayne
for
the
death
of
his
sonne
Lohier
.
But
alwayes
recomforted
him
the
good
Duke
Naymes
And
then
Ogyer
the
Dane
and
Sampson
of
Bourgoyne
tooke
him
vnder
the
armes
of
him
and
ledde
him
vnto
saynt
Germayne
of
the
medowes
.
And
there
the
bodye
of
Lohier
was
buried
and
enoynted
with
balme
as
it
apperteyneth
vnto
all
the
sonnes
of
kinges
.
Thus
was
he
put
into
hys
graue
God
haue
of
hys
Soule
mercy
.
WE
shall
bene
heere
to
speake
of
the
good
king
Charlemayne
that
was
moch
sori
of
his
sonne
Lohier
as
ye
haue
heard
,
and
shall
tell
you
of
the
good
Duke
Aymon
of
Reynawde
,
his
sonne
,
and
of
his
three
bretherne
that
were
at
Parys
.
My
children
sayd
Aymon
,
ye
know
how
the
Kynge
Charlemayne
is
moche
wrothe
and
not
without
a
cause
,
by
cause
that
my
brother
your
vnkle
hath
slaine
Lohier
his
sonne
.
And
I
wote
well
that
he
shall
go
vpon
him
with
all
his
puyssaunce
,
but
verelye
we
shall
not
go
wyth
him
.
But
rather
shall
we
goe
to
Dordon
,
and
yf
the
Kyng
make
warre
agaynst
hym
we
shall
helpe
him
with
all
our
power
.
So
lyghted
anon
on
horsebacke
the
good
duke
Aymon
&
the
foure
knightes
his
children
,
and
bayted
no
wher
tyll
they
came
to
Laon
&
from
thens
they
rode
so
longe
tyll
they
came
to
Dordon
.
And
whan
the
Lady
sawe
her
Lorde
and
her
foure
children
:
she
was
right
glad
and
went
against
them
for
to
welcom
them
,
and
asked
after
tydinges
,
and
yf
Raynawde
&
hys
other
childeren
were
made
knightes
?
Than
the
good
duke
answered
yea
,
and
after
she
asked
why
they
were
departed
fro
the
kinges
court
?
And
than
he
rehersed
vnto
her
word
by
word
,
how
hys
brother
the
duke
Benes
had
slayne
Lohier
the
sonne
of
the
Kinge
Charlemayne
.
Wherof
the
good
Lady
Margery
was
wonde●full
wrothe
and
sorye
.
For
well
she
knew
that
this
death
of
Lohier
was
the
totalle
dystruccion
of
the
Duke
Aymon
her
housbande
of
her self
and
of
her
childerne
and
of
their
lande
.
She
heard
Renawde
her
eldest
Sonne
that
thretened
Charlemayne
the
great
Kynge
,
then
sayd
to
hym
the
Ladye
hys
Mother
.
My
Sonne
Reynawde
I
pray
thee
vnderstande
me
alytle
.
Loue
thy
souerayne
and
thy
naturall
Lorde
,
and
dread
him
aboue
all
thinge
,
and
bere
him
honour
and
reuerence
.
And
God
shall
rewarde
thee
for
it
,
and
ye
my
Lorde
Aymon
I
am
moche
maruelled
of
you
that
are
departed
from
Charlemayne
without
leaue
of
him
the
hath
doone
to
you
so
moche
good
and
so
great
worship
,
and
hath
geuen
to
your
sonnes
so
noble
and
so
riche
armes
and
hath
made
them
knightes
with
his
owne
handes
,
more
great
honour
he
might
not
doo
to
you
nor
to
your
children
.
Lady
said
the
Duke
we
be
thus
departed
from
King
Charlemayne
because
that
my
brother
hath
slayne
his
sonne
as
I
haue
tolde
you
afore
.
A
God
sayd
the
Lady
that
of
the
virgin
was
borne
in
bethlehem
,
howe
hath
that
euyll
thys
day
surmounted
the
good
?
For
goddes
loue
my
Lorde
sayde
the
Ladye
medle
not
withall
.
For
ye
shall
see
this
next
sommer
that
the
kinge
shall
go
vpon
your
brother
,
&
by
my
counsell
serue
the
kynge
your
rightwyse
Lorde
,
nor
fayle
him
for
nothynge
.
For
and
ye
doo
otherwyse
:
ye
shall
be
vntrew
and
false
towarde
your
Souerayne
and
naturall
Lorde
.
Lady
sayd
the
duke
by
god
omnipotente
I
wold
leuer
haue
lost
my
castell
and
the
halfe
of
my
lande
,
than
that
my
brother
should
haue
slayne
Lohier
.
Now
the
wyl
of
god
be
done
therin
,
and
none
other
wyse
.
TO
speake
of
the
good
Duke
Aymon
of
Dordon
and
of
his
wife
the
duchesse
and
of
theyr
sonnes
:
we
shal
heere
leue
,
&
shall
returne
to
speake
of
kynge
Charlemayne
that
was
come
agayne
to
parys
,
making
great
sorowe
for
his
sonne
Lohier
.
There
had
you
seene
many
a
gowne
torne
&
broken
,
many
a
hande
wrongen
,
and
manye
heares
of
the
head
pulled
so
that
it
was
piti
and
wonder
for
to
se
.
Alas
mi
dere
sonne
said
kyng
Charlemayne
,
he
that
hath
slayne
thee
so
cruelly
loued
me
but
lytle
.
I
shall
neuer
be
in
quiete
nor
in
reste
till
that
I
haue
take
vengeaunce
of
thy
death
.
Syr
sayd
the
duke
Bauyere
haue
mercy
of
your selfe
.
For
it
behoueth
not
so
great
a
prince
as
ye
be
for
to
make
so
great
sorow
as
ye
doo
.
And
in
the
meane
whyle
came
a
messenger
afore
the
kynge
,
which
shewed
to
him
howe
Aymon
Duke
of
Dordon
&
his
foure
sonnes
were
gon
into
their
countrie
,
wherof
the
kyng
was
sore
an
angred
and
wrothe
.
And
sware
god
and
saynt
Denis
the
afore
he
sholde
dye
:
that
Aymon
and
his
chylderen
sholde
abye
full
sore
for
it
&
that
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremounte
sholde
not
kepe
them
therfro
The
dyner
was
redy
&
they
wasshed
their
handes
and
were
set
at
dinner
but
wyt
it
that
the
kynge
dyd
eate
but
lytle
,
as
he
that
was
in
greate
melancolye
,
&
the
fayre
Salamon
serued
that
day
afore
hym
the
cuppe
,
&
great
people
was
there
.
After
diner
the
Emperour
Charlemayne
did
reason
with
his
barons
and
sayd
to
them
(
lorde
sayd
he
)
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
hath
doone
to
me
greate
outrage
that
so
shamefully
hath
slayne
my
sonne
Lohier
.
But
and
it
please
God
I
shall
go
wreke
it
vpon
hym
this
next
somer
and
I
shall
destroye
all
his
land
,
and
yf
I
may
take
him
I
shall
not
leaue
hym
for
the
duke
Aymon
the
shamefullye
is
gone
from
mee
,
nor
for
his
foure
sonnes
that
I
haue
made
knightes
wherof
I
me
repente
sore
,
but
that
I
shall
make
them
to
be
hanged
.
Syr
sayd
than
the
duke
Naymes
nowe
heare
what
I
shal
say
to
you
,
your
sonne
is
dead
by
great
vnhap
&
well
in
an
euill
hour
was
he
put
to
death
,
for
neuer
death
was
so
sore
solde
ne
so
dere
bought
as
this
shal
be
.
So
sende
nowe
for
your
folke
through
all
your
londes
,
and
than
from
hens
toward
Aygremounte
take
your
waye
.
And
yf
ye
may
take
the
Duke
Benes
,
let
the
death
of
your
sonne
Lohier
be
to
him
ful
dere
soulde
.
NAymes
sayd
the
kynge
ye
be
a
good
man
,
sage
curtoyse
&
valyaunt
,
euen
thus
shall
I
doo
,
for
well
wysely
ye
haue
counselled
me
.
Than
gaue
he
leaue
to
many
of
hys
barons
and
gentil
men
that
were
in
his
courte
at
that
time
&
tolde
them
that
eche
of
them
should
go
into
his
countrie
for
to
make
them self
redy
,
and
that
they
should
come
agayne
to
him
the
next
sommer
.
So
was
it
doone
as
the
kynge
had
commaunded
And
thus
wente
the
barons
and
the
gentil
men
from
the
courte
into
theyr
countrey
,
and
by
them
were
tydinges
brought
through
all
the
landes
vnto
Rome
,
that
kynge
Charlemayne
made
a
great
assemble
of
men
of
armes
,
so
that
the
renome
therof
floughe
vnto
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremountes
court
,
which
of
that
other
parte
dyd
sende
for
his
kynsmen
and
freendes
,
and
in
especiall
for
his
brethern
Gerarde
of
Roussylon
,
and
Dron
of
Nantuel
,
so
that
they
were
whan
they
came
together
well
foure
score
thousand
fyghtynge
men
and
mo
,
and
as
fayre
folke
as
euer
were
sene
,
whiche
than
sayde
I
beleue
yf
the
kynge
besyege
the
Castell
:
that
the
worse
shall
returne
vnto
hym
.
Than
sayd
the
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
to
Gerarde
of
Roussilon
.
Brother
sayd
he
be
not
dysmayed
,
for
I
hope
to
hurte
the
kyng
so
sore
yf
he
come
vpon
vs
:
that
he
shal
be
wery
of
his
bargayn
,
but
let
vs
goe
forth
towarde
Troy
in
champaygne
and
there
wee
shall
fyght
wyth
the
kynge
vygorously
.
For
well
I
wote
that
God
shall
helpe
vs
agaynst
him
.
This
was
at
the
begynnyng
of
the
moneth
of
Maye
,
and
Charlemayn
was
at
Paris
,
that
abode
after
hys
men
that
should
come
,
for
to
go
with
a
great
puyssaunce
vpon
the
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
.
And
bode
not
longe
that
Rychard
of
Normandy
came
to
the
kynge
wyth
.xxx.
thousande
fyghtyng
men
.
And
of
a nother
syde
came
to
hym
the
Erle
Guy
that
had
wyth
hym
a
ryght
noble
&
a
great
company
of
good
men
,
and
after
hym
came
Salamon
of
Bertayne
and
the
Erle
Huon
.
And
of
al
sydes
ye
should
haue
sene
come
to
the
Kynge
Charlemayne
Poeteuins
Gascoyns
,
Normans
,
Flemynges
,
Bernyers
,
and
Bourgoynes
,
and
so
many
other
great
Lordes
that
it
was
great
wonder
for
to
see
,
which
came
all
and
Lodged
themselfe
in
the
medowes
of
saynt
Germayne
.
THan
whan
the
kyng
Charlemayne
knew
that
this
folke
was
all
arryued
:
he
had
of
it
greate
Ioye
,
and
incontynent
made
hys
batayles
to
departe
,
for
to
goe
to
hys
enterpryse
,
and
made
of
Rychard
of
Normandy
,
of
Valleran
of
Buyllon
,
of
Guydellon
of
bauyere
,
of
yzacar
of
Nemours
,
of
Oger
the
bane
.
and
of
Escouf
the
sonne
of
Oedon
wyth
them
.xl.
thousande
men
hys
forewarde
.
There
should
ye
haue
seen
a
ryght
noble
companye
,
and
manye
hardi
men
,
they
departed
from
nigh
Parys
.
And
put
them self
to
the
way
strayght
to
Aygremounte
,
and
they
(
thus
rydyng
after
many
dayes
Iurney
whiche
I
can
not
tel
)
came
there
streyght
to
Ogyer
the
Dane
that
was
in
the
forewarde
a
messanger
sore
hastyly
rydynge
.
That
asked
to
whome
was
thys
noble
company
,
and
he
answered
to
hym
that
they
were
kynge
Charlemaynes
folke
.
Than
sayd
syr
the
messanger
that
he
wolde
well
speake
wyth
hym
,
than
went
Oger
the
Dane
and
shewed
hym
the
kyng
.
And
assone
as
the
messanger
saw
hym
:
he
made
hym
due
reuerence
,
and
the
kyng
gaue
hym
agayne
hys
salute
,
and
him
demaunded
what
he
was
and
fro
whens
he
came
?
and
the
messanger
tolde
hym
that
he
was
of
Troye
and
that
vnto
him
he
was
sent
fro
Aubery
the
lorde
of
Troye
that
was
his
liege
man
,
whiche
besought
hym
humbly
for
socoures
.
For
the
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
,
&
his
two
bretherne
Gerarde
of
Roussyllon
,
and
Dron
of
Nantuel
and
with
theim
an
hundred
thousande
fighting
men
had
besyeged
him
within
Troye
.
And
that
yf
ye
came
not
to
helpe
him
,
he
must
yelde
vp
the
towne
,
also
the
fayre
towre
that
Iulius
Cesar
dyd
buylde
there
.
WHan
Charlemayne
the
Emperour
vnderstode
that
Troi
was
besyeged
by
the
duke
Benes
&
his
bretherne
,
he
was
full
sory
of
it
and
he
swore
by
Saynte
Denys
of
Fraunce
,
that
he
should
go
there
with
hys
army
,
and
that
yf
he
might
hold
the
duke
of
Aygremounte
he
should
make
hym
dye
a
shamefull
death
,
so
called
he
the
Duke
Naymes
of
bauyere
,
Goodebew
of
fryse
,
and
the
Duke
Walleran
and
sayd
to
theym
.
Barons
ye
vnderstande
what
thys
messanger
sayth
,
let
vs
ryde
hastelye
towarde
Troy
or
it
be
take
,
and
they
answered
to
hym
ryght
gladly
that
they
wolde
doo
it
so
.
So
dyd
they
ryde
a
good
pace
tyll
that
they
came
nyghe
Troye
.
And
firste
of
all
came
the
forewarde
with
the
Oryflame
.
Of
the
whyche
were
gouernours
Ogyer
the
Dane
,
Rycharde
of
Normandy
,
&
the
duke
Walleran
,
and
which
them
fourty
thousand
men
.
And
the
Messanger
of
Troy
that
conduyted
them
.
And
whan
they
were
come
so
nyghe
that
they
sawe
Troye
afore
them
:
a
messanger
came
to
Gerard
of
roussyllon
that
was
afore
Troy
,
saying
to
hym
that
the
kinge
Charlemayne
came
vpon
them
for
to
socoure
Aubery
with
a
ryght
great
&
puissaunt
companye
.
Than
layde
Gerarde
to
hys
bretherne
,
that
is
to
wyte
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
,
and
the
Erle
Dron
of
Nantuell
that
it
were
good
that
they
should
go
agaynste
kynge
Charlemayne
with
all
theyr
puissaunce
and
that
eche
of
them
should
proue
himself
a
good
man
.
They
did
so
as
they
had
deuysed
,
and
Gerarde
of
Roussillon
was
the
first
in
the
forewarde
,
and
they
rode
so
longe
till
that
the
one
partye
saw
the
other
.
Than
sayd
Ogier
the
Dane
to
Richard
of
Normandy
whan
he
sawe
come
Gerarde
of
Roussillon
se
:
sayd
he
howe
Gerard
of
Roussyllon
weneth
for
to
fare
foule
with
vs
.
But
now
let
vs
thynke
for
to
defende
vs
wel
,
so
moche
that
the
worshyp
abyde
to
the
Kyng
Charlemayne
and
to
vs
.
And
than
they
let
renne
theyr
horses
fro
one
parte
and
fro
the
other
,
and
Gerarde
of
Roussyllon
wente
&
smote
an
Almayne
wyth
his
speare
so
moche
,
that
he
made
it
to
entre
through
the
body
of
hym
.
Whiche
fell
anon
dead
to
the
ground
,
and
Gerard
tooke
his
baner
&
cryed
with
an
high
voyce
Roussyllon
Roussyllon
.
THan
began
the
batayle
sore
stronge
fell
and
cruell
.
And
whan
Ogyer
the
dane
saw
thus
his
folke
dye
;
he
was
wood
and
mad
with
it
.
So
went
he
and
smote
a
knight
named
Pouson
by
suche
a
wyse
that
he
put
his
spere
thorough
the
body
of
hym
whiche
fel
downe
dead
afore
him
.
And
whan
Gerarde
had
seen
the
same
:
he
went
and
smote
one
of
Ogyers
men
,
so
that
all
dead
he
cast
him
afore
hym
.
And
then
he
said
ye
haue
this
for
your
maysters
sake
Ogyer
.
Muche
great
and
meruayllous
was
the
stoure
and
the
batayle
so
fiers
.
For
there
should
ye
haue
sene
so
many
of
sheeldes
perced
and
clouen
,
and
so
mani
a
habergeon
broken
,
and
salettes
and
helmes
vnbokled
and
sore
beten
,
and
so
many
men
lying
vpon
the
other
dead
,
that
all
the
earth
was
couered
with
the
bloud
of
the
dead
men
(
and
of
theym
that
were
hurt
there
)
so
the
it
was
a
great
pitie
to
for
to
see
.
And
than
came
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremounte
that
spurred
hys
horse
terrtblie
,
and
went
and
smote
Enguerran
lorde
of
Peroune
&
of
saint
Quintine
so
harde
that
he
ouerthrew
him
dead
afore
him
and
than
sayd
.
Now
go
goddes
curse
haue
thou
,
and
cryed
with
an
highe
voyce
Aygremounte
,
and
than
came
to
him
his
brother
the
Duke
of
Nantuell
with
all
his
folke
,
and
they
went
al
together
vpon
Charlemaynes
folke
,
and
of
the
other
part
came
with
great
puissaunce
.
Almaynes
poeteuins
and
Lumbardes
also
that
were
of
the
parte
of
kinge
Charlemayne
.
So
medled
theym selfe
the
one
party
amonge
the
other
.
And
ther
was
moche
harde
and
horryble
assemble
.
For
there
were
slayne
many
mighty
and
worthy
knightes
of
bothe
sides
,
and
Richarde
of
Normandye
shewed
wel
there
his
great
prowesse
and
worthines
.
For
he
wente
and
smote
a
knight
that
Gerarde
of
Roussillon
loued
moche
by
suche
a
strength
that
he
ouerthrewe
hym
dead
from
his
horse
to
the
erth
afore
the
sayd
Gerarde
.
Whiche
than
sayd
.
Now
am
I
wel
sory
and
wrothe
for
hym
that
now
is
dead
that
I
loued
so
sore
,
certes
I
shal
neuer
haue
Ioy
at
my
hert
but
that
I
be
auenged
therof
shortlye
.
Than
tooke
Gerarde
of
Roussillon
his
baner
in
his
fist
.
But
hys
brother
Nantuell
came
anon
to
hym
and
sayd
,
brother
I
counsell
you
that
ye
tourne
agayne
.
For
here
cometh
Charlemayne
wyth
hys
folk
,
and
well
I
tell
you
that
yf
wee
abyde
hym
:
the
losse
shall
tourne
vppon
vs
.
And
whyle
they
were
speakynge
thus
:
Walleran
of
Bollon
smote
the
neuew
of
Gerarde
of
Roussillon
so
that
he
foyned
at
hym
,
with
his
swerde
through
the
body
of
hym
&
fell
downe
dead
to
the
earth
.
Than
trowed
Gerarde
to
haue
gone
out
of
his
wytte
,
and
sente
anon
for
the
duke
Benes
his
brother
that
he
should
come
soone
to
succoure
him
,
and
he
dyd
so
as
pren
and
valyaunt
that
he
was
.
And
of
the
other
syde
assembled
there
the
kynge
and
hys
folke
.
¶
So
shal
you
now
hear
of
a
thing
meruaylous
of
so
greate
a
nobles
the
at
the
same
feeld
were
cruelly
slayn
.
This
was
in
the
moneth
of
Maye
vpon
a
mornynge
that
kyng
Charlemayne
did
assemble
his
folke
with
the
folke
of
the
duke
of
Aygremounte
and
of
his
bretherne
.
To
the
whych
assemble
ye
should
haue
sene
manye
fayre
harnayses
shynynge
for
the
Sunne
that
fayre
and
cleare
was
the
day
,
the
whyche
assemble
was
wunderfull
stronge
.
For
there
were
so
many
feete
and
heades
smytten
of
&
so
many
good
horses
slayne
,
and
the
other
ranne
thorough
the
medowes
wherof
the
maysters
lay
dead
vpon
the
grasse
.
And
wyt
it
for
trouthe
that
there
were
dead
that
same
day
of
the
one
syde
and
of
the
other
:
more
than
xl
.
thousand
men
.
A
God
what
slaughter
,
there
was
muche
great
nobles
dead
.
The
duke
Benes
sore
angred
went
and
smote
syr
Walter
Lorde
of
Pierrele
in
his
shielde
so
that
hys
spere
went
through
the
body
of
hym
and
fell
downe
dead
afore
hym
.
Than
cryed
he
with
an
hye
voyce
his
baner
Aygremounte
.
GReat
was
the
preas
,
and
the
batayle
fyers
and
meruaylous
.
And
there
shewed
Rychard
of
Normandy
much
worthili
his
great
hardynes
.
For
he
Iusted
agaynst
the
duke
of
Aygremount
so
that
he
perced
hys
sheelde
and
dyd
hurt
hym
right
sore
and
sayd
to
him
by
God
ye
shall
not
thys
daye
escape
death
.
It
was
an
euyll
daye
for
you
whan
ye
dyd
slea
my
Lorde
Lohier
,
&
with
that
he
did
draw
out
his
swerde
,
and
smote
the
duke
agayne
vpon
his
helme
in
such
a
wise
that
if
it
had
not
ben
a
coyfe
of
steele
that
made
his
stroke
to
slide
the
said
Benes
had
be
dead
the
houre
And
the
stroke
fell
downe
vpon
the
horse
,
&
cut
the
horse
in
two
as
though
it
had
be
nothing
.
And
thus
fell
the
horse
dead
vnder
hys
mayster
.
Than
was
the
Duke
Benes
sore
abasshed
whan
he
thus
found
him self
a
ground
But
he
stoode
vpon
his
feete
redely
as
he
that
was
preu
and
valyaunte
holdyng
his
swerde
in
his
hande
,
&
went
and
smote
a
knight
named
sir
Symon
so
that
he
kylled
hym
sterke
dead
in
the
place
.
And
than
he
called
wyth
an
highe
voyce
.
Aygremount
his
baner
.
Than
came
to
hym
hys
two
bretherne
,
the
Duke
of
Roussillon
and
of
Nantuell
,
and
of
the
side
of
kinge
Charlemayne
came
Ogyer
Naymes
,
Walleram
of
Bollon
,
Huō
lorde
of
Mauns
the
Erle
Salamon
Leon
of
Frise
the
archebisshop
Turpyn
and
Escoufe
the
sonne
of
Oedō
And
than
should
ye
haue
sene
there
at
that
assemble
muche
great
&
meruayllous
noblesse
of
knyghtes
that
lay
dead
vpon
the
erth
,
the
one
vpon
the
other
that
it
was
a
pyteous
syght
for
to
beholde
.
TO
this
inhumayne
occysion
was
come
th
emperour
Charlemayne
cryinge
barons
if
they
escape
vs
we
shall
neuer
haue
honoure
,
and
than
he
bare
vp
his
spere
to
the
rest
and
went
and
smote
into
the
sheelde
of
Gerarde
of
Roussyllon
so
that
he
ouerthrew
both
horse
and
man
to
the
ground
,
and
there
had
be
his
last
daye
yf
it
had
not
ben
the
Duke
Benes
and
Dron
his
brethern
,
that
muche
worthely
and
wyth
great
dylygence
succoured
hym
.
Of
that
other
party
came
Ogyer
the
Dane
vpon
hys
good
horse
Broyforte
that
smote
a
knyght
of
the
folke
of
Gerard
duke
of
Roussyllon
called
Syr
Foulquer
so
that
he
cloue
him
to
the
teeth
and
fell
downe
dead
vnto
the
erth
.
And
whan
Gerarde
of
Roussyllon
sawe
thus
hys
knyght
slayne
he
called
to
god
&
to
our
lady
saying
.
Well
haue
I
thys
daye
lost
my
fayre
and
good
knight
.
And
the
duke
of
Aygremount
was
sore
abasshed
and
prayed
God
also
full
pyteously
that
it
wolde
please
hym
to
kepe
hym
from
death
,
and
from
fallynge
in
to
the
handes
of
Charlemayne
.
Nyghe
was
the
sonne
vnder
and
it
was
well
aboute
complyn
tyme
&
the
fyghters
of
the
one
parte
&
of
the
other
were
voery
&
sore
chauffed
,
And
so
wythdrewe
the
thre
bretherne
abacke
vnto
theyr
Tentes
with
moche
wrathe
,
and
in
especyal
Gerarde
of
Roussyllon
that
had
lost
that
day
Aymanoy
his
cosyn
and
a
hundred
other
of
the
best
Knyghtes
of
his
company
.
And
he
sayd
in
this
wyse
.
An
euyll
houre
it
was
whan
the
sonne
of
Charlemain
was
slain
.
Than
came
to
hym
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
bledyng
as
he
that
was
horriblie
wounded
.
And
whan
Gerarde
saw
hym
:
he
began
to
sygh
tenderly
sayinge
.
Fayre
brother
are
ye
wounded
to
death
?
Nay
sayd
he
I
shal
soone
be
whole
.
Than
swore
Gerarde
the
duke
of
Roussyllon
that
to
morow
at
the
sonne
rising
:
He
should
begyn
agayn
the
batayle
against
king
Charlemayne
and
hys
folke
wherfore
thyrty
thousande
shal
lose
their
lyues
.
Alas
for
god
nay
sayd
his
brother
the
Duke
Nantuell
.
But
yf
ye
wyll
doo
my
counsell
we
shall
sende
xxx
.
of
the
wysest
knightes
that
wee
haue
vnto
kynge
Charlemayne
,
and
by
our
sayd
knyghtes
we
shall
doo
hym
to
wyt
and
shew
humbli
that
he
haue
pitie
and
mercy
of
vs
,
and
that
the
Duke
Benes
our
brother
shall
amende
hym
the
death
of
hys
sonne
Lohier
euen
so
as
it
shal
be
aduysed
by
the
prynces
&
barons
of
hys
felawshyp
and
of
ours
,
&
ye
know
wel
all
redy
that
we
ben
hys
lyegemen
,
&
that
for
to
warre
agaynst
hym
we
doo
cruel
falshed
,
&
yet
more
it
is
,
that
yf
he
had
loste
all
his
folke
that
he
hath
here
with
him
,
or
euer
that
it
were
a
moneth
passed
he
should
haue
recouered
twyse
as
many
,
so
may
we
nothing
doo
agaynst
hym
.
And
therfore
may
we
nothyng
doo
against
him
,
&
therfore
I
pray
you
my
brethern
,
that
ye
wyll
doo
thus
,
&
to
hym
answered
his
two
bretherne
that
they
wolde
doo
it
,
syn
that
he
counselled
them
so
,
and
concluded
together
that
they
should
sende
thyther
as
soone
as
it
were
day
.
They
made
that
nyght
good
watche
vnto
the
morning
,
and
than
they
made
redi
their
messangers
for
to
sende
to
the
kyng
Charlemayne
,
And
whan
they
were
redy
:
Gerarde
of
Roussyllon
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
say
wel
to
kynge
Charlemayne
that
we
be
sore
dyspleased
of
the
death
of
hys
sonne
Lohier
.
and
that
our
brother
the
duke
Benes
repenteth
him selfe
of
it
full
sore
,
&
that
yf
it
please
hym
to
haue
mercy
of
vs
that
we
shal
go
&
serue
hym
where
it
shal
please
him
to
sende
vs
wyth
.x.
thousand
fyghtynge
men
.
And
also
ye
shall
saye
to
Naymes
of
Bauyere
that
we
pray
hym
that
he
wyll
enploy
hymselfe
towarde
the
kyng
Charlemayne
that
this
accorde
may
be
had
.
AFter
that
the
messangers
had
well
all
alonge
vnderstand
what
they
should
saye
to
the
Kynge
Charlemaine
from
the
three
brethern
dukes
:
They
lyghted
on
horsbacke
eche
of
them
,
berynge
braunches
of
Olyue
tree
in
their
handes
,
in
token
of
peace
.
And
ceased
not
to
ryde
tyll
that
they
were
come
afore
the
tente
of
the
kinge
charlemayne
.
Than
spake
one
of
them
whiche
was
named
steuen
,
that
salued
the
king
in
this
maner
.
Syr
I
praye
our
lorde
that
of
his
grace
giue
you
good
lyfe
&
long
.
And
wyt
syr
that
the
duke
Gerarde
of
Roussyllon
and
the
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
and
Dron
of
Nantuell
ben
come
hither
the
whiche
cry
you
mercye
,
and
beseche
you
ryght
humbly
that
it
please
you
to
pardon
them
the
death
of
your
sonne
Lohier
.
Of
the
whiche
they
are
wrothe
&
sory
.
And
the
duke
of
Aygremount
let
you
wyte
by
vs
,
that
yf
it
be
your
pleasure
to
doo
so
:
that
he
and
hys
bretherne
shal
be
your
lyegemen
,
&
shall
come
to
serue
you
with
.x.
thou
sand
fyghting
men
in
all
that
shal
be
your
pleasur
to
enploy
them
,
syr
for
goddes
sake
haue
remembraunce
that
god
forgaue
his
death
to
Longes
the
cruelly
sticked
him
to
the
hart
.
wherfore
syr
please
it
you
to
pardon
them
,
&
take
them
to
your
good
grace
.
And
of
this
right
humbly
they
beseche
you
.
WHan
the
kynge
Charlemayne
had
thus
heard
speake
the
messangers
of
the
three
brethern
:
He
from
peled
his
forehead
,
&
knitted
his
browes
,
and
looked
full
angrely
,
and
at
that
houre
he
answered
to
them
nothynge
,
and
than
soone
after
he
began
to
speake
in
this
maner
.
Bi
my
faith
syr
Steuen
sayde
he
well
had
the
duke
Benes
lost
his
wittes
whan
he
so
shamfully
slew
my
deere
sonne
Lohier
,
whiche
I
loued
so
tenderly
.
Now
is
he
my
man
wyll
he
or
not
.
Syr
sayd
Steuen
I
am
certayne
that
he
shall
doo
to
you
all
reason
to
the
direction
of
your
good
counsell
.
Than
sayd
the
kinge
of
this
we
shal
counseyll
vs
,
and
withdrewe
hym
a
lytle
a
side
,
and
called
to
him
duke
Naymes
.
Ogyer
the
Dane
,
syr
Salamon
.
Huon
of
Mauns
.
Walleran
of
Bollon
.
Odet
of
Langres
,
and
Leon
of
Fryse
,
&
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
heere
ben
the
messangers
of
the
duke
Benes
and
of
his
bretherne
that
sende
me
worde
that
they
wyll
come
for
to
serue
me
where
my
wyl
shal
be
wyth
.x.
thousand
good
fyghting
men
yf
we
wyll
pardon
theym
the
death
of
my
sonne
Lohyer
.
And
they
shall
be
our
vassayle
and
true
liege
men
,
&
of
vs
they
shall
holde
theyr
landes
and
theyr
lordeships
.
Syr
answered
the
duke
Naimes
in
this
is
nothing
but
well
.
So
counsell
I
you
that
ye
pardon
them
.
For
they
be
muche
valyaunte
,
and
of
great
renome
.
Wherfore
pardon
them
yf
it
please
you
.
THan
by
the
Counsell
of
the
Duke
Naymys
of
Bauyere
the
kynge
dyd
pardon
the
three
bretherne
&
called
to
him
the
.iii.
knightes
,
and
said
to
them
,
how
he
pardoned
the
three
dukes
the
death
of
his
sonne
Lohier
,
by
suche
a
condicion
that
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
should
come
for
to
serue
hym
at
the
feast
of
Saynt
Iohn
next
comynge
wyth
.x.
thousand
fyghtyng
men
wel
arayed
,
and
ye
shall
tel
to
them
that
they
surely
come
nowe
to
me
for
to
take
of
theym
theyr
othe
and
fayth
that
they
shall
fro
hens
forthe
,
obey
and
serue
truly
.
And
that
of
me
they
shall
holde
all
theyr
landes
.
Then
departed
the
knyghtes
from
afore
the
kyng
Charlemayne
and
came
agayne
vnto
the
Dukes
and
shewed
vnto
them
how
they
had
sped
of
their
message
with
the
king
Charlemayn
wherof
the
three
brethern
thanked
much
humbly
our
lorde
God
.
Then
sayd
the
duke
Rycharde
of
Roussyllon
it
is
reason
that
we
take
of
our
good
gownes
and
go
to
the
kynge
Charlemayne
naked
and
crye
hym
mercy
of
this
that
we
haue
thus
offended
agaynst
his
hygh
puyssaunce
&
lorde
shyp
,
and
the
other
two
brethern
answered
that
well
they
ought
to
doo
so
.
So
tooke
the
noble
knyghtes
their
clothes
of
,
and
al
naked
bare
foote
and
in
poore
estate
departed
from
theyr
lodges
,
and
well
foure
thousande
knightes
wyth
them
all
bare
fote
and
in
their
shertes
,
and
in
such
estate
as
were
theyr
maysters
.
In
thys
wyse
they
came
tofore
the
king
Charlemayne
.
And
wyt
wel
that
in
right
great
humilitie
were
set
the
three
bretherne
for
to
haue
peace
and
accorde
wyth
the
kyng
Charlemain
that
was
wroth
to
them
specyally
to
the
Duke
of
Aygremount
as
more
playnlye
ye
shall
heare
here
after
.
WHan
the
kynge
Charlemayn
sawe
thus
come
the
three
bretherne
wyth
theyr
barons
&
knyghtes
:
he
called
to
hym
the
duke
Naymes
&
many
other
barons
,
and
sayd
to
them
,
can
ye
not
tell
me
what
folke
ye
see
yonder
comyng
?
Syr
sayd
the
dukes
Naymes
it
is
the
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
with
his
folke
,
that
come
for
to
requyre
you
of
mercie
.
(
This
hanging
)
the
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
came
afore
the
king
and
cast
hymselfe
vpon
hys
knee
,
&
sayd
vnto
hym
in
this
wise
.
Syr
for
god
I
crye
God
mercy
we
ben
heere
comen
by
your
commaundement
,
if
I
haue
slayne
your
deere
Sonne
by
my
foly
:
I
now
as
your
man
yelde
me
&
my
bretherne
also
Gerarde
of
Roussyllon
and
Dron
of
Nantuell
and
wyl
be
your
lyegemen
and
serue
you
with
all
our
puyssaunce
where
your
plesure
shal
be
to
set
vnto
,
and
neuer
dayes
of
our
lyues
we
shall
fayle
you
but
yf
it
belonge
in
you
.
Than
whan
the
kynge
sawe
theym
thus
come
humblie
towarde
hys
presence
in
theyr
shertes
&
barefoote
and
had
hearde
this
that
the
Duke
of
Aygremount
had
sayd
to
hym
:
he
had
of
them
ryght
great
pitie
,
&
pardoned
them
the
death
of
his
Sonne
Lohier
and
all
his
euyll
wyll
.
Than
should
ye
haue
sene
from
one
part
&
from
the
other
kysse
and
colle
eche
other
their
kynnesmen
,
and
som
wept
for
Ioye
and
the
other
for
pitie
.
WHan
were
peased
the
barons
with
the
king
Charlemayne
by
the
counsel
of
the
good
duke
Raymos
:
than
sware
&
promised
the
three
brethern
good
fydelitie
to
the
kynge
Charlemayne
,
and
that
they
should
serue
him
at
all
tymes
that
he
should
cal
for
them
.
So
tooke
they
a
glad
leue
from
the
kynge
,
but
the
kynge
charged
the
Duke
of
Aygremount
that
she
should
come
to
serue
hym
at
the
feast
of
saynt
Iohn
next
comynge
.
And
than
returned
kynge
Charlemayne
towarde
Parys
,
&
the
bretherne
went
agayne
ryght
gladde
eche
of
theym
towarde
hys
place
,
for
well
they
trowed
for
to
haue
accorde
the
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
theyr
brother
towarde
Charlemayne
,
but
otherwyse
it
went
&
full
lytle
was
worthe
theyr
accord
for
soone
after
dyed
therof
the
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
by
treason
and
vnder
the
saufe
conduyte
of
the
kyng
Charlemayne
,
as
ye
shall
vnderstande
yf
ye
wyll
heare
me
.
¶
Ye
shall
wyt
that
a
lytle
afore
the
feast
of
saynt
Iohn
baptyst
that
the
kyng
Charlemayne
helde
a
greate
courte
in
Parys
and
the
Duke
Benes
forgat
not
to
goe
thyther
as
he
had
promised
,
so
departed
he
fro
Aygremounte
wyth
two
hundred
knightes
and
tooke
his
way
to
Parys
towarde
the
kyng
for
to
serue
him
where
he
wolde
put
hym
vnto
.
Now
shall
ye
heare
how
the
kynge
beyng
in
parys
,
came
towarde
hym
the
earle
Guenes
his
neuewe
.
A●ry
foulquet
of
Moryllon
Hardres
&
Berenger
,
which
told
him
how
the
duke
Benes
cam
for
to
serue
him
with
two
hundred
knightes
,
saying
by
this
maner
.
Syr
how
may
ye
loue
or
well
be
serued
of
him
that
so
cruelly
hath
slayne
your
sonne
oure
cosin
,
if
your
plesure
were
we
should
well
auenge
you
of
hym
.
For
in
good
soth
we
should
slea
hym
.
Guenꝭ
said
the
king
it
were
treason
,
for
we
haue
gyuen
to
hym
trewes
,
alwayes
doo
with
it
your
wyll
,
so
that
the
synne
tourne
not
vpon
me
,
&
kepe
you
.
for
in
certayne
the
duke
of
Aygremount
is
ryght
mighty
&
of
great
kynred
,
&
well
ye
myght
happe
to
haue
a
doo
yf
ye
fulfil
in
this
your
owne
entent
.
Syr
answered
Guenes
care
ye
not
therfore
,
for
therin
is
so
ryche
a
man
in
all
the
worlde
the
durst
vndertake
any
thynge
agaynst
me
&
my
linage
.
Syr
sayd
Guenelon
to
morowe
erly
we
shall
departe
with
foure
thousand
fyghting
men
,
&
take
no
care
for
it
.
For
we
shall
delyuer
this
worlde
of
hym
.
Certes
sayd
the
king
it
were
treason
.
care
not
therfore
sayd
Guenes
he
slew
well
your
sonne
Lohyer
by
treason
whyche
was
my
kynsman
and
therfore
I
wyll
be
auenged
and
I
can
.
Now
doo
you
there
in
sayde
the
kynge
protestynge
alwayes
that
I
am
not
therto
consentyng
.
WHan
the
mornynge
came
:
departed
well
erly
fro
Parys
the
sayd
Guenelon
and
his
felawes
and
wyth
them
well
foure
thousand
fyghtynge
men
,
and
neuer
they
taried
tyll
that
they
came
in
the
valey
of
Soyssons
,
and
there
thei
recountred
the
Duke
Benes
with
hys
puyssaunce
and
whan
the
Duke
Benes
sawe
them
come
:
he
sayd
to
his
folke
.
lordes
I
trow
that
yonder
be
some
folke
of
the
kynges
that
retourne
again
from
the
courte
.
It
is
no
force
sayd
one
of
his
knightes
.
I
wote
not
what
it
may
be
said
the
duke
.
For
the
king
Charlemayne
is
sore
vengeable
for
to
auenge
hym self
,
and
also
he
hath
with
hym
a
lynage
of
folke
the
whiche
be
fell
and
cruell
.
It
is
Guenes
Foulquet
of
Moryllon
and
certayne
other
of
his
courte
,
and
in
trouth
to
night
in
my
sleape
I
dreamed
that
a
Gryffon
came
out
of
the
Heauens
that
perced
my
sheelde
and
all
myne
armes
,
so
that
hys
nayles
stacke
into
my
Lyuer
and
my
mylte
,
and
all
my
men
were
therof
in
great
tourment
,
&
they
all
were
eaten
wyth
bores
and
of
Lions
,
and
none
of
them
scaped
,
but
one
alone
.
And
also
me
semed
that
out
of
my
mouth
yssued
a
whyte
Doue
.
Than
sayde
one
of
hys
knightes
that
it
was
all
but
well
,
&
that
for
cause
of
thys
dreme
he
ought
not
to
dismay
hymself
.
I
wote
not
sayde
the
duke
what
god
shall
sende
me
,
but
of
thys
my
herte
dredeth
.
So
commaunded
the
duke
Benes
that
euery
man
should
arme
him
selfe
,
&
hys
knyghtes
answered
that
ryght
gladly
they
wolde
so
doo
.
So
began
eueryche
of
them
to
seeke
his
armes
and
habylymēres
.
Here
shal
you
heare
of
the
harde
hewynge
and
of
a
thynge
heuy
to
be
recounted
of
the
great
slaughter
that
made
the
tray
tour
Guenellon
of
the
good
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
.
THe
Erle
Guenes
rode
wyth
great
force
that
was
wonderfull
stronge
and
fyers
&
well
accompanyed
.
Than
went
and
met
with
the
Duke
Benes
fyrste
Foulquet
of
Moryllon
the
whiche
sayde
to
him
that
he
had
doone
il
for
to
slea
Lohyer
the
eldest
sonne
of
king
Charlemayne
,
but
or
euer
the
euyn
cam
:
he
should
haue
a
sory
rewarde
for
it
.
Whan
the
duke
vnderstode
hym
:
he
meruayled
hym selfe
muche
and
said
Ha
god
howe
myght
one
kepe
hym
from
traytours
.
Alas
I
helde
the
king
Charlemayne
for
a
true
prince
&
I
se
now
the
contrary
but
afore
that
I
dye
I
shall
sell
my
death
ful
dere
.
Than
went
they
&
fought
the
one
party
agaynst
the
other
muche
angry
in
so
muche
that
Guenes
smote
by
force
the
duke
his
cosyn
Reyner
so
that
he
ouerthrew
hym
downe
dead
to
the
erthe
afore
his
fete
and
after
he
cried
with
an
hye
voyce
,
smite
on
knyghtes
for
he
slew
my
good
cosin
Lohier
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
dayned
not
accorde
with
me
,
but
nowe
I
shall
sell
it
him
ful
deare
.
So
ranguenes
&
his
folke
vpon
the
duke
of
Aygremount
,
and
the
Duke
ryght
worthyly
defended
himself
&
smote
a
knyght
named
syr
Fawcon
so
that
he
shoued
his
swerde
into
the
bodye
of
hym
,
and
he
fell
dead
afore
hym
.
And
after
thys
the
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
tooke
himselfe
for
to
weepe
strongly
,
&
wisshed
much
after
his
two
brethern
&
also
after
his
neuewes
.
Alas
sayd
he
deere
Sonne
Mawgys
where
be
you
now
that
ye
be
not
here
for
well
I
wote
yf
ye
wyste
this
enterpryse
ye
should
well
succour
me
.
Ha
my
deere
brother
the
duke
of
dordon
&
of
nantuel
&
Gerard
of
roussyllon
wel
I
know
the
ye
shall
neuer
se
me
a
lyue
.
Alas
that
ye
knowe
not
the
false
enterprise
of
charlemayn
&
of
the
erle
Guenellon
,
that
so
cruelly
&
by
great
treason
shal
this
dai
make
me
in
humainli
for
to
dye
,
wel
I
wot
that
right
worthely
ye
should
come
helpe
me
.
Ha
my
deere
neuewes
reynawde
,
Alarde
Rychard
&
Guichard
so
much
nede
I
haue
this
day
of
you
.
Ha
my
deere
neuew
Reynawde
worthy
knight
,
as
thou
art
,
yf
it
please
vnto
god
of
hys
benigne
grace
,
that
thou
might
know
the
greuous
turment
and
the
sorowfull
matter
vnto
the
whiche
by
treason
I
am
thys
day
lyuered
.
Wel
I
wot
that
by
thee
I
should
haue
succours
.
For
in
al
the
worlde
is
not
thy
peere
of
beautie
of
goodnes
of
prowesse
&
of
worthynes
Now
may
not
this
day
succoure
me
al
my
noble
and
worthy
linage
,
but
that
cruelly
and
vnder
the
saufconduyte
of
Charlemayne
I
shall
dye
pyteously
.
HYers
was
the
bataile
&
right
harde
to
endure
,
but
well
ye
may
wyt
that
the
duke
of
Aygremount
myght
not
resyste
agaynst
so
manye
folke
.
For
he
had
not
with
him
but
two
hundred
knyghtes
,
and
the
other
were
more
than
foure
thousand
thus
were
they
euyll
matched
.
Than
should
ye
haue
sene
that
dai
so
moch
braynes
in
the
feelde
,
so
manye
feete
and
heades
smyten
of
,
that
it
was
a
pytious
thyng
to
behold
.
After
cam
yet
agayne
Guenes
that
smote
Ioyusselyne
of
Bloy
so
that
he
casted
him
dead
to
the
erth
,
and
he
made
soone
to
goe
backe
the
Duke
Benes
folke
of
Aygremounte
.
Than
was
sore
a
basshed
the
duke
of
Aygremount
,
the
whyche
knewe
well
that
wythoute
death
he
myght
not
escape
.
So
went
he
and
smote
one
of
Guenes
folke
so
great
a
stroke
that
he
ouerthrew
him
dead
.
For
none
other
wyse
he
coulde
doo
,
but
defende
hym selfe
as
well
as
he
could
for
to
length
his
lyfe
wythall
.
Ha
god
what
a
greate
dommage
it
was
to
haue
thus
shamfully
betrayed
hym
.
For
after
many
chyrches
many
townes
and
Castelles
were
therfore
set
in
a
fyre
,
and
so
many
great
nobles
full
pyteouslye
brought
to
death
.
So
much
sped
the
traytour
Guenes
agaynst
the
good
duke
of
Aygremount
that
the
folke
of
the
duke
were
weke
&
almost
gon
.
For
of
two
hundred
that
he
had
brought
he
had
no
moe
with
hym
,
but
fourty
Barons
:
sayd
the
duke
Benes
of
aygremount
ye
se
that
we
ben
almoste
all
dead
yf
we
defende
vs
not
wyth
great
herte
and
worthynes
.
And
for
goddes
loue
let
euery
of
vs
be
worthe
three
as
longe
as
we
shall
now
be
alyue
.
For
ye
se
that
here
pyteously
we
must
departe
&
breake
felowshyp
.
Than
wente
the
duke
agayne
&
smote
a
knight
named
syr
Helye
,
so
that
he
made
hym
to
fall
dead
to
the
erth
.
And
than
cryed
with
an
hyghe
voyce
Smyte
well
barons
.
The
valey
was
fayre
and
sounded
of
the
noyse
that
was
made
there
,
&
at
that
hour
one
named
Gryffon
of
Hautefell
,
wente
&
smote
the
dukes
horse
into
the
breste
wyth
hys
spere
so
that
he
ouerthrew
him
vnder
the
horse
,
and
the
duke
anon
arose
vpon
his
feete
,
&
tooke
his
swerde
wenyng
to
smite
the
sayd
Gryffon
,
but
the
stroke
fell
vpon
the
horse
so
that
he
cutte
him
a
sonder
as
it
had
ben
nothynge
.
WHan
the
duke
of
Aygremount
saw
himselfe
thus
on
foote
he
knew
wel
that
it
was
doone
of
him
but
well
he
sware
that
hys
death
he
should
sell
ryght
dere
,
but
sodaynly
came
there
vpon
him
the
erle
Guenes
that
sat
vpon
a
good
courser
the
which
smote
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremounte
with
his
speare
suche
a
stroke
,
that
he
shoued
hym
through
&
through
his
body
,
&
thus
fell
downe
dead
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
and
than
the
duke
Griffon
the
father
of
the
sayd
Guenes
came
to
the
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
that
lay
dead
vpon
the
sande
&
shoued
his
swerde
in
to
his
foundement
.
Than
sayd
the
duke
Gryffon
,
no
whast
thou
thy
rewarde
for
mi
lorde
Lohiers
death
that
thou
let
slew
shamefullye
with
in
thy
palays
.
Now
is
the
good
and
worthy
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
deceassed
,
god
of
his
soule
haue
mercy
,
&
the
treatour
Genellon
&
the
Lord
of
Hautefell
that
lighted
vpon
a
good
horse
wente
after
the
duke
of
Aigremountes
folke
that
fled
,
whiche
were
but
.x.
a
lyue
of
two
hundred
and
yet
these
.x.
were
soone
ouertaken
,
and
than
the
traytours
made
theym
to
swere
and
promyt
that
the
bodye
of
the
late
duke
theyr
mayster
they
shold
beare
to
Aygremount
,
lyke
the
he
had
doo
bryng
the
body
of
Lohier
to
paris
in
a
byere
,
and
the
sayd
knightes
promysed
them
for
to
doo
so
.
So
toke
they
the
corps
from
the
other
bodyes
dead
,
wherof
was
there
greate
number
,
&
put
hym
in
a
byere
.
And
than
went
on
theyr
way
with
all
&
whan
they
were
gon
a
lytle
fercher
:
God
knoweth
what
sorowe
and
lamentacion
that
they
made
for
the
death
of
theyr
mayster
,
sayinge
.
Ha
god
good
duke
that
so
worthy
was
how
now
we
are
sory
for
the
,
certaynly
full
euyll
hath
doone
kyng
Charlemayne
that
vnder
this
saufconduyte
hath
made
thee
to
be
slayne
in
treason
.
These
sorowful
knightes
went
thus
makynge
theyr
mone
bearyng
the
body
of
the
Duke
Benes
theyr
mayster
vpon
a
byere
that
two
horses
bare
,
whiche
corps
neuer
staunched
of
bledyng
by
the
spare
of
.viii.
myles
,
&
how
many
dayes
Iourney
that
these
knightes
were
with
the
bodye
of
theyr
mayster
by
the
way
:
I
cannot
tel
you
.
But
they
went
so
longe
that
they
came
nygh
Agygremount
,
and
approched
so
moche
that
the
tydynges
came
to
the
towne
&
to
the
duchesse
that
her
lorde
had
be
thus
traytoruslye
slayne
.
So
ought
not
be
asked
of
the
greate
sororow
that
the
duchesse
&
her
sonne
Mawgis
made
.
They
yssued
after
out
of
the
towne
with
them
of
the
church
&
went
agaynst
the
corps
.
Nor
also
ought
not
to
be
asked
yf
there
were
made
that
day
great
wepynges
&
lamentacions
.
For
whan
the
duchesse
saw
her
lorde
,
&
the
woundes
that
he
had
in
his
body
more
than
three
times
:
she
fell
downe
in
a
swone
vpon
him
.
And
in
this
wyse
they
bare
the
corps
to
the
chief
churche
&
the
bisshop
of
the
towne
dyd
the
seruyse
.
And
than
he
was
put
in
his
graue
&
was
right
reuerently
buryed
.
Than
sayd
his
sonne
mawgis
.
Good
lorde
what
a
domage
is
this
of
such
a
worthy
lorde
to
haue
be
thus
slayn
cruelly
by
treason
,
but
&
if
I
liue
long
Charlemayne
and
the
traytours
that
thus
haue
doone
:
shal
abye
for
it
ful
deerely
.
His
lady
mother
he
recomforted
and
said
to
her
.
My
deere
mother
haue
a
litle
patience
.
For
myne
vnkles
Gerarde
of
Roussyllon
Dron
of
nantuel
,
and
my
cosyns
Reynawde
Alarde
,
Guicharde
and
Rycharde
shall
helpe
me
wel
for
to
auenge
the
death
of
my
lorde
my
father
.
Nowe
shal
we
leue
heare
to
speake
of
them
of
Aygremount
that
ben
in
great
lamentacion
&
weepinges
for
the
death
of
their
lorde
:
and
shal
returne
to
tel
of
the
traytours
Griffon
&
of
Guenes
his
sonne
that
with
theyr
folke
were
gone
agayne
to
Parys
.
¶
How
Gryffon
of
Haultefell
and
Guenellon
after
that
they
had
slayn
the
Duke
Benes
of
Aygremounte
they
retourned
to
Parys
,
&
recounted
to
the
kynge
Charlemayne
the
mortall
treason
that
they
had
commysed
and
doone
.
Wherof
the
kyng
Charlemayne
was
glad
,
But
afterwarde
he
was
ful
wrothe
&
sory
for
it
.
For
after
the
Duke
of
Aygremountes
death
:
his
two
bretherne
Gerard
of
Roussyllon
and
Dron
of
Nantuel
warred
sore
agaynst
hym
with
their
neuew
Mawgys
,
&
than
they
made
peace
and
accorded
together
,
but
the
kynge
Charlemayne
apoynted
not
wyth
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
nor
to
Mawgys
theyr
cosyn
.
¶
Item
sheweth
also
the
same
chapter
how
Reynawde
slewe
the
neuew
of
kyng
Charlemayne
wyth
a
chesse
borde
,
as
they
were
playng
together
at
the
chesses
.
Wherof
the
warre
began
.
The
whyche
was
sore
and
mortall
,
as
ye
shal
now
heare
here
after
and
lasted
so
longe
that
it
dyd
great
dommage
to
the
Realme
of
Fraunce
.
Campitulum
.ii.
Fo.
xiii
.
depiction of a group of figures, some on horseback, approaching a walled city
depiction of three armoured men
YE
shal
mow
heare
and
vnderstand
from
hensforthon
a
terryble
and
a
piteous
songe
,
yf
ye
thereafter
lyst
to
herken
.
Thys
was
at
the
feaste
of
Penthecoste
after
the
holy
thursdaye
,
that
the
king
Charlemayne
helde
a
great
court
at
Parys
,
after
that
he
hadde
accorded
with
the
bretherne
of
the
saide
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
.
And
to
the
said
feast
came
William
the
Englyshe
,
Walleran
of
Bullon
.xv.
kinges
,
&
.xxx.
dukes
,
and
well
.lx.
erles
were
there
at
that
daye
for
to
crown
Charlemain
.
And
also
was
come
there
the
duke
Aymon
,
of
Dordon
with
his
foure
sonnes
,
that
is
to
wit
Reinawd
,
Alard
,
Richard
,
&
Guichard
,
to
the
which
Aimon
:
the
kynge
said
.
Aimon
said
he
I
loue
you
&
your
children
wel
.
and
wyt
that
I
voyl
make
of
the
fayre
Reinawd
my
stuard
,
&
the
other
shall
serue
me
for
to
beare
my
faucons
&
goe
with
me
.
Syr
said
the
good
Aymon
I
thank
you
muche
of
the
greate
worshyp
that
ye
doo
to
me
&
to
my
children
.
And
wyt
that
thei
shal
serue
you
truly
as
your
lieg
men
,
but
wel
I
tol
you
good
king
that
ye
mysprised
sore
whan
my
brother
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
vnder
your
saufconduit
,
&
in
treason
ye
made
thus
shamefullye
die
,
&
beleue
that
it
greueth
me
ful
sore
at
the
hert
&
if
we
doubted
not
you
so
much
,
certes
vengeaunce
we
should
take
therof
.
But
sith
that
my
brother
Gerard
hath
pardoned
it
to
you
:
I
forgeue
it
you
also
.
Aimon
said
the
king
ye
know
better
than
that
ye
saye
.
For
ye
know
wel
the
offence
that
your
brother
had
doon
to
me
for
to
haue
slaine
so
crue●ly
.
Loihere
my
eldest
sonne
that
I
loued
so
much
.
Now
set
the
one
ayenst
the
other
.
&
let
be
spoken
nomore
therof
.
No
more
we
shal
saide
duke
Aimon
,
but
wel
I
pray
god
to
haue
mercye
of
his
soule
,
for
he
was
a
right
worthy
knight
.
Then
came
forth
Reinawde
,
Alard
,
Guychard
,
and
Richarde
,
which
reasoned
with
the
kinge
,
saying
in
this
maner
.
Sir
said
Reinawde
the
fairest
of
al
knights
and
moste
expert
in
faites
of
knighthode
,
ye
haue
made
me
&
my
brethern
that
been
now
afore
you
knightes
,
but
wit
it
for
very
certain
that
we
loue
you
not
&
that
we
haue
toward
you
a
greate
and
a
mortall
hate
for
the
deathe
of
our
vncle
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
,
of
the
whiche
deathe
ye
haue
not
accorded
with
vs
.
Whan
the
king
vnderstoode
Reinawde
:
he
looked
grymly
and
fyerssly
in
his
visage
for
greate
wrath
and
became
blacke
as
a
cole
,
and
smote
his
forhed
for
angre
and
after
said
,
Reinawd
thou
yong
boye
voide
out
of
my
presence
.
For
I
swere
by
saynt
Simon
,
and
if
it
were
not
the
companye
of
the
barons
that
be
heere
:
I
should
make
thee
to
be
put
in
suche
pryson
that
thou
shouldest
not
see
nother
hande
nor
foote
that
thou
haste
.
Syr
said
Reinawd
it
wer
not
reason
.
But
sith
that
it
is
so
ferre
come
that
ye
will
not
heere
vs
:
we
shall
keep
our
peace
.
THus
lefte
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
the
debate
and
spake
no
more
to
the
kyng
Charlemayn
for
that
tyme
of
this
matter
.
Fayre
was
the
courte
,
and
the
day
was
ful
fayre
and
bryghte
,
and
fayre
was
the
companye
as
of
.xv.
kinges
.xxx.
dukes
,
and
.lx.
erles
.
They
went
to
the
chirch
for
to
heare
the
faire
masse
that
was
songe
,
and
muche
rych
was
the
offeryng
.
And
whan
they
had
hearde
the
masse
:
they
came
agayn
to
the
palays
,
and
asked
after
water
for
to
washe
theyr
handes
,
and
the
dyner
was
readye
,
so
they
washed
and
set
theym
downe
to
dyner
.
And
the
.xv.
kynges
were
all
set
,
except
the
king
Salamon
that
serued
that
daye
with
the
Duke
Godfraye
.
But
Reynawde
at
thys
dynner
myght
not
eat
by
cause
that
the
kynge
Charlemayne
had
rebuked
hym
so
shamefully
.
Ha
saide
Reynawde
to
hymselfe
Alas
,
howe
shall
I
conne
doo
so
muche
that
I
may
auenge
my selfe
of
Charlemayne
for
the
death
of
my
vncle
,
that
so
much
was
beloued
,
whiche
traitorusly
and
shamefully
hath
be
slain
?
&
if
I
take
not
vengeaunce
of
it
.
I
shal
wexe
mad
.
In
this
wise
sorowed
the
good
Reinawd
,
and
his
brethern
recomforted
him
.
The
barons
came
out
after
diner
for
to
play
&
sporte
theym selfe
,
and
Berthelot
the
neuewe
of
Charlemayn
called
Reynawd
for
to
play
with
him
,
wherof
grew
a
great
mischeef
for
afterward
many
a
good
knight
died
therfore
&
manye
a
fayre
childe
fatherles
as
here
after
ye
shal
herken
well
.
NOwe
was
set
Berthelot
and
the
worthy
Reynawde
for
to
playe
at
the
ches
whiche
were
of
yuory
,
wherof
the
boord
was
of
golde
massy
,
and
so
longe
they
played
that
debate
fel
betwene
them
two
,
by
such
maner
that
berthelot
called
Reinawde
horsonne
,
and
tooke
vp
his
hand
,
and
smote
Reynawde
in
the
vysage
so
that
the
bloud
fell
to
the
grounde
,
and
whan
Reynawde
sawe
himself
thus
shamefully
outeraged
:
he
was
ryght
wroth
and
sore
angred
&
sware
by
god
him
should
yl
betyde
therfore
.
Than
tooke
Reinawd
the
ches
boord
and
smote
Berthelot
vpon
his
head
so
harde
that
he
cloued
hym
to
the
teeth
,
and
thus
Berthelot
fell
down
deade
to
the
grounde
afore
hym
,
so
began
the
crye
at
that
houre
sore
strong
in
the
Palays
that
Reynawde
the
sonne
of
Aimon
had
slain
Berthelot
the
neuewe
of
kyng
Charlemayn
.
Whan
the
kynge
vnderstoode
thys
:
he
went
nyghe
oute
of
his
wyt
,
and
called
of
heyghte
.
Barons
keep
well
that
Reinawd
scape
not
.
For
by
saint
Denis
of
Fraunce
:
he
shall
not
escape
quicke
yf
we
maye
holde
hym
,
for
he
hath
slaine
our
neuew
Berthelor
.
Than
ran
soone
the
knightes
vpon
Reinawde
.
And
his
kynnesmen
defended
him
nobly
.
And
thus
was
there
greate
stryfe
and
manye
heres
pulled
,
and
many
gownes
toren
.
For
suche
a
fray
was
there
neuer
seen
as
that
daye
was
in
the
palays
of
Parys
.
Many
strokes
gaue
there
Mawgys
the
cosin
of
Reinawd
,
and
sonne
to
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
.
And
while
that
this
fraye
was
in
the
palays
:
Reinawde
and
his
three
bretherne
,
and
theyr
cosyn
Mawgys
escaped
redyly
out
of
the
palays
and
came
vnto
theyr
horses
that
soone
were
made
redye
.
So
lyghted
they
on
horsebacke
and
tode
soone
oute
of
Parys
,
and
fled
streight
vnto
Dordon
towarde
theyr
lady
mother
.
ANd
whan
th
emperour
Charlemaine
wyst
that
Reinawd
and
his
bretherne
were
gone
oute
of
Parys
:
he
made
for
to
be
redy
wel
two
thousand
knightes
for
to
folow
them
.
Now
keep
them
our
lorde
that
on
the
crosse
suffred
passyon
.
For
yf
the
kynge
holde
them
:
they
shall
dye
withoute
remyssyon
,
but
Reinawde
vpon
hym
is
no
care
.
For
he
was
vpon
his
horse
bayard
that
goeth
as
the
wynde
.
So
taryed
not
the
foure
brethern
&
theyr
cosyn
tyll
that
they
came
vnto
Sawmore
,
and
they
bayred
theyr
horses
of
Alarde
,
Richard
and
of
Guycharde
.
Thanne
began
Reynawde
to
make
sorowe
sayinge
.
Fayre
god
that
suffred
deathe
and
passyon
,
keep
thys
daye
my
brethern
and
my
cosyn
from
the
deathe
,
and
from
combraunce
,
and
from
fallinge
in
the
handes
of
Charlemayne
the
cruell
,
and
of
the
other
parte
chased
them
the
frenchemen
brochyng
with
the
spurres
as
fast
as
theyr
horses
myght
renne
,
so
muche
that
a
knight
that
was
better
horsed
then
the
other
were
:
ouertooke
Reynawde
and
sayd
to
hym
,
ye
shall
abyde
ye
vntrue
knyghte
and
I
shall
brynge
you
to
kinge
Charlemayne
.
And
whan
Reinawde
heard
hym
:
he
turned
bayarde
ayenst
hym
and
smot
the
knyght
with
his
spere
in
his
sheeld
,
&
rought
him
with
so
great
a
might
that
ste●ke
deade
he
ouerthrewe
him
.
So
seased
Reinawde
the
knyghtes
horse
and
tooke
him
to
his
brother
Alarde
that
lyghted
anon
vpon
the
backe
of
him
.
And
after
that
he
was
on
this
good
horse
:
he
went
&
smote
a nother
knyght
with
his
swerd
so
that
he
made
him
fall
deade
afore
him
,
and
so
betooke
this
knightes
horse
to
his
brother
Guicharde
that
thanked
hym
muche
for
it
.
And
a nother
knighte
of
the
kynge
Charlemayne
came
to
theym
.
Glotons
sayd
the
knighte
ye
shall
come
to
the
king
that
shal
make
you
al
for
to
be
hanged
.
Ha
by
my
fayth
said
Reynawd
thou
shalt
lye
,
and
with
this
Reinawd
tooke
vp
his
swerd
&
gaue
him
suche
a
stroke
that
he
ouerthrew
him
dead
at
the
ground
,
than
tooke
Reinawd
the
horse
by
the
reyne
and
gaue
hym
to
his
brother
Rycharde
that
great
need
had
of
it
.
Now
be
the
three
brethern
new
horsed
&
Reinawd
is
vpon
bayarde
and
his
cosin
Mawgis
that
he
loued
so
wel
behynde
him
,
now
they
goe
god
wyll
leade
them
&
keep
them
from
euyll
,
&
Charlemayne
pursued
after
them
,
but
for
nought
he
trauayled
,
for
they
were
neuer
the
rather
taken
for
hym
.
Than
was
the
sonne
gone
vnder
,
and
the
nyght
began
to
come
,
and
the
foure
brethern
&
their
cosyn
were
come
into
the
towne
of
Soisson
.
SO
much
rode
Reynawd
by
nyght
and
by
daye
vpon
bayarde
that
bare
him
and
Mawgis
his
cosyn
:
that
they
came
to
Dordon
there
they
met
with
the
duchesse
theyr
mother
,
that
ranne
for
to
kysse
them
and
colle
them
.
And
syn
asked
what
they
had
doon
of
theyr
father
and
if
they
were
departed
from
the
courte
with
wrathe
?
Lady
sayd
Reinawd
,
for
I
haue
slayne
Berthelot
the
neuewe
of
the
kynge
Charlemayn
,
the
reason
why
I
dyd
so
:
was
because
he
called
me
horeson
&
gaue
me
with
his
fyst
vpon
my
vissage
so
that
the
bloud
came
out
of
it
.
And
whan
the
ladye
vnderstoode
him
:
she
felle
downe
all
in
a
swoune
,
and
Reynawd
tooke
her
vp
redely
.
And
whan
the
good
lady
was
come
againe
to
her selfe
she
sayde
to
Reynawde
.
Fayre
sonne
and
howe
durst
you
doo
this
that
ye
haue
doon
?
For
I
promit
you
ye
shal
once
repent
for
it
.
And
your
father
shal
be
destroied
therfore
and
cast
out
of
his
londes
.
And
if
he
scape
on
liue
it
shal
be
great
meruayl
.
So
pray
I
you
all
my
children
that
ye
flee
awaye
,
but
take
afore
all
my
treasour
.
For
yf
youre
father
come
againe
from
the
courte
:
he
shall
will
yee●d
you
to
the
king
Charlemayn
.
Lady
said
Reynawd
weene
ye
that
our
father
is
so
cruel
&
so
wroth
with
vs
that
he
wolde
take
&
deliuer
vs
in
to
the
handes
of
the
kyng
Charlemaine
,
that
is
oure
greate
enemye
mortall
?
REynawd
,
his
three
bretherne
&
Mawgys
wolde
make
none
other
soiournynge
:
but
tooke
so
muche
of
the
hauoyre
and
treasoure
of
theyr
father
and
mother
:
that
they
had
ynough
of
it
.
And
thenne
tooke
theyr
leue
of
their
lady
mother
,
wherof
there
was
great
pytie
at
the
departinge
.
For
the
children
wept
tenderly
and
the
mother
also
of
the
other
side
whan
she
saw
that
her
children
that
thus
went
fro
her
&
wist
not
yf
she
should
euer
see
them
again
:
so
departed
the
newe
knightes
with
theyr
cosin
Mawgis
and
yssued
out
of
the
towne
&
entred
in
to
the
greate
forest
of
Ardeyne
streyght
through
the
valeye
of
Feyry
,
and
rode
so
much
that
they
came
vpon
the
ryuer
of
Muse
,
and
there
they
chose
a
faire
grounde
where
they
made
to
be
buylded
a
faire
castell
vpon
a
fayre
roche
muche
stronge
,
&
at
the
foote
of
it
:
passed
the
saide
riuer
of
Muse
.
And
whan
that
the
castell
was
made
vp
:
they
called
it
Mountaynford
,
&
as
I
trow
there
was
not
suche
another
of
strengthe
fro
the
said
place
vnto
Mountpeller
.
For
it
was
closed
with
great
walles
&
enuyronned
rounde
about
with
dyches
sore
deep
,
&
well
garnished
with
all
maner
of
vittailles
&
of
all
thinges
be
nedeful
to
be
had
in
a
fortres
,
now
doubte
the
newe
knightes
nothinge
Charlemayn
yf
he
wrought
not
by
treason
.
Charlemayn
was
at
paris
much
angry
for
the
deth
of
his
neuew
Berthelot
,
the
which
Reinawd
had
slayne
playing
at
the
chesse
as
it
is
sayde
,
so
made
he
to
come
afore
hym
the
duke
Aymon
of
dordonne
the
father
of
the
foure
knightes
,
and
made
hym
to
swere
that
he
shoulde
neuer
gyue
no
help
to
his
children
and
that
they
shoulde
neuer
be
the
better
of
a
peny
by
hym
,
&
in
what
place
that
he
should
them
fynde
he
should
take
them
and
shoulde
bringe
them
to
him
,
the
which
Aymon
durste
not
saie
ayenst
hym
,
but
sware
that
he
should
doo
so
wherof
afterwarde
he
was
sore
repreued
.
And
after
that
he
had
sworn
thus
he
departed
oute
of
Parys
all
wroth
&
angrye
of
this
that
he
muste
chase
thus
his
children
:
and
came
to
Dordon
.
And
whan
the
duches
saw
him
she
began
to
weep
full
sore
:
and
the
duke
knew
wel
what
she
yeelde
Lady
said
the
duke
where
be
my
sonnes
gone
.
Syr
sayde
the
ladye
I
can
not
telle
whether
they
are
drawen
,
but
why
suffred
you
that
oure
sonne
Reynawde
slewe
Berthelot
the
neuewe
of
kynge
Charlemaine
,
ladye
saide
he
I
coude
not
doo
therto
,
&
wit
that
oure
sonne
Reynawde
is
of
so
greate
a
strength
that
neuer
syth
the
incarnacion
of
oure
lorde
was
not
seen
so
stronge
a
knyghte
as
he
is
.
Nor
all
the
assemble
that
than
was
in
the
pallays
at
Parys
myghte
not
keep
him
,
but
that
he
slewe
berthelot
afore
all
the
lordes
that
were
there
.
And
afore
this
our
saide
sonne
Reynawde
demaunded
of
kinge
Charlemayne
ryght
and
reason
to
be
doone
to
him
of
the
deathe
of
my
brother
his
vncle
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
,
wherupon
the
king
fulshamfullye
and
outerageouslye
answered
to
our
said
sonne
,
wherfore
Reinawd
was
wrothe
and
sore
angred
and
the
cause
why
Reynawde
slewe
Berth●lot
was
for
to
aueng
him
of
the
king
Charlemaine
.
Not
withstandynge
that
Berthelot
had
Iniuryed
oure
sayde
sonne
ful
sore
at
the
playe
of
the
chesse
.
And
also
he
smote
hym
fyrste
outrageously
that
the
bloud
came
out
of
his
face
,
so
Reinawd
for
his
great
and
hardy
courage
might
not
suffre
this
by
no
wise
.
And
therfore
the
king
hathe
made
me
swere
that
yf
I
can
take
my
chyldren
that
I
shal
brynge
them
to
hym
at
Parys
,
and
that
no
helpe
they
shal
neuer
haue
of
me
nor
succours
,
nor
that
they
shall
not
be
the
better
a
peny
of
all
my
hauoure
.
Wherof
I
am
wrothe
and
full
sorye
.
❧
We
shall
leaue
heere
to
speake
of
the
duke
Aymon
and
of
the
duchelle
that
ben
ryght
sory
for
theyr
children
And
shal
shew
you
how
the
worthye
kynge
Charlemain
made
to
seeke
after
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
thoroughe
all
his
realme
,
but
he
myght
not
know
nor
vnderstande
no
tidinges
of
them
,
tyll
that
at
last
came
to
hym
a
messenger
that
recounted
to
hym
howe
he
had
founde
them
in
the
forest
of
Ardeyne
.
In
which
they
had
edyfyed
a
fayre
castell
&
sore
stronge
.
And
whan
the
kynge
vnderstoode
these
tydinges
he
sent
worde
incontinente
to
all
his
folke
of
armes
that
they
should
make
ready
themself
,
the
whiche
dyd
so
without
delaye
.
☞
How
after
that
kyng
Charlemaine
hadde
made
the
duke
Aymon
to
forsake
his
sonnes
:
he
went
and
besyeged
theym
at
Mountaynforde
,
where
he
was
discomfited
two
tymes
.
But
the
castell
of
Mountaynforde
was
taken
by
treason
:
And
howe
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
auenged
themselfe
of
the
traytoures
that
had
betrayed
theym
,
and
howe
they
saued
them selfe
after
that
with
in
the
forest
of
Ardeyne
,
where
theyr
father
found
theym
as
he
went
from
the
siege
towarde
hys
countrey
,
and
howe
for
to
keep
his
othe
that
he
had
made
to
kinge
Charlemaine
,
he
dyd
assayle
to
his
sonnes
,
so
that
of
.v.
hundred
men
that
they
were
,
abode
aliue
with
his
sonnes
but
.xvii.
persones
but
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
had
no
hurt
of
their
bodies
,
howe
be
it
that
they
slewe
manye
of
theyr
fathers
men
.
Capitulum
.iii.
depiction of a king with crown and sceptre sitting in a throne, with a group of figures
NOwe
sayth
the
hystorye
that
sith
the
time
of
the
kinge
Alexander
:
was
none
suche
hearde
as
this
same
,
&
therfore
faire
lordes
please
you
heare
and
vnderstande
how
it
befell
of
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
that
were
enmyes
of
the
emperoure
Charlemayne
kynge
of
fraunce
,
for
the
same
time
king
Charlemain
had
banyshed
them
oure
of
the
realme
of
fraunce
&
made
all
his
barons
bothe
yonge
&
olde
to
seeke
after
them
,
and
also
made
them
swere
that
they
should
neuer
helpe
ne
confort
theym
by
no
maner
of
wise
.
And
the
same
oth
had
made
with
many
other
the
olde
duke
Aimon
theyr
father
as
ye
haue
heard
afore
,
wherof
he
was
full
sory
afterwarde
.
It
happed
than
that
the
kyng
Charlemayne
,
helde
a
greate
courte
in
Parys
.
And
as
this
courte
was
assembled
where
all
the
barons
of
fraunce
were
togyther
:
a
messenger
came
there
before
the
kynge
Charlemayne
&
kneeled
afore
him
and
sayd
Syr
I
brynge
you
tydynges
of
that
ye
dyd
sende
me
for
,
wyt
syr
that
I
cam
from
the
great
forest
of
Ardeyne
,
where
I
haue
founde
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
that
dwell
there
with
in
a
stronge
castell
well
sette
vpon
a
roche
,
and
if
ye
wyll
fynde
theym
and
be
auenged
of
them
:
wyt
that
ye
maye
well
ynough
doo
so
as
I
byleue
for
certayne
.
Whan
Charlemayne
vnderstood
this
messenger
:
he
began
to
meruayle
hymselfe
sore
and
called
hys
barons
and
sayd
to
them
.
Fayre
lordes
whan
it
is
so
that
ye
be
heere
:
it
apperteyneth
not
that
I
shoulde
sende
for
you
at
your
places
.
So
I
pray
you
and
require
as
to
my
lyegemen
that
ye
help
me
to
be
auenged
of
the
four
sonnes
of
Aimon
that
so
great
domage
haue
doon
to
me
as
ye
know
well
.
WHan
the
barons
vnderstoode
the
prayer
that
the
emperoure
Charlemaine
made
to
them
:
they
answered
withone
voice
.
Sir
we
shal
doo
your
commaundement
without
doubt
,
gyue
vs
leaue
if
it
please
you
that
we
may
goe
to
our
countries
for
to
make
vs
ready
to
harneys
and
of
horses
,
the
which
thing
the
king
graunted
them
.
And
so
departed
al
the
barons
fro
the
court
and
went
in
to
theyr
countreys
,
the
which
abode
not
long
that
they
came
agayne
to
Parys
all
arayed
and
ready
for
to
warre
with
their
army
.
And
whan
the
kynge
Charlemayne
sawe
them
:
he
receyued
them
gladly
,
and
in
continent
without
anye
taryinge
he
departed
out
of
Parys
,
&
went
with
al
his
hoste
to
Mountiyon
a
towne
of
his
,
and
there
he
laye
that
nyght
.
And
at
the
morowe
as
soone
as
the
daye
appered
:
the
kinge
Charlemaine
departed
from
Mountlyon
and
went
on
his
wai
with
his
hoste
,
&
ordeined
the
foreward
to
the
erle
Guy
of
mountpeller
that
wolde
much
great
harme
to
Reynawd
,
&
whan
they
had
set
them selfe
in
the
way
:
the
emperour
Charlemaine
called
to
him
his
good
vasseylles
Renyer
,
Guyon
of
aubeford
,
the
erle
Garner
,
Gefray
,
Langon
,
Ogier
the
dane
,
Rycharde
of
Normandy
,
&
the
duke
Naymes
of
bauiere
,
and
saide
vnto
them
all
.
Lordes
ye
knowe
well
what
ye
haue
to
doo
,
I
praye
you
that
ye
keep
well
your selfe
from
Reynawde
and
goe
not
to
nyghe
,
but
abyde
all
togither
in
such
a
stronge
place
that
we
may
haue
no
domage
,
and
let
good
watche
be
made
euery
night
,
for
my
hearte
geueth
me
that
we
shal
dwell
there
longe
.
THan
saide
the
duke
Naimes
of
bauyere
.
Sir
we
shall
doo
so
.
Than
made
they
the
trompettes
to
be
blowen
,
&
all
the
hoste
they
made
to
come
togyther
.
And
thus
they
rode
so
muche
that
they
came
to
Mileyne
otherwise
called
Aspes
,
&
whan
they
were
come
there
they
sawe
the
castell
of
Mountaynforde
,
that
Reinawde
&
his
bretherne
&
their
cosyn
Mawgis
had
doo
make
,
euen
at
that
houre
that
kinge
Charlemayne
and
his
hoste
were
com
to
Aspes
,
the
three
bretherne
of
Reynawd
were
coming
fro
the
chase
oute
of
the
wood
of
Ardeyn
and
Richard
the
yongest
bare
a
right
riche
horne
bothe
fayre
&
good
:
the
which
Reinawd
loued
full
deare
.
And
in
their
felawshyp
myght
well
be
.xx.
knightes
and
no
mo
.
And
as
they
returned
to
Mountainforde
Richarde
beheld
and
sawe
ouer
the
Ryuer
of
Muse
t
hoste
of
the
king
Charlemayn
wherof
he
began
to
be
sore
merueylled
,
&
called
Guycharde
his
brother
&
said
to
hym
.
Fayre
brother
what
folke
maye
be
they
that
I
see
yonder
I
heard
say
the
other
day
of
a
messenger
that
tolde
it
oure
brother
Reynawd
:
that
the
emperoure
came
for
to
besyege
vs
within
our
castell
.
ANd
after
whan
Guycharde
vnderstoode
his
brother
he
behelde
ouer
the
ryuer
&
sawe
the
forewarde
that
Guyon
conduyted
,
and
whan
Guychard
sawe
them
he
smot
hys
horse
with
his
spurres
,
he
&
his
folke
went
ayenst
Guyon
,
&
sayde
to
hym
.
Fayre
syr
what
are
these
folke
:
syr
sayde
Guyon
these
been
the
folke
of
the
emperoure
Charlemaine
that
goeth
to
Ardeyn
for
to
besyege
a
castell
that
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
haue
doo
make
there
,
for
theyr
strengthe
they
trauayle
vs
much
,
god
gyue
them
euyll
rest
.
Certes
said
Guycharde
I
am
a
souldier
with
Reynawde
,
&
con
you
nother
thanke
nor
grace
of
that
that
ye
saye
,
for
I
am
holden
to
defend
them
at
my
power
&
with
this
he
spurred
his
horse
,
and
smote
the
said
Guion
throughe
hys
sheelde
so
harde
,
that
he
ouerthrewe
hym
deade
to
the
grounde
,
and
than
he
tooke
the
horse
of
the
sayde
Guion
and
tooke
him
to
one
of
his
squyers
and
assembled
al
the
knightes
togyther
of
one
parte
&
of
the
other
,
they
of
Fraunce
cried
Mounridye
saynte
Denys
,
&
the
bretherne
of
Reinawd
cried
mountaynforde
.
Than
shoulde
ye
haue
seen
a
fell
batayle
and
ryght
cruel
the
one
aienst
the
other
sheeldes
broken
and
helmes
broken
,
som
dead
and
som
sore
wounded
so
muche
that
it
was
great
pitre
to
see
.
What
shall
I
tell
you
more
al
the
folke
of
Guyon
that
made
the
forewarde
were
there
slayne
.
This
hangyng
came
a
squiet
to
the
king
&
shewed
him
howe
hys
foreward
was
vtterly
dystroyed
,
&
that
Guycharde
the
brother
of
Reynawd
had
slayne
the
earle
Guyon
.
O
God
saide
than
the
emperoure
Charlemaine
haue
I
now
lost
Guyon
,
of
hym
it
is
greate
domage
,
Now
wot
I
not
from
hens
forth
on
howe
I
should
wyn
,
sith
that
I
haue
lost
the
foreward
,
and
than
he
called
Ogyer
the
dane
&
said
to
him
.
Ogier
goe
to
the
succours
you
&
Naymes
,
for
Guichardbereth
with
him
al
my
hauoyre
&
haue
slayne
all
my
folke
,
than
Ogier
the
dane
abode
not
but
lighted
on
horsbacke
he
and
the
duke
Naymes
with
three
hundred
knightes
well
armed
&
well
araied
&
went
after
Guycharde
,
but
theyr
laboure
was
nought
worth
to
them
,
for
Guichard
&
his
men
were
all
ready
with
in
Mountaynford
with
all
the
hauoire
that
they
had
won
.
Whan
Reinawd
saw
his
brother
come
with
so
greate
hauoyre
:
he
went
ayenst
him
&
kissed
them
al
,
&
than
he
said
to
Guychard
,
fayre
brother
where
haue
ye
taken
so
greate
hauoyre
that
ye
bryng
heere
?
syr
sayde
Guycharde
I
shall
tell
you
tydynges
wherof
ye
shall
be
greatly
meruaylled
.
Nowe
wyt
that
kynge
Charlemain
commeth
for
to
besyege
you
with
all
his
hoste
&
hath
so
great
chiualry
with
him
that
it
is
wonder
for
to
see
,
my
bretherne
&
I
come
fro
the
chase
out
of
the
wode
of
Ardeyn
&
we
haue
recountted
the
forewarde
of
Charlemain
that
the
erle
Guy
conduyted
,
there
foughte
we
togither
with
them
,
but
god
be
thanked
&
my
men
:
myne
enemyes
were
discomsited
&
ouerthrowen
,
one
parte
we
haue
slaine
:
&
the
other
fled
away
,
so
haue
we
brought
theyr
hauoyre
that
ye
see
heere
.
And
there
is
dead
the
earle
Guy
and
many
other
greate
lordes
&
all
theyr
men
.
Than
sayd
Reynawd
I
ought
to
loue
you
dearly
whan
ye
canne
war
so
wel
that
ye
haue
ouerthrowen
your
enemies
at
the
fyrst
comyng
on
,
and
than
he
called
all
his
bretherne
&
his
folke
and
sayd
to
them
,
fayre
lordes
nowe
is
the
time
come
that
eueryche
of
vs
must
preue
himself
a
good
man
,
wherfore
I
pray
you
that
euery
man
force
himselfe
to
doo
worthily
his
deuoire
that
your
worshippe
and
oures
be
kept
,
and
that
men
may
not
wyt
vs
no
towardes
,
&
let
vs
doo
knowe
oure
prowesses
to
kinge
Charlemayne
so
that
he
holde
vs
not
for
feble
&
myschaunte
,
whan
Reinawde
had
spoke
to
his
brethren
and
to
hys
folke
:
they
answered
to
hym
in
thys
maner
,
my
lorde
haue
no
doubte
of
none
of
vs
,
but
be
sure
that
we
shal
neuer
fayle
you
for
the
hewynge
of
our
limmes
as
long
as
we
shal
liue
,
and
whan
Reinawde
vnderstood
the
good
wil
of
his
folke
and
namely
of
his
bretherne
:
he
beganne
againe
to
speke
to
them
and
sayde
let
the
gate
be
sherre
and
drawe
vp
the
brydge
,
&
so
go
we
to
the
windowes
for
to
se
this
folke
that
come
ayenst
vs
.
And
than
they
went
there
as
Reinawd
sayd
,
&
whan
they
loked
out
of
the
wyndowes
:
they
saw
Ogyer
the
dane
comminge
with
a
thousand
men
with
him
,
whiche
whan
he
saw
that
Guychard
was
entred
into
the
castel
:
he
retourned
agayne
&
sayd
to
the
king
how
it
was
,
and
than
he
sayd
.
Sir
I
let
you
wyt
that
the
castel
of
Mountainford
is
the
fairest
&
the
strongest
that
euer
ye
saw
for
it
is
set
vpon
a
hye
roche
of
harde
stone
,
and
well
I
tel
you
for
certayne
that
it
shall
not
be
so
taken
so
lyghtly
as
men
ween
.
For
suche
folke
doo
keepe
it
that
wel
and
worthely
shall
defend
it
.
WHan
the
Emperoure
Charlemayne
hearde
speake
Ogyer
the
dane
:
he
was
of
it
so
wrothe
that
he
went
nyghe
out
of
hys
wyt
,
and
sware
god
that
he
should
neuer
returne
into
Fraunce
but
that
Reinawde
were
take
,
and
that
yf
he
maye
haue
hym
:
all
the
worlde
shall
not
saue
hym
but
that
he
shall
make
him
to
be
hanged
&
his
brother
Guychard
to
be
drawen
at
horses
tailles
.
syr
said
Ogier
well
ye
oughte
to
doo
so
,
for
they
haue
trauaylled
you
full
often
and
haue
gyuen
you
greate
laboure
&
payne
.
Sir
sayde
Foulques
of
Morillon
,
haue
no
doubt
for
shortely
we
shal
auenge
you
of
them
,
make
to
be
cried
incontinent
that
youre
hoste
goe
lodge
lightly
about
Mountenford
,
Certes
said
the
king
ye
saye
well
and
than
he
made
trompettes
to
be
blowen
of
a
heyghte
for
to
assemble
togyther
al
his
men
of
armes
and
commaunded
that
all
the
castell
of
Mountenforde
should
be
enuyronned
rounde
about
with
folke
,
&
that
euery
baron
shoulde
doo
pyghte
there
his
pauillion
,
and
they
dyd
so
as
the
king
had
commaunded
.
Now
wyl
I
shewe
to
you
how
noble
the
castel
was
set
.
The
said
castell
was
closed
&
set
vpon
a
hie
roche
,
&
of
the
one
side
of
it
was
beting
a
great
riuer
called
Muse
,
&
of
the
other
side
it
had
euyn
at
hand
a
great
woodful
pleasaunt
,
of
a nother
syde
it
hath
a
fayre
plaine
,
and
of
that
othersyde
a
full
faire
medowe
greate
and
pleasaunt
to
beholde
.
¶
Whan
the
folke
of
the
king
Charlemaine
were
allodged
:
th
emperour
lighted
on
horsebacke
with
a
few
felawship
for
to
see
the
strength
of
the
castell
,
&
when
he
had
well
beholden
it
&
seen
at
his
case
:
he
began
to
say
in
him self
,
ha
god
how
is
this
castell
closed
&
set
in
a
stronge
place
god
how
these
knightes
know
wel
the
crafte
of
warre
,
not
withstandinge
that
they
be
but
yonge
folke
,
fayre
lordes
thinke
to
warre
wel
,
for
we
haue
somwhat
more
to
doo
than
I
wende
,
whan
the
pauillions
&
tentes
of
the
kinges
were
dressed
vp
:
he
made
to
be
set
a
charbonkle
right
rich
all
hye
on
hys
tente
whiche
stone
full
precious
was
shining
as
a
torche
that
brenneth
,
&
with
the
same
a
great
appell
of
fine
golde
of
great
value
,
&
whan
the
said
tents
were
al
spred
&
hanged
:
th
emperoure
entred
within
&
made
the
duke
Naymes
to
be
armed
,
&
charged
him
that
no
man
of
warre
so
hardy
for
to
light
on
horsbacke
of
eyghte
dayes
,
but
it
were
for
to
sporte
himself
.
For
I
wil
doo
know
through
al
the
realme
that
men
brynge
to
vs
vitayles
in
greate
habundaunce
afore
that
the
castell
of
mountenforde
be
by
vs
assayled
,
and
make
my
chappel
to
be
apparailed
to
th
end
that
we
pray
god
that
he
wil
help
vs
to
be
auenged
of
that
four
sonnes
of
Aimon
the
which
we
shall
famish
or
euer
it
be
a
moneth
.
For
they
shal
not
can
haue
no
vitailes
fro
without
by
no
way
,
that
said
that
duke
Naimes
to
the
king
,
sit
you
mai
doo
better
if
it
be
your
pleasure
,
send
a
messager
to
Reinawde
to
tel
him
that
he
yeeld
to
you
guichard
his
brother
,
&
ye
shal
quite
him
al
his
londe
,
&
if
he
yeeld
him
to
you
:
make
him
to
be
beheaded
anon
,
&
if
that
Reinawd
refuse
for
to
do
this
he
mai
wel
be
sure
that
warre
shal
not
leue
him
as
long
as
he
shal
be
aliue
,
than
answered
Charlemain
,
ye
saye
well
and
ryght
wysely
,
but
certainlye
I
wote
not
where
to
fynde
a
messenger
,
to
whom
I
myght
well
trust
.
Syr
said
the
duke
Naymes
,
yf
it
please
you
,
Ogier
and
I
shal
doo
thys
message
.
It
please
me
well
sayde
the
king
,
and
ryghte
greate
thanke
I
shall
conne
you
for
it
,
for
ye
neuer
fayled
me
at
a
need
.
Than
went
Naymes
,
and
Ogyer
and
made
theym
ready
,
and
whan
they
were
ready
:
they
tooke
in
theyr
handes
braunches
of
Olyue
tree
for
to
shew
that
they
were
messengers
,
and
so
went
they
both
togither
without
any
other
company
,
&
whan
Alays
that
kept
watche
sawe
that
two
knights
come
:
he
went
&
asked
theym
what
knightes
they
were
that
came
there
.
Syr
saide
the
duke
Naymes
,
we
been
messengers
of
the
kynge
Charlemaine
that
hathe
sent
vs
hyther
for
to
speake
with
Reynawd
the
sonne
of
Aymon
,
and
incontynent
the
saide
Alays
went
to
hys
lorde
and
tolde
him
howe
at
the
gate
were
two
messengers
of
the
kinge
Charlemayn
that
wolde
speake
with
him
,
Reinawde
commaunded
forthwith
that
the
gate
shoulde
be
opened
to
them
&
that
the
drawbrydge
should
be
let
downe
for
he
wold
see
the
messengers
&
speake
with
theym
.
Than
were
the
two
batons
let
in
&
brought
afore
Reynawde
,
and
whan
Reynawd
saw
them
:
he
salued
them
curtously
,
and
after
that
they
had
saluted
eche
other
:
they
set
them
al
there
vpon
a
benche
.
And
than
began
the
duke
Naymes
to
speake
&
said
thus
.
Reynawde
saide
he
,
the
emperoure
Charlemaine
of
Fraunce
lette
you
wyt
by
vs
,
that
ye
sent
to
him
Guicharde
your
brother
to
make
of
hym
his
pleasure
and
his
will
,
and
yf
ye
wyl
not
doo
so
:
Charlemayne
defyeth
you
,
and
sayth
that
neuer
he
shall
leaue
you
vnto
the
tyme
that
he
shall
haue
you
all
,
and
whan
he
shall
haue
you
:
he
shal
make
you
al
to
be
drawen
and
hanged
,
and
dye
an
euyll
deathe
with
great
shame
.
WHan
Reynawde
vnderstoode
these
wordes
:
he
wexed
all
red
for
angre
,
&
than
he
saide
to
the
duke
Naymes
.
Bi
the
faith
that
I
owe
to
al
my
freendes
,
if
it
were
not
that
I
loue
you
:
I
should
make
you
both
to
be
hewen
al
to
peces
,
and
ye
haue
wel
deserued
it
.
For
you
Naymes
are
my
nigh
kinsman
,
&
as
me
semeth
ye
oughte
well
to
helpe
and
defende
me
ayenste
all
men
,
and
ye
now
counseyl
me
to
my
great
dyshonoure
&
ayenst
mine
honesty
.
Tell
to
Charlemaine
that
he
shal
not
haue
Guichard
my
brother
,
&
that
he
leaue
his
thretenyng
&
doo
the
worst
that
he
can
,
for
we
shal
not
doo
for
hym
nor
for
hys
thretnynges
the
mountenaunce
of
a
peny
,
and
goe
you
to
tel
him
in
my
behalfe
that
afore
that
he
take
vs
:
he
shall
haue
a
greater
need
of
helpe
than
he
weneth
,
Now
voyde
from
our
syght
lyghtely
oute
of
oure
palays
,
for
to
see
you
thus
heere
greueth
me
to
sore
.
Whan
the
duke
Naimes
&
ogier
vnderstood
Reinawd
:
they
made
no
lenger
dwellyng
,
but
departed
incontinent
with
out
any
more
speaking
,
and
are
come
to
Charlemaine
&
recounted
to
him
all
this
that
Reinawd
had
sayed
.
WHan
the
emperour
Charlemaine
vnderstood
this
answere
:
he
was
so
sore
an
angred
that
he
went
almost
oute
of
his
wyt
,
and
than
he
commaunded
that
the
castel
should
be
assayled
to
the
whiche
they
sawe
but
three
gates
.
Wherof
was
set
afore
the
maysters
gate
,
their
Reiner
,
&
Folques
of
Morylion
,
the
earle
of
Neuers
,
and
Ogier
the
dane
.
And
afore
the
second
gate
:
was
the
duke
of
Bourgoin
&
the
erle
of
Alphinors
,
&
afore
the
thirde
gate
:
was
that
olde
Aymon
the
father
of
Reinawd
that
was
come
to
Charlemayn
for
to
warre
ayenst
his
sonnes
as
thother
.
Nowe
weneth
th
emperour
to
haue
besieged
well
Reinawde
and
his
bretherne
,
but
and
god
keep
Reinawde
in
good
helthe
:
Coarlemayne
shall
lese
there
more
than
he
shall
wynne
.
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
were
such
knightes
&
so
sage
that
they
defended
well
their
castell
ayenst
Charlemayn
,
alwayes
it
was
besieged
with
so
great
numbre
of
folke
as
I
haue
sayde
afore
that
it
was
merueyll
to
see
for
there
were
bretons
fleminges
maunsealx
,
origners
,
english
bourgoines
,
the
bauyers
and
the
frensheman
,
but
Reynawd
made
one
thinge
that
turned
hym
to
a
great
worshyp
.
For
he
sayde
to
his
folke
fairelordes
I
pray
you
that
ye
mounte
not
vpon
youre
horse
tyl
that
ye
heare
the
trompettes
blowe
.
For
I
see
wel
that
Charlemaines
folke
ben
right
sore
trauailed
,
and
nowe
while
they
been
thus
wery
:
it
were
no
worship
to
vs
for
to
tenne
them
vpon
,
but
whan
they
shal
be
a
litill
cased
of
their
wyrenes
:
we
shall
thanne
make
dyligentlye
and
worthely
our
first
yssue
vpon
them
,
and
I
praye
you
and
require
you
all
in
general
,
that
euery
man
shew
than
his
prowesse
and
strength
,
and
wyt
it
that
in
the
castell
of
Mountenford
was
a
faucebray
vpon
a
roche
,
thorough
the
which
Reinawd
and
hys
brethern
went
out
vnder
couerte
at
all
tymes
that
they
wolde
withoute
daunger
.
wHan
Reynawd
saw
that
it
was
time
for
to
goe
oute
vpon
their
enmies
:
he
called
to
him
Sampson
of
bourdelloys
,
this
was
a
knight
a
trusty
man
that
was
come
there
for
to
help
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
,
and
hadde
with
him
an
hundred
knightes
,
Reynawd
said
to
him
,
sit
it
is
nowe
tyme
that
our
cumies
know
what
we
been
,
for
if
we
tary
lenger
:
the
kinge
Charlemain
mought
wit
vs
of
cowardnes
,
And
whan
he
had
said
these
wordes
:
he
came
to
his
brother
Guicharde
,
&
saide
to
him
.
Faire
brother
Guicharde
,
leaue
not
for
to
be
alwayes
bolde
and
hardy
as
longe
that
I
am
a
man
on
liue
,
for
I
loue
you
as
much
as
I
doo
myne
own
body
,
and
it
is
reason
that
I
doo
so
,
for
ye
&
I
are
bretherne
bothe
of
father
and
mother
and
also
I
beleue
ye
be
the
best
knighte
of
my
lygnage
.
And
than
he
taketh
hym
betwene
hys
armes
and
kyssed
him
by
greate
loue
,
and
whan
he
hadde
doone
thus
:
he
sayde
.
Brother
make
the
Trompettes
to
blowe
vp
of
heyght
,
and
lette
vs
make
ready
our selfe
for
to
yssue
oute
for
to
shewed
Charlemayne
what
folke
that
we
been
yf
god
wyll
that
we
might
take
the
erle
of
Estampes
I
should
be
therof
ryght
glad
.
For
it
is
the
man
,
among
all
our
enemies
that
worste
dooth
to
vs
,
that
more
hath
hurted
vs
,
happely
he
shal
not
scape
vs
,
for
he
is
alwaies
in
the
forwarde
,
whan
these
wordes
were
fynysshed
:
all
the
foure
bretherne
and
al
them
of
theyr
companye
arayed
them self
and
yssued
out
of
the
castell
at
the
fawcebray
,
wyth
out
to
make
any
noyse
nor
crye
,
and
so
gone
they
vpon
the
hoste
of
Charlemayne
by
so
great
wrath
?
that
it
was
marueyle
,
and
began
to
make
so
great
destruccion
of
folke
and
to
cast
bothe
tentes
and
pauyllions
a
ground
:
that
it
was
wonder
and
pitie
for
to
see
.
And
who
had
seene
than
Reynawd
the
worthy
knight
vpon
hys
horse
bayarde
,
and
the
faytes
of
armes
that
he
made
vpon
his
enemyes
:
should
haue
great
merueyl
,
for
to
looke
vpon
him
,
for
that
man
that
he
recountred
myght
well
say
that
he
was
borne
in
an
euyll
houre
,
for
to
say
the
trouth
Reinawde
smote
no
knight
so
that
his
stroke
came
ryght
but
that
he
cleued
hym
as
lyghtly
as
thy
had
not
ben
armed
.
Whan
the
folke
of
Charlemayne
saw
theyr
enemyes
:
they
ran
incontynent
to
their
harneyes
and
whan
they
were
armed
they
ran
vppon
Reynawde
and
his
folke
,
&
than
began
the
batyle
so
cruell
:
that
it
was
pytie
for
to
see
.
For
ye
should
haue
sene
many
speres
broken
,
and
seeldes
broken
and
clouen
a
fondre
,
and
many
a
good
haubergen
vnmayled
corsettes
&
flancardes
all
to
broken
and
sore
beaten
,
and
so
many
a
goodly
man
and
noble
knyghtes
beyenge
full
myserably
vpon
the
earth
.
Whan
that
olde
Aymon
heard
the
crye
:
he
mounted
on
horsbacke
also
sone
as
he
mighte
he
and
his
folke
and
came
to
the
batayll
ayenste
his
sonnes
,
and
whan
Reynawde
apperceyued
there
his
father
:
he
was
right
sory
for
it
,
&
sayd
to
hys
brethern
.
See
here
is
a
greate
meruayle
,
for
her
is
our
father
and
by
my
counsell
we
shall
make
hym
runne
.
For
I
wolde
not
for
nothing
that
none
of
vs
should
set
vpon
him
And
than
they
turned
at
another
side
of
the
batayle
:
but
Aymon
theyr
father
came
there
agaynst
them
and
began
to
set
sore
harde
vpon
them
&
theyr
folke
.
And
whan
Renawde
sawe
that
hys
father
leyd
sore
vpon
them
and
bare
them
greate
domage
of
theyr
men
:
he
sayd
to
him
al
an
angred
.
Ha
father
what
doo
you
?
certaynely
ye
doo
great
sinne
.
For
ye
should
helpe
defende
and
kepe
vs
,
&
ye
doo
to
vs
worse
than
the
other
doo
.
Now
I
see
well
that
ye
loue
vs
so
lytle
,
and
that
ye
be
dyspleased
that
we
been
so
pru
and
so
good
men
of
armes
agaynst
Charlemayne
,
for
yf
ye
haue
forbanysshed
vs
:
wel
we
knowe
it
,
and
that
we
shall
neuer
haue
nothing
of
your
herytage
and
we
haue
made
this
lytle
castell
for
to
kepe
our selfe
therin
,
and
yet
ye
come
hether
for
to
helpe
it
to
be
destroyed
.
It
is
no
Fathers
werke
,
but
it
is
operacion
of
the
deuyl
,
yf
ye
wil
doo
vs
no
good
:
at
least
doo
vs
no
harme
,
For
I
swere
you
vpon
all
Sayntes
that
yf
ye
come
any
ferther
agaynst
vs
I
shal
forbere
you
no
longer
,
but
I
shall
gyue
you
wyth
my
swerde
suche
a
strooke
that
ye
shall
haue
no
leyser
for
to
repent
you
of
the
folye
that
ye
doo
.
Whan
Aymon
vnderstode
the
wordes
of
his
sonne
Reynawde
.
he
tooke
therof
so
greate
angre
an
hys
hert
that
it
lacked
lytle
but
that
he
fell
downe
in
a
swoune
to
the
erth
,
for
he
knew
well
that
Reynawde
tolde
hym
trouth
.
But
he
could
doo
none
otherwyse
for
feare
of
Charlemayn
but
alwayes
he
wyth
drew
himself
a
backe
,
&
suffred
his
sonnes
to
passe
by
hym
harmles
at
that
tyme
.
The
wyche
went
and
dommaged
right
sore
the
folke
of
king
Charlemayne
.
DVrynge
the
tyme
that
Reynawde
spake
thus
to
his
father
Aymon
:
came
Charlemayne
&
Aulbery
,
Ogyer
,
and
the
erle
Henry
and
Foulques
of
Morillon
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
them
come
:
he
made
hys
trompettes
to
be
blowen
for
to
bring
his
folke
together
again
,
&
whan
they
were
assembled
of
one
parte
&
of
the
other
:
a
knyght
of
charlemayne
that
was
called
Thiery
made
hys
horse
to
renne
agaynst
the
folke
of
Reynawde
,
and
whan
Alarde
saw
hym
come
:
he
spurred
hys
horse
and
came
agaynst
him
and
smote
him
so
harde
in
hys
sheeld
:
that
he
shoued
a
great
hauberke
that
he
bare
through
the
body
of
hym
,
so
that
the
sayd
Thyery
fell
dead
downe
to
the
erth
.
And
whan
kyng
Charlemayne
saw
falle
dead
his
knight
Thieri
:
he
was
therfore
so
sore
angred
that
almoste
he
lost
his
wit
and
his
vnderstandyng
.
Than
began
he
to
crye
wyth
a
hye
voyce
,
sayinge
in
this
maner
.
Lordes
and
barons
deliuer
you
for
to
auenge
me
of
these
gluttons
that
leden
our
folke
so
cursedly
.
See
that
they
ben
wel
punysshed
&
sharpelye
,
whan
the
olde
Aymon
heard
Charlemayne
speake
thus
:
for
doubt
to
be
blamed
he
spurred
hys
horse
&
went
and
smote
one
of
his
sonnes
knightes
that
was
named
amaney
so
cruelly
with
his
brand
of
steele
,
that
he
smote
his
head
cleane
of
fro
the
shoulders
of
hym
,
father
(
cryed
Reynawde
to
hym
)
ye
doo
yl
whan
so
cruelly
ye
slea
my
men
,
but
by
the
fayth
that
I
owe
to
god
if
I
trowed
not
to
hurt
therbi
my
honour
:
I
should
take
therof
cruell
vengeaunce
.
And
than
said
agayne
the
valiaunt
Reynawde
,
Ha
lady
mother
how
should
ye
be
sorye
yf
ye
knewe
the
great
werkes
and
the
great
harme
that
our
father
doth
to
vs
this
day
.
depiction of an unseated knight or king with crown beside a horse, with two armed knights on horseback standing over him; and of two groups of knights in armour on horseback charging each other, with heads and body parts on the ground
WHan
Foulques
of
Morillonsaw
that
the
folke
of
Reynawde
mainteined
them selfe
so
worthely
agaynst
them
:
he
began
to
cry
.
Sir
Emperour
and
king
what
meaneth
this
?
I
beleue
that
ye
beforgotten
,
send
for
many
of
your
tolke
and
cūmaunde
them
that
they
take
incontynent
the
traytours
that
now
fayne
themselfe
agaynst
youre
enemyes
,
&
without
delay
make
them
to
be
hanged
and
slayne
all
quicke
.
whan
the
Frenche
men
vnderstode
this
that
Foulques
sayd
to
Charlemayne
:
they
made
nnoe
other
abyding
but
spurred
theyr
horses
and
smote
vpon
the
folke
of
Reinawde
so
hard
,
that
they
made
them
to
recule
backe
wolde
they
or
not
,
whan
Alarde
saw
hys
folke
goe
backe
:
he
was
ryght
sorye
for
it
,
and
tooke
his
swerde
and
began
with
his
folke
to
make
so
great
effors
of
armes
:
that
the
frenche
men
were
all
abasshed
of
it
.
what
shall
I
tell
you
more
of
this
batayles
wyt
it
that
it
was
so
meruaylous
&
cruel
,
that
it
was
pitie
for
to
see
,
for
euery
one
made
the
worste
that
he
could
,
the
one
agaynst
the
other
.
And
wit
that
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
made
so
great
occision
of
men
&
of
horses
:
the
none
durst
come
afore
them
,
but
none
might
compare
with
Reynawde
for
to
doo
well
.
For
he
made
there
so
great
meruaile
of
armes
:
that
the
frenche
men
durst
not
come
forth
for
feare
of
him
,
for
to
say
the
trouth
Reynawde
smote
no
stroke
a
right
,
but
that
he
slew
him
where
vpon
it
lighted
.
What
will
ye
that
I
tell
you
more
?
Wyt
that
in
thys
batayle
kynsmen
nor
parentes
spared
not
eche
other
for
they
slew
the
one
that
other
as
dombe
beastes
.
There
should
ye
haue
sene
coming
through
the
battayle
the
kyng
yon
of
sayncte
Omars
that
rode
vpon
a
good
horse
that
ranne
well
,
&
agaynst
him
came
a
knyght
called
Guyon
,
&
yon
smote
Guyon
suche
a
stroke
:
that
he
ouerthrew
both
horse
and
man
to
the
erth
,
&
whan
Reynawde
saw
this
he
was
ryght
wroth
for
it
.
And
than
he
tooke
hys
baner
&
sayd
to
hys
folke
doo
so
muche
that
I
haue
that
good
horse
,
for
yf
he
goth
away
:
I
shall
neuer
haue
Ioye
at
my
herte
.
for
I
wyll
that
he
kepe
felawshyp
to
Bayarde
.
And
whan
Richard
his
brother
that
was
so
worthy
a
knyght
and
so
gentyll
vnderstode
his
brother
that
so
spake
:
he
made
no
taryeng
but
spurred
hys
horse
and
smote
yon
of
saynt
omars
so
harde
that
hys
sheelde
nor
hys
harneys
might
not
kepe
,
but
that
he
shoued
hys
glaue
through
the
brest
and
ouerthrew
him
dead
to
the
erth
and
than
Richarde
tooke
the
horse
by
the
brydell
&
led
hym
to
Reynawde
and
sayd
to
hym
,
syr
we
haue
the
horse
that
ye
haue
called
after
so
sore
.
Nowe
maye
you
lyght
vpon
hym
whan
it
please
you
,
brother
sayd
Reynawde
gramercy
of
this
present
,
for
wel
ye
haue
serued
me
therof
.
Nowe
haue
we
two
good
horses
to
whome
we
may
trust
well
vpon
now
lyght
at
once
vpon
hym
sayd
Reynawde
,
and
whan
Richarde
vnderstode
the
commaundement
of
his
brother
:
he
lighted
lightly
vpon
the
horse
&
tooke
his
owne
for
to
kepe
to
a
good
knyght
.
ANd
whan
Reynawde
came
agayne
to
the
bataile
:
he
saw
yet
his
father
,
and
whan
he
saw
him
he
was
right
sori
for
it
so
that
he
lost
almost
his
wit
for
the
same
and
cam
&
sayd
to
him
by
a
maner
of
reproche
,
by
my
fayth
father
ye
are
greatly
to
blame
:
ye
myght
well
kepe
your selfe
that
ye
come
not
so
often
to
se
vs
,
&
for
to
doo
vs
harme
.
We
wyll
shew
to
you
that
ye
be
our
father
.
Not
good
but
euyll
.
For
ye
shewe
to
vs
harde
freendshyp
and
a
soure
loue
at
chryst
masse
and
at
Easter
men
ought
to
go
vysyte
and
se
his
good
freend
for
to
feast
hym
and
to
doo
hym
good
&
eate
wyth
him
whan
the
dyner
was
redi
,
but
this
ye
doo
not
.
For
ye
com
to
see
vs
in
a
hote
warre
,
&
with
the
poynt
of
the
swerdeye
there
vs
,
it
is
no
loue
of
a
natural
father
,
but
it
is
rygour
of
a
stepfather
,
than
answered
the
duke
Aymon
I
wyl
that
ye
kepe
your selfe
well
.
For
it
Charlemayne
can
take
you
all
the
worlde
shall
not
kepe
you
,
but
that
he
wyll
slea
&
hang
you
or
otherwise
make
you
to
dy
a
shamefull
death
,
father
sayde
Reynawde
let
the
alone
&
come
&
helpe
vs
so
shall
the
kyng
be
dyscomfyted
,
go
forth
gloton
gods
curse
haue
that
sayd
Aymon
to
his
sonne
Reynawde
,
for
I
am
to
olde
for
to
doo
treason
.
Father
sayd
Reynawde
litle
ye
loue
vs
I
se
it
wel
,
but
kepe
your self
wel
,
for
I
shall
shewe
you
whether
that
I
can
doo
any
thyng
wyth
the
spere
&
of
the
swerde
&
whan
he
had
that
sayd
:
he
spurred
Bayarde
&
went
&
smote
a
squyer
that
was
called
Gniuer
so
that
he
ouerthrew
him
dead
from
his
horse
to
the
ground
.
Whan
Charlemayne
saw
his
squier
dead
:
he
spurred
hys
courser
wyth
an
angry
there
&
had
in
his
hande
a
staffe
of
yron
,
for
he
wolde
parte
the
batayle
a
sonder
,
by
cause
he
saw
well
that
hys
folke
had
that
worse
&
that
they
myght
resyste
agaynst
the
great
strokes
of
Reynawde
in
no
wyse
,
for
it
was
meruaylous
for
to
see
the
great
faytes
of
armes
that
he
made
there
,
for
he
ouerthrew
downe
dead
both
horses
and
men
by
great
strength
.
CHarlemayne
is
commen
to
the
Frenche
men
,
and
commaunded
them
for
to
withdraw
them self
,
for
it
was
tyme
for
to
departe
fro
the
batayle
,
&
as
they
wolde
haue
gone
a
way
:
came
therethrough
batayle
Berarde
the
bourgoyner
&
smote
Symon
of
Bremoys
so
fyersly
:
that
he
fell
downe
dead
to
the
ground
,
whan
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
saw
Simon
dead
:
they
were
right
sorye
for
hym
,
and
spurred
theyr
horses
wyth
the
spurres
&
came
at
that
syde
and
brake
the
prese
for
to
venge
Simons
death
,
&
wyt
it
whan
Reynawde
was
come
there
it
was
knowen
right
wel
for
he
with
his
swerd
brought
to
death
wel
three
hundred
knightes
of
the
best
men
that
kynge
Charlemayne
had
in
his
company
.
Whereof
the
king
was
right
sori
&
sore
an
angred
,
this
hanging
:
Alarde
went
through
the
prese
so
came
he
&
Iousted
agaynst
the
erle
Estampes
,
&
his
sheelde
he
letted
not
but
he
shoued
his
spere
through
the
body
of
him
,
and
thus
was
by
hym
slayne
the
sayd
erle
,
whan
that
Reynawde
saw
that
stroke
:
he
came
to
Alarde
his
brother
&
kissed
him
vpon
his
helme
&
bowed
himselfe
toward
him
and
said
faire
brother
blessed
be
the
wombe
that
bare
thee
,
for
ye
haue
auenged
vs
of
the
greatest
foe
that
we
had
.
And
whan
he
had
said
this
word
he
made
his
trompettes
to
be
blowen
for
to
call
his
men
together
.
WHan
the
Emperour
Charlemayne
sawe
this
greate
domage
that
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
dyd
to
hym
:
he
cryed
wyth
a
hye
voyce
.
Lordes
&
barons
withdrawe
our selfe
a
backe
,
for
our
enemyes
be
to
good
knightis
for
vs
,
nowe
is
this
to
vs
great
dyshonour
&
great
myshappe
let
vs
returne
agayne
to
our
pauilions
I
pray
you
.
For
I
swere
vpon
all
Sayntes
that
theyr
castell
shall
neuer
be
taken
but
by
famisshing
,
for
they
ben
ouer
good
knightes
preu
and
wise
&
well
aduised
of
the
warre
.
Whan
the
barons
of
Charlemayne
heard
this
commaundement
they
sayd
,
syr
we
shall
do
your
wyl
,
&
as
they
wolde
haue
departed
:
came
Reynawde
spurring
hys
horse
,
and
his
brethern
,
&c
went
and
smote
vpon
the
folke
of
the
Emperour
so
sharply
:
that
he
departed
them
so
well
,
that
they
muste
needes
flee
&
take
theyr
pauylions
,
and
so
bode
wyth
them
prysoners
Anthony
Guyemaulte
the
erle
of
Neners
,
&
Theirri
of
Normandi
for
no
man
myght
endure
agaynste
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
the
dyscomfiture
and
the
folke
of
the
Emperour
that
fled
:
he
made
his
trompettes
to
be
blowen
for
to
withdraw
his
folke
.
And
whan
they
were
assembled
:
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
retourned
gladly
into
theyr
castel
.
And
was
alwayes
the
hindermoste
man
for
to
kepe
his
folke
the
better
that
led
prisoners
afore
,
Then
came
Aymon
theyr
father
afresshe
vpon
them
and
began
to
make
them
great
compraūce
and
whan
Reynawde
sawe
his
father
:
he
wend
for
to
haue
waxed
mad
for
angre
,
so
retourned
he
bayarde
&
smote
the
horse
of
his
father
so
hard
that
he
fell
downe
dead
to
the
erth
.
For
as
of
his
father
he
wolde
not
touche
,
and
whan
Aymon
saw
him selfe
a
grounde
:
he
rose
vp
quickelye
vpon
his
feete
and
tooke
his
swerde
in
his
hande
,
&
began
ryght
well
to
defende
himselfe
.
But
his
defence
should
haue
ben
full
lytle
worthe
to
him
,
for
his
children
should
haue
take
him
for
theyr
prisoner
yf
it
had
not
ben
Ogier
the
Dane
that
cam
&
succoured
hym
.
And
than
sayde
to
hym
the
sayd
Ogyer
.
Syr
what
semeth
you
of
your
children
,
they
be
ryght
cheualrous
and
hardy
as
ye
may
see
and
knowe
.
WHan
Aymon
was
horsed
agayne
:
he
pursued
his
children
as
a
man
wroth
&
out
of
his
wit
,
and
said
to
his
folke
Now
goe
we
after
the
glotons
,
for
if
they
lyue
longe
:
they
shall
do
vs
harme
and
domage
so
great
that
wyth
payne
it
shal
be
recouered
.
Whan
Reynawde
saw
his
father
that
folowed
them
so
sharply
:
he
turned
Bayarde
and
went
and
smote
amonge
the
thickest
of
his
fathers
folke
and
began
to
hurt
them
so
sore
with
the
help
of
his
brethren
,
that
he
put
them
to
flight
maugre
their
teeth
.
For
they
might
no
longer
endure
the
great
maugre
thou
Reynawde
bare
to
them
,
for
to
saye
the
trouth
:
no
harneys
was
nought
worthe
agaynst
the
swerde
of
Reynawde
.
For
he
cleued
all
that
he
rought
.
ANd
whan
th
emperour
Charlemayne
sawe
this
hye
prowesse
that
Reynawde
made
:
he
blessed
hymselfe
of
the
great
meruayle
that
he
had
therof
,
and
so
stronge
he
spurred
his
horse
that
he
went
against
Reynawde
,
and
than
he
sayd
to
him
Reynawde
I
forbyde
you
that
ye
go
no
ferther
.
Whan
Reynawde
saw
the
kyng
:
he
made
to
hym
reuerence
and
than
withdrew
himself
abacke
.
And
sayd
to
hys
men
,
let
vs
goe
fourth
,
for
here
cometh
the
kynge
.
I
wolde
not
for
nothing
in
this
worlde
that
any
of
you
should
laye
hande
vpon
hym
.
Whan
the
folke
of
Reynawde
vnderstode
these
wordes
:
they
put
theyr
swerdes
in
theyr
shethes
and
went
agayne
vnto
theyr
castel
right
glad
of
theyr
fayre
auenture
that
was
happend
to
them
that
daye
.
And
whan
that
they
were
within
theyr
Castell
of
Mountaynforde
:
they
made
the
drawe
brydge
for
to
be
drawen
vp
,
&
went
and
vnarmed
them
and
founde
the
supper
redy
,
and
so
they
set
them selfe
at
the
table
.
And
there
was
a
great
mainy
of
prisoners
.
And
whan
thei
had
eaten
and
dronken
their
fil
Reynawde
came
to
hys
brother
and
thanked
hym
muche
with
al
his
hert
of
that
he
had
slayne
the
erle
of
Estampes
.
ANd
whan
th
emperour
Charlemayne
saw
that
Renawde
was
with
in
his
Castell
:
he
lighted
downe
from
his
horse
into
his
tente
and
sware
by
god
that
he
should
neuer
departe
from
thence
vnto
the
tyme
that
he
should
haue
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
or
that
the
castell
were
take
.
¶
What
shall
I
tell
more
?
th
emperour
Charlemayne
lay
well
.xiiii.
monethes
at
syege
afore
that
castell
of
Mountaynforde
,
and
there
was
no
weke
,
but
they
had
a
batayle
or
a
scarmyshe
,
&
I
tell
you
that
Reynawde
was
not
so
sore
besyeged
,
but
that
he
went
to
chase
in
woodes
and
in
ryuers
as
often
as
hym
pleased
.
And
dyuerse
tymes
it
happed
that
Reynawde
spake
wyth
the
Frenche
men
of
trayte
the
one
to
the
other
,
sayinge
thus
to
them
.
Fayre
Lordes
I
pray
you
that
ye
speake
to
the
Emperour
Charlemayne
&
tel
hym
that
he
shal
neuer
take
vs
by
no
force
,
for
our
castell
is
right
stronge
and
well
garnished
.
But
know
the
kynge
one
thing
that
whiche
he
may
haue
by
goodnes
,
he
need
not
make
by
force
.
He
may
haue
the
castell
and
vs
also
yf
it
please
hym
in
such
maner
as
I
shal
tell
you
.
Whan
I
shal
put
in
his
hand
the
castel
of
Mountaynforde
my
bretherne
and
my selfe
,
our
goodes
and
bagage
saufe
,
&
that
the
warre
take
an
ende
that
hath
lasted
so
longe
?
he
may
be
well
content
.
Reynawde
said
Ogier
the
Dane
ye
say
wel
and
wisely
,
&
I
promyt
you
I
shall
shew
the
same
to
the
kinge
as
ye
haue
sayd
,
&
yf
ye
will
beleue
my
counsell
:
I
ensure
you
I
shall
tell
hym
that
ye
doo
so
for
ye
are
not
folke
for
to
be
set
lytel
by
thus
,
nor
for
to
be
for
the
courte
,
for
yf
the
kinge
had
you
nyghe
him
,
he
soulde
be
the
better
for
it
.
ALl
thus
as
Reynawde
&
Ogier
spake
together
,
there
came
Forques
of
Morillon
that
cried
to
Reynawde
vassayle
yee
be
but
a
tool
,
for
certes
I
haue
heard
youre
wordes
well
,
ye
shall
leue
vs
Mountaynforde
for
it
is
not
your
herytage
and
your
heades
in
lykewyse
,
Foulques
sayd
Reynawde
ye
haue
repreued
me
full
often
.
I
know
well
all
the
harme
that
the
Emperour
Charlemain
wyll
to
me
,
is
because
I
haue
slayne
Berthelot
his
neuew
with
a
Chesse
borde
of
whome
god
haue
mercye
.
Certes
I
could
not
doo
therto
,
but
I
was
full
sory
for
it
god
wot
it
,
It
is
trouth
whan
we
played
together
we
had
some
wordes
,
by
whyche
without
any
wordes
he
gaue
me
suche
a
stroke
vpon
my
face
that
the
bloud
ranne
downe
at
the
ground
.
And
whan
I
saw
my selfe
so
armed
.
I
myght
not
be
so
soft
that
I
could
endure
the
great
ontrage
that
he
had
doone
to
me
with
out
a
cause
.
So
defended
I
my selfe
to
my
power
.
For
who
letteth
hym selfe
to
be
slayne
his
soule
shal
neuer
haue
pardon
.
And
thou
knowest
wel
Foulques
the
I
dyd
was
in
my
defendyng
.
But
to
this
must
be
made
shorte
wordes
,
and
if
it
please
you
,
ye
shal
tel
to
the
king
charlemain
that
he
taketh
vs
to
mercy
,
and
that
we
may
be
freendes
.
And
yf
ye
doo
thys
:
ye
shall
doo
your
honoure
.
For
as
soone
may
ye
be
slayne
there
as
a nother
.
Than
sayde
Foulques
by
god
all
thys
is
nought
worth
vnto
you
,
for
ye
shall
die
therfore
ye
and
your
brethern
.
Foulques
sayd
Reynawde
ye
threten
to
muche
,
it
apperteineth
not
to
you
for
to
threten
knightes
so
muche
that
ben
better
than
you
,
and
yf
ye
haue
ony
thyng
vpon
your
hert
:
doo
it
wythout
any
more
wordes
,
for
I
tell
you
well
that
ye
purchace
your
death
.
And
whanne
Reynawde
had
sayd
these
wordes
:
they
wente
agayne
to
theyr
pauylyons
.
And
thus
abode
the
hoste
vnto
than
without
any
fyghtyng
,
but
the
frechemen
came
agayn
wolde
they
or
not
,
wherfore
the
kynge
Charlemayne
was
wrothe
.
THan
the
Emperour
Charlemayne
sent
for
men
through
all
hys
lande
,
and
whan
they
were
all
come
:
he
sayd
to
them
.
Syres
I
complayne
me
to
you
of
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
that
hath
my
land
destroyed
and
wasted
.
And
Mountaynforde
is
so
stronge
:
that
bi
strength
it
can
neuer
be
taken
,
but
by
famysshyng
.
Now
tell
me
what
I
ought
to
doo
?
for
I
shall
doo
therin
your
counsell
,
whan
the
barons
heard
the
complaynt
that
the
kynge
made
to
them
of
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
:
there
was
none
so
hardy
the
durst
say
a
worde
,
but
the
duke
Naymes
of
Bauiere
that
sayd
to
the
king
.
Syr
emperour
yf
ye
wyll
haue
good
counsel
:
I
shall
gyue
you
good
,
yf
ye
wyl
beleue
me
.
Let
vs
retourne
nto
hyghe
Fraunce
,
for
we
be
to
nighe
the
winter
for
to
make
warre
.
And
whan
that
newe
tyme
shal
be
come
:
ye
shal
mow
come
agayne
to
lay
your
syege
afore
Mountaynforde
.
For
I
doo
you
to
vnderstond
that
Reynawde
is
not
sore
presed
,
but
that
he
goeth
in
wodes
&
in
riuers
at
all
tymes
that
he
wyl
.
And
a
man
that
may
goe
out
and
in
at
his
wil
:
is
not
ouer
sore
besieged
.
And
of
the
other
parte
Reynawde
and
hys
bretherne
are
suche
knyghtes
that
they
shall
not
be
lyghtly
ouercome
.
This
is
my
counsel
syr
who
knoweth
a
better
:
let
hym
tell
.
THen
spake
Hornier
of
Saueyne
,
and
to
him
said
,
syr
I
shal
gyue
you
a
better
counsell
yf
ye
wil
beleue
me
,
gyue
me
the
castell
and
al
the
hauoyre
that
is
with
in
and
the
Lordshyp
fyue
myles
aboute
it
:
and
I
shall
yelde
to
you
Reynawde
and
al
his
brethern
for
prysoners
afore
a
moneth
cum
to
an
ende
.
And
than
shal
we
goe
into
Fraunce
for
to
see
oure
wyues
and
children
.
Hernyer
sayd
the
kyng
,
ye
haue
sayd
well
and
wysely
yf
ye
may
doo
thys
that
ye
haue
said
,
I
graunt
to
you
the
castell
and
all
that
ye
haue
asked
with
the
same
.
Syr
said
Hernyer
I
thanke
you
for
it
an
hundred
thousand
tymes
.
And
I
promys
you
I
shall
delyuer
vnto
you
Reynawde
and
hys
bretherne
as
youre
prisoners
or
euer
that
a
moneth
be
passed
.
But
knowe
you
that
Hernyer
dyd
mysse
of
his
enterpryse
,
for
he
kept
not
couenaunt
to
the
kynge
as
he
had
promised
him
:
for
Reinawde
tooke
hym
and
made
hym
to
be
hewen
all
in
peces
,
and
made
all
they
that
were
wyth
hym
whan
he
made
the
treason
to
be
hanged
and
slayne
,
as
more
playnly
ye
shall
vnderstand
here
after
,
yf
that
ye
lyste
to
harken
.
HErnier
of
Saueyn
made
none
other
taryenge
,
but
he
sayd
to
kyng
Charlemayne
in
this
maner
.
Syr
commaunde
ye
Guyon
of
Bourgone
that
he
doo
put
in
array
a
thousand
knightes
well
armed
,
and
that
to
morrow
afore
the
day
he
goe
vpon
the
mountayne
fayre
and
softly
with
out
noyse
,
&
I
shall
put
hym
within
the
castell
shortly
.
Whan
he
had
sayd
this
:
he
went
to
hys
tente
,
&
made
himselfe
to
be
armed
.
And
whan
he
was
armed
:
he
lyghted
a
horsbacke
,
and
rode
to
the
gate
of
the
castell
,
&
sayd
to
them
that
kepte
warde
.
Alas
for
god
fayre
lordes
haue
mercye
of
me
if
it
please
you
let
me
in
,
or
els
I
am
but
dead
,
for
the
Emperour
Charlemayne
maketh
to
folow
and
seke
me
all
aboute
,
for
to
make
me
dye
bycause
I
haue
said
to
him
much
good
of
Reynawde
,
&
also
I
tell
you
wel
that
I
shall
shew
to
Reynawde
a
thing
wherof
he
shall
he
ryght
glad
yf
hys
pleasure
is
to
heare
me
.
WHan
they
that
were
aboue
vpon
the
gate
heard
him
speak
thus
they
without
long
taryeng
let
goe
downe
the
draw
bridge
and
made
him
come
in
,
&
dysaimed
him
&
did
to
him
great
honour
.
But
the
false
traytour
rewarded
them
full
yll
for
it
after
that
.
This
hangyng
:
Charlemayne
commaunded
Guion
to
make
him
redy
,
&
a
thousand
knightes
with
him
,
and
sent
them
vpon
the
hylle
,
without
makyng
of
anye
bruyte
tyll
that
the
day
were
come
.
And
wyt
that
Guyon
had
wyth
hym
of
the
best
Knyghtes
of
Charlemayne
.
NOw
is
Harnyer
the
traytour
within
the
castell
of
Mountaynforde
,
vnto
whome
men
made
good
cheere
.
And
whan
Reynawde
wyste
that
a
knight
of
Charlemayn
was
come
:
He
sayde
that
he
wolde
speake
with
hym
.
And
so
he
was
brought
afore
hym
.
And
whan
he
sawe
him
:
he
sayd
to
him
.
What
be
you
fayre
knighte
that
are
come
hither
?
And
he
answered
,
syr
my
name
is
Hernier
of
Saueyne
,
&
I
haue
angred
kinge
Charlemayne
for
the
loue
of
you
and
for
this
cause
I
am
com
hither
praying
that
ye
haue
me
for
recommaunded
,
for
I
wot
not
whether
to
goe
nowe
.
Good
freend
sayd
Renawde
,
syth
that
ye
say
that
ye
be
oure
freend
:
ye
be
ryght
welcome
to
me
.
For
of
suche
goodes
that
God
hath
sent
me
ye
shall
not
fayle
.
Now
tell
me
I
pray
you
how
doth
the
hoste
of
the
Emperour
?
Haue
they
anye
great
plentie
of
vytayles
.
Syr
sayd
Hernyer
they
ben
scarse
wyth
them
.
But
I
tell
for
very
certayne
that
they
shall
goe
theyr
wayts
within
these
fourty
dayes
,
for
none
of
the
barons
wyll
no
lenger
abyde
there
.
Wherefore
the
kyng
Charlemayne
is
sore
an
angred
with
them
.
And
I
promit
you
yf
the
hoste
wente
awaye
ye
might
hurte
theym
ryght
verye
sore
,
and
gette
verye
muche
good
,
yf
ye
wyll
sette
then
vpon
the
tayle
of
them
.
Freende
sayde
Reynawde
to
hym
,
ye
haue
comforted
me
ryght
well
,
yf
it
is
so
as
ye
say
,
For
yf
the
king
Charlemayne
be
once
ouerthrowen
:
he
shall
not
come
a nother
tyme
vpon
vs
wyth
so
good
a
wyll
as
he
dooth
nowe
.
And
then
Reynawde
had
hym
wyth
hym
to
hys
brethern
,
that
made
vnto
hym
good
cheere
.
And
whan
the
supper
was
redy
:
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
set
them
downe
vnto
theyr
meat
and
supped
gladly
.
And
in
theyr
companye
was
the
traytour
Hernier
,
vnto
whom
they
made
good
cheere
.
After
supper
all
the
knyghtes
wente
to
slepe
.
For
they
were
wery
of
bearing
of
theyr
Harneys
,
and
they
had
not
ceased
to
fyght
all
that
day
.
And
wit
that
Hernier
was
well
and
honestly
brought
to
bed
.
For
Reynawde
had
so
commaunded
.
And
whan
all
the
knyghtes
were
fast
a
slepe
:
Hernier
as
the
false
Iudas
slepte
not
.
But
he
rose
and
tooke
hys
harneys
and
armed
hym selfe
.
And
whan
he
was
well
armed
at
his
ease
:
he
came
to
the
drawe
bridge
,
and
cut
the
cordes
that
kept
it
vp
,
and
let
the
draw
brydge
go
downe
,
and
than
he
went
vpon
the
walles
where
he
found
him
that
made
the
watche
and
slew
him
.
And
whan
he
had
doone
this
:
he
came
to
the
gate
and
opened
it
.
For
he
had
taken
the
keyes
from
hym
that
he
had
slayne
,
whyche
had
them
in
his
kepyng
.
THan
whan
Guyon
of
Bourgoyne
saw
the
gate
open
:
he
made
no
tarying
,
but
came
and
entred
into
the
castell
,
and
al
hys
folke
with
hym
.
And
began
to
kylle
and
flea
all
them
that
they
found
.
¶
Now
shall
ye
heare
of
the
fayre
aduenture
how
that
Reynawde
&
his
brethern
were
saued
from
this
mortall
slawghter
.
Wyt
that
whan
the
yemen
of
the
stable
had
supped
:
thei
were
dronke
and
went
to
theyr
bed
,
&
whan
they
were
a
slepe
:
the
horse
of
Alarde
that
was
somwhat
proude
began
to
make
noyse
agaynst
the
other
.
And
Alarde
and
Richarde
heard
the
noyse
of
the
horses
,
they
rose
vp
and
saw
the
doore
of
the
halle
open
,
and
perceyued
out
of
it
the
harneys
that
glystered
agaynst
the
moone
that
shone
full
bryght
.
Than
went
they
to
the
bedde
where
they
had
brought
the
false
Hernyer
,
whyche
they
found
not
there
.
Whereof
they
were
ryght
sore
abasshed
.
And
than
was
Reynawde
awaked
,
and
asked
who
was
there
that
maketh
thys
noyse
.
Let
our
knyghtes
take
theyr
rest
,
that
haue
so
sore
trauayled
all
the
day
it
is
euyl
doone
for
to
go
thus
stampyng
at
this
houre
,
than
cryed
Alarde
to
Reinawde
and
sayd
.
Fayre
brother
we
ben
betrayed
,
for
Hernyer
that
false
knyght
hath
put
the
folke
of
Charlemayne
within
thys
castell
,
the
whiche
kyll
and
slea
your
folke
and
put
them
to
a
greate
matter
,
whan
Reynawde
vndestode
this
:
he
made
no
tarying
,
but
he
arose
and
armed
hymself
quickly
,
and
cried
vnto
his
brethern
and
to
his
men
,
Now
my
freendes
let
vs
beare
our selfe
worthy
,
we
had
neuer
so
great
need
,
any
wyt
that
Reynawde
had
with
hym
but
.xxx.
Knyghtes
within
the
dongeon
of
that
fortresse
,
for
al
the
other
were
within
the
base
courte
whiche
was
as
it
had
ben
a
lytle
towne
well
peopled
,
where
as
Guyon
of
Bourgoyne
&
his
folke
slew
them
.
This
hanging
:
Reynawde
&
his
brethern
had
armed
themselfe
right
wel
hopynge
for
to
defende
theymselfe
well
.
THan
came
Hernyer
the
traytour
steryng
about
throughe
the
maystres
strete
&
with
him
well
an
hundred
knightes
.
Than
sayd
Reinawde
to
hys
brethern
,
fayre
Lordes
come
forth
,
for
yf
god
helpe
vs
not
:
we
are
all
lost
,
&
than
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
came
to
the
gate
,
&
defended
so
well
the
none
durst
passe
but
he
was
slayne
,
what
shall
I
tell
you
more
?
the
base
courte
began
to
be
sore
moued
,
and
the
erye
was
so
great
,
for
al
them
of
the
dongeon
defended
themselfe
valyantlye
.
Whan
the
folke
of
the
Emperour
Charlemayne
sawe
that
they
that
were
within
the
dongeon
defended
themselfe
so
well
:
they
set
the
base
court
in
a
fire
and
began
to
brenne
,
and
pul
down
the
houses
and
al
that
they
founde
.
And
the
fyre
was
soone
so
great
that
it
tooke
the
dongeon
of
the
castell
.
Whan
Reynawde
saw
that
he
was
so
taken
wyth
fyre
:
he
was
sore
angred
and
sayd
to
hys
brethern
what
shall
we
doo
here
?
for
yf
we
tary
any
lenger
we
shall
all
be
brent
or
taken
and
yf
it
were
not
the
fyre
that
thus
warreth
agaynst
vs
:
I
make
myne
a
uowe
to
god
that
we
should
yet
caste
this
folke
out
of
thys
castell
,
but
syn
that
the
fyre
is
in
it
:
we
cannot
kepe
it
no
lenger
.
And
than
he
sayd
to
his
bretherne
,
come
all
after
me
&
they
went
to
the
fausebray
that
was
all
wayes
open
,
and
yssued
out
he
&
his
brethern
&
his
folke
with
them
,
and
whan
they
were
out
:
than
were
they
more
abasshed
than
they
were
afore
for
they
wyst
not
whether
to
goe
.
Now
heare
how
they
dyd
as
worthy
knightes
.
For
whan
they
saw
the
castell
brenne
:
they
entred
wythin
a
pyt
that
was
there
vnder
the
erthe
,
for
feare
of
the
fyre
&
set
the
dore
vpon
them
,
&
there
they
began
to
defend
themselfe
so
strongly
:
that
none
entred
therein
but
he
lost
anon
hys
head
.
And
whan
Hernyer
the
traytour
was
aware
of
the
same
:
he
tooke
his
folke
with
him
&
came
to
the
pyt
&
began
to
assayle
Reynawde
sharply
and
his
brethern
,
and
al
they
that
were
therin
with
them
,
&
wyt
it
that
there
at
th
entre
of
the
sayd
pyt
were
made
great
faytes
of
armes
for
they
of
within
defended
themself
so
wel
:
that
none
myght
come
in
but
he
were
dead
anon
.
¶
Whyle
that
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
were
in
that
pyt
vnder
th
erthe
:
they
hearde
the
crye
that
his
men
made
,
the
whiche
Hernyer
made
to
be
slayne
.
Than
began
Reynawde
to
sai
to
his
brethern
.
Lordes
let
vs
go
succour
our
folke
,
for
and
they
should
thus
dye
:
it
were
to
vs
a
great
blame
.
Syr
sayd
hys
bretherne
goe
in
goddes
name
whan
it
please
you
,
and
whan
they
were
come
out
of
the
pitte
:
the
batayle
began
to
be
there
ful
terryble
,
for
ye
should
haue
seen
Reynawde
&
his
brethern
gyue
there
great
strokes
and
manye
.
For
Reynawde
smote
so
merueyllouse
strokes
wyth
hys
swerd
Flamberge
the
whyche
did
cut
al
that
he
rought
.
For
Reynawde
was
all
wrothe
,
and
for
great
angre
he
habandoned
and
Ieoparded
both
lyfe
and
gooddes
.
And
therefore
he
bare
greate
hurte
and
harme
to
hys
enemyes
,
For
he
had
cast
hys
Sheelde
ouer
hys
backe
,
and
helde
his
swerde
Flamberge
wyth
both
his
handes
&
made
so
great
destruccion
of
the
folke
of
Charlemaine
:
that
the
place
was
al
full
of
bloud
.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
that
theyr
enemyes
were
sore
abasshed
,
and
that
they
durste
not
abyde
him
:
he
sayd
to
his
brethern
.
It
was
to
vs
great
cowardnes
to
hyde
vs
so
.
Syr
sayd
Alarde
ye
say
trouthe
.
Than
sayd
Reynawde
.
My
Lordes
my
brethern
let
vs
to
doo
well
.
For
traitours
ben
good
to
ouercom
they
shall
not
now
endure
longe
agaynst
vs
.
And
whan
he
had
sayde
these
wordes
:
he
came
to
that
gate
of
the
castel
,
and
the
fyre
was
a
lytle
quenched
,
and
maugre
al
his
enemyes
he
shee
the
gate
of
that
doungeon
,
and
had
vp
the
draw
bridge
of
the
sayde
castel
.
And
whan
he
had
doone
this
:
he
came
agayne
to
the
batayle
,
&
found
his
brethern
that
slewe
and
beate
downe
so
many
knyghtes
,
and
bare
themselfe
so
worthelye
:
that
it
was
maruayle
for
to
see
.
For
they
smote
no
stroke
,
but
they
slew
a
man
.
THan
was
Hernyer
the
traytour
in
the
medle
within
the
doungeon
,
whereof
Reynawde
had
locked
the
gate
,
and
drawen
the
bridge
,
and
the
good
Reynawde
saw
that
he
was
safe
of
the
hoste
of
Charlemayne
,
and
began
to
put
hymselfe
in
the
medle
so
sharpely
that
he
dyd
so
muche
he
and
hys
brethern
:
that
of
the
folke
of
Charlemayne
that
were
wythin
the
doungeon
abode
of
them
aliue
but
Hernier
and
.xii.
other
,
and
whan
Reynawde
saw
that
they
were
all
dead
:
he
and
hys
bretherne
and
hys
folke
tooke
Hernyer
and
the
.xii
other
.
And
than
Reynawde
did
doo
make
a
gybet
vpon
one
of
the
hyghest
towres
,
and
there
he
made
to
be
hanged
the
.xii.
men
.
And
made
Hernier
to
be
bound
his
foure
membres
that
is
to
wyt
,
feete
and
handes
to
foure
horse
tayles
.
And
so
he
was
drawen
all
quicke
and
quartered
in
foure
peeces
,
as
a
traytour
ought
to
be
doone
vnto
.
And
whan
Hernier
was
dead
:
Reynawde
dyd
make
a
great
fyre
,
and
made
hym
to
be
cast
therein
,
and
as
he
was
al
together
brent
:
he
made
the
asshes
of
hym
to
be
cast
in
the
ayre
to
the
wynde
.
¶
And
heere
ye
may
see
how
the
traytours
that
wolde
betraye
Reynawde
were
dead
and
slayne
.
For
they
were
punysshed
as
they
had
deserued
.
THan
whan
king
Charlemayne
wyst
that
his
folke
were
thus
dead
,
and
that
he
should
not
haue
Reynawde
nor
his
brethern
:
he
was
sore
angry
therfore
,
and
sayd
to
him selfe
.
Ha
good
God
lorde
how
am
I
euyll
dealed
wythall
by
this
foure
knyghtes
bretherne
,
I
dyd
my selfe
great
harme
,
whan
euer
I
made
them
knyghtes
.
And
it
is
often
sayd
,
that
men
make
often
a
rod
for
them self
.
And
that
I
may
well
nowe
take
to
me
.
For
theyr
vncle
slewe
my
sonne
Lohyer
,
and
Reynawde
my
neuewe
Berthelot
that
I
loued
so
deerelye
,
and
yet
nowe
he
hath
hanged
my
men
and
many
of
them
slayne
.
Well
I
myght
call
my selfe
vnhappye
,
whan
I
that
am
the
moste
puyssaunt
of
the
worlde
,
cannot
auenge
me
of
the
foure
symple
knyghtes
.
I
shall
neuer
departe
from
hens
till
that
I
be
auenged
,
or
els
they
shal
ouercomme
,
and
all
mine
armye
.
Syr
sayde
Folques
of
Morillon
ye
haue
a
good
cause
why
,
and
Reynawde
is
a
foole
that
he
fereth
you
not
.
For
if
he
had
doubted
you
:
he
should
not
haue
hanged
your
men
,
but
he
hath
doone
so
in
dispyte
of
you
.
Than
sayd
the
Duke
Naymes
of
banyer
,
had
ye
beleued
me
:
ye
should
not
haue
lost
your
men
ye
wolde
beleue
Hernier
,
it
is
happed
of
it
as
ye
see
.
Now
beholde
your
folke
the
ben
shaking
with
the
winde
.
ANd
whan
th
emperour
Charlemayne
vnderstoode
this
that
the
duke
Naymes
sayde
to
hym
:
He
knew
that
he
sayd
trouth
,
and
wyste
not
what
he
should
say
to
it
,
but
looked
downe
all
ashamed
.
This
hanging
:
Reynawde
&
hys
brethern
are
gone
vpon
the
walles
,
and
looked
aboute
them
and
sawe
that
the
base
courte
of
the
castell
brenned
there
as
their
vitailes
were
.
Then
began
reynawde
to
say
to
his
bretherne
,
fayre
lordes
the
thinge
goeth
well
,
syth
that
we
ben
scape
thanked
be
god
from
so
perillous
and
harde
auenture
.
It
lacked
lytle
but
that
we
were
al
dead
by
false
treason
,
but
the
worste
that
I
see
:
is
that
we
haue
loste
our
store
of
vitayles
so
that
we
haue
nothing
to
liue
vpon
,
and
me
semeth
that
yf
we
dwell
anye
lenger
heere
within
:
we
doone
not
wysely
.
But
yf
it
seme
you
good
,
it
is
tyme
that
we
departe
hence
.
Brother
said
Alarde
,
ye
speke
well
and
wysely
,
and
we
shall
doo
as
ye
haue
sayde
.
For
as
longe
as
the
lyfe
is
in
our
bodyes
:
wee
shall
not
leue
you
.
Whan
the
foure
brethern
were
together
accorded
for
to
depart
thens
:
they
trussed
al
theyr
harneys
,
and
taryed
tyl
that
it
was
night
,
and
than
they
armed
themself
,
&
lyghted
on
horsebacke
,
And
whan
they
were
redy
:
Reynawde
sayde
to
them
,
Lordes
how
many
men
ben
we
?
We
ben
answered
Alard
well
.v.
hundred
,
It
is
ynough
sayd
Reynawde
.
But
wot
ye
what
we
shal
doo
?
let
vs
keep
ourselfes
alwayes
together
without
makynge
of
anye
affraye
and
so
goe
thorough
the
lande
of
Almayne
,
and
yf
the
folke
of
Charlemayne
hap
to
assayle
vs
:
thynke
to
defende
ourself
well
and
smyte
harde
vpon
them
so
that
we
haue
to
our
worship
the
better
of
them
,
whan
it
was
tyme
to
light
on
horsebacke
:
Reynawde
mounted
vpon
Gayarde
,
and
the
other
also
lyghted
vpon
theyr
horses
.
And
whan
they
were
all
horsed
:
they
opened
the
gate
,
and
wente
out
at
theyr
leyser
wythout
makynge
any
noyse
.
And
whan
they
were
all
yssued
out
:
Reynawde
behelde
and
saw
the
castell
the
brente
,
wherof
he
tooke
greate
pitie
,
and
sayd
.
Ha
god
good
castel
it
is
great
domage
that
ye
be
thus
distroied
and
wasted
,
goddes
curse
haue
he
that
betrayed
this
good
castel
.
It
is
a
goe
seuen
yere
that
ye
were
made
fyrste
.
Alas
we
haue
had
there
in
so
muche
good
and
so
mykyl
worshyp
:
and
nowe
we
leue
you
mawgre
vs
.
Certes
ye
were
my
truste
after
my
brethern
.
And
whan
I
muste
leese
you
:
there
is
none
so
sory
for
it
as
I
am
.
And
as
he
spake
these
wordes
:
the
teres
fell
downe
from
his
eyen
,
and
he
was
so
taken
with
greate
heuynes
that
almoste
he
fell
downe
in
a
swoune
so
muche
of
sorowe
he
had
in
his
herte
.
ANd
whan
Alarde
sawe
Reynawde
so
full
of
sorowe
:
he
came
to
hym
and
sayd
.
By
my
fayth
brother
ye
be
to
blame
to
say
so
,
ye
be
not
the
man
that
shall
come
to
mischief
.
For
all
the
knightes
that
ben
a
lyue
are
not
worthe
you
,
and
therefore
I
pray
you
that
ye
wyll
confort
yourselfe
,
for
I
swere
you
vpon
all
halowes
that
afore
two
yere
be
passed
:
ye
shall
haue
a
Castell
that
shall
be
worthe
suche
foure
as
this
is
,
but
now
let
vs
put
our selfe
to
the
waye
for
we
haue
no
need
to
tari
.
Brother
sayd
Reynawde
I
haue
founde
euer
in
you
good
counsell
.
Now
goe
we
than
our
way
,
and
take
you
&
Guycharde
the
forewarde
,
and
I
and
Rycharde
shall
come
behinde
.
Syr
sayd
Alarde
all
shall
be
doone
as
ye
saye
.
And
than
tooke
Alarde
his
brother
Guycharde
with
him
and
wente
afore
with
a.
C.
knightes
with
them
and
had
forthe
theyr
caryage
in
the
myddes
of
theim
.
And
Reynawde
&
Rycharde
came
after
with
the
resydue
of
theyr
folke
,
but
they
could
neuer
make
nor
passe
so
softli
,
but
that
the
folke
of
the
hoste
of
the
emperoure
ouertooke
them
.
depiction of two groups of knights in armour on horseback charging each other, with heads and body parts on the ground
THan
whan
Charlemayne
knewe
we
that
Reynawde
came
:
he
was
muche
wrothe
,
&
made
his
commaundemente
that
euery
man
should
be
armed
,
&
than
the
hoste
began
to
moue
and
went
incontinent
and
armed
themselfe
.
whan
Alarde
and
Guycharde
that
wente
afore
sawe
that
they
myght
not
passe
,
but
that
they
must
medle
:
they
spurred
their
horses
&
ranne
vpon
Charlemayns
folke
so
sharpely
that
they
were
all
an
angred
with
it
,
for
thei
ouerthrew
two
knightes
to
the
grounde
and
in
continent
was
there
greate
a
doo
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
that
the
hoste
moued
:
he
called
to
hym
twenty
knyghtes
and
bad
them
take
and
lede
foorthe
the
caryage
afore
out
of
the
hoste
,
&
he
should
go
helpe
hys
bretherne
,
syr
sayd
they
we
shall
doo
your
commaundemente
.
And
than
Reynawde
spurred
Bayarde
and
entred
amonge
the
thickest
,
and
began
there
to
make
so
great
meruayles
of
armes
that
all
the
folke
of
Charlemaine
wondred
vpon
,
for
he
and
his
bretherne
ouerthrew
there
dead
so
many
knightes
that
none
durst
com
afore
them
,
but
he
was
slayne
.
¶
What
shall
I
tell
you
?
wyt
it
that
the
folke
of
king
Charlemayne
was
so
discomfited
for
bicause
that
it
was
nyght
,
and
myght
not
well
see
what
nombre
of
folke
the
foure
bretherne
were
,
that
Reynawde
and
hys
company
passed
mawgre
them
of
the
hoste
And
also
I
tel
you
for
certayne
that
Reynawde
and
hys
brethern
dyd
so
great
harme
to
the
folke
of
Charlemayne
:
that
he
was
sory
for
it
mani
dayes
after
.
whan
Reynawde
was
passed
:
he
found
his
sommers
and
his
caryage
,
and
his
Knightes
that
conduyte
them
,
wherof
he
was
glad
.
Than
he
sayde
to
his
brethern
.
Syrs
go
on
your
waye
,
and
they
dyd
hys
commaundement
,
and
Reynawde
wyth
his
brother
Rycharde
abode
behynde
,
and
whan
Charlemayne
wyste
that
Reynawde
went
a
way
:
he
was
glad
by
cause
he
had
left
the
Castell
of
Mountaynforde
,
and
incontinent
he
made
hym
to
be
folowed
,
and
also
the
hoste
was
redelye
armed
,
and
whan
they
were
well
arayed
:
they
tooke
theyr
way
after
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
.
NOw
ben
the
foure
knyghtes
bretherne
ryght
sory
of
that
they
haue
thus
left
theyr
fayre
castel
of
Mountaynforde
,
and
wit
it
that
Charlemayne
folowed
them
well
of
nyghe
,
and
sayd
that
it
should
hurt
him
sore
,
but
yf
he
might
take
them
.
But
Reynawde
the
worthy
knyght
is
not
abasshed
,
but
he
taketh
all
his
folke
and
setteth
them
afore
hym
,
&
sayde
to
hys
brother
Alarde
,
Good
brother
Alarde
,
take
kepe
of
thys
folke
betwene
you
and
Guicharde
,
and
yf
the
folke
of
Charlemayne
assayle
vs
:
we
shal
defend
vs
wel
.
Syr
sayd
Alarde
as
ye
haue
sayd
:
so
shall
it
be
doone
.
And
than
they
saw
come
Charlemayne
and
Ogyer
the
Dane
the
duke
Naymes
of
bauiere
,
Foulques
of
Moryllon
,
and
many
other
and
whan
Charlemayne
that
came
afore
well
horsed
saw
Reynawde
&
his
folke
:
he
cryed
to
them
and
sayde
So
helpe
me
god
glotons
ye
be
now
dead
,
this
is
the
day
that
I
shall
make
you
all
foure
to
be
all
hanged
.
Syr
answered
Reynawde
it
shall
not
be
so
as
ye
wene
,
and
it
please
God
,
for
yf
god
gyue
me
lyfe
and
health
,
and
to
my
horse
Bayarde
,
the
pursucte
shall
sore
dere
be
bought
that
ye
nowe
doo
.
And
whan
he
had
sayd
the
same
he
turned
Bayarde
agaynst
Charlemayne
for
to
smite
him
.
For
he
wende
well
to
haue
slayne
him
wythout
any
faute
.
The
kynge
Charlemayne
was
in
daunger
to
dye
yf
Reynawde
had
raught
hym
,
but
Dampe
hughe
wente
betwene
the
kynge
and
Reynawde
that
came
with
hys
spere
in
the
rest
wylling
for
to
doo
great
harme
And
at
this
coming
:
he
smote
Dampe
hughe
thorough
the
sheelde
so
harde
that
he
perced
his
herte
wyth
the
Iron
of
his
spere
,
and
so
he
fell
downe
dead
afore
the
kynge
.
And
whan
Reynawde
had
gyuen
that
stroke
he
wente
hys
waye
after
hys
brethern
.
WHan
Charlemaine
saw
hughe
fall
dead
:
he
cryed
with
an
highe
voyce
:
Now
after
lordes
after
,
for
if
these
glotons
scape
vs
:
I
shal
neuer
be
mery
,
&
Reynawde
came
agayne
to
hys
folke
and
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
doubt
you
not
as
longe
as
I
am
a
lyue
,
but
be
al
assured
and
so
ryde
on
hardly
and
in
good
araye
.
¶
What
shall
I
tell
you
more
?
Wyt
it
that
.xxiiii
myle
lasted
the
chase
,
and
there
was
neuer
a
myle
:
but
that
they
iusted
together
,
&
many
knightes
were
there
ouerthrowen
&
slayn
.
But
Reynawde
and
his
folke
bare
themself
so
manly
that
they
lost
,
but
three
of
theyr
felawship
at
that
tyme
,
but
they
rode
so
longe
tyll
that
they
came
to
the
riuer
.
The
kynge
called
to
him
his
barons
and
sayd
to
them
:
Lordes
let
a
loue
the
chase
,
it
were
foly
from
hens
forth
on
for
to
folow
them
,
for
I
see
in
al
our
horses
may
no
more
let
than
goe
to
a
hundred
thousand
deuyls
,
for
yf
Reynawde
wrought
with
witch
craft
he
could
doo
no
more
,
than
he
doth
.
Let
vs
thinke
for
to
lodge
vs
heere
nyghe
the
ryuer
.
For
the
countrey
is
good
and
pleasaūnt
as
me
semeth
Syr
sayd
the
barons
,
let
it
be
doone
as
ye
haue
commaunded
.
Than
they
vnladed
theyr
sommers
,
and
pyght
there
their
pauyllions
.
And
whan
they
were
set
vp
:
the
king
made
him
to
be
dysarmed
.
And
in
the
meane
whyle
the
supper
was
made
redye
lyghtlye
,
for
all
the
daye
the
king
had
nother
eaten
nor
dronken
,
nor
none
of
hys
felowshyp
.
And
Reynawde
was
passed
ouer
the
riuer
he
and
his
bretherne
,
and
his
folke
safe
&
sound
where
as
they
wolde
be
by
the
grace
of
our
Lorde
,
and
whan
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
saw
that
the
chase
was
ceassed
and
left
:
they
went
all
softly
,
and
whan
they
had
gone
ferre
from
the
oste
of
king
Charlemayne
:
they
found
a
fountayne
fayre
and
cleare
,
and
aboute
that
fountayne
was
muche
fayre
grasse
and
thicke
.
Whan
Reynawde
saw
the
place
was
so
pleasaunt
:
he
sayd
to
hys
folke
.
Heere
is
a
fayre
ground
for
to
lodge
vs
&
for
our
horꝭ
,
Sir
said
Alarde
,
ye
say
trouth
.
And
than
they
vnladed
theyr
sommers
and
theyr
cartes
,
and
wyt
it
the
horse
were
wery
,
but
the
poore
knyghtes
were
euyl
lodged
,
for
they
had
there
no
meate
nor
drynke
but
cleare
water
.
But
wyt
it
that
Reynawde
nor
none
of
his
knightes
disarmed
them
not
,
but
made
good
watche
all
the
nyght
one
after
another
.
And
whan
they
saw
the
daye
come
:
Reynawde
made
hys
harneys
to
be
trussed
,
and
they
lyghted
horsebacke
,
and
tooke
theyr
way
through
the
great
forest
of
Ardeyne
,
and
whan
they
had
riden
longe
they
lyghted
downe
afore
another
fountayne
that
they
that
had
watched
the
nyght
afore
should
rest
themselfe
there
.
NOw
myght
well
say
Charlemayne
that
he
can
neuer
hurte
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
.
And
wit
that
he
was
lodged
vpon
the
riuer
where
he
abode
,
whan
he
wolde
no
more
folow
after
Reynawde
,
and
whan
the
day
was
clere
:
he
sayde
to
the
duke
Naymes
.
What
thynke
ye
what
we
ought
to
doo
?
Syr
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
yf
ye
wyll
beleue
me
:
wee
shall
tourne
backe
agayne
.
For
to
goe
any
ferther
this
waye
:
it
were
but
a
foly
,
for
thys
wood
is
to
thick
and
the
riuer
ouer
muche
perillous
&
also
Reynawde
&
his
brethern
are
suche
knyghtes
that
they
be
not
for
to
belyghtly
ouerthrowen
,
&
while
the
king
and
the
duke
spake
together
there
came
many
knyghtes
to
hym
,
and
whan
Charlemayne
saw
them
:
he
called
Vydelon
,
Reynier
,
Ogier
the
dane
and
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
I
will
that
ye
come
agayne
to
parys
wyth
me
.
And
whan
they
vnderstode
this
:
they
were
glad
and
sayd
to
the
King
,
Sir
it
is
the
beste
counsell
that
ye
can
doo
,
and
after
that
thei
were
so
accorded
:
Charlemayne
made
to
be
cryed
that
euery
man
should
returne
agayn
into
his
countrey
,
&
that
they
should
kepe
it
well
,
&
that
he
prayed
theym
so
to
doo
.
Syr
sayd
the
barons
wee
shall
doo
your
commaudement
,
and
whan
all
was
sayde
:
they
made
the
hoste
to
descende
&
take
theyr
way
,
&
the
king
went
streyght
to
paris
and
the
barons
in
theyr
countryes
,
and
whan
Charlemayne
was
come
to
Paris
:
he
called
afore
him
his
barons
&
to
them
sayd
,
fayre
lordes
I
am
the
moste
vnhappy
kyng
of
the
worlde
,
whan
I
haue
no
power
to
auenge
my selfe
of
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
and
they
led
me
as
ye
know
.
I
wene
they
shall
returne
into
theyr
countrie
or
to
theyr
castell
,
and
it
be
so
:
I
wyll
that
we
go
there
agayne
for
to
ley
syege
there
.
Syr
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
,
that
shal
they
not
doo
,
for
they
are
in
Ardeyne
,
And
ye
knowe
that
the
forest
is
so
great
that
they
shall
fynde
some
cheuysaunce
.
That
might
wel
be
sayd
the
kyng
Charlemayne
.
But
where
some
euer
they
go
:
euell
way
myght
they
fynde
.
And
whan
he
had
sayd
this
:
he
tourned
toward
Ogyer
,
and
sayd
to
him
.
Take
Gerarde
,
Foulques
the
Almayne
,
and
Dron
of
Moudidier
,
and
gyue
leaue
to
the
frenche
men
and
to
the
other
.
Syr
sayd
Ogyer
well
shal
be
doone
your
commaundement
.
And
then
went
Ogier
to
Foulques
,
to
Gerard
and
vnto
Dron
,
and
tolde
them
that
that
Charlemayne
had
commaunded
.
And
after
came
to
the
frenche
men
,
&
tolde
to
the
other
knyghtes
,
&
gaue
them
leue
.
And
whan
the
kynges
folke
haue
had
leue
:
eueri
man
went
to
his
countrey
,
not
the
right
waye
:
But
trauersynge
the
mountaynes
.
And
thus
as
Aymon
went
trauersynge
the
lande
towarde
hys
countrie
:
It
happed
to
him
so
that
he
came
by
the
fountayne
where
hys
sonnes
dwelled
.
Whan
Aymon
saw
hys
chyldren
:
he
was
abasshed
and
ryght
sory
for
it
.
And
then
he
sayd
to
his
barons
.
Lordes
counsell
me
I
praye
you
what
I
ought
to
doo
agaynst
mi
children
.
For
and
I
assayle
them
,
and
that
they
ben
slayne
or
taken
:
I
shall
neuer
haue
Ioye
.
And
I
I
let
them
goe
:
I
shal
be
forsworne
to
Charlemayne
.
Whan
his
barons
hearde
him
speake
so
:
there
was
neuer
one
that
answered
anye
worde
.
And
whan
Aymon
sawe
that
he
was
counselled
of
no
man
:
he
sayd
agayn
to
them
.
Syth
it
is
so
that
ye
wyll
gyue
me
no
counsell
:
I
shall
doo
after
myne
owne
wyll
.
For
god
forbid
that
it
be
layde
to
me
,
that
I
haue
found
them
heere
.
And
haue
not
fought
with
them
.
But
well
I
tell
you
that
it
is
for
my
synne
that
I
haue
founde
them
here
.
But
from
hens
forth
it
shal
be
doone
therin
as
it
pleaseth
God
&
fortune
.
Syr
sayd
Esmenfraye
yf
ye
assayle
your
children
ye
doo
not
amysse
for
ye
sware
it
to
the
kynge
Charlemayne
,
kepe
syr
Aimon
that
ye
be
not
forsworne
.
For
a
man
of
your
age
should
rather
dye
than
he
should
doo
any
treason
.
Good
freend
ye
say
well
sayd
Aymon
,
and
I
shall
so
doe
that
I
shal
not
be
blamed
,
and
than
he
called
two
of
his
knightes
,
and
sayd
to
them
.
Go
towarde
Reinawde
and
his
brethern
and
defye
them
in
my
behalfe
.
Syr
sayd
the
knightes
it
is
a
harde
thinge
for
to
be
doone
,
but
sythe
it
please
you
:
we
shall
doo
as
ye
haue
commaunded
,
&
than
thei
wente
towarde
Reynawde
that
was
sore
abasshed
,
for
he
knew
well
that
they
were
of
his
fathers
folke
,
wherof
he
was
full
sory
for
it
.
And
after
he
sayd
vnto
his
bretherne
.
Lordes
now
arme
your selfe
.
For
a
man
that
is
well
garnysshed
is
not
of
lyghte
ouerthrowen
,
and
of
the
other
syde
I
know
so
muche
the
hardynes
of
my
father
:
that
he
shall
not
feyne
to
be
fyght
vs
.
Brother
sayd
Richarde
ye
saw
trouthe
.
Thys
hangyng
:
came
the
two
knightes
afore
him
,
and
whan
Reynawde
sawe
them
come
nyghe
hym
:
he
went
agaynst
them
&
said
to
them
.
Lordes
what
be
ye
?
and
what
winde
driueth
you
hyther
?
than
spake
one
of
the
knyghtes
,
&
sayd
to
Reynawde
.
Syr
we
ben
knyghtes
of
my
lorde
your
father
that
sendeth
to
you
by
vs
a
defiaunce
.
Lordes
sayd
Reynawde
I
wyste
it
well
as
soone
as
I
dyd
see
you
of
ferre
.
But
go
agayne
&
tel
to
our
father
that
it
wyll
please
hym
to
gyue
vs
trewce
for
he
shall
not
doo
wel
for
to
be
fight
vs
that
are
his
naturall
children
.
Syr
said
the
knight
of
the
folye
ye
speake
,
but
thinke
to
defende
your selues
well
,
for
he
shall
assayle
you
without
doubt
.
ANd
whan
they
had
sayd
these
wordes
:
hey
retourned
agayne
for
to
reherse
to
Aymon
theyr
message
,
&
how
they
had
defyed
hys
children
.
Whan
the
olde
Aymon
vnderstode
them
:
he
made
none
other
tarying
but
spurred
his
horse
with
the
spurres
,
and
ranne
the
formaste
vpon
hys
sonne
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
his
father
come
:
he
came
against
him
and
said
.
Ha
father
what
doo
you
?
we
haue
none
so
great
a
foe
as
ye
be
to
vs
,
and
I
haue
great
meruayle
that
ye
come
alwayes
vpon
vs
,
ye
doo
yll
&
great
sinne
for
to
doo
so
.
At
the
least
yf
ye
wyll
by
no
wyse
helpe
vs
:
be
not
to
vs
contrary
ne
enemy
yf
it
please
you
.
Thou
theefe
said
Aymon
,
ye
shal
neuer
doo
good
syth
that
ye
begyn
to
preche
.
Goe
to
the
wood
so
shall
ye
become
wylde
beastes
,
euyll
day
giue
you
god
.
For
ye
ben
not
worth
an
handfull
of
straw
Now
thynke
to
defende
your selfe
.
For
yf
ye
ben
taken
:
ye
shal
be
put
to
a
great
tourmente
.
Syr
sayde
Reynawde
ye
doo
vs
wronge
.
I
shal
defende
me
syth
that
I
mai
none
other
wyse
doo
.
For
yf
I
sholde
let
mi selfe
to
be
slaine
:
mi
soule
should
be
put
to
paine
and
tourmente
.
Whan
Aymon
saw
that
:
he
brought
his
spere
in
the
rest
,
and
put
himself
among
his
children
,
lyke
as
they
had
ben
straungers
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
that
:
he
cryed
to
hys
men
,
and
sayd
,
heere
is
none
other
but
doo
wel
now
.
Lordes
thinke
to
smite
wel
,
for
need
compelleth
vs
therto
.
And
whan
he
had
sayd
the
worde
:
he
spurred
his
horse
with
his
spurres
,
and
put
hymself
in
the
thickest
.
And
began
to
make
so
great
effortes
of
armes
,
that
all
the
folke
of
his
father
meruayled
of
it
greatlye
.
¶
What
shall
I
say
?
the
batayle
began
so
fell
and
so
cruell
:
that
pytie
it
was
to
see
.
For
ye
should
haue
sene
gyue
and
receyue
great
and
horrible
strokes
of
the
one
parte
,
and
of
the
other
,
and
many
knightes
and
horses
dye
,
many
sheeldes
broken
and
mani
white
harneys
broken
.
So
manye
heades
smittes
of
and
so
many
legges
and
armes
broken
and
sore
hurt
.
And
thinke
that
this
batayle
was
sore
stronge
and
well
holden
of
the
one
syde
and
of
the
other
.
But
to
say
the
trouth
:
Reynawde
must
lose
at
that
tyme
.
For
hys
Father
had
three
tymes
as
many
folke
as
he
had
.
For
of
fyue
hundred
men
that
abode
with
Reynawde
after
his
castel
was
take
which
were
with
him
at
this
bataile
:
were
left
on
lyue
,
what
hurt
&
sound
but
fyfty
persones
.
But
I
tell
you
well
for
verye
certayne
that
Reynawde
&
his
bretherne
dyd
so
great
harme
to
the
folke
of
theyr
father
:
that
they
slew
well
halfe
of
the
men
that
he
had
.
But
at
the
last
Reynawde
must
lose
and
flee
away
towarde
the
mountaynes
,
and
Aymon
chased
hym
as
well
as
he
could
,
for
he
wend
well
for
to
haue
taken
theym
.
and
whan
Reinawde
saw
them self
vpon
the
toppe
of
the
mountayne
:
he
sayde
vnto
his
brethern
.
Let
vs
not
departe
from
hence
.
For
this
is
a
good
place
for
to
defende
.
Wyt
that
there
was
great
scarmysshīg
and
iustyng
made
and
many
a
knyght
dead
and
verye
sore
wounded
.
And
there
was
slayne
vnder
Alarde
his
good
horse
.
And
whan
that
Alarde
sawe
himselfe
a
ground
:
he
lept
vpon
his
feete
ryght
quickli
.
And
tooke
his
swerde
in
his
hande
and
began
for
to
defende
well
his
bones
.
And
whan
that
Rychard
sawe
his
brother
Alarde
a
foote
:
he
turned
towarde
him
for
to
helpe
&
succour
hym
,
and
Aymon
and
his
folke
came
there
for
to
take
him
.
So
began
the
batayle
yet
agayne
more
cruel
then
it
had
be
afore
.
And
wyt
that
Alarde
should
haue
ben
taken
there
,
yf
it
had
not
be
the
noble
and
worthy
knyght
Renawde
that
came
for
to
helpe
him
.
And
whan
that
he
was
come
there
:
he
smote
Bayarde
wyth
hys
Spurres
,
and
wente
into
the
greatest
pr●se
.
So
that
he
ouerthrew
the
Duke
Aymon
his
father
doune
vnto
the
grounde
,
and
after
he
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Father
ye
haue
pledged
my
brother
Alarde
For
ye
be
now
set
a
foote
as
he
is
.
Than
was
Aymon
very
sore
angry
that
he
loste
almost
his
wittes
.
And
Reynawde
set
his
hand
to
his
swerde
and
began
for
to
departe
the
prese
in
suche
a
wise
that
he
brought
hys
brother
Alarde
out
of
the
prese
,
and
after
sayd
to
hym
.
Fayre
brother
lepe
behinde
me
vpon
Bayarde
.
For
to
abyde
here
any
lenger
:
it
were
folye
.
Whan
Alarde
vnderstode
his
brother
Reynawde
:
he
was
ryght
glad
for
he
was
so
wery
that
he
myght
no
more
and
so
he
mounted
vpon
Bayarde
behynde
his
brother
Reynawde
.
And
whan
Bayarde
wyste
him self
lade
wyth
two
knyghtes
:
he
strengthed
hymself
so
strongly
:
that
it
semed
to
Reynawde
that
he
was
more
Ioyouse
and
more
mery
than
he
had
be
of
al
the
daye
.
Now
wit
it
that
Reynawde
made
foure
Ioustes
vpon
his
horse
Bayarde
with
hys
brother
Alarde
behinde
hym
.
Whereof
he
slewe
foure
knightes
of
the
folke
of
Charlemayne
that
were
come
with
hys
father
Aymon
.
And
all
thus
Reynawde
tooke
Alarde
out
of
hys
enemyes
handes
Mawgre
theyr
teeth
&
bare
hymself
right
worthely
the
same
day
,
as
here
after
ye
shal
mow
more
playnly
vnderstande
.
NOw
ben
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
recreaunt
&
almoste
wery
,
but
only
Renawde
that
neuer
was
the
weker
for
nothing
that
he
dyd
in
armes
.
For
as
he
went
:
he
turned
himselfe
at
euerye
passe
that
he
made
,
and
rebuked
and
kept
his
enemyes
a
backe
with
his
harde
strokes
that
he
gaue
to
them
,
so
that
his
folke
wente
afore
hym
all
at
theyr
ease
and
leyser
.
And
whan
he
sawe
that
his
folke
were
wel
ferre
from
their
enemyes
:
he
spurred
Bayarde
and
came
to
his
folke
(
his
brother
Alarde
behinde
hym
)
as
lightly
as
bayarde
had
be
without
anye
brydell
and
no
sadle
vpon
him
.
For
this
horse
was
suche
that
he
was
neuer
werye
,
and
thus
as
Reynawde
went
away
:
than
cam
&
folowed
after
him
Esmenfray
that
was
one
of
the
moste
worthy
knyghtes
of
Charlemayne
&
was
vpon
a
horse
right
good
and
blacke
,
that
Charlemayne
had
geuen
to
hym
.
And
whan
he
was
nighe
Reynawde
he
cried
to
them
.
So
helpe
me
God
glottons
ye
ben
dead
or
taken
sureli
I
shal
brynge
you
to
Charlemayne
.
And
anon
went
and
smote
Reynawde
in
his
sheelde
,
wherof
Reynawde
was
muche
angry
,
and
Reynawde
smote
him
agayne
in
suche
a
wyse
and
wyth
so
great
a
strength
:
that
neyther
for
his
sheelde
nor
for
his
good
armures
of
steele
he
was
not
kepte
,
but
that
Reynawde
ouerthrew
hym
sterke
dead
to
the
grounde
.
And
whan
this
knight
was
dead
:
Reynawde
tooke
his
horse
by
the
bridell
and
sayd
to
Alard
his
brother
holde
fayre
brother
,
light
vpon
this
Blacke
Horse
whiche
is
good
.
For
I
gyue
him
to
you
.
ANd
whan
that
Alarde
sawe
the
fayre
present
that
his
brother
Reynawde
had
doone
to
hym
:
he
was
as
glad
of
the
same
,
as
thoughe
he
had
wonne
Parys
.
And
than
he
made
none
other
rarienge
:
but
that
he
lighted
downe
from
Bayard
and
mounted
vpon
Esmenfrays
blacke
horse
that
his
brother
had
giuen
hym
&
smote
him
with
the
spurres
&
went
and
Iusted
agaynst
a
knyght
of
his
fathers
folke
that
was
called
anfrai
so
harde
that
he
ouerthrew
him
dead
to
th
erthe
.
And
shortly
to
speake
after
that
Alarde
was
in
this
wise
set
agayne
on
horse
backe
:
began
the
batayle
of
a
freshe
sore
hard
and
fell
,
in
so
muche
that
at
that
houre
were
slayne
.xx.
of
the
best
knyghtes
that
Aymon
had
with
him
.
Whan
Aymon
saw
this
:
he
was
sore
angry
for
it
,
&
cryed
to
hys
folke
.
Halordes
yf
they
scape
you
I
shal
neuer
haue
ioy
,
for
they
haue
slayne
Esmenfray
the
good
knyght
that
king
Charlemayne
had
gyuen
to
me
.
Whan
the
folke
of
Aymon
vnderstode
these
wordes
,
&
the
wyll
theyr
Lorde
:
than
they
dyd
ren
vpon
Alarde
so
much
that
thei
made
hym
to
leue
the
place
by
force
,
and
if
it
had
not
be
the
passage
of
a
lytle
riuer
that
eased
and
holye
them
greatly
:
Reinawde
and
hys
brethern
had
muche
to
doo
,
but
I
tell
you
without
faute
that
Reynawde
and
hys
brethern
made
so
great
occisyon
of
that
folke
of
theyr
father
:
that
it
was
pitie
for
to
beholde
,
for
there
dyed
well
of
them
.xxv.
at
the
passage
of
the
ryuer
and
yf
Reynawde
had
had
wyth
him
a
fyfty
knightes
more
than
he
had
at
the
passage
:
he
should
haue
dyscomfyted
his
father
and
all
hys
folke
but
for
faute
of
men
:
Reynawde
must
for
sake
the
place
and
myght
not
saue
with
hym
but
.xiiii.
knyghtes
of
hys
owne
.
Nowe
see
how
sorowfull
was
the
batayle
,
for
of
fyue
hundred
knyghtes
that
Reynawde
had
with
hym
there
abode
wyth
him
alyue
but
.xiii.
and
ye
maye
well
wit
that
the
olde
Aymon
had
dommaged
his
children
right
sore
,
but
that
they
passed
ouer
the
Riuer
,
for
as
it
is
sayde
they
had
loste
all
theyr
men
wherof
they
were
full
sorye
and
wrothe
.
¶
Now
hath
Reynawde
so
fewe
folke
that
he
wot
nomore
what
to
doo
,
but
he
might
not
doo
therto
,
wherof
the
teres
fell
downe
continually
from
his
eyen
,
and
in
lykewyse
wept
Aymon
hys
father
at
the
other
syde
as
the
historye
dooth
tell
,
and
whan
he
had
wept
ynough
:
he
sayd
in
this
maner
.
Ha
fayre
Sonne
pane
and
worthye
howe
sorye
am
I
?
for
I
am
the
occasyon
of
your
harme
and
domage
,
now
shall
ye
all
goe
as
exiled
,
for
ye
haue
nought
to
lyue
vpon
&
I
cannot
helpe
you
by
anye
wyse
,
wherof
I
ensure
you
I
am
greatlye
displeased
and
sory
for
it
.
The
deuil
take
his
soule
that
fyrst
began
that
strife
&
so
shal
he
.
Whan
he
had
made
hys
mone
and
lamentacions
longe
ynoughe
:
he
made
incontinent
all
the
dead
bodyes
to
be
taken
for
to
be
buryed
.
And
they
that
were
hurte
:
he
made
to
be
brought
wyth
hym
as
well
as
he
coulde
,
And
made
the
bodi
of
Esmenfray
to
be
put
vpon
a
litter
,
and
tooke
on
his
way
towarde
Ardeyne
where
he
bode
but
a
night
,
and
in
the
mornyng
he
made
the
litter
to
be
borne
vpon
two
horses
&
went
agayne
to
Paris
and
came
afore
Charlemayne
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
whan
I
went
now
last
towarde
my
countrey
,
wyt
that
as
I
was
on
my
way
,
I
founde
my
children
,
and
fyue
hundred
knyghtes
wyth
them
in
the
forest
of
Ardeyne
,
&
for
th
acquitaunce
of
myn
othe
:
I
dyd
send
to
them
mi
diffiaunce
,
&
wolde
haue
taken
them
for
to
haue
brought
them
to
you
as
prisoners
,
but
I
myght
not
,
for
they
been
sore
doubted
.
And
that
I
assailed
them
it
hath
cost
me
sore
dere
,
for
they
haue
borne
vnto
me
so
great
harme
and
domage
that
it
can
not
be
estemed
,
and
I
slew
al
theyr
folke
excepte
.xii
persones
that
ben
scaped
with
them
but
they
haue
slayn
your
knyght
Esmenfray
,
but
at
the
last
they
went
away
discomfited
and
ouerthrowen
.
And
they
should
haue
ben
taken
yf
it
had
not
be
a
ryuer
that
they
passed
ouer
,
wherby
they
were
saued
.
Whan
Charlemayne
vnderstode
these
wordes
:
he
was
ryght
sore
an
angred
,
so
muche
that
he
loste
almost
his
wytte
.
And
than
he
sayd
to
olde
Aymon
in
angre
,
by
God
Aymon
ye
excuse
your selfe
falsly
,
for
neuer
Rauen
eate
his
yonge
byrdes
,
to
a nother
ye
shall
make
thys
to
beleue
but
not
to
me
.
Whan
thou
olde
Aymon
vnderstode
the
kynge
that
he
spake
thus
:
he
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
Emperour
wit
that
I
doo
tell
you
is
trouth
,
and
I
doo
shewe
it
to
the
ende
that
my
trouthe
be
knowen
,
&
for
none
other
cause
,
doo
bring
afore
me
your
reliques
and
halowes
that
I
shall
swere
vpon
the
sayntes
that
ben
in
heauen
,
that
it
was
as
I
haue
recountred
&
sayd
to
you
,
and
yf
it
please
you
ye
shall
beleue
me
,
&
yf
ye
wyll
not
:
ye
may
chuse
therof
.
Aymon
sayd
Charlemayne
I
know
well
your
herte
,
for
yf
it
went
all
at
your
wil
,
your
sonnes
should
be
lordes
of
all
Fraunce
,
and
of
all
my
empyre
.
Syr
sayd
Aymon
ye
be
wrothe
of
some
other
thynge
,
wherof
I
may
not
doo
therto
,
&
yf
ye
haue
any
knight
in
your
courte
the
wyl
make
good
this
that
it
please
you
for
to
saye
:
I
shall
proue
it
on
hym
wyth
my
body
that
he
lyeth
falsely
.
But
euermore
ye
haue
be
such
that
ye
neuer
loued
a
true
knyght
,
but
flateres
and
liers
wherof
mani
euilles
ben
happed
and
shall
happe
.
And
than
Aymon
came
downe
from
the
Palays
,
and
lyghted
vpon
hys
horse
and
went
agayn
to
his
countrey
without
any
leaue
that
he
tooke
of
the
kynge
,
&
he
rode
so
longe
a
day
after
another
that
he
came
to
Ardeine
,
and
there
he
found
the
Duchesse
his
wyfe
,
that
came
agaynst
hym
,
and
receyued
hym
with
a
glad
chere
,
and
asked
hym
howe
he
had
doone
.
THan
sayde
the
duke
Aymon
,
ful
euyll
haue
I
doone
.
For
I
found
my
foure
sonnes
in
the
wood
of
Ardeyne
,
&
so
I
assayled
them
cruelly
wenyng
to
me
for
to
haue
taken
them
,
whiche
I
coulde
not
doo
,
but
I
stewe
&
discomfited
all
theyr
folke
,
&
they
haue
doone
me
so
great
harme
of
my
folke
,
and
so
many
they
haue
slayne
of
them
:
that
I
know
not
the
nombre
.
And
I
tell
you
for
very
certayne
,
but
yf
it
had
ben
the
prowes
&
great
worthynes
of
our
sonne
Reynawde
:
I
had
taken
Alarde
,
for
my
men
had
slayne
his
horse
,
and
had
brought
hym
so
lowe
that
he
myght
no
more
goe
,
but
Reynawde
his
brother
came
vpon
vs
and
brake
vs
so
sore
that
he
brought
Alarde
out
of
the
prese
,
mawgre
vs
and
oure
folke
,
&
made
hym
syt
behinde
hym
vpon
Bayarde
.
And
I
tell
you
that
Reynawde
fought
so
sore
that
neuer
lion
nor
no
bore
fought
so
strongly
against
anye
other
beast
,
as
he
dyd
fyght
against
our
men
,
at
eueri
pace
that
he
made
forwarde
:
he
turned
himself
agaynst
vs
with
Alarde
behinde
him
that
made
vs
so
greatly
abasshed
the
wee
might
not
beare
nor
abyde
his
great
strokes
,
&
at
this
turnyng
that
he
thus
made
:
he
slew
Esmenfraye
a
knight
of
Charlemaynes
,
which
he
loued
muche
,
and
whan
he
had
slain
hym
:
he
tooke
his
horse
&
gaue
him
to
Alarde
,
&
made
him
to
goe
downe
fro
Bayarde
,
and
lighted
anon
vpon
the
horse
of
Esmenfray
.
And
thus
they
went
from
vs
wolde
we
or
not
And
I
wente
agayne
to
Parys
to
Charlemayne
,
and
shewed
to
hym
how
the
thynge
was
come
,
and
how
Esmenfray
was
slayne
,
wherof
I
trowed
not
to
haue
had
blame
,
but
he
b●amed
me
ryght
greatlye
for
it
,
but
sixh
that
he
is
my
heauy
lorde
with
out
a
lawfull
cause
:
I
shall
make
him
wrothe
and
sory
afore
syx
monethes
come
at
an
ende
.
YE
haue
doone
euyll
sayd
the
lady
,
that
ye
haue
thus
sore
dommaged
our
chyldren
,
ye
should
defend
them
agaynst
all
men
,
and
ye
doo
to
them
the
worste
that
ye
can
,
be
they
not
your
sonnes
naturell
comen
of
your
owne
flesshe
?
For
soothe
my
lorde
,
ye
ought
wel
to
bear
your self
better
towarde
them
than
ye
doo
,
for
neuer
so
ryche
a
bourdeyne
was
bore
in
the
wombe
of
a
lady
,
blessed
be
the
houre
that
they
were
be●otten
&
nourisshed
,
&
so
helpe
me
go●
my
Lorde
:
as
I
wolde
that
you
children
and
myne
had
taken
you
prisoner
,
to
the
ende
that
ye
should
yeelde
to
them
agayne
al
that
they
haue
loste
by
you
,
and
I
thanke
god
right
hyghly
that
Charlemayne
is
wrothe
with
you
,
For
euyll
to
doo
may
no
good
come
of
,
ye
assayled
your
children
agaynst
god
,
and
agaynst
ryghtwysenes
,
and
yf
harme
is
come
to
you
therefore
:
thanked
be
God
.
Than
sayd
Aymon
Lady
ye
say
me
right
,
for
I
haue
doone
great
wronge
,
and
I
promytte
you
that
I
neuer
dyd
thinge
wherof
I
repent
me
so
sore
as
I
doo
of
this
.
But
truste
I
shall
keep
me
another
time
to
doo
them
ani
harme
.
¶
But
heere
leaueth
the
history
to
speake
of
Charlemayne
and
of
the
duke
Aymon
&
of
the
duchesse
his
wife
:
&
returneth
to
speake
of
reynawd
and
of
his
brethern
that
are
in
the
woddes
of
Ardeyn
.
¶
How
after
that
the
olde
Aymon
had
discomfited
his
children
thei
went
and
dwelled
in
the
●epeste
of
the
forest
of
Ardeyne
so
longe
that
they
were
all
countrefayte
blacke
&
rough
as
beastes
,
for
the
great
hungre
that
they
had
endured
.
After
they
wente
to
Ardeyne
to
see
theyr
mother
that
feasted
&
chered
them
greatly
,
&
gaue
to
them
so
great
good
that
they
myght
well
enterteyne
theymselfe
and
theyr
estate
thervpon
agaynst
Charlemayne
.
And
how
Mawgys
theyr
cosin
arriued
whan
they
wolde
departe
,
whiche
went
with
them
into
the
Realme
of
Eascoyn
wyth
fyue
hundred
knightes
.
And
of
the
sorow
that
theyr
lady
mother
made
at
theyr
departinge
.
Capitulum
.iiii.
depiction of an armoured man kneeling before a female figure; and of three other armoured men
IN
this
party
the
tale
sayth
,
that
after
that
Reynawde
had
slayne
Esmenfray
and
giuen
his
horse
to
his
brother
Alarde
:
they
passed
ouer
the
ryuer
and
went
into
the
forest
of
Ardeyn
sore
deep
in
it
,
by
cause
they
wolde
not
be
aperceyued
.
And
whan
they
had
ben
there
a
lytle
whyle
:
they
began
to
keep
the
wayes
,
&
all
they
that
came
for
by
them
and
that
bare
any
vytayles
they
were
distressed
by
them
and
ther
of
they
liued
,
for
they
durste
not
goe
to
no
towne
nor
to
no
Castelles
for
to
bye
anye
vytaylles
,
and
therefore
they
suffred
great
need
&
greate
dysease
,
for
they
had
nother
meate
nor
drynke
,
but
water
.
For
the
most
parte
they
eate
flesshe
without
anye
breade
.
And
knowe
that
for
cause
of
thys
great
suffraunce
that
they
endured
thus
,
&
also
of
the
great
colde
that
they
had
,
for
by
cause
of
the
snowes
that
were
there
:
theyr
folke
began
to
dy
.
And
abode
nomo
liue
but
Reynawd
and
his
brethern
.
And
thys
was
because
of
the
great
strength
that
was
in
theyr
bodies
.
For
no
trauayle
might
not
hinder
them
.
And
wit
that
they
had
but
eche
of
them
foure
an
horse
that
is
to
wit
Bayarde
and
the
thre
other
,
but
they
haue
nother
Otes
nor
other
Corne
for
to
gyue
theym
,
but
they
eat
only
such
as
they
might
fynde
in
the
forest
of
rootes
and
leaues
.
And
for
this
cause
:
theyr
horses
were
so
leane
that
with
peyne
might
they
stande
,
saue
Bayarde
that
was
fatte
and
in
good
plight
,
for
he
could
better
feede
and
lyue
with
rootes
,
than
the
other
shoulde
haue
doon
with
hey
andotes
.
And
wyt
it
well
that
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
lyued
there
this
life
so
longe
that
euery
man
that
passed
there
as
they
were
and
kepte
theim selfe
,
escaped
not
,
but
he
was
other
slayne
or
distressed
of
suche
vycailles
as
he
had
,
so
that
all
the
countrie
aboute
them
was
sore
wasted
by
theim
that
it
was
meruaille
.
And
at
the
laste
the
foure
knightes
were
so
sore
apayred
,
that
they
that
had
seene
them
afore
:
shoulde
not
haue
knowen
them
,
for
their
harnays
was
all
rusty
and
their
sa●lles
and
brydelles
all
rotten
,
so
that
they
had
made
their
reines
with
cordes
.
And
them self
were
become
all
blacke
.
And
it
was
no
meruayle
,
for
they
weared
alwayes
their
cote
of
mayle
all
roustye
vpon
their
doublettes
,
and
hadde
nother
sherte
nor
Iacket
but
they
were
all
rotten
.
❧
What
shal
I
tel
you
more
?
and
wyt
that
Reynawd
was
douted
and
feared
sore
that
it
was
meruail
.
For
nigh
there
as
Reinawd
haunted
:
was
no
man
that
durst
abide
there
,
but
onely
within
the
fortresses
.
For
whan
Reynawd
was
mounted
vpon
Bayarde
,
and
his
three
brethern
vpon
their
other
three
horses
:
all
their
rychesse
and
power
was
with
them
,
and
yet
they
wasted
and
destroyed
all
the
countrie
all
about
theim
.
And
so
the
foure
poore
knightes
were
so
sore
disfigured
,
that
who
someuer
had
seene
them
,
should
not
haue
knowen
them
.
For
they
were
as
roughe
as
beres
that
been
famyshed
and
were
ryght
sore
lene
that
euery
bodye
had
of
it
pytie
.
ANd
whan
Reynawde
sawe
himselfe
so
porely
arayed
:
he
called
to
him
his
brethern
and
sayde
,
Lordes
I
meruayle
my selfe
muche
that
we
take
not
some
good
counsell
what
we
haue
to
doo
,
and
me
semeth
that
we
ben
become
yl
,
&
that
slouthe
is
amonge
vs
.
For
yf
we
were
such
as
I
crowed
:
We
shoulde
not
suffre
the
martirdome
that
we
endure
and
that
we
haue
endured
so
longe
a
goe
,
no
we
know
I
that
we
ben
but
lytel
worth
to
haue
let
reste
oure
enemyes
as
we
haue
.
But
one
thing
I
consider
,
we
haue
but
fewe
horses
&
litell
harneis
,
&
no
money
at
a
land
yet
we
ben
in
such
a
plight
that
we
ben
more
like
beastes
th●n
folke
.
So
praye
I
you
all
in
generall
that
ye
wil
tell
me
what
we
ought
to
doo
for
the
best
,
for
I
tel
you
for
very
certaine
that
I
had
muche
leuer
die
as
a
knight
than
for
to
die
heere
for
hungre
&
for
dysease
.
ANd
whan
Alarde
hearde
Reynawde
speake
thus
:
he
sayde
,
brother
so
helpe
me
god
.
It
is
longe
sith
I
dyd
take
heede
to
that
ye
saye
now
,
but
I
feared
me
full
sore
to
telle
you
therof
lest
ye
wolde
haue
be
dyspleased
with
me
for
it
,
but
sith
that
ye
haue
opened
the
wordes
,
yf
ye
wyll
beleue
me
:
I
shal
gyue
you
good
counseyl
as
we
semeth
.
Sir
we
haue
suffred
heere
great
pouertie
a
longe
time
&
we
may
not
goe
into
no
coūrtie
but
we
shall
be
take
,
for
as
ye
knowe
all
the
barons
of
fraunce
,
&
namely
oure
father
,
&
al
our
kinnesmen
hateth
vs
deadlye
,
and
if
ye
will
beleue
me
:
we
shal
goe
streight
to
A●●eine
towarde
out
mother
,
for
she
shall
not
fayle
vs
and
there
we
shall
soiourne
a
lytell
.
And
whan
we
shall
haue
soiourned
:
we
shal
take
with
vs
some
company
and
shall
goe
serue
some
great
lorde
,
where
we
shall
get
some
good
,
for
ye
be
not
such
a
man
but
that
ye
shal
yet
ones
haue
great
plenti
of
goodes
,
for
I
know
no
man
in
erthe
that
of
worthynes
&
of
strength
maye
compare
to
you
.
Brother
said
Reynawde
ye
saye
well
and
wysely
,
and
I
promyt
you
I
shal
doo
so
.
Whan
the
two
other
knightes
hearde
the
couseil
that
Alarde
their
brother
had
gyue
to
Reinawde
:
they
began
to
saye
.
Brother
Alarde
we
know
wel
that
ye
gyue
good
counseyll
to
our
brother
Reinawd
.
Than
sayd
Reynawd
.
Sith
that
this
counseyll
semeth
to
you
good
:
we
shall
doo
it
to
nighte
,
so
muche
abode
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
that
the
nyghte
came
,
and
whan
it
was
come
:
they
lighted
on
horsebacke
and
put
theimselfe
to
the
way
so
well
clothed
and
araied
as
I
haue
tolde
you
aboue
and
in
suche
wise
that
their
flesh
was
seen
naked
in
manye
places
of
their
bodies
.
And
so
longe
they
rode
by
nyght
and
by
daye
that
they
came
there
as
they
were
borne
that
was
nigh
the
citie
of
Ardeyn
,
and
whan
they
were
so
nigh
the
citie
that
they
myghte
well
see
it
:
they
looked
vpon
it
,
and
they
remembred
the
greate
ryches
wherfro
thei
were
cast
and
banysshed
,
and
of
the
greate
pouertye
that
they
had
suffred
longe
.
And
as
they
aproched
nyghe
the
cytye
.
Reynawde
sayde
to
hys
brethern
we
haue
doone
euyl
that
we
haue
not
taken
suretie
of
oure
father
,
for
ye
knowe
well
that
he
is
so
cruell
that
yf
he
may
take
vs
:
he
shal
yeelde
vs
prisoners
to
Charlemain
.
Brother
saide
Rychard
,
ye
saye
well
but
my
herte
gyueth
me
not
that
oure
father
wolde
doo
as
ye
haue
said
,
and
he
so
dyd
:
yet
haue
I
leuer
die
afore
Ardeyne
:
than
for
greate
dysease
and
hungre
in
the
forest
,
let
vs
ryde
surely
,
for
I
telle
you
that
no
bodye
shall
know
vs
.
And
of
thother
parte
if
we
can
set
oure
feet
within
Ardeyne
:
we
shal
be
safe
ynough
,
for
we
be
wel
beloued
,
and
my
laid
our
mother
should
neuer
suffre
that
men
shoulde
doo
to
vs
any
harme
ne
dyspleasure
.
CErtes
fayre
brother
saide
Reynawde
,
ye
haue
sayde
tyght
wel
and
wisely
,
and
much
ye
haue
recomfort
me
.
Nowe
let
vs
ryde
in
a
good
houre
.
And
whan
he
had
sayd
these
wordes
:
they
entred
soone
after
with
in
Ardeyne
,
and
they
tode
thorough
the
maystres
streate
that
they
were
not
knowen
of
no
bodye
,
&
they
went
streyght
to
the
castel
without
any
taryinge
.
And
wyt
that
whan
they
passed
thoroughe
the
stretes
:
the
folke
that
behelde
them
,
merueylled
muche
of
them
,
for
they
wyste
not
what
folke
they
were
,
and
sayd
the
one
to
the
other
,
see
what
folke
ben
these
.
I
trowe
that
they
ben
not
of
oure
lawe
nor
of
our
beleue
.
Than
they
asked
theym
,
what
ben
ye
lordes
that
are
so
countrefaite
,
are
ye
Paynemes
,
or
of
what
countrey
ben
ye
?
Syrs
answered
Reynawde
ye
enquere
ouer
much
see
ye
not
what
folke
we
been
.
And
whan
they
were
come
to
the
palays
they
lyghted
downe
a
foote
,
and
tooke
their
horses
to
keep
to
their
knightes
that
were
come
of
late
in
their
felawship
,
and
than
the
foure
brethern
wente
vp
to
the
halle
,
and
met
with
no
body
.
For
the
olde
Aymon
theyr
father
was
a
hawkyng
vpon
the
riuer
,
&
the
duchesse
their
mother
was
in
her
chambre
,
where
she
was
contynually
pencyful
and
sory
bycause
that
she
might
not
heare
no
tidinges
of
her
children
.
Whan
thou
foure
brethern
were
entred
wythin
the
haile
:
they
founde
no
man
to
whom
they
should
speake
,
wherof
they
were
sore
meruayled
and
they
set
themself
downe
,
the
one
heere
,
and
the
other
there
,
&
abode
thus
a
longe
whyle
that
no
body
came
there
.
And
whan
they
had
caried
longe
ynoughe
:
than
came
the
duchesse
theyr
mother
out
of
her
chambre
,
and
she
looked
a
longe
the
hall
,
where
she
saw
her
sonnes
thus
counterfayte
whiche
she
knew
not
but
meruayled
herself
greatly
what
folke
they
were
.
And
whan
Alarde
sawe
hys
lady
mother
come
,
he
said
to
his
brother
Reynawde
and
to
his
other
brethern
,
yonder
is
our
mother
that
we
sore
desyred
for
to
see
,
let
vs
goe
agaynst
her
yf
it
please
you
,
and
tell
her
our
great
penurye
and
oure
need
.
Brother
sayd
Reynawde
wee
shall
doo
so
,
but
we
shall
tary
tyl
she
speake
to
vs
or
not
,
and
thus
taried
the
foure
brethern
tyl
that
theyr
mother
was
come
to
them
.
And
whan
she
sawe
them
so
blacke
&
so
hidous
,
&
principally
Reynawde
that
was
so
great
&
so
rough
:
she
tooke
so
greate
feare
of
them
that
she
wolde
haue
gone
agayn
into
her
chambre
,
but
anon
she
assured
herselfe
&
said
to
them
,
God
saue
you
Lordes
.
What
be
you
or
of
what
nacyon
?
are
ye
christen
or
paynimes
,
or
folke
that
dooth
penaūre
wyll
yee
not
haue
some
almesse
or
some
clothyng
for
to
couer
your
bodi
with
?
for
I
see
ye
haue
great
need
of
it
,
and
yf
ye
wyll
haue
it
for
goddes
sake
I
shall
giue
it
you
gladlye
,
to
th
ende
he
haue
mercy
on
my
chyldren
,
and
that
he
wyl
keep
them
from
ylle
combraunce
and
fro
peril
,
for
it
is
wel
seuen
yeres
that
I
did
not
see
them
.
And
whan
the
Duchesse
had
sayd
this
:
she
tooke
so
great
pytie
to
remembre
her
children
that
she
began
to
weepe
sore
tenderlye
.
And
whan
she
had
wept
a
longe
while
:
she
sayd
so
hygh
that
her
chyldren
vnderstode
it
.
Ha
good
god
whan
shall
the
daye
come
that
I
shall
see
my
chyldren
?
Alas
good
lorde
how
fayne
wolde
I
see
them
.
Was
there
euer
Ladye
that
bare
so
riche
a
bourden
as
I
haue
,
and
that
were
of
it
so
discomforted
as
I
am
?
ANd
whan
Reynawde
sawe
his
lady
mother
so
sorowful
&
sory
:
he
had
of
it
great
pitie
,
and
the
teres
began
to
come
at
his
eyen
,
&
wolde
dyscouer
himselfe
.
But
whan
the
duchesse
behelde
well
his
visage
and
his
behauour
,
and
maner
:
her
bloud
ranne
vp
to
her
face
,
and
heuered
within
her
body
,
and
began
to
shake
full
fast
,
so
that
almost
she
fel
downe
in
a
swoune
to
the
erth
and
was
a
great
whyle
that
she
myght
not
speake
her
hert
was
so
close
and
so
sore
pressed
,
&
all
her
coloure
lost
and
gone
,
and
whan
she
was
come
agayne
to
her selfe
:
she
dyd
caste
her
syght
agayne
vpon
Reynawde
,
and
knew
him
ryght
well
by
a
wounde
that
he
had
in
his
face
,
whiche
was
doone
to
hym
of
a
fall
,
whan
he
was
in
his
tender
age
.
Than
she
said
to
him
as
glad
as
ani
mother
may
be
,
Reynnawde
my
sonne
,
whose
peere
is
not
among
al
the
knightes
of
the
worlde
.
Howe
see
I
you
so
sore
appayred
and
chaunged
?
Where
is
gon
your
great
beaultie
?
why
my
sonne
doo
ye
hide
you
towarde
me
,
that
loued
you
more
than
my selfe
?
And
while
that
she
said
these
wordes
:
she
looked
aboute
her
,
and
knew
her
children
,
&
anon
she
went
towarde
them
wyth
her
armes
spred
abrode
,
for
to
coile
and
kisse
theym
sore
weepynge
for
great
pitie
that
they
were
so
sore
apayred
of
theyr
beaultie
,
and
so
long
she
kissed
one
and
than
another
:
that
at
last
she
fell
downe
in
a
swoune
.
And
Reynawde
tooke
her
vp
in
his
armes
,
wher
she
abode
a
good
while
and
Reynawde
&
his
brethern
ceassed
not
from
weeping
,
for
great
pitie
that
they
had
of
theyr
mother
.
ANd
whan
the
duchesse
was
come
agayne
to
herselfe
:
she
tooke
her
children
&
made
them
sitte
downe
by
her
,
and
sayd
to
them
how
is
it
that
I
see
you
thus
poore
&
dysfygured
?
why
is
it
that
ye
haue
with
you
no
knightes
nor
none
other
company
?
where
haue
ye
ben
that
haue
endured
so
great
pouertie
,
and
so
great
disease
?
whan
the
duchesse
spake
thus
to
her
chyldren
she
dyd
weepe
styll
sore
tenderly
,
and
foundred
all
in
teres
,
holdynge
her
sonne
Reynawd
betwene
her
armes
,
and
kissed
hym
sweetly
.
Lady
sayd
Reynawde
we
haue
with
vs
but
three
knightes
that
keep
our
horses
yonder
without
.
For
our
father
hath
slayne
all
our
knightes
,
&
all
our
folke
.
And
also
he
should
haue
slayne
vs
yf
it
had
not
be
our
lorde
that
kept
vs
therfro
through
his
pitie
&
mercy
.
Sore
hard
parentage
dyd
he
shewe
to
vs
our
naturall
father
.
Whan
the
Duchesse
vnderstoode
these
wordes
:
she
was
ryght
sory
for
it
.
And
called
to
her
one
of
her
seruauntes
and
saide
to
hym
.
Goe
and
make
my
sonnes
horses
to
be
had
into
a
good
stable
,
and
that
they
ben
well
tended
.
And
brynge
hither
that
three
knightes
,
that
keep
the
horses
without
,
for
I
wyl
see
them
.
Madame
sayde
her
squyer
it
shal
be
doone
incontinent
.
And
then
he
went
to
the
three
knyghtes
and
sayd
to
them
,
that
the
duchesse
wolde
see
them
.
Whyche
incontinent
dyd
as
the
ladye
had
commaunded
,
and
came
to
the
Palays
where
as
Reynawde
taryed
for
them
.
Lordes
said
the
duchesse
to
them
,
ye
be
right
welcome
.
Madame
sayd
the
knightes
God
gyue
you
good
life
&
longe
and
Ioye
of
your
children
,
For
they
ben
the
best
and
the
moste
worthye
knyghtes
of
all
the
worlde
.
Thys
hangyng
:
came
there
a
yeman
,
that
sayd
to
the
duchesse
.
Madame
,
yf
it
please
you
to
sit
at
the
table
:
the
meat
is
redy
.
Than
the
lady
tooke
Reynawde
and
the
other
with
her
,
&
lede
them
to
dinner
and
made
them
syt
downe
all
afore
her
,
and
theyr
three
knyghtes
at
the
left
side
of
her
.
There
made
good
chere
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
,
and
ete
at
theyr
case
&
at
theyr
owne
wyll
.
For
it
was
longe
syth
that
they
had
ony
good
mele
,
where
they
myghte
take
theyr
naturall
food
at
theyr
ease
.
And
as
they
were
at
the
table
:
Thenne
came
theyr
father
Aimon
from
hawkynge
and
huntynge
whiche
had
taken
foure
hartes
and
two
wylde
bores
,
and
dyuerse
pertryches
and
Fesauntes
.
Whan
Aymon
sawe
them
:
he
knewe
them
not
and
he
sayd
vnto
the
duchesse
.
Lady
what
are
these
folke
that
ben
thus
coūtrefer
?
whan
the
duchesse
vnderstode
her
husbande
she
was
sore
a
gaste
,
and
began
for
to
weepe
and
sayde
.
Syr
these
ben
your
chyldren
and
myne
,
that
ye
haue
trauaylled
so
moche
,
and
sore
hunted
as
wylde
beastes
.
The
which
haue
dwelled
longe
tyme
in
the
foreste
of
Ardeyne
where
as
they
haue
ben
sore
tourned
as
ye
now
maye
see
.
Now
are
they
come
vnto
me
by
cause
I
am
ryghte
glad
whan
I
see
theym
.
For
to
you
they
ben
not
come
.
For
they
knowe
well
that
ye
loue
them
not
,
But
I
praye
you
for
god
that
for
the
loue
of
me
ye
wyll
lodge
them
this
night
.
For
they
shall
departe
to
morow
erlye
,
&
I
wot
not
yf
euere
I
shall
see
them
.
Wherefore
of
this
I
beseeche
you
right
humbly
,
Than
whan
Aymon
vnderstode
these
wordes
:
he
shooke
al
for
anger
,
and
tourned
hym selfe
toward
his
sonnes
,
and
made
to
them
euill
there
and
said
to
them
,
Glotons
goddes
curse
haue
you
,
For
ye
ben
not
worthe
a
strawe
.
For
ye
haue
nother
folke
nor
money
,
nor
no
prisoner
that
might
pay
to
you
a
great
hauoyre
.
Father
sayd
Reynawde
by
the
fayth
that
I
owe
to
you
,
if
your
lande
is
in
peace
,
the
other
ben
not
so
.
For
ye
might
goe
sixe
score
miles
that
ye
should
not
finde
nother
riche
man
nor
poore
,
but
that
they
keepe
them selues
within
fortresses
and
in
Castelles
.
But
ye
doo
great
wronge
for
to
doo
vs
the
worst
that
ye
can
,
ye
tooke
fyrst
from
vs
our
good
Castell
of
Mountaynforde
.
And
after
that
ye
had
assayled
vs
in
the
wood
of
ardeyne
,
and
slew
all
our
folke
so
that
of
fyue
hundred
knyghtes
that
I
had
ye
left
a
lyue
with
me
but
enleuyn
,
whereof
.viii.
ben
dead
,
and
these
.iii.
that
ye
see
heere
ar
abyde
a
liue
,
now
beholde
well
father
,
and
thynke
how
ye
bare
your selfe
towarde
vs
.
But
syth
it
is
thus
that
ye
ought
to
vs
no
good
wyll
,
and
that
ye
may
not
see
vs
:
Make
vs
the
heades
to
be
smyten
of
,
and
so
shall
you
be
beloued
of
Charlemayne
,
and
hated
of
god
,
and
of
all
men
.
ANd
whan
the
olde
Aymon
vnderstode
Reynawde
thus
speke
he
knewe
well
he
sayde
trouth
,
and
began
to
fyght
sore
at
his
herte
,
and
then
he
sayd
to
hys
chyldren
.
Myschaunt
your
lidernes
,
&
slouth
hath
ouercome
you
.
Ye
were
neuer
my
childerne
:
For
yf
ye
were
such
as
men
wene
:
ye
should
not
haue
suffred
the
great
pouertie
that
ye
haue
endured
so
longe
.
But
ye
should
haue
gone
win
vpon
your
enemies
,
for
to
maintein
your self
honestly
,
&
make
good
warre
to
Charlemayne
through
all
hys
lande
.
But
ye
are
become
myschaunt
,
&
therfore
I
tell
you
that
ye
get
nothyng
of
me
.
Now
then
voyde
out
soone
of
my
Palayce
,
and
goe
begge
where
ye
wil
at
a nother
place
Syr
sayd
Reynawde
ye
say
that
an
euyll
and
an
vnkynde
father
ought
to
saye
.
For
I
tell
you
for
very
certayne
that
we
haue
slayne
so
manye
theues
and
brygauntes
:
that
I
can
not
numbre
them
,
wherof
I
fele
my selfe
in
great
synne
.
But
for
god
we
requyre
you
that
ye
wyll
helpe
vs
to
recouer
our
landes
of
Charlemayn
and
yf
ye
wyll
not
doo
so
:
gyue
to
vs
of
your
godes
,
and
we
shall
goe
ferre
from
you
.
I
wyll
not
sayd
Aymon
.
Father
sayd
Reynawde
here
I
se
well
your
euyll
wyll
.
I
and
my
brethern
haue
doone
so
muche
,
that
we
ben
comen
into
your
place
,
that
we
should
fare
the
better
for
it
,
but
I
see
wel
ye
wyll
cast
vs
therfro
with
great
afraye
.
And
I
swere
to
you
by
the
fayth
that
I
owe
to
my
Lady
mother
that
yf
I
muste
nedes
departe
from
you
in
suche
a
maner
:
ye
shall
abye
it
full
deere
,
yf
ye
caste
vs
thus
out
of
your
lande
,
for
I
haue
leuer
die
here
by
you
,
than
to
die
for
hungre
.
Sith
that
it
may
be
none
otherwise
.
THan
whan
Reynawde
sawe
that
his
father
was
so
hard
herted
against
him
and
his
brethern
:
he
wexed
red
for
angre
,
and
began
to
chau●ge
colour
,
&
drewe
hys
swerde
halfe
out
of
his
shethe
.
And
w●an
Alarde
saw
hys
brother
Reynawde
chaunge
colour
:
he
knewe
well
that
he
was
wrothe
,
so
ranne
he
&
called
hym
sayenge
.
Ha
fayre
brother
,
for
goddes
loue
angre
not
your selfe
so
sore
to
our
father
for
he
is
our
lorde
and
therfore
whether
it
is
right
or
wronge
he
may
say
to
vs
as
it
pleaseth
hym
,
and
we
ought
to
doo
hys
commaundement
.
And
if
he
is
cruel
towarde
vs
:
we
ought
to
be
humbly
&
pleasaunt
towarde
hym
.
So
keep
your selfe
for
goddes
loue
that
ye
set
not
hande
vpon
him
.
For
it
were
agaynst
the
commaundement
of
god
brother
sayd
Renawde
it
lacketh
but
lytle
that
I
wexe
mad
al
quicke
whan
I
see
afore
me
him
that
should
helpe
vs
,
defende
&
loue
vs
as
his
children
&
gyue
vs
his
good
counsell
to
vs
,
and
towarde
all
men
:
And
he
dooth
all
contrary
the
same
.
He
hath
made
peace
wyth
Charlemayne
for
to
dystroye
and
vndoo
vs
.
I
saw
neuer
so
cruel
a
man
agaynst
his
sonnes
,
for
he
chaseth
vs
a
waye
from
him
full
shamfulli
,
as
though
we
were
straungers
or
sarasyns
.
I
should
not
can
tell
the
harme
&
great
hurte
that
he
hath
doone
to
vs
,
nor
the
greate
pouerti
that
we
haue
suffred
for
hym
.
I
wolde
neuer
haue
doone
so
to
him
for
rather
I
wolde
haue
let
me
ben
flayne
all
quycke
.
But
&
yf
I
can
euer
go
from
hens
:
I
certifie
you
that
I
shall
angre
him
,
and
shal
so
wast
his
lande
that
it
shall
doo
him
but
lytle
profite
so
that
it
shall
be
spoken
of
perpetually
.
ANd
whan
Aymon
herad
Reynawde
speake
thus
:
his
herte
wexed
softe
,
&
began
to
weepe
ful
sore
&
sayd
.
Ha
god
how
I
am
sory
that
I
may
not
enioy
the
good
that
god
hath
gyuen
to
me
largely
,
there
should
be
no
man
in
the
worlde
so
happy
as
I
were
,
yt
my
children
had
theyr
peace
with
kinge
Charlemayne
.
For
I
am
sure
that
the
kinge
Priamus
of
troy
had
neuer
better
m●n
to
his
children
nor
more
valyaūr
ne
pru
,
than
I
haue
Ha
euyll
hert
thou
shouldest
not
take
heed
to
none
other
agaist
thy
children
,
but
shouldest
help
them
&
keep
them
against
al
men
,
wherfore
I
ought
wel
to
hate
thee
:
euyll
hert
thou
hast
made
me
hate
that
I
ought
to
loue
as
myne
owne
selfe
,
&
whan
he
had
thus
spoken
to
hym selfe
:
he
sayd
to
Reynawde
.
Fayre
sonne
ye
are
right
worthy
&
sage
:
for
neuer
Hector
of
Troy
was
worth
you
,
nor
in
al
the
world
is
not
founde
your
matche
.
And
therfore
I
ought
well
to
doo
your
wyll
.
Whan
the
duke
Aymon
had
sayd
this
worde
:
he
spake
to
his
wyfe
the
duchesse
&
sayd
,
lady
I
go
yonder
with
out
,
for
I
wyll
not
be
forsworne
agaynst
the
kynge
Charlemayne
:
ye
haue
wythin
golde
&
siluer
ynough
,
&
many
horses
&
muche
harnes
,
palfrayes
&
sommers
.
Now
giue
to
my
chyldren
all
that
they
wyl
take
.
And
whan
he
sayd
thus
:
he
tooke
hys
men
with
him
,
&
went
his
waye
.
THan
sayd
Reynawde
we
oughte
to
tanke
you
muche
of
that
ye
haue
now
sayd
,
and
we
shall
go
hence
to
morow
erly
with
goddes
grace
:
to
the
ende
thou
ye
be
not
euyll
at
ease
,
and
if
it
please
you
we
shall
abyde
for
this
night
for
to
comforte
our
mother
,
that
hath
be
so
yll
at
ease
for
the
loue
of
vs
.
And
I
promyt
you
father
we
should
not
haue
comen
yet
,
but
it
had
be
for
her
sake
,
Reynawde
fayre
sonne
sayd
the
duke
ye
are
full
of
great
witte
.
Wit
that
whan
Berthelot
was
dead
I
durst
not
shewe
me
afore
the
king
Charlemayne
:
bycause
he
sayde
he
had
leuer
haue
loste
the
halfe
of
his
Realme
,
&
thretened
me
for
to
hange
or
brenne
and
distroye
all
my
lande
,
and
I
dyd
so
muche
by
the
counsell
of
my
freendes
that
I
made
mine
apoyntment
and
that
I
was
out
of
al
blame
.
And
ye
haue
not
considered
the
othes
that
Charlemayne
made
me
doo
against
you
,
as
agaynst
all
other
that
helde
with
you
,
and
I
am
sore
dyspleased
of
that
I
found
you
in
thou
woodes
of
Ardeyne
as
I
did
.
But
I
was
forced
of
mine
honour
to
doo
as
I
dyd
for
to
be
in
peace
with
kyng
Charlemayne
,
your
mother
hath
not
forsworne
you
,
and
therfore
she
may
giue
you
of
our
goodes
at
your
will
.
And
whan
the
duke
had
sayd
these
wordes
:
he
yssued
out
of
his
palays
,
&
went
to
the
woode
.
AFter
whan
the
free
duchesse
heard
that
,
that
the
duke
Aymon
gaue
her
leue
for
to
doo
with
hys
goodes
at
her
wyll
:
she
called
her
children
and
sayde
to
theym
.
Fayre
children
now
be
you
sure
that
sythe
your
father
is
not
within
ye
shal
be
well
tended
vpon
,
and
shall
haue
al
the
chere
that
I
can
doo
to
you
.
And
than
she
did
doo
make
the
baynes
redy
&
made
them
all
to
bayne
honestly
,
&
wyt
that
in
theyr
vayne
were
manye
a
swete
herbe
,
&
whan
they
were
well
clene
:
the
good
lady
made
bring
●y●●en
and
other
clothes
for
to
chaunge
,
and
to
eche
of
them
a
mantel
of
fine
scarlet
furred
with
hermyns
,
&
whan
she
had
them
well
aparelled
:
she
led
them
in
a
chambre
where
theyr
fathers
treasour
was
and
shewed
it
to
her
children
,
whan
Reynawde
saw
so
riche
a
treasour
:
he
began
to
laughe
and
said
lady
mother
gramercy
of
so
fayre
a
gift
as
here
is
.
For
it
mistreth
me
well
,
and
than
he
tooke
of
that
treasoure
at
his
wyll
.
And
incontynent
he
sent
messangers
through
al
the
countrey
for
to
get
hym
souldyours
of
the
best
men
of
warre
,
wherof
many
one
came
gladly
to
him
,
the
which
reynawde
payed
for
an
whole
yere
.
What
shall
I
tell
you
more
?
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
lay
that
nyght
within
the
Castel
of
their
said
father
.
And
the
next
mornynge
after
or
it
was
day
they
departed
and
had
with
them
fyue
hundred
men
well
horsed
and
well
arayed
.
And
whan
Reynawde
&
his
brethern
had
take
leue
of
theyr
lady
mother
the
duchesse
she
sayd
to
them
fayre
sonnes
I
wil
that
ye
drawe
towarde
Spayne
,
for
it
is
a
plentious
countrey
.
And
as
they
wolde
haue
departed
:
than
cam
Mawgys
theyr
cosyn
,
that
came
out
of
Fraunce
,
where
he
had
ben
longe
tyme
,
AFter
whan
Mawgys
was
lighted
from
hys
horse
:
he
ran
to
Reinawde
,
his
armes
spred
abrode
,
&
began
to
kisse
him
,
&
whan
he
had
so
done
:
he
kissed
his
other
three
brethern
,
&
than
he
sayd
to
them
.
Ha
fayre
cosyns
I
am
ryght
glad
to
see
you
,
&
thanked
be
our
Lorde
that
he
hath
brought
me
into
this
coste
.
Cosyn
sayd
Reynawde
where
haue
you
ben
so
longe
that
we
had
neuer
tydynges
of
you
.
Cosyn
sayd
Mawgys
I
come
from
the
great
Citie
of
Paris
where
I
haue
stolen
three
horses
laden
with
golde
,
&
here
they
ben
,
the
whiche
Charlemayne
wende
for
to
haue
hid
well
,
&
I
gyue
you
the
half
of
it
for
I
might
not
bestowe
them
better
than
to
you
.
Cosin
sayd
Reynawde
god
thanke
you
.
And
whan
he
had
sayd
:
so
he
went
out
of
Ardeyne
with
his
bretherne
&
his
folke
,
&
found
his
father
that
came
fro
the
wood
,
&
whan
Reynawde
saw
his
father
:
he
made
hym
reuerence
&
bowed
hymselfe
to
hym
,
&
Aymon
sayde
to
them
,
fayre
sonnes
no
when
ye
well
garnysshed
&
honestly
arayed
.
I
praye
you
that
ye
doo
so
in
Fraunce
,
that
men
speke
of
your
prowes
,
&
ye
my
other
chyldren
.
I
commaunde
you
that
ye
obey
Reynawde
and
keep
hym
aboue
all
thing
,
for
as
longe
as
he
shal
lyue
ye
ought
not
to
be
aferde
of
no
harme
.
THan
sayd
Alarde
,
syr
we
shal
doo
your
commaundement
,
and
we
pray
you
for
gods
loue
,
that
ye
will
be
euermore
our
good
father
.
I
wyll
be
so
my
children
sayd
Aymon
,
&
than
Reynawde
tooke
leue
of
his
father
&
of
his
mother
that
conueyed
them
out
of
the
towne
.
But
the
good
lady
fel
downe
in
a
swoune
whan
she
saw
departe
her
children
.
And
all
the
towne
began
to
make
such
a
sorowe
that
it
was
great
pirie
,
and
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
went
on
theyr
waye
.
And
whan
the
duchesse
came
to
her self
and
saw
her
children
departe
:
She
began
to
say
.
Ha
poore
herte
myne
,
why
breakest
not
thou
,
alas
if
I
had
dyed
longe
a
goe
my
soule
were
the
better
at
ease
,
I
am
not
a
mother
but
a
stepmother
.
Alas
I
se
my
ryche
burden
go
to
exile
,
and
yet
I
cannot
witholde
them
nor
helpe
them
that
they
abyde
with
me
,
thus
as
the
Duchesse
made
her
moue
to
her
women
:
Aymon
came
and
tooke
her
betwene
hys
armes
and
recomforted
her
and
sayd
vnto
her
.
Ladye
dyscomfort
not
yourself
so
muche
,
for
my
hert
giueth
me
that
we
shall
yet
see
them
in
great
prosperiti
and
honour
and
great
Ioy
and
gladnes
ye
shall
once
haue
of
them
in
shorte
tyme
.
Shortlye
to
speake
:
the
good
Aymon
recomforted
so
muche
the
Duchesse
that
she
lefte
her
sorow
&
went
agayne
to
the
palays
with
the
duke
Aymon
.
I
leue
heare
to
speake
of
the
duke
Aymon
and
of
the
duches
hys
wyfe
:
and
returne
to
speake
of
Reynawde
and
of
his
brethern
.
¶
How
after
that
Reynawd
his
brethern
and
his
cosyn
Mawgys
were
departed
out
of
Dordone
fro
theyr
mother
for
to
seeke
their
aduenture
:
they
rode
so
longe
that
they
came
into
the
Realme
of
Gascoyne
.
¶
And
how
by
the
waye
they
made
greate
harme
to
the
Realme
of
Fraunce
.
And
how
the
kynge
of
Gascoyne
reteyned
them
in
his
seruyse
.
❧
Capitulum
.v.
depiction of four armoured men, a king with crown, and a group of unarmed men
NOw
sayth
the
tale
that
after
that
Reinawde
,
Alarde
,
Guicharde
&
Richarde
,
and
Mawgys
their
cosyn
were
yssued
out
of
Ardein
with
all
theyr
felawshyp
,
that
was
wel
of
.vi.
hundred
men
,
well
mounted
&
arayed
:
they
passed
thoroughe
Byhense
and
wasted
all
Fraunce
,
and
passed
through
the
countrie
of
Gastynoys
,
&
so
forth
to
Orleaunce
where
they
went
ouer
the
riuer
of
Loyre
,
and
wasted
all
the
lande
vnto
Poyters
.
And
whan
they
were
come
to
Poyters
:
they
hearde
tidinges
that
the
kinge
Yon
of
Gascoyn
that
was
a
puissaunt
prynce
was
assayled
of
the
Sarasyns
.
And
whan
Mawgys
heard
these
wordes
:
he
can
to
Reynawde
&
sayd
to
him
.
Cosin
the
Kinge
Yon
of
Gascoyne
is
a
prince
of
great
renome
and
of
great
power
go
we
to
hym
and
serue
hym
and
suche
seruyce
we
shall
mow
do
to
hym
:
that
Charlemayne
shall
not
mow
hynder
vs
by
no
wayes
.
Cosin
sayd
Reynawde
let
vs
than
go
there
syn
that
it
semeth
to
you
good
,
and
whan
they
were
here
to
accorded
they
tooke
theyr
waye
towarde
Gascoyn
and
rode
so
longe
by
their
iourneys
that
they
came
to
Burdews
a
fayre
citi
,
where
they
found
king
Yon
with
a
great
company
of
knyghtes
,
and
whan
they
were
downe
from
theyr
horses
:
Reynawde
sayd
to
his
folke
,
go
we
lodge
vs
.
Cosyn
sayde
Mawgys
we
shall
not
doo
so
,
but
we
shall
speake
streight
with
king
Yon
,
&
yf
he
reteyneth
vs
:
in
a
good
houre
be
it
&
yf
he
not
doo
so
:
we
shal
serue
borgoyns
t●e
sarasyn
,
whiche
is
ryght
prue
&
sage
,
&
hath
al
redy
conquested
almoste
all
the
lande
of
kynge
Yon
,
as
Tholouse
,
Montpeller
,
Lietary
&
saynt
Gyle
,
Tarascon
,
&
Arles
,
&
yf
we
fayle
heere
:
we
shall
not
fayle
there
.
Cosyn
sayd
Reynawde
ye
speke
well
and
wysely
,
&
we
shall
doo
as
ye
haue
sayd
.
And
than
Reynawde
tooke
with
him
.
L.
knyghtes
&
hys
three
brethern
&
Mawgis
,
and
tooke
of
his
armes
and
clothed
hymselfe
honestly
and
rychelye
,
and
whan
he
was
well
arayed
:
he
went
to
the
king
Yons
court
vpon
a
litle
nagge
,
and
whan
he
rode
thorough
Bordews
:
all
the
people
ran
for
to
see
him
,
bycause
he
was
so
great
&
so
wel
made
and
so
fayre
with
all
,
and
also
hys
three
brethern
,
but
they
were
not
al
euin
so
great
.
And
whan
they
were
come
to
the
gate
of
the
kinges
place
Reynawde
light
on
foote
,
&
went
vp
to
the
Palays
,
and
founde
the
king
at
the
counsell
.
And
whan
the
stewarde
saw
Reynawde
so
fayre
a
man
and
so
goodly
,
and
so
many
folke
wyth
hym
:
he
came
him
agaynste
and
sayd
to
hym
.
My
lorde
ye
be
right
welcom
.
And
Reynawde
answered
to
him
god
giue
you
good
auenture
Nowe
tel
and
please
you
where
is
the
kyng
?
My
lorde
sayd
the
stewarde
,
the
king
holdeth
now
his
counsell
,
for
Bourgons
the
sarasin
is
entred
in
his
land
and
hath
doone
to
hym
great
harme
and
dommage
.
For
he
hath
brente
townes
and
castelles
abbeyes
,
hospytalles
,
Churches
,
and
al
other
monasteries
,
and
nowe
he
is
parforce
within
Tholouse
with
a
great
puissaunce
.
Certes
sayde
Reynawde
.
This
Borgons
is
of
great
power
as
me
semeth
and
after
that
menne
sayen
.
Thus
as
Reinawd
&
the
stuard
spake
togither
:
came
king
yon
out
of
the
counseil
chambre
,
&
whan
Reynawd
saw
him
:
he
tooke
his
brethern
&
his
cosin
mawgis
with
him
&
went
ayenst
the
king
,
which
Reynawd
salued
right
humbly
&
said
to
him
.
Sir
I
am
come
to
you
fro
a
ferre
londe
with
me
three
brethern
&
my
cosyn
that
ye
see
heere
for
to
doo
you
seruise
&
oure
folke
if
it
please
you
,
&
we
shal
serue
you
in
such
a
maner
,
that
we
will
haue
nothing
of
you
,
but
&
our
seruise
be
agreable
vnto
you
:
ye
shal
promise
me
as
a
king
if
it
be
your
pleasure
,
that
ye
shal
be
my
warraunt
&
help
ayenst
al
other
,
good
freend
said
the
king
yon
ye
be
righte
welcome
to
me
,
&
where
ye
saye
ye
be
come
for
to
serue
me
:
I
thanke
you
for
it
with
al
my
hert
,
but
I
wil
first
know
what
folke
ye
ben
,
for
ye
might
be
such
that
I
should
defende
you
,
or
that
I
shoulde
be
youre
enmy
.
Syr
said
Reinawd
sith
that
it
please
you
to
know
what
we
ben
:
I
shall
telle
it
to
you
,
wyt
that
my
name
is
Reynawd
&
am
sonne
eldest
to
the
duke
Aimon
of
Ardeyn
,
and
these
three
knightes
ben
my
brethern
,
heere
is
Alard
,
Guichard
,
&
Richarde
,
&
heere
is
Mawgis
our
cosyn
one
of
the
best
knightes
of
the
world
&
most
wise
.
Charlemayne
hath
cast
vs
oute
of
Fraunce
,
&
hath
disheryted
vs
,
&
our
father
hath
disauowed
vs
for
the
loue
of
him
&
for
this
cause
sir
we
goe
seeke
a
bout
after
a
lorde
that
is
good
and
true
that
shoulde
helpe
vs
to
defende
ayenst
Charlemayne
,
and
we
shall
serue
him
wel
and
truely
.
WHan
king
yon
hearde
this
that
Reynawde
sayde
:
he
was
right
gladde
of
it
that
they
were
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
the
best
knyghtes
of
all
the
worlde
and
most
doubted
,
&
Mawgis
that
was
the
moste
subtyll
of
the
worlde
that
were
come
for
to
serue
him
,
he
wolde
not
haue
ben
so
glad
yf
men
had
gyuen
to
him
al
parys
.
For
he
wyst
well
that
yf
euer
he
shoulde
fynishe
his
warre
:
it
shoulde
be
by
their
meane
.
Than
he
looked
vp
toward
heauen
,
and
thanked
our
lorde
of
the
comyng
of
these
worthye
knyghtes
,
&
than
he
sayde
to
them
.
Lordes
ye
are
reteyned
of
me
for
ye
ben
not
the
men
that
ought
to
be
refused
.
I
promyt
you
truely
and
in
feith
of
a
kinge
,
that
I
shall
defende
you
with
all
my
power
ayenst
all
men
,
ye
are
dysheryted
&
I
also
,
therfore
it
is
well
reason
that
we
be
togyther
,
and
that
the
one
helpe
the
other
of
all
his
power
.
Sir
said
Reinawd
we
thanke
you
a
thousande
tymes
&
I
promyse
you
that
we
shall
die
in
youre
seruise
or
elles
your
londe
shall
be
recouered
again
.
The
king
called
his
stuarde
&
sayde
to
him
and
commaunded
that
Reinawd
&
his
felawshyp
should
be
well
lodged
.
Incontinent
the
stuarde
tooke
Reynawd
by
the
hande
,
&
fulfylled
the
commaundemente
of
the
kyng
.
Now
are
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
acqueynted
with
the
kinge
yon
of
Gascoyn
,
whiche
went
to
haue
doo
wel
but
he
repented
him
soone
after
.
¶
But
here
we
leaue
to
speake
of
king
yon
,
and
of
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
:
&
return
to
speake
of
bourgoyns
that
were
at
Tholouse
,
the
which
he
had
take
by
force
of
armes
.
❧
How
Reynawd
,
and
his
brethern
and
Mawgys
destroyed
Bourgons
the
sarasins
,
that
had
dystroyed
the
realme
of
Gascoygne
and
chased
the
kyng
you
vnto
Bordews
vpon
Gyronde
that
durst
not
goe
thence
for
feare
of
the
Sarasyns
.
And
after
howe
kyng
you
gaue
my
ladye
Clare
hys
syster
to
Reynawde
for
to
be
his
wife
,
for
the
greate
seruyse
that
he
had
doone
to
him
.
And
howe
he
made
for
hym
the
castell
of
Mounta
whan
.
❧
Capitulum
.vi.
depiction of an unseated knight or king with crown beside a horse, with two armed knights on horseback standing over him; and of two groups of knights in armour on horseback charging each other, with heads and body parts on the ground
IN
this
party
sheweth
the
hystorye
that
after
bourgons
had
taken
tholouse
:
he
made
a
great
parlyamente
to
his
folke
.
And
sayde
to
them
.
Lordes
ye
knowe
well
,
that
whan
the
yron
is
well
hot
:
it
werketh
the
better
.
This
worde
I
haue
sayde
afore
youre
lordshyppes
for
to
gyue
you
to
knowe
what
we
oughte
to
doo
.
And
therfore
me
semeth
that
we
ought
to
ryde
now
towarde
bourdewes
while
the
corne
is
in
the
ere
.
For
our
horses
shal
haue
meat
ynoughe
,
sir
saide
his
folke
,
ye
speake
wel
and
wisely
,
let
it
be
doone
as
ye
haue
deuised
,
&
whan
the
morowe
came
:
Bourgons
departed
oute
of
Tholouse
with
well
.xx.
thousand
knyghtes
wel
armed
,
and
ceassed
not
for
to
ryde
tyll
that
they
came
afore
Bourdews
in
.ix.
daies
.
And
he
set
all
hys
folke
in
a
bushement
within
a
greate
woode
that
was
nygh
,
&
abode
there
with
theym
,
excepte
foure
hundred
men
that
wente
to
the
cytie
w●sting
and
brennynge
all
the
countrie
vnto
the
citie
of
Bourdews
,
and
whan
the
daye
watche
that
was
vpon
the
gate
of
the
citie
sawe
the
sarasins
come
:
he
cried
with
an
highe
voyce
,
arme
you
knightes
for
heere
ben
the
Paynymes
that
come
for
to
hurte
you
.
whan
the
Citie
vnderstode
this
:
she
began
to
before
moued
.
THan
whan
Reynawde
sawe
that
it
was
tyme
to
take
hys
harneys
on
:
he
sayd
to
hys
brethern
Goe
make
you
all
redye
,
and
make
our
trompettes
to
be
blowen
that
al
our
folke
put
them self
in
armes
.
In
contynent
made
hys
brethern
his
commaundement
.
And
whan
they
were
al
armed
:
Reynawde
mounted
vpon
Bayarde
,
and
came
to
kinge
You
&
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
be
not
abasshed
of
nothynge
:
but
be
sure
that
god
helpe
vs
thys
daye
.
My self
,
my
brethern
and
all
our
folke
we
goe
afore
,
and
make
your
folke
to
be
redi
incontinet
for
my
hert
giueth
me
that
this
cursed
Sarasyn
shal
be
thys
day
dysconfited
,
and
ouercomen
wyth
the
helpe
of
god
.
Freende
sayd
the
king
,
god
be
wyth
you
,
and
I
shal
doo
that
ye
t●l
me
.
And
thus
Reynawde
went
out
of
Bordews
the
formest
of
all
hys
folke
agaynste
the
Sarasyns
vpon
hys
horse
Bayarde
,
the
sheeld
at
his
necke
,
and
his
swerde
in
hys
hande
and
ranne
fiersly
vpon
hys
enemies
and
incontynent
smote
a
Paynym
throughe
his
sheelde
so
that
he
ouerthrew
him
dead
to
the
grounde
,
and
forth
wyth
he
cast
a
mother
,
god
wot
he
helde
well
his
swerde
,
for
he
hew
the
Sarasyns
as
they
had
ben
without
Harneys
.
And
shortly
to
speake
after
that
Reynawde
and
hys
folke
were
assembled
:
the
Paynymes
might
not
endure
.
For
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
slewe
them
as
beastes
,
so
that
they
must
nedes
flee
toward
theyr
busshement
.
And
whan
bourgons
saw
hys
folke
c●me
thus
:
he
yssued
out
of
the
wood
wyth
hys
company
,
and
made
bussynes
&
hornes
to
be
blowen
,
&
came
for
to
succoure
his
men
.
And
whan
Reinawde
saw
so
great
numbre
of
folke
coming
out
of
the
wood
:
he
was
sore
meruayled
,
and
turned
hym self
towarde
his
bretherne
and
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
keep
that
ye
be
not
dismayed
,
for
we
shall
get
a
great
worshyp
thys
daye
,
and
I
praye
you
that
euery
man
parforce
hymselfe
to
doo
well
,
brother
sayd
Rycharde
we
shall
neuer
be
dysmayed
as
longe
as
ye
be
vpon
Bayarde
.
Brother
sayd
Reynawde
doo
as
good
men
,
for
yf
ye
wyll
parforce
your selfe
a
lytle
:
These
Paynems
shal
not
holde
afore
vs
.
Thus
as
Reinawde
spake
to
his
bretherne
they
sawe
Bourgons
come
the
spere
in
his
rest
and
smote
a
man
of
Reynawde
by
such
a
strength
that
he
shoued
his
spere
through
and
throughe
his
body
,
so
that
h●
f●ll
downe
dead
to
the
earth
.
Whan
Alarde
saw
that
:
he
was
wrothe
,
&
sparred
his
horse
and
ranne
vpon
a
Paynym
so
harde
that
he
felled
hym
sterke
dead
afore
hym
.
And
shortly
to
speke
there
was
neuer
seene
suche
a
distresse
of
folke
,
as
Reynawde
,
his
brethern
&
mawgys
hys
cosyn
made
wyth
so
fewe
folke
as
they
were
agaynst
Bourgons
the
Sarasyn
.
THan
whan
the
king
you
that
came
to
the
succours
of
Reynawde
saw
the
great
faytes
of
armes
that
he
and
his
bretherne
made
,
and
how
hardlye
they
dyd
set
vpon
and
ouerthrew
all
that
they
recountred
afore
them
the
blessed
hymself
of
the
meruayle
that
he
had
of
theym
.
And
than
he
sayd
to
hys
folke
,
go
we
succour
these
worthy
knyghtes
,
for
it
is
tyme
longe
a
go
,
and
whan
the
king
You
had
sayd
these
wordes
:
he
spurred
his
horse
&
put
hymself
amonge
the
thickest
&
began
to
doo
wel
,
and
dyd
so
moche
that
he
brake
the
great
preses
,
and
came
where
Reynawde
was
.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
the
kynge
Yon
he
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
be
sure
and
certayne
that
the
Sarasins
are
discomfited
,
than
sayd
the
kyng
.
Reynawde
I
am
well
assured
that
god
shall
do
me
grace
through
your
high
prowesse
,
blessed
be
the
houre
that
ye
were
borne
,
&
came
into
these
marches
.
To
speake
shortly
the
batayles
were
assembled
of
one
parte
and
of
the
other
,
but
whan
Borgons
sawe
the
great
harme
that
Reynawde
bare
to
hym
of
his
folke
:
he
sayde
to
hys
men
,
we
ben
ouercomen
by
the
prowesse
of
these
fyue
knyghtes
.
Let
vs
go
backe
agayne
,
for
it
is
tyme
.
And
whan
he
had
sayde
these
wordes
:
he
and
his
folke
began
to
flee
.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
Borgons
that
fled
:
he
smote
Bayarde
with
the
spurres
and
ranne
after
him
and
said
to
him self
that
Borgons
should
abide
there
or
els
it
should
coste
hym
his
lyfe
.
Wythin
a
shorte
whyle
Reynawde
was
ferre
from
hys
brethern
,
&
ferre
from
his
felawship
so
that
they
wist
not
whiche
way
he
drewe
.
Whan
that
Alarde
saw
that
,
he
wyst
not
where
Reynawde
was
drawen
:
he
sayd
to
hymselfe
.
Ha
god
whiche
way
is
my
brother
drawen
to
that
I
am
not
wyth
hym
?
&
than
came
there
kyng
Yon
that
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
and
knyghtes
wel
ye
know
(
gramercy
God
)
that
it
is
not
wysdome
for
to
chase
ouermoche
his
enemies
for
often
tymes
cometh
there
a
great
dommage
,
let
vs
withdraw
vs
I
pray
you
,
syr
sayd
Alarde
what
say
ye
?
we
haue
lost
Reynawde
our
brother
&
wot
not
where
he
is
,
nor
yf
he
is
dead
or
taken
,
whan
kyng
Yon
vnderstode
this
worde
:
he
was
full
sory
and
wrothe
,
and
they
wente
and
sought
amonge
the
dead
men
that
lay
vpon
the
feelde
.
And
whan
Alarde
sawe
he
coulde
not
be
found
:
he
made
great
sorowe
wyth
Guycharde
,
Richarde
and
Mawgis
also
.
And
whan
the
folke
of
Reynawde
saw
that
he
was
not
found
:
they
began
to
make
so
great
sorowe
that
it
was
pitie
for
to
see
.
ALas
sayd
Alarde
what
shal
I
doo
?
I
departed
fro
my
lande
poore
&
exyled
,
but
I
dyd
not
care
for
it
,
for
I
wente
with
the
best
knyght
of
the
worlde
and
trowed
by
the
prowesse
of
hym
to
haue
recouered
honour
and
hauoyre
my selfe
&
my
bretherne
,
&
now
I
haue
lost
him
thorough
my
defaute
.
Alas
my
chaunce
what
shal
we
doo
fro
hens
forthou
?
for
the
erth
shal
not
mow
susteyne
vs
no
more
.
But
that
it
shal
foundre
vnder
our
fete
,
&
whan
the
kynge
Yon
saw
the
great
sorow
that
the
poore
knightes
made
for
theyr
brother
:
he
sayde
to
them
.
Lordes
and
knightes
what
is
this
that
ye
doo
?
sith
that
he
is
not
dead
it
ought
to
suffyse
you
,
for
yf
he
be
take
ye
shal
haue
him
agayne
&
it
should
cost
me
al
that
I
haue
in
the
worlde
.
And
also
we
haue
so
mani
of
them
prysoners
,
that
Borgons
shal
not
doo
to
hym
no
harme
for
nothing
Syr
sayd
Alarde
let
vs
go
after
for
goddes
sake
,
let
vs
wyt
where
he
is
become
.
Freende
sayde
the
kyng
I
wil
doo
so
gladly
.
And
than
they
spurred
theyr
horses
and
went
as
fast
as
theyr
horses
might
renne
,
&
wit
that
Alarde
Guycharde
Richarde
&
Mawgys
rode
a
good
pase
so
moche
that
it
semed
that
the
erthe
should
haue
clouen
a
sondre
vnder
them
.
¶
No
●owill
I
tel
you
of
Reynawde
that
went
after
Borgons
so
fast
as
yf
the
tempest
had
chased
hym
,
and
he
was
gone
so
ferre
in
a
short
while
that
it
is
wonder
for
to
hear
tel
,
for
there
was
no
beast
that
went
afore
Bayarde
his
horse
.
And
whan
Reynawde
had
ouertaken
Bargons
he
cryed
vpon
him
as
hye
as
he
myght
doo
.
Certes
Borgons
thy
horse
may
no
more
I
see
it
well
,
and
therfore
flee
no
ferther
,
but
turne
thy self
towarde
me
,
for
yf
thou
dyed
flyeng
:
thou
shouldest
be
shamed
.
whan
Borgons
heard
Reynawde
speake
thus
to
hym
,
he
returned
incontinente
,
and
whan
he
saw
Reynawde
:
he
knew
well
that
it
was
the
good
knyght
that
had
dyscomfyted
al
his
folke
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
knyght
,
go
backe
agayne
and
marre
not
your
horse
aboute
nought
,
for
it
ye
lese
him
:
ye
shal
neuer
recouer
suche
a nother
,
and
this
he
said
for
to
abasshe
the
good
knight
Reynawde
,
for
he
durste
not
Ioust
with
him
bicause
of
the
great
prowes
that
he
had
seen
in
him
but
Reinawde
was
not
the
man
that
should
be
made
aferde
,
wyth
wordes
and
than
Reynawd
sayde
agayne
to
him
Borgons
this
worde
nedeth
not
to
you
for
to
say
:
for
ye
must
nedes
defende
your selfe
.
And
than
he
spurred
incontynent
bayarde
,
and
whan
Borgons
saw
that
he
myght
not
be
delyuered
of
Reynawde
but
by
Iustyng
:
he
spurred
his
horse
and
ranne
vpon
Reynawde
as
harde
as
he
might
,
&
smote
Reynawde
so
sharply
that
the
spere
wente
in
peces
.
Reynawde
fell
not
,
but
smote
Borgons
suche
a
stroke
that
he
ouerthrew
both
horse
and
man
to
the
grounde
and
wounded
borgons
in
his
brest
full
sore
.
And
whan
Borgon
saw
hymselfe
at
the
grounde
:
he
rose
vp
lyghtlye
and
tooke
hys
swerde
in
hys
hande
,
and
caste
his
sheelde
vpon
his
head
.
And
whan
Reynawde
perceiued
the
stroke
that
he
had
giuen
hym
in
hys
breast
:
he
cryed
to
hym
and
sayd
.
Certes
it
shal
not
be
reproched
to
me
that
ye
fyght
wyth
me
a
fote
and
I
on
horse
backe
,
and
with
this
he
lighted
down
fro
bayarde
&
drew
out
his
swerde
&
went
against
Borgons
,
&
Borgons
agaynst
hym
,
&
there
began
a
sharpe
batayle
and
whan
the
horse
of
the
paynem
felt
him selfe
fro
his
mayster
:
he
began
to
renne
away
ouer
the
feeldes
and
whan
Bayard
sawe
him
renne
away
,
he
went
after
and
ouertooke
hym
soone
ynough
,
and
than
he
tooke
hym
by
the
mane
with
his
teeth
and
drew
hym
with
so
great
myght
that
he
brought
him
agayne
to
hys
mayster
in
the
same
place
where
the
two
worthy
knyghtes
fought
to gether
,
and
Reynawde
gaue
a
stroke
to
borgons
with
his
swerde
vpon
his
shelde
and
all
that
the
sworde
roughte
he
cut
through
to
the
fleshe
,
and
well
an
hundred
mayles
of
his
flancardes
and
made
hym
a
great
wounde
into
the
haunce
.
THan
whan
borgons
the
sarasyn
saw
that
wonderful
strengthe
of
Reynawde
,
&
the
great
strokes
that
he
gaue
to
him
:
he
was
sore
afrayed
and
fered
least
he
should
die
,
and
so
he
withdrew
himselfe
a
backe
and
sayd
to
Reynawde
.
Ha
gentyll
knyght
I
pray
thee
for
the
loue
that
thou
hast
to
thy
God
that
thou
giue
me
truce
,
and
I
shall
make
the
lorde
&
syre
of
all
the
I
haue
in
this
worlde
.
Certes
sayd
Reynawde
I
wyll
not
doo
so
,
for
I
haue
promysed
to
kyng
Yon
that
I
shall
helpe
hym
agaynst
all
men
,
and
he
in
lykewyse
hath
promysed
me
,
but
and
yf
ye
wyll
make
your selfe
christen
:
I
shal
doo
it
gladly
.
Syr
sayd
Borgons
I
wyll
yelde
me
to
you
,
for
to
no
better
knyght
than
ye
be
I
cannot
yelde
my selfe
,
if
ye
wyll
saue
my
lyfe
and
my
membres
.
Borgons
said
Reynawde
yf
ye
wyll
yelde
you
to
me
ye
shall
haue
no
more
harme
than
I
shall
,
wyll
ye
promise
me
thys
said
Borgons
?
yea
said
Reynawde
.
Now
hold
my
swerd
sayd
Borgons
&
I
put
my self
al
together
in
your
hand
.
And
Reynawde
tooke
hys
swerde
and
assured
hym
that
he
should
not
dye
and
they
two
went
together
for
to
take
theyr
horses
,
and
whan
they
had
theym
they
lyghted
vpon
,
and
tooke
theyr
way
towarde
Bordews
,
and
as
they
cam
againe
:
they
met
with
king
Yon
that
came
and
hys
folke
renning
agaynst
hym
as
fast
as
they
myght
.
Whan
Reynawde
saw
the
kyng
:
he
thanked
hym
muche
that
he
was
comyng
after
hym
,
and
presented
to
hym
Borgons
that
he
had
thus
taken
and
conquested
as
I
haue
rehersed
to
you
,
&
sayd
to
him
.
Noble
king
of
Gascoyn
I
beseche
you
that
Borgons
haue
no
harme
,
for
I
haue
assured
hym
.
Good
freend
sayd
king
yon
,
no
more
he
shall
,
but
all
honour
for
the
loue
of
you
,
and
I
praye
to
God
that
I
may
doo
nothynge
that
is
agaynst
your
wyll
.
And
whan
Alarde
Guycharde
,
Rycharde
,
&
Mawgys
saw
Reynawde
that
brought
Borgons
prisoner
:
they
were
neuer
so
glad
,
for
they
wend
to
haue
lost
hym
,
so
ranne
they
and
kyssed
hym
ful
sweetly
and
made
hym
great
feast
and
great
honour
.
For
they
had
ben
in
great
sorow
for
the
loue
of
hym
.
BRother
sayd
Alarde
into
a
great
sorow
and
heuines
ye
had
brought
vs
this
day
,
for
we
wende
that
ye
had
betake
,
but
sith
that
ye
haue
taken
Borgons
the
warre
is
doone
and
blessed
be
the
houre
that
ye
were
borne
&
the
pappes
that
ye
sucked
,
and
whan
they
were
wel
feasted
:
they
tooke
on
theyr
way
towarde
Bordews
,
where
they
led
Borgons
as
a
prisoner
.
And
whan
the
kynge
yon
was
at
Bordews
:
he
lighted
downe
and
tooke
with
him
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
by
the
hande
&
Mawgys
also
&
went
vp
to
the
palays
,
&
founde
his
folke
that
made
great
feast
and
he
called
them
to
hym
and
sayd
Lordes
bere
honour
and
worshyp
more
to
this
knyght
than
to
me
,
for
I
am
king
of
Gascoyn
by
theyr
worthynes
and
great
prowes
.
For
if
thei
had
not
ben
I
had
ben
dead
and
ouer
throwen
,
blessed
be
that
good
lorde
that
dyd
put
in
theyr
myndes
for
to
come
into
this
coste
,
for
they
haue
quyted
my
land
&
haue
set
all
my
realme
in
peace
.
To
speake
shortlye
the
kynge
made
the
buty
to
be
dealed
.
Wherof
the
moste
party
he
made
to
be
gyuen
to
Reynawde
&
hys
bretherne
.
And
Reynawde
wolde
take
nothyng
of
it
but
gaue
it
all
to
his
folke
,
and
whan
the
kynge
saw
the
great
largenes
of
Reynawde
:
he
loued
hym
more
than
he
did
afore
,
and
than
he
sayd
that
he
wolde
make
Reynawde
lorde
ouer
hym
,
and
of
all
his
lande
.
THe
kyng
yon
had
a
syster
the
whych
was
a
right
fayre
damoysell
.
Whan
she
hearde
speake
so
moch
good
by
Reynawde
:
she
called
to
her
a
knyght
that
was
called
water
,
and
sayd
to
hym
,
tell
me
by
your
fayth
who
hath
the
pryce
of
the
batayle
.
Madame
sayde
water
I
shall
tell
it
you
with
a
good
wyll
.
Nowe
wyt
that
Reynawde
is
the
best
knyght
of
all
hys
brethern
&
of
al
the
world
for
he
tooke
Borgons
the
sarasyn
by
force
,
wherby
he
hath
brought
the
warre
at
an
ende
,
whan
the
pucell
vnderstode
this
worde
:
she
was
ryght
glad
&
dyd
thanke
our
lorde
for
it
with
al
her
hert
.
And
the
king
&
his
knightes
ceassed
not
to
make
ioye
for
the
victory
the
god
had
sent
to
them
thorouh
the
great
pro●esse
of
the
valiaunt
Reynawde
.
Whan
borgons
saw
him selfe
in
pryson
:
he
sent
worde
to
king
Yon
that
he
should
come
speake
wyth
hym
.
And
as
soone
the
king
Yon
wyst
of
it
he
went
to
hym
.
And
whan
borgons
saw
him
,
he
salued
hym
&
after
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
I
am
your
prysoner
&
also
the
moste
party
of
my
folke
yf
it
please
you
ye
shal
put
me
to
raunsone
and
my
men
also
,
&
I
shal
gyue
you
.x.
horses
laden
wyth
golde
for
me
&
for
my
folke
.
Borgons
said
the
kynge
I
shall
doo
wyth
a
good
wil
,
yf
Reynawde
counsel
me
so
and
no
otherwyse
I
wyll
not
doo
,
and
than
the
kyng
Yon
sent
for
Reynawde
&
for
his
bretherne
and
all
hys
other
barons
.
And
whan
they
were
come
he
helde
his
counsell
howe
he
should
doo
for
the
delyuerance
of
borgons
,
Reynawde
&
his
barons
counselled
the
kyng
that
he
should
put
borgons
to
raunson
,
&
whan
the
kinge
saw
that
his
barons
counselled
hym
the
same
:
he
made
borgons
to
be
called
,
and
made
his
delyueraunce
to
be
sygnyfyed
vnto
hym
.
And
thus
was
borgons
delyuered
and
went
with
his
folke
into
his
countrey
,
&
yelded
Tholouse
agayne
to
kynge
Yon
&
sent
to
hym
.
x.
sommers
all
laden
with
fyue
golde
as
he
had
promysed
to
hym
.
And
incontynent
that
the
kynge
Yon
had
receyued
them
:
he
gaue
them
to
Reynawde
and
to
his
brethern
,
but
Reynawde
did
as
a
worthy
knyght
.
For
not
a
penye
he
wolde
take
of
it
nor
his
bretherne
also
.
IT
happed
vpon
a
day
the
Reynawde
&
his
bretherne
wente
in
a
forest
that
was
not
ferre
thens
,
&
toke
foure
wilde
beastes
,
&
as
they
were
comynge
homwarde
they
found
themself
vpon
the
riuer
of
Gironde
,
&
as
they
wente
,
Alarde
looked
ouer
the
riuer
and
saw
a
hyghe
mountain
and
all
hyghe
on
the
toppe
of
it
was
a
fayre
roche
.
And
whan
Alarde
saw
so
fayre
a
grounde
and
so
stronge
:
he
turned
hymself
towarde
Reynawde
and
sayde
to
hym
,
Brother
yonder
vpon
that
hyghe
Mountayne
is
a
fayre
grounde
and
a
strong
,
I
beleue
that
there
hath
be
sometime
a
castel
.
And
yf
we
myght
doo
so
muche
to
buylde
there
a
stronge
place
for
our selfe
:
Charlemayne
should
neuer
take
vs
there
.
And
ye
wyll
beleue
me
ye
shal
aske
it
of
kyng
Yon
,
and
yf
he
gyueth
it
to
you
:
let
vs
doo
make
there
a
stronge
castell
.
Cosyn
sayde
Mawgys
(
to
Reynawde
)
Alarde
giueth
you
good
counsell
.
And
I
pray
you
that
ye
wyll
doo
so
as
he
hath
sayd
.
Cosyn
sayd
Reynawde
I
shal
doo
it
syth
that
ye
counsell
me
so
.
And
whan
they
were
accorded
to
the
same
,
they
entred
into
a
barge
and
wente
ouer
Gyrounde
,
&
whan
they
came
a
lande
:
they
ceassed
neuer
tyll
that
they
came
afore
the
kynge
,
and
presented
hym
the
beastes
that
they
had
taken
.
And
whan
the
kynge
saw
them
:
he
receyued
them
curtoysly
,
for
he
loued
them
moche
.
And
than
the
kynge
enbraced
Reynawde
in
hys
armes
.
THe
morowe
nexte
after
that
the
kynge
had
hearde
masse
:
Reynawde
tooke
the
kynge
&
drew
him
a
lytle
at
a
syde
,
and
sayd
to
him
Syr
we
haue
serued
you
longe
well
and
truly
.
Certes
sayd
the
kynge
ye
say
trouth
,
and
therfore
I
am
holde
towarde
you
well
for
it
,
now
looke
yf
I
haue
in
al
my
lande
cities
townes
or
castelles
,
or
other
thyng
that
ye
wyl
haue
,
for
ye
shal
haue
it
incontinent
.
Syr
sayd
Reynawde
I
thanke
you
muche
of
your
good
wyll
.
But
heare
my
wordes
yf
it
please
you
,
say
on
hardly
sayd
the
kynge
.
Syr
sayd
Reynawde
I
and
my
brethern
were
the
other
daye
comyng
fro
the
chase
,
and
as
we
came
alonge
by
the
sydes
of
Gyronde
and
of
Dordone
and
namely
betwene
these
two
ryuers
:
I
saw
a
Mountayne
sore
hyghe
,
and
yf
it
please
you
I
wolde
well
buylde
thervpon
a
castell
after
my
pleasure
.
Wherfore
syr
&
it
please
you
ye
shall
graunte
to
me
thys
gift
for
al
the
seruyce
that
euer
I
dyd
to
you
.
Whan
the
king
vnderstode
this
worde
:
he
was
ryght
glad
of
it
,
and
sayd
to
Reynawde
I
ryght
gadlye
graunt
this
to
you
.
And
with
the
same
ye
shall
haue
of
me
.x.
thousand
marke
euery
yere
for
to
maynteyne
your
estate
.
Syr
sayd
Reynawde
gramercie
,
and
cast
hymself
to
his
feete
.
And
the
kynge
Yon
tooke
hym
vp
anon
curtoysly
and
kyssed
hym
for
greate
loue
and
after
he
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Noble
knight
I
promise
you
I
shal
make
you
a
ryche
man
and
yf
God
spare
me
lyfe
.
Syr
sayd
Reynawde
god
yelde
you
,
and
we
shal
serue
you
truly
,
&
thus
they
departed
eche
fro
other
.
The
next
day
after
whan
the
kynge
was
rysen
out
of
hys
bed
:
he
made
Reynawde
to
come
afore
hym
.
And
after
he
tooke
.xx.
knyghtes
with
hym
and
no
more
&
tooke
his
barge
vpon
gyrond
and
passed
ouer
the
riuer
Reynawde
and
hys
bretherne
with
hym
,
and
they
dyd
so
muche
that
thei
came
vpon
the
roche
,
and
whan
they
sawe
the
place
so
fayre
and
so
pleasaunt
:
the
kynge
was
meruayled
of
it
and
Reynawde
was
ryght
glad
,
for
the
great
strength
that
the
place
had
,
for
if
he
might
doo
so
muche
to
buylde
there
a
castelli
he
should
not
doubt
Charlemayne
of
a
penye
nor
none
other
person
of
the
worlde
whan
vitayles
were
in
it
.
For
vpon
the
highest
of
the
mountayne
sprong
oute
a
fayre
fountayne
and
plenteouse
ynoughe
for
.x.
thousand
persons
.
Whan
the
knyghtes
that
were
wyth
the
kynge
saw
the
place
so
fayre
and
so
pleasaunt
and
so
stronge
with
all
:
they
were
greatly
abasshed
,
a
knight
than
tooke
the
kyng
and
had
hym
a
lytle
a
syde
and
tolde
him
.
Syr
what
is
this
that
ye
wyl
doo
?
Wyl
ye
haue
a
lorde
aboue
you
?
Will
ye
doo
make
heere
a
Fortresse
?
I
tell
you
vpon
my
faythe
that
yf
Reynawde
set
heere
a
Castel
,
he
shal
feare
you
litle
nother
you
nor
all
other
barons
of
Gascoyn
,
for
Reynawde
is
suche
a
knyght
as
ye
knowe
,
and
also
hys
brethern
and
theyr
cosyn
Mawgys
,
and
also
they
be
straungers
,
&
soone
they
shall
beare
you
great
harme
yf
they
wyll
doo
to
him
some
other
good
yf
ye
wyll
beleue
me
,
and
let
thys
alone
,
for
ouer
greate
harme
myght
come
to
you
therof
.
THan
whan
kyng
Yon
vnderstode
such
wordes
:
he
became
all
abasshed
of
it
,
for
he
wyste
well
that
the
knight
sayde
trouth
,
and
lytell
it
lacked
that
the
werke
of
the
Castell
came
not
forth
,
he
began
to
thinke
a
lytle
and
after
he
sayde
,
that
he
had
promysed
it
to
Reynawde
,
and
thus
he
sayd
to
the
knyght
that
thée
Castell
should
be
made
,
so
called
he
Reynawde
and
sayde
to
hym
.
My
good
freende
where
wyll
ye
that
the
castel
be
made
?
Syr
sayd
Reynawde
,
I
wyll
yf
it
please
you
that
it
be
set
here
in
the
same
place
vpon
this
roche
.
Certes
sayd
the
kynge
I
gyue
it
to
you
.
Now
hast
you
to
see
that
it
be
made
and
builded
vp
as
ye
thynke
best
,
and
than
ye
shall
doubt
nother
me
nor
my
folke
.
Syr
said
Reinawde
let
be
these
wordes
,
for
it
is
no
need
to
speake
therof
.
For
I
certyfye
you
as
a
true
knyght
that
I
had
muche
leuer
to
dye
an
euyll
death
amonge
the
Turkes
,
than
that
I
should
thinke
treason
vpon
you
nor
vpon
no
other
.
Syr
I
am
and
haue
betake
hetherto
and
holde
for
a
true
knyght
,
god
giue
me
grace
that
I
doo
not
fro
hens
forthou
wherby
I
should
otherwyse
be
taken
.
Syr
thynke
you
bycause
I
am
enemy
to
Charlemayne
my
Souerayne
lorde
,
that
I
should
be
therfore
a
traytour
and
that
I
haue
doone
agaynst
hym
some
treason
.
Wyt
that
whan
I
slew
Berthelot
his
nenew
,
alas
I
dyd
it
in
my
defence
,
for
he
drew
fyrst
bloud
vpon
me
wythout
reason
or
cause
whye
.
But
I
swere
to
you
vpon
my
fayth
that
yf
any
man
doo
any
wrong
vnto
you
:
I
shall
auenge
you
therof
after
my
power
,
but
and
yf
ye
haue
anye
suspection
vpon
me
:
gyue
me
it
not
.
Good
freende
Reynawd
sayde
the
kynge
I
dyd
but
iape
with
you
.
For
I
knowe
well
your
trouth
and
well
ye
haue
shewed
it
vnto
me
,
god
thanke
you
,
And
therfore
I
haue
graunted
it
vnto
you
,
and
yet
I
doo
And
I
wyll
the
ye
be
lorde
aboue
me
and
of
my
lande
.
ANd
whan
Reynawde
vnderstode
the
curtesye
&
the
goodnes
of
the
kyng
:
he
thanked
him
right
muche
,
&
he
sent
thorough
all
the
land
and
made
come
all
the
maysters
masons
and
carpenters
and
many
other
crafty
men
in
suche
worke
,
so
muche
that
they
were
well
two
hundred
besyde
the
labourers
,
and
whan
al
hys
stuffe
was
redye
:
he
made
theym
to
buylde
there
a
stronge
castell
,
wherof
the
great
hall
was
fyrst
made
and
after
many
chambres
and
than
the
great
tower
.
And
whan
the
doungeon
was
wel
closed
:
Reynawde
made
after
all
the
castell
to
be
closed
rounde
aboute
with
double
walles
hie
&
thick
of
hard
stones
,
&
many
toures
vpon
that
it
fered
no
sawtyng
of
no
syde
of
it
,
&
made
to
this
castell
foure
gates
and
no
mo
,
and
also
he
made
the
portcolysse
fawsebrayes
&
barbacanes
well
defensable
so
that
it
myght
be
no
better
.
Whan
the
castel
was
accomplysshed
:
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
were
therof
ryght
glad
,
for
it
semed
them
that
they
were
assured
from
theyr
enemyes
.
And
whan
king
Yon
knew
that
the
castell
was
accomplysshed
and
full
made
:
he
went
to
see
it
.
And
whan
Reynawde
wist
that
the
kyng
came
:
he
went
agaynste
hym
and
welcomed
him
full
honestly
&
made
him
go
vp
to
the
great
toure
of
the
fortres
,
bycause
he
should
see
the
compas
of
the
Castell
rounde
aboute
at
his
ease
,
for
the
great
toure
men
myght
se
all
.
The
kyng
behelde
well
the
fayre
werke
that
was
so
pleasaunt
and
so
stronge
wyth
all
and
the
fayre
fountayne
that
was
in
the
middes
of
it
.
And
than
he
called
Reynawde
&
sayd
to
hym
.
Good
freende
Reynawde
how
shall
this
castell
be
called
?
for
me
semeth
it
ought
wel
to
haue
a
noble
name
,
for
the
great
beautie
wherof
it
is
garnysshed
,
syr
sayd
Reynawde
it
hath
no
name
yet
,
&
yf
it
please
you
ye
shall
gyue
it
a
name
as
it
shall
lyke
you
best
.
Certes
sayd
the
kyng
the
place
is
prety
and
fayre
&
I
wyll
that
it
be
called
Mountawban
,
and
than
the
kinge
made
to
be
knowen
through
all
his
lande
,
that
who
wolde
come
dwel
and
enhabite
in
the
sayde
castell
,
whyche
was
as
great
as
a
towne
,
he
should
be
free
of
all
maner
of
duytes
the
space
of
ten
yeres
.
THan
whan
the
folke
of
the
countrey
knewe
the
freedome
of
the
castel
,
ye
should
haue
see
come
there
knightes
,
gentylmen
,
burgeys
yonge
and
olde
,
yeomen
and
folke
of
all
maner
of
craftes
so
that
this
castell
was
so
peopled
of
all
maner
of
folke
that
in
all
the
countrey
was
no
towne
so
wel
peopled
,
for
there
dwelled
.v.
hundred
burgeys
al
riche
men
&
there
were
wel
.
L.
tauerners
,
and
xv.c.
men
of
crafte
besyde
all
other
folke
,
&
shortly
to
speake
Mountawban
was
so
well
garnysshed
and
so
riche
within
a
litle
while
that
it
was
great
meruayle
for
to
see
,
and
wyt
it
that
the
kyng
Yon
loued
Reynawde
with
so
good
a
loue
,
for
bycause
of
the
greate
worthynes
of
hym
that
he
gaue
to
hym
valerey
and
all
the
Lordeshyp
that
was
worthe
a
thousande
marke
of
good
rente
,
moche
well
set
,
and
whan
the
barons
saw
them
that
the
kynge
loued
Reynawde
so
wel
:
they
were
wroth
for
it
and
had
enuye
vpon
hym
,
and
they
came
to
the
kynge
and
sayd
to
hym
,
syr
take
wel
good
heed
what
ye
doo
,
for
mountawban
is
ryght
stronge
&
so
is
Reynawde
suche
a
knight
that
none
better
is
not
in
all
the
remenaunt
of
the
worlde
,
and
yf
it
happe
by
any
wise
that
he
be
an
angred
vpon
you
:
he
shall
mow
lyghtly
beare
to
you
and
to
all
your
folke
ouer
greate
dommage
.
Lordes
sayd
the
kyng
ye
saye
trouth
,
but
Reynawde
is
so
gentyl
&
so
curtoys
of
himselfe
that
he
shall
neuer
thynke
vpon
no
trayson
nor
to
no
shame
in
no
maner
of
wyse
.
Syr
sayd
than
an
olde
knyght
that
stode
before
the
kyng
,
yf
ye
wyll
beleue
me
:
I
shall
tell
you
how
ye
shall
alwayes
be
lorde
and
mayster
aboue
Reynawde
al
the
tyme
of
your
life
.
Freend
sayd
the
kyng
tell
me
thys
I
pray
you
.
Syr
sayd
the
knyght
gyue
him
your
syster
to
his
wyfe
,
so
shall
she
be
well
maryed
,
for
Reynawde
is
well
a
noble
gentylman
of
al
foure
sydes
:
and
therby
ye
shall
be
assured
that
he
shal
neuer
be
angry
ne
wroth
with
you
.
Freend
sayd
kynge
you
ye
gyue
me
good
counsell
,
and
I
shall
doo
it
as
ye
haue
counselled
me
,
but
I
pray
you
that
ye
purchase
this
mater
.
Syr
sayd
the
olde
knyght
syth
that
I
know
your
wyll
in
thys
behalfe
:
I
shall
doo
my
best
for
to
brynge
the
matter
to
a
conclusyon
effectuel
.
After
these
wordes
thus
sayd
:
the
king
returned
agayne
to
Bordews
with
ioye
deuysyng
with
the
olde
knyght
of
the
matter
wherof
they
had
spoken
togither
.
THe
first
dai
of
the
moneth
of
May
,
Reynawde
went
from
his
castel
of
Mountawban
to
Bordews
for
to
see
kyng
yon
&
tooke
Alarde
his
bother
with
hym
.
And
whan
the
kyng
yon
wyste
of
it
:
he
came
to
hym
agaynst
,
&
receyued
Reynawde
with
great
ioye
and
kyssed
hym
full
sweecely
.
And
after
the
kynge
tooke
hym
by
the
hand
and
went
vp
together
to
the
hall
of
the
palays
and
so
forth
to
the
chambre
of
parements
whyche
was
hanged
right
rychelye
.
And
than
the
kyng
called
for
the
cheffe
for
to
playe
at
it
with
Reynawde
,
And
as
they
were
playing
together
there
came
in
the
olde
knyght
that
had
charge
of
the
kinge
for
to
make
the
mariage
of
Reynawde
,
and
of
the
kynges
Syster
,
whyche
knyght
was
called
Godefray
of
Molins
,
&
whan
he
was
come
afore
the
kyng
:
he
sayd
.
Heare
lordis
what
I
wil
tel
you
,
to
nyght
as
I
was
in
my
bed
a
slepe
me
semed
that
I
saw
Reynawde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
that
was
set
hyghe
in
a
chayre
and
all
the
people
of
thys
Realme
enclyned
theymselfe
before
him
.
And
the
king
gaue
to
hym
a
sperhawke
mewed
full
fayre
and
good
,
and
me
semed
also
that
than
came
a
great
bore
out
of
the
woodes
that
made
an
horryble
noyse
,
so
that
no
bodye
durste
not
aproche
nyghe
him
three
men
assayled
him
,
but
they
coulde
not
hurte
him
and
passed
by
theym
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
that
:
he
lighted
vpon
Bayarde
and
came
agaynst
him
and
faught
with
hym
&
hurted
him
sore
,
and
than
I
woke
out
of
my
sleape
,
and
whan
the
olde
knyghte
hadde
sayde
so
:
then
rose
a
doctour
that
was
called
bernarde
the
whych
was
ryght
wise
&
a
great
clerke
and
sayd
,
fayre
Lordes
yf
ye
lyst
to
herken
:
I
shall
expowne
&
declare
vnto
you
the
sygnyfycacion
of
this
dreme
.
Wyt
it
that
the
chayer
where
Reynawde
sat
betokeneth
the
castell
that
he
hath
buylded
,
and
the
people
that
bowed
hemself
towarde
hym
signifyeth
the
folke
that
are
come
to
dwell
there
.
And
the
gyft
that
the
kyng
gaue
to
hym
:
betokeneth
that
thou
king
Yon
shal
gyue
him
his
sister
to
wyfe
,
the
wilde
bore
sygnyfyeth
som
great
prince
christen
or
Paynym
that
shall
come
to
assayle
kynge
yon
,
and
Reynawde
shal
defend
hym
by
force
of
armes
,
and
the
same
is
the
sygnyfication
of
the
dreame
of
Godfray
&
I
indygne
for
to
speake
should
counsell
that
the
mariage
should
be
doon
of
Reynawde
&
of
the
syster
of
kyng
yon
.
For
they
shal
be
thus
both
right
well
and
richely
wedded
,
and
than
the
kynge
answered
thou
haste
spoken
well
and
wysely
.
Whan
the
clerke
had
declared
the
betokenyng
of
the
dreame
of
th
olde
knyght
Godfray
the
kyng
yon
sayd
that
touchynge
thys
maryage
the
thinge
was
well
agreable
vnto
hym
.
And
whan
Reynawde
vnderstode
thys
warde
:
he
sayd
to
the
king
,
Syr
gramercy
of
the
fayre
gift
that
ye
doo
to
me
,
but
and
if
it
please
you
ye
shal
haue
a
lytle
pacyence
vnto
the
tyme
that
I
haue
counselled
with
my
brethern
&
my
cosyn
mawgys
.
Brother
sayde
Alarde
ye
haue
sayd
yll
.
What
refuse
you
of
the
king
so
great
a
gift
as
he
giueth
you
now
yf
ye
wyll
beleue
me
ye
shall
fulfyll
the
kynges
wyll
incontynent
for
to
me
and
to
my
bretherne
it
shall
please
well
.
And
whan
the
king
gaue
you
not
his
syster
but
a
symple
Damoysell
yet
ought
you
to
beleue
him
and
doo
after
his
wyl
.
Brother
said
Reynawde
,
it
is
not
the
fyrste
tyme
that
ye
haue
giuen
to
me
good
counsell
and
true
,
and
I
promyse
you
I
shall
doo
it
syth
that
ye
doo
counsel
me
so
.
And
than
Reynawde
turned
hymselfe
to
warde
the
king
and
said
to
hym
.
Syr
I
am
all
together
redye
to
doo
all
that
ye
wyl
,
and
than
Reynawde
rose
vp
and
the
kynge
tooke
hym
by
the
hand
and
made
his
sister
to
be
affyaunced
vnto
hym
.
THan
whan
the
maryage
was
made
accorded
,
&
made
sure
of
the
one
parte
&
of
thother
:
the
kinge
yon
came
to
the
chamber
of
his
sister
,
and
found
her
besy
aboute
a
penouncel
of
a
spere
,
that
she
made
ful
fayre
for
the
knight
Reynawde
but
she
durst
not
tell
it
.
The
kynge
salued
her
as
soone
as
he
sawe
her
,
and
the
noble
mayde
rose
vp
anon
against
her
brother
and
made
hym
due
reuerence
ryght
manerly
.
Fayre
syster
sayd
the
kynge
I
haue
doo
marye
you
well
and
hyghlye
.
Whan
the
pucell
vnderstode
hym
:
she
began
to
chaunge
her
colour
and
bowed
her
body
to
hym
,
and
sayd
no
worde
of
a
longe
whyle
.
And
whan
she
had
the
power
for
to
speake
:
she
sayd
to
the
kyng
her
brother
,
syr
to
whome
haue
you
geuen
me
.
Fayre
Syster
sayd
the
kynge
I
haue
gyuen
you
vnto
the
best
knight
of
the
worlde
,
it
is
Reynawde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
the
noble
knyght
&
valyaunt
.
Whan
the
noble
Damoysell
vnderstode
that
it
was
to
Reynawde
to
whome
her
brother
had
maryed
her
she
was
ryght
glad
of
it
,
for
she
loued
Reynawde
of
a
great
loue
and
sayd
to
the
kynge
.
Syr
I
wyll
doo
withal
my
hert
your
commaundement
and
your
wyll
.
Than
the
king
tooke
her
by
the
hand
&
brought
her
to
the
palays
,
and
said
to
Reynawde
afore
al
his
bacons
.
Holde
heere
worthy
knyght
Reynawde
I
gyue
you
my
syster
to
your
wyfe
and
spouse
.
Syr
sayd
Reynawde
a
thousand
gramercyes
of
so
fayre
a
gyft
that
ye
giue
to
me
presentlye
,
for
it
apperteyneth
not
so
great
a
gyft
to
so
poore
a
knyght
as
I
am
,
than
tooke
Reynawde
the
pucell
and
fyaunced
her
,
and
sware
.
And
the
kynge
wolde
make
no
taryeng
therat
,
but
tooke
the
pucel
by
the
hande
,
and
brought
her
to
the
churche
well
honourably
,
and
the
byshop
of
Bordews
wedded
them
.
And
whan
Reynawde
had
his
wyfe
espoused
:
he
sente
for
hys
bretherne
&
for
his
cosyn
Mawgys
that
were
at
Mountawban
,
the
whiche
made
great
Ioye
,
and
made
all
Mountaban
for
to
be
hanged
wyth
ryche
tapissery
.
And
than
they
mounted
their
horses
all
couered
wyth
sendall
and
wente
to
Bordews
,
and
met
with
Reynawde
and
hys
wyfe
by
the
way
where
as
great
Iustinge
was
made
afore
the
ladyes
.
And
after
the
Iustyng
was
doone
:
they
came
all
to
Mountawban
,
and
whan
they
were
come
there
:
the
Ioye
began
for
to
be
greate
in
the
castell
as
god
had
descended
there
.
For
to
say
trouth
.viii.
dayes
lasted
the
feast
,
&
many
great
gyftes
were
presented
and
gyuen
to
the
lady
.
And
whan
the
feast
had
endured
as
longe
as
I
tell
you
:
The
king
Yon
went
againe
to
Bordews
ryght
glad
of
the
maryage
,
that
he
had
made
of
Reynawde
and
of
hys
syster
.
For
he
thought
wel
that
Reynawde
should
helpe
hym
agaynst
al
men
,
and
he
sayd
trouth
.
For
after
that
the
Mariage
was
ones
made
there
was
no
baron
in
all
Gascoygne
that
durste
looke
vp
,
and
yet
there
were
some
that
wolde
not
doo
theyr
deuoyre
to
the
kynge
,
but
Reynawde
made
them
well
come
foorth
for
to
doo
the
kynges
commaundement
accordynge
to
theyr
lygeaunce
wolde
they
or
not
.
For
reynawde
was
both
loued
and
doubted
through
all
the
lande
of
Gascoygne
.
¶
But
now
leueth
heere
the
history
to
speke
of
Reinawde
and
of
his
bretherne
and
of
Mawgys
.
And
retourneth
to
speke
of
the
king
Charlemayne
that
went
to
saynt
Iames
in
Galyce
for
to
do
penaunce
for
hys
synnes
.
¶
How
the
king
Charlemayne
maie
a
vyage
to
saynt
Iames
of
Galyce
.
And
how
at
his
comynge
agayne
he
knew
how
Reynawde
and
hys
bretherne
were
in
the
Realme
of
Gascoygne
in
a
ryght
stronge
eastell
called
Mountawban
.
And
how
the
kinge
Charlemayne
sente
worde
to
the
kyng
Yon
of
Gascoygne
that
he
should
yelde
to
hym
his
enemyes
,
that
is
for
to
vnderstand
.
Reynawde
Alarde
Guycharde
and
Rycharde
,
whyche
be
the
sonnes
of
Aymon
and
in
case
that
he
wolde
not
:
he
should
com
besyege
him
in
his
lande
afore
.x.
monethes
came
at
an
ende
.
Wherof
the
kynge
Yon
answered
that
he
wolde
doo
nothynge
for
hym
in
this
behalf
And
howe
after
that
kynge
Charlemayne
was
returned
to
Parys
with
his
felowship
.
Roulande
his
neuew
arryued
at
Parys
the
whiche
the
king
made
knyght
,
and
after
he
sente
him
to
reyse
a
syege
afore
Coleyne
that
a
Sarasyn
had
besyeged
that
was
called
Escoufrawde
the
which
Rouland
conquered
.
And
after
sheweth
how
Reynawde
wanne
the
Crowne
of
kyng
Charlemayne
,
for
the
good
rennyng
that
his
horse
Bayarde
made
at
Parys
.
¶
Capi.
vii
.
Fol.
depiction of four un-armoured men on horseback, one holding a crown and sceptre
NOw
sheweth
the
History
that
Charlemayne
was
at
Paris
and
came
to
hym
a
deuocyon
for
to
go
in
pylgrymage
to
saynte
Iames
in
Galice
.
And
so
he
departed
out
of
Parys
and
tooke
in
hys
companye
Ogyer
the
dane
and
the
duke
Naymes
of
Bauyere
and
many
other
barons
and
great
lordes
.
Whan
they
were
vpon
theyr
waye
:
they
dyd
so
muche
by
theyr
Iurneys
that
they
cam
to
saynt
Iames
in
Galice
.
And
whan
they
were
arryued
there
:
The
kynge
went
streyght
to
the
churche
and
offred
afore
the
auter
.x.
marke
of
fyne
Golde
.
And
whan
he
had
offred
and
doone
his
deuocyon
:
he
tooke
on
hys
waye
agayne
and
came
with
hys
felawship
to
Bordews
.
And
in
his
cominge
thither
:
he
looked
ouer
the
riuer
of
girond
not
ferre
thence
,
and
saw
the
castel
of
Mountawban
that
was
vpon
a
roche
so
fayre
&
so
wel
made
and
so
well
shette
wyth
fayre
walles
and
thycke
in
the
forme
as
I
haue
tolde
you
afore
.
And
whan
that
Charlemayne
sawe
it
,
he
behelde
it
well
a
longe
whyle
and
than
sayd
.
A
good
lorde
yonder
is
a
fayre
castell
strong
and
wel
set
.
I
see
well
that
the
kyng
Yon
hath
made
it
of
late
,
for
it
semeth
yet
to
be
all
newe
,
and
it
can
be
none
otherwise
syth
that
he
hath
buylded
it
in
suche
a
strong
place
,
but
that
he
thynketh
to
make
warre
to
some
body
.
And
than
he
called
to
hym
a
knight
of
the
lond
and
sayd
to
hym
tell
me
howe
ye
call
that
castel
.
Syr
sayd
the
knyght
the
name
is
Mountawban
.
He
had
great
lust
to
speake
,
for
yf
he
had
keped
his
peace
:
there
had
been
none
other
thyng
of
it
,
but
he
had
suche
woordes
that
afterward
bare
great
harme
to
hym selfe
,
and
to
manye
other
.
For
he
tolde
Th
emperour
that
Reynawde
and
his
brethren
the
sonnes
of
Aymon
had
doo
make
the
castell
,
&
was
called
Mountawban
.
And
how
that
the
kyng
Yon
had
geuen
to
Reynawde
his
syster
to
his
wife
.
WHan
Charlemayne
vnderstode
these
wordes
:
he
was
ryght
angry
for
it
and
wrothe
.
And
wyst
not
what
he
should
saye
,
and
helde
hymself
a
great
whyle
that
he
spake
not
,
and
whan
he
had
mused
a
lytle
,
he
sayde
to
his
folke
,
fayre
lordes
I
shall
tell
you
a
wonder
.
For
I
haue
founde
myne
enemyes
in
this
lond
,
that
ben
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
.
Now
vp
Ogyer
and
you
duke
Naymes
,
lyght
on
horsbacke
incontinent
,
and
seke
so
muche
kyng
Yon
that
ye
fynde
hym
,
and
tell
hym
in
my
behalfe
that
he
yelde
to
me
againe
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
that
be
mine
enemyes
them
whiche
he
hath
wythdrawen
and
borne
out
agaynst
me
.
And
that
he
fynde
me
knyghtes
for
to
bryng
them
onlye
in
to
my
lond
for
I
am
delyvered
syth
that
I
haue
founde
them
:
for
to
hange
them
or
fley
them
:
quycke
.
And
yf
he
wyll
not
doo
so
:
defye
you
hym
on
my
behalfe
.
And
tell
hym
that
wythin
this
thre
or
foure
monethes
I
shal
be
with
in
his
land
of
Gascoygne
wyth
all
my
Hoste
,
and
I
shall
distroy
and
ouerthrowe
all
his
townes
and
castelles
,
and
yf
I
maye
take
hym
:
I
shall
punysshe
hym
wythout
any
mercy
.
Syr
sayd
Ogyer
we
shall
doo
youre
commaundement
,
but
we
shall
take
with
vs
Sauces
and
hostes
the
whiche
been
prue
and
sage
,
and
Charlemaine
said
that
he
was
content
and
incontinent
they
went
on
theyr
way
.
And
wente
aboute
to
vnderstande
where
kyng
Yon
was
.
And
so
long
they
asked
after
hym
that
they
founde
hym
at
Mountawban
euen
at
the
foote
of
the
roche
.
For
the
king
yon
went
agayne
to
Bourdews
and
Reynawde
conueyed
him
.
Whan
Ogyer
sawe
Reynawde
and
the
kyng
Yon
:
he
knewe
them
well
.
And
incontynente
he
salued
the
kyng
,
and
sayde
to
him
.
Syr
god
geue
you
good
lyfe
and
longe
.
And
the
kynge
rendred
to
hym
his
salute
,
and
after
sayde
to
him
.
Of
whence
be
you
?
syr
sayde
Ogyer
.
We
been
of
the
sweet
Fraunce
.
And
also
we
be
sente
vnto
you
.
And
we
are
of
Charlemaynes
folke
,
now
heare
vs
if
it
please
you
.
Syr
said
the
kyng
ye
be
ryght
welcome
.
Nowe
tell
on
what
ye
wyll
saye
.
Syr
sayd
Ogyer
,
Th
emperour
Charlemayne
sendeth
to
you
worde
by
vs
that
ye
yelde
agayne
vnto
hym
his
enemyes
the
whiche
ye
haue
withdrawen
into
youre
landes
and
ye
sende
to
hym
an
hundrede
of
your
men
for
to
conduyte
and
brynge
theym
wyth
hym
vnto
Fraunce
.
And
yf
ye
refuse
to
doo
this
:
We
by
his
commaundement
defye
you
of
his
be
halfe
.
And
within
these
iii.
monethes
he
shall
be
in
Gascoigne
and
shall
take
all
your
landes
and
shall
be
syege
you
with
in
the
citie
of
Bordews
.
And
yf
he
take
you
:
he
shal
punyshe
you
in
your
body
.
Now
haue
we
sayde
our
message
,
and
yf
it
please
you
ye
shall
gyue
vs
an
answere
.
OGyer
sayde
the
kynge
,
it
is
well
trouthe
that
I
haue
reteyned
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
whyche
bene
worthye
knyghtes
,
and
so
haue
I
reteyned
theym
because
they
bene
prue
and
valiaunt
in
armes
,
and
also
that
they
haue
holpen
and
socoured
me
at
my
great
need
.
For
I
was
disherited
and
vndoone
for
euer
,
if
they
had
not
bene
.
And
for
the
greate
good
that
they
haue
done
to
me
:
I
haue
gyuen
my
syster
Germayne
to
Reynawde
for
his
wyfe
.
And
therefore
I
should
be
to
cruell
and
eke
well
mischaunt
if
I
should
now
take
them
into
the
handes
of
their
enemyes
mortall
sith
,
that
they
haue
doone
to
me
so
good
seruyse
I
haue
leuer
to
be
disheryted
and
dye
an
euyll
death
than
to
yelde
them
or
suffre
that
they
haue
anye
harme
nor
shame
to
my
power
.
For
namely
the
kynge
Charlemayne
should
than
holde
me
for
a
foole
&
wel
nyce
.
And
therfore
Ogyer
yf
it
please
you
ye
shall
tell
the
Emperoure
from
my
behalfe
that
I
shall
for
sake
fyrst
all
my
londe
and
my
realme
than
I
should
delyuer
them
in
his
handes
.
And
thys
is
my
answere
.
THan
whan
the
king
had
sayd
thus
:
Reynawde
spake
after
and
sayde
.
Ogier
I
meruayll
greatly
of
the
kynge
Charlemaine
that
will
not
leaue
vs
in
peace
.
He
cast
vs
out
of
Fraunce
poore
&
disherited
wherof
I
am
ashamed
,
&
as
ye
knowe
I
wolde
be
reformed
with
reason
to
the
sayenge
of
his
barons
,
but
it
pleaseth
him
not
.
And
so
he
casted
vs
out
of
Mountainforde
shamefully
,
so
that
we
wist
not
where
we
shoulde
goe
.
And
yet
it
suffyseth
hym
not
,
but
he
wyll
caste
vs
out
of
the
londe
of
Gascoigne
wherof
he
dooth
great
synne
.
For
yet
am
I
redy
for
to
doo
his
wyll
in
reason
&
ryght
.
And
I
tell
you
well
that
yf
he
refuse
this
by
his
pryde
:
I
wyll
well
that
he
know
that
I
and
mi
bretherne
are
not
suche
that
shall
be
taken
as
lyghtly
as
he
weeneth
.
And
I
promyse
you
that
or
euer
he
hath
vs
:
I
shall
make
hym
more
than
.x.
tymes
angrie
and
wroth
.
For
this
that
he
dothe
,
he
dothe
it
but
of
pryde
.
Ogyer
I
wyll
well
that
kynge
Charlmayne
knowe
that
the
king
yon
of
Gascoigne
hath
gyuen
to
vs
leue
to
builde
a
Castel
that
hath
to
name
.
Mountawban
,
the
whiche
is
strong
and
imprenable
,
&
yet
I
haue
knyghtes
with
me
that
shall
not
fayle
me
at
my
need
,
and
tell
to
kinge
Charlemaine
that
sith
I
cannot
haue
no
peace
nor
accorde
with
him
:
that
I
shal
doo
to
hym
all
the
dommage
and
harme
that
shal
be
to
me
possyble
for
to
doo
.
REinawde
(
said
Ogier
)
ye
speake
not
wysely
,
weene
ye
to
abashe
vs
with
wordes
?
ye
shal
not
so
,
but
whan
ye
shall
see
the
Hoste
and
the
great
power
of
Charlemayne
to gether
ye
shal
be
sore
abashed
,
and
at
the
ende
ye
shall
be
full
wrothe
and
sorye
,
ye
knowe
well
that
the
Emperour
Charlemayne
made
you
knight
,
and
ye
slewe
his
Neuewe
Berthelot
,
and
therfore
think
not
to
finde
peace
toward
him
,
and
ye
weene
to
be
assured
bycause
the
kyng
yon
hath
made
you
to
close
a
Castell
,
but
well
I
wil
that
he
knowe
that
he
shall
repente
for
it
full
sore
.
For
afore
two
monethes
be
past
:
we
shal
be
in
the
middes
of
his
lande
,
and
shall
destroy
all
his
Realme
,
and
we
shall
brenne
bothe
Castelles
and
townes
.
Ogier
saide
Reynawde
I
swere
to
you
vpon
my
fayth
that
whan
king
Charlemaine
shal
be
with
his
hoste
in
to
this
land
:
he
shall
wisshe
hym selfe
soone
againe
in
Fraunce
with
his
folke
.
And
whan
he
shall
see
the
hard
Iustyng
and
sharpe
warre
that
I
and
my
brethren
shal
make
against
him
:
he
and
ye
shal
be
sore
abasshed
of
it
,
and
some
of
you
speaketh
nowe
hye
,
that
whan
the
deed
shall
come
to
profe
:
he
shall
be
full
lowe
.
Reynawde
(
sayde
than
Ogyer
)
I
wyll
hyde
nothinge
from
you
.
The
kyng
Charlemayne
hathe
so
great
a
power
and
is
delibered
for
to
besiege
Bordews
,
and
if
he
maye
take
you
he
shall
punysshe
you
cruellye
,
nowe
doo
as
ye
will
.
I
haue
tolde
you
al
my
message
,
and
I
goo
againe
to
kyng
Charlemayne
.
Whan
he
had
sayde
these
wordes
:
he
returned
toward
king
Charlemaine
and
shewed
vnto
hym
what
kinge
you
and
Reynawde
had
saide
.
And
whan
the
king
vnderstoode
the
same
:
he
shooke
all
for
anger
&
saide
,
now
shall
it
be
seen
how
king
yon
and
Reinawde
shal
defende
.
Gascoigne
against
me
,
&
than
went
forth
Charlemaine
and
passed
the
ryuer
of
Gyronde
,
&
rode
so
longe
that
he
came
to
Parys
,
and
the
daye
after
he
called
al
his
barons
that
thei
should
come
to
him
.
And
whan
thei
were
all
come
:
the
kynge
helde
hys
counsell
and
saide
to
them
.
Lordes
I
haue
sent
for
you
to
tell
you
the
great
shame
that
the
kinge
yon
of
Gascoigne
doth
to
me
.
For
he
holdeth
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
my
mortall
enemies
in
dispi●e
of
me
,
&
ye
knowe
what
domage
they
haue
doone
to
me
.
For
they
slewe
my
neuew
Berthelo●
.
I
dyd
banisshe
them
out
of
fraunce
,
than
made
thei
the
castell
of
Mountaynforde
within
my
land
,
and
I
chased
them
out
of
it
.
Nowe
been
they
in
Gascoigne
wyth
the
kynge
Yon
that
saith
he
shal
defend
them
against
me
,
and
he
hathe
geuen
his
Sister
to
Reynawde
,
wherefore
I
praye
you
all
that
ye
wyll
helpe
me
that
I
be
auenged
.
ANd
whan
Charlemaine
had
said
this
:
there
was
none
of
the
barons
that
answered
to
him
any
worde
,
for
they
were
werye
of
the
warre
that
they
had
made
so
long
against
Reynawde
.
And
Charlemaine
sawe
that
no
bodye
anwered
to
him
no
thing
:
he
called
to
him
the
Duke
Naimes
and
Ogier
the
Dane
and
the
Erle
Guydellon
,
and
saide
to
them
.
Lordes
what
counsell
doo
you
geue
gyue
to
me
in
this
matter
.
Syr
sayde
the
Duke
Naymes
,
yf
ye
wyll
beleue
me
I
shall
gyue
you
good
counseyl
.
Suffre
youre
hoste
to
reste
thys
fyue
yeres
,
bycause
that
your
folke
is
wery
of
the
warre
,
so
shall
they
reste
them selfe
a
lytell
.
And
whan
they
shall
be
fresshe
:
than
shal
ye
mow
make
warre
at
youre
wyll
,
for
euery
manne
shall
than
come
to
it
with
good
wyll
.
And
whan
th
emperoure
vnderstoode
this
counseyll
:
he
was
sore
an
angred
for
it
that
he
wente
almoste
oute
of
hys
witte
,
and
as
he
would
haue
sayde
ayenst
the
duke
Naymes
:
there
came
a
yonge
gentylman
of
greate
beautye
,
and
brought
in
his
company
xxx
.
faire
squiers
well
arayed
,
this
yongelynge
came
to
the
palays
and
went
vp
,
and
whan
he
came
afore
the
Emperour
he
made
hys
obeysaunce
to
hym
full
curtessye
,
freend
sayde
the
kynge
ye
be
ryght
welcome
,
what
winde
brought
you
hither
and
what
be
you
?
syr
sayde
the
squier
.
I
am
called
Rowlande
of
bretayne
and
I
am
the
sonne
of
youre
sister
and
of
the
duke
of
Myllon
.
THan
whan
Charlemayne
vnderstoode
Rowlande
speake
thus
:
he
was
right
glad
of
him
and
tooke
him
by
the
hand
and
kissed
him
many
times
,
&
sayd
to
him
,
ye
be
righte
welcome
.
I
wil
that
ye
be
made
a
knyghte
to
morowe
in
the
mornynge
&
ye
shall
assaye
your selfe
vpon
Reinawde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
.
Syr
saide
Rowland
I
shall
do
your
commaundement
and
I
promyse
you
Reynawde
shall
not
be
spared
of
me
,
and
he
shal
not
bere
awaye
nothinge
of
yours
.
He
slewe
my
cosyn
Berthelot
wherof
I
am
ryghte
sory
,
and
therefore
I
shall
auenge
hys
death
yf
I
may
by
ony
maner
,
or
elles
Reynawde
shall
slea
me
.
And
in
the
mornynge
the
kynge
Charlemayne
dowbed
hys
neuewe
Rowlande
to
a
knyghte
with
muche
Ioye
and
with
great
honour
,
&
as
the
feast
was
a
doinge
:
there
came
a
messanger
that
said
to
the
Emperoure
.
Moste
hye
&
moste
puyssaunte
prince
,
your
menne
of
Coloyne
recommende
them
righte
humbly
to
your
good
grace
,
&
they
doo
you
to
wyt
that
the
sarasyns
haue
besyeged
them
,
and
haue
hurte
them
ryghte
sore
.
For
they
haue
brent
and
destroied
all
the
country
.
Wherefore
they
beseche
you
ryght
humblye
that
ye
come
for
to
helpe
&
socoure
them
if
it
be
your
pleasure
,
or
elles
they
are
but
dead
,
and
vtterly
destroyed
.
ANd
when
the
Emperoure
vnderstood
these
tydynges
:
he
bowed
his
head
toward
the
erth
,
and
beganne
to
thinke
a
litell
.
And
whan
Rowlande
saw
his
vncle
that
mused
th●s
in
him selfe
:
he
said
to
him
,
wherof
be
ye
so
dismayed
.
Geue
me
some
parte
of
your
menne
.
And
I
shall
goe
reyse
the
syege
of
Coleyne
.
And
whan
the
Emperour
heard
Rowland
speake
soo
:
he
was
ryghte
gladde
of
it
,
and
enbraced
and
kyssed
hym
full
sweetlye
and
sayde
to
him
,
fayre
neuewe
blessed
bee
the
houre
that
euer
ye
were
borne
.
For
I
knowe
for
sertayne
that
ye
shall
keep
me
from
payne
and
trauayle
,
and
in
you
shall
be
my
reste
and
my
comforte
.
And
I
wyll
that
ye
goe
there
.
And
than
he
gaue
hym
twenty
thousand
men
of
armes
well
horsed
and
well
arayed
.
And
whan
they
were
wel
apparelled
,
Rowland
lyghted
vpon
his
horse
and
sayde
to
hys
vncle
the
kinge
.
Sir
I
commende
you
to
god
.
Fayre
neuew
said
Charlemaine
I
haue
taken
to
you
my
men
in
your
keeping
,
I
praye
you
that
ye
will
keep
them
well
,
&
do
so
muche
that
ye
get
worship
,
&
god
be
with
you
.
Sir
said
Rowlande
be
not
dismaied
,
for
at
my
retourne
(
if
it
please
god
)
ye
shal
know
how
that
we
haue
doo
.
And
whan
he
had
saide
thys
worde
:
he
tooke
leaue
of
his
vncle
&
went
on
his
waye
with
his
folke
,
&
they
rode
so
longe
by
their
iourneys
that
they
came
to
Coloine
all
by
nighte
,
&
put
their
busshement
nyghe
their
hoste
,
&
as
they
were
nighe
the
hoste
:
thei
met
with
certeine
sarasins
that
came
againe
with
a
great
praie
of
oxen
and
sheep
and
of
men
&
women
that
were
their
prysoners
,
and
made
them
suffre
great
martyrdome
WHan
the
frenshemen
saw
their
enmies
:
they
saide
in
this
maner
,
lordes
oure
lorde
hathe
sente
vs
hyther
.
Heere
bene
the
traytours
sarasyns
,
that
so
sore
we
haue
desired
for
to
fighte
with
them
.
Now
shall
it
be
seene
what
we
shal
do
with
them
:
put
vs
amonge
them
,
for
at
this
houre
they
shall
be
ouerthrowen
,
whan
they
had
spoken
ynough
:
they
made
none
other
taryinge
,
but
spurred
their
horses
and
ran
vpon
the
sarasyns
by
great
strengthe
,
so
that
in
a
lytle
whyle
they
had
them
dyscomfited
so
sharpelye
that
they
slew
them
all
,
and
recouered
all
the
prysoners
&
the
bestes
.
¶
And
shortly
to
speake
whan
the
hoste
of
the
painimes
hearde
the
noise
of
the
frenshemen
:
they
moued
theim selfe
,
&
lyghted
vpon
their
horses
,
&
vpon
the
frensshemen
And
whan
the
frensshemen
saw
them
come
:
they
went
agayne
to
their
busshement
as
well
as
they
could
,
and
beganne
to
chase
theim
.
ANd
whan
Rowlande
sawe
that
it
was
time
to
set
vpon
:
he
yssued
oute
of
his
embusshmente
with
his
folke
,
and
went
and
smote
vpon
the
sarasyns
so
harde
that
he
casted
to
the
earthe
a
greate
parte
of
theim
.
And
to
speake
shortly
:
the
batayle
began
so
cruell
&
so
fell
that
it
was
pitie
to
see
.
For
ye
should
haue
seene
so
many
speares
broken
,
&
so
many
sheldes
in
two
,
&
so
many
sarasins
lying
dead
on
the
grounde
:
so
that
with
paine
men
might
goe
by
for
the
deade
men
that
laye
so
thicke
one
vpon
thother
,
&
Rowlande
spurred
his
horse
with
the
spurres
&
went
&
smote
a
sarasin
that
was
a
kynge
&
the
chiefe
of
the
sarasins
hoste
with
so
great
mighte
that
he
ouerthrewe
him
to
the
erthe
,
but
he
slew
hym
not
of
that
stroke
,
but
taryed
vpon
hym
and
gaue
to
him
suche
a
stroke
with
his
swearde
vpon
his
helme
that
he
made
him
all
astonyed
.
And
whan
Rowlande
sawe
hym
also
euyl
araied
:
he
bowed
hymselfe
&
tooke
hym
for
his
prysoner
,
and
dyd
sette
hym
againe
vpon
his
hors
&
brought
him
with
hym
.
And
whan
the
sarasyns
sawe
their
lorde
taken
and
sawe
the
wundres
of
armes
that
Rowland
made
and
of
the
frenshemenne
:
they
put
theimselfe
to
flyghte
full
shamefully
.
And
whan
Rowlande
saw
the
sarasins
flee
thus
:
he
cried
wyth
a
hyghe
voice
.
Lordes
goe
after
theym
for
they
flee
al
,
and
if
they
scape
vs
:
it
shal
be
to
vs
a
greate
blame
towarde
myne
vncle
the
kyng
Charlemaine
,
and
we
shal
be
holden
for
cowardes
,
wherfore
I
pray
you
lette
not
one
escape
,
for
ye
shall
haue
theym
lyghtlye
syth
that
I
holde
in
my
hande
theyr
kyng
.
Whan
the
frenshemenne
heard
Rowland
speke
thus
:
they
said
free
knight
be
not
dysmaied
of
nothyng
,
for
we
make
no
doubte
that
none
of
theym
shall
scape
,
but
they
shal
be
taken
or
slayne
.
Lordes
sayde
than
the
king
sarasin
that
Rowland
had
taken
that
had
to
name
Escorfawde
.
They
bene
all
mine
,
I
praye
you
that
ye
kylle
theym
not
,
for
they
ben
all
ynough
discomfited
,
sith
that
ye
haue
taken
me
,
but
gyue
theym
truce
,
and
haue
me
to
kyng
Charlemayne
yf
it
please
you
.
And
yf
ye
may
doo
so
much
that
Charlemaine
pardone
me
the
great
offence
that
I
haue
done
to
him
:
I
shall
boide
fro
hence
forth
all
myne
heritage
of
him
&
yet
all
my
lygnage
shall
be
obeysaunte
vnto
his
will
,
and
of
this
ye
may
beleue
me
.
By
my
heade
sayde
Rowlande
ye
speake
curteously
,
&
by
my
faith
saide
Naimes
Escorfawde
sayth
well
,
and
we
shall
doo
so
,
they
gaue
truce
to
the
sarasins
and
tooke
their
waie
againe
to
Charlemayne
&
brought
Escorfawde
with
theym
and
so
long
they
rode
that
they
came
to
Paris
.
And
whan
the
king
Charlemayne
knewe
that
his
neuewe
Rowlande
was
come
againe
to
Parys
,
and
that
he
had
dyscomfyted
the
sarasins
and
brought
prisoner
with
him
kyng
Escorfawde
:
he
was
right
glad
of
it
,
and
anon
he
mounted
on
horsebacke
,
and
came
ayenst
his
neuewe
Rowlande
.
And
whan
Rowland
saw
him
:
he
lighted
down
from
hys
horse
,
and
went
and
kest
hym selfe
to
the
feet
of
kyng
Charlemayne
his
vncle
.
And
anon
he
made
him
to
rise
vp
,
and
kyssed
him
sweetly
:
And
than
Rowlande
said
to
him
.
Sir
here
I
deliuer
vnto
you
the
king
Escorfawde
,
that
we
haue
taken
.
He
hath
tolde
vs
that
he
shal
make
himselfe
a
christen
man
and
that
he
&
his
lignage
shal
holde
their
landes
of
you
,
yf
ye
will
pardone
him
youre
ylle
wyll
.
Neuewe
sayde
the
king
Charlemayne
there
is
no
trust
in
him
,
and
therfore
I
wil
kee●
me
from
hym
.
Than
commaunded
the
emperoure
that
Escorfaude
shoulde
be
brought
to
prison
,
and
that
he
shoulde
be
wel
kept
and
that
he
shoulde
haue
all
his
will
of
meate
&
drinke
.
And
after
whan
Escorfawde
was
put
in
prison
:
the
king
Charlemayne
dyd
calle
to
him
the
Duke
Naymes
and
sayde
to
him
what
thinke
you
by
my
neuew
Rowlande
,
what
dyd
he
whan
the
batayl
was
assembled
.
Sir
sayde
the
duke
Naymes
,
of
Rowlande
nedeth
not
to
speke
,
for
neuer
sith
that
god
was
borne
,
of
the
vyrgin
Marie
:
suche
a
knight
was
not
seen
.
For
he
alone
hath
ouercome
the
sarasins
by
hys
great
prowes
.
And
yf
he
had
a
horse
that
might
beare
him
whan
he
were
armed
:
I
swere
by
my
fayth
that
ye
should
neuer
haue
enmye
,
but
that
he
should
bring
him
to
your
mercye
by
force
of
armes
.
So
muche
he
is
prue
and
valyaunte
.
The
kyng
Charlemayn
swore
by
his
head
that
he
was
right
glad
therof
.
But
tell
me
sayde
he
to
the
duke
Naymes
:
where
might
menne
fynde
suche
a
good
horse
as
ye
speake
of
?
Sir
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
yf
ye
will
beleue
me
:
I
shal
geue
you
good
counseyll
.
Make
to
be
cryed
with
a
trompet
vpon
Mounte
martyr
that
ye
wyll
see
renne
al
the
horses
of
your
hoste
,
And
he
that
shal
renne
best
:
shal
win
youre
crowne
of
golde
,
and
fyue
hundred
marke
of
fine
syluer
,
and
a
hundred
rolles
of
sylke
.
And
all
thus
ye
shall
mowe
knowe
the
best
horse
of
your
realme
.
And
whan
ye
shall
haue
seen
him
:
by
hym
,
and
gyue
hym
to
your
neuewe
Rowlande
,
and
after
gyue
leue
to
all
youre
barons
vnto
the
feast
of
saynt
Iohn
the
baptyst
next
comming
.
Duke
Naymes
(
said
the
Emperoure
Charlemaine
)
ye
gyue
me
good
counseyll
,
&
I
shal
doo
thus
as
ye
haue
deuised
.
Than
the
kinge
Charlemayne
made
to
be
cryed
vpon
Mounte
martyr
euyn
thus
as
the
duke
Naymes
had
deuised
,
and
did
make
the
listes
for
the
horses
to
renne
in
.
And
whan
thys
was
done
:
he
made
his
crown
to
be
sette
at
the
ende
of
the
lystes
,
and
also
the
fyue
hundred
marke
of
siluer
and
the
hundred
rolles
of
sylke
,
and
this
hanging
:
a
yeman
went
to
hys
countrey
in
Gascoine
,
and
as
he
passed
thorough
Mountabawn
:
he
recounted
to
Reynawde
and
to
Mawgys
all
the
thyng
that
menne
wolde
doo
at
Paris
.
And
how
Rowlande
was
come
to
the
courte
.
And
how
he
had
dyscomfited
Escorfawde
the
kyng
sarasyn
,
and
howe
the
king
Charlemayne
wolde
haue
the
best
horse
of
all
his
realme
,
for
to
gyue
hym
to
Rowlande
,
and
shewed
the
sayd
yoman
the
price
that
the
King
had
●et
.
And
also
how
the
Emperour
Charlemayne
gathered
his
hoste
for
to
come
to
Mountawban
.
And
howe
the
course
of
the
horses
should
be
made
at
saint
Iohns
time
next
commyng
.
THan
whan
Reinawd
vnderstode
this
worde
:
he
began
to
laugh
and
after
he
said
to
Mawgis
,
Cosyn
by
all
halowes
of
god
,
Charlemaine
shal
see
the
best
turne
of
the
worlde
,
but
he
shall
not
knowe
that
I
shall
haue
his
crowne
.
For
I
will
goe
there
vpon
Bayarde
to
see
how
he
shall
proue
himselfe
at
this
time
.
Syr
sayd
Mawgis
ye
shall
not
doo
so
yet
,
but
and
if
ye
will
goe
there
suffre
that
I
here
you
companye
,
so
shal
you
be
more
sure
,
&
haue
with
vs
knightes
well
armed
.
Gladly
sayde
Reynawde
sith
that
ye
will
doo
so
whan
it
was
time
for
to
m●ue
towarde
Paris
:
Reinawde
called
to
him
Alarde
Guycharde
,
and
Rycharde
his
brethren
and
Mawgis
hys
Cosyn
and
sayd
vnto
theym
.
It
is
time
that
we
goe
to
Paris
.
Take
knightes
chosen
and
put
oure selfe
in
the
waye
.
Syr
sayde
his
bretherne
your
commaundemente
shall
be
doone
.
And
whan
they
were
all
appareylled
:
Reynawd
came
to
his
wyfe
and
sayde
to
her
.
Lady
I
praye
you
that
ye
doo
keep
wel
my
castel
,
and
I
shal
come
sone
againe
.
Syr
sayde
she
commaunde
your
knightes
that
they
ben
not
oute
of
the
waye
,
and
I
promyse
you
if
the
king
yon
my
brother
came
himself
:
he
should
nor
come
in
nor
none
other
vnto
the
time
that
ye
be
come
again
.
Now
go
god
be
with
you
.
Than
tooke
Reinawde
leue
of
his
wife
,
&
sette
himselfe
toward
the
waye
and
his
folke
&
went
to
Paris
And
whan
they
were
come
to
Orleaunce
,
&
had
passed
the
riuer
of
Loire
menne
asked
theym
of
whens
they
were
?
And
Mawgis
that
spake
for
them
all
answered
.
Lordes
we
bene
Bournoys
that
goe
to
Paris
for
to
assaye
our
horses
for
to
win
the
price
that
the
kinge
hathe
set
vpon
.
Yf
god
will
so
consente
.
Than
by
fayre
wordes
they
passed
forthe
&
so
long
they
rode
that
they
came
to
Melym
but
they
entred
not
within
the
towne
but
lodged
theym selfe
in
a
great
valey
,
and
there
they
soiourned
theym selfe
and
their
horses
foure
dayes
.
THan
whan
came
the
euen
of
saint
Iohan
:
Reynawde
called
Mawgis
&
saide
to
him
.
What
shall
we
do
?
to
morowe
shall
be
the
courses
of
the
horses
wherfore
I
say
that
it
is
couenable
that
we
goe
lye
to
night
at
paris
,
cosin
saide
Mawgis
ye
say
wel
&
wisely
.
Nowe
lette
me
do
a
litil●
and
please
you
.
Than
tooke
Mawgis
an
herbe
&
stamped
it
vpon
a
stone
with
the
pomel
of
hys
swerde
,
and
tempered
it
with
water
and
rubbed
bayarde
therwith
so
that
anon
he
became
all
white
in
suche
wise
that
they
that
had
seen
him
before
:
knew
him
not
,
&
after
he
enointed
Reynawde
with
an
oyntymente
that
he
bare
alwaies
with
him
&
in
continente
he
became
to
the
age
of
xx
.
yeres
.
And
whan
he
had
thus
aturned
Reynawde
&
his
horse
:
he
tooke
hym
&
brought
him
afore
his
brethren
&
afore
the
other
knightes
&
said
to
them
.
Lordes
tel
me
how
thynke
you
haue
I
not
wel
transfigured
him
?
shall
not
they
maye
come
againe
and
not
be
knowen
?
Behold
bayard
how
he
is
wexen
white
he
shall
lese
the
price
for
age
.
THan
whan
the
barons
saw
Reynawde
&
bayarde
so
turned
:
they
began
to
laugh
&
were
greatly
merueylled
how
Mawgys
hadde
thus
disfigured
them
.
Whan
Mawgys
had
transfigured
Reynawde
&
bayarde
and
himself
also
:
Reynawd
mounted
vpon
bayarde
and
Mawgys
vpon
morel
,
&
tooke
leue
of
their
folke
.
But
Reynawde
at
his
departynge
sayd
to
his
brethren
,
haue
no
fere
for
me
.
For
I
shall
not
be
knowen
yf
god
wyll
.
Than
wente
Reynawde
on
his
way
,
&
his
folke
wept
for
him
,
for
Reinawde
went
in
such
a
place
where
he
hadde
manye
enmyes
.
For
yf
Charlemayne
had
co●ne
take
him
:
al
the
golde
of
the
world
had
not
saued
him
,
but
he
shold
haue
caused
him
to
be
hanged
.
And
whan
they
departed
:
Alarde
sayd
to
Mawgis
I
pray
you
for
god
that
ye
haue
my
brother
Reynawde
for
recommended
,
for
if
it
were
not
for
the
trust
that
I
haue
to
you
,
I
should
not
suffre
that
he
shoulde
go
to
parys
for
al
the
golde
of
spaine
.
And
than
Reynawde
and
Mawgys
went
on
theyr
waye
.
❧
Now
shall
I
leue
a
litil
to
speke
of
them
.
And
shall
retourne
to
the
kyng
Charlemayne
that
was
at
the
Parys
with
his
folke
.
CHarlemaine
sawe
his
barons
that
were
all
come
,
and
than
he
called
the
Duke
Naymes
,
Ogyer
the
Dane
,
and
Foulques
of
Moryllon
and
said
to
them
.
Lordes
I
praye
you
that
ye
take
an
hundred
knightes
wel
armed
and
goe
towarde
the
waye
of
Orleaunce
and
beware
that
none
goe
by
but
ye
knowe
their
names
&
that
they
bene
well
aduised
,
for
I
doubte
me
sore
of
Reynawde
,
that
he
shall
come
,
for
he
weneth
well
him selfe
to
be
ouer
subtyll
,
and
yf
it
came
in
hys
head
:
he
should
come
sone
hytherward
Syr
sayde
the
barons
we
shall
doo
gladly
your
commaundemente
,
and
if
Reynawde
be
so
folisshe
that
he
come
hytherwarde
:
he
shal
not
escape
vs
,
but
he
shall
be
deade
or
taken
and
brought
afore
you
.
And
than
they
tooke
leue
of
Charlemayne
and
wente
to
make
them
ready
nere
their
horses
,
&
after
mounted
on
horsebacke
with
an
hundred
knyghtes
well
armed
and
rode
the
waye
towarde
Orleaunce
,
and
arested
themselfe
in
the
myddes
of
the
waye
,
foure
myles
oute
of
Parys
(
and
there
they
were
a
longe
while
that
no
bodye
passed
by
)
and
endured
great
hungre
and
thurste
.
And
whan
the
duke
Naymes
saw
that
they
were
there
for
nought
:
he
sayde
to
Ogyer
.
Syr
Ogyer
by
my
faythe
the
Kynge
Charlemayne
maketh
vs
lyke
fooles
and
holdeth
vs
for
nice
and
musardes
that
he
maketh
vs
to
tary
heere
about
nought
.
Syr
sayde
Ogyer
ye
saye
trouth
,
and
God
confounde
me
yf
I
tary
ony
lenger
.
And
whan
they
wolde
haue
comen
againe
abacke
:
the
duke
Naymes
sawe
come
a
farre
Reynawd
and
Mawgys
.
Than
said
Naymes
to
foulques
of
Moryllon
,
yonder
I
see
commyng
two
menne
on
horsebacke
.
And
whan
that
Foulques
saw
them
:
he
cried
with
an
hyghe
voyce
,
by
my
faith
heere
commeth
Reynawd
Nowe
can
he
not
escape
by
no
maner
,
but
he
shall
be
hanged
.
By
my
faythe
said
the
Duke
Naymes
ye
say
trouth
,
For
the
horse
that
cometh
afore
:
is
much
lyke
Baiarde
the
horse
of
Reinawde
,
yf
he
were
of
a nother
coloure
.
Whan
that
Foulques
vnderstode
these
wordes
:
he
sette
handes
to
his
swerde
and
came
ayenst
Reynawde
ryghte
nere
,
and
when
he
was
well
nyghe
them
:
he
behelde
them
.
And
whan
he
sawe
that
it
was
not
Reynawde
:
he
was
a
l
abasshed
and
drewe
hym selfe
abacke
,
and
Reynawde
and
Mawgys
rode
furthe
theyr
wayes
.
And
whan
the
Duke
Naymes
sawe
that
they
came
furthe
be
went
ayenste
them
and
called
Mawgys
and
sayde
to
hym
,
what
ben
ye
?
and
whether
go
ye
?
Sir
saide
Mawgys
I
am
borne
of
Pe●on
and
my
name
is
Iousser
.
Freend
said
the
duke
Naymes
canne
not
ye
●ell
me
nothing
of
Reinawde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
the
worthy
knight
?
yea
saide
Mawgis
by
my
faithe
,
he
hath
ridden
with
vs
two
daies
,
and
he
is
not
passed
two
miles
behind
vs
.
At
that
horre
Reinawde
spake
not
,
than
said
Naimes
what
is
he
that
is
with
you
that
holdeth
him
soo
still
and
that
saieth
no
worde
?
I
beleue
that
he
hathe
some
euill
thought
,
sir
saide
Mawgis
it
is
my
sonne
,
and
he
can
not
speake
no
frensh
.
For
he
hath
bene
nourisshed
in
the
greate
Bretaine
.
Whan
the
duke
Naymes
vnderstoode
this
:
he
sayde
to
Reynawde
tell
me
vassell
knowest
thou
no
tydynges
of
Reynawde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
?
and
Reinawde
answered
to
him
in
this
wise
.
By
my
fayth
no
poynt
frenche
graunt
Bretaine
horse
a
Paris
cloyth
ganera
my
.
And
counterfetted
thus
hys
longuage
,
bicause
the
duke
Naymes
should
not
knowe
him
.
THan
whan
the
duke
Naymes
heard
Reinawde
speake
thus
euyl
:
he
began
to
laugh
.
And
after
saide
to
him
againe
,
a
hundred
deuylles
haue
well
taught
thee
to
speake
so
good
frenche
,
vassell
I
wote
not
what
thou
sayest
thou
arte
more
lyke
a
foole
than
a
bisshop
.
And
so
Naymes
let
him
in
peace
.
And
than
Reynawde
and
Mawgys
tode
so
longe
that
they
came
to
Parys
tyme
ynoughe
for
to
doo
theyr
enterpryse
.
And
at
the
entre
of
the
towne
:
they
mette
with
an
euill
rybaude
,
vnto
whome
GOD
geue
yll
aduenture
.
For
he
knew
Reinawde
.
And
as
soone
as
he
sawe
him
:
he
beganne
to
cry
with
an
high
voice
,
heere
commeth
Reinawde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
.
Whan
the
folke
vnderstoode
the
cry
:
they
wente
that
way
.
And
whan
the
yl
rybawde
saw
com
so
many
folke
:
he
was
yet
more
hardye
than
he
was
afore
,
and
wente
afore
the
other
,
and
tooke
Reinawde
by
the
bridle
of
Baiarde
.
And
whan
Baiarde
sawe
that
:
he
lifted
his
forefoote
and
smote
the
ribaude
vpon
the
brest
,
that
he
brast
the
herte
in
his
belye
,
&
casted
him
all
dead
to
the
erthe
And
whan
the
people
saw
the
stroke
:
thei
began
all
to
laugh
,
and
Bayard
went
forth
,
&
Maugis
after
that
thei
were
not
knowen
:
&
passed
through
the
towne
to
the
market
.
And
whan
thei
were
comen
there
afore
the
lodges
:
thei
founde
all
the
Innes
full
.
Wherof
Reynawde
was
maruailed
.
And
so
they
lighted
at
a
cordeners
house
,
that
was
of
the
deuilles
side
.
For
by
him
was
almoste
Reinawde
and
Mawgys
taken
,
and
delyuerd
to
Charlemaine
that
his
bretherne
sholde
not
haue
holpen
hym
of
no
thynge
.
whan
they
were
lyghted
and
lodged
where
it
is
sayde
,
&
that
their
horses
were
well
dressed
:
Mawgys
dyd
doo
make
a
bedde
for
Reynawde
and
toke
a
thred
of
sylke
,
and
sered
it
well
and
came
to
Bayarde
,
and
bounde
hym
the
mowes
of
the
feet
there
withall
well
streyte
.
And
the
hoste
behelde
well
this
,
and
after
said
to
him
.
Why
haue
you
thus
bounde
this
horse
?
he
shall
not
conne
well
goe
.
But
tel
me
what
knighte
is
he
that
oweth
the
horse
?
For
if
he
had
of
age
more
than
he
hath
?
I
should
wene
to
knowe
him
For
he
is
muche
lyke
Reynawde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
.
Syr
saide
Mawgis
I
haue
bounde
thys
horse
thus
bycause
he
wyll
fyght
,
and
the
yeman
that
rydeth
vpon
him
is
my
sonne
.
Now
haue
I
telled
you
that
,
that
ye
haue
asked
me
.
Certes
answered
the
hoste
youre
sonne
is
a
fayre
felawe
,
but
I
beleue
ye
mocke
me
.
¶
Nowe
shall
ye
heare
a
greate
misaduenture
that
happed
to
Reynawde
and
also
vnto
Mawgys
.
For
thus
as
Mawgys
spake
with
his
hoste
:
he
named
Reynawde
.
Ha
syr
sayde
the
hoste
ye
haue
sayde
ynoughe
,
ye
need
not
for
to
hyde
it
ony
more
.
For
it
is
Reynawde
without
ony
doubte
that
slewe
Bertheloc
the
neuewe
of
the
kynge
with
a
chesse
boorde
.
I
shal
tell
it
to
the
kinge
afore
that
I
slepe
.
ANd
whan
Reynawde
vnderstood
this
:
he
shooke
al
for
angre
.
And
rose
from
his
place
and
tooke
his
swerde
&
saide
,
hoste
ye
haue
missaide
.
For
I
neuer
sawe
Reynawde
,
nor
I
wot
not
what
he
is
,
holde
youre
peace
said
the
hoste
I
knowe
you
well
By
my
head
ye
are
Reynawde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
.
And
whan
he
had
saide
these
wordes
:
he
wente
oute
of
hys
house
.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
that
:
he
wente
a
good
pace
after
his
hoste
and
smote
him
so
greate
a
stroke
with
his
swerde
vpon
his
head
that
he
cloue
him
vnto
the
teeth
.
And
whan
Mawgis
sawe
this
,
he
was
ryghte
sory
for
it
,
and
saide
to
Reynawde
.
What
haue
you
doone
?
haue
you
loste
your
wytte
?
but
if
God
thinke
vpon
vs
we
bene
lost
and
shamed
.
I
can
not
doo
therto
sayd
Reynawde
.
But
how
someuer
it
gothe
he
hath
his
rewarde
.
And
than
Mawgis
came
forthwith
to
the
stable
and
sadled
Bayarde
.
And
made
Reinawde
to
mounte
vpon
him
,
and
after
himselfe
lyghted
vpon
Morell
,
and
went
out
of
the
lodges
.
And
whan
the
wyfe
and
the
children
of
the
hoste
sawe
thys
that
Reynawde
had
doone
:
they
began
to
crye
,
But
Reynawde
and
Mawgys
were
soone
out
of
their
waye
,
so
that
none
wyste
where
that
they
were
become
and
wente
and
put
them selfe
amonge
the
other
in
the
prese
,
and
they
were
neuer
knowen
.
But
Baiarde
wente
haltinge
,
and
wente
to
the
gate
of
saynt
Martyne
,
and
there
they
abode
all
the
nighte
.
And
whan
it
was
day
:
they
wente
with
the
other
to
the
chyrche
where
the
kinge
hearde
his
masse
.
And
whan
the
seruyse
was
done
:
the
kynge
came
oute
of
the
churche
,
&
mounted
vpon
his
horse
,
&
all
the
other
barons
with
him
and
came
vpon
the
riuer
of
Sayne
in
to
the
medowe
,
and
Renawde
and
Mawgys
wente
with
them
,
but
Bayarde
went
ryghhte
sore
haltynge
.
And
whan
the
Kynge
was
come
there
:
he
commaunded
that
his
crowne
shoulde
be
sette
at
the
ende
of
the
lystes
,
and
the
fyue
houndred
marke
of
syluer
,
and
also
the
houndred
clothes
of
sylke
,
and
incontinente
the
Duke
Naymes
and
Ogier
did
as
the
Kings
had
commaunded
.
And
whan
all
was
apparailled
:
Thenne
shoulde
ye
haue
sene
knightes
leape
on
horsebacke
.
For
euerye
man
trowed
to
haue
gotten
the
price
,
and
the
kinge
commaunded
to
the
duke
Naymes
and
to
Ogyer
,
vnto
Guydellon
of
Burgoyne
and
to
Rycharde
of
Normandy
,
that
they
should
take
a
hundred
knyghtes
well
armed
and
that
they
shoulde
keep
well
the
feaste
,
that
no
noyse
nor
no
stryfe
were
there
made
,
and
that
none
should
wronge
the
other
,
and
they
dyd
his
commaundemente
.
And
thenne
the
knyghtes
that
shoulde
renne
:
begane
for
to
beholde
Reynawde
that
was
mounted
vpon
haltinge
Bayarde
,
and
so
they
beganne
for
to
laughe
and
scorne
with
him
.
And
sayde
in
Iape
the
one
vnto
the
other
,
this
felawe
shal
winne
the
price
.
And
the
crowne
of
fine
golde
,
and
saide
beware
that
his
fote
smite
you
not
,
and
than
the
other
sayde
he
shall
wynne
the
deuil
,
and
an
other
knight
sayd
to
Reynawde
,
ye
haue
wel
doone
sweet
knight
for
to
haue
brought
youre
horse
heere
,
and
if
god
destineth
him
:
ye
shal
wynne
the
pryse
this
day
.
Reynawde
vnderstoode
full
well
the
greate
wordes
that
men
said
to
him
wherof
his
here
swelled
high
,
that
if
it
had
not
be
for
doubt
to
haue
lost
the
pryce
:
be
wolde
haue
begon
the
strife
,
and
therfore
he
helde
his
peace
,
and
made
nother
noise
nor
worde
against
it
.
THan
whan
th
emperoure
vnderstoode
the
great
wordes
that
the
knyghtes
sayde
to
Reynawde
:
he
was
wrothe
for
it
,
and
he
said
so
high
that
it
was
well
heard
of
all
.
I
commaunde
you
vpon
paine
of
my
grace
that
ye
saye
no
shame
nor
yll
worde
to
no
maner
of
knyght
.
For
yf
ye
doo
ye
shall
anger
me
sore
.
But
Reynawde
cared
not
much
of
that
it
was
saide
to
him
.
Whan
the
Duke
Naymes
and
Ogyer
sawe
that
it
was
tyme
for
to
renne
:
they
made
to
sowne
the
trompettes
.
Then
euerye
man
putted
hym selfe
for
to
renne
,
And
whan
Mawgis
sawe
that
euery
man
ran
:
he
lighted
on
foote
and
vnbound
the
foote
of
Bayarde
.
But
or
euer
he
was
vnbounde
:
the
other
were
wel
ferre
,
and
whan
Reynawde
saw
that
it
was
tyme
for
to
renne
after
the
other
:
he
spurred
his
horse
,
&
said
to
bayarde
,
we
been
ferre
behynde
ye
myght
wel
abide
.
For
if
ye
be
not
soone
afore
:
ye
shall
be
blamed
,
whan
Bayarde
heard
his
maister
speake
thus
:
he
vnderstoode
him
as
well
as
thoughe
he
had
been
a
man
.
Than
he
grylled
his
nosethrels
and
bare
his
head
vp
and
made
a
long
necke
,
and
tooke
his
course
so
fast
that
it
semed
the
erthe
should
haue
sonken
vnder
hym
,
and
within
a
whyle
he
was
passed
all
the
other
horses
a
ferre
waye
so
that
men
coulde
not
see
him
for
dust
that
he
reised
.
And
whan
thei
that
tooke
heed
to
the
courses
sawe
Baiarde
ren
thus
:
they
were
greatly
abashed
with
all
,
&
sayde
the
one
to
thother
beholde
that
whyte
horse
renneth
fast
and
lyght
,
and
but
late
he
halted
sore
,
he
is
the
best
of
all
thother
that
been
heere
.
ANd
whan
th
emperour
sawe
this
:
he
called
to
him
Richard
of
Normandye
,
and
sayde
to
hym
,
sawe
ye
euer
so
many
good
horses
togither
as
heere
ben
now
?
but
the
whyte
passeth
them
all
,
God
how
is
he
well
like
baiarde
the
horse
of
Reynawde
?
yf
he
had
the
heares
of
Bayarde
:
I
should
saye
that
it
were
he
hym selfe
,
and
he
that
sytteth
vpon
him
is
also
light
and
prue
.
❧
Thus
wyte
it
that
Reynawde
hath
doo
so
muche
that
Bayarde
hath
ouercome
all
the
other
horses
.
And
whan
he
was
at
the
end
of
the
lystes
:
he
tooke
the
crowne
and
put
it
on
his
arme
,
and
the
syluer
and
the
clothe
he
left
alone
,
for
he
dayned
not
to
take
them
.
And
whan
he
hadde
taken
the
crowne
:
he
returned
agayne
towarde
the
kyng
Charlemaine
all
faire
and
a
soft
pace
,
whan
the
kynge
sawe
hym
come
towarde
hym
,
he
sayde
to
hym
all
laughyng
.
Freend
abyde
a
lytle
I
praye
you
,
for
yf
ye
wyll
haue
my
crowne
ye
shall
haue
it
,
and
I
shall
geue
you
for
your
horse
so
greate
hauoyre
:
that
ye
shall
haue
neuer
be
poore
.
By
God
sayde
Reynawde
these
wordes
shall
nought
auayle
you
,
now
haue
I
well
begyled
you
,
for
I
go
doo
marchaundise
els
where
and
I
holde
you
for
a
chylde
.
I
haue
so
often
angred
you
&
of
youre
men
I
haue
so
many
slayne
.
I
am
Reynawde
that
beareth
away
your
crowne
,
seke
els
where
for
a nother
horse
that
ye
shall
giue
to
Rowland
for
to
ouercome
Baiard
,
for
ye
shal
not
haue
bayarde
nor
also
your
crowne
.
And
as
soone
that
he
had
said
this
he
spurred
bayarde
wyth
hys
spurres
and
went
so
fast
a
way
that
it
semed
that
the
tempest
had
chased
him
.
And
whan
the
kynge
Charlemayne
vnderstode
thys
that
Reynawde
had
sayd
to
hym
:
he
was
wode
angry
for
it
that
he
wyste
not
what
he
should
doo
so
that
he
myght
not
of
a
greate
whyle
speake
a
worde
.
And
whan
he
had
recouered
his
speche
:
he
began
to
crye
with
a
hye
voyce
,
nowe
after
lordes
after
,
for
it
is
myne
enemye
Reynawde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
.
And
whan
the
knyghtes
heard
thus
crye
the
kynge
Charlemayne
:
they
spurred
theyr
horses
with
the
spurres
and
went
after
Reynawde
,
but
their
goynge
auayled
theym
nought
.
For
Bayard
was
ferre
from
them
with
in
a
whyle
so
that
they
wyst
not
where
he
was
become
,
and
Reynawde
cam
to
Sayne
and
passed
ouer
it
al
at
his
ease
with
swymynge
,
for
Bayarde
was
well
wonte
therto
,
and
also
he
had
passed
it
afore
with
more
great
haste
.
And
whan
that
Reynawde
was
thus
passed
the
ryuer
of
Sayne
:
he
lyghted
from
Bayarde
at
the
banke
of
it
.
Thus
hanging
:
the
king
Charlemayne
and
his
knightes
that
folowed
after
hym
,
came
to
the
ryuers
syde
,
and
began
to
call
Reynawde
&
sayd
to
hym
.
Ha
true
man
,
soone
yelde
me
my
crowne
agayne
and
I
shal
gyue
thee
.x.
tymes
as
muche
as
it
is
worthe
,
and
I
shall
gyue
thee
truce
two
yeres
,
so
that
thy selfe
and
thy
brethern
shall
mow
go
in
ardeyne
to
see
your
mother
the
which
desireth
sore
to
see
you
,
and
there
is
no
knyght
in
my
lande
that
shal
say
contrary
to
it
,
by
god
sayd
Reynawde
as
for
these
wordes
auayle
you
nothing
,
for
ye
shall
neuer
haue
agayne
your
crowne
.
I
shall
sell
it
and
shall
pay
my
knyghtes
withall
,
and
the
charboncle
that
thus
shyneth
shal
be
set
hye
vpon
my
pauylyon
to
the
ende
that
they
that
shall
go
to
saynt
Iames
in
Galyee
may
see
it
the
better
,
and
ye
shall
be
blamed
of
your
knyghtes
that
ye
haue
loste
your
crowne
by
the
horse
Bayarde
,
whan
Charlemayn
hearde
hym
speake
thus
:
he
wyst
not
what
he
should
say
for
angre
,
&
kept
himself
styl
like
as
he
had
ben
dead
.
And
whan
Reynawde
had
sayde
so
:
he
mounted
agayne
vpon
Bayarde
and
put
hymself
to
the
way
,
but
not
the
ryght
way
:
but
rode
throughe
a
lytle
pathe
whyche
he
had
passed
afore
tyme
.
NOw
shal
I
tell
you
of
Mawgys
how
he
dyd
for
to
come
out
of
Parys
that
was
mounted
vpon
his
horse
morell
.
Whan
he
wyst
that
Reynawde
was
passed
Sayne
he
issued
out
of
Parys
and
passed
the
ryuer
ouer
the
brydge
as
soone
as
he
might
.
And
whan
he
was
without
:
he
began
to
looke
after
Reynawde
&
as
he
rode
he
looked
a
trauerse
and
sawe
Reynawde
,
so
called
he
after
hym
as
hie
as
he
could
,
cosyn
thinke
to
ryde
fast
,
for
to
tary
heere
no
good
shall
come
to
vs
,
cosyn
sayde
Reynawde
ye
saye
well
and
we
shall
doo
so
.
And
so
they
tooke
theyr
waye
towarde
Myllon
.
And
whan
Alarde
saw
his
brother
come
and
Mawgis
:
he
sayd
to
his
folke
.
Lordes
we
may
well
come
out
of
our
busshemente
,
for
I
se
come
my
brother
Reynawde
&
Mawgys
.
Alas
sayd
Richarde
I
see
them
come
wyth
greate
haste
.
I
fere
me
muche
that
men
chase
them
.
Now
light
we
al
on
horse
backe
and
yf
they
haue
mystre
of
vs
:
let
vs
go
helpe
and
succour
them
.
And
they
answered
all
we
ben
all
redy
,
&
whan
they
came
out
of
theyr
busshement
:
there
came
Reynawde
and
Mawgis
that
sayd
to
them
lordes
thynke
to
make
haste
.
For
the
longe
taryenge
might
doo
to
vs
harme
bicause
that
I
brynge
wyth
me
the
crowne
of
Charlemayne
,
the
whiche
Bayarde
hath
made
me
wynne
by
his
prowesse
.
And
whan
Alarde
vnderstode
his
brother
speake
thus
:
he
was
so
greatly
in
Ioye
that
he
wyste
not
what
he
should
say
but
colled
&
kyssed
his
brother
Reynawde
with
greate
Ioye
.
And
than
incontinent
they
put
themselfe
to
the
waye
and
so
longe
they
rode
that
they
came
to
Orleaunce
and
passed
the
ryuer
of
Loyre
wyth
all
dylygence
,
and
after
they
made
so
muche
by
theyr
Iourneys
:
that
they
came
to
Mountawban
whole
and
glad
,
thanked
be
god
.
THan
whan
they
were
at
mountawban
:
the
lady
came
them
agaynst
&
receyued
them
right
gladly
,
and
made
them
ryght
great
there
and
all
the
folke
of
the
Castell
were
ryght
glad
of
the
comynge
of
Reynawde
and
of
hys
bretherne
,
and
asked
him
how
he
had
doone
in
his
viage
,
lordes
sayd
Reynawde
wel
god
gramercy
.
I
was
knowen
of
myne
hoste
the
whych
wolde
haue
betrayed
and
accused
me
,
but
I
solde
it
to
him
ful
deere
,
I
cloue
his
head
to
the
teeth
and
went
out
of
hys
house
by
night
and
put
vs
in
the
prese
of
the
other
,
but
ye
wyst
neuer
folke
so
wel
scorned
as
we
were
,
for
the
folke
of
charlemayne
mocked
me
and
Bayarde
,
wherof
the
king
was
angry
,
&
thus
they
left
me
in
peace
.
And
whan
the
trompettes
began
to
blowe
for
to
begyn
the
course
:
they
that
should
renne
departed
incontinent
,
and
I
bode
be
hinde
well
the
shotte
of
a
bowe
,
and
I
tell
you
well
for
certayne
,
there
were
well
twenty
thousande
horses
.
And
whan
I
saw
me
behynde
:
I
said
to
Bayarde
that
it
should
be
great
shame
to
hym
yf
he
abode
behynde
,
but
god
gramercy
and
Bayarde
I
ouer
ranne
them
al.
And
bare
awaye
the
pryce
,
and
of
it
I
haue
brought
wyth
me
the
crowne
of
the
kynge
charlemayne
wherof
he
is
ful
sory
.
Whan
thei
of
Mountawban
vndestode
these
wordes
:
they
were
ryght
glad
.
But
heere
I
leaue
for
to
speake
of
Reynawde
and
of
his
bretherne
and
returne
to
speake
of
the
king
Charlemayne
that
was
at
parys
ryght
sorye
for
hys
crowne
that
he
had
loste
.
¶
How
the
kyng
Charlemayne
went
into
Gascoyn
with
his
hoste
.
And
how
he
besieged
Reynawde
and
hys
bretherne
within
the
Castell
of
Mountawban
.
And
how
Reynawde
wan
the
fyrst
batayle
of
the
king
,
the
whyche
Rowland
conduyted
&
Olyuer
and
the
bysshop
Turpyn
.
¶
Capitulum
.
viii
.
depiction of a siege camp with a king or Charlemagne with crown and sceptre, surrounded by a group of men, some armed with pikes; in the background a castle; in the foreground three canons
IN
this
party
sheweth
the
hystory
that
whan
Reynawde
had
wonne
the
crowne
of
kynge
Charlemayne
:
The
kyng
abode
all
wrothe
and
sore
an
angred
and
he
called
all
his
barons
&
sayde
to
them
Lordes
I
pray
you
that
ye
counsell
me
how
I
shall
may
auenge
me
of
Reynawde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
.
For
ye
know
how
he
hath
angred
me
.
I
promise
you
but
that
I
may
haue
my
crowne
againe
:
I
shal
wex
mad
al
quicke
.
For
my
courage
telleth
me
that
he
shall
doo
breke
it
&
he
shal
put
the
carbor●tle
that
is
theron
vpon
his
pauyll●on
,
bycause
the
folke
that
goe
to
saynt
Iames
shall
see
it
to
my
great
vytupere
&
shame
.
Syr
sayd
Rowland
yf
ye
wil
auenge
you
well
of
Reynawde
:
go
we
vpon
him
and
we
shall
exyle
and
destroye
hym
and
his
lande
,
and
yf
the
kynge
You
of
Gascoyn
may
be
taken
:
so
make
iustice
of
hym
in
suche
wyse
that
it
may
be
remembred
perpetuallye
.
Neuew
sayd
the
kinge
ye
saye
well
and
wysely
&
it
shal
be
doone
as
ye
haue
aduysed
me
,
&
I
promise
you
that
I
shall
neuer
haue
Ioye
till
that
I
be
auenged
at
my
wyl
.
Syr
sayd
the
duke
Naimes
leue
this
angre
in
peace
,
ye
know
how
Reynawde
is
your
enmye
&
prayseth
you
nothinge
,
but
&
ye
wyll
I
shall
gyue
you
suche
counsell
that
Reynawde
shal
be
brought
to
distruccion
and
his
brethern
and
Mawgys
also
.
Syr
doo
that
your
barons
be
redy
at
candelmas
nexte
comyng
and
that
euery
one
of
them
make
good
prouysyon
of
vitayle
for
vii
.
yere
,
&
than
abide
so
longe
afore
mountawban
tyll
that
ye
take
them
and
after
ye
shall
auenge
your selfe
at
your
wyll
vpon
them
.
THan
whan
the
kyng
Charlemayne
vnderstode
the
good
counsell
that
the
duke
Naymes
had
gyuen
vnto
hym
:
he
lyft
vp
his
hed
and
sayd
.
Naymes
it
is
no●
the
fyrste
good
counsell
that
ye
haue
giuen
to
me
and
I
wyll
it
bee
doone
as
ye
saye
.
And
than
the
kynge
Charlemayne
dyd
doo
make
his
letters
and
sente
them
through
all
his
empyre
.
In
the
whiche
letters
was
conteyned
that
euery
man
that
was
accustomed
to
beare
armes
&
to
go
to
warre
should
come
to
hym
at
the
feast
of
Candelmasse
nexte
folowynge
well
garnisshed
of
vitayle
for
the
space
of
.vii.
yeres
,
for
to
abyde
at
syege
afore
mountawban
.
Whan
the
barons
knewe
the
kinges
wil
:
eueri
man
made
him selfe
redy
as
well
as
he
coulde
and
came
to
Parys
,
and
presented
them
to
kyng
Charlemayne
&
to
hys
neue
with
Rowlande
,
and
by
cause
of
the
great
numbre
of
folke
that
were
com
there
,
they
myght
not
lodge
al
within
Parys
:
but
they
lodged
wythout
the
towne
vpon
the
riuer
of
Saine
.
Whan
the
kinge
saw
that
all
his
barons
were
come
:
he
made
them
al
to
come
before
hym
&
sayd
to
them
,
lordes
ye
all
knowe
right
well
(
at
the
lest
the
moste
party
of
you
)
howe
I
haue
ouercome
&
subdued
.xl.
kinges
in
my
dayes
,
the
whyche
are
all
to
me
obeyssaunt
,
excepte
the
kynge
Yon
of
Gascoyn
that
hath
withdrawen
in
his
lande
my
enemies
mortall
,
that
ben
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
ye
know
well
the
great
dishonour
thei
haue
doone
to
me
,
wherof
I
me
complayne
vnto
you
&
praye
you
&
commaunde
you
that
ye
come
wyth
me
into
Gascoyn
for
to
helpe
me
that
I
be
auenged
of
the
greate
harme
and
shame
that
these
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
doo
to
me
,
for
by
your
othe
ye
ben
all
beholden
thervnto
.
THan
sayd
the
erle
of
Nantuel
,
Syr
wee
shall
not
goe
there
at
this
tyme
.
Ye
know
well
that
that
wee
ben
come
out
of
Spayne
but
late
,
wherof
we
ben
yet
all
werye
.
And
also
in
this
felawshyp
ben
many
princes
and
barons
that
haue
not
ben
yet
in
theyr
countrey
nor
seen
theyr
wiues
and
children
,
and
ye
wil
that
,
that
we
go
into
Gascoyn
vpon
the
kyng
Yon
,
&
vpon
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
:
And
I
tell
you
that
the
two
woundes
that
I
receyued
in
Spaine
be
not
yet
whole
,
and
therfore
we
may
not
goe
into
Gascoyn
at
thys
tyme
.
But
yf
it
please
you
ye
shall
doo
as
a
good
kynge
and
a
sage
,
and
shall
shewe
that
ye
loue
your
folke
,
For
ye
ought
to
kepe
them
as
youre selfe
.
Wythdrawe
your
hoste
vnto
whytsonday
next
coming
and
gyue
leaue
to
all
your
barons
to
goe
to
their
places
for
to
rest
them
a
while
,
And
whan
the
tyme
shall
be
come
&
that
your
pleasure
is
to
call
theym
:
they
shall
than
be
all
fresshe
and
redye
to
fulfil
your
commaundement
wyth
all
diligence
.
Whan
the
kynge
vnderstode
these
wordes
:
he
was
wrothe
and
sware
by
saynte
Denys
of
Fraunce
,
saying
in
thys
maner
,
if
I
should
be
dyssheryted
I
shall
goe
now
into
Gascoyn
,
and
I
shall
take
wyth
me
all
the
younge
folke
of
my
hoste
:
the
whiche
I
shall
put
in
good
straye
honestly
,
and
I
shall
gyue
them
all
that
they
shall
need
,
thoughe
ye
should
abyde
behynde
as
weke
men
and
feynte
.
Syr
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
ye
say
well
,
for
thys
yonge
men
shal
be
ryght
glad
for
to
assaye
them selfe
.
Therfore
wyll
I
doo
it
sayde
kyng
Charlemayne
and
so
shall
the
kyng
Yon
be
destroyed
,
and
whan
I
shall
haue
Reynawde
and
hys
brethern
,
and
Mawgys
the
theete
taken
:
I
shall
departe
the
lande
of
Gascoyne
to
these
yonge
knightes
for
theyr
herytage
.
This
hangyng
that
the
king
Charlemayne
sayd
these
wordes
:
a
spye
that
longed
to
Reynawde
was
in
thys
companye
that
vnderstode
all
that
sayde
is
.
And
whan
the
spye
had
hearde
all
together
well
:
he
put
hymself
to
the
way
,
and
dyd
so
much
by
his
Iourneys
,
that
he
came
to
mountawban
,
where
he
founde
Reynawde
his
brethern
,
and
Mawgys
.
And
in
contynent
that
Reynawde
saw
him
he
demaunded
of
hys
what
tydynges
bryng
you
fro
Parys
and
from
the
courte
of
kynge
Charlemayne
?
My
Lorde
sayd
the
spye
,
wyt
it
that
kyng
Charlemayne
is
greatly
wrothe
with
kynge
yon
and
agaynst
you
and
against
your
brethern
,
&
against
Mawgys
.
He
hath
sente
for
all
his
subiectes
in
his
Empyre
,
but
none
wolde
haue
comen
with
him
into
Gascoygne
.
And
then
he
sware
Saynte
Denys
that
he
should
come
into
th●se
partyes
,
and
should
brynge
wyth
hym
none
other
but
al
yonge
knightes
.
To
the
which
he
shall
gyue
all
Gascoygne
,
And
sayth
that
he
shall
besyege
Mountawban
,
and
shall
doo
to
be
cast
downe
the
great
towre
,
and
shall
set
al
Gascoygne
in
a
tyre
and
flame
.
Than
sayd
Reynawde
to
his
folke
,
be
not
discouraged
of
nothing
For
I
shall
see
how
Rowlande
and
Oliuer
shall
beare
themself
agaynst
me
and
mi
brethern
.
And
than
went
Reynawde
into
the
halle
.
And
found
his
brethern
and
Mawgys
with
his
knyghtes
,
and
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
I
brynge
you
tidynges
.
Now
wyt
that
the
kyng
Charlemayne
cometh
to
besyge
vs
,
and
bryngeth
with
him
all
the
puyssaunce
of
Fraunce
.
Nowe
let
vs
thynke
to
receyue
him
well
,
for
he
shall
haue
more
to
doo
than
he
weneth
,
brother
sayd
Alarde
haue
no
doubte
,
for
they
shal
be
well
receyued
,
for
as
longe
that
we
shall
lyue
and
shal
see
you
ryde
vpon
bayarde
:
we
shall
not
fayle
you
,
nor
wee
shal
not
be
a
ferde
to
be
taken
nor
ill
handled
.
For
no
man
aliue
is
worth
you
,
nother
of
goodnes
nor
of
prowes
.
THys
hangyng
:
Charlemayn
was
aduysed
and
thoughte
vpon
the
counsell
that
the
Duke
of
Nantuel
had
gyuen
to
him
.
And
after
he
called
his
folke
&
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
I
gyue
you
leue
,
and
let
you
wyt
that
at
Easter
I
shall
holde
my
counsell
generall
,
and
it
please
you
.
Now
keep
that
ye
faile
not
to
come
than
well
apparelled
and
redy
,
for
I
wolde
not
leaue
for
nothynge
,
but
that
I
should
goe
see
the
kyng
Yon.
And
yf
he
yelde
me
not
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
:
I
shall
doo
to
hym
with
out
doubt
so
much
shame
that
I
shal
make
his
berde
to
be
cut
of
harde
by
the
chynne
.
And
also
I
shal
take
the
crowne
of
Gascoygne
from
his
hed
and
I
shall
make
hym
come
a
foote
after
me
begginge
his
bread
.
And
whan
he
had
sayde
these
wordes
:
The
barons
tooke
leaue
of
Charlemayne
,
and
wente
into
theyr
countryes
,
but
at
theyr
departing
:
Charlemaine
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
remember
well
your selfe
that
ye
come
at
the
terme
that
I
haue
set
.
For
I
swere
vnto
you
that
those
that
shall
not
come
,
&
yf
I
euercome
agayne
from
Gascoigne
:
they
shall
repente
it
full
sore
.
Shortly
to
speake
:
Rycharde
wente
into
his
duchy
of
Normandye
salamon
into
Bretayne
.
Godfray
into
auinion
,
Hughe
the
olde
and
Dyssyers
into
spayne
,
and
Bretons
into
Almayne
.
And
all
the
other
eueriche
into
hys
owne
countrey
.
WHan
it
was
time
for
to
come
agayne
to
the
courte
at
the
terme
that
the
kyng
Charlemayne
had
set
:
euery
man
made
hym selfe
redy
as
well
as
he
coulde
for
to
come
to
the
courte
as
they
were
expresselye
charged
they
should
doo
,
fyrst
came
there
Rycharde
of
Normandye
and
brought
wyth
hym
manye
a
noble
knyght
,
and
presented
hym selfe
tofore
the
kynge
Charlemayne
euyn
at
saynt
Denys
.
After
came
Salamon
of
Bretayne
,
and
brought
with
him
of
hys
barons
a
fayre
company
and
presented
hymselfe
to
the
kynge
at
saynt
Denys
.
After
came
Dyssyers
of
Spayne
which
brought
with
him
well
.x.
thousand
knightes
wel
armed
,
and
well
garnysshed
of
vytayles
.
For
in
all
the
hoste
of
Charlemayne
was
none
so
well
arayed
as
they
were
of
all
thynges
.
And
presented
hym self
in
this
maner
at
saynt
Denys
vnto
the
kynge
Charlemayne
.
Than
came
Godfray
the
Ecle
of
Auynyon
and
brought
with
him
all
his
power
and
a
fayre
company
and
foyson
of
vytayle
.
And
presented
him
and
his
folke
to
the
king
Charlemayne
.
And
after
came
Ponthus
out
of
Almayne
,
&
brought
with
hym
afayre
companye
of
men
of
armes
.
For
he
had
wyth
him
then
of
Islande
and
of
Armony
,
and
wel
three
thousand
archers
,
the
whych
for
no
doubt
of
death
wolde
neuer
flee
from
batayle
.
And
presented
hym selfe
and
hys
felawship
to
the
kyng
charlemayne
,
the
whiche
he
receyued
ryght
honourably
.
Than
after
came
the
good
bisshop
Turpin
,
and
brought
wyth
hym
a
fayre
company
and
well
enewred
to
the
warre
,
and
presented
hymself
to
the
kynge
Charlemayne
,
that
was
ryght
glad
of
hys
comyng
,
for
the
bysshop
was
a
good
true
man
.
And
the
king
Charlemaine
trusted
muche
to
hym
for
his
great
fydelitie
,
and
also
for
the
great
prowes
that
was
in
hym
.
AL
the
great
Lordes
that
helde
theyr
landes
of
the
kyng
Charlemayne
came
to
Parys
&
presented
themselfe
and
theyr
men
to
the
kynge
Charlemayne
that
receyued
them
with
great
Ioye
and
was
glad
to
see
aboute
hym
so
fayre
a
companye
of
good
men
of
warre
,
but
I
tel
you
that
whan
the
hoste
was
assembled
at
Parys
:
there
was
so
great
a
derth
that
it
was
great
pitie
,
for
the
rasour
of
where
was
solde
for
fourty
shelynges
and
twenty
pence
and
yf
the
kynge
had
taried
there
any
lenger
.
there
should
haue
ben
so
greate
a
derth
that
all
the
small
people
had
ben
all
dead
for
hungre
.
But
the
king
Charlemayne
began
for
to
make
hys
mustres
,
for
to
know
how
much
people
that
he
had
.
And
whan
the
the
mustres
were
made
:
they
found
that
they
were
well
.xxx.
thousande
knyghtes
that
had
theyr
fyrst
berdes
besyoe
the
olde
knyghtes
that
were
well
an
hundred
thousand
.
And
whan
that
this
was
doone
:
the
Emperour
Charlemayne
called
Rowland
his
neuew
afore
him
and
sayde
to
hym
.
Fayre
neuew
I
recomende
to
you
myne
hoste
,
and
I
pray
you
that
ye
wyll
conduyte
it
by
good
maner
.
Syr
sayd
Rouland
I
shal
doo
therin
my
deuoyre
after
my
power
.
Than
made
to
be
take
to
hym
the
oryflambe
,
and
departed
out
of
Parys
,
and
they
did
so
muche
by
smal
Iourneis
that
they
came
to
Bloye
,
and
than
Charlemayne
made
to
be
cryed
that
all
the
vytaylers
of
the
land
should
goe
wyth
vitayle
after
the
hoste
.
And
yf
that
they
brought
that
were
worth
a
peny
:
they
should
haue
two
for
it
.
And
whan
that
thys
greate
armye
was
come
to
Bloy
they
passed
ouer
Gyronde
and
wente
afore
the
great
castell
of
Mountawban
.
And
they
lodged
themself
there
rounde
about
the
place
.
And
then
the
Frenche
men
began
to
say
the
one
to
the
other
,
by
myne
othe
there
is
a
fayre
castel
and
a
stornge
and
but
yf
wee
get
some
other
parte
,
heere
shall
we
wynne
but
a
lytle
.
ANd
whan
the
batayles
were
ordeyned
rounde
about
mountawban
:
Rowland
began
for
to
say
to
the
kynge
Charlemayne
.
Syr
me
semeth
that
wee
should
nowe
gyue
a
sawte
to
Mountawban
.
And
the
Kynge
answered
,
I
wyll
not
that
my
folke
haue
any
dommage
,
but
fyrste
I
wyll
knowe
yf
the
castel
wil
holde
or
yelde
vp
.
For
yf
he
wyl
be
gyuen
vp
:
I
wolde
not
that
anye
batayle
should
be
doone
to
it
.
And
than
incontinent
he
sent
a
knyght
mounted
vpon
a
mewle
all
vnarmed
,
the
whyche
came
vnto
the
gate
of
the
castel
,
and
whan
they
that
kept
the
gate
sawe
that
it
was
a
messanger
:
they
opened
to
hym
the
gate
,
and
the
Knight
entred
into
the
castel
.
And
as
he
was
come
in
,
he
found
the
stewarde
with
an
hundred
men
that
wente
aboute
visitynge
the
watches
and
the
wardes
.
Incotinente
the
knyght
salued
hym
,
and
the
stewarde
rendred
hym
agayne
hys
salute
and
sayd
to
him
.
What
be
ye
Gentylman
,
and
what
seke
you
heere
wythin
?
I
pray
you
tell
me
what
folke
are
yonder
wythout
so
fayre
a
company
.
Syr
sayde
the
knyght
they
ben
the
folke
of
the
Emperour
Charlemaine
that
is
come
for
to
besyege
the
Castell
of
Mountawban
,
and
I
am
one
of
his
knyghtes
that
am
come
heere
for
to
speake
with
Reynawde
from
the
king
Charlemayne
.
Than
the
stewarde
tooke
the
knyght
by
the
hande
and
led
him
before
Reynawde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
.
And
whan
the
knyght
saw
Reynawde
:
he
made
reuerence
to
him
and
after
sayd
to
hym
,
Reynawde
the
Emperour
Charlemayne
sendeth
to
you
worde
by
me
,
that
yf
you
wyll
yelde
your selfe
to
hys
mercy
,
&
giue
to
hym
your
brother
Richarde
to
doo
his
wyll
of
hym
:
he
shall
haue
mercy
of
you
.
And
yf
ye
wyll
not
doo
so
:
he
shall
doo
sawte
your
Castell
,
and
yf
he
maye
take
you
by
force
:
he
shall
make
you
for
to
be
hanged
,
or
dye
a
cruell
death
.
THan
whan
Reynawde
vnderstode
these
tydynges
that
Charlemayne
sente
to
hym
:
he
began
for
to
sm●le
and
sayd
.
Freende
go
tel
the
kynge
that
I
am
not
the
man
that
shal
doo
any
treason
.
For
if
I
should
doo
it
,
he
him self
should
blame
me
for
it
.
But
and
yf
it
please
hym
,
my
bretherne
.
Mawgys
and
my self
ben
at
his
commaundement
,
and
we
shall
gyue
our
se●f●
to
hym
as
to
our
souerayne
Lorde
,
our
l●ues
saue
and
our
membres
,
and
we
shall
yelde
to
hym
the
Castel
al
at
hys
wyll
.
And
tell
the
kynge
that
he
shall
doo
well
and
wysely
to
take
such
fyue
knyghtes
as
we
ben
.
And
yf
Charlemayn
refuseth
this
:
I
haue
myne
hope
so
fast
to
our
Lorde
god
that
wee
shall
not
set
moche
by
the
kynge
,
nor
of
his
great
hoste
.
The
messanger
vnderstode
well
the
answere
that
Reynawde
had
doone
to
hym
:
and
incontynent
he
retourned
to
Charlemain
and
shewed
to
hym
all
that
Reynawde
had
sayd
worde
by
worde
.
Whan
the
Emperour
vnderstode
the
wordes
of
Reynawde
:
he
began
for
to
thynke
a
good
whyle
,
for
he
knew
that
Reynawde
sayde
but
well
,
And
than
he
sent
for
the
Duke
Naymes
and
Ogier
the
Dane
and
sayd
vnto
them
.
Lordes
,
Reynawde
sendeth
me
worde
that
he
shall
doe
nothynge
after
my
wyll
.
And
for
this
cause
I
wyl
that
the
castell
be
assayled
forthwith
.
Sir
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
me
semeth
as
I
haue
vnderstande
the
Reynawde
offreth
to
you
fayre
,
and
yf
ye
wyll
belyue
me
:
ye
shall
take
hym
to
mercy
wyth
hys
brethern
.
For
ye
knowe
well
that
they
been
folke
that
may
doo
to
you
good
seruyce
.
And
yf
Reynawde
be
once
in
peace
with
you
:
ye
shall
be
the
better
beloued
and
more
dred
therfore
.
But
sith
that
your
wil
cannot
accorde
to
the
same
:
we
maye
not
doo
therto
.
To
assayle
the
castel
I
counsel
it
not
.
For
ye
see
that
the
Castell
is
fayre
and
ryght
stronge
,
and
Reynawde
hath
whym
a
good
company
of
good
men
,
and
he
and
his
brethern
,
&
Mawgys
ben
suche
knyghtes
as
ye
knowe
,
yf
ye
doo
assayle
the
castel
:
they
shall
yssue
out
at
the
fauce
posternes
,
and
shall
doo
to
you
so
great
a
dommage
of
your
folke
that
ye
shall
be
wrothe
for
it
,
but
and
yf
ye
wyll
beleue
my
counsell
:
ye
shall
besyege
the
Castell
so
nyghe
that
no
man
shal
not
come
out
nor
cutre
in
but
he
shal
be
take
,
and
thus
ye
shall
mow
haue
the
Castell
by
famisshynge
.
For
by
no
sawte
ye
shall
not
haue
it
.
CHarlemayne
vnderstode
well
these
wordes
and
knew
well
that
the
duke
Naymes
spake
wel
&
wysely
and
sayd
to
hym
.
I
wil
that
it
be
doone
thus
as
ye
haue
deuysed
it
.
And
than
he
made
crye
through
his
hoste
that
euery
man
should
lodge
hymself
euyn
nighe
by
the
Castell
,
and
he
himselfe
commaunded
that
his
pauyllion
should
be
pight
as
nighe
the
gate
as
coulde
be
doone
.
After
thys
was
cryed
ye
should
haue
seen
wyth
in
a
litle
whyle
moe
than
ten
thousand
pauillions
rounde
aboute
the
Castell
of
Mountawban
.
Whan
the
hoste
was
al
lodged
:
Rowlande
departed
out
of
the
hoste
well
with
two
thousand
knightes
wel
armed
&
wel
horsed
and
all
yonge
men
of
pryme
berde
,
whiche
were
very
frenshe
born
of
the
douce
fraunce
,
and
went
at
the
other
side
of
Mountawban
,
in
a
place
whiche
is
called
Balancon
where
was
a
riuer
great
and
deape
,
in
the
whych
was
fisshe
ynough
,
and
there
he
dyd
pytche
his
pauillion
.
And
so
full
he
was
of
great
pryde
:
that
he
bad
set
the
dragon
aboue
vpon
hys
pauillion
,
and
did
doo
make
the
lodgis
of
his
felawes
rounde
about
him
And
they
were
in
suche
a
grounde
where
as
they
myght
see
from
thens
the
woodes
and
the
Ryuers
and
all
the
countrey
,
and
Mountawban
that
was
vpon
the
great
roche
well
closed
,
&
behelde
the
two
great
ryuers
,
that
is
to
wit
Gyround
and
Dordone
,
that
enuyronned
Mountawban
.
ROwlande
sawe
the
place
so
stronge
that
he
meruaylled
greatly
,
&
sayd
to
hys
folke
.
Lordes
I
meruayle
me
sore
of
thys
castell
,
&
I
meruayle
not
yf
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
make
warre
agaynst
mine
vncle
Charlemayne
sythe
that
they
haue
so
good
and
so
stronge
a
place
,
for
to
withdraw
theym selfe
.
For
I
promyse
you
that
Mountawban
shal
neuer
be
taken
of
vs
,
ye
say
not
well
sayd
Olyuer
.
For
we
tooke
well
by
force
Lezonne
,
&
also
we
ouerthrew
downe
the
great
towre
and
the
doungeon
of
Sernoble
,
wherof
I
saye
that
we
shall
well
haue
Mountawban
,
And
yf
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
come
not
and
yelde
them selfe
:
they
shal
be
in
daunger
of
death
.
I
promyse
you
sayde
Rowlande
that
they
shall
doo
nothynge
of
that
ye
saye
.
For
I
promyse
you
that
the
gentyll
Reynawde
shall
make
vs
so
sore
aferde
that
the
moste
hardy
wolde
be
at
Parys
.
Reynawde
is
prue
and
coragious
,
and
his
brethern
in
lykewise
,
and
also
they
haue
within
the
castell
many
noble
and
worthy
knightes
.
Wherfore
I
say
and
I
am
of
opinion
,
that
as
longe
as
they
haue
vytayle
they
shall
neuer
be
taken
.
Whan
the
pauillion
of
Rowlande
was
dressed
and
pight
vp
:
Rowlande
behelde
the
riuer
and
saw
that
it
was
full
of
byrdes
,
than
he
sayd
to
the
Bysshop
Turpyn
and
to
the
other
Barons
,
See
howe
wee
are
lodged
in
a
good
place
.
Let
vs
goe
in
these
Ryuers
to
let
flee
our
Fawcons
.
Syr
sayde
the
Bisshoppe
Turpin
,
goe
in
the
name
of
God
.
Then
lyghted
Rowlande
on
horsebacke
and
tooke
with
hym
wel
.xxx.
knightes
,
and
no
mo
.
And
they
tooke
their
hawkes
,
&
rode
the
moste
parte
of
them
vpon
mules
all
vnarmed
saue
theyr
swerdes
and
came
and
sported
them
alonge
the
ryuer
syde
,
&
tooke
many
byrdes
vpon
the
water
,
in
so
great
quantitie
that
they
laded
a
horse
wythall
,
the
bysshop
Turpyn
and
Ogyer
,
wente
not
there
but
abode
behynde
for
to
keep
the
hoste
,
and
they
were
before
the
tentes
where
they
made
two
auncient
knightes
to
recounte
and
tel
how
the
great
Troy
was
taken
and
dystroyed
,
this
hangyng
:
was
a
spye
in
the
hoste
of
king
Charlemaine
,
that
longed
vnto
renawde
,
the
whyche
he
had
sent
there
for
to
know
what
they
wrought
,
and
howe
they
dyd
&
all
the
fayte
of
Rowlande
,
and
incontinent
the
spye
departed
out
of
the
hoste
and
wente
to
Reynawde
,
and
shewed
to
hym
how
Rowlande
and
Olyuer
were
gone
to
sportynge
with
theyr
Hawkes
vpon
the
ryuer
,
and
wyth
them
thyrtye
of
the
best
of
the
hoste
.
WHan
the
spye
had
recounted
these
tidynges
to
Reynawde
:
he
was
of
it
ryght
glad
.
Than
he
called
his
brethern
&
Mawgys
his
cosyn
,
&
tolde
them
how
Roulande
and
Olyuer
and
.xxx
of
the
beste
barons
of
Charlemayne
were
gone
to
hawking
vpon
the
ryuers
in
the
plaine
of
Balancon
.
What
ought
we
to
doo
sayd
Reynawde
?
Cosyn
sayd
Mawgys
we
may
well
kill
them
if
we
wyll
,
for
they
ben
well
proude
&
folyshe
,
remember
ye
not
wel
that
a
messanger
tolde
you
a
moneth
a
goe
that
Charlemayne
had
left
all
olde
knightes
of
his
Realme
,
&
had
taken
of
the
yonge
,
&
that
he
had
departed
all
Gascoyne
to
the
yonge
bachelers
of
Fraunce
?
And
by
thys
boban
Rowland
&
Olyuer
ben
mounted
into
so
great
pryde
that
they
trow
in
al
the
worlde
is
no
man
that
dare
assaile
them
nor
looke
vpon
them
angrely
.
But
and
yf
ye
wyl
beleue
me
:
I
shall
tell
you
suche
a
thynge
,
that
shal
make
them
wrothe
&
sory
.
And
than
reinawde
made
sowne
his
horne
the
which
men
neuer
herde
sowned
but
that
it
was
need
,
for
whan
men
hearde
it
:
euery
man
ran
to
his
armes
for
to
arme
hym
.
And
incontynent
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
,
and
Mawgys
made
themselfe
to
be
armed
.
And
whan
they
were
al
armed
and
well
apparelled
:
Reynawde
lyghted
vpon
Bayarde
his
good
horse
,
and
spurred
hym
wyth
hys
spurres
,
so
that
he
made
hym
to
lepe
wel
thyrty
foote
of
length
.
Ha
good
horse
sayd
Reynawde
:
how
ye
make
your selfe
to
be
beloued
.
And
how
wel
I
mistre
you
this
dai
.
Let
vs
go
assayle
these
vnhappy
folke
of
the
kyng
Charlemayne
of
Fraunce
,
and
make
we
by
suche
a
maner
that
we
need
not
retourne
twyse
,
and
therof
I
praye
you
all
.
ANd
whan
Reynawde
sawe
that
his
folke
was
wel
apparelled
,
he
wente
out
with
his
men
at
a
false
posterne
,
that
they
of
the
hoste
coulde
not
see
them
.
And
they
were
wel
in
his
company
about
foure
thousand
well
horsed
and
well
armed
,
And
a
foster
conduyted
them
throughe
the
thyckest
of
the
forest
,
&
Reynawde
sayd
to
the
foster
,
brynge
me
thou
into
the
hoste
of
Rowland
without
fayle
,
the
Foster
answered
to
hym
that
he
wolde
doo
it
gladly
.
Than
brought
he
them
streyght
to
Balancon
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
the
pauylions
:
he
shewed
them
to
his
folke
,
to
whome
he
sayde
,
be
holde
what
fayre
gayne
wee
haue
founde
heere
yf
wee
dare
set
vpon
them
.
Syr
sayd
his
men
,
let
vs
goe
to
it
hardelye
,
for
we
durste
well
assayle
the
deuyl
,
whan
ye
be
with
vs
.
¶
Nowe
shall
I
tell
you
of
the
bysshop
Turpin
that
was
a
bid
to
keep
the
hoste
,
wherof
he
had
great
feare
bycause
he
wyst
well
agaynst
whom
he
had
a
doo
,
and
had
a
great
suspeccion
and
heaued
vp
hys
head
,
&
saw
the
Rauens
&
the
Dawes
flee
about
vpon
the
fortresse
.
And
from
thens
they
tooke
theyr
flyght
ouer
Rowlandes
pauilion
.
And
made
great
noise
And
so
was
he
aferde
,
for
he
wende
that
it
had
be
some
euyll
token
,
and
he
behelde
towarde
the
woodes
that
were
great
,
and
saw
anon
hys
enemyes
,
wherof
he
was
sore
afrayde
that
almoste
he
was
besyde
hymselfe
.
Than
he
called
Ogyer
the
Dane
and
sayd
to
hym
,
free
knyght
for
goddes
loue
goe
arme
your selfe
,
and
let
our
folke
be
armed
,
for
heere
comen
our
enemyes
.
Now
ben
well
Rowlande
and
Olyuer
gone
for
nought
that
ar
gone
to
the
chase
and
haue
left
theyr
hoste
thus
in
great
daunger
.
I
beleue
that
thei
shal
not
fayle
but
they
shal
repente
it
sore
.
Whan
Ogyer
hearde
Turpyn
speake
in
thys
maner
:
he
was
very
sore
an
angred
,
so
went
he
in
his
pauylion
and
made
hym
to
be
armed
incontynent
for
to
moue
the
hoste
.
And
whan
that
the
Frenchemen
hearde
the
trumpettes
blowe
:
they
put
themself
in
ordenaunce
nobly
.
Thys
hanging
:
Ogyer
was
armed
and
mounted
vpon
hys
horse
Brayforde
,
and
founde
that
a
great
parte
of
them
was
armed
and
al
redye
.
Than
Ogier
said
to
them
Lordes
thynke
to
defende
you
well
,
for
we
ben
assayled
.
REynawde
was
abashed
whan
he
sawe
the
hoste
that
moued
so
:
and
sayde
vnto
hys
folke
,
Lordes
we
ben
dyscouered
,
but
yet
neuerthelesse
let
vs
go
to
it
and
assayle
them
they
answered
that
they
were
all
redy
for
to
doo
so
.
And
whan
that
Reinawde
vnderstode
these
wordes
:
he
sayde
vnto
Mawgys
.
Fayre
Cosyn
take
a
thousande
knyghtes
,
and
abide
heere
within
this
wood
.
And
if
yee
see
that
we
need
of
more
helpe
:
come
than
and
succoure
vs
.
Gladly
sayde
Mawgys
your
commaundemente
shal
be
do
one
.
And
whan
that
Reynawde
had
sayde
so
:
he
spurred
Bayarde
with
his
spurres
,
&
wente
into
the
hoste
,
&
passed
the
playne
of
Balancon
,
&
the
fyrst
that
he
recountred
it
was
Emery
the
erle
of
Nicol
,
and
smote
hym
so
that
he
shoued
his
speare
thoroughe
the
bodye
of
him
and
fell
dead
to
the
erth
.
Then
sayd
Reynawde
ye
shal
abye
the
bargayne
.
false
Glotton
,
ye
dyd
a
greate
folye
whan
ye
came
euer
into
Gascoygne
And
whan
that
he
had
sayde
thus
:
he
set
hys
hande
to
his
swerde
.
And
began
for
to
make
so
great
occysyon
of
knightes
that
none
can
tel
it
.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
his
enemies
so
strongelye
abasshed
:
He
began
for
to
say
,
where
is
Rowlande
and
Olyuer
that
so
sore
hath
thretened
me
and
my
folke
,
and
saying
that
we
been
traytours
?
But
and
they
saye
so
afore
me
:
I
should
shew
to
them
that
they
say
not
well
nor
trouth
.
Whan
the
bisshop
Turpyn
vnderstode
this
that
Reynawde
sayde
:
He
sayde
to
Reynawde
,
ye
nother
saye
well
nor
trouth
,
and
than
he
spurred
his
horse
with
the
spurres
,
and
went
agaynst
Reynawde
,
and
gaue
eche
other
so
great
strokes
through
theyr
sheeldes
that
they
brake
bothe
theyr
speres
al
in
peces
.
But
neyther
of
theym
fell
downe
.
And
whan
Reynawde
had
broken
his
spere
:
he
set
his
hande
to
his
swerd
and
gaue
so
great
a
stroke
with
it
to
the
Bisshop
Turpyn
vpon
his
helme
that
he
made
bothe
the
man
and
the
horse
to
rele
sore
.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
the
bisshop
in
the
plight
he
sayd
to
him
,
father
be
ye
the
same
Turpyn
that
prayseth
your selfe
so
sore
?
By
my
faith
me
semeth
it
were
better
for
you
to
be
in
some
churche
to
synge
some
masse
then
for
to
be
heere
,
wening
to
greue
me
.
THan
whan
the
bysshop
Turpyn
vnderstode
the
reproche
that
Reynawde
made
to
hym
:
he
trowed
well
to
haue
gone
oute
of
hys
mynde
for
it
.
And
set
handes
to
hys
swerde
,
&
went
vpon
Reynawde
.
And
then
was
the
hoste
moued
of
one
partye
and
of
the
other
.
Shortly
to
speke
:
there
were
so
many
speres
broken
,
so
many
a
knyght
ouerthrowen
and
so
mani
horses
dead
:
that
it
was
great
pitie
for
to
see
.
There
was
Ogyer
the
Dane
that
had
his
sheeld
afore
hys
brest
,
and
his
swerde
in
his
hand
and
sat
vpon
Brayforde
the
whych
smote
Rycharde
the
brother
of
Reynawde
so
great
a
stroke
:
that
his
horse
fell
downe
to
th
erth
.
Whan
Rycharde
sawe
hym selfe
a
ground
:
he
rose
vp
agayne
quickely
as
a
knight
prue
and
valyaunt
.
And
tooke
his
swerde
in
his
hande
,
and
Ogier
passed
beyonde
for
to
folow
his
course
and
began
to
crye
the
baner
saynt
Denis
.
Whan
Reynawde
saw
his
brother
Rycharde
cast
on
ground
:
he
was
wrothe
for
it
.
So
spurred
he
hys
horse
Bayarde
,
and
went
agaynste
Ogyer
the
dane
,
&
Ogier
against
him
.
&
gaue
eche
other
great
strokes
vpon
theyr
sheeldes
.
Reynawde
smote
Ogyer
by
so
great
force
that
the
horses
gyrth
nor
the
peytrell
myght
not
help
But
that
Ogier
muste
falle
downe
sadle
and
all
to
the
grounde
.
WHan
Reynawde
saw
Ogier
at
the
erth
:
he
tooke
Brayforde
by
the
brydle
,
and
sayde
to
Ogier
,
ye
haue
doone
euyll
for
to
haue
caste
downe
my
brother
afore
me
,
ye
knowe
that
ye
be
of
my
lignage
and
my
cosyn
nyghe
,
ye
should
helpe
and
defende
vs
agaynst
all
men
.
And
ye
doo
worse
than
the
other
,
wherof
I
say
it
is
no
dede
of
a
cosyn
but
of
an
enemi
,
neuerthelesse
take
your
horse
agayne
vpon
suche
condicion
that
ye
shall
doo
to
me
a
pleasure
at
a nother
time
if
I
haue
need
,
the
whyche
thinge
God
forbede
,
cosyn
sayde
Ogyer
ye
speake
as
a
good
man
,
and
promise
you
that
yf
I
fayle
of
this
,
that
ye
saye
:
god
punysshe
me
for
it
,
Reynawde
yeelded
him
agayne
hys
horse
,
and
helde
the
styrop
to
Ogyer
whan
he
lyghted
agayne
vpon
hys
horse
brayforde
.
And
wyt
it
that
Ogyer
sich
dyd
muche
for
Reynawd
and
yeelded
hym
again
vpon
his
reward
at
the
roche
mountbron
,
wherof
he
was
rebuked
of
Charlemaine
shamefully
.
Whan
Ogier
was
sette
on
his
horse
again
:
he
set
hand
to
hys
swerde
&
entred
amonge
the
thickest
of
the
gascoines
,
&
began
to
hew
them
so
sore
that
he
made
them
all
to
slee
afore
him
.
Whan
Mawgis
saw
that
all
the
battaylles
were
thus
medled
togither
:
he
cam
out
of
the
wood
,
and
came
to
Balancon
and
put
himselfe
&
his
folke
among
the
greatest
prece
and
began
to
cleaue
and
hew
so
hard
heades
legges
and
armes
,
that
none
durste
abyde
longe
afore
him
.
And
than
the
frenshmen
were
so
sore
and
werye
that
they
mighte
no
more
and
were
all
dyscomfited
at
the
passage
of
the
ryuer
,
than
they
dyd
put
theym selfe
to
flight
,
and
the
gascoines
chased
them
all
beating
a
longe
mile
,
&
after
returned
to
the
hoste
,
and
tooke
al
the
hauoyr
that
they
founde
there
,
and
Mawgis
came
to
the
pauillion
of
Rowland
and
tooke
the
dragon
of
golde
that
was
set
vpon
the
said
pauillion
,
and
they
passed
through
Balancon
,
and
so
returned
to
Mountawban
with
greate
ioye
.
And
whan
they
were
come
:
there
they
disarmed
them selfe
&
eate
right
wel
.
For
they
had
well
mister
therof
.
Whan
they
hadde
caten
at
their
ease
:
Reinawde
made
brynge
the
boty
afore
him
.
And
after
dealed
it
among
his
folke
.
And
keepe
to
him
no●
one
peny
.
Whan
Reinawd
had
thus
departed
all
this
goodes
:
Mawgis
went
vpon
the
great
towre
of
Mountawban
.
And
dyd
set
the
dragon
of
Rowland
vpon
the
same
,
so
that
the
folke
of
choste
of
bothe
sides
of
the
castell
myghte
see
it
.
And
whan
Charlemaine
saw
the
dragon
vpon
the
towre
of
●ountawban
:
he
wende
that
Rowland
his
neuew
had
taken
Mountawban
by
force
,
but
the
thinge
went
wel
otherwise
.
For
Reinawde
and
his
bretherne
had
discomfited
al
the
folke
of
Rowland
and
had
brought
with
them
al
theyr
hauoyre
and
the
dragon
of
the
sayde
Rowland
they
had
set
vpon
the
towre
of
Mountawban
.
❧
How
Reynawd
and
his
brethern
were
betrayed
and
solde
to
the
kinge
Charlemayn
by
the
king
yon
of
gascoyn
that
sent
them
in
the
playne
of
Valcoloures
all
without
armes
but
their
swerdes
,
and
were
mounted
vpon
mules
,
and
were
clothed
with
mantelles
of
scarlet
furred
with
ermine
.
Fro
the
whiche
they
escaped
by
the
wylle
of
god
,
but
they
suffred
muche
payne
and
great
trauayle
,
for
they
were
greatly
hurt
and
sore
wounded
,
but
of
the
king
Charlemains
party
abode
there
dead
Folques
of
Moryllon
and
manye
other
barons
and
worthy
knightes
,
wherof
the
kinge
Charlemayn
was
wrothe
and
sory
.
❧
Capitulum
.ix.
depiction of a group of un-armoured men on horseback
NOw
must
we
tel
of
Rowland
and
of
Oliuer
,
that
came
againe
fro
hawking
vpon
the
riuers
wyth
theyr
felowes
,
and
beseming
they
were
ryghte
gladde
that
they
hadde
so
well
chased
and
taken
a
greate
quantitie
of
byrdes
,
and
thus
as
they
came
againe
:
they
met
wyth
damp
Rambault
the
free
knight
that
tolde
them
by
a
great
angre
,
ye
haue
taken
manye
byrdes
see
that
ye
be
good
marchauntes
&
selle
your
proy
well
.
For
I
promyse
you
ye
shall
neuer
selle
your
chase
and
hawking
so
deare
as
it
hath
coste
you
.
And
yf
ye
haue
taken
byrdes
:
I
let
you
wyt
that
Reinawde
&
his
brethern
haue
taken
knyghtes
,
and
horses
,
and
whan
ye
see
youre
dragon
vpon
the
greate
towre
of
Mountawban
,
ye
oughte
wel
to
be
than
glad
&
thanke
muche
therof
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
.
For
all
tho
that
seen
it
set
there
of
an
heyght
:
they
ween
that
ye
haue
gotten
the
castell
by
force
.
Whan
Rowland
vnderstood
these
wordes
:
it
lacked
lityll
that
he
went
oute
of
hys
mynde
,
he
lyghted
downe
from
hys
mule
,
and
sette
hymselfe
vpon
a
stone
,
and
began
to
thinke
and
muse
sore
,
and
so
dyd
Oliuer
in
lyke
wise
,
and
whan
Rowlande
had
thoughte
ynoughe
:
he
called
to
him
the
byshop
Turpyn
,
Ogier
the
dane
,
&
Richard
of
Normandye
and
sayd
to
theym
.
For
god
fayre
lordes
what
counseyll
gyue
you
me
vpon
thys
deed
?
For
I
dare
neuer
mote
finde
my selfe
before
my
vncle
the
kyng
Charlemayne
,
for
I
feare
me
to
sore
of
euyll
reporte
and
that
menne
tell
of
me
otherwyse
than
the
trouth
.
And
he
said
to
the
byshop
Turpyn
.
For
goddes
loue
good
father
in
god
geue
me
leaue
to
departe
,
for
I
wolde
goe
into
the
holy
londe
to
see
the
sepulture
of
our
lorde
for
to
warre
there
ayenst
the
sarasins
For
sith
this
my
shappe
is
thus
come
to
me
:
I
wyl
no
more
beare
armes
ayenst
christen
men
.
Syr
sayde
the
byshop
Turpyn
,
be
not
dysmayed
for
nothinge
,
for
thys
is
but
an
vse
of
warre
,
suche
a
thyng
befalleth
often
to
manye
one
,
I
promise
you
that
ye
shall
haue
or
three
dayes
been
past
:
as
many
of
the
folke
of
Reynawde
as
he
hathe
of
yours
.
Sir
said
Rowlande
ye
geue
me
good
courage
and
I
promise
you
that
to
your
prudence
I
shall
arrest
my selfe
.
Whan
Rowland
had
said
these
woordes
:
the
bysshop
Turpyn
&
Ogier
dyd
so
muche
that
thei
made
him
●ight
a
horseback
and
they
went
togither
all
towarde
Charlemayn
,
&
wit
that
after
Rowlande
came
mo
than
a
hundred
yonge
gentilmen
all
a
foote
by
cause
they
had
lost
their
horses
,
and
whan
they
were
come
to
t
hoste
of
Charlemain
:
they
went
streyghte
to
the
pauyllion
of
the
duke
Naimes
,
and
whan
Rowland
entred
within
he
was
ashamed
and
abode
there
two
dayes
that
he
came
not
out
,
&
durste
not
goe
to
the
courte
nor
loke
no
man
in
the
face
but
helde
himselfe
in
the
saide
pauillyon
as
a
man
all
abashed
of
the
great
sorowe
that
he
had
at
his
heart
.
Whan
Rowland
&
Olyuer
was
thus
abiden
in
the
duke
Naymes
tent
,
this
hangyng
:
Turpyn
came
towarde
kinge
Charlemayne
in
hys
rente
.
Where
he
entred
within
&
saluted
the
kyng
right
honourably
,
and
the
emperour
rendred
to
him
his
sau●e
,
and
after
sayd
to
him
.
Damp
byshop
ye
be
welcome
.
Syr
said
Turpyn
god
be
your
keeper
,
&
I
beseche
you
to
pardon
me
,
yf
I
tell
you
any
thing
that
shal
displease
you
.
Now
tel
har●●●y
said
the
king
what
ye
wyll
.
For
nothing
that
ye
can
tell
,
canne
not
dysplease
me
.
Syr
sayde
the
byshop
Turpyn
,
wyt
that
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
haue
discomfyted
vs
.
And
haue
take
with
them
al
that
we
had
in
our
tentes
,
bothe
horses
and
harneys
and
al
our
pauyllyons
and
namely
the
dragon
of
Rowland
beside
a
greate
m●iny
prisoners
,
and
they
haue
slain
the
moste
party
of
our
folke
.
THan
whan
the
emperour
vnderstoode
this
that
Turpyn
had
tolde
him
:
he
was
a
long
while
as
a
man
all
forcened
.
And
than
he
sware
saint
Denys
by
greate
angre
,
and
said
.
Now
haue
ye
found
that
ye
went
telling
&
the
great
pride
that
ye
had
ye
haue
wel
found
.
At
this
houre
he
did
send
through
al
his
hoste
by
expresse
wordes
:
that
euery
lorde
and
baron
should
come
incontinent
afore
him
in
his
tente
for
he
wolde
keep
parlyament
with
them
.
Whan
the
prynces
knew
that
commaundement
of
the
king
:
ye
should
haue
seen
them
come
with
greate
haste
toward
the
king
,
and
whan
they
were
all
assembled
within
the
kinges
pauillion
:
he
stoode
vpon
his
feete
&
said
to
theim
in
this
maner
.
Lordes
I
haue
sent
for
you
for
to
shewe
vnto
you
tha●
to
vs
is
happed
of
newe
.
Now
wi●
that
the
four
sonnes
of
Aimon
haue
discomfited
all
youre
knightes
that
Rowlande
my
neuew
had
with
him
at
Balancon
,
wherof
I
am
ryghte
wroth
and
sorye
,
for
I
wolde
I
had
lost
a
greater
thinge
,
and
that
thys
were
not
happed
,
but
a
thyng
that
can
not
be
amended
:
must
be
suffred
and
borne
as
well
as
men
may
,
I
require
and
beseche
you
all
my
lordes
and
freendes
vpon
the
othe
that
ye
haue
made
to
me
:
that
ye
will
counseyll
me
truelye
howe
I
shall
be
ruled
in
thys
matter
,
and
howe
I
myghte
haue
thys
Castell
of
Mountawban
,
whan
the
kinge
had
thus
spoken
:
there
was
none
so
hardye
that
euer
durste
saye
one
worde
but
onely
the
Duke
Naymes
of
Bauier
the
pr●e
and
wyse
knyght
.
Syr
said
the
Duke
Naymes
,
ye
aske
counsell
for
to
besyege
Mountawban
,
but
no
manne
that
hathe
any
reason
in
his
heade
:
oughte
not
to
counseyll
you
the
same
,
for
whye
the
daunger
is
there
greate
because
that
Guynard
the
lorde
of
Berne
knoweth
of
it
,
and
so
dooth
Godfray
the
Lorde
of
Poycy
that
are
good
knightes
and
sore
dread
for
theyr
worthynes
,
and
also
the
kinge
yon
that
is
at
tholouse
,
the
whiche
shall
come
all
to
helpe
and
succour
Reinawd
:
by
cause
they
be
of
his
aliaunce
,
and
also
they
know
that
he
is
one
of
the
best
knyghtes
of
the
worlde
.
And
they
knowe
well
also
that
Reynawd
gyueth
to
vs
muche
to
doone
,
and
so
I
tell
you
if
they
see
themselfe
togyther
:
they
shal
giue
you
ynoughe
to
doo
,
and
shall
maye
beare
to
you
a
great
dommage
.
But
and
ye
wil
haue
good
counseyll
,
and
beleue
me
:
I
shal
gyue
it
to
you
truelye
.
Syr
sende
worde
to
kynge
yon
,
that
he
withdraw
not
nor
keep
your
enmyes
within
hys
londe
,
but
that
he
yeeld
them
in
to
youre
handes
for
to
doo
with
them
youre
pleasure
and
your
commaundemente
.
And
yf
he
wyll
not
doo
so
:
ye
shall
destroye
all
his
londe
and
no
mercy
ye
shall
haue
vpon
him
.
Naymes
saide
the
kynge
,
nowe
gyue
you
me
good
counseyll
,
and
I
wyll
that
ye
haue
saide
:
be
doone
incontynente
.
Than
the
kyng
made
come
an
Heraude
of
hys
,
and
sayde
to
hym
.
Nowe
goe
lyghtlye
to
Tholouse
,
and
tell
kynge
yon
on
my
behaulfe
that
I
am
entred
in
to
Gascoyne
accompanyed
of
the
twelue
peeres
of
Fraunce
with
an
hundred
thousand
fyghting
menne
,
and
with
Rowlande
,
and
Olyuer
,
and
telle
hym
that
by
saynt
Denys
of
fraunce
yf
he
yeelde
me
not
my
enmyes
,
that
been
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
:
that
I
shall
waste
and
destroye
all
hys
londe
,
nor
to
hym
shall
abyde
nother
cytie
nor
Castell
,
but
it
shal
be
ouer
throwen
to
the
earth
.
And
yf
I
canne
take
hym
:
I
shall
take
from
him
hys
crowne
,
so
shall
he
be
called
kynge
ouerthrowen
.
Syr
sayde
the
Heraude
your
commaundement
I
shall
doo
without
varying
of
one
word
,
euen
as
your
good
grace
pleaseth
to
commaunde
me
,
and
thus
departed
the
Heraude
from
the
hoste
of
Charlemayne
,
and
tooke
hys
way
towarde
Tholouse
,
there
he
founde
the
king
yon
of
Gascoyn
in
his
pallays
with
a
right
fayre
company
,
&
assone
that
he
saw
the
king
:
he
knew
hym
well
,
so
made
he
than
to
hym
the
reuerence
,
and
said
to
him
in
the
Emperours
behalfe
the
thing
worde
by
worde
wherof
he
was
sent
there
.
ANd
whan
the
kyng
yon
vnderstoode
the
Heraude
that
spake
so
:
he
bowed
hys
head
towarde
the
earthe
,
and
began
to
thinke
a
longe
while
,
and
said
not
a
word
.
And
whan
he
had
thus
longe
mused
ynoughe
:
he
said
to
the
messanger
.
Good
freend
ye
muste
cary
heere
a
seuen
nyght
I
praye
you
,
and
than
I
shall
tell
you
my
wyl
,
and
what
I
purpose
to
doo
.
Syr
saide
the
Heraude
I
shall
abyde
with
a
good
will
sith
that
it
please
you
.
Than
wente
the
king
yon
in
to
hys
chambre
and
eyght
earles
with
him
,
and
commaunded
that
the
doores
should
be
well
sheete
,
and
than
they
set
theim
all
vpon
a
benche
.
And
whan
they
were
al
set
:
the
kyng
yon
tooke
the
worde
and
said
in
this
maner
.
Lordes
I
beseche
and
require
vpon
the
faith
that
ye
owe
to
me
that
ye
geue
me
good
counseyll
to
the
honoure
of
me
,
not
at
my
will
:
but
by
reason
.
Nowe
wit
it
that
the
kynge
Charlemain
is
entred
within
my
lond
with
the
tuelue
peeres
of
Fraunce
,
and
Rowlande
and
Oliuer
,
with
an
hundred
thousande
men
.
And
he
sendeth
to
me
word
,
but
if
I
deliuer
vnto
him
the
four
sonnes
of
Aimon
:
he
shall
not
leaue
me
nother
citie
nor
towne
,
but
he
shal
cast
all
to
chearth
and
shal
take
the
crown
fro
my
head
,
and
so
shal
I
becalled
a
kinge
ouerthrowen
.
My
father
helde
neuer
nothing
of
him
and
no
more
shal
I
,
it
is
better
to
die
with
great
worship
:
than
to
liue
in
great
shame
.
THan
whan
the
king
you
had
thus
spoken
:
there
rose
vp
a
knight
named
Godfraye
that
was
neuew
to
king
yon
and
sayd
to
him
,
sir
I
merueyll
me
that
ye
aske
counseyll
for
to
betray
suche
knightes
as
ben
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
,
Reinawde
is
your
man
and
your
carnall
freend
,
ye
know
what
good
he
hath●
doone
to
you
and
to
your
londe
.
It
is
not
longe
a
goe
that
he
dyscomfited
Marcyl
the
puysaunt
Sarasin
and
chased
him
well
foure
mile
,
and
smot
of
his
heade
and
presented
it
to
you
,
and
ye
haue
promysed
and
sworne
to
him
that
ye
shal
defend
and
keep
him
him
ayenst
all
menne
.
Mine
vncle
if
ye
thynke
to
faylle
him
and
wil
not
holde
that
ye
haue
promised
to
him
:
let
him
and
his
bretherne
goe
out
of
your
londe
in
to
some
other
countrie
to
seeke
theyr
aduenture
.
And
hapely
they
shall
serue
some
lorde
that
shal
doo
to
them
more
good
then
ye
wyll
doo
,
and
also
I
praye
you
my
deare
lord
and
vncle
as
much
as
I
can
:
that
ye
wil
doo
nothing
that
turneth
you
to
blame
,
nor
to
dyshonour
,
nor
that
can
be
caste
by
maner
of
reproche
toward
your
freendes
.
Than
spake
the
olde
earle
of
Ansom
and
said
.
Sir
ye
wil
that
we
giue
you
counseill
,
yf
ye
wil
doo
that
we
shal
counseil
you
:
ye
shal
doo
wel
for
your selfe
.
Now
say
on
hardely
said
the
king
that
semeth
you
best
to
be
doo
,
for
I
wyll
doo
as
ye
shall
counseyll
me
.
Syr
sayde
the
earle
ye
haue
wel
heard
saye
,
and
so
it
was
trouth
,
that
Benes
slew
the
earle
Lohier
,
wherfore
Charlemaine
sente
for
him
and
made
hys
head
to
be
smyten
of
at
Parys
,
and
at
that
time
Reinawd
and
his
brethern
were
verye
yonge
,
and
of
them
was
none
mencyon
made
.
And
afterwarde
whan
they
were
great
:
the
kyng
wold
amende
it
to
them
.
For
the
thynge
toucheth
them
,
but
they
had
the
hert
so
fell
that
they
wolde
take
none
amendes
,
and
lasted
theyr
hate
longe
,
wherof
euer
syth
hathe
come
greate
harmes
and
euylles
.
For
Reynawde
slewe
Berthelot
the
neuewe
of
the
king
with
a
chesse
borde
,
sir
I
know
not
why
I
shoulde
hyde
anye
thynge
fro
your
knowledge
,
ye
knowe
well
that
Charlemaine
is
so
myghtye
a
kyng
that
he
neuer
vndertooke
wan●
but
he
came
to
his
aboue
of
it
.
Wherfore
I
doo
geue
you
counseyll
that
ye
yeelde
Reinawde
and
hys
brethern
and
Mawgis
to
the
kynge
Charlemayne
,
and
thus
shall
ye
be
delyuered
of
a
greate
thoughte
,
and
of
a
greate
daunger
.
And
after
thys
:
spake
the
erle
of
Mobandes
and
sayde
,
syr
yf
ye
wil
doo
this
that
the
erle
of
Ansom
counseilleth
you
:
yee
and
we
shall
be
traytours
.
For
Reynawd
is
your
man
,
and
so
muche
ye
haue
loued
him
that
ye
haue
giuen
hym
your
sister
to
his
wife
.
And
whan
he
came
in
these
marches
,
he
came
not
lyke
a
knaue
:
but
he
came
to
you
as
a
noble
knighte
prue
and
worthye
.
For
he
brought
in
his
felawship
foure
thousande
men
well
armed
and
well
horsed
,
and
said
to
you
afore
vs
all
oreuer
he
tooke
of
his
spurres
,
that
he
had
warre
with
the
kinge
Charlemain
.
Neuerthelesse
ye
receiued
him
with
good
herte
,
and
after
made
of
him
at
your
wil.
And
for
you
he
conquested
mani
batailles
,
&
did
so
much
that
he
delyuered
you
from
the
handes
of
your
enemyes
.
And
therfore
syr
I
tell
you
that
ye
be
not
worthye
to
calle
your self
,
ne
to
bere
the
crowne
vpon
youre
heade
:
if
for
feare
of
death
ye
betray
such
knightes
as
are
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
.
For
ye
haue
not
yet
loste
nother
Castell
nor
town
,
&
if
ye
doo
it
otherwise
:
ye
shal
be
taken
and
holden
for
a
traytoure
.
After
spake
Anthony
the
olde
earle
&
sayde
to
the
kinge
.
Syr
beleue
not
this
counseyll
,
for
suche
counseyll
he
gyueth
you
now
wherof
ye
shall
be
betrayed
at
the
last
.
For
I
know
better
then
tent
of
Reinawde
than
anye
man
that
is
heere
,
ye
must
vnderstonde
sir
that
Reynawd
was
sonne
to
a
man
that
had
but
one
town
,
and
was
so
proude
that
he
dayned
to
serue
nor
obeye
his
lorde
the
king
of
Fraunce
but
slewe
Berthelot
by
his
great
pride
and
outrage
.
Wherfore
the
kynge
Charlemaine
chased
hym
out
of
the
realme
of
Fraunce
.
Nowe
it
is
happed
so
that
he
is
in
Gascoygne
,
and
ye
haue
gyuen
to
hym
great
landes
,
and
because
he
hathe
youre
syster
to
wife
:
he
is
become
so
proude
that
none
maye
dure
afore
hym
.
And
he
setteth
not
a
peny
nother
by
you
nor
by
your
courte
.
Wherfore
I
swere
to
you
by
the
head
that
I
beare
,
if
he
may
by
any
wise
he
shal
take
the
life
from
you
for
to
haue
all
the
realme
to
him selfe
.
Wherfore
I
aduyse
to
you
by
rightwise
counsell
:
that
ye
yeeld
him
and
his
bretherne
to
Charlemayne
.
And
ye
shall
doo
as
a
wise
king
,
and
so
shall
you
pease
the
great
wrath
of
the
kyng
Charlemayne
of
Fraunce
.
After
spake
the
duke
Guymarde
of
Bayon
and
sayd
to
the
kynge
.
Syr
I
tell
you
that
the
earle
Anthony
lyeth
falsly
,
and
giueth
you
euill
counseyll
,
for
Reynawde
as
sonne
to
the
duke
Aimon
of
Ardeine
,
which
is
of
ryght
great
lygnage
.
And
Charlemayne
made
to
slea
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
their
vncle
by
great
wronge
,
and
Reynawd
tooke
therof
vengeaunce
vpon
Berthelot
by
good
reason
,
and
that
more
is
:
it
was
his
body
defendinge
.
Wherof
I
tell
you
that
no
kinge
is
not
worthye
to
beare
any
crowne
nor
to
haue
honour
that
wil
do
treason
for
thretening
of
a nother
lorde
.
And
after
spake
Humarb
an
olde
knighte
and
sayde
.
By
god
Guymard
I
beleue
that
ye
haue
los●
your
wit
,
to
counseill
the
kinge
you
for
to
beare
out
Reinawd
,
ayenst
the
great
king
Charlemain
,
for
to
make
al
the
lond
of
Gascoyne
for
to
be
destroied
,
wherof
ye
should
care
but
litell
,
if
the
realme
were
wasted
and
the
king
brroughte
to
shame
,
so
that
ye
had
laude
and
praising
.
Than
said
Guimard
thou
liest
falsly
,
and
if
we
two
were
in
an
other
place
than
here
:
I
should
shew
thee
that
thou
were
an
olde
doterd
and
a
foole
.
For
I
wolde
not
counseyl
the
king
yon
,
but
al
thing
that
concerneth
his
honour
,
and
profite
also
of
his
realme
.
AFter
spake
one
named
sir
hector
,
an
auncient
earle
&
said
to
the
king
.
Sir
ye
aske
counseyl
of
suche
that
can
not
counsell
theim selfe
.
For
it
is
all
otherwyse
thenne
Guymarde
saith
.
And
I
ensure
you
that
if
ye
lose
in
this
matter
:
he
shal
lese
therby
nothyng
.
Syr
ye
knowe
that
Reynawde
is
a
knyghte
good
ynoughe
.
But
by
his
greate
pryd●
:
he
hath
made
warre
with
Charlemain
For
he
slewe
Berthelot
his
neuewe
by
his
outrage
.
Now
he
is
come
in
Gascoygne
,
and
ye
haue
gyuen
him
your
sister
in
maryage
,
wherof
ye
dyd
great
foly
,
and
ye
made
hym
the
castel
of
Mountawban
vpon
the
strongest
grounde
that
is
within
youre
realm
.
Now
is
come
the
king
Charlemain
that
hath
besieged
him
,
wherfore
I
counseyll
you
that
ye
accorde
with
the
kynge
Charlemain
,
and
deliuer
your selfe
of
Reynawd
as
sonne
as
ye
may
.
For
it
is
better
that
ye
lese
foure
knightes
,
than
al
your
realme
,
take
from
him
your
sister
and
giue
her
to
another
that
is
a
greater
gentilman
than
is
Reinawde
,
and
that
haue
no
suche
enemyes
as
is
Charlemaine
,
and
fynde
some
meanes
to
yeelde
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
to
the
king
Charlemain
.
And
this
ye
shall
well
may
doo
wi●hout
blame
yf
ye
wil
doo
that
I
shal
counsell
you
.
Freend
said
the
king
yon
.
I
am
ready
to
doo
that
whiche
ye
shall
counseil
me
aboue
al
other
that
ben
heere
THan
whan
the
kinge
yon
of
Gascoigne
saw
that
the
moste
party
of
his
counseil
accorded
to
that
he
shoulde
yeelde
Reinawde
and
his
brethern
to
king
Charlemyane
he
began
to
weep
right
tenderly
,
and
said
in
him self
that
no
body
could
here
it
,
by
god
Reinawd
I
am
sore
charged
for
you
,
nowe
shall
departe
my
loue
for
you
,
for
ye
shall
lese
the
body
,
&
I
shal
lese
therby
the
loue
of
god
&
of
his
mother
,
for
I
shal
neuer
fynde
mercy
in
hym
,
for
to
be
tray
suche
a
knyght
as
ye
be
.
But
I
tell
you
that
GOD
shewed
that
day
for
Reinawde
a
fayre
miracle
,
for
the
chambre
where
the
counsell
was
kept
that
was
al
white
:
chaunged
colour
&
became
al
blacke
as
a
cole
.
Lordes
sayde
the
kynge
yon
,
I
see
well
that
I
muste
yeelde
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
,
syth
that
the
most
parte
of
you
accordeth
therto
,
and
I
shall
doo
it
,
sith
that
that
ye
counseyl
me
so
.
But
I
wot
wel
that
my
soule
shall
neuer
haue
therof
no
pardon
.
And
shall
be
therfore
taken
all
my
life
as
a
Iudas
,
and
than
they
left
the
counseyll
,
and
went
oute
of
the
chambre
.
And
whan
the
kynge
was
come
out
of
the
chambre
:
he
set
him
downe
vpon
a
benche
,
and
began
to
thinke
sore
.
And
as
he
was
in
this
thought
:
he
began
for
to
weep
sore
for
greate
pitie
that
he
had
.
And
whan
he
hadde
thoughte
and
wepte
ynoughe
:
he
called
his
secretary
,
and
saide
to
him
.
Come
forthe
syr
Peter
and
write
a
letter
from
me
to
the
king
Charlemaine
,
as
I
shall
tell
you
.
It
is
that
I
sende
him
salutacion
with
good
loue
.
And
yf
he
wyll
leaue
me
my
londe
in
peace
:
I
promyse
hym
that
afore
ten
dayes
been
passed
.
I
shall
deliuer
vnto
him
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
and
he
shal
find
them
in
the
playne
of
Valcolours
,
clothed
with
scarlet
,
futred
with
ermynes
,
and
rydynge
vpon
mules
,
betynge
in
their
handes
floures
,
and
Roses
for
a
token
,
for
because
that
menne
shall
better
knowe
them
.
And
I
shal
make
theym
for
to
be
accompanyed
of
eyghte
earles
of
my
realme
,
and
if
they
scape
from
him
:
that
he
blame
me
not
for
it
.
Than
sayde
the
secretory
,
syr
your
commaundement
shall
be
doone
,
the
whiche
tooke
anon
pen
and
ynke
and
wrote
the
letters
word
for
worde
as
the
king
had
deuised
to
hym
.
And
when
they
were
wryten
and
sealed
:
the
kynge
called
hys
stuarde
and
sayde
to
hym
.
Now
make
you
ready
on
horsebacke
,
and
goe
to
the
syege
of
Mountawban
,
and
recomende
me
vnto
the
kinge
Charlemayne
,
and
gyue
hym
these
letters
.
And
tell
him
yf
he
wyl
quite
my
londe
:
I
shall
doo
this
that
is
of
reason
,
and
none
otherwyse
.
Syr
sayde
the
stuarde
I
shall
gladly
doo
your
commaundement
,
doubte
not
for
it
,
than
went
the
stuarde
in
his
house
,
and
made
him
readye
on
horsebacke
,
and
rode
out
of
Tholouse
,
and
tooke
the
Heraude
of
the
kinge
Charlemaine
with
him
.
And
whan
they
were
com
vnto
Mountawban
:
they
founde
the
Emperoure
Charlemaine
in
his
pauyllion
,
where
the
stuarde
lyghted
down
,
and
went
within
and
saluted
the
king
Charlemayne
fro
the
kynge
yon
of
Gascoygn
,
and
presented
him
the
letters
fro
his
behalfe
,
and
sayde
vnto
hym
.
Right
mighty
Emperour
the
kinge
yon
sendeth
you
worde
by
me
that
yf
ye
wil
ensure
his
lond
:
he
shall
fulfil
the
tenour
of
this
lettre
,
and
otherwise
he
wyl
not
.
WHan
Charlemayne
vnderstood
these
tydynges
:
he
was
ryghte
gladde
,
he
tooke
the
lettre
of
the
messanger
,
and
called
Rowlande
to
him
&
Olyuer
,
the
byshop
Turpyn
,
the
duke
Naymes
.
Ogier
the
dane
,
and
the
.xii.
peeres
of
Fraunce
,
and
said
to
them
.
Fayre
lordes
be
not
displeased
,
goe
out
of
this
pauillyon
,
for
I
will
talke
with
this
messanger
priuely
.
Syr
said
they
al
with
a
good
will
.
And
than
they
went
all
out
of
the
pauillion
,
and
whan
they
were
al
gone
:
Charlemayne
opened
the
lettres
and
red
theim
all
alonge
.
And
he
found
therin
that
whiche
he
most
desyred
in
this
worlde
,
that
was
the
treason
as
it
was
ordeyned
,
whan
Charlemaine
had
red
the
lettre
:
he
myghte
be
no
gladder
than
he
was
.
And
of
the
great
Ioye
that
he
hadde
of
it
he
began
to
smyle
.
Syr
sayd
the
stuarde
yf
ye
see
oughte
in
the
lettre
that
pleaseth
you
not
:
blame
not
me
for
it
.
For
I
know
not
yet
what
it
is
.
Than
sayde
Charlemaine
to
the
stuarde
.
Your
lorde
the
kinge
yon
speaketh
ful
curteously
,
and
if
he
doo
that
he
dooth
me
to
wyt
:
he
shall
be
well
my
good
freend
.
And
so
shall
I
doo
to
hym
great
worship
,
and
shal
make
hym
a
great
man
,
and
also
I
shal
defende
him
ayenst
all
men
.
Syr
sayde
the
stuarde
of
this
that
ye
say
:
ye
shal
giue
me
sureties
yf
it
please
you
.
Than
said
Charlemayne
,
I
wyl
doo
so
gladlye
.
This
I
swere
vpon
the
sonne
of
the
vyrgyn
Mary
and
also
vpon
saint
Denis
of
Fraunce
whose
man
I
am
.
Sir
ye
haue
said
all
ynough
answered
the
messanger
of
king
yon
,
and
none
other
surety
I
aske
of
you
.
THan
Charlemain
called
his
chamberlayne
&
said
to
hym
make
a
lettre
to
king
yon
of
gascoyne
in
my
behalfe
,
as
I
shall
deuyse
it
vnto
you
.
Wryt
that
I
sende
him
salutacion
and
good
loue
,
and
that
it
he
dooth
for
me
as
he
sayth
I
shall
encrease
hys
realme
with
fourtene
good
castelles
and
therof
I
giue
him
for
suretie
our
lorde
and
saint
denys
of
Fraunce
,
and
that
I
send
him
four
manteles
of
scarlette
furred
with
ermines
,
for
to
clothe
withall
the
traytoures
,
whan
they
shall
goe
to
the
playne
of
Valcoloures
,
and
there
they
shal
be
hanged
if
god
wil
,
and
I
wil
not
that
any
other
haue
harme
,
but
only
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
.
Syr
said
the
chambrelain
,
your
commaundement
shal
be
wel
doone
,
and
than
he
made
the
lettres
,
as
th
emperoure
had
deuised
him
.
And
whan
he
had
made
them
:
the
emperour
Charlemayn
sealed
them
,
and
after
he
called
the
messager
afore
his
presence
,
and
saide
to
him
.
Holde
these
lettres
and
take
them
to
king
yon
from
me
,
and
recommend
me
to
him
.
And
than
he
dyd
gyue
hym
.x.
marke
of
golde
and
a
Kyng
that
he
tooke
of
his
fynger
.
Wherof
the
messanger
thanked
him
much
humbly
,
and
incontinente
lighted
on
horsebacke
,
and
whan
he
was
aryued
:
he
salued
the
kyng
yon
of
Gascoyn
from
king
Charlemaines
behalfe
and
tooke
him
the
letters
and
the
mantelles
as
Charlemayne
had
commaunded
him
.
THan
whan
the
messanger
of
the
king
yon
was
gone
Charlemaine
made
come
afore
hym
Foulques
of
Moryllon
,
and
Ogier
the
dane
,
and
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
I
haue
sente
for
you
.
For
I
wil
that
ye
two
knowe
a
litill
of
my
secretes
.
But
I
tell
you
vpon
your
faith
that
none
other
shall
know
the
same
but
onely
we
vs
three
vnto
the
time
that
the
deede
be
accomplyshed
.
Syr
sayd
Ogier
yf
ye
thinke
that
we
shoulde
discouer
youre
secrete
:
tell
it
vs
not
And
if
ye
truste
vs
:
declare
hardelye
your
pleasure
.
Certes
said
the
emperoure
to
Ogier
,
ye
be
well
worthy
to
knowe
al
,
for
I
know
you
for
a
good
and
a
trusty
knight
.
Sir
saide
Ogier
your
good
gcamercy
.
But
I
tell
you
that
I
wyll
not
know
nothyng
therof
,
but
that
ye
take
fyrste
mine
othe
therupon
.
Lordes
said
Charlemaine
I
take
it
.
Nowe
shall
ye
goe
to
the
plaine
of
Valcolours
with
three
hundred
knightes
wel
armed
,
and
whan
ye
shall
come
there
:
ye
shall
finde
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
.
And
thus
I
commaunde
you
that
ye
brynge
them
to
me
other
dead
or
quicke
,
Syr
saide
Ogier
I
saw
them
neuer
but
armed
,
howe
shall
we
know
theym
?
Ogier
saide
Charlemaine
ye
shal
well
may
knowe
theym
.
For
eche
of
theym
shall
be
clothed
wyth
a
mantell
of
scarlette
furred
wyth
ermynes
and
shall
beare
roses
in
theyr
handes
.
Syr
saide
Ogier
that
is
a
good
token
,
and
we
shal
doo
your
commaundemente
.
They
made
none
other
taryinge
but
departed
from
the
hoste
of
the
kinge
Charlemaine
as
pryuelye
as
they
myght
doo
.
And
rode
to
the
plaine
of
Valcolours
,
and
put
them selfe
in
a
busshemente
wythin
a
woode
all
of
serpyn
trees
,
vnto
the
tyme
that
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
came
to
the
playne
of
Valcoloures
.
Ha
god
whye
knewe
not
Reynawde
and
hys
bretherne
this
mortall
treason
?
for
they
wolde
not
haue
come
there
vpon
mules
:
But
they
shoulde
haue
come
there
vpon
good
horses
,
and
well
armed
,
as
prue
and
worthy
knightes
that
they
were
.
But
&
god
had
not
remedied
it
:
thys
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
shoulde
haue
been
so
one
taken
in
a
litill
space
,
for
they
were
in
daunger
of
death
.
Whan
Ogyer
the
dane
&
Foulques
of
Moryllon
were
in
their
bushement
:
Foulques
called
his
folke
and
sayde
to
theym
.
Fayre
lordes
I
oughte
well
to
hate
Reynawde
,
for
he
slewe
myne
vncle
by
great
wronge
.
Nowe
am
I
come
to
the
poynt
that
I
shall
be
auenged
on
hym
,
and
I
shall
tell
you
howe
.
Nowe
wyt
it
that
the
kynge
you
of
Gascoyn
hath
betrayed
them
and
they
shall
come
hyther
anon
all
vnarmed
sauf
their
swerdes
.
And
therfore
I
praye
you
all
that
ye
thynke
to
smite
well
vpon
them
,
then
shall
I
know
who
loueth
me
best
.
Doo
so
that
none
of
theim
scape
,
and
ye
shall
be
well
my
good
freendes
,
and
I
shall
loue
you
well
.
NOw
shal
we
telle
you
of
the
kynge
yon
that
was
at
Tholouse
.
Whan
he
had
receyued
the
lettres
of
the
kinge
Charlemayne
:
he
called
to
hym
his
secretary
Godras
and
said
to
him
.
Looke
what
this
lettre
sayeth
.
And
the
clerke
brake
in
continent
the
seale
,
and
beheld
the
tenoure
of
the
lettre
,
and
founde
howe
Reynawde
and
hys
brethern
should
be
betrayed
and
liuered
to
the
death
,
&
whan
the
clerke
had
redde
the
lettre
:
he
began
to
weep
sore
tenderlye
,
and
if
it
had
not
be
for
doubt
of
the
king
:
he
wolde
gladly
haue
vttered
it
,
and
whan
kinge
yon
saw
his
secretarye
weep
:
he
saide
thus
to
him
,
keep
wel
vpon
your
lyfe
that
ye
hide
nothinge
fro
me
,
but
tell
me
all
that
the
lettre
conteineth
and
what
the
kynge
Charlemayne
wryteth
to
me
.
By
my
fayth
said
Godras
.
It
is
a
sore
thing
for
to
reherce
.
Nowe
lightely
sayde
the
kyng
yon
,
tell
me
what
the
kyng
Charlemayne
sendeth
me
,
syr
sayde
Godras
,
I
shall
tell
it
you
gladlye
.
And
than
he
beganne
to
shewe
to
kyng
yon
howe
Charlemayne
sente
him
worde
,
that
yf
he
wolde
doo
as
he
had
wryten
vnto
him
:
he
shoulde
encreace
his
power
of
fourtene
good
castelles
more
than
he
had
.
For
the
suretie
wherof
:
he
swereth
it
vnto
you
vpon
our
lorde
god
,
and
saint
denys
of
Fraunce
his
patrone
.
And
he
sendeth
you
foure
mantelles
of
scarlete
furred
with
ermines
,
that
ye
shall
geue
to
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
for
to
were
theym
,
&
thus
they
shall
be
knowen
.
For
Charlemaine
will
not
that
none
take
any
harme
,
but
only
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
.
And
he
dooth
you
wyt
that
his
folke
are
with
in
a
bushement
within
a
woode
by
the
plaine
of
Valcolours
,
that
is
to
wyt
Foulques
of
Moryllon
and
Ogier
the
dane
,
with
three
hundreth
men
wel
horsed
and
well
armed
that
abiden
there
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
,
the
which
ye
should
deliuer
in
to
their
handes
.
Whan
the
kinge
yon
vnderstoode
the
tenoure
of
the
lettre
:
he
made
haste
for
to
fulfil
his
promise
.
And
incontinent
he
lyghted
on
horsebacke
,
and
tooke
in
his
company
a
hundred
men
wel
arraied
,
and
tooke
his
waye
towarde
Mountawban
.
And
as
soone
as
he
might
:
he
came
&
entred
with
in
at
the
gate
fletcher
.
And
whan
he
was
within
:
he
made
his
folke
to
lodge
them
in
the
borow
And
he
went
vp
to
the
palays
as
he
was
wont
to
doo
whan
he
cam
there
.
Then
whan
his
sister
the
wife
of
Reinawd
wist
of
the
coming
of
the
king
yon
her
brother
:
she
came
ayenst
him
and
tooke
him
by
the
hand
,
&
wolde
haue
kissed
him
as
she
was
accustomed
to
doo
whan
he
came
there
,
but
the
king
full
of
euell
treason
turned
hys
face
a
syde
,
and
sayde
he
had
the
tooth
ache
,
and
wolde
not
speake
with
her
but
litill
.
But
he
sayde
that
men
should
make
him
a
bedde
ready
.
For
he
wolde
rest
him selfe
a
lytell
And
whan
he
was
layde
:
he
began
sore
to
thinke
,
and
saide
to
him selfe
.
Ha
good
lord
,
what
haue
I
wrought
ayenst
the
best
knyghtes
of
the
world
that
I
haue
betrayed
so
falsly
.
Now
shall
they
be
hanged
to
morow
withoute
faute
.
I
pray
god
to
haue
mercy
and
pitie
vpon
them
?
Now
maye
I
well
saye
that
I
shall
be
lykened
to
Iudas
from
hence
forthe
,
and
I
shal
haue
loste
the
loue
of
god
and
of
hys
mother
,
and
also
myne
honour
.
But
I
must
needes
doo
it
sith
I
haue
promysed
it
so
,
and
the
wyll
of
my
barons
is
such
,
for
thus
they
haue
councelled
and
haue
made
me
do
it
.
Wherof
I
am
ful
sore
displeased
.
AL
thus
as
the
king
yon
thoughte
in
the
greate
treason
that
was
thus
machyned
vpon
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
:
there
came
in
Reinawde
from
hunting
,
&
al
his
bretherne
with
him
,
and
had
taken
four
wild
bores
sore
great
,
and
whan
Reinawde
was
within
Mountawban
:
he
hearde
the
noyse
of
the
horses
and
wende
that
it
had
been
straunge
knightes
that
were
come
vnto
him
to
take
wagis
.
And
than
he
asked
of
a
yeman
what
folke
were
these
straungeres
that
were
come
in
withou
leue
?
Syr
said
the
yeman
they
ben
the
folke
of
king
yon
that
is
come
within
for
to
speake
with
you
of
some
maters
.
But
me
semeth
by
his
folke
that
he
is
not
well
at
ease
of
his
persone
.
THan
said
the
good
Reinawd
.
Ha
God
why
hath
my
lorde
traueylled
himselfe
so
muche
for
to
come
hither
?
For
I
wold
with
a
good
will
haue
gone
to
him
.
And
after
whan
he
had
that
saide
:
he
called
to
him
a
seruaunte
of
his
and
sayde
to
him
,
goe
fet
me
my
horne
Boudiere
.
For
I
wyll
make
feast
and
Ioye
for
the
coming
of
my
souerain
lorde
,
and
incontinent
it
was
brought
to
him
,
and
Reynawde
tooke
it
and
sayde
to
his
bretherne
,
Nowe
take
eche
of
you
his
owne
and
let
vs
make
feast
for
the
loue
of
king
yon
.
Than
they
tooke
eche
of
them
his
horne
and
began
to
sowne
all
foure
at
ones
right
high
,
and
made
so
greate
noyse
that
the
castel
sowned
of
it
.
For
they
made
so
great
Ioye
for
the
loue
of
kinge
yon
that
it
was
merueyll
.
Whan
the
kynge
yon
heard
the
trumpettes
that
thus
sowned
so
sore
that
the
chambre
where
as
he
laye
shooke
of
it
:
he
arose
vp
from
the
bed
and
cam
to
the
wyndowe
,
and
said
to
him selfe
.
Ha
what
euyll
haue
I
wrought
ayenst
these
knightes
?
Alas
howe
make
ye
Ioye
ayenst
so
greate
a
combraunce
the
which
I
haue
purchased
to
you
?
I
haue
betrayed
you
right
falsely
,
as
a
wycked
and
vntrewe
kynge
that
I
am
.
For
a
man
that
betrayed
hys
freend
:
oughte
neuer
to
haue
honoure
nother
in
this
world
nor
in
the
other
but
oughte
to
be
lost
bothe
body
and
soule
.
For
he
hath
forsaken
god
:
and
hathe
gyuen
himselfe
to
the
deuyll
.
And
whan
he
had
saied
that
:
he
returned
agayne
vpon
his
bed
sore
vexed
at
the
hearte
and
euell
at
ease
more
than
any
man
might
be
.
Than
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
came
vp
to
the
palace
,
where
thei
found
the
king
yon
,
and
whan
he
sawe
theym
come
:
he
rose
ayenst
them
,
and
tooke
them
by
the
hande
and
saide
to
Reinawd
.
Be
not
merueylled
that
I
haue
not
enbraced
nor
kyssed
you
:
for
I
am
sore
laden
with
great
euyll
.
And
it
is
wel
fourtene
daies
gone
that
I
could
nother
eate
nor
drinke
anye
thyng●
that
dyd
me
good
.
Than
saide
Reynawd
sir
ye
be
in
a
good
place
where
ye
shall
be
tended
vpon
ryghte
well
with
goddes
grace
.
And
I
and
my
bretherne
shall
serue
you
to
oure
powere
,
gramercy
saide
the
kinge
yon
.
Than
called
he
his
stuarde
and
sayd
to
him
.
Go
and
bring
me
the
mantelles
of
scarlet
furred
wyth
ermynes
that
I
haue
doone
make
for
my
dere
freendes
.
Incontinente
the
stuarde
dyd
the
commaundemente
of
kynge
yon
.
And
as
sone
that
he
was
come
agayne
:
the
king
made
the
foure
brethern
to
put
the
foure
mantelles
vpon
them
,
and
praied
theim
to
were
them
for
his
loue
.
Sir
saide
Alarde
this
is
a
gladde
presente
and
we
shal
were
theim
for
the
loue
of
you
with
very
good
will
.
Alas
if
they
hadde
knowen
how
the
thing
was
brought
aboute
,
they
shoulde
not
haue
borne
them
,
but
they
should
haue
doone
al
otherwise
.
Alas
and
what
sorowful
harme
they
hadde
of
this
,
that
they
were
thus
clothed
.
For
that
were
the
tokens
and
recognyssaunce
wherof
they
were
in
daunger
of
death
,
if
god
had
not
holpen
them
of
his
pitie
and
mercy
.
And
whan
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
had
their
mautelles
on
:
the
kyng
yon
behelde
them
,
and
had
of
them
great
pitie
,
and
began
to
weep
There
was
his
stewarde
that
the
●rayson
well
wist
,
that
saide
not
one
word
for
●ere
of
king
yon
.
And
whan
the
mete
was
redy
:
Reynawde
prayed
muche
the
king
that
he
woulde
eate
.
For
he
made
him
to
be
serued
ryght
wel
.
Whan
they
had
eaten
:
the
kyng
yon
rose
vpon
his
feet
,
and
toke
Reynawde
by
the
hande
,
and
said
to
him
.
My
faire
brother
&
my
frend
.
I
wil
tell
a
counseyll
that
ye
know
not
.
Nowe
wyt
that
I
haue
bee
at
Mountbenden
,
and
I
haue
spoken
with
king
Charlemayne
the
which
charged
me
of
treason
,
by
cause
that
I
keep
you
in
my
realme
,
wherof
I
haue
presented
my
gage
afore
all
hys
company
,
and
no
man
was
there
so
hardy
that
durste
speake
ayenste
that
,
that
I
sayd
.
After
this
we
had
many
wordes
togither
,
among
whiche
we
spake
of
good
accorde
and
of
peace
,
whereof
at
the
laste
the
kyng
Charlemayne
was
contente
for
my
loue
for
to
make
peace
with
you
,
in
the
maner
that
foloweth
.
That
is
to
were
that
to
morow
erly
ye
shal
goe
to
the
playne
of
Valcoloures
ye
and
your
brethren
al
vnarmed
but
of
your
swerdes
mounted
vpon
youre
mules
,
and
clothed
with
the
mantelles
that
I
haue
geuen
to
you
,
and
that
ye
shall
beare
in
your
handes
Roses
and
floures
,
and
I
shall
sende
with
you
eyght
of
myne
earles
for
to
goe
more
honourably
,
the
which
ben
al
of
my
lygnage
.
And
there
ye
shal
finde
the
king
Charlemaine
,
and
the
duke
Naymes
of
hauyere
,
and
Ogyer
the
Dane
,
and
all
the
twelue
Peres
of
Fraunce
,
and
there
Charlemayne
shall
gyue
you
suertie
.
And
ye
shall
doo
to
him
reuerence
in
such
maner
that
ye
shal
cast
your selfe
to
his
feet
and
there
he
shall
pardone
,
you
,
and
he
shall
gyue
you
agayne
all
youre
londes
entierly
.
THan
sayde
Reinawde
,
syr
for
gods
mercy
.
For
I
haue
greate
doubt
of
the
king
Charlemaine
by
cause
he
hateth
vs
to
death
as
ye
know
.
And
I
promyse
you
it
he
holdethe
vs
he
shall
make
vs
to
die
a
shamefull
death
.
Good
freend
saide
the
traytoure
kynge
yon
,
haue
ye
no
doubte
at
al.
For
he
hath
sworne
vnto
me
vpon
his
faith
afore
al
his
baronye
.
Sir
answered
Reynawde
we
shall
doo
your
commaundements
.
Ha
God
sayde
Alarde
.
What
saye
you
my
brother
?
ye
knowe
well
that
kynge
Charlemayne
hath
made
his
oth
many
times
that
if
he
may
take
vs
ones
by
ony
maner
of
meane
:
he
shall
bringe
vs
to
a
shameful
dethe
.
Now
I
meruayle
me
greatly
of
you
faire
brother
,
how
ye
wil
accorde
for
to
goe
put
your selfe
and
vs
in
to
his
handes
,
al
vnarmed
as
a
poore
mischaunte
.
Neuer
haue
god
mercy
vpon
my
soule
,
yf
I
goe
there
without
mine
armes
,
nor
without
to
be
as
it
apperteyneth
,
brother
said
Reinawd
ye
saye
not
well
.
God
forbed
that
I
should
mistrust
my
lorde
the
kyng
yon
of
any
thing
that
he
telleth
me
.
And
than
he
turned
hym
towarde
the
kyng
yon
and
sayde
to
hym
.
Sir
without
any
faute
we
shall
be
there
to
morowe
earlye
in
the
mornyng
,
whatsoeuer
happeth
of
it
.
Fayre
lordes
said
Reynawde
god
hath
holpen
vs
wel
that
we
haue
peace
with
the
kynge
Charlemayne
to
whome
we
haue
made
so
longe
time
so
mortall
a
warre
,
but
sith
that
my
Lorde
the
king
you
hath
made
thys
peace
:
I
am
content
to
doo
to
him
as
much
reuerence
as
to
me
is
possyble
.
For
I
am
delybered
to
goe
naked
in
my
small
lynen
clothes
to
the
Mountesaynt
Michael
.
And
whan
Reinawd
had
sayd
this
word
:
he
toke
leaue
of
kyng
yon
and
went
in
to
the
chambre
of
the
faire
lady
his
wife
,
&
found
there
his
other
two
brethren
that
were
with
her
,
&
whan
the
lady
saw
her
husbonde
come
:
she
came
ayenst
hym
and
tooke
him
betwen
both
her
armes
by
great
loue
and
kissed
hym
Lady
sayd
Reynawde
I
ought
wel
to
loue
you
by
great
reason
.
For
your
brother
the
king
you
hath
trauailed
hm
selfe
right
sore
for
me
,
and
hathe
be
sore
blamed
at
the
courte
of
Charlemaine
for
me
,
but
he
hath
doone
so
muche
blessed
be
god
that
he
hathe
made
my
peace
with
the
king
Charlemaine
.
And
that
Rowland
and
Oliuer
.
Nor
all
the
twelue
Peeres
of
fraunce
might
neuer
make
:
he
hathe
graunted
vs
againe
all
our
landes
.
And
all
thus
we
shall
be
riche
,
and
shal
liue
al
our
life
in
reste
&
peace
,
&
so
shall
we
mow
helpe
,
and
gyue
the
hauoyre
that
we
haue
vnto
the
poore
knightes
that
haue
serued
all
theyr
lyfe
truely
and
wel
.
THan
sayd
the
lady
.
I
thanke
god
greatly
therof
with
al
my
hert
.
But
tell
me
where
the
concordaunce
shall
be
made
,
and
hyde
it
not
from
me
yf
it
please
you
.
Lady
sayde
Reynawde
I
shal
tell
it
you
without
any
faute
.
Wit
that
to
morowe
we
muste
ryde
to
the
playne
of
Valcolours
,
&
there
the
peace
shal
be
made
but
I
and
my
brethren
must
goe
thither
without
armes
but
onely
oure
swerdes
,
and
vpon
mules
,
berynge
roses
in
oure
handes
.
And
there
we
shal
fynde
the
duke
Naymes
of
bauyere
&
Ogyer
the
Dane
&
al
the
.xii
Peeres
of
Fraunce
,
that
shal
receiue
othes
,
whan
the
lady
vnderstod
these
wordes
:
she
was
so
sore
an
angred
thereof
that
almost
she
had
lost
her
witte
,
and
saide
to
Reynawde
.
Syr
yf
ye
wyl
beleue
me
.
ye
shall
not
goe
one
fote
there
.
For
the
plaine
of
Valcolours
are
so
daungerous
,
for
there
is
a
roch
ryght
hyghe
,
and
there
ben
foure
grete
woodes
rounde
aboute
,
yf
ye
will
beleue
me
ye
shall
take
a
day
for
to
speake
with
Charlemaine
heere
in
the
medowes
of
Mountawban
,
&
ye
shall
goe
there
mounted
vpon
bayarde
and
youre
brethren
with
you
,
&
there
ye
may
conferme
youre
peace
,
or
elles
continew
your
warre
&
take
two
thousande
knyghtes
and
gyue
theym
to
Mawgis
youre
cosyn
whiche
shall
keep
them
in
a
busshemente
vpon
the
ryuage
,
if
it
happe
you
to
haue
need
,
for
I
doubte
me
sore
of
treason
,
wherfore
I
pray
you
that
ye
keep
your selfe
well
sure
.
For
I
dyd
dreame
to
nyghte
a
dreame
that
was
fereful
&
merueilous
,
for
me
semed
that
I
was
at
the
windowes
of
the
great
palace
,
and
sawe
come
out
of
the
greate
wood
of
Ardeyn
well
a
thousande
wilde
bores
,
that
hadde
greate
and
hortyble
reeth
,
the
which
flewe
you
and
rented
your
body
al
in
peeces
,
and
also
I
saw
that
the
great
towre
of
Mountawban
fel
downe
to
the
grounde
,
&
moreouer
I
saw
a
shot
of
aduenture
,
that
smot
your
brother
Alarde
so
harde
that
it
perced
his
body
through
and
through
,
and
that
the
chapel
of
Saint
Nycolas
which
is
within
this
castel
fell
downe
to
the
earthe
,
and
all
the
ymages
that
been
in
it
wepte
for
greate
pitte
.
And
the
two
aungelles
came
downe
from
heauen
that
hanged
your
brother
Richarde
at
an
apple
tree
,
and
then
the
saide
Richarde
cried
with
an
hyghe
voice
.
Fayre
brother
Reynawd
come
and
helpe
me
,
and
Incontinente
ye
went
there
vpon
youre
horse
bayarde
,
but
he
fell
downe
by
the
waye
vnder
you
,
wherfore
ye
mightht
not
come
time
ynough
,
wherof
ye
were
ful
sory
.
&
therfore
good
syr
I
counseyle
you
that
ye
go
not
there
.
LAdye
sayde
Reynawde
holde
your
peace
,
for
who
that
beleueth
ouer
muche
in
dreames
:
he
dooth
ayenst
the
commaundemente
of
God
.
Than
said
Alarde
by
the
faythe
that
I
owe
to
god
.
I
shal
neuer
sette
foote
there
,
nor
I
nother
saide
Rycharde
,
Alas
saide
than
Guycharde
,
yf
we
must
goe
there
:
lette
vs
not
departe
thitherwarde
as
men
of
counceylle
:
but
let
vs
go
there
lyke
as
prue
and
worthy
knightes
,
hauing
eche
of
vs
his
armes
vpon
him
&
wel
&
horsebacke
&
not
vpon
mules
:
on
that
our
brother
Reinawde
he
well
mounted
vpon
baiarde
,
which
shal
may
beare
vs
al
foure
at
a
need
,
by
god
sayde
Reynawd
ye
shal
say
what
ye
wil
,
but
I
shal
go
there
as
I
haue
saide
what
so
euer
happeth
,
and
than
he
went
out
of
his
chambre
&
came
to
king
yon
,
and
said
to
him
.
By
god
I
merueill
me
muche
of
my
brethren
,
that
wil
not
go
with
me
,
because
they
haue
no
horses
with
them
,
and
yf
it
please
you
ye
shall
giue
vs
leaue
to
take
eche
of
vs
a
horse
&
ye
shal
keep
stil
your
eyght
earles
with
you
,
and
we
shal
go
there
as
ye
haue
commaunded
vs
,
I
wil
not
doo
it
said
the
kyng
you
,
for
the
kyng
Charlemaine
douteth
you
to
sore
and
youre
bretherne
and
your
horses
,
&
also
I
haue
giuen
hostages
&
suretes
that
ye
shal
beare
no
maner
of
harneys
with
you
,
but
onely
your
swerdes
as
I
haue
tolde
you
afore
,
and
that
ye
shal
ride
vpon
mules
,
&
not
vpon
horses
.
And
yf
ye
go
there
otherwise
arayed
:
Charlemayne
shal
thinke
that
I
wyll
betraye
hym
,
and
so
shall
he
destroye
al
my
lande
,
that
shall
be
the
paymente
that
I
shal
haue
for
you
,
I
haue
trauailled
my selfe
full
sore
for
to
bring
you
and
youre
bretherne
at
one
with
Charlemaine
,
&
therfore
go
there
yf
ye
will
,
and
if
ye
wil
not
:
leaue
it
.
Than
said
Reinawd
,
sir
syth
that
it
is
so
:
we
shal
go
there
.
And
than
he
wente
from
kyng
yon
in
to
his
chambre
again
,
and
founde
his
wife
that
noble
lady
,
Alard
and
Richarde
that
asked
him
how
he
had
doone
,
&
if
they
should
haue
his
good
horse
bayarde
with
theym
?
By
God
said
Reinawde
I
can
not
haue
leaue
to
doo
so
,
but
my
bretherne
doubte
you
not
,
for
the
kynge
yon
is
a
true
prince
,
and
if
he
shoulde
betray
vs
:
he
should
be
sore
blamed
for
it
,
for
he
shal
make
vs
to
be
conduyted
by
eyght
of
the
moste
great
erles
of
his
realme
,
&
god
confounde
me
yf
I
sawe
euer
ony
euil
doone
by
him
.
Sir
said
hys
bretherne
we
shal
goe
gladly
with
you
,
sith
that
ye
wyl
haue
vs
needes
to
doo
so
.
Whan
they
were
thus
accorded
herto
:
thei
wente
to
bed
&
slept
vnto
the
daye
appeared
,
and
whan
Reynawde
sawe
the
daye
:
he
rose
vp
and
saide
to
his
bretherne
.
Arise
sits
and
make
vs
redy
for
to
goe
there
as
we
should
goe
,
For
yf
Charlemayne
be
sooner
to
the
plaines
of
valcolours
than
we
:
he
shal
hapely
be
angry
for
it
.
Syr
sayde
hys
bretherne
,
we
shall
soone
be
redy
,
&
whan
they
were
all
redy
,
they
went
to
the
churche
of
saint
Nycolas
for
to
heare
masse
,
&
whan
it
came
to
the
offryng
:
Reynawde
&
his
bretherne
offred
many
ryche
gyftes
.
And
after
the
masse
was
done
:
they
asked
after
theyr
mules
&
incontinent
they
mounted
vpon
,
&
in
their
felowship
were
eyght
earles
,
the
whiche
knewe
all
the
maner
of
treason
.
&
whan
they
were
all
mounted
they
tooke
on
theyr
way
but
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
were
good
to
knowe
by
the
other
,
for
they
had
on
greate
mantelles
of
scarlet
turred
with
ermynes
,
&
bare
in
their
handes
roses
in
token
of
peace
&
also
their
swerdes
for
they
wold
not
gyrde
theim
.
Now
god
be
with
them
,
for
if
he
keep
them
not
:
they
bene
in
waye
of
perdycyon
&
neuer
to
come
againe
to
Mountawban
.
whan
the
king
yon
sawe
them
thus
go
:
he
fell
downe
in
a
swount
more
then
foure
times
,
for
the
great
sorowe
that
he
had
at
his
hearte
,
for
how
be
it
that
he
had
betrayed
them
so
:
yet
had
he
great
pitie
of
them
,
but
this
that
he
had
doone
.
euyl
counseyl
had
made
him
doo
it
.
And
than
he
be
:
gan
to
make
the
greatest
sorow
in
the
worlde
,
&
said
,
ha
good
lorde
what
haue
I
doone
?
dyd
euer
man
so
great
treason
as
I
haue
doone
?
nay
verely
for
I
haue
betrayed
the
best
knyghts
of
the
world
,
and
the
moste
worthye
and
true
.
THan
sayde
his
folke
.
Syr
ye
doo
not
wel
to
make
suche
a
sorowe
,
for
Reynawde
is
very
wise
&
he
shal
it
perceiue
ryght
soone
.
Ha
god
sayd
the
king
yon
,
were
it
as
ye
saye
,
for
I
shoulde
be
more
gladde
than
yf
I
had
wonne
tenne
of
the
best
cyties
of
Fraunce
,
for
Reynawde
is
my
freend
and
my
brother
.
Ha
Mawgys
how
shal
ye
be
sory
whan
ye
shal
know
this
matter
.
Reynawde
did
great
foly
,
whan
he
tooke
not
your
aduyse
in
this
thynge
,
for
yf
he
had
knowen
of
it
:
ye
should
not
haue
suffred
him
to
go
there
.
Lordes
sayd
the
kyng
yon
I
poore
wretche
,
whether
shall
I
become
,
yf
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
di●
?
for
Mawgis
shal
slea
me
without
mercy
,
and
also
it
is
well
reason
,
for
who
that
betrayeth
a nother
and
princypally
his
freend
carnall
:
ought
not
to
lyue
nor
haue
euer
any
worship
,
but
his
folke
tooke
hym
vp
incontinente
and
began
to
recomforte
him
by
many
greate
reasons
that
they
layed
afore
him
.
NOw
begynneth
the
piteous
hystory
of
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
that
wente
to
theyr
deathe
by
the
meanes
of
the
traytour
kyng
yon
.
And
bycause
of
the
treason
that
he
commited
ayenst
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
:
he
loste
the
realme
of
gascoygne
the
name
&
the
dygnyte
therof
,
for
neuer
sith
that
tyme
was
no
kyng
crowned
in
Gascoygne
.
Now
shall
I
tell
you
of
Reynawde
and
of
his
brethren
,
than
tode
Reynawde
and
his
brethren
towarde
the
plaine
of
Valcolours
,
and
as
they
toode
thitherwardi
Alarde
began
to
syng
ryghte
sweetly
and
Ioyfull
a
newe
songe
,
and
Guycharde
and
Rychard
dyd
in
lykewise
,
but
I
tell
you
that
no
instrument
of
musike
sowned
neuer
so
melodyouslye
as
the
three
brethren
dyd
syngyng
to gither
,
alas
what
pyty
was
it
of
so
noble
and
so
worthy
knightes
that
went
singing
and
makyng
Ioy
to
their
death
,
they
were
as
the
swanne
that
syngeth
that
yere
that
she
shall
die
,
Reynawd
went
behynde
them
sore
thynkyng
,
hys
head
bowed
down
towarde
the
earth
,
and
beheide
hys
brethern
that
rode
forth
makyng
great
Ioye
,
and
he
sayd
,
o
god
what
knyghtes
be
my
brethrene
that
there
been
none
suche
in
all
the
world
,
nother
so
gracyous
?
And
whan
he
had
saide
this
:
he
sette
his
hands
together
and
heued
them
vp
towarde
heauen
all
weping
,
and
saide
in
this
maner
,
good
lord
by
thy
gloryous
and
blessed
name
that
diddest
cast
daniell
out
fro
the
lyons
,
&
delyuered
Ionas
fro
the
fyshes
bely
and
saued
saynt
Peter
whan
he
cast
himselfe
from
the
sea
for
to
come
to
the
&
pardoned
Mary
magdalene
,
&
and
made
the
blinde
to
see
,
&
suffred
passion
&
deathe
vpon
the
crosse
for
our
sinnes
,
&
pardoned
Longyus
that
smot
thee
with
a
spere
in
to
thy
blessed
side
,
wherfro
thy
blessed
bloud
fel
in
to
his
eyen
,
and
incontinent
he
recouered
his
syght
therby
,
and
by
thy
resurreccion
,
keep
this
day
my
body
if
it
please
the
fro
deth
and
from
prison
,
and
also
my
brethren
for
I
wote
not
where
that
we
goe
,
but
me
semeth
that
we
go
in
great
peryl
.
And
whan
he
had
fynyshed
his
oryson
:
his
eyne
wexed
were
againe
for
pitie
that
he
had
,
least
his
brethren
should
haue
any
harme
for
loue
of
him
.
For
it
plesed
him
not
wel
,
that
thei
were
so
bare
of
their
armes
.
THan
whan
Alarde
saw
his
brother
Reynawde
that
had
his
eyne
ful
of
teres
,
he
sayed
to
him
Ha
brother
what
ayleth
you
I
haue
sen
you
in
right
great
peril
&
aboute
a
harde
werke
,
but
I
sawe
you
neuer
make
so
yl
cheere
as
ye
doo
now
,
for
I
haue
seen
you
weep
at
this
houre
.
wher
of
I
meruail
me
greatly
,
for
I
wot
wel
for
certayne
that
ye
weep
not
without
some
great
occasion
.
Than
sayd
Reynawde
.
Fayre
brother
me
ayleth
nothinge
.
By
the
faithe
that
I
owe
to
you
sayd
Alarde
ye
weep
not
for
nothynge
.
This
is
the
daie
that
we
sholde
be
at
one
with
kynge
Charlemayne
,
so
pray
I
you
for
god
my
dere
brother
that
ye
leue
this
sorowe
,
&
let
vs
go
forth
mereli
and
bere
out
a
good
face
as
longe
as
we
ben
alyue
,
for
after
that
a
man
is
ones
deceassed
it
is
no
more
spoken
of
him
.
And
this
I
praye
you
bretherne
that
ye
synge
with
vs
.
For
ye
haue
so
fayre
a
voice
that
it
is
a
great
pleasure
for
to
heare
you
syng
,
whan
ye
be
wyllinge
to
it
.
Brother
said
Reinawde
with
a
good
wyll
,
syth
that
it
pleaseth
you
.
And
than
began
Reynawde
for
to
synge
so
melodiousli
:
that
it
was
a
great
pleasure
for
to
here
hym
.
So
longe
rode
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
the
lytell
pace
of
their
mules
,
syngyng
and
deuisnge
amonge
theymselfe
:
that
they
came
to
the
playne
of
Valcolours
.
❧
Now
wyl
I
tel
you
of
the
facion
of
the
valey
,
for
wyt
that
if
I
telled
you
not
:
ye
shoulde
not
maye
know
it
.
There
is
a
roch
right
hie
&
noyous
to
goe
vp
,
&
it
is
enuironned
rounde
aboute
with
foure
great
forestes
ryght
great
&
thycke
,
for
the
least
is
there
a
dayes
Iourney
to
ryde
thrugh
it
,
&
ther
been
foure
great
riuers
all
aboute
it
sore
deep
,
wereof
the
gretest
is
named
Gyronde
,
the
other
is
called
Dordon
,
the
thyrde
is
named
Nore
,
&
the
other
Balancon
,
&
there
is
nothet
castell
nor
towne
by
.xx.
mile
nighe
about
it
.
And
therfore
the
treason
was
there
deuysed
,
for
thys
playne
of
Valcolours
was
ferre
fro
all
folke
,
&
there
was
a
way
crossed
in
foure
,
the
one
waye
was
towarde
Fraunce
,
the
other
in
to
Spaine
,
the
other
in
to
Galyce
,
and
the
fourth
in
to
Gascoygne
.
And
at
euery
one
of
these
foure
wayes
:
was
layde
a
busshement
os
.v.
hundred
men
wel
horsed
and
armed
for
to
take
Reinawde
and
his
brethren
quicke
or
deade
,
for
thus
had
they
sworne
it
,
&
promised
to
kyng
Charlemayne
.
Than
come
there
Reinawd
&
his
bretheren
with
theyr
felawshyp
of
eyght
erles
,
that
the
kynge
yon
of
Gascoyne
had
take
to
them
,
the
whiche
wist
well
al
the
mistery
of
this
treason
.
And
incontinent
Ogier
the
dane
sawe
theym
fyrste
of
all
,
the
which
was
all
abashed
,
and
sayd
to
his
folke
,
fayre
lordes
ye
ben
my
men
my
subiectts
and
my
freends
,
ye
know
that
Reynawd
is
my
cosyn
,
&
I
ought
not
to
see
his
death
nor
his
domage
.
Wherfore
I
pray
you
all
that
ye
will
doo
him
no
harme
at
all
,
nor
to
none
of
his
bretherne
my
cosyns
.
They
answered
al
,
that
they
should
doo
his
commaundement
with
a
good
will
.
This
hangyng
:
Reynawde
and
his
brethrene
passed
by
&
wente
in
to
the
myddes
of
the
playne
.
THan
whan
Reinawd
and
his
brethren
were
come
there
,
and
found
no
body
:
they
were
of
it
sore
a
bashed
.
And
after
whan
Alarde
saw
this
:
he
called
his
brother
Rychard
and
sayd
to
him
.
what
is
this
fayre
brother
I
se
well
that
we
ben
berraied
,
for
I
se
you
chaunge
your
colour
,
how
think
ye
?
Brother
said
Richard
I
doubt
me
sore
for
Reynawd
,
haue
no
doubt
said
Alarde
.
For
we
shall
haue
nothyng
but
good
.
My
brother
sayd
Rychard
I
promyse
you
all
my
heart
shaketh
,
nor
neuer
in
my
daies
I
had
not
so
great
feare
,
for
al
my
heres
ryse
vp
,
wherof
I
doubte
me
sore
that
we
ben
betrayed
,
&
that
more
is
:
I
should
not
be
aferde
yf
Reynawde
were
armed
&
set
vpon
bayarde
,
and
we
also
,
for
thus
as
ben
now
we
been
halfe
discomfired
.
And
whan
he
had
saied
thus
:
he
spake
to
Reynawde
&
said
,
Brother
why
doo
we
tary
heere
sith
that
we
haue
found
no
body
with
whome
we
shoulde
speake
?
for
if
.xx.
knights
wer
here
armed
:
thei
should
haue
vs
where
they
wolde
maugre
our
teeth
as
bestes
,
seing
that
we
haue
so
many
enemies
in
Fraunce
,
ye
wold
not
beleue
this
that
we
told
you
,
and
also
youre
wife
at
Mountawban
,
wherof
I
feare
me
sore
that
ye
shall
haue
no
leiser
for
to
repent
you
of
it
.
For
if
our
cosin
Mawgis
had
be
heer
with
vs
&
that
ye
had
your
good
hors
baiard
:
we
should
not
doubt
Charlemaine
with
al
his
puissaunce
of
a
straw
.
I
pray
you
let
vs
go
hence
,
for
I
promise
you
it
is
foly
for
to
abide
heere
long
,
for
I
know
wel
that
Charlemaine
hath
made
vs
to
come
here
as
bestes
clothed
with
scarlet
,
nor
I
can
not
beleue
none
other
,
but
that
the
kinge
you
hath
falsly
betrayed
vs
.
CErtes
fayre
brother
ye
saye
trouth
sayde
Reynawde
,
and
I
perceyue
me
well
of
it
now
let
vs
goe
backe
againe
all
fayre
&
softe
,
&
as
they
wolde
haue
returned
:
Reynawde
behelde
a
side
&
sawe
well
a
thousande
knightes
armed
com●ng
a
greate
pace
ayenst
them
,
&
Foulques
of
Morylion
came
afore
at
the
other
,
wel
horsed
his
shelde
afore
his
brest
&
his
spere
alowe
in
the
rest
the
great
wallop
ayenst
Reynawd
for
he
was
the
man
in
the
worlde
that
he
most
hated
.
whan
Reynawde
sawe
com
Foulques
of
Morillon
:
he
knew
him
wel
at
his
shelde
,
&
was
so
angred
for
it
that
he
wist
not
what
to
doo
.
A
god
what
shal
we
poore
siners
doo
I
se
wel
that
we
must
die
this
day
with
out
doubte
.
Brother
said
Alard
what
saie
ye
?
by
my
faithe
said
Reinawde
I
se
heere
great
sorow
.
Heere
come●h
Foulques
of
Morillon
for
to
slea
vs
,
&
whan
Alard
had
sen
them
coming
:
it
lacked
litell
that
he
wexed
madde
&
fell
downe
almost
for
greate
angre
that
he
had
of
the
same
,
&
whan
Guycharde
&
Richard
sawe
this
:
they
began
to
make
great
sorowe
.
For
they
scratched
their
visages
and
pulled
their
heares
.
And
whan
Alarde
was
a
litell
assured
:
he
sayd
.
Ha
fayre
bretherne
Guycharde
&
Richarde
,
now
is
the
day
come
that
we
shall
die
al
throughe
mortal
treason
,
for
I
know
wel
tha●
Reynawde
hath
betrayed
vs
:
and
certes
I
wolde
neuer
haue
thought
that
any
treason
should
haue
entred
within
so
noble
a
man
as
he
is
,
he
made
vs
come
here
a
yenst
our
willes
and
maugre
vs
,
bycause
he
knoweth
well
the
treason
.
Ha
Reynawde
the
Sonne
of
Aimon
of
Ardeine
,
and
who
shal
euer
truste
anye
man
,
whan
ye
that
are
our
brother
,
and
that
we
take
for
our
lorde
,
haue
brought
vs
hither
maugre
vs
to
our
death
,
and
haue
betraied
vs
so
falsly
O
Rychard
said
Alarde
drawe
oute
youre
swerde
,
by
god
the
traytoure
shall
die
with
vs
.
For
wel
ought
the
traytoure
to
die
that
hathe
procured
so
mortall
a
treason
,
whan
Alarde
had
sayde
this
:
they
all
three
dyd
set
hande
to
their
swerdes
and
came
to
Reinawde
,
for
to
slea
him
yrefullye
&
sore
an
angred
as
lyons
,
for
they
trowed
for
verye
certaine
that
Reynawde
had
betrayed
theim
,
whan
Reynawde
sawe
them
come
thus
:
he
made
semblaunte
to
defend
him self
,
but
lough
at
them
by
greate
loue
,
alas
said
richard
what
had
I
thought
.
I
woulde
not
slea
my
brother
for
all
the
good
in
the
worlde
,
and
so
sayde
Alarde
and
Guychard
,
for
they
were
sore
repented
of
this
that
they
had
enterprysed
for
to
doo
,
and
they
began
all
for
to
weep
for
pitie
and
cast
their
swerdes
downe
to
the
earthe
and
kissed
Reynawd
sore
weeping
.
And
Alard
sayd
.
Ha
good
Reynawd
why
haue
you
betrayed
vs
so
?
we
be
nother
normanes
nor
Englishe
nor
almaines
,
but
we
be
brethren
of
one
rather
and
of
one
mother
,
&
we
holde
you
for
our
lorde
.
For
god
brother
Reynawde
tel
vs
of
whence
cometh
this
treason
,
we
ben
com
of
so
noble
kinne
of
Gerarde
of
Roussyllon
and
of
Dron
of
Nantuell
and
of
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
,
&
neuer
none
of
our
lignage
thought
no
treason
,
&
how
haue
ye
doon
so
that
haue
procured
i●
now
ayenst
your
naturall
brethern
,
certes
it
is
a
great
fault
to
you
BRother
sayd
Reinawd
I
haue
more
greate
pitie
of
you
than
I
haue
of
mine
own
selfe
,
for
I
haue
brought
you
heere
ayenst
your
wyll
and
if
I
had
beleued
you
this
misehappe
had
not
come
to
vs
.
I
haue
brought
you
heere
,
&
I
promise
you
I
shal
bringe
you
againe
from
hens
with
gods
grace
.
Recommende
oure selfe
to
our
lorde
,
and
thinke
for
to
defende
vs
wel
,
&
feare
not
the
death
for
our
worship
.
For
ones
we
muste
die
withoute
fayle
.
But
it
is
good
to
get
worship
.
Brother
said
richard
,
shall
ye
helpe
vs
?
yea
said
Reinawd
doubt
not
therof
.
And
whan
he
had
that
sayd
,
he
turned
toward
the
earles
and
sayde
to
them
,
fayre
lordes
the
kynge
you
hathe
sente
you
with
vs
:
for
to
conduyte
vs
,
&
vnder
the
suertie
of
you
we
be
com
heere
to
lese
our
liues
.
And
therfore
I
pray
you
that
ye
will
helpe
vs
.
Reinawde
(
sayde
the
earle
of
Ansom
)
It
is
not
for
vs
to
bargaine
heere
long
,
but
let
vs
all
flee
for
to
saue
ourselfe
and
we
may
,
than
saide
Reinawde
by
my
head
ye
be
all
traytours
,
and
I
shall
smite
of
all
your
heades
.
Brother
said
Alard
what
tary
ye
so
longe
,
for
they
bene
well
worthy
for
to
die
,
sith
that
they
ben
traitours
.
And
whan
Rainawde
vnderstood
that
word
of
his
brother
:
he
sette
hande
to
his
swerde
&
smote
the
earle
of
Ansom
so
great
a
stroke
vpon
the
head
that
he
cloued
hym
to
the
harde
teeth
,
and
it
was
well
reason
,
for
it
was
he
that
counseyled
this
treason
to
the
kinge
you
,
that
was
the
rewarde
that
he
had
for
the
first
,
whan
the
earle
of
Ansom
was
thus
slaine
:
the
other
seuen
began
to
flee
,
and
Reinawd
tan
after
,
but
he
could
not
renne
fast
:
for
his
mule
was
to
sore
lade
of
the
weyghte
of
his
body
,
so
that
the
beast
fel
doown
vnder
him
For
Reinawd
to
say
the
trouth
was
so
bygge
made
and
so
greate
that
no
horse
might
beare
him
but
onely
baiarde
.
For
as
it
is
said
Reinawd
had
xvi
.
feete
of
length
&
was
wel
shape
of
body
after
the
greatnes
.
THan
whan
Reynawde
saw
him self
a
grounde
:
he
stood
vp
lightlye
with
his
mule
and
sayd
,
ha
Baiard
my
good
horse
that
I
am
not
on
your
backe
armed
of
al
peces
,
for
or
euer
that
I
shoulde
be
ouercome
:
I
should
sell
my
death
ful
dere
.
Alas
none
ought
not
to
complaine
my
deth
sith
that
I
haue
purchased
it
myself
.
Brother
said
Guychard
what
shall
we
doo
?
heere
be
our
enemies
euen
by
vs
,
if
ye
thinke
it
good
:
let
vs
aduenture
to
passe
ouer
this
ryuer
and
goe
vpon
that
highe
roch
,
and
so
we
shal
may
saue
our self
.
Goe
foole
goe
said
Reinawde
what
saye
ye
?
ye
wot
wel
that
our
mules
myght
not
renne
before
the
horses
,
what
shoulde
auayle
vs
for
to
flee
sith
that
we
might
not
saue
our selfe
?
Certes
I
should
not
flee
for
all
the
worlde
.
I
haue
leuer
die
with
my
worship
:
than
I
should
liue
with
great
shame
,
for
he
that
dieth
in
fleeing
:
hys
soule
shal
neuer
be
saued
.
Thus
as
Reynawde
spake
to
his
brother
Richarde
:
Alard
saide
to
hym
brother
Reynawde
lette
vs
lyghte
from
oure
mules
a
foote
and
shryue
our selfe
the
one
to
thother
to
th
ende
that
we
be
not
ouercome
by
the
deuill
.
Freend
said
Reynawd
ye
say
well
and
wisely
,
and
they
dyd
as
Alarde
had
deuised
.
And
whan
they
wer
confessed
th
one
to
thother
:
Reinawde
said
to
his
brethern
.
Lordes
let
vs
doo
suche
a
thing
,
wherof
we
shall
get
worshippe
,
sith
it
is
so
that
we
may
not
scape
:
lette
vs
kylle
them
that
come
first
vpon
vs
,
and
we
shal
haue
auauntage
vpon
thother
,
&
goddes
curse
haue
him
that
shall
feyne
himselfe
.
THan
whan
Alard
hearde
Reinawde
speake
thus
:
he
colled
him
with
his
armes
and
kissed
him
al
weping
&
said
to
him
.
Brother
we
been
two
&
two
,
I
pray
you
that
th
one
fail
not
to
help
the
other
as
longe
that
life
is
in
oure
bodies
.
Brother
saide
thother
we
shal
help
you
with
al
our
might
&
than
thei
went
&
kissed
Reinawd
by
great
loue
,
&
after
whan
they
had
kissed
eche
other
:
they
tooke
of
their
mantelles
&
wrapped
them
aboute
their
left
armes
,
&
tooke
theyr
swerdes
in
theyr
handes
&
began
to
cry
&
called
theyr
badges
&
tokens
.
Reynawde
cried
mountawban
.
alard
saynt
nycolas
.
guychard
,
balancon
.
&
thou
gentil
Rychard
,
Ardeyn
,
which
was
the
badge
or
token
of
their
father
aymon
.
whan
Foulques
of
morillon
saw
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
comming
toward
him
al
vnarmed
&
vpon
mules
so
boldly
:
he
was
all
abasshed
of
it
.
Than
he
began
to
cry
&
sayd
Reynawde
Reynawd
ye
are
come
to
your
death
,
and
I
promise
you
he
that
moste
loueth
you
hath
betrayed
you
,
that
is
the
kynge
you
,
but
haue
pacyence
,
for
I
shall
set
to
your
necke
an
halter
.
Now
haue
you
not
your
horse
Bayard
,
the
whiche
ye
haue
ryden
vpon
wrongfully
,
now
shall
you
be
auenged
the
deathe
of
Berthelot
that
ye
slewe
.
Reinawd
what
shal
ye
doo
?
wil
ye
defende
or
yelde
you
?
but
youre
defence
shall
be
not
worth
to
you
.
And
yf
ye
make
any
semblaunt
to
defende
youre selfe
:
I
shall
slea
you
incontinent
.
FOulques
sayde
Reinawd
ye
speke
well
lyke
a
beast
,
and
trow
you
that
I
shal
yelde
me
quicke
to
Charlemayne
or
to
you
?
I
shall
fyrst
smite
of
your
heade
&
the
helme
withal
if
I
can
rech
to
you
,
ye
know
well
howe
my
swerde
cutteth
.
By
god
Foulques
sayd
Reynawd
ye
are
greatly
to
be
blamed
for
to
haue
gyuen
the
counseyll
for
to
make
vs
to
be
betrayed
by
the
kynge
you
,
for
it
is
the
foulest
crafte
that
a
knyghte
may
for
to
doo
treason
.
But
doo
as
a
gentilman
ought
to
doo
,
to
the
ende
that
men
say
not
that
it
is
treason
,
yf
ye
will
lette
vs
goe
:
we
shall
be
all
foure
ready
to
become
liegemen
of
the
king
Charlemayne
,
and
I
shal
gyue
you
my
horse
Bayarde
,
the
whiche
I
gaue
not
for
all
the
golde
in
the
world
,
and
also
I
shal
gyue
you
the
strong
castel
Mountawban
,
and
if
the
kyng
Charlemayne
maketh
warre
ayenst
you
for
loue
of
vs
:
we
shall
serue
you
with
fyue
hundred
knightes
well
armed
and
well
horsed
euer
more
,
and
if
it
please
you
ye
shal
saue
vs
our
liues
.
And
yf
ye
will
not
doo
this
:
doo
another
thyng
that
I
shall
tell
you
for
to
keep
you
to
bee
not
called
a
traytoure
.
Chese
.xx.
knyghtes
of
the
best
that
ye
haue
,
and
put
theym
in
a
feeld
well
armed
,
vpon
good
horses
,
&
we
foure
shal
fyghte
with
them
vnarmed
as
we
ben
vpon
our
mules
,
and
yf
your
.xx.
knightes
well
armed
and
well
horsed
may
ouercome
me
and
my
brethren
though
we
haue
no
harneis
vpon
vs
:
we
pardone
them
our
deathe
,
and
yf
god
wyll
that
we
should
ouercome
them
:
that
ye
should
than
lette
vs
goe
free
where
we
wolde
,
it
is
that
I
require
you
for
goddes
loue
and
for
youre
worshyppe
and
no
more
,
and
yf
ye
doo
not
so
:
ye
shal
be
taken
for
an
yll
knyght
all
dayes
of
your
lyfe
.
By
god
Reynawd
.
saide
Foulques
your
preaching
shall
not
auayle
you
nothynge
,
for
I
haue
leuer
to
haue
found
you
now
in
this
araye
,
than
that
I
had
wonne
an
hundred
thousande
marke
of
fyne
golde
.
Nowe
is
youre
cosyn
the
wyse
Mawgis
ferre
from
you
,
he
can
not
giue
you
no
couseyle
at
this
houre
,
and
also
all
your
folke
be
well
ferre
fro
you
,
they
shall
not
giue
you
socoures
,
and
also
I
know
the
goodnes
of
my
men
and
that
they
haue
promised
the
king
Charlemain
that
they
shall
not
fayle
to
assayle
you
worthely
,
by
my
fayth
sayd
Reinawde
and
we
shal
defende
our selfe
also
to
oure
power
.
Than
saide
Alarde
to
Reynawde
,
brother
what
ordenaunce
shal
we
keep
?
brother
(
said
Rainawd
)
we
shal
kep
foote
troo
and
two
:
ye
and
Guycharde
shall
be
behynde
,
and
I
and
Rycharde
shall
make
the
forewarde
,
and
lette
vs
smite
well
harde
I
pray
you
,
for
the
time
is
now
com
that
we
must
needs
doo
so
,
and
make
we
that
thyng
that
shal
be
lefte
in
perpetuall
memory
to
them
that
shal
be
after
vs
,
sith
that
by
no
wyse
we
may
not
scape
.
Faire
brother
saide
Alarde
to
Guycharde
,
ye
were
wel
deceiued
for
that
ye
trowed
that
Reinawd
had
betraied
vs
.
I
promise
you
he
wold
not
doo
it
for
all
the
golde
of
the
worlde
.
By
my
fayth
said
than
Guycharde
to
Alard
I
am
now
well
whole
,
sith
that
our
deare
brother
Reynawde
shall
be
to
our
helpe
,
for
as
longe
as
he
shall
be
a
liue
:
we
shall
defende
our selfe
,
but
not
after
,
for
thoughe
I
might
chose
I
wolde
not
liue
after
he
were
dead
.
And
whan
he
had
sayed
thys
:
they
medled
themselfe
amonge
theyr
enemies
.
Shortly
to
speake
of
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
assembled
wel
ayenst
three
hundred
good
knightes
,
but
their
courage
were
neuerthelesse
therfore
as
longe
as
they
had
lyfe
in
the
body
:
but
that
they
shewed
vnto
their
enemies
a
knightes
face
,
whan
Foulques
of
Morylion
sawe
Reynawde
come
:
he
spurred
his
horse
with
the
spurres
&
bare
his
speare
a
low
,
&
went
&
smot
Reynawd
by
the
mantell
of
scarlet
that
was
aboute
his
arme
so
great
a
stroke
that
hys
spere
entred
through
his
thygh
and
ouerthrewe
bothe
hym
and
his
mule
to
the
earthe
.
Whan
Alarde
saw
the
stroke
:
he
cried
sore
and
sayde
.
Alas
we
haue
lost
Reynawde
our
brother
that
was
al
our
hope
and
our
secour
now
may
we
not
escape
,
but
that
we
shall
be
dead
or
taken
,
and
it
is
better
that
we
yelde
vs
prysoners
at
this
time
:
than
to
defende
vs
anye
more
.
For
sith
it
is
so
:
oure
defence
shall
helpe
vs
nothynge
ayenst
so
many
folke
.
And
whan
Reynawde
vnderstod
the
wordes
of
his
brother
,
he
cryed
to
him
with
a
loude
voyce
and
sayd
.
Fie
vpon
you
glutton
what
is
that
ye
say
?
I
haue
no
harme
yet
,
but
I
am
al
whole
as
ye
be
,
thanked
be
god
,
and
yet
shall
I
telle
me
full
dere
or
I
die
.
And
whan
Reynawde
had
saied
this
:
he
rose
vp
quickelye
and
tooke
the
spere
with
both
his
handes
,
and
pulled
it
oute
of
his
thyghe
with
great
greef
,
and
after
set
hande
to
his
swerde
.
And
sayde
to
Foulques
of
Moryllon
,
knyght
if
ye
will
doo
like
a
good
man
:
light
a
foote
as
I
am
.
And
ye
shall
knowe
what
I
can
doo
.
Whan
Foulques
of
Morillon
vnderstode
him
:
he
turned
vpon
him
sore
an
angred
,
and
thought
for
to
haue
smitten
him
on
hys
heade
,
but
Reynawde
drewe
a
litell
asyde
,
and
wente
and
gaue
vnto
Foulques
suche
a
stroke
vpon
hys
helme
:
that
nother
yron
nor
stele
myght
not
saue
hym
,
but
that
Renawde
cloue
hym
in
to
the
harde
teeth
and
felled
him
deade
to
the
catthe
.
And
whan
he
sawe
him
falle
:
he
sayde
vnto
hym
.
Nowe
vnhappy
Traytoure
that
thy
soule
may
haue
no
pardone
,
but
goe
to
the
pyt
of
helle
.
And
whan
he
had
saied
that
:
he
tooke
the
horse
of
Foulques
of
Moryllon
the
whiche
was
right
good
,
&
lighte
vpon
it
incontinent
and
tooke
his
sheeld
&
his
spere
that
Foulques
of
Moryllon
had
shoued
through
and
through
his
thyghe
&
than
he
sayd
to
his
brethren
.
Be
ye
al
sure
that
as
longe
as
I
am
a
lyue
:
ye
shal
haue
no
harme
,
but
the
frenshemen
shal
saye
that
they
haue
an
ylle
neyghboure
of
me
.
And
wyt
it
whan
he
was
an
horsbacke
:
he
was
not
well
at
ease
,
because
that
the
styroppes
were
to
shorte
for
him
.
But
he
had
other
thinges
to
doo
,
than
for
to
make
them
lenger
.
And
whan
he
was
thus
set
on
horsbacke
:
he
made
his
horse
to
renne
and
held
his
spere
alowe
,
and
went
and
mette
with
the
earle
Angenon
by
suche
maner
that
he
put
both
yron
and
wood
throughe
the
brest
of
him
so
that
he
must
fall
down
dead
fro
the
horse
to
the
ground
afore
his
foote
.
And
after
Reinawd
set
hande
to
his
swerde
,
and
smote
a
knighte
suche
a
stroke
that
his
helme
might
not
saue
him
,
but
cleued
hym
to
the
teeth
.
What
shall
I
tell
you
more
?
Nowe
wit
it
that
at
that
time
Renawde
slewe
wyth
his
owne
handes
foure
earles
,
thre
dukes
and
sixe
knightes
,
and
after
he
began
to
crye
Mountawban
with
a
hye
voice
.
And
after
his
crye
:
he
went
&
smote
Roberte
the
lorde
of
Dygeon
that
was
sonne
to
the
duke
of
Burgoine
so
that
the
head
with
the
helme
he
made
it
lepe
to
the
grounde
,
&
after
he
slewe
a nother
sterke
dead
,
that
came
to
rescue
the
said
lorde
.
ANd
whan
Rainawde
hadde
doone
this
noble
prowesse
:
he
behelde
about
him
,
and
trowed
to
haue
seen
his
brethren
than
,
but
he
saw
none
of
them
,
wherof
he
was
sore
abasshed
.
O
god
sayd
he
where
are
my
brethren
gone
?
nowe
be
they
well
ferre
from
me
,
we
shall
neuer
come
togither
again
.
And
than
came
there
Alarde
that
in
likewyse
had
wonne
a
horse
,
the
sheeld
and
the
spere
,
for
he
had
slaine
a
knight
,
and
had
taken
his
hors
,
but
he
was
sore
hurte
.
Neuerthelesse
he
came
&
held
side
with
his
brother
,
and
Rycharde
and
Guycharde
came
soone
at
the
other
side
.
Than
Alarde
saide
to
Reinawde
.
Brother
be
al
sure
that
we
shall
neuer
faile
you
to
the
deth
.
And
whan
the
foure
brethren
were
assembled
togither
againe
:
they
began
to
make
so
great
distruccion
of
frenshemen
,
that
none
durste
abyde
theym
.
For
all
they
that
they
hytte
:
scaped
not
the
death
.
whan
the
frenshemen
sawe
this
:
they
were
meruailled
,
and
said
the
one
to
the
other
.
By
my
soule
this
passeth
all
other
wunder
.
I
trow
that
they
ben
no
knightes
:
but
that
they
been
deuils
,
now
let
vs
make
to
thēa
sawte
both
behinde
and
before
,
for
if
they
liue
long
:
they
shall
do
vs
greate
hurte
.
And
whan
they
were
hereto
,
accorded
:
they
ranne
all
vpon
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
so
harde
that
they
parted
them
woulde
they
or
not
.
But
Reynawde
passed
throughe
them
al
and
broughte
himselfe
out
of
the
prese
,
and
Alarde
after
hym
.
And
Rycharde
retourned
fleeing
toward
the
roche
Mountbron
,
and
Guychard
abode
there
on
foo●e
,
for
the
frenshemen
had
slayne
hys
mule
vnder
him
,
and
had
wounded
him
with
two
speres
well
deep
into
the
flesh
and
was
taken
for
prysoner
and
they
bounde
him
bothe
hande
and
foote
,
and
layed
him
vpon
a
litel
hors
ouerthwarte
,
like
as
a
sacke
of
corne
so
wounded
as
he
was
,
and
I
promyse
you
men
might
wel
folowe
him
by
the
trase
,
bicause
of
the
bloud
that
came
oute
of
his
bodye
,
and
so
leed
him
so
shamefullye
as
that
it
may
had
be
a
theef
and
went
all
betynge
vpon
hym
,
saying
to
hym
that
they
led
hym
to
Charlemayne
,
the
which
should
make
him
to
be
hanged
for
to
auenge
the
death
of
his
deere
neuew
Berthelot
that
he
loued
so
muche
,
the
whyche
Reynawde
slewe
so
shamefully
playinge
at
the
Chesse
.
ANd
whan
Reynawde
saw
that
hys
enemyes
led
his
brother
Guycharde
so
shamefully
:
he
wexed
almoste
madde
for
angre
,
and
called
his
brother
Alarde
to
him
and
said
,
Fayre
brother
what
shal
we
doo
?
see
how
shamefully
they
fare
with
our
brother
Guycharde
,
yf
we
suffre
than
to
brynge
hym
forth
of
this
facyon
:
we
shall
neuer
haue
worshyp
in
our
dayes
.
Brother
sayd
Alarde
I
wote
not
what
we
maye
best
doo
for
to
abyde
or
for
to
goe
to
them
.
For
I
tel
you
that
we
be
no
mo
but
two
,
and
they
be
so
great
nombre
of
folke
that
wee
can
doo
nothing
agaynst
them
.
O
god
(
sayd
Reynawde
)
what
shall
I
doo
if
the
king
Charlemaine
make
my
brother
to
be
hanged
?
I
shall
neuer
be
at
my
hertes
case
,
nor
I
shall
neuer
come
to
no
courte
,
but
men
shal
poynte
me
with
the
fynger
,
and
shall
saye
see
yonder
is
the
sonne
of
Aymon
that
let
his
brother
to
be
hanged
to
the
pyn
tree
of
Mountfaucon
,
&
he
durst
not
succour
hym
.
Certes
sayd
Reynawde
to
Alarde
,
brother
I
had
leuer
dy
fyrst
,
but
if
I
should
rescue
our
brother
fro
death
.
Brother
sayd
Alarde
now
set
your selfe
afore
&
I
shal
folow
you
&
after
my
power
I
wyl
helpe
you
to
rescue
hym
.
And
whan
Reynawde
heard
that
:
he
cast
his
sheeld
behinde
him
,
and
habandonned
his
body
all
boldely
as
a
Lyon
,
and
cared
not
how
the
game
should
go
,
for
ye
saw
neuer
wood
men
hew
in
a
forest
,
nor
make
so
great
noyse
as
Reynawde
made
with
his
swerde
amonge
his
enemyes
for
he
cutted
&
hewed
legges
and
armes
by
suche
wyse
that
no
man
should
beleue
it
,
but
they
that
see
it
.
Thus
made
Reynawde
at
that
time
that
the
Frenchemen
must
needes
make
him
way
to
passe
whether
thei
wolde
or
no.
And
mani
made
hym
way
for
the
loue
of
O●ier
for
they
knewe
well
that
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
were
his
cosyns
.
And
whan
Reynawde
was
passed
:
he
sayd
to
them
that
led
his
brother
Guycharde
.
Let
goe
the
knyghte
ye
yll
folkes
,
for
ye
be
not
worthye
to
touche
hym
,
and
whan
they
that
led
Guycharde
sawe
come
Reynawde
:
they
were
sore
afrayed
that
they
put
them selfe
to
flight
&
left
Guycharde
free
and
sayde
the
one
to
the
other
.
here
cometh
the
ende
of
the
worlde
.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
that
they
fled
:
the
sayd
to
Alarde
.
Goe
ye
fayre
brother
and
vnbinde
Guicharde
our
brother
and
set
him
vpon
this
horse
and
gyue
him
a
spere
in
his
hande
,
&
come
after
me
,
for
the
traytours
ben
dyscomfyted
.
Brother
sayd
Alarde
.
I
shall
goe
where
it
please
you
,
but
I
tell
you
yf
we
parte
one
from
the
other
:
we
shall
neuer
come
together
agayne
seyng
that
we
be
so
few
&
so
yll
armed
,
but
let
vs
keep
together
,
&
helpe
th
one
thother
.
Brother
sayde
Reynawde
ye
say
well
&
wisely
,
and
we
shal
doo
it
.
And
than
they
wente
bothe
together
to
Guycharde
,
&
vnbounde
hym
,
and
made
him
mounte
on
horsebacke
the
sheelde
at
the
necke
,
and
the
spere
in
the
hande
.
Now
goe
there
the
three
brethern
together
,
and
the
fourth
fighteth
agaynst
a
greate
nombre
of
folke
,
that
was
the
valyaunt
Richarde
,
that
was
the
moste
worthy
of
all
after
hys
brother
Reinawde
.
But
men
had
slaine
his
mule
vnder
hym
,
and
was
wounded
ryght
sore
.
But
he
had
slayne
fiue
erles
,
and
well
.xiiii.
knyghtes
,
wherof
he
was
so
sore
trauayled
and
so
wery
,
that
he
might
not
all
moste
defend
himselfe
no
more
,
but
went
rounde
aboute
the
roche
.
And
than
came
gerarde
of
valcome
that
was
cosyn
to
Foulques
of
Moryllon
the
whyche
he
had
founde
dead
,
wherof
he
made
great
sorowe
,
&
sayd
.
Ha
gentyl
knight
it
is
great
domage
of
your
deth
.
Certes
he
that
hath
brought
you
to
this
death
he
is
not
my
freend
.
Now
shal
I
auenge
me
if
I
maye
,
&
than
he
came
to
the
roche
.
And
whan
he
saw
Reynawde
in
so
great
greefe
:
he
spurred
his
horse
with
his
spurres
&
bare
his
spere
alowe
&
smote
Rycharde
through
the
mantell
of
scarlet
,
that
he
wrapped
aboute
his
lifte
arme
so
harde
that
the
spere
entred
ferre
in
his
bodye
so
muche
that
he
brought
hym
to
the
erth
,
and
as
he
drewe
hys
spere
agayne
:
the
guttes
of
Richarde
came
out
of
the
body
into
his
lappe
,
&
the
wounde
was
so
great
that
the
lyuer
and
the
lounges
appered
.
Than
began
Gerarde
to
crye
.
No
ware
dyscoupled
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
for
I
haue
slayne
Richard
the
hardy
fighter
,
all
the
other
shall
soone
be
slayne
or
taken
,
yf
god
giue
me
helth
.
And
I
shall
brynge
them
vnto
the
kynge
Charlemayne
,
that
shal
make
them
to
be
hanged
at
Mountfawcon
as
soone
as
he
hath
them
.
THan
whan
Richarde
was
come
a
lytle
to
his
ese
:
he
rose
vp
quyckely
vpon
hys
feete
,
&
tooke
hys
bowelles
with
bothe
his
handes
and
put
them
agayne
into
his
belye
and
after
set
hande
to
hys
swerde
,
&
came
to
Gerarde
and
sayd
to
hym
in
great
angre
.
Thou
cursed
man
thou
shalt
haue
thy
rewarde
anon
for
that
ye
haue
doon
to
me
,
for
certes
it
shal
not
be
vmbrayed
to
Reynawde
that
ye
haue
slayne
his
brother
,
and
whan
he
had
sayde
thus
:
he
smote
Gerarde
through
the
quyras
,
and
throughe
the
sheelde
so
great
a
strooke
,
that
he
hewed
the
shouldre
and
the
arme
with
all
from
the
body
&
felled
hym
down
dead
to
the
erth
afore
hys
feete
,
and
than
sayd
to
him
.
Certes
Gerarde
it
had
be
better
for
you
that
ye
had
not
come
hytherwarde
,
for
to
the
kynge
Charlemayne
now
shal
ye
not
beare
your
boste
that
ye
haue
slayne
one
of
the
foure
Sonnes
of
Aymon
.
And
whan
he
had
sayd
that
:
he
fel
downe
in
a
swonne
,
and
whan
he
was
come
agayne
to
hymselfe
:
he
began
for
to
wisshe
after
hys
brethern
,
and
complayned
them
sore
,
sayinge
.
O
Reynawde
fayre
brother
this
daye
shall
departe
our
company
.
For
I
shal
neuer
see
you
,
nother
ye
me
.
O
Castell
of
Mountawban
I
commende
thee
to
god
that
he
wil
by
his
mercy
&
pitie
bringe
agayne
your
lorde
saufe
and
sounde
of
his
body
.
Ha
king
yon
of
Gascoygne
,
whye
haue
ye
betrayed
vs
?
and
taken
vs
to
the
kyng
Charlemayne
:
certes
ye
dyd
therin
greate
syn
,
and
ashamfull
fault
,
and
after
he
sayd
all
weeping
.
O
father
king
of
glory
,
and
lorde
of
al
the
worlde
,
succoure
this
day
my
poore
bretherne
.
For
I
wot
not
where
they
ben
,
nor
of
me
they
may
neyther
haue
helpe
nor
succors
,
for
I
am
all
redy
for
to
dye
.
NOwe
shall
I
tell
you
of
Reynawde
of
Alarde
,
and
of
Guicharde
that
faught
strongly
agaynst
theyr
enemies
,
as
worthy
knightes
that
they
were
.
But
all
theyr
great
faytes
of
armes
should
auayled
them
nothinge
yf
they
had
not
come
to
a
narowe
way
of
the
Roche
,
where
men
myght
not
come
to
them
but
afore
.
And
whan
they
had
be
longe
there
:
Reynawde
began
to
say
to
his
brother
Alarde
,
Brother
where
is
become
our
brother
Richarde
that
we
saw
not
of
a
good
whyle
a
goe
?
now
thinke
none
other
but
that
we
shall
neuer
see
him
,
for
I
left
him
heere
bi
thys
sapyn
tree
,
whan
ye
and
I
had
so
much
to
doo
.
I
praye
god
yf
he
be
dead
that
he
haue
his
soule
.
Now
I
wyl
wit
tidinges
of
him
yf
it
be
possible
.
Brother
sayd
Alarde
yf
ye
wyll
beleue
me
ye
shall
abyde
heere
,
God
pardon
him
if
he
be
dead
,
for
we
mai
not
helpe
him
the
perill
is
to
greate
and
I
beleue
that
we
should
dy
afore
that
euen
were
come
.
Ha
brother
sayd
Reynawde
shall
we
fayle
to
our
brother
Richarde
the
good
knight
and
worthy
?
Than
sayde
Alarde
,
what
will
ye
that
we
shall
doo
therto
?
for
as
to
me
I
knowe
no
remedy
to
it
.
Alas
sayde
Reynawde
ye
speake
folyshly
,
for
I
should
not
doubt
for
fere
of
death
to
wit
where
he
is
becom
And
if
I
should
goe
alone
,
yet
shall
I
vnderstand
some
tidinges
of
him
.
Brother
said
Alarde
I
promise
you
if
we
depart
the
one
from
the
other
:
We
shall
neuer
see
vs
agayne
together
.
Brother
sayd
Reynawde
other
dead
or
all
quicke
,
I
shall
finde
him
where
so
euer
he
be
it
maye
none
other
be
,
and
whan
Reynawde
had
sayde
these
wordes
:
he
spurred
hys
horse
wyth
his
spurres
,
and
cam
at
the
other
side
of
the
roche
.
And
whan
they
that
had
chased
Richarde
there
for
to
slea
him
saw
Reinawde
come
:
they
smote
hemselfe
to
flight
,
&
than
Reynawde
wente
a
lytle
more
vpwarde
vpon
the
roche
,
and
founde
there
his
brother
Richarde
that
laye
nyghe
dead
vpon
the
ground
,
&
helde
his
bowelles
betwene
his
handes
,
and
about
him
were
a
great
numbre
of
folke
which
he
had
slayne
.
Whan
Reynawde
saw
him
dead
and
so
sore
wounded
:
he
had
of
it
so
great
sorow
at
hys
hert
that
almoste
he
fell
down
dead
to
the
grounde
but
he
tooke
corage
and
cam
nighe
his
brother
and
lyghted
downe
from
his
horse
&
kissed
him
sore
weeping
and
sayd
.
Ha
fayre
brother
it
is
great
pitie
&
dommage
of
you
and
of
your
death
for
certes
neuer
man
was
worthe
you
,
for
yf
ye
had
come
to
mans
age
neuer
Rowlande
nor
Olyuer
were
so
prue
in
knighthode
,
as
ye
shuld
haue
be
.
Alas
now
is
lost
our
beauty
and
our
youthe
thorough
greate
synne
.
O
good
lorde
who
should
euer
haue
thought
the
onye
treason
should
haue
entred
into
the
hert
of
the
king
yon
?
Alas
my
brother
Rycharde
woe
is
me
for
your
death
,
for
I
am
cause
of
it
.
Alas
thys
daye
in
the
mornynge
whan
wee
departed
out
of
Mountawban
we
were
foure
bretherne
al
good
knightes
,
now
are
we
but
.iii.
that
ben
perillousli
wounded
and
al
vnarmed
.
Nowe
God
forbed
that
I
should
scape
sythe
that
ye
be
dead
vpon
the
traytours
.
But
I
pray
god
that
I
may
venge
your
death
vpon
them
or
euer
I
deceasse
.
For
I
shall
set
therto
my
good
will
,
&
if
god
will
it
shal
be
so
.
Euen
thus
as
Reinawde
made
mone
ouer
hys
brother
:
he
behelde
behynde
hym
and
sawe
come
his
brethern
Alarde
and
Guycharde
all
discomfyted
,
that
cryed
vpon
Reynawde
.
Brother
what
doo
you
?
com
anon
and
help
vs
for
we
haue
great
need
.
And
whan
Richarde
heard
the
voyce
of
Alarde
:
he
opened
his
eyen
,
and
whan
he
saw
his
brother
Reynawde
afore
hym
:
he
sayd
to
hym
.
O
brother
Reinawde
and
what
doo
you
heere
?
see
ye
yonder
that
roche
which
is
so
hyghe
and
so
stronge
,
where
as
ben
manye
small
stones
aboue
,
yf
we
myght
doo
so
muche
that
we
climed
vp
there
:
I
beleue
that
we
shold
be
safe
from
our
enemies
,
for
it
cannot
be
but
our
cosyn
Mawgys
knoweth
our
disease
by
thys
:
and
he
shal
come
to
succour
vs
.
Brother
sayde
Reynawde
wolde
god
we
were
there
now
tell
me
my
fayre
brother
howe
feele
ye
your selfe
?
thinke
ye
that
ye
maye
recouer
healthe
?
yea
sayde
Rycharde
yf
ye
scape
and
els
not
,
for
with
the
sore
that
I
haue
,
I
myght
well
dye
for
sorowe
.
ANd
whan
Reynawde
heard
Richarde
speake
thus
:
he
was
ryght
glad
of
it
.
So
called
he
Alard
to
him
and
sayde
.
Brother
take
Rycharde
vpon
your
sheelde
,
and
lede
hym
vpon
the
roche
,
and
Guicharde
and
I
shall
rowme
the
waye
afore
you
,
brother
sayde
Alarde
,
doubt
not
I
shall
doo
my
power
.
And
than
he
lighted
downe
and
tooke
vp
Richard
and
layde
hym
vpon
hys
sheeld
,
and
after
he
lighted
againe
on
horsbacke
and
Reynawde
and
Guycharde
leyd
hym
with
his
brother
vpon
the
horse
necke
,
and
after
put
them selfe
afore
to
breake
the
prece
of
the
Frenchemen
.
And
they
did
so
muche
that
they
came
to
the
roche
.
But
wyt
it
well
that
Reynawde
made
there
so
great
faytes
armes
,
that
all
hys
enemyes
were
meruaylled
with
all
.
For
he
slewe
at
that
tyme
wel
thyrty
knightes
,
that
neuer
wylde
Bore
,
nor
tygre
,
nor
Lyon
,
nor
Bere
dyd
that
Reynawde
made
there
of
his
body
.
But
for
to
say
the
trouthe
:
Reynawde
setted
nought
by
his
lyfe
,
and
ieoparde
himself
al
together
,
for
he
was
as
a
man
desperate
.
And
whan
they
were
come
to
the
roche
,
Alarde
set
downe
his
brother
Rychard
to
the
erth
.
And
began
to
defende
quyckly
,
but
I
wot
not
how
they
might
endure
,
for
they
had
nother
Castell
nor
fortresse
,
but
onlye
the
roche
.
ALl
thus
as
the
three
brethern
defended
theymselfe
wyth
greate
woe
.
Than
came
there
Ogier
the
dane
and
hys
folke
,
and
had
in
his
company
Magon
of
Frise
with
well
a
thousande
knyghtes
,
&
cryed
vpon
Reynawde
.
Certes
knight
ye
shal
be
dead
wee
haue
sworne
your
death
.
This
day
is
the
departyng
that
ye
&
your
brethern
shall
suffre
death
Ye
did
as
fooles
whan
ye
beleued
the
kynge
You
,
for
he
hath
put
you
all
to
death
.
Whan
Alarde
saw
so
great
folke
come
:
he
was
sore
an
angred
,
and
sayd
to
Guycharde
.
See
howe
great
a
sorow
is
heere
afore
vs
,
and
the
great
nombre
of
folke
that
be
redy
for
to
slea
vs
foure
knightes
.
certes
yf
we
were
fyue
hundred
wel
armed
yet
should
not
we
scape
,
for
they
ben
wel
armed
and
a
great
quantiti
of
knightes
.
Surely
sayd
Guichard
heere
is
a
meruaylouse
companye
,
but
yf
God
helpe
vs
nowe
:
wee
ben
com
to
the
ende
of
our
dayes
.
It
is
no
great
dommage
of
me
nother
of
Richarde
,
but
the
great
dommage
is
of
Reynawde
that
is
the
best
knyghte
of
the
worlde
.
And
whan
Alarde
and
Guycharde
had
spoken
togyder
:
they
wente
to
Reynawde
and
kyssed
him
full
sore
wepynge
,
and
sayde
vnto
hym
O
brother
Reynawde
giue
vs
a
gyfte
yf
it
please
you
for
the
loue
of
oure
lorde
God
.
Lordes
sayde
Reynawde
what
thynge
aske
you
of
me
?
ye
know
wel
ynough
that
I
can
not
helpe
you
of
no
thing
,
and
thys
day
muste
I
needes
see
you
dye
before
min
eyen
.
BRother
said
Alarde
,
Herke
what
we
wyll
tell
you
,
and
yf
it
please
you
ye
shall
doo
it
.
Say
on
hardely
sayde
Reynawde
.
Brother
sayde
Alarde
men
sayen
comenly
that
it
is
better
to
doone
one
harme
:
than
two
I
say
thys
bycause
that
if
ye
dye
heere
:
it
shal
be
great
dommage
,
&
the
losse
shal
neuer
be
recouered
agayne
,
for
none
shall
auenge
your
death
,
but
though
we
dye
heere
and
not
you
:
it
shal
be
no
great
domage
,
for
ye
shal
auenge
vs
wel
,
and
therfore
we
pray
you
sweet
brother
for
al
the
pleasures
that
ye
wolde
doo
euer
to
vs
,
that
ye
wyll
goe
your
wayes
,
and
wee
shall
abyde
heere
.
And
whan
the
death
shal
come
;
we
shall
take
it
a
worthe
.
This
that
we
say
ye
may
well
doo
:
for
ye
be
well
horsed
,
and
ye
shal
wel
saue
your selfe
maugre
the
Frenche
men
,
yf
they
goe
to
Mountawban
,
&
whan
ye
be
at
Mountawban
:
lyght
vpon
Bayarde
well
armed
,
&
bringe
anon
wyth
you
our
cosyn
Mawgys
for
to
succour
vs
.
Brother
sayd
Reinawde
,
ye
speake
to
folyshlye
.
Certes
I
wolde
not
doo
so
for
all
the
golde
of
the
worlde
.
I
should
be
sore
bad
and
full
vnkynde
yf
I
dyd
so
,
for
I
coulde
not
spyll
my selfe
souer
than
for
to
leaue
you
in
so
great
peryll
.
Other
we
shall
all
scape
:
or
els
we
shal
all
dye
together
,
for
the
one
shall
not
fayle
the
other
as
longe
as
we
may
lyue
,
now
God
that
suffred
death
and
passion
saue
vs
.
Thus
as
Reynawde
spake
to
hys
bretherne
:
came
the
erle
Guymarde
to
whome
God
gyue
euyl
aduenture
,
and
sayd
to
Reynawde
,
knight
ye
be
take
and
ye
must
dye
wyth
shame
vpon
thys
roche
.
Whan
ye
beleued
the
kynge
You
ye
dyd
great
foly
.
He
wrought
great
treason
whan
he
dyd
sell
you
to
the
kynge
Charlemayne
that
hateth
you
so
muche
,
for
ye
loued
hym
more
,
than
ye
dyd
your
cosin
Mawgys
.
He
hath
well
rewarded
you
for
the
great
loue
that
ye
ought
to
him
,
tell
me
Reynawde
whether
ye
wyll
yeeld
you
or
defend
you
?
Certes
sayd
Reynawde
now
speke
ye
for
nought
,
I
shall
neuer
yeeld
me
as
longe
as
I
am
a
liue
.
Reynawde
sayd
than
,
Ogyer
what
wyll
ye
doo
?
wee
cannot
helpe
you
of
nothynge
,
other
gyue
your selfe
vp
:
or
defende
your selfe
,
Ogyer
sayd
Reynawde
,
by
hym
that
made
the
worlde
I
shall
neuer
yeeld
me
.
I
was
neuer
no
theefe
and
therfore
wyl
I
not
be
hanged
,
I
haue
leuer
dye
like
a
knyght
than
to
hange
lyke
a
theefe
.
Lordes
sayd
Guimard
let
vs
sawte
them
,
for
they
shall
not
may
kepe
longe
agaynst
vs
.
Lordes
sayd
Ogyer
ye
maye
well
sawte
them
if
ye
wil
,
but
bi
my
soule
I
shal
doo
them
nothyng
,
for
they
ben
my
cosins
nor
I
shall
not
helpe
theym
.
For
ye
shall
take
them
well
wythout
me
.
Certes
sayd
the
Frenche
men
,
we
shall
than
assayle
them
worthely
.
Than
Ogyer
drewe
hymselfe
and
all
hys
folke
a
syde
,
wel
the
length
of
a
bow
shot
,
and
began
to
make
so
great
sorowe
as
thoughe
all
the
worlde
had
finisshed
afore
hys
eyen
,
and
all
hys
sorow
was
for
Reynawde
hys
cosyn
and
for
hys
brethern
,
and
thus
as
he
made
his
mone
:
he
began
for
to
saye
.
Ha
fayre
cosin
Reynawde
it
is
great
pitie
of
your
death
.
And
I
vnhappy
man
that
am
of
your
kynne
suffre
you
to
dye
afore
myne
eyen
,
&
yet
I
cannot
helpe
you
,
for
I
haue
it
promysed
to
Charlemayne
,
nor
I
ought
not
for
to
breake
myne
othe
.
But
the
historye
telleth
that
Ogyer
duaange
himselfe
greatly
that
day
,
And
through
his
purchace
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
scaped
.
For
yf
he
wolde
haue
put
payne
to
it
:
they
should
not
haue
scaped
by
no
maner
but
as
men
sayd
.
True
bloud
maye
not
lye
.
BEfore
the
roche
were
foure
Erles
,
for
to
sawte
the
foure
Sonnes
of
Aymon
,
and
made
them
moche
a
doo
.
For
theyr
folke
sawted
them
in
foure
partyes
.
Wherof
Reynawde
kepte
the
two
partes
:
and
Alarde
&
Guycharde
kepte
the
other
tweyne
.
For
Richarde
lay
downe
vpon
the
erth
sore
wounded
,
as
I
tolde
you
afore
.
And
yet
was
Guicharde
wounded
sore
throughe
the
thye
wherof
he
had
bled
so
longe
that
ye
was
feynt
and
fell
downe
to
the
erth
.
And
whan
he
sawe
that
he
myght
no
more
defend
:
he
began
to
cal
vpon
Reynawde
and
sayde
.
Ha
Reynawde
fayre
brother
,
let
vs
yeeld
vs
I
pray
you
,
for
I
nor
Richarde
maye
no
more
helpe
you
.
Brother
sayd
Reynawde
what
say
you
?
now
shew
ye
wel
that
ye
be
ferdfull
,
but
I
let
you
wyt
that
yf
I
trowed
to
scape
other
for
Golde
,
or
for
Syluer
or
for
Citie
or
for
Castelles
,
or
my
horse
Bayarde
that
I
loue
so
muche
:
I
should
haue
yeeld
me
prisoner
to
daye
in
the
mornynge
.
For
ye
wot
well
that
yf
we
ben
take
that
all
the
golde
that
is
in
all
the
worlde
saue
vs
not
fro
hangynge
,
or
some
other
shamefull
death
,
and
therfore
I
wyll
not
yeeld
me
by
no
maner
of
wyse
.
A
man
that
wyl
be
valyaunte
ought
to
defende
hymselfe
for
to
be
whole
.
Ha
Richarde
succour
vs
for
the
loue
of
Iesus
,
for
wee
haue
well
mistre
:
we
ben
nother
Normans
nor
Bretons
,
but
we
ben
all
of
one
father
and
of
one
mother
.
Now
ought
we
well
to
helpe
eche
other
with
all
our
power
for
our
worship
,
for
other
wyse
men
should
say
that
we
ben
bastardes
,
and
of
an
yll
father
.
ye
saye
trouthe
sayde
Guicharde
.
But
ye
wolde
not
beleue
how
feble
I
am
,
for
I
am
wounded
to
the
death
.
Certes
sayde
Reynawde
,
I
am
sory
for
it
,
but
I
shall
defende
you
as
longe
as
life
is
in
my
bodi
,
who
had
seen
than
the
noble
knight
Reinawd
take
vp
the
great
stones
,
and
cast
them
vpon
hys
enemyes
:
ye
wolde
not
haue
sayd
that
he
had
not
be
wounded
nor
trauayled
of
nothing
.
Whan
Richarde
(
that
lay
a
ground
thus
wounded
as
I
haue
tolde
you
aboue
)
saw
and
heard
the
great
noyse
that
they
that
sawted
the
roche
made
:
he
tooke
vp
his
head
and
sayd
to
Reynawde
.
Brother
I
shall
helpe
you
.
But
cut
me
some
of
my
sherte
,
&
I
shal
binde
my
syde
and
wounde
so
that
my
bowelles
may
not
yssue
out
of
my
beli
and
than
I
shal
set
me
to
mi
defence
and
shall
helpe
you
with
al
my
hert
.
Than
sayd
Reynawde
,
nowe
art
thou
well
worthe
a
true
man
.
And
whan
Guycharde
vnderstoode
hym
:
he
was
a
shamed
and
tooke
agayne
strength
in
him
beyonde
hys
power
and
came
to
the
defence
and
sayde
with
a
high
voice
Ogier
fayre
cosin
what
doo
you
to
your
lynage
?
Certes
it
shal
be
a
great
shame
to
you
yf
ye
succour
vs
not
,
for
the
faute
that
ye
doo
to
vs
:
shall
be
layde
vnto
you
in
euery
place
where
ye
goe
,
to
let
vs
dye
thus
we
that
ben
your
kynnesmen
,
the
best
of
all
the
worlde
,
saue
Reynawde
&
ye
shall
doo
like
a
true
man
,
and
as
for
vs
other
:
it
maketh
nother
lesse
nother
more
.
Whan
Ogier
vnderstode
these
wordes
:
he
was
sory
for
it
,
that
no
man
might
more
,
and
wolde
haue
gyue
a
great
thing
for
to
haue
deliuered
them
.
And
said
that
he
wolde
doo
wyth
all
his
herte
all
that
he
might
doo
for
them
.
And
than
Ogyer
spurred
Brayforde
with
his
spurres
and
came
to
the
roche
with
a
staffe
in
his
hande
,
and
sayde
to
them
that
sawted
the
roche
:
wythdraw
your selfe
a
litle
tyll
I
haue
spoken
wyth
them
a
litle
,
for
to
wyt
whether
they
wyll
giue
them selfe
vp
or
no.
For
it
is
better
that
we
haue
than
quicke
than
dead
.
Sir
sayd
the
Frenche
men
we
shal
doo
your
commaundement
.
But
wee
leaue
them
wyth
you
to
keep
in
the
name
of
the
kynge
Charlemayne
.
Ha
god
sayd
Ogier
I
neuer
thought
treason
,
nor
I
shal
not
begyn
yet
.
And
than
he
came
more
nighe
the
roche
than
he
had
be
,
and
called
to
hym
the
foure
Sonnes
of
Aymon
,
and
sayd
to
theym
.
Fayre
cosyn
rest
you
,
and
take
agayne
your
brethe
,
and
yf
ye
be
hurt
:
wrappe
vp
your
woundes
,
&
make
good
garnisshinge
of
stones
,
&
so
defende
youre selfe
nobly
of
al
your
power
,
for
if
the
king
Charlemayne
may
haue
you
:
ye
shall
neuer
haue
pardonne
,
but
he
shal
make
you
to
be
hanged
&
strangled
,
and
therfore
ye
muste
needes
kepe
your selfe
well
.
For
I
promise
you
yf
Mawgis
know
of
it
:
he
shall
come
to
soccoure
you
,
thus
shall
ye
scape
.
&
other
wyse
not
.
Cosen
sayd
Alarde
,
ye
shall
haue
of
it
a
good
rewarde
yf
euer
we
may
scape
,
ye
saye
true
sayde
Reynawde
.
For
yf
I
mai
scape
bi
god
that
suffred
death
&
passyon
for
vs
vpon
the
Crosse
,
all
the
golde
of
the
world
shal
not
saue
him
but
I
shall
slea
hym
wyth
myne
own
handes
,
for
I
hate
hym
much
more
than
I
doo
a
straunger
.
For
he
that
should
helpe
and
defende
me
agaynst
all
men
it
is
he
that
doth
me
harme
Cosyn
sayd
Ogyer
I
maye
not
doo
therto
,
so
helpe
god
my
soule
.
For
the
kyng
Charlemayne
made
me
swere
afore
all
hys
barons
that
I
should
not
helpe
you
in
no
maner
of
wyse
.
And
of
this
that
I
doo
,
I
am
sure
the
the
kynge
Charlemayne
shall
conne
me
no
thanke
.
Brother
sayd
Alarde
Ogyer
telleth
you
trouth
.
And
also
it
was
well
trouth
that
Ogyer
was
repreued
therof
for
treason
,
for
charlemaine
called
him
traitour
afore
al
his
barons
.
Than
Reynawde
boū●e
the
woundes
of
his
bretherne
as
wel
as
he
could
.
But
the
wounde
of
rycharde
was
so
greefully
to
see
that
it
was
pitie
to
beholde
,
for
all
the
entrayles
appered
oute
of
hys
bodye
.
And
whan
he
had
lapped
theym
al
:
Alarde
wrapped
the
wounde
that
Reynawde
had
in
the
thyghe
,
and
whan
they
had
rested
themself
a
litle
Reynawde
stoode
vp
and
went
vpon
the
roche
for
to
gather
stones
to
defende
them self
.
And
garnysshed
ther
with
theyr
defence
where
his
bretherne
should
stande
.
Whan
the
Frenchemen
sawe
the
Ogyer
the
Dane
made
there
to
longe
a
soiournynge
:
they
began
all
to
call
and
crye
.
Ogyer
ye
make
there
to
longe
a
Sermon
,
tell
vs
yf
they
wyll
yelde
them
or
no
,
or
yf
they
shall
defende
themselfe
.
Naye
sayde
Ogyer
as
longe
as
they
haue
lyfe
in
theyr
bodyes
.
By
my
soule
sayde
the
Frenche
men
than
go
we
sawte
them
efte
agayne
.
Than
sayde
Ogier
I
promise
you
I
shal
helpe
them
with
all
my
power
.
Whan
the
Erle
Guymarde
hearde
Ogyer
speake
so
:
he
wente
to
hym
&
sayd
.
We
commaunde
you
in
the
kinges
name
of
Fraunce
that
ye
come
to
the
batayle
wyth
vs
agaynst
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
as
ye
haue
promised
and
sworne
,
&
for
doubt
of
you
many
a
lord
is
here
in
your
company
that
wyll
not
fyght
.
Lordes
sayd
Ogyer
for
god
mercy
,
ye
know
wel
al
redy
they
ben
my
cosyns
germanye
.
I
pray
you
let
vs
withdrawe
our selfe
a
backe
,
and
let
them
be
in
peace
,
and
I
shall
gyue
eche
of
you
large
goodes
,
Ogier
said
the
frenche
men
we
shall
not
doo
so
,
but
we
shall
brynge
them
prysoners
to
the
kynge
Charlemayne
that
shal
doo
with
them
hys
pleasure
,
and
also
we
shall
tell
him
what
ye
haue
doone
.
Wherof
he
shall
conne
you
lytle
thanke
all
his
life
.
And
after
whan
Ogier
vnderstode
these
wordes
:
he
was
sore
an
angred
&
sayde
by
great
wrathe
.
By
the
fayth
that
I
owe
to
al
my
freendes
if
there
be
ani
of
you
so
hardy
that
take
Reynawde
or
any
of
this
brethern
for
to
delyuer
them
to
king
Charlemayne
I
:
shall
smyte
of
his
head
,
what
some
euer
come
after
it
.
Ogier
sayd
the
Erle
Gūymarde
we
shal
not
leue
therfore
for
to
take
them
ryght
shortly
.
And
whan
we
haue
them
:
we
shal
see
who
shal
take
them
from
vs
,
for
we
shall
well
can
shewe
this
to
the
king
Charlemain
.
And
than
they
began
to
sawt
the
roche
agayne
.
Wit
it
that
Reynawde
&
hys
brethern
defended
themfelf
full
nobly
.
But
whan
Reynawde
sawe
this
great
multytude
of
folke
that
came
for
to
sawte
them
:
he
began
to
saye
.
Ha
Mawgis
my
fayre
cosyn
where
are
ye
now
that
ye
knowe
not
thys
myshap
?
for
ye
wolde
come
anon
to
helpe
vs
:
but
ye
know
it
not
,
wherof
I
am
euyll
contente
.
For
I
was
a
foole
and
ouer
hasty
that
I
spake
not
to
you
of
thys
matter
afore
that
I
came
heere
.
Ha
Bayarde
yf
I
were
vpon
your
backe
I
should
neuer
entre
within
this
roche
for
feare
of
the
frenchemen
,
but
the
king
Charlemayne
should
lese
heere
of
the
best
knyghtes
of
his
company
,
&
whan
he
had
sayde
this
:
he
began
to
weepe
full
tenderly
for
the
loue
of
his
brethern
,
that
he
saw
so
sore
wounded
and
&
so
werye
.
Than
the
Frenchemen
sawted
them
efte
as
stronge
agayne
&
I
promise
you
if
it
had
not
be
the
greate
prowes
of
Reynawde
:
they
should
haue
ben
taken
at
that
time
by
fine
force
.
Whan
the
sawtinge
was
finisshed
:
Reynawde
set
himself
vpon
his
defence
,
for
he
was
so
wery
that
if
he
had
gone
he
should
haue
fallen
downe
to
the
erthe
,
so
weke
he
was
and
that
was
no
meruayle
:
for
they
had
so
sore
trauayled
him
,
&
had
suffred
so
many
tormentes
and
terrible
sawtes
that
it
was
wunder
that
they
coulde
endure
so
longe
.
ANd
whan
Ogyer
the
Dane
saw
his
Cosin
so
sore
tormented
:
he
tooke
himself
to
weepe
tenderly
.
And
thus
as
he
wept
:
he
bethought
him selfe
of
a
great
wysedome
&
called
to
hym
a
knight
of
hys
that
was
named
Gerarde
&
sayd
to
hym
,
haue
for
god
mercy
of
me
.
and
but
yf
ye
doo
that
I
shall
tel
you
:
I
am
dishonoured
for
euer
more
.
Syr
sayde
Gerade
tell
me
what
it
please
you
for
it
shall
be
doo
thoughe
I
should
lose
my
life
.
Gramercy
sayd
Ogier
,
now
shall
I
tell
you
what
I
wyll
that
ye
doo
,
take
wyth
you
.xl.
knightes
of
the
best
of
my
felawship
,
&
go
lyghtly
to
the
mo
sit
Hosy
,
&
kepe
your selfe
thervpon
,
&
beholde
towarde
Mountawban
all
the
right
way
that
no
body
come
but
ye
see
hym
,
for
yf
Mawgys
may
wit
by
any
way
the
misfortune
of
his
cosyns
:
I
promise
you
that
he
wyll
come
to
succoure
them
,
and
shall
gyue
vs
muche
a
doo
,
so
that
the
moste
hardy
shal
be
sore
afrayed
,
syr
sayd
gerarde
this
that
ye
haue
said
:
shal
be
well
doone
,
and
than
he
tooke
.xl.
of
the
best
knightes
of
his
company
&
went
to
the
mount
Hosye
,
where
they
made
not
well
theyr
watche
for
the
profite
of
the
frenchemen
.
Ye
ought
here
to
wit
the
Ogier
found
this
maner
to
send
his
men
forth
,
but
only
the
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
should
not
haue
a
doo
with
so
many
folke
,
and
thought
not
of
that
that
happed
.
¶
But
now
leueth
heere
the
hystory
to
speake
of
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
that
were
in
the
roche
moūtbron
And
also
leueth
to
speake
of
Ogier
the
Dane
,
and
of
thother
folke
that
Charlemayne
had
sent
,
&
returneth
to
speake
of
Godarde
the
secretary
of
the
king
Yon
that
had
red
the
letters
where
the
treason
was
conteyned
al
playnly
.
¶
How
after
that
Godarde
the
secretory
of
the
kynge
Yon
had
rehersed
al
the
treason
of
Mawgis
,
that
the
kyng
Yon
had
doone
to
hys
cosins
.
Mawgis
brought
suche
a
succoures
to
Reynawde
and
to
his
brethern
,
that
he
saued
them
from
death
bi
his
great
wysdome
.
¶
Capitulum
.x.
depiction of an armoured figure with sword and shield, two knights on horseback, two other male figures, and a decapitated body
NOw
sheweth
the
hystory
that
whan
Godarde
saw
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
go
to
theyr
death
thorough
so
false
a
treason
:
he
had
of
it
great
sorowe
and
pitie
,
and
he
was
ryght
sory
for
it
,
for
two
pryncipal
causes
,
wherof
th
one
was
for
his
mayster
the
kynge
Yon
,
that
had
wrought
that
shamefull
treason
:
and
the
other
was
for
the
great
pitie
and
domage
that
it
was
for
to
make
die
so
pitiously
suche
worthy
knyghtes
as
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
were
.
So
began
he
to
weep
pitiously
,
and
thus
as
he
wept
,
came
there
Mawgys
the
cosyn
of
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
that
went
to
the
kechyn
for
to
haste
the
meate
,
for
the
kinge
Yon
wolde
eate
,
to
the
whyche
men
made
good
cheere
,
bycause
they
knew
not
the
treason
that
he
had
doone
.
Whan
the
clerke
sawe
Mawgys
:
he
called
hym
,
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Ha
Mawgys
how
it
is
yl
with
you
?
for
if
god
put
no
remedy
in
you
ye
haue
loste
that
thyng
that
ye
moste
loue
in
thys
worlde
that
is
Reynawde
and
hys
brethern
for
the
kyng
Yon
hath
betrayed
them
shamefully
.
And
than
he
shewed
to
hym
all
the
treason
,
whan
Mawgys
vnderstode
these
wordes
:
he
was
all
out
of
his
wittes
&
sayd
to
the
clerke
Godarde
for
god
go
awaye
fro
me
,
for
all
my
limmes
shaken
for
angre
nor
I
cannot
stande
vpon
my
feete
,
for
mi
hert
telleth
me
that
Reinawde
and
hys
brethern
ben
dead
.
Certes
sayd
Godarde
ye
sai
trouth
.
For
the
lettre
sheweth
that
Ogyer
the
dane
and
Foulques
of
Morillon
are
set
in
a
busshement
with
a
great
numbre
of
folke
in
the
plaine
of
Valcolours
and
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
are
gone
thyther
al
vnarmed
by
the
counsell
of
kyng
Yon
,
and
thus
they
cannot
defende
,
but
they
muste
be
dead
or
taken
.
Whan
Mawgis
vnderstoode
thys
:
he
was
sorye
for
it
that
he
fell
downe
in
a
swoune
to
th
erth
,
and
at
the
fallyng
that
he
made
he
brake
all
hys
browes
.
And
whan
he
was
com
agayne
to
himselfe
,
he
was
so
sory
that
he
wyst
not
what
he
should
doo
.
So
tooke
he
a
knife
and
wolde
haue
shoued
it
in
hys
breste
,
but
he
myght
not
for
Godarde
tooke
hym
by
the
hand
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Ha
gentyll
knyght
haue
mercye
vpon
you
,
kyll
not
your selfe
,
for
your
soule
shal
be
dampned
for
it
,
but
light
a
horsbacke
and
take
wyth
you
all
the
men
of
armes
that
ben
within
and
the
good
horse
bayarde
that
renneth
so
fast
,
and
goe
there
as
your
cosyns
ben
gone
as
soone
as
ye
may
.
And
whan
ye
com
there
,
ye
shal
see
anon
yf
ye
can
helpe
them
or
not
,
for
yf
they
ben
alyue
:
ye
shall
succour
theym
ryght
wel
.
Godarde
sayd
Mawgys
your
counsel
is
right
good
,
and
than
he
began
to
weep
and
said
.
Ha
noble
knight
Reynawd
it
is
great
dommage
yf
ye
be
dead
,
but
I
make
my
vowe
to
God
that
if
ye
and
your
brethern
be
dead
:
I
shall
neuer
liue
two
dayes
after
you
.
And
than
Mawgys
without
any
noyse
or
onye
worde
to
be
made
of
this
to
kyng
Yon
nor
to
his
syster
the
wife
of
Reynawde
:
commaunde
all
the
soldiours
of
the
castell
to
be
redy
in
armes
lightly
,
and
whan
the
knightes
vnderstode
hym
:
they
tooke
theyr
harneys
on
in
contynent
as
they
were
wont
to
doo
.
And
whan
they
were
all
armed
thei
came
al
to
the
lowest
part
of
the
palays
and
presented
themself
,
and
whan
Mawgys
saw
them
:
he
shewed
to
them
all
the
treason
that
the
king
you
had
doone
to
Reynawde
and
to
his
brethern
.
THen
whan
the
Knightes
of
Reynawde
vnderstode
thys
:
they
began
to
make
suche
sorow
that
it
was
pity
for
to
see
,
&
wisshed
after
the
noble
knightes
that
were
gone
to
theyr
death
,
&
were
sore
desperat
that
they
wolde
almost
haue
killed
them selfe
.
For
the
one
wysshed
after
Reynawde
&
the
other
after
Alarde
the
other
after
Guycharde
&
thother
after
Richarde
,
&
sayd
.
Ha
valiaunt
&
prue
knyghtes
it
is
great
domage
of
your
death
,
for
certaynly
al
the
world
shal
be
the
worse
therfore
.
Alas
&
who
shall
giue
vs
now
the
fayre
armes
&
the
good
horses
that
ye
were
wonte
to
giue
vs
,
thus
as
they
were
makyng
this
great
sorow
:
mawgis
sayd
to
the
palfrainier
that
kept
Bayarde
,
freende
goe
and
set
the
sadle
vpon
Bayarde
and
I
shall
bryng
hym
to
Reynawd
,
syr
sayd
the
palfraynier
.
I
maye
not
doo
it
,
for
Reynawde
my
mayster
commaunded
me
whan
he
went
that
I
should
not
suffre
no
body
to
lyght
vpon
it
till
he
were
come
agayne
,
whan
Mawgys
vnderstode
the
answere
of
the
palfraynyer
:
he
was
wroth
,
and
smote
hym
wyth
hys
fyste
so
greate
a
stroke
that
he
cast
him
at
his
foote
afore
hym
and
after
went
hymselfe
to
the
stable
where
Bayarde
was
.
Whan
Bayarde
saw
Mawgis
:
he
began
to
shrinke
hys
eares
and
smote
with
his
forfeete
so
stronge
that
no
body
durst
go
nighe
him
,
but
the
palfraynyer
that
tended
vpon
him
,
and
whan
Mawgys
saw
that
Bayarde
plaied
so
he
tooke
a
staffe
and
smote
bayarde
vpon
the
head
so
that
he
made
him
kneele
to
the
erth
.
And
whan
bayarde
sawe
he
was
so
curstly
dealed
with
all
:
he
was
aferde
least
he
should
be
yet
more
shrewdely
handled
and
so
he
helde
hymselfe
styll
,
&
Mawgys
caste
the
sadle
vpon
hym
and
bridled
hym
.
And
wyt
it
that
whan
Mawgys
was
vpon
bayardes
backe
:
he
was
wel
lyke
a
valyaunt
man
and
a
hardy
knyght
,
for
he
was
one
of
the
fayrest
knightes
of
the
worlde
and
one
of
the
best
,
and
the
moste
subtyll
of
the
worlde
.
And
whan
Mawgys
and
al
his
folke
were
al
redy
a
horse
backe
well
armed
:
they
went
out
at
the
gate
fawcon
.
And
they
myght
well
be
aboute
fyue
thousande
men
well
horsed
and
well
armed
,
and
.vii
hondred
good
archers
that
neuer
wold
go
backe
for
no
doubte
of
death
by
any
maner
,
and
they
set
themselfe
to
the
way
,
not
by
the
ryght
waye
:
but
wente
throughe
the
wood
al
a
couerte
wyth
great
diligence
,
and
alwayes
Mawgys
went
wisshyng
after
reynawde
and
after
hys
bretherne
,
for
he
wyste
not
yf
they
were
dead
or
a
lyue
,
and
sayd
to
hymselfe
.
Ha
Reynawde
God
be
thys
day
wyth
you
,
&
keep
you
&
your
bretherne
fro
death
and
fro
pryson
.
But
now
yf
the
frenche
men
keep
not
themselfe
wel
:
they
shall
haue
suche
a
neyghbour
and
so
cruell
that
they
shal
be
soone
wery
of
it
and
shall
sore
repente
.
¶
Now
shall
wee
leaue
to
speake
of
Mawgis
that
brought
succours
to
Reinawde
to
the
playne
of
Valcolours
:
and
we
shall
shewe
of
Reynawde
and
of
hys
brethern
that
were
at
roche
Mountbron
full
of
wo
&
sory
,
for
they
sawe
themselfe
in
great
perill
.
Al
thus
as
Reynawde
dyd
reste
himselfe
vpon
the
defence
of
the
roche
and
thought
in
hymselfe
what
he
myght
doo
:
he
turned
his
sight
towarde
the
wood
and
saw
come
Mawgis
with
his
folke
the
sheelde
at
the
necke
the
swerde
in
the
hande
and
mounted
vpon
Bayarde
,
wyt
it
that
bayarde
wente
not
the
lytle
pase
but
wente
lyke
a
swalowe
,
for
at
euerye
lepe
that
he
made
he
lept
thirty
foote
of
grounde
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
Mawgys
come
with
so
great
folke
&
so
fayre
a
company
:
all
his
body
sheuered
all
sodeynlye
for
great
ioye
,
and
forgat
all
the
great
sorowe
&
torment
that
he
had
suffred
all
the
daye
and
sayde
to
his
brethern
.
Brethern
be
merye
and
be
not
dysmayed
of
nothynge
,
for
here
cometh
Mawgis
to
succour
vs
with
great
nombre
of
folke
,
now
he
sheweth
well
that
he
is
our
kynsman
and
a
good
freend
,
blessed
be
he
of
god
that
hath
tolde
him
the
daunger
that
we
were
in
.
Brother
said
Alarde
is
it
trouth
that
we
shall
haue
helpe
anone
?
yea
s●id
Reinawde
by
the
faith
that
I
owe
to
you
.
Certes
said
Alarde
nowe
complaine
I
not
.
And
whan
Richarde
that
laye
wyth
his
bowelles
betwen
his
handes
vnder
stoode
this
word
:
him
semed
that
he
dreamed
this
that
he
heard
which
his
brethern
said
,
for
he
was
al
readie
brought
as
one
that
had
lost
hys
braine
,
by
cause
of
the
great
sore
that
he
felte
and
forced
himselfe
so
that
he
ryghted
himselfe
vpon
his
buttocke
bu●
it
was
with
great
paine
,
&
sayde
to
his
brother
Reinawde
me
semeth
that
I
haue
hearde
named
Mawgis
or
elles
it
is
come
to
me
by
a
visyon
,
brother
said
Reinawde
by
my
faythe
we
haue
socours
of
Mawgis
that
bringeth
to
vs
al
the
power
of
Mountawban
.
Brother
said
Richarde
for
god
shewe
me
hym
.
And
than
Reynawd
tooke
him
betwene
his
armes
and
shewed
him
Mawgis
that
came
rydynge
vpon
Bayarde
as
faste
as
tempest
,
whan
Richarde
sawe
mawgys
:
he
was
so
gladde
that
he
fell
in
a
swoune
betwene
his
brothers
armes
.
And
whan
he
was
come
againe
to
himself
:
he
said
.
Now
am
I
whole
for
I
fele
nother
yll
nother
sore
,
brother
Reinawd
said
Alard
,
what
shall
we
doo
?
for
if
the
frenshmen
perceiue
the
comming
of
Mawgis
:
they
shal
flee
,
and
I
wolde
for
no
good
that
they
should
doo
so
,
for
I
wolde
that
we
were
firste
auenged
vpon
theym
for
the
great
hurt
that
thei
haue
doon
to
vs
,
but
let
vs
doo
one
thyng
that
I
shall
tel
you
.
Let
vs
goe
downe
to
the
foote
of
the
roche
and
begyne
the
battayle
,
&
while
that
they
shal
fight
with
vs
:
Mawgis
shal
be
come
,
and
by
all
thus
they
shall
not
scape
vs
,
brother
said
Reinawde
ye
say
well
and
we
shal
doo
so
,
&
than
Reinawd
,
Alard
and
Guicharde
wente
downe
to
the
foote
of
the
roche
,
and
the
litell
Rycharde
bod
aboue
vpon
the
roche
for
he
coulde
not
moue
nother
helpe
himselfe
.
REinawde
came
downe
from
the
roche
with
his
two
brethren
,
And
whan
the
frenshemen
sawe
them
:
they
began
to
saie
th
one
to
thother
.
Here
cometh
the
sonnes
of
Aimon
that
will
yeeld
themselfe
prisoners
,
now
let
vs
not
kylle
them
but
take
we
theym
for
to
bringe
theim
alyue
to
th
emperour
Charlemayne
.
And
whan
they
had
sayd
this
:
they
began
to
cry
.
Reynawde
but
yf
ye
wyll
die
shortly
:
yeeld
your selfe
and
if
ye
doo
it
with
good
will
:
we
shall
all
praye
Charlemain
that
he
haue
mercy
vpon
you
.
Whan
Ogier
heard
theim
speake
thus
:
he
wend
it
had
be
trouth
that
Reinawde
&
his
breth●●n
wold
haue
giuen
themselfe
vp
as
prysoners
.
So
was
he
full
sory
for
it
,
and
spurred
brayforde
with
the
spurres
&
came
ayenst
Reinawd
and
his
bretherne
and
saide
to
them
:
knyghtes
I
holde
you
nowe
for
fooles
that
ye
haue
left
your
roche
that
was
the
sauing
of
your
life
,
this
day
shall
ye
be
hanged
with
great
shame
,
and
yet
I
can
not
help
you
,
for
I
should
be
blamed
of
Charlemain
.
Ogier
said
Reinawde
we
ben
not
such
fooles
as
ye
wene
,
but
I
will
that
ye
flee
.
For
by
the
faithe
that
I
owe
to
the
olde
Aymon
my
father
yf
ye
tarye
any
whyle
heere
ye
shall
not
be
wise
,
for
if
I
can
reche
vnto
you
.
I
shall
shewe
what
I
can
doo
.
THis
hanging
:
that
Reinawd
spake
to
Ogyer
:
Ogier
be
helde
towarde
the
ryghte
waye
that
came
to
the
wood
&
sawe
folke
come
to
Reinawd
that
Maugis
brought
,
and
was
all
afore
mounted
vpon
Bayard
that
came
fast
.
And
whan
Ogier
sawe
come
thus
the
folke
of
Reinawd
in
great
numbre
:
he
knew
them
well
,
&
was
righte
glad
of
it
,
&
his
herte
rored
in
his
bely
for
Ioye
,
and
righted
himselfe
vp
in
his
sadle
wel
halfe
a
foote
&
sayd
to
his
folke
.
Fayre
lordes
what
shal
we
doo
?
the
deuyll
hath
tolde
Mawgis
that
we
be
heere
,
he
cometh
ryding
vpon
baiarde
&
bryngeth
wyth
hym
a
fayre
company
,
certes
if
we
were
.xx.
thousande
yet
were
we
not
able
to
fyghte
with
them
,
and
ye
shall
see
thys
day
that
the
sorowe
shall
returne
vpon
vs
.
This
hangyng
came
Mawgis
with
al
his
felowship
,
&
there
wher
he
saw
Ogier
:
he
came
to
him
and
sayde
.
Ogier
I
holde
you
for
a
foole
bycause
that
ye
came
heere
to
werke
treason
.
I
chalenge
of
you
Reinawd
and
his
brethren
,
and
am
come
heere
to
be
theyr
suretie
.
By
god
Ogier
it
longeth
not
to
you
for
to
betray
thus
Reynawd
&
his
bretherne
,
for
ye
be
of
his
lignage
but
ye
haue
yl
shewed
it
to
him
,
your
father
wrought
neuer
treason
,
&
I
meruayll
me
sore
howe
ye
wold
graunt
to
it
,
your
father
left
you
in
Fraunce
for
a
pledge
at
saynt
Omers
to
Charlemain
,
whose
man
ye
are
,
paying
to
him
euery
yere
foure
peny
weyght
of
golde
.
Ogyer
ye
be
desended
of
damp
Richarde
,
of
Rousillon
,
of
Dron
of
Nantuel
,
of
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremounte
,
al
these
were
bretherne
&
good
true
men
and
faithful
knightes
,
and
Aimon
of
dordon
was
theyr
brother
and
is
father
to
Reinawd
,
this
knowe
ye
well
and
ye
will
be
other
than
was
your
lygnage
wherof
I
defy
you
to
the
death
for
I
hate
you
vtterly
.
Whan
Mawgis
had
sayd
this
worde
:
he
spurred
bayard
with
his
spurres
&
smot
Ogier
in
the
shelde
so
harde
that
the
sheld
nor
his
harneys
could
not
saue
him
but
that
he
made
him
a
greate
wound
in
his
brest
,
and
of
that
stroke
flough
the
spere
in
peces
,
whan
Ogier
sawe
that
he
was
so
sore
an
angred
for
it
that
:
he
wexed
almost
mad
,
&
wold
haue
gon
vpon
Mawgys
but
he
might
not
.
For
whan
baiard
smelled
his
lord
:
he
ran
mightely
toward
him
,
wold
he
or
no
,
&
whan
he
was
come
before
Reinawd
:
he
kneeled
before
him
,
&
Maugis
lighted
from
him
&
came
to
Reinawde
&
kissed
him
ful
swetly
,
&
after
he
kissed
Alarde
,
and
Guicharde
,
&
than
said
,
where
is
the
lytel
Rycharde
?
For
men
helde
hym
for
one
of
the
most
hardy
of
the
world
Cosyn
sayd
Reinawde
he
is
there
aboue
sore
wounded
that
I
wote
not
whether
he
be
dead
or
alyue
,
cosyn
sayd
Mawgys
can
not
he
moue
him selfe
?
it
is
not
time
to
speake
so
long
said
Reinawd
,
but
let
vs
se
who
shal
doo
best
,
&
gyue
me
mine
armes
,
with
a
good
will
sayde
Maugys
,
&
than
Reinawde
armed
hym
and
lyghted
vpon
bayarde
the
shelde
at
the
necke
and
the
spere
in
the
hande
,
and
whan
he
had
sayd
this
:
he
spurred
Baiard
with
his
spurre
,
&
lept
at
euerie
tym
me
.xxx.
foote
of
length
.
Whan
Reynawde
sawe
hymselfe
vpon
bayrad
:
he
was
ryght
gladde
,
for
he
trowed
neuer
to
haue
set
vpon
his
backe
agayne
,
and
whan
he
sawe
himselfe
thus
horsed
&
armed
with
his
owne
armures
:
so
held
himselfe
more
sure
,
than
that
he
hadde
be
in
the
mayster
towre
of
Mountawban
,
and
than
he
made
a
course
and
ranne
vpon
Ogier
and
smote
hym
so
hearde
that
he
made
hym
lyghte
fro
the
sadle
,
and
bare
hym
fyerslye
to
the
grounde
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
Ogyer
a
ground
:
he
lyghted
a
foote
and
tooke
the
horse
of
Ogyer
and
brought
it
to
him
againe
,
and
helde
the
styroppe
and
made
Ogier
to
lyght
vpon
braiford
againe
,
and
than
Reinawd
said
to
hym
,
Cosyne
Ogyer
now
haue
ye
the
rewarde
of
the
goodnes
that
ye
did
vnto
vs
,
but
certes
this
that
ye
haue
don
ye
did
it
as
a
traytoure
and
an
ill
kynsmanne
,
therfore
keep
you
from
me
for
I
defie
you
,
and
by
him
that
made
the
worlde
I
shall
spare
you
no
more
,
for
ye
are
slaundred
.
COsyn
Reinawde
sayde
Ogyer
and
we
shall
keep
vs
fro
you
doubte
ye
not
.
Who
than
hadde
be
in
that
place
:
he
shoulde
haue
seen
howe
Reynawde
had
medled
him selfe
vygoriously
among
the
frenshemenne
,
and
myght
well
saye
that
he
was
a
knight
prue
and
valyaunt
.
And
than
came
Mawgys
vpon
a nother
horse
that
he
had
recouered
and
spurred
him
with
his
spurres
,
and
came
to
the
earle
Guymard
and
smote
him
thorughe
the
sheeld
so
that
he
shoued
his
speare
through
and
through
his
bodie
,
and
feld
him
doune
deade
to
the
earthe
.
And
whan
he
had
gyuen
that
stroke
:
he
cryed
Mountawban
clere
mount
,
and
after
he
said
in
this
maner
,
free
knightes
smite
vpon
this
frenshemen
that
wolde
slea
the
best
knightes
of
the
world
,
they
haue
wel
shewed
great
worthines
whan
they
be
com
hither
in
great
numbre
for
to
fighte
ayenst
foure
knightes
vnarmed
,
but
they
shall
repente
theym
of
theyr
bargane
right
sore
or
that
two
howres
been
a
goe
,
and
therfore
leye
strongly
vpon
theym
and
as
harde
as
ye
can
,
for
if
Ogyer
scape
vs
:
we
be
dyshonoured
,
and
than
began
the
stryfe
fell
and
cruell
&
many
a
frensh
man
was
cast
down
to
the
earth
.
For
they
might
not
endure
the
grea●
merueylles
of
armes
that
Reinawd
and
his
brethren
made
.
And
whan
the
frenshmen
sawe
that
they
could
not
withstande
no
lenger
:
and
sawe
the
great
dommage
and
hurte
that
Reynawd
,
his
bretherne
and
Mawgys
bare
to
theym
:
they
put
theymselfe
to
flighte
&
Ogier
with
them
towarde
the
riuer
of
Dordonne
,
and
Ogyer
passed
it
ouer
vpon
his
horse
braiford
,
and
whan
he
was
come
at
the
other
syde
of
the
ryuer
:
be
lyghted
a
foote
,
and
Reinawd
called
in
a
scorne
and
sayde
to
hym
.
Ogyer
I
trowe
ye
be
become
a
fyssher
,
haue
ye
eeles
or
sawmons
?
I
gyue
you
leue
to
chuse
whether
ye
wyll
come
again
at
this
syde
:
or
that
I
goe
to
you
at
that
syde
,
and
yf
ye
come
agayne
at
thys
syde
:
I
shall
keep
you
safe
from
all
men
but
of
me
onelye
,
or
elles
make
me
sure
fcom
Charlemaynes
folke
and
I
shall
iuste
with
you
,
and
after
said
to
him
.
Ye
whoreson
false
knaue
ye
haue
falsed
your
fayth
to
Charlemayne
,
for
ye
be
my
cosyn
germaine
And
howe
had
ye
the
herte
for
to
see
vs
be
murdered
in
youre
presence
and
that
ye
defended
vs
not
ayenste
all
men
,
and
ye
come
your selfe
for
to
slea
vs
by
treason
.
Certes
Ogyer
ye
haue
doon
amys
greatly
.
But
thanked
be
god
ye
leaue
with
vs
behynde
you
a
good
pledge
.
For
heere
abydeth
with
vs
Foulques
of
moryllon
,
and
the
erle
Guimard
,
the
which
shal
neuer
make
vs
no
warre
and
more
than
vi
.
hundred
of
your
frensh
knightes
,
euill
tidinges
ye
shall
beare
of
theim
to
Charlemaine
and
to
Rowlande
,
and
ye
shal
giue
them
an
ill
reconing
of
your
men
.
And
goddes
curse
haue
they
if
they
make
not
you
to
be
hanged
as
a
theef
by
the
necke
.
THenne
were
the
frenshemen
sore
abashed
whan
thei
heard
Reynawde
repreue
Ogier
so
,
wherof
they
were
gladde
and
saide
togither
wel
finde
ye
now
the
reward
of
your
goodnes
,
if
ye
wold
haue
doone
your
deuoure
:
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
had
be
taken
.
And
whan
Ogyer
saw
himself
thus
repreued
of
the
one
part
and
of
the
other
:
he
was
ryghte
sory
for
it
.
And
than
they
lefte
him
vpon
the
ryuer
syde
of
Dordon
,
and
abode
wyth
hym
but
.x.
menne
.
And
whan
Ogier
sawe
that
all
his
companye
had
lefte
hym
:
he
knewe
wel
that
they
dyd
so
for
dispite
,
than
sayde
he
all
by
hymselfe
.
Fayre
God
of
heauen
I
am
wel
worthy
to
be
serued
thus
.
And
the
prouerbe
maye-well
be
rehersed
for
a
trouthe
,
that
sayth
.
Often
happed
euyl
for
a
good
turne
.
Whan
Ogier
had
sayd
this
:
he
cryed
&
saide
to
Reynawde
.
O
mad
beste
ye
blame
me
wrongefully
and
without
a
cause
,
for
ye
and
your
brethern
should
haue
be
hanged
by
this
without
any
pardonne
,
nor
Mawgys
hadde
neuer
come
heere
tyme
ynoughe
,
wherof
ye
haue
called
me
traytoure
,
but
ye
lye
falslye
.
For
I
neuer
dyd
treason
nor
neuer
shall
yf
God
wyll
,
ye
haue
also
called
me
fissher
,
nowe
oughte
I
well
to
wexe
mad
all
quicke
whan
such
a
glutton
dooth
to
me
so
great
outerage
,
but
by
the
faythe
that
I
owe
to
all
my
freendes
,
but
if
I
feared
other
than
you
:
I
shoulde
goe
gyue
you
suche
a
stroke
thoroughe
the
sheeld
that
ye
shoulde
saye
it
is
a
stroke
of
a
mayster
.
Than
sayd
Reynawde
,
Ogier
ye
speake
wel
at
your
ease
,
for
ye
shal
doo
nothynge
at
all
of
that
ye
saye
least
your
lymmes
should
be
hurt
,
by
my
berde
sayde
Ogier
I
shall
.
And
than
he
broched
brayforde
wyth
the
spurres
and
put
hymselfe
to
swyme
ouer
the
ryuer
.
And
whan
he
was
come
to
the
playne
grounde
:
he
made
hym
ready
for
to
iouste
as
were
as
he
was
.
And
whan
Reynawd
saw
Ogier
so
yll
arayed
for
to
fyght
:
he
had
pyte
therof
,
and
sayde
to
hym
.
Cosin
I
haue
at
this
houre
no
wyll
for
to
fyght
,
and
therfore
goe
your
wayes
againe
,
for
this
daie
ye
shall
not
be
defoyled
by
me
,
nowe
know
I
well
that
ye
haue
holpen
me
.
Reynawd
(
sayde
Ogier
)
mocke
not
with
me
,
ye
haue
called
me
traitour
before
mani
knightes
,
if
I
went
my
way
again
:
menne
might
say
to
Charlemain
that
I
had
betraied
him
falslye
.
My
spere
is
yet
al
whole
,
it
were
a
great
shame
to
me
but
I
brake
it
vpon
you
or
vpon
one
of
your
brethern
.
For
Foulques
and
the
earle
Guimard
should
complain
in
helle
vpon
me
,
and
of
the
other
part
I
shoulde
haue
none
excuse
towarde
the
king
Charlemain
if
I
went
thus
awaye
,
for
ye
haue
well
slaine
foure
hundred
knightes
of
ours
,
wherfore
I
say
cor
a
conclusion
that
I
shal
not
goe
my
waye
,
but
that
I
medle
first
with
you
,
for
ye
wot
well
that
yf
I
went
thus
my
way
:
the
king
Charlemaine
should
beare
me
some
dishonoure
for
it
,
and
he
shoulde
haue
reasone
&
also
he
shoulde
make
me
to
be
headed
,
and
therfore
I
wil
fyght
with
you
,
for
certes
I
haue
leuer
die
than
to
returne
thus
to
him
,
and
yf
God
hathe
ordeined
that
ye
shall
smite
of
my
heade
:
I
pardone
you
my
death
.
for
if
I
canne
ouercome
you
:
I
shall
bringe
you
to
the
king
Charlemaine
what
someuer
come
of
it
.
ANd
whan
Reynawde
hearde
Ogyer
speake
so
:
he
wexed
all
mad
for
angre
and
saide
by
wrathe
,
Ogier
I
defy
you
to
the
death
&
keep
you
fro
me
,
&
you
of
me
said
Ogyer
.
And
whan
they
had
defied
eche
other
so
Reynawde
spurred
Bayarde
and
Ogyer
brayforde
their
good
horses
and
ranne
the
one
vpon
the
other
so
strongly
that
the
earth
trembled
vnder
their
feet
.
And
whan
came
for
to
laie
the
speres
alowe
:
they
hytte
eche
other
so
harde
that
they
brake
theyr
speres
,
and
after
their
speres
were
broken
:
they
recounted
eche
other
with
their
sheeldes
and
gaue
eche
other
so
great
strokes
that
they
both
fel
down
to
the
earth
ouer
their
croper
of
theyr
horses
and
were
sore
wounded
.
And
whan
the
two
good
knightes
sawe
theimselfe
at
the
grounde
:
they
rose
vp
quickely
and
sette
hande
to
theyr
swerdes
and
began
to
make
so
harde
medling
that
it
was
meruayle
.
But
herke
of
their
horses
.
Wit
that
what●
Bayarde
and
brayforde
sawe
theyr
maisters
at
the
ground
:
incontynent
they
went
the
one
to
the
other
,
and
began
to
byte
eche
other
and
cast
theyr
feet
the
one
vpon
the
other
.
Whan
Ogyer
sawe
that
:
he
was
ful
sory
for
it
.
for
he
knewe
wel
that
bayard
was
the
stronger
,
so
ranne
Ogyer
thyther
the
sheelde
at
his
necke
and
hys
swerde
in
his
hand
,
for
he
wold
help
his
good
horse
Braiford
,
for
he
was
afearde
that
bayarde
shoulde
haue
kylled
hym
.
Whan
Reynawde
sawe
thys
:
he
cryed
and
sayde
,
what
is
it
Ogyer
that
ye
wyll
doo
?
it
is
not
the
werke
of
a
knighte
to
smite
a
beaste
,
and
well
me
semeth
that
ye
haue
ynoughe
to
doo
of
me
wythout
ye
bete
not
my
hors
:
Than
Reinawde
smot
Ogyer
so
greate
a
stroke
vpon
his
helme
:
that
he
feld
hym
downe
vnto
the
grounde
,
but
the
stroke
slyded
a
syde
&
kut
asunder
all
that
it
●ought
well
an
hundred
maylles
of
hys
flankarde
,
and
wounded
hym
sore
vpon
his
hyppe
,
and
yf
the
swerde
had
not
tourned
within
Reinawdes
hande
:
Ogier
should
neuer
haue
eaten
breade
,
and
whan
Reinawd
had
giuen
to
him
that
stroke
:
he
saide
to
him
.
Ogier
le●
alone
Bayarde
:
for
ye
haue
ynough
a
doo
with
me
.
I
beleue
that
I
haue
appaired
youre
helme
,
for
I
se
your
visage
that
is
sore
pale
.
And
whan
Ogier
felte
himself
hurte
:
he
wexed
almost
wood
for
angre
,
and
retourned
to
Reinawd
with
his
swerde
Cortyne
and
sayde
.
A
cortine
that
so
muche
I
haue
loued
thee
and
certes
it
is
well
reason
,
for
ye
be
a
good
swerde
and
in
manye
places
ye
haue
well
holpen
me
&
many
a
proude
man
ouerthrowen
.
And
whan
I
went
with
the
king
Charlemaine
at
Estbroughe
in
Almayne
,
Rowlande
,
and
Oliuer
dyd
assaye
theyr
swerdes
at
Petrō
,
and
I
smot
after
for
to
assaye
you
.
And
ye
kutted
therof
wel
half
a
foote
and
there
I
brake
you
wherof
I
was
ryghte
sorye
.
But
for
the
goodnes
that
I
know
in
you
,
for
to
amende
again
&
therfore
ye
be
ca●●●d
corten
,
and
but
if
ye
auenge
me
now
of
this
glutton
:
I
shall
neuer
haue
no
trust
to
you
.
And
than
he
smot
Reynawd
vpon
hys
helme
so
hard
that
he
made
him
reele
.
And
whan
Ogier
sawe
Reinawd
thus
arayed
:
he
sayde
to
him
,
by
god
Reinawde
I
haue
yeeld
you
againe
that
ye
had
geuen
me
,
we
be
nowe
quite
,
wyll
ye
begyn
a
freshe
?
by
my
faythe
saide
Reynawd
yea
,
for
I
desire
more
to
fyght
than
I
doo
any
other
thyng
.
And
than
they
went
and
ranne
the
one
vpon
the
other
and
began
an nother
medlynge
,
but
than
came
there
,
Alarde
,
Mawgys
,
and
Guycharde
and
all
theyr
folke
.
And
whan
Ogier
sawe
theim
come
:
he
was
wrothe
and
sorye
for
it
,
and
so
want
he
againe
vnto
braiforde
hys
good
horse
and
lighted
vpon
him
,
swymmed
agayn
ouer
Dordon
and
whan
he
was
ouer
:
he
abode
styll
at
the
ri●er
side
and
lyghted
downe
to
the
earthe
,
but
he
had
no
sadle
vpon
hys
horse
,
for
the
girthes
brake
whan
he
Iousted
wyth
Reinawde
.
Whan
Reynawde
sawe
Brayforde
saddellesse
:
he
called
to
Ogyer
,
and
sayde
Ogier
come
fetche
youre
sadle
,
for
it
shall
be
to
you
a
greate
shame
yf
ye
ride
thus
,
and
thanke
our
lorde
that
ye
be
thus
departed
fro
me
withoute
any
more
harme
,
for
yf
we
had
taryed
a
litell
lenger
togither
.
I
wolde
haue
brought
you
into
suche
a
place
where
ye
were
neuer
,
for
the
kynge
Charlemaine
your
lord
should
neuer
haue
rescued
you
in
tyme
.
Reinawde
said
Ogier
,
ye
threten
me
of
feare
,
it
longeth
not
to
a
good
knighte
to
threaten
one
so
,
but
I
wot
well
that
yf
it
had
not
be
your
folke
that
haue
succoured
you
:
I
wolde
haue
brought
you
to
kynge
Charlemaine
or
euyn
.
Ogier
saide
reinawde
ye
haue
well
shewed
that
ye
be
a
good
knyghte
that
passed
the
riuer
of
Dordon
,
for
to
come
fight
with
me
:
but
shall
ye
tary
there
for
me
tyll
I
passe
ouer
at
the
other
syde
vpon
my
horse
bayarde
,
yea
vpon
my
soule
said
Ogier
,
and
yf
ye
doo
it
:
I
shall
saye
that
ye
be
the
best
knyghte
of
the
worlde
.
whan
Reinawde
vnderstoode
that
worde
:
he
spurred
bayarde
with
the
spurres
&
wold
haue
passed
ouer
dordon
,
but
Mawgis
,
Alard
,
and
Guicharde
letted
him
,
and
wolde
not
suffre
hym
to
goe
,
but
tooke
hym
by
the
brydell
,
and
Alarde
saide
to
hym
Ha
fayre
brother
&
what
is
this
that
ye
wil
doo
?
ye
be
ouer
hastye
,
for
who
that
dooth
you
good
:
he
leseth
well
his
time
,
ye
knowe
well
and
Ogyer
had
not
be
:
we
should
haue
been
dead
this
daie
,
and
the
succours
of
Mawgys
had
helped
vs
but
litell
.
Lette
Ogier
be
in
peace
I
praye
you
,
for
there
is
not
a
better
knighte
in
the
worlde
than
he
is
one
,
and
than
cried
Alarde
to
Ogier
.
Faire
cosyn
goe
to
god
,
for
ye
haue
well
holpen
vs
,
whan
Alarde
had
spoken
to
Ogyer
:
he
returned
him
to
his
brother
Reynawde
and
saide
to
him
.
Faire
brother
me
semeth
it
were
good
that
we
should
turne
backe
againe
for
to
wit
howe
oure
brother
Richarde
doothe
that
abideth
vpon
the
roche
Mountbron
so
wounded
as
ye
knowe
.
Let
goe
our
enemies
with
shame
ynough
for
we
haue
domaged
theim
righte
sore
.
Than
called
Ogier
to
Reinawde
,
and
said
,
ye
haue
discomfited
vs
,
but
by
my
fathers
soule
,
we
shal
com
againe
so
greate
folke
vpon
you
that
we
shal
beare
to
you
greate
harme
and
so
shall
we
take
the
proye
,
the
whiche
ye
shall
not
dare
defende
.
Now
threten
al
fayre
said
Reinawde
,
for
we
haue
suche
a
castell
where
we
dare
well
abide
the
kinge
Charlemaine
,
and
you
at
anye
houre
that
ye
come
,
and
also
I
tell
you
for
certain
that
or
euer
three
daies
be
passed
ye
shall
neuer
take
vs
for
all
that
ye
can
doo
.
And
how
someuer
the
game
goeth
,
the
losse
hathe
euer
be
vpon
you
vnto
this
time
.
And
also
ye
shall
beare
no
good
tidinges
to
the
king
Charlemaine
.
And
whan
Ogier
had
spoken
ynoughe
vnto
Reinawde
:
he
spurred
braiford
and
went
after
his
folke
that
hadde
lefte
him
and
he
rode
so
longe
that
he
came
to
Mountbandell
and
lighted
downe
before
the
tente
of
the
kinge
Charlemaine
.
And
whan
Rowland
and
Oliuer
sawe
come
Ogier
thus
wounded
and
making
so
euill
chere
:
they
trowed
that
there
hadde
be
a
battaile
and
that
Ogier
had
taken
Reynawd
and
his
brethrene
,
and
so
they
dyd
calle
the
Duke
N●imes
,
Salomon
of
Breten
,
Richarde
of
Normandye
and
the
earle
Guidellon
.
And
whan
they
were
all
assembled
:
they
saide
the
one
to
the
other
.
Poore
vnhappy
and
what
shal
we
doo
?
this
day
shall
we
see
hanged
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
they
be
cosins
to
vs
al
,
and
if
the
king
Charlemain
maketh
them
to
be
hanged
:
we
be
dishonoured
for
euer
.
And
whan
the
king
Charlemayne
sawe
come
Ogier
:
he
said
to
him
,
Ogier
where
ben
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
?
haue
ye
taken
them
,
or
slaine
theim
,
or
remysed
theim
for
prisoners
?
Sir
saide
Ogier
all
fayre
and
foftlye
,
wit
it
that
they
been
no
children
:
but
they
are
the
best
knightes
of
the
world
,
and
they
be
alyue
.
I
tell
you
sir
that
we
founde
them
in
the
plaine
of
Valcolours
,
all
foure
clothed
in
scarlet
furred
with
ermines
and
vpon
mules
,
and
bare
in
their
handes
floures
,
and
roses
,
wel
hath
the
king
of
Gascoygne
kepte
his
couenaunt
to
you
,
for
he
hath
sent
theym
forth
in
such
maner
as
he
promised
to
you
,
but
the
worthynes
and
the
prowes
was
such
:
that
they
chaunged
theyr
mules
to
good
horses
and
recouered
both
sheelde
and
spere
.
And
whan
Reinawde
had
goten
a
horse
:
he
slew
Foulques
of
Moryllon
first
of
all
,
and
mounted
vpon
his
horse
,
but
at
the
last
they
found
a
roche
coruen
after
the
maner
of
a
caue
that
is
a
strong
place
,
where
they
defended
themsele
a
longe
while
,
and
Richard
one
of
their
bretherne
had
ben
slaine
,
and
the
other
three
should
haue
been
other
taken
or
slaine
,
and
if
Mawgis
had
not
come
there
to
succoure
them
mounted
vpon
bayard
and
broughte
with
him
.v.
thousande
knyghtes
which
haue
discomfited
vs
and
haue
slaine
the
Erle
Guymarde
.
HA
said
th
emperaur
Charlemaine
is
it
true
that
they
been
so
scaped
?
sir
said
Ogier
,
yea
verelye
,
whan
the
king
vnderstoode
that
Reinawd
and
his
brethern
were
scaped
:
he
was
right
wroth
&
ful
angry
for
it
and
said
.
A
good
lord
of
glorye
,
how
am
I
shamed
for
foure
gluttons
?
certes
this
weries
me
sore
,
but
no
force
let
them
doo
the
worst
that
they
can
for
if
they
haue
scaped
me
now
:
they
shal
not
scape
me
another
time
,
syr
said
Ogier
wyt
it
,
but
if
Mawgis
had
not
be
:
they
coulde
not
haue
scaped
,
Goddes
curse
haue
he
for
it
said
Charlemaine
and
an
euyll
yere
,
for
often
hathe
he
holpen
them
ayenst
me
,
and
so
I
wote
well
that
yf
I
helde
Reinawde
and
hys
bretherne
within
my
pryson
.
Mawgis
should
delyuer
theym
oute
,
and
therfore
I
hate
him
to
death
,
wherof
I
pray
out
lorde
that
I
die
not
till
I
be
fyrst
auenged
of
it
,
syr
saide
Ogier
by
the
faith
that
I
owe
to
you
.
Reinawde
gaue
me
so
greate
a
stroke
that
the
corner
of
my
helme
fel
downe
wythall
to
the
earthe
,
and
I
promyse
you
I
was
wel
glad
whan
I
was
escaped
from
his
handes
,
for
of
three
thousand
that
we
brought
with
vs
:
there
are
come
againe
but
three
hundred
,
&
the
surples
is
all
slaine
other
taken
.
Whan
Rowland
vnderstoode
theyse
wordes
:
he
shooke
al
for
angre
&
said
by
great
wrathe
.
By
god
syr
Ogyer
,
ye
were
sore
hardy
ye
had
not
felowes
that
dyd
so
well
as
ye
dyd
,
but
by
saint
Peter
the
apostle
I
sawe
neuer
so
strong
a
cowarde
as
ye
be
,
nor
neuer
came
oute
of
Denmarke
a
good
knight
.
Ha
whoreson
coward
kaytif
howe
haue
ye
anye
eyen
that
dare
behold
vpon
a
man
?
but
another
thing
there
is
,
for
ye
haue
spared
them
,
for
they
ben
your
cosins
and
your
freendes
.
Now
be
the
king
blamed
,
but
yf
he
maketh
you
to
be
hewen
al
to
peeces
,
for
they
should
haue
ben
take
yf
ye
had
not
be
.
THan
whan
Ogyer
sawe
hym selfe
so
repreued
:
he
wexed
al
mad
of
the
great
iniury
that
Rowland
hadde
saide
to
him
so
,
and
answered
boldlye
and
saide
.
Damp
Rowlande
ye
lye
falsly
of
that
ye
say
.
For
I
am
not
suche
as
ye
tell
.
And
heere
is
my
pledge
for
to
defende
me
this
quarell
ayenst
body
to
bodye
,
for
I
nor
none
of
my
kinne
dyd
neuer
amys
ayenst
Charlemaine
,
but
of
all
Fraunce
I
am
one
of
the
best
and
truest
knyghtes
that
be
in
it
,
and
of
a
better
kinne
I
am
come
than
ye
be
Rowlande
,
Gerarde
of
roussyllon
was
mine
vncle
he
kept
me
of
a
litell
childe
,
&
Dron
of
Nantuell
and
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremont
these
three
were
brethern
the
whiche
were
all
myne
vncles
.
And
Myneus
of
aygremount
was
my
father
,
and
also
the
bishop
Turpyn
and
Richarde
of
normandye
ben
my
kinsmen
,
and
thus
are
they
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
of
my
lignage
,
now
good
syr
Rowland
tell
me
your
lygnage
for
I
knowe
youre
hyghnes
.
For
by
sainte
Denis
of
Fraunce
,
I
shall
defende
me
ayenst
you
with
my
swerde
,
and
so
shall
I
shewe
to
you
yf
I
be
true
or
no.
Rowlande
was
than
wonderful
wroth
whan
he
heard
Ogier
speake
so
:
and
vaunced
him selfe
ayenst
him
and
wold
haue
smitten
him
.
And
whan
Ogier
sawe
him
come
:
he
set
hande
to
his
swerde
cortyne
,
and
said
to
Rowland
.
Beware
ye
be
not
so
hardy
for
to
set
hande
vpon
me
,
for
by
the
faythe
that
I
ow
to
hym
that
,
begate
me
I
shall
make
thy
heade
to
flee
fro
thy
bodye
,
yf
ye
come
anye
nerer
.
Whan
Charlemayne
saw
these
two
barons
moue
themselfe
so
sore
the
one
ayenst
the
other
:
he
was
ryght
sory
for
it
.
And
than
rose
the
duke
Naymes
of
bauiere
&
the
earle
Aymerye
,
and
sayde
.
Syr
Rowland
what
wyll
ye
doo
?
by
my
heade
the
thynge
shal
not
goe
as
ye
trowe
,
for
Ogyer
is
not
suche
as
ye
make
him
,
and
yf
the
kynge
were
not
:
the
thyng
shoulde
goe
otherwise
than
ye
ween
,
Ogyer
is
suche
a
knight
as
al
the
world
knoweth
,
nor
in
his
lignage
was
neuer
no
man
borne
that
made
treason
,
but
he
is
the
best
knighte
in
all
Fraunce
of
all
sydes
.
But
we
merueile
howe
Charlemayne
suffreth
you
to
take
so
greate
a
pryde
vpon
you
,
and
if
he
suffereth
it
:
we
will
not
doo
so
for
no
thynge
that
can
come
of
it
.
Whan
Charlemaine
sawe
this
great
noyse
betwen
hys
barons
:
he
was
righte
wrothe
&
sayde
to
Rowland
.
Faire
neuewe
let
this
alone
,
for
it
longeth
not
to
you
to
saye
so
,
and
betwene
thys
and
to
morowe
I
shal
enquere
of
thys
matere
.
And
yf
Ogyer
hath
doo
amys
in
any
thing
ayenst
me
I
shal
make
hym
abyde
it
full
deare
,
for
all
they
in
the
worlde
shall
not
keep
him
but
shall
make
him
be
headed
for
it
.
Sir
said
Ogyer
I
wyll
well
,
but
there
is
in
Fraunce
no
man
so
prue
ne
so
hardy
,
that
shall
say
that
I
haue
doone
treason
ayenst
you
nor
ayenste
anye
other
,
but
that
I
shall
fyghte
ayenste
hym
in
the
quarell
,
and
shall
shewe
to
him
that
he
lieth
falsly
,
but
and
it
please
you
to
heare
me
:
I
shal
tell
you
the
trouthe
of
the
matter
,
wyt
it
syr
that
whan
I
came
to
the
roche
Mount
bron
where
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
were
,
and
saw
that
we
were
so
great
numbre
of
folke
ayenst
foure
knightes
all
vnarmed
:
I
promyse
you
that
I
holp
them
not
,
nor
I
was
not
ayenst
theym
,
but
wythdrewe
me
a
syde
and
lette
the
other
shyfte
with
them
,
and
I
stoode
styll
and
behelde
vpon
the
greate
sorowe
.
For
I
sawe
dye
my
fleshe
and
my
bloud
,
and
I
myghte
not
helpe
them
of
no
thyng
,
nowe
haue
I
tolde
you
all
the
truthe
and
all
that
I
dyd
.
And
yf
ye
fynde
otherwyse
than
that
I
tell
you
afore
all
this
noble
barons
:
I
wyll
be
sore
punyshed
.
But
by
the
fayth
●hat
I
owe
to
god
,
yf
euer
I
finde
me
in
any
place
where
I
maye
help
them
:
I
shall
helpe
them
with
al
my
power
,
yf
I
should
lose
my
heade
for
it
.
For
all
the
world
ought
to
hate
me
bycause
I
fayled
theym
at
their
need
,
for
they
ben
my
cosyns
,
and
ye
syr
haue
doone
so
muche
to
them
that
it
shoulde
suffise
you
,
for
they
be
not
so
muche
gyltye
of
that
they
be
charged
of
,
as
men
make
semblaunt
:
but
by
the
virgin
Marye
as
longe
as
I
shall
lyue
I
shall
not
fayle
theym
of
that
I
may
doo
,
ouer
hasti
was
Rowland
for
to
haue
smitten
me
wrongfull●
,
and
without
anye
cause
,
but
I
will
well
that
he
knowe
that
yf
he
,
sawe
Reynawde
mounted
vpon
his
horse
bayard
:
he
should
not
take
him
for
a
rybawd
,
nor
he
should
not
dare
abyde
him
bodye
to
bodye
for
all
the
golde
of
spayne
.
Whan
Rowlande
hearde
Ogier
speake
thus
:
he
sayd
to
him
,
by
god
Ogier
ye
haue
praysed
him
muche
,
and
ye
make
hym
wunderfull
hardye
,
but
I
praye
god
that
I
maye
once
fynde
him
vpon
bayard
h●s
good
horse
all
armed
fro
heade
to
toe
,
for
to
knowe
yf
he
be
so
valiaunt
as
ye
make
him
.
Wit
that
god
hearde
the
prayer
of
Rowlande
,
for
Rowland
not
long
after
that
:
found
Reynawde
vpon
bayarde
,
and
I
tell
you
that
Rowlande
helde
hym
not
sith
for
no
rybawd
nor
for
knaue
but
tooke
him
for
the
best
knyght
of
the
worlde
.
❧
But
the
history
leueth
nowe
to
tell
of
the
kynge
Charlemayne
af
Fraunce
,
of
Rowland
and
of
Ogyer
the
dane
,
and
of
the
.xii.
peres
of
Fraunce
that
been
at
the
siege
afore
Mountawban
,
and
returneth
to
speake
of
Reinawde
,
that
was
yll
at
ease
forthe
loue
of
Richarde
hys
brother
that
was
wounded
to
death
in
the
roche
Mountbron
.
NOw
sheweth
the
history
that
after
Reinawde
had
discomfyted
the
frenshemen
:
he
returned
again
toward
roche
Montbron
where
he
had
left
his
brother
Richard
thus
wounded
as
ye
haue
heard
.
And
whan
he
was
come
there
and
sawe
hys
brother
so
horrible
wounded
:
he
could
not
keep
hym
from
weping
,
and
said
Alas
what
shall
I
doo
whan
I
haue
lost
my
deare
brother
the
best
freend
that
I
haue
in
the
worlde
?
And
after
he
had
sayde
that
worde
:
he
fel
to
the
grounde
from
Bayarde
in
a
swoun
.
And
whan
Alarde
,
and
Guicharde
,
sawe
theyr
brother
that
was
falle
:
they
beganne
to
make
theyr
mone
of
Richarde
pitteously
.
And
whan
Reinawde
was
come
agayne
to
himself
:
he
made
great
sorowe
with
hys
two
brethren
Alarde
,
and
Guichard
,
vpon
Richarde
their
brother
that
laye
vpon
the
earthe
with
his
bowelles
betwene
his
handes
.
And
this
hangyng
:
came
Mawgis
vpon
broykarre
his
good
horse
the
best
that
menne
wyste
after
bayarde
,
and
held
a
peece
of
a
spere
in
his
hande
.
And
whan
he
sawe
Reinawde
make
suche
a
sorowe
:
he
was
right
sorye
for
it
.
And
whan
he
sawe
Richarde
thus
sore
wounded
:
he
was
wrothe
and
hadde
great
pytie
for
to
see
the
wound
that
was
so
greate
,
for
men
saw
the
liuer
within
his
body
.
Thenne
sayd
he
to
Reynawde
,
fayre
Cosyn
take
heed
what
I
shall
saye
and
leaue
this
sorowe
,
ye
knowe
well
that
ye
be
all
my
cosyns
and
therfore
we
ought
to
perforce
oure selfe
for
to
socoure
the
one
the
other
whan
it
is
need
.
I
haue
socoured
you
manye
tymes
,
and
wit
it
that
all
the
harme
that
Charlemaine
bereth
to
me
,
it
is
al
through
your
occasion
,
he
slew
my
father
but
late
,
wherof
I
beare
yet
at
my
hert
greate
heauynes
,
that
was
your
vncle
that
died
for
your
loue
that
know
ye
well
.
But
yf
ye
wyll
promise
me
afore
all
youre
barons
for
to
come
wyth
me
into
the
tente
of
the
kynge
Charlemayne
and
helpe
me
to
sawe
hym
for
to
auenge
vpon
hym
the
death
of
my
saide
father
yf
we
can
:
I
shall
deliuer
to
you
Richarde
euyn
now
whole
and
sound
wythout
any
sore
.
And
whan
Reynawde
vnderstoode
these
wordes
:
he
came
vnto
Mawgis
,
&
kissed
him
in
the
brest
all
weeping
and
said
to
hym
.
Righte
sweet
and
fayre
cosyn
for
god
mercy
Delyuer
to
me
ayen
my
brother
Rychard
whole
yf
it
please
you
.
And
yf
ye
will
that
I
doo
any
thyng
for
you
:
commaund
me
,
and
I
shal
doo
it
with
right
good
hert
.
For
ye
wot
wel
that
I
dyd
neuer
any
thyng
that
was
ayenst
your
wyll
,
nor
there
is
no
man
in
the
worlde
,
for
whome
I
wolde
,
doo
so
much
as
I
wolde
doo
for
you
.
whan
Mawgys
sawe
Reynawde
weep
so
tenderly
:
he
had
greate
pitie
of
it
and
sayde
to
him
.
Nowe
be
not
dysmayed
of
no
thyng
fayre
cosyne
,
for
ye
shall
haue
Rycharde
whole
and
sounde
incontynente
.
And
than
lyghted
downe
from
his
horse
,
and
toke
a
bottell
with
white
wine
and
washed
the
wounde
of
Richarde
therwithall
ryghte
well
,
and
had
away
all
the
bloode
that
was
about
.
And
be
not
meruaylled
where
he
gatte
all
suche
thynges
as
apperteyned
vnto
this
cute
:
For
he
was
the
subtelleste
nygromancyer
that
euer
was
in
the
worlde
.
And
whan
he
had
doone
soo
:
he
toke
his
bowelles
and
put
theym
agayne
in
to
his
bodye
,
and
than
he
toke
a
nedell
and
a
threde
,
and
sewed
vp
the
wounde
full
maysterly
&
hurted
not
Rycharde
,
and
after
he
tooke
a
salue
.
Whereof
he
anoynted
all
the
wounde
,
and
as
soone
as
the
wound
was
thus
anoynted
:
it
was
as
whol
as
thoughe
he
had
neuer
be
hurte
in
that
place
of
his
body
.
And
whan
he
had
doone
al
this
:
he
tooke
a
drinke
&
gaue
it
to
Richarde
for
to
drynke
.
&
whan
Richard
had
dronken
it
he
rose
lyghtly
vpon
his
feete
al
deliuered
and
quyte
fro
his
disease
,
and
sayde
to
his
bretherne
,
where
is
Ogier
gone
and
his
folke
,
are
they
scaped
fro
vs
?
brother
answered
Reynawde
we
haue
dyscomfyted
theym
,
God
gramercye
and
Mawgis
that
came
for
to
succoure
vs
,
for
otherwyse
we
should
haue
ben
al
dead
,
&
so
he
hath
saued
vs
and
our
lyues
at
thys
tyme
now
ought
we
well
to
loue
him
more
than
our selfe
,
brother
sayde
Rycharde
ye
saye
trouth
,
and
after
Alarde
sayde
to
Mawgys
,
fayre
cosyn
heale
me
I
pray
you
,
for
I
haue
a
greate
wounde
in
the
thie
.
And
I
also
sayd
Reynawde
for
I
am
hurte
right
sore
,
and
I
also
sayde
Guychard
,
for
goddes
loue
gyue
vs
health
vnto
al
vs
,
than
sayde
Mawgys
vnto
theym
,
be
not
dismaied
my
fayre
cosynes
,
for
I
shal
helpe
you
all
anone
.
Than
tooke
Mawgis
of
the
white
wyne
,
wherof
he
had
washed
the
wounde
of
Richard
,
and
washed
their
woundes
of
them
all
and
after
anoynted
them
sweetly
and
anon
they
were
all
whole
.
And
whan
they
were
al
garnyshed
:
they
made
Richarde
to
light
vpon
a
horse
,
and
put
them self
to
the
way
for
to
returne
againe
to
Mountawban
.
And
thus
thei
went
on
their
waye
:
a
spye
departed
fro
the
felowship
of
Reinawd
and
came
to
Mountawban
,
to
the
king
yon
and
sayde
to
him
.
Sir
I
bringe
you
tydynges
.
Now
wit
that
Reinawde
and
his
brethren
been
scaped
fro
the
plaine
of
Valcolours
where
that
ye
had
sente
them
,
and
they
haue
dyscomfited
Ogyer
the
dane
&
al
the
folke
of
Charlemaine
,
and
also
they
haue
slaine
Foulques
of
Morillon
and
the
earle
Guimard
,
&
so
many
of
other
knightes
that
I
can
not
tel
you
the
nombre
.
ANd
whan
the
king
yon
vnderstoode
these
tidinges
:
he
was
sore
abashed
of
it
that
he
wyst
not
what
he
should
saye
,
and
after
he
said
.
Alas
how
goeth
this
?
here
ben
euil
tydynges
,
how
may
this
be
?
dyd
they
fynde
the
busshemente
of
the
kynge
Charlemayne
?
Syr
sayde
the
spie
,
yea
certaynly
and
shoulde
haue
been
cursedly
handled
if
their
cosyne
Mawgys
had
not
socoured
them
,
&
for
the
socours
that
Maugis
brought
with
him
:
Ogier
was
discomfited
&
all
his
folke
of
Charlemaine
,
so
that
fewe
of
them
scaped
.
For
Mawgys
brought
to
Reinawde
Bayarde
hys
good
horse
,
that
was
cause
of
all
the
harme
that
was
doon
there
of
the
other
parte
.
Alas
vnhappy
myschaunt
said
than
the
king
yon
and
what
shal
I
doo
?
if
I
abide
Reinawd
,
Mawgis
Alard
,
Guycharde
and
Richarde
:
I
am
deade
without
doubte
,
for
all
the
worlde
canne
not
defende
me
therfro
.
And
also
it
were
well
ryght
,
nor
Reynawde
should
doo
but
well
yf
he
slewe
me
cruelly
.
For
I
haue
wel
deserued
death
,
for
neuer
Iudas
ne
the
Emperour
Neron
of
Rome
made
so
great
a
treason
as
I
haue
doone
that
wolde
haue
brought
to
a
cruel
death
the
best
knightes
of
the
worlde
,
that
been
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
for
the
thretning
of
a
prince
.
And
whan
he
had
said
these
wordes
:
he
began
for
to
make
great
sorowe
,
and
saide
.
Ha
fayre
sister
Clare
,
this
daye
shall
departe
our
loue
,
ye
shall
neuer
seme
more
.
This
day
shal
I
forsake
Gascoygne
,
for
I
shall
neuer
come
again
therin
.
And
than
he
cried
with
an
high
voice
.
Now
go
hence
faire
lordes
for
goddes
sake
,
be
lyghtly
ready
For
the
need
of
it
is
nowe
come
,
and
lette
vs
goe
bringe
with
vs
the
best
knyghtes
that
I
&
ye
haue
and
if
we
may
doo
so
much
to
get
the
woode
of
the
serpent
whiche
is
a
great
forest
:
we
shal
be
safe
ynough
,
&
we
shal
maye
scape
at
our
ease
.
For
we
shall
lodge
our self
within
an
abbay
of
saint
Lazare
,
and
we
shal
take
such
habyte
as
the
monkes
there
haue
.
And
by
all
thus
shal
we
may
be
saued
.
For
I
know
so
much
goodnes
in
Reinawd
that
whan
he
shall
fynde
vs
shorne
as
Monkes
:
he
shall
doo
vs
no
harme
.
Than
was
there
a
spye
that
was
called
Pygwade
that
was
so
great
that
he
had
well
.xv.
fote
of
lengthe
,
and
went
as
fast
as
anye
horse
coulde
trot
.
This
Pygwade
had
wel
heard
all
that
the
kyng
yon
had
sayd
,
&
wrote
it
in
a
skinne
of
Parchement
,
and
wente
lightlye
ought
of
Mountawban
at
the
gate
called
the
gate
fawcon
,
and
passed
through
the
wood
of
the
serpent
in
a
litle
while
and
met
with
Reynawde
,
his
b●ethern
&
Mawgis
that
came
agayne
to
Mountawban
,
that
brought
with
them
a
great
multitude
of
prysoners
and
Pigwade
that
great
theefe
watched
vpon
them
.
And
anon
he
tanne
as
fast
as
he
might
to
Mountbendell
and
went
into
the
pauilion
of
Charlemayne
and
called
Rowlande
and
sayde
to
hym
.
Syr
I
shall
tell
you
suche
tydynges
,
wherby
ye
shall
get
good
ynoughe
,
yf
ye
wyll
beleue
me
,
and
I
shall
tell
you
a
thyng
wherof
ye
shal
be
ryght
glad
.
Good
freende
sayde
than
Rowlande
,
thou
art
welcom
to
me
,
&
what
tidinges
bringest
thou
tel
me
I
praye
thee
?
Syr
sayde
Pygwade
,
wyt
it
that
the
kyng
Yon
fleeth
away
all
vnarmed
,
he
and
all
hys
folke
and
hath
wyth
theym
nother
Somer
nor
Mule
,
but
onlye
theyr
best
horses
,
and
they
go
into
the
wood
of
the
serpent
into
a
house
of
religion
,
whiche
is
named
saint
Lazare
,
&
he
himselfe
is
delibered
for
to
take
the
habite
and
to
be
come
a
monke
.
By
my
fayth
sayd
than
Rowlande
I
shal
go
meet
with
them
anon
with
foure
thousande
knightes
,
and
I
shall
auenge
Reynawde
&
hys
bretherne
vpon
them
,
and
I
shal
make
them
to
be
hanged
as
traytours
.
For
I
neuer
loued
traytours
nor
neuer
shall
and
God
wyll
.
Syr
sayde
pigwade
yet
is
there
more
,
for
I
haue
found
Reynawde
,
his
brethern
and
Mawgys
that
came
ouer
the
ryuer
of
balancon
,
that
bringeth
with
them
many
prysoners
of
your
folke
.
And
yf
ye
wyll
fynde
theym
:
ye
muste
go
that
waye
.
Freende
sayd
Rowlande
ye
haue
deserued
a
great
reward
,
for
ye
haue
brought
to
vs
good
tydynges
.
Than
Rowlande
called
to
hym
Olyuer
,
and
sayd
.
Olyuer
my
good
&
true
felaw
,
lyght
vpon
your
horse
quickely
,
and
bryng
wyth
you
Guidellon
and
Richarde
of
Normandy
&
ye
syr
Ogyer
of
Denmarke
ye
shall
come
with
me
,
if
it
please
you
,
and
ye
shall
see
the
great
prowesse
of
Reynawde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
,
and
we
shal
take
with
vs
but
foure
thousand
men
,
and
yet
Reynawde
is
fiue
thousand
well
horsed
and
well
arayed
.
And
thus
we
shal
mowe
fyght
with
them
without
any
auauntage
.
Certes
sayde
Ogyer
I
shall
goe
there
to
see
how
ye
shall
haue
hym
.
And
whan
ye
haue
taken
hym
:
I
promyse
you
to
lend
you
a
rope
yf
ye
haue
need
of
it
.
And
whan
they
had
al
deuised
thei
mounted
on
horsebacke
,
and
tooke
theyr
waye
.
And
the
greate
ribawde
guided
them
streight
to
the
riuer
of
Balancon
,
and
the
king
of
Gascoin
rode
than
through
the
woodes
of
the
serpent
wyth
his
folke
,
and
he
rode
so
longe
that
he
ariued
at
the
monastery
of
saint
Lazare
.
And
they
praied
the
abbot
of
the
place
so
muche
that
he
made
them
monkes
in
the
deuils
name
.
This
hangynge
:
came
there
Rowlande
and
Olyuer
wyth
theyr
folke
that
entred
anon
into
the
abbay
.
And
whan
the
abbot
saw
them
he
came
them
agaynst
,
and
all
the
couent
singyng
Te
deum
laudamus
.
And
whan
they
had
songe
:
the
abbote
sayd
to
Rowlande
.
Syr
ye
be
ryght
welcome
,
wyll
ye
haue
any
thyng
that
we
may
doo
:
lorde
abbot
sayd
Rowlande
we
thanke
you
with
all
our
harte
.
But
wyt
that
we
seeke
heere
the
falsest
traytour
of
the
worlde
,
that
men
call
the
kynge
Yon
of
Gascoyn
the
whych
is
heere
within
,
for
I
wil
hange
hym
lyke
a
theefe
.
THan
answered
the
abbot
,
ye
shall
not
syr
and
please
you
,
for
he
is
become
our
monke
,
and
also
he
hath
taken
the
habite
,
and
therfore
wee
shall
defende
hym
agaynst
all
men
.
Whan
Rowlande
heard
the
abbot
speake
so
:
he
tooke
hym
by
the
hood
.
And
Olyuer
tooke
the
priour
that
was
nyghe
and
they
shoued
them
so
pretely
agaynst
a
piller
of
marble
stone
that
theyr
eyen
lept
out
of
their
heads
.
And
than
Rowland
sayd
to
the
abbot
.
Now
mayster
monke
delyuer
to
me
lyghtly
that
deuyl
the
king
yon
whyche
is
the
brother
of
Iudas
,
or
els
I
shall
make
an
ende
of
you
,
for
I
haue
sworne
that
he
shal
neuer
doo
treason
more
.
Whan
the
abbot
vnderstoode
this
that
Rowlande
sayde
to
him
:
he
and
all
his
monkes
fled
awai
from
him
.
And
whan
Rowland
saw
this
:
he
set
hande
at
his
good
swerde
Durandall
,
and
entred
into
the
cloystre
,
where
he
founde
the
kynge
Yon
kneeling
before
an
Image
of
our
ladie
,
and
was
clad
with
the
habite
of
religion
,
and
the
hode
vpon
his
head
And
whan
Rowlande
sawe
hym
:
he
knew
him
well
.
For
he
had
seen
him
with
his
vncle
Charlemayne
.
Than
he
tooke
him
and
sayde
to
hym
,
syr
monke
in
the
Deuils
name
conne
ye
well
your
lesson
,
aryse
vp
with
sorowe
and
come
with
me
for
to
see
the
kyng
Charlemayne
.
For
he
shal
make
you
to
be
hanged
as
a
traytour
proued
euill
king
and
a
felon
.
Where
been
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
that
ye
should
haue
delyuered
vnto
Charlemaine
?
ye
shal
be
paied
for
the
treason
that
ye
haue
doone
,
and
I
with
mine
handes
shal
auenge
Reinawde
and
hys
brethern
vpon
you
,
&
whan
he
had
sayd
this
:
he
made
the
kynge
Yon
to
be
set
vpon
a
horse
,
and
blinded
his
eyen
wyth
a
cloute
that
he
myght
not
see
nothynge
.
And
than
gaue
him
the
mokes
hode
vpon
his
head
.
And
thus
sat
in
the
sadle
the
face
towarde
the
horse
tayle
,
and
the
backe
forwarde
.
The
king
yon
made
none
other
thinge
but
that
he
wysshed
styll
after
Reynawde
and
hys
brethern
and
sayd
.
Alas
and
that
I
dyd
great
harme
,
whan
that
I
consented
to
this
mortall
treason
,
nowe
ought
I
well
to
dye
ten
tymes
yf
it
might
be
so
.
For
I
haue
wel
deserued
death
.
Whan
the
king
yon
had
sayde
this
:
he
sayd
to
one
of
his
priuy
counsell
that
he
herd
nyghe
him
,
how
wel
he
saw
not
.
Freend
go
to
Mountawban
and
tell
Reynawde
that
he
come
to
succoure
me
,
for
he
is
my
man
,
and
that
he
take
no
heede
to
mi
trespace
and
euil
dede
,
but
to
his
fraunchise
,
For
&
he
let
me
dye
so
:
he
shal
be
therof
repreued
&
blamed
euermore
,
&
hys
yssue
shal
be
dyshonoured
by
it
.
And
yf
he
can
recouer
me
:
I
wyll
that
he
make
my
tonge
to
be
cut
of
wherby
I
dyd
consent
to
the
treason
,
or
elles
my
heade
,
yf
it
semeth
him
good
for
I
haue
well
deserued
it
ayenst
hym
.
Syr
sayde
the
knyght
I
shall
not
goe
there
,
for
I
wot
well
that
Reinawd
wyll
not
set
one
foot
out
to
saue
you
,
bycause
of
the
greate
harme
that
ye
wolde
haue
doon
to
hym
,
he
shal
sayd
the
kynge
yon
,
for
I
knowe
so
much
by
hym
that
he
shall
not
saie
there
ayenst
.
Syr
I
wyll
than
goe
to
hym
with
a
good
wyll
syth
that
it
please
you
,
and
god
gyue
that
Reynawd
his
bretherne
and
Mawgys
wyll
come
and
helpe
you
,
for
I
knowe
wel
that
ye
haue
greate
neede
of
it
but
yf
god
helpe
you
.
Thys
hangyng
:
Olyuer
sayde
to
Rowlande
,
Rowlande
good
felaw
myne
,
what
shal
we
doo
with
this
vnhappy
kynge
?
freende
sayde
Rowland
we
shal
lede
hym
to
mountfawcon
,
and
we
shall
leue
Balancon
at
the
ryght
hand
.
And
this
they
did
for
to
fynde
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
,
for
Rowlande
was
sore
willynge
to
fynde
Reynawd
,
his
brethren
and
Mawgys
theyr
cosyn
,
good
lorde
sayde
Ogyer
the
Dane
by
thy
pytie
and
myserycord
graunt
to
Rowlande
his
prayer
and
his
wyll
,
that
is
that
we
may
fynde
Reynawd
and
Mawgys
,
for
to
see
how
Rowland
shall
bere
himselfe
,
and
yf
he
shoulde
take
theym
or
no
,
for
I
knowe
well
that
none
shall
put
downe
hys
pryde
but
onelye
Reynawde
.
❧
But
heere
I
leue
to
speake
of
Rowlande
,
Oliuer
,
and
of
Ogier
,
and
of
their
folke
,
and
of
the
kynge
yon
of
Gascoygne
that
they
brought
wyth
them
for
to
be
hanged
,
and
retourne
agayne
to
shew
of
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
.
❧
Howe
after
that
Reinawde
and
his
brethern
were
garnished
of
their
woundes
that
they
had
in
the
plaine
of
Valcoloures
:
they
went
agayn
to
Mountawban
.
And
howe
they
rescued
the
kynge
yon
from
the
handes
of
Rowlande
.
❧
Capitulum
.xi.
depiction of a group of armed men on horseback, including a king with crown, entering a doorway
IN
this
partye
sheweth
the
history
,
that
whan
Reinawd
and
his
brethern
were
wel
whole
of
their
woundes
by
the
helpe
of
Mawgys
that
had
healed
them
:
they
put
theym selfe
vnto
the
waye
againe
towarde
Mountawban
.
And
whan
they
were
come
there
:
my
ladye
Clare
went
ayenst
them
,
and
broughte
with
her
two
chyldren
,
yonnet
and
Aymonet
,
that
had
wept
and
scratched
theyr
sweet
vysages
so
sore
that
there
appeered
of
theym
nother
eyen
nor
mouthes
,
alwayes
they
wist
not
wherfore
they
dyd
so
,
for
they
were
verye
yonge
.
And
she
also
was
all
dysfygured
for
weepyng
,
and
of
great
lamentacions
that
she
made
,
for
she
wyst
well
how
her
brother
the
kynge
yon
had
betraied
Reynawde
her
housbond
and
his
bretherne
,
and
wende
that
they
had
been
dead
.
But
whan
she
sawe
them
come
:
she
was
neuer
so
gladde
.
And
the
two
children
ran
at
their
fathers
feete
,
&
wolde
haue
kyssed
them
.
And
whan
Reinawd
saw
that
:
he
shoued
theym
away
with
his
feete
so
stronglye
that
he
had
almoste
broste
theym
.
And
the
lady
wolde
haue
taken
him
in
her
armes
and
kyssed
hym
:
but
he
wold
not
suffre
her
,
and
fayde
to
her
.
Ladye
goe
oute
of
my
syghte
to
your
brother
that
fellon
cruell
and
false
traytoure
,
for
ye
shall
neuer
haue
my
loue
again
,
for
it
hathe
not
holden
in
him
,
but
that
we
shoulde
haue
be
deade
by
thys
tyme
yf
God
and
oure
cosyn
Mawgis
had
not
succoured
vs
,
nowe
goe
after
hym
all
a
foote
and
without
companye
,
for
ye
shall
not
take
nothynge
of
myne
and
as
an
euyll
woman
ye
shall
goe
youre
wayes
for
ye
be
the
syster
of
the
king
yon
,
the
greatest
traytoure
and
the
vntruest
kinge
of
the
worlde
,
and
I
shall
angre
your
chyldren
,
for
I
feare
me
lest
they
should
be
traytours
as
theyr
vncle
.
Sir
for
god
mercy
sayd
the
ladi
,
I
shal
swere
to
you
vpon
al
halowes
that
I
had
doubt
of
your
goynge
,
and
many
times
I
dyd
tell
you
of
it
,
through
the
occasion
of
the
dreme
that
I
dremed
that
night
,
and
I
tolde
you
that
ye
should
not
beleue
the
king
my
brother
.
And
not
withstandyng
that
he
was
my
brother
:
I
doubted
this
that
is
be
fallen
syth
.
Sir
for
God
I
cry
you
mercy
,
for
in
this
I
am
nothinge
giltye
,
and
so
God
haue
mercy
of
my
soule
.
For
I
loue
moche
better
the
least
toe
of
your
foote
,
than
al
king
Yon
my
brother
,
nor
all
the
lande
of
Gascoin
.
And
whan
she
had
sayd
this
:
she
fel
downe
in
a
swoune
vpon
the
feete
of
Reynawd
.
And
whan
Guicharde
saw
the
Ladye
in
a
swoune
:
he
tooke
her
vp
&
sayde
to
her
.
Madame
discomfort
not
your selfe
so
sort
,
let
Reynawde
saye
hys
wyll
,
for
ye
be
our
owne
Lady
and
our
syster
,
now
be
of
good
cheere
,
as
long
as
we
be
aliue
we
shal
not
fayle
you
and
thoughe
our
brother
Reynawde
fayle
you
we
shal
not
doo
so
,
but
we
shall
serue
you
wyth
all
our
hert
.
Brother
sayd
Rycharde
let
vs
doo
one
thyng
,
go
we
pray
our
brother
Reynawde
that
he
pardon
my
lady
our
syster
hys
euyll
wyll
,
for
she
is
not
gilty
in
the
mater
.
And
yf
we
wolde
haue
beleued
her
:
wee
should
not
haue
gone
one
foote
out
of
thys
place
,
and
now
we
ought
to
shewe
the
green
and
the
russet
Mantelles
of
ermynes
the
good
horses
and
palfreys
that
mi
lady
did
giue
vs
more
oftener
than
did
Reynawde
,
now
let
vs
rewarde
her
for
it
for
she
hath
mystre
of
it
,
and
at
the
ende
:
the
freende
is
knowen
.
By
my
fayth
sayd
Alarde
ye
saye
well
.
And
than
wente
the
three
brethern
vnto
Reynawde
and
drewe
hym
a
syde
,
and
after
Alarde
sayd
to
hym
.
Fayre
brother
for
goddes
loue
be
not
thus
angrye
,
for
ye
knowe
that
my
Lady
hath
no
culpe
at
all
the
treason
that
her
brother
that
king
yon
hath
doone
to
vs
.
For
if
ye
wolde
haue
beleued
her
:
wee
should
not
haue
gone
thether
.
Wherfore
we
praye
you
that
ye
wyll
pardon
her
.
Than
sayd
Reynawde
,
my
brethern
for
the
loue
of
you
I
graunt
the
same
and
I
pardon
her
myne
euill
wyll
presently
.
Whan
the
brethern
vnderstode
him
:
they
were
ryght
glad
,
and
came
to
the
Lady
Clare
,
and
sayd
to
her
.
Madame
be
of
good
cheere
and
make
ioye
,
for
we
haue
made
youre
peace
.
And
than
Alarde
and
Guycharde
tooke
her
by
the
handes
,
and
brought
her
to
her
husband
Reynawd
&
whan
Reynawde
saw
her
:
he
went
and
tooke
her
by
the
chyn
and
kissed
her
.
And
than
began
the
ioy
and
the
feast
ryght
great
at
Mountawban
.
And
they
wasshed
their
handes
and
went
to
theyr
meate
.
And
thus
as
they
sat
at
the
table
:
there
came
in
the
messanger
of
the
king
Yon
,
that
cam
to
Reynawde
,
and
whan
he
was
afore
Reynawde
:
he
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
the
kyng
Yon
sendeth
you
worde
by
me
that
ye
com
to
succour
him
,
for
other
wyse
he
cannot
scape
the
death
.
For
Rowland
and
Olyuer
ledeth
him
for
to
be
hanged
at
Mountfawcon
,
and
doo
thys
syr
yf
it
please
you
for
god
and
beholde
not
his
euyll
wyl
,
but
take
heed
to
your
goodnes
,
for
oure
Lorde
pardonned
Mary
Magdalen
and
longis
of
their
sinnes
.
He
knoweth
well
that
he
hath
deserued
death
for
the
great
faute
that
he
hath
doon
to
you
,
and
yf
ye
slea
him
:
he
pardonneth
to
you
his
death
.
GOddes
curse
haue
he
sayd
Alarde
that
shall
set
hys
foote
thitherwarde
,
nor
that
shal
bye
him
agayne
though
he
might
be
had
for
a
strawe
,
but
goddes
curse
haue
Rowland
yf
he
hangeth
him
not
as
a
traytour
approued
.
whan
Reynawde
had
heard
this
that
the
messanger
sayd
:
he
looked
downwarde
and
studied
a
good
whyle
that
he
sayd
no
worde
,
&
whan
he
had
thought
long
ynough
:
he
began
to
weepe
beholding
his
bretherne
,
for
a
good
herte
can
not
lye
whan
it
cometh
to
a
need
.
Than
sayd
he
a
good
reason
as
a
noble
knight
.
Lordes
sayd
Reynawde
to
hys
brethern
&
to
his
knightes
,
Now
heare
what
I
wyll
say
to
you
.
Ye
knowe
how
I
was
disherited
at
paris
wrongefully
vpon
a
feast
of
Penthecoste
that
Charlemaine
helde
open
court
and
full
in
hys
palays
,
where
was
a
compani
of
great
lordes
.
For
there
were
.vii.
hundred
knyghtes
all
gentilmen
bothe
of
name
and
of
armes
and
a
hondred
what
of
Dukes
and
of
Erles
,
and
more
than
foure
score
bysshopes
,
and
many
barons
,
&
that
tyme
was
slayne
the
duke
Benes
of
Aygremount
myne
vncle
that
was
so
good
a
knyght
as
men
knew
wel
.
I
dyd
aske
right
for
him
to
Charlemayne
afore
all
hys
courte
:
wherof
the
kynge
rebuked
me
and
called
me
all
to
nought
,
and
greate
iniurye
he
sayd
to
me
.
And
whan
I
sawe
that
the
kyng
repreued
me
thus
:
I
was
wrothe
and
right
angry
for
it
,
&
I
beheld
vpon
my
brethern
and
knewe
theyr
stomackes
,
and
saw
myne
enemyes
before
me
,
so
neded
not
that
I
should
haue
sought
them
els
where
.
And
it
suffised
theym
not
of
that
I
had
be
outraged
by
Charlemayne
:
but
that
Berthelot
outraged
me
of
newe
,
he
and
I
playinge
at
the
Chesse
,
wherof
I
tooke
the
chesse
boorde
and
smote
hym
with
it
so
greate
a
stroke
vpon
hys
head
that
I
slew
hym
afore
my
feet
.
And
Lewes
a nother
neuew
of
Charlemayne
wolde
haue
slayne
my
brother
Richarde
and
had
hurte
hym
all
redy
full
sore
.
But
I
smote
hym
in
suche
wise
with
my
fyst
that
I
feld
him
downe
dead
afore
me
to
th
erth
,
&
whan
Charlemayne
wyst
of
it
:
he
wolde
haue
made
me
to
be
killed
&
hewed
into
peeces
,
but
my
kynsemen
wolde
not
suffre
it
,
for
there
was
great
medlyng
so
that
many
strokes
were
gyuen
.
And
whan
the
medling
was
ended
:
I
mounted
vpon
Bayarde
&
my
brethern
I
made
to
mount
also
th
one
before
&
the
two
other
behynde
me
,
and
thus
rode
we
al
foure
vpon
my
horse
bayarde
,
&
so
came
to
Ardeyne
,
where
I
dyd
buylde
a
castell
.
And
there
Chaylemane
came
and
beseeged
me
,
and
made
swere
mi
good
father
Aimon
that
he
shoulde
neuer
helpe
vs
wyth
none
of
all
his
goods
,
and
that
he
should
be
vtterly
ayenste
vs
and
in
lyke
wise
he
for
closed
me
fro
all
my
kynsmen
that
none
of
them
was
not
so
hardy
for
to
haue
shewed
to
vs
the
least
fauour
of
the
worlde
.
Fayre
bretherne
ye
knowe
wel
the
great
pouertie
that
we
haue
endured
so
longe
time
.
And
whan
I
sawe
that
I
wyst
not
where
to
go
I
came
into
thys
lande
wyth
suche
a
felawship
as
ye
knowe
,
&
I
spake
to
the
kynge
Yon
and
shewed
hym
howe
I
had
warre
agaynst
Charlemayne
,
and
he
shewed
me
great
loue
and
made
me
great
honour
so
that
he
gaue
me
his
syster
to
my
wyfe
,
and
with
her
a
duchy
,
&
builded
Mountawban
for
me
.
And
of
the
other
parte
my
chyldren
are
hys
neuews
,
wherof
th
one
beareth
his
name
,
that
is
yonnet
,
and
ye
see
them
here
,
and
I
haue
saued
hym
hys
Realme
and
all
hys
londe
,
and
all
his
rebelles
I
haue
made
come
to
seeke
mercy
of
hym
,
&
I
found
him
neuer
in
faute
,
but
Charlemayne
is
so
great
and
so
myghty
a
kynge
,
and
also
ye
knowe
well
that
he
hath
ouercome
and
dysshonoured
many
good
men
,
and
for
fere
of
him
:
the
kyng
Yon
betrayed
vs
,
wherof
he
is
not
to
be
blamed
ouermuche
,
seynge
that
agaynst
Charlemayne
nothinge
hath
power
.
And
therfore
yf
the
kynge
Yon
deliuered
me
to
charlemayne
:
it
was
by
euyll
counsell
that
some
of
hys
barons
gaue
hym
.
For
god
made
neuer
so
good
a
man
,
but
that
,
that
he
misdoeth
by
euyll
counsell
somtyme
.
And
how
can
I
leaue
hym
whan
I
haue
not
mystrusted
him
afore
time
?
me
semeth
that
I
ought
to
shew
hym
goodnes
agaynst
felonye
.
Therfore
I
pray
you
all
that
ye
wyll
make
you
redy
,
for
I
wyll
goe
succour
him
.
For
it
were
great
reproche
to
my
chyldren
that
theyr
vncle
should
be
hanged
as
a
theefe
,
and
it
were
to
vs
a
great
disshonour
,
for
he
is
our
lord
,
and
if
he
had
doone
euil
:
we
ought
to
doo
well
agaynst
it
,
and
also
we
ought
not
to
forget
the
benefaytes
that
the
kynge
yon
hath
doone
to
vs
,
and
I
promise
you
that
the
faute
and
the
treason
that
he
hath
doone
is
not
come
through
his
malyce
,
but
through
euyll
counsel
.
For
yf
it
had
be
onlye
by
hys
mocyon
:
I
wolde
see
the
hert
from
the
bodye
of
hym
,
but
I
wot
wel
nay
,
for
Charlemayne
is
of
so
great
power
that
euery
man
feareth
him
.
And
therfore
I
tell
you
that
I
wil
goe
rescue
him
from
Rowlande
if
I
can
wyth
all
my
power
.
By
my
fayth
sayd
Alard
ye
shall
than
goe
wythout
me
,
for
I
shal
not
put
my
feet
there
,
for
a
traytour
ought
neuer
to
be
holpen
nor
succoured
.
Nor
I
sayde
Guycharde
I
shall
not
goe
there
.
●e
shal
sayd
Richarde
and
it
please
you
,
syth
that
Reynawde
wyll
haue
vs
to
doo
so
,
for
he
is
our
Lorde
and
our
welt
,
&
therfore
I
pray
you
fayre
bretherne
that
ye
wyll
obey
him
.
Whan
Reynawde
had
concluded
that
he
should
goe
for
to
rescue
the
kynge
Yon
agaynst
the
wyll
of
Alarde
and
of
Guicharde
:
al
the
Gascoynes
that
were
there
began
to
crye
and
sayde
,
blessed
be
the
houre
that
euer
Reynawde
was
borne
.
For
no
man
erthely
is
worthe
hym
of
goodnes
and
of
prowes
,
and
than
they
sayde
to
Reynawde
,
Syr
we
shall
giue
vp
to
you
all
the
lande
of
Gascoyne
,
and
shall
make
you
the
Lorde
of
it
.
For
there
shall
be
neuer
none
other
lorde
in
Gascoyne
but
you
as
longe
as
ye
shall
lyue
so
that
for
god
ryght
sweet
syr
that
ye
suffre
not
the
kynge
yon
to
be
had
awaye
to
Charlemayne
,
for
it
were
a
great
shame
to
all
them
of
the
reame
of
Goscoyn
that
men
had
hanged
theyr
kyng
.
By
mi
soule
sayd
Reinawde
ye
say
trouth
.
And
than
he
tooke
his
horne
and
blewe
it
thre
tymes
so
stronglye
that
he
made
all
Mountawban
to
sowne
with
it
.
And
incontynent
without
abydinge
thei
of
the
towne
wente
and
armed
them
and
came
before
Reinawde
,
and
whan
thei
were
all
redy
:
Reynawde
lighted
vpon
bayarde
,
the
shelde
at
the
necke
and
the
spere
in
the
hande
,
and
they
were
well
in
hys
felawship
syx
thousande
men
on
horsebacke
,
and
well
a
thousande
a
foote
.
And
whan
thei
were
out
of
Mountawban
:
Reinawd
spake
to
his
folke
and
sayd
to
them
,
Lordes
remember
you
that
your
lorde
is
in
great
daunger
and
in
perill
of
death
,
and
but
if
we
fight
strongli
:
he
is
dead
without
remedye
,
wherfore
I
pray
you
all
that
ye
doo
this
daye
that
,
that
shall
turne
to
our
worshyp
.
And
whan
Reynawde
had
said
these
wordes
:
he
wente
agayne
towarde
hys
brethern
and
sayd
to
them
,
Fayre
brethern
ye
know
that
Rowland
hateth
me
to
death
&
not
through
my
defawte
:
but
only
through
enuye
.
Wherfore
I
pray
you
that
ye
attende
vpon
me
thys
day
:
and
ye
shal
see
me
doo
as
a
good
knight
,
&
thys
day
the
pryde
of
Rowlande
must
be
leyde
or
els
mine
a
downe
.
Whan
Alarde
hearde
his
brother
Reynawde
speake
so
:
he
sayde
to
hym
.
And
wherof
care
you●
be
sure
and
certayn
that
as
longe
that
lyfe
is
in
our
bodyes
:
we
shall
not
fayle
you
,
and
with
this
worde
they
put
them
to
the
waye
.
And
Reynawde
tooke
two
thousand
knyghtes
and
gaue
them
to
Alarde
and
Guichard
&
sayd
to
them
.
Fayre
brethern
ye
shal
make
the
forward
&
keep
your
men
in
good
ordenaunce
,
&
I
&
my
brother
Richarde
shal
make
the
reregarde
,
syr
sayde
Alarde
we
shall
doo
it
well
yf
god
wyll
,
and
than
they
rode
forthe
so
longe
that
they
sawe
the
folke
of
Rowland
nygh
them
,
&
whan
Alarde
a
perceyued
theym
:
he
made
hys
men
to
tary
and
sent
worde
to
Reynawde
that
he
shoulde
make
haste
to
come
,
for
they
had
founde
theyr
enemies
.
And
whan
Reynawde
wiste
of
these
tidinges
:
he
made
hys
folke
to
ryde
hastely
and
came
anon
to
Alarde
his
brother
,
and
whan
he
saw
his
enemies
:
he
put
his
folke
in
araye
,
&
deuised
his
batayles
honestly
as
a
good
capitayne
of
warre
.
THan
whan
Rowland
saw
so
great
folke
:
he
called
to
hym
the
bysshop
Turpin
&
Guydellon
of
bauyer
&
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
now
be
holde
,
I
se
yonder
many
folke
armed
might
that
be
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
wherof
the
renome
is
so
great
and
of
theyr
cosin
Mawgys
the
subtill
knyght
?
Syr
sayde
the
Bysshop
Turpyn
,
yea
they
been
tho
verely
,
and
also
I
tell
you
they
make
themselfe
to
be
well
knowe
whersoeuer
they
goe
and
I
tell
you
that
wee
cannot
saue
vs
,
but
that
we
muste
medle
with
them
.
Whan
Ogier
sawe
Reynawde
:
he
Ioyned
&
heued
his
handes
towarde
heauen
and
sayd
.
O
god
blessed
thou
be
that
haste
suffred
Rowlande
to
fynde
Reynawde
his
bretherne
and
Mawgys
,
certes
who
that
gaue
me
a
thousande
marke
of
golde
I
should
not
be
so
glad
,
for
Rowlande
hathe
nowe
all
his
besyre
,
and
certayne
I
am
ryght
glad
that
we
haue
founde
them
.
Nowe
shall
I
see
how
he
shal
beare
himselfe
ayenst
the
valliaunte
Reynawd
his
bretherne
,
and
Mawgys
,
&
whan
he
had
said
this
:
he
turned
him selfe
towarde
Rowland
and
said
to
him
.
Rowland
nowe
haue
ye
that
ye
haue
desired
so
longe
,
and
I
am
glad
that
it
is
come
so
,
for
nowe
shal
I
see
how
ye
shal
take
them
.
For
it
ye
can
take
them
a
liue
&
bryng
them
to
Charlemain
:
he
shal
con
you
great
thanke
for
it
,
and
so
shall
bayarde
be
your
owne
that
ye
haue
so
sore
desired
,
and
the
warre
shall
be
thus
finyshed
.
Ogyer
Ogier
saide
than
Rowlande
,
these
ven
reproches
that
ye
tel
me
.
But
by
saynt
Denys
of
fraunce
ye
shal
see
or
euyn
:
who
shal
be
maister
of
vs
two
.
Rowland
said
Ogier
,
now
shall
it
be
seen
what
ye
can
doo
.
Whan
Rowland
knew
that
he
muste
haue
medling
with
his
enemyes
:
he
ordeined
all
his
battaile
as
he
coulde
wel
doo
,
and
after
he
set
hys
folke
in
ordenaunce
of
battaile
the
best
that
he
myght
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
that
Rowlande
ordeyned
his
battailles
:
he
called
his
bretherne
and
sayde
to
thrm
.
Lordes
heere
come
the
frenshemen
,
yonder
is
Rowlande
,
Olyuer
,
and
the
Duke
naymes
of
Bauiere
,
and
Ogier
the
dane
,
ye
shal
abide
heere
for
to
make
the
rerega●de
and
if
we
haue
mystre
of
helpe
:
come
and
helpe
vs
.
Syr
sayd
Mawgis
ye
make
to
longe
sermon
,
delyuer
you
for
we
tary
to
longe
fro
sawtynge
vpon
our
enemies
.
Cosyn
sayde
Reynawd
ye
say
wel
,
and
ye
speake
lyke
a
good
knyghte
.
For
yet
haue
I
not
better
knyghte
than
ye
be
one
whan
I
see
you
armed
bi
me
.
Now
thinke
to
doo
well
,
for
I
goe
fyrst
of
all
for
to
ouerthrowe
the
pryde
of
Rowland
that
is
so
greate
as
euerye
man
knoweth
,
&
I
pray
you
al
that
euery
man
doo
his
parte
with
all
his
power
.
ANd
whan
the
brethern
vnderstood
that
Reinawd
wolde
goe
proue
himselfe
vpon
Rowland
:
they
began
al
three
to
weepe
&
said
.
A
brother
,
&
wil
ye
that
ye
and
we
be
deade
all
at
ones
?
For
ye
can
slea
your selfe
no
better
than
to
proue
your selfe
vpon
Rowlande
:
For
he
is
ouermuche
prue
and
vallyaunt
,
&
also
he
can
not
be
hurte
with
yron
,
but
we
pray
you
that
ye
will
assay
your selfe
vpon
the
other
and
let
rowland
alone
.
Lordes
sayde
Reynawde
ye
haue
spoken
ful
wel
,
I
know
well
that
Rowlande
is
hardye
&
prue
,
and
that
his
matche
is
not
in
the
world
of
knighthode
,
but
I
am
in
the
ryght
,
&
he
is
in
the
wrong
whiche
shall
nowe
turne
hym
to
a
great
harme
,
and
therfore
I
wyll
not
refuse
,
but
that
I
shal
goe
ayenst
him
but
and
if
he
will
peace
:
he
shall
haue
it
,
and
if
he
wil
haue
warre
,
he
shal
fynde
me
redye
to
receyue
hym
therto
.
For
I
haue
leuer
dye
than
be
long
sycke
.
❧
Now
I
praye
you
speake
no
more
of
it
,
but
see
that
ye
beare
your selfe
well
ayenst
our
enemies
,
for
we
haue
to
doo
ayenst
many
a
noble
knight
.
Cosin
saide
Mawgis
thynke
to
assayle
well
.
For
ye
shall
be
succoured
ryght
wel
.
Than
the
worthy
and
valliaunte
knight
Reynawde
went
afore
all
the
other
with
his
sheeld
at
the
necke
,
and
his
spere
in
his
hande
syttinge
vpon
baiarde
.
Whan
rowlande
sawe
reynawd
come
with
his
folke
well
ordred
:
he
shewed
it
to
Oliuer
and
said
.
Felawe
what
thinke
you
by
that
folke
?
see
how
they
come
towarde
vs
in
good
araye
.
Certes
rowlande
sayde
Olyuer
,
reynawde
knoweth
more
of
warre
than
any
other
knighte
that
liues
,
and
the
most
gracious
.
For
there
is
none
so
poore
a
knyght
in
the
worlde
if
he
come
to
him
,
but
he
shall
be
ryghte
welcome
to
him
,
and
yf
he
come
a
foote
:
he
shal
set
him
anon
on
horsebacke
.
And
yf
he
be
yll
appointed
:
he
shall
anon
araye
him
after
his
estate
.
Is
not
this
a
great
goodnes
of
him
?
ye
be
my
soule
saide
rowlande
,
and
he
dothe
wel
,
For
if
he
did
otherwyse
:
he
myghte
not
abide
longe
ayenst
myne
vncle
Charlemayne
.
And
me
semeth
sayde
ayen
Olyuer
,
that
he
hath
well
three
tymes
mo
folke
than
we
haue
,
wherof
he
myghte
well
get
vpon
vs
,
but
yf
we
take
better
heede
,
for
they
been
well
subtyll
folke
.
Olyuer
sayd
rowlande
ye
saye
trouthe
,
but
ye
knowe
well
the
G●scoygnes
ben
cowardes
of
very
kynde
,
and
can
not
abyde
no
stroke
of
swerde
,
but
that
they
wyll
flee
lyghtlye
away
,
that
is
true
sayde
the
byshop
Turpyn
,
but
they
haue
with
theym
a
good
guyde
as
any
is
in
all
the
worlde
.
And
wit
it
syr
rowlande
,
that
the
valyaunte
man
:
causeth
his
folke
to
abide
nyghe
hym
.
For
a
worthye
capitaine
is
the
myrrour
&
ensaumple
to
the
other
for
to
doo
well
,
whan
rowland
heard
this
.
he
wexed
almost
mad
,
bycause
men
praysed
Reynawde
and
his
folke
so
muche
,
and
with
this
:
he
spurred
his
horse
and
went
before
all
his
folke
well
the
shot
of
a
bowe
ferre
,
and
came
ayenst
Reinawd
.
And
whan
Reinawde
sawe
Rowland
come
alone
:
he
saide
to
Alarde
.
Fayre
brother
beware
vpon
as
muche
as
ye
loue
me
:
that
ye
moue
not
,
nor
your
folke
,
but
abyde
styl
heere
till
that
I
haue
Iousted
with
Rowland
that
cometh
alone
,
and
therfore
I
wyl
no
man
helpe
me
ayenst
him
.
Whan
Reinawd
had
sayd
this
:
he
spurred
bayard
with
the
spurres
and
came
ayenst
Rowlande
so
fast
that
they
that
saw
it
wend
the
Baiard
had
floughe
in
the
ayer
.
For
the
smallest
lepe
that
he
lept
was
of
xxx
.
foot
ferre
or
more
.
And
whan
he
was
come
nigh
Rowlande
as
for
to
haue
Iousted
:
Reinawd
lighted
downe
a
foote
,
and
pyght
his
spere
in
the
erthe
.
And
bound
bayarde
therat
,
bycause
he
should
haue
byde
there
styll
.
And
vngyrte
flamberge
hys
swerde
and
came
before
Rowland
&
presented
it
to
him
&
kneeled
afore
him
and
kissed
his
foot
,
&
said
al
weping
,
damp
Rowland
I
cry
you
mercy
for
the
pitie
that
our
lord
had
on
the
crosse
vpon
his
mother
whan
he
commended
her
to
saynt
Iohn
that
ye
will
haue
pitie
vpon
me
,
ye
know
wel
that
I
am
your
kinsman
&
how
be
it
I
am
poore
:
yet
shal
I
be
&
my
brethern
your
men
.
And
also
I
shal
giue
you
baiard
&
shal
make
you
lorde
of
Mountawban
,
so
that
it
will
please
you
to
purchace
our
peace
with
the
king
Charlemaine
your
vncle
,
and
if
it
please
you
for
to
doo
so
:
I
shal
make
al
my
brethern
to
graunte
the
same
,
and
I
shal
forsake
fraunce
al
my
lyfe
.
And
I
promise
you
that
I
shall
goe
into
the
holye
lande
wyth
Mawgys
and
my
bretherne
,
for
to
make
warre
agaynst
the
sarasyns
,
&
yf
ye
thinke
that
I
say
wel
:
bringe
it
aboute
yf
ye
canne
.
For
yf
ye
doo
it
:
ye
shall
haue
a
felow
and
a
seruaunt
of
me
.
ROwland
had
great
pitie
whan
he
heard
Reynawde
speake
in
this
maner
,
and
began
to
weepe
ful
tenderly
:
and
after
sayd
to
hym
.
By
god
Reynawde
I
dare
not
speake
of
it
,
but
if
so
be
that
ye
wyll
delyuer
vnto
him
Mawgys
.
Alas
sayd
Reynawde
,
I
should
neuer
doo
that
for
to
dye
for
it
.
For
Mawgys
is
no
man
for
to
be
giuen
away
for
to
haue
peace
And
than
he
rose
vp
&
toke
his
swerde
and
hys
sheelde
.
And
came
to
Bayarde
and
mounted
vpon
hym
wythout
stirope
,
&
than
he
tooke
his
spere
in
his
hand
.
And
whan
he
was
wel
apparelled
:
he
went
agayne
to
Rowland
and
sayd
to
him
.
Rowland
wit
that
I
shal
neuer
more
cry
you
mercy
for
fere
that
I
haue
of
you
,
but
I
haue
cry
you
mercy
for
to
beare
you
worship
bicause
that
ye
be
of
my
kin
,
but
sith
that
I
see
that
ye
be
so
proude
that
ye
will
doo
nothyng
for
me
nor
for
my
prayer
:
I
shall
mowe
deale
resonably
with
you
,
to
the
ende
that
ye
shall
not
mow
reporte
nor
saye
to
the
other
Barons
and
knightes
of
Fraunce
,
that
Reynawde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
hath
cried
you
mercy
for
feare
.
The
cause
is
suche
,
ye
haue
wyth
you
a
great
company
of
folke
,
and
also
I
haue
of
my
syde
men
ynough
thanked
be
god
,
and
if
our
folke
assemble
together
:
it
cannot
be
other
wise
,
but
that
great
harme
shal
fall
of
〈◊〉
the
sides
.
But
and
ye
will
:
we
shall
fyght
we
two
together
for
them
all
without
any
help
of
other
,
and
if
ye
ouercome
me
:
ye
shall
bringe
me
●o
Charlemayne
,
that
shall
doo
hys
pleasure
of
me
,
&
if
I
can
conquere
you
ye
shall
come
wyth
me
to
Mountawban
vnder
condition
that
ye
shall
haue
nother
euyll
nor
shame
,
no
more
than
shall
my
owne
person
.
SHall
ye
doo
this
that
ye
haue
sayde
?
sayd
Rowlande
:
ye
without
faut
sayd
Reynawde
.
By
my
hed
sayde
Rowlande
ye
shall
make
me
sure
therof
fyrste
.
Certes
sayde
Reynawde
wyth
a
good
wyll
.
And
than
Reynawde
sware
it
vnto
him
vpon
his
parte
of
paradyse
.
Reynawde
sayde
Rowlande
I
wyl
goe
take
leue
of
my
felaw
Oliuer
,
for
I
haue
promised
him
that
al
the
batayles
that
I
shall
vndertake
:
he
shal
mow
make
them
himselfe
if
it
please
him
.
Goe
than
sayd
Reynawde
&
make
it
shorte
.
And
than
Rowlande
wente
agayne
to
hys
felawes
.
And
whan
he
was
come
to
them
:
Hector
the
sonne
of
Ocdon
,
Oliuer
and
Ogyer
the
dane
asked
of
him
sayinge
.
Sir
Rowlande
what
saith
Reynawde
,
haue
ye
spoke
with
him
?
yea
sayd
Rowlande
,
and
what
thinke
you
bi
him
.
Certes
said
Rowland
,
Reynawde
is
a
sage
knight
&
well
taught
,
for
he
hath
requyted
me
to
fyght
with
him
bodye
to
bodye
,
and
that
our
folke
be
styll
of
the
one
syde
and
of
the
other
.
Rowland
sayd
Oliuer
,
ye
shal
doo
in
this
your
pleasure
,
for
other
yee
or
I
must
fight
with
him
,
but
I
counsell
that
ye
goe
there
,
for
as
longe
as
I
shall
lyue
I
shal
not
be
enemy
to
Reynawde
only
for
his
worthynes
.
For
Reynawde
is
a
knight
of
great
honour
.
Whan
the
bysshop
Turpyn
.
Hector
the
sonne
of
Oedon
and
the
other
Erles
hearde
this
:
they
began
to
say
,
Rowland
what
is
that
ye
wil
doo
?
For
gods
mercy
doo
it
not
,
for
Reynawde
is
of
your
lynage
and
of
ours
,
and
if
ye
bringe
him
to
death
:
we
shal
neuer
loue
you
after
.
Syr
leue
that
offre
that
Reynawde
giueth
to
you
and
make
your
folke
to
assemble
with
the
folke
of
Reynawde
,
for
it
is
better
that
they
be
take
of
youre
folke
,
than
that
the
one
of
you
two
were
dead
:
wyll
ye
that
it
be
so
sayde
Rowland
?
yea
syr
yf
it
please
you
.
Certes
said
Rowland
it
pleaseth
me
ryght
well
and
than
he
sayd
to
al
his
folke
,
Lordes
thinke
to
defende
you
well
,
for
it
is
now
need
therof
.
Syr
sayd
the
other
haue
no
doubte
of
nothynge
,
for
we
shall
doo
wel
your
commaundement
,
and
than
they
put
them selfe
in
ordenaunce
.
And
Rowlande
began
to
crye
mount
ioye
saynt
Denys
,
and
whan
came
to
settinge
on
with
speres
:
ye
should
haue
seen
than
many
a
knight
brought
to
grounde
&
manye
horse
that
ranne
maysterles
thorough
the
feeldes
so
much
that
it
was
great
pitie
for
to
see
so
greate
a
destruction
of
knightes
as
was
made
there
.
Whan
Reynawde
saw
the
two
hostes
muste
assemble
together
:
he
spurred
Bayarde
with
the
spurres
&
put
himself
amonge
the
thickest
of
the
Frenche
men
,
and
smote
a
knight
so
harde
in
the
breste
that
he
ouerthrewe
bothe
horse
and
man
to
the
grounde
.
and
after
smote
another
so
sore
that
nether
for
sheelde
nor
for
quyras
of
steele
he
let
not
but
that
he
shoued
the
yren
of
his
spere
thorough
and
thoroughe
his
bodi
,
and
fell
dead
to
the
erth
,
and
wit
at
that
stroke
he
brake
his
spere
and
Reynawde
set
hande
lightly
to
his
swerde
,
and
began
to
crye
Mountawban
as
lowde
as
he
coulde
.
And
than
he
made
so
greate
slaughter
of
Frenchemen
:
that
none
durst
abide
afore
hym
,
but
fled
from
him
as
fro
the
death
.
Shortli
to
speake
Reynawd
did
so
much
thorough
his
strength
,
&
thorough
the
highe
knighthode
of
his
brethern
:
that
he
brake
the
fyrste
batayle
of
the
Frenche
men
,
wolde
they
or
no.
depiction of two groups of knights in armour on horseback charging each other, with heads and body parts on the ground
WHan
the
litell
Richarde
,
the
brother
of
Reynawde
saw
that
the
frenshemen
were
put
a
backe
:
He
beganne
to
crie
on
heighte
Ardeyne
,
as
muche
as
he
mighte
,
and
put
him selfe
in
to
the
greatest
prese
amonge
hys
enemies
,
and
beganne
to
make
so
great
hewing
of
folke
that
it
was
wunderfull
to
see
.
For
Reinawde
fought
not
,
for
to
loke
the
better
vpon
him
.
And
thenne
Rycharde
that
thought
hym selfe
neuer
wery
of
geuyng
of
strokes
:
began
to
calle
vpon
his
brother
,
and
saide
.
Reynawde
faire
brother
where
ben
youre
greate
strokes
gone
that
ye
were
wunt
for
to
gyue
vpon
youre
enemyes
.
Alas
smite
now
vpon
them
,
for
they
been
almost
ouercome
,
make
that
the
frenshemen
full
of
pride
mocke
not
with
you
,
and
so
make
we
suche
a
thinge
that
it
be
spoken
of
it
vnto
Parys
.
Whan
Reynawde
hearde
Rycharde
speake
thus
:
he
beganne
to
smile
,
and
after
he
smote
bayard
with
the
spurres
&
began
to
smite
better
thenne
he
byd
afore
.
Who
that
had
seen
than
his
greate
strokes
departe
:
he
might
wel
haue
said
that
no
carpenter
smot
neuer
so
wel
in
wood
:
as
Reynawd
did
vpon
the
helmes
of
steele
,
and
vpon
the
sheeldes
of
the
frensshemen
.
And
whan
the
frensshmen
saw
that
the
discomfiture
tourned
vpon
them
:
they
began
to
call
Rowlande
,
and
sayd
to
him
.
Ha
Rowland
what
doo
ye
?
Why
come
ye
not
and
helpe
youre
folke
?
For
they
been
dead
,
but
if
ye
succoure
them
.
Whan
Rowland
vnderstood
that
word
,
wherof
he
was
wrothe
,
and
right
sory
.
And
whan
he
saw
his
folke
so
sore
handled
:
He
began
to
cry
Mountioye
saynt
Denys
.
And
after
spurred
his
horse
,
and
entred
in
to
the
medle
.
And
went
heere
&
there
crying
Reinawde
where
be
you
gon●
see
me
heere
I
am
all
ready
for
to
doo
the
battaile
of
my
body
ayenst
yours
that
ye
aske
of
me
.
Whan
Reynawd
hearde
Rowlande
that
called
thus
after
him
He
put
flamberge
into
his
sheth
.
And
tooke
a
speare
in
his
hand
and
came
there
as
Rowland
was
&
said
to
him
,
where
are
ye
Rowlande
be
ye
a
fearde
of
me
that
ye
haue
taried
so
longe
?
for
beware
youre selfe
from
me
,
and
you
of
me
saide
Rowlande
.
And
thenne
they
spurred
their
horses
and
dyd
Iouste
the
one
ayeull
the
other
.
And
whan
the
frensshmen
and
the
Gascoignes
sawe
that
:
they
withdrewe
themselfe
fro
eche
other
,
for
to
behold
the
Iousting
of
the
two
worthy
knightes
,
for
to
say
the
trouthe
:
there
were
not
two
other
such
in
all
the
world
.
ANd
whan
Salamon
of
Bretayne
,
and
Hector
the
sonne
of
Oedon
saw
that
the
Iousting
of
Reinawd
and
of
Rowlande
was
begon
:
they
set
themself
to
weep
ful
tenderly
,
&
came
to
the
Duke
Naimes
,
to
the
bysshop
Turpyn
and
to
Olyuer
,
and
sayd
to
them
,
Howe
lordes
may
ye
suffre
that
one
of
the
best
knightes
of
the
worlde
,
and
him
that
we
ought
to
loue
best
be
slayne
and
dead
before
you
?
Certes
said
the
duke
Naymes
that
shall
be
great
sorowe
to
vs
for
to
see
.
And
than
he
came
to
Oliuer
,
&
saide
to
him
.
I
praye
you
that
ye
goe
to
Rowland
,
and
tel
him
from
vs
al
,
that
he
ought
not
to
fight
with
Reinawde
with
the
swerde
.
But
let
him
take
a
speare
and
breake
it
vpon
Reinawde
for
to
acquite
his
faythe
.
For
yf
he
slea
Reinawde
:
We
shal
neuer
loue
him
after
.
Lordes
sayd
then
Ogier
let
them
alone
,
ye
knowe
not
Reynawde
so
well
as
I
doo
.
Reynawde
is
no
childe
to
be
made
aferd
so
lyghtlye
as
ye
trowe
.
Lette
theim
shyfte
hardely
they
two
togither
.
For
by
the
fayth
that
I
owe
to
you
,
Rowlande
shall
be
all
werye
or
euer
he
returne
agayne
.
And
he
shall
be
as
fayne
to
leaue
the
batayle
as
shall
Reynawd
.
And
ye
shal
see
that
Rowland
wolde
he
had
not
gone
there
for
the
best
citie
that
th
emperoure
Charlemaine
hath
.
Ogier
saide
Ector
ye
speake
of
it
as
for
enuye
,
certes
yf
he
should
fight
with
Rowland
:
ye
should
well
saye
otherwise
.
And
than
he
saide
to
Olyuer
.
Good
syr
lette
thys
batayle
be
desterred
yf
ye
may
by
anye
wise
.
Lordes
saide
Olyuer
with
a
good
wyll
syth
that
ye
will
haue
it
so
.
And
than
he
went
to
Rowlande
&
sayd
to
him
al
that
the
barons
hadde
sayde
.
Felaw
myn
answered
Rowland
,
god
confounde
them
,
for
they
take
away
this
day
the
desyre
of
my
vncle
Charlemain
.
And
than
he
turned
him
toward
Reynawd
,
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
Reynawde
ye
haue
assaied
of
my
swerde
:
and
not
of
my
spote
.
Rowlande
sayde
Reynawde
if
ye
haue
youre
swerde
I
shall
conne
you
●o
thanke
nor
gramercye
for
it
.
For
I
feare
you
not
of
nothyng
,
but
l●e
vs
make
an
ende
of
our
bataylle
.
And
to
whome
god
gyueth
the
victorye
:
let
him
haue
it
.
Rowland
wolde
not
doo
〈◊〉
,
but
dyd
lyke
a
curteous
knighte
,
and
he
dyd
as
the
barons
had
sente
him
worde
.
For
he
tooke
a
spere
and
ranne
vpon
Reinawde
as
much
as
he
myght
.
And
whan
Reinaude
sawe
he
wold
none
otherwise
doo
:
he
ranne
also
with
a
spere
vpon
Rowlande
,
and
rought
eche
other
so
wonderful
hard
that
they
made
theyr
speres
to
flee
all
in
peeces
,
and
whan
they
had
broken
their
speres
:
they
recountred
eche
other
with
theyr
sheeldes
so
stronglye
that
both
theyr
horses
,
that
is
to
wit
Bayard
and
Melantes
stakered
,
and
were
all
astonied
therwithal
.
But
with
that
stroke
Rowland
and
Melantes
were
both
felled
to
the
grounde
on
a
heape
,
and
Reinawd
passed
forth
by
them
cryinge
with
an
high
voyce
Mountawban
.
Wherby
I
tell
you
for
certayne
that
Rowlande
neuer
felle
downe
for
no
stroke
of
spere
:
but
onely
that
tyme
.
but
it
was
no
meruaile
.
For
he
could
not
holde
hym selfe
by
the
cloudes
whan
his
horse
had
failled
hym
.
THan
whan
Rowlande
sawe
hymselfe
thus
ouerthrowen
:
he
was
not
wel
contente
and
rose
in
continente
and
toke
his
swerd
in
hys
hand
,
and
came
to
Melantes
for
to
cutte
of
his
head
,
and
began
to
say
euyll
courser
who
keepeth
me
that
I
kille
the
not
?
not
sith
that
thou
hast
let
falle
thy selfe
throughe
the
stroke
of
a
childe
,
I
shall
neuer
trust
thee
.
So
helpe
me
god
Rowlande
sayde
Reynawd
ye
doo
to
Melantes
great
wronge
.
For
it
is
longe
sith
that
he
eat
any
meat
,
and
therfore
he
can
not
trauayll
lyke
bayarde
for
he
is
more
strong
than
is
your
horse
,
and
than
Reynawde
lyghted
downe
fro
bayard
by
cause
that
Rowlande
was
a
foote
.
And
whan
bayarde
sawe
hys
maister
a
foote
:
he
ran
vpon
Melantis
the
horse
of
Rowland
&
smot
him
with
his
hinder
feet
so
great
strokes
that
he
hadde
almost
broken
his
thy
,
whan
Rowlande
sawe
:
that
he
was
wrothe
for
it
and
came
towarde
bayarde
,
for
to
haue
smyte
of
hys
heade
.
And
whan
Reinawde
sawe
that
:
he
sayd
to
Rowland
.
What
wyl
ye
doo
?
it
is
no
worshyppe
to
you
to
smyte
a
beast
,
and
yf
ye
wyl
doo
any
fayte
of
armes
:
come
to
me
&
not
to
my
horse
for
I
shall
gyue
you
strokes
ynoughe
so
muche
that
ye
shall
be
wery
of
it
or
we
departe
,
but
keep
wel
that
I
slea
not
you
&
leue
Bayard
in
peace
.
For
there
is
not
in
all
the
worlde
an
other
so
good
a
beast
.
For
he
did
shew
it
well
whan
he
●oan
the
crowne
of
Charlemayne
your
vncle
in
youre
presence
,
and
yf
he
doth
helpe
me
:
he
both
but
his
deuoyre
that
a
good
horse
ought
to
doo
,
but
turne
your
sheeld
towarde
me
and
ye
shall
see
howe
Flamberge
cutteth
.
Reynawde
Reinawde
sayd
Rowlande
,
threten
not
so
much
.
For
before
thys
day
be
com
at
an
ende
:
ye
shall
see
a
thynge
that
shall
not
please
you
ouer
much
.
REynawde
was
not
contente
whan
he
vnderstoode
the
ylle
wordes
of
Rowlande
,
and
shooke
al
for
angre
,
and
incontinent
ranne
vp
on
Rowlande
and
gaue
him
suche
a
stroke
vpon
his
helme
:
that
he
all
to
brused
it
,
and
the
stroke
slided
vpon
the
sheelde
so
that
he
cut
of
it
a
great
quarter
,
and
of
the
courset
of
steele
also
,
but
he
cut
nothinge
of
the
fleshe
.
And
whan
Reynawde
hadde
gyuen
Rowlande
that
stroke
:
he
sayde
in
maner
of
a
mocke
to
Rowlande
,
what
saye
ye
by
my
swerde
,
doo
it
cut
well
or
no
?
for
I
haue
not
missed
at
that
stroke
,
now
keep
you
well
fro
me
,
for
I
am
not
suche
a
childe
as
ye
take
me
for
.
Whan
Rowlande
felte
that
great
stroke
that
Reinawde
had
gyuen
to
hym
:
he
was
all
meruaylled
of
it
,
and
withdrewe
hymselfe
a
backe
for
he
wold
not
that
Reynawd
should
haue
recouered
a nother
stroke
vpon
hym
sodenly
,
and
sette
hande
to
Durandall
his
good
swerde
and
ranne
vpon
Reinawde
,
and
Reynawd
helde
his
sheelde
ayenst
it
.
and
Rowlande
smot
in
to
the
sheelde
so
great
a
stroke
that
he
cloue
it
by
the
middes
through
and
through
,
&
the
stroke
descended
vpon
the
helme
and
dyd
it
no
harme
.
And
whan
Rowland
had
made
that
stroke
:
he
said
to
Reinawd
Vassail
ye
be
now
quite
.
for
I
haue
yelded
you
againe
that
ye
lended
me
ryghte
nowe
.
Nowe
shall
I
see
who
shall
begynne
agayne
.
By
my
soule
sayd
Reinawde
fowle
fall
haue
I
now
yf
I
feyne
me
nowe
.
For
I
dyd
but
playe
afore
,
nor
your
fraunchyse
shal
neuer
auaylle
you
ayenst
me
but
that
I
shall
brynge
youre
pryde
all
downe
to
the
erthe
.
Reynawde
said
Rowland
yf
ye
doo
this
that
ye
say
:
ye
shall
werke
merueilles
.
And
all
thus
as
they
wold
haue
begon
again
the
bataylle
:
so
came
there
Mawgis
&
al
his
company
,
&
said
to
Reinawd
Cosyn
mounte
vpon
bayarde
,
for
it
were
to
great
a
losse
yf
you
or
Rowlande
were
deade
,
&
there
came
Ogier
&
Olyuer
and
made
Rowland
to
light
agayne
vpon
his
horse
.
But
wit
it
well
that
Ogyer
had
not
be
so
gladde
yf
one
had
giue
to
him
a
great
cytie
:
as
he
was
be
cause
that
Reynawde
had
cast
downe
Rowland
&
his
horse
.
And
whan
they
had
recountred
Rowland
:
they
began
a
sore
batayle
and
a
cruell
,
and
so
fell
that
it
was
pytie
for
to
see
,
for
the
one
hewe
the
other
without
anye
mercye
.
And
whan
Rowland
sawe
that
the
batail
was
begon
,
again
his
hert
dyd
swell
for
angre
by
cause
that
Reinawde
bad
ouerthrowen
him
to
the
ground
,
so
beganne
he
to
cal
as
hyghe
as
he
myght
.
Where
are
ye
gone
Reynawde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
,
goe
a
side
and
lette
vs
parfornyshe
our
batayl
for
men
knowe
not
yet
whiche
is
the
best
knyghte
of
vs
two
.
Syr
sayde
Reynawde
ye
haue
the
courage
of
a
knyght
that
wyll
conquere
honour
,
but
and
we
fyght
heere
togyther
our
folke
shall
not
suffre
it
.
But
lette
vs
doo
one
thyng
that
I
shall
tell
you
.
ye
be
well
horsed
and
I
am
also
,
let
vs
bothe
swyme
ouer
the
ryuer
and
goe
to
the
wood
of
serpente
.
For
ye
canne
not
wyshe
no
better
place
for
to
fyght
,
and
we
shal
not
be
there
departed
th
one
fro
the
other
of
our
folke
,
but
w●
shall
maye
fyght
there
togyther
tyll
the
one
of
vs
two
be
discomfited
&
ouercome
.
Certes
sayde
Rowlande
ye
haue
well
spoken
and
I
graunt
it
as
ye
haue
said
,
and
than
they
spurrrd
their
horses
for
to
goe
to
the
wood
of
the
serpent
,
but
Olyuer
tooke
heed
to
them
,
&
tooke
Rowland
by
the
brydell
,
and
withhelde
hym
wolde
he
or
no
,
and
Reinawde
went
for
to
haue
passed
ouer
the
ryuer
vpon
bayarde
that
ran
as
the
winde
,
and
walloped
so
harde
that
he
made
al
the
erthe
where
he
passed
to
shake
vnder
him
,
&
as
he
ran
in
this
maner
:
he
looked
afore
him
&
saw
the
king
yon
that
was
auyronned
with
well
foure
score
knightes
that
keept
hym
for
feare
of
Reinawd
,
lest
he
and
his
bretherne
shoulde
haue
rescued
hym
,
these
knyghtes
ledde
him
shamefullie
as
ye
haue
hearde
afore
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
the
kyng
:
he
was
gladde
of
it
and
sayd
.
Ha
good
lorde
blessed
be
thy
name
,
whan
ye
haue
graunted
me
so
fayre
aduenture
,
and
with
this
:
he
set
hande
to
hys
swerd
and
spu●red
bayard
with
the
spurres
and
cried
as
highe
as
he
could
,
lette
goe
the
kyng
yon
euell
folke
that
ye
be
.
For
ye
be
not
worthy
to
ley
hande
vpon
him
.
And
than
he
entred
wyth
in
them
and
smot
a
knight
vpon
his
helme
so
rudely
that
he
cloue
his
head
to
the
harde
teeth
,
and
ouerthrewe
him
dead
to
the
earth
.
And
whan
the
other
sawe
Reynawd
amonge
them
:
they
put
themselfe
to
flyght
,
and
said
the
one
to
the
other
.
The
deuyll
hath
brought
this
cruell
man
heere
nowe
,
lette
vs
flee
,
goddes
curse
haue
he
that
shall
abide
him
,
for
the
soule
of
hym
that
wilfully
suffreth
him selfe
to
be
slaine
:
shall
neuer
come
to
the
mercye
of
god
.
And
than
they
put
themselfe
into
the
thyckest
of
the
forest
,
and
lefte
behynde
theym
the
kynge
yon
that
they
lodged
as
a
prysoner
.
And
Reynawd
came
streyght
to
hym
and
vnbounde
hym
and
vnstopped
hys
eyen
,
and
after
sayde
to
hym
Ha
euell
kynge
,
how
haue
ye
the
hert
for
to
betray
vs
so
falslye
as
ye
haue
doone
me
and
my
brethern
?
dyd
we
euer
any
thing
that
was
in
your
displeasure
?
It
is
not
longe
on
you
,
but
that
we
should
haue
been
all
hanged
by
this
,
but
I
shal
smite
of
your
head
euen
anon
,
and
shall
auenge
me
and
my
bretherne
vpon
your
body
.
Whan
the
kynge
yon
sawe
Reynawde
that
hadde
delyuered
hym
:
he
kneeled
a
downe
before
hym
and
sayde
to
him
.
Certes
noble
knyghte
it
is
well
reason
that
men
slea
me
.
Wherof
I
pray
you
for
god
that
your selfe
will
take
the
lyfe
fro
me
,
and
cut
of
my
heade
,
and
lette
it
be
doone
by
none
other
,
and
pulle
out
my
tonge
wherwyth
I
spake
that
treason
.
For
I
haue
well
deserued
greater
martyrdom
,
and
all
this
made
me
doo
the
erle
of
Ansom
,
and
the
erle
Anthony
.
Now
slea
me
for
god
,
for
such
an
euil
man
as
I
am
oughte
not
to
liue
longe
.
I
haue
much
leuer
that
ye
kill
me
with
your
swerde
than
that
cruell
kynge
Charlemayne
should
make
me
to
be
hanged
.
Now
lyghte
vp
sayde
Reynawde
,
for
ye
shall
be
well
payed
as
ye
haue
deserued
.
❧
But
heere
leaue
I
to
speake
of
the
kyng
yon
of
Gascoyne
and
of
Reinawde
that
been
in
the
wood
of
the
serpente
,
where
that
he
taryed
after
Rowland
for
to
fight
with
him
,
as
he
had
promysed
vnto
hym
:
and
shal
retourne
for
to
speake
of
Rowland
and
of
Oliuer
that
spake
vnto
their
folke
for
to
tell
theym
a
parte
of
their
besines
,
&
howe
they
had
be
dyscomfyted
.
IN
this
parte
sheweth
the
history
that
after
Reinawd
was
departed
from
the
bataylle
for
to
goe
fight
body
to
body
ayenst
Rowlande
the
neuewe
of
the
king
Charlemati●
in
the
wood
of
the
serpente
:
Rowland
,
Olyuer
and
Ogier
the
Dane
,
fought
ayenst
Alarde
,
Guycharde
,
and
the
litell
Rychard
,
ayenst
Mawgys
and
ayenst
theyr
folke
,
and
the
batayle
was
there
so
sharpe
and
so
fell
of
one
parte
and
of
the
other
,
so
that
greate
hurte
and
scathe
was
there
made
of
both
partes
,
but
at
the
laste
the
dyscomfyture
turned
vpon
Rowlande
,
and
vpon
his
folke
.
In
so
muche
that
Rowlande
and
Olyuer
were
constrayned
by
force
for
to
goe
backe
againe
all
dyscomfyted
,
for
the
three
bretherne
and
Mawgis
made
ayenst
them
so
greate
efforte
of
armes
that
they
gate
the
pryce
that
daye
.
And
thus
as
Rowlande
wente
backe
againe
all
dyscomfyted
:
he
bare
his
head
low
,
for
he
was
a
shamed
that
he
had
be
so
rebuked
.
And
than
Ogier
saide
to
him
,
Lord
Rowlande
who
hath
arayed
your
sheelde
of
this
facion
?
I
see
your
horse
hur●e
in
the
thyghe
and
vnder
the
croper
,
he
was
felled
vpon
the
righte
syde
&
you
also
,
it
is
wel
seen
on
your
syde
,
I
trowe
that
ye
haue
founde
Reynawde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
,
haue
ye
brought
him
with
you
?
Where
haue
ye
put
him
?
Whan
Rowland
vnderstood
the
reproche
that
Ogyer
made
vnto
him
:
he
wexed
almost
madde
for
angre
.
So
tooke
he
hys
swerde
and
ranne
vpon
Ogier
for
to
haue
smiten
him
vpon
the
head
.
But
whan
that
Oliuer
saw
this
:
he
tooke
Rowland
by
the
bridell
,
and
the
erle
Guidellon
tooke
Ogyer
,
and
thus
they
were
departed
,
and
thus
as
they
were
departed
,
&
that
Rowland
went
on
his
waye
,
came
there
after
hym
the
litell
Richard
the
brother
of
Reinawde
,
that
began
to
calle
as
hie
as
he
might
damp
Rowlande
ye
goe
towardely
awaye
,
returne
agayne
that
I
may
see
your
sheelde
,
and
lette
vs
haue
a
course
we
two
togyther
.
Knight
answered
Rowland
.
I
graunte
therto
by
my
faith
.
And
than
they
spurred
their
horses
with
their
spurres
,
and
Rowland
came
ayenst
Rycharde
so
harde
that
he
ouerthrewe
hym
and
his
horse
with
all
in
a
hepe
to
the
grounde
.
And
whan
Richard
sawe
himselfe
thus
a
grounde
:
he
rose
vp
quickely
and
came
to
his
horse
and
lighted
vp
againe
without
anye
styrop
.
And
whan
he
was
on
horse
backe
he
set
hande
on
his
swerd
and
defended
him selfe
nobly
against
hys
enemy
Rowland
.
WHan
Rowlande
saw
thys
,
and
that
he
knewe
that
it
was
one
of
the
bretherne
of
Reynawde
:
he
had
so
great
ioye
of
it
that
him
semed
that
he
had
been
in
Paradyse
,
and
incontinente
he
beganne
to
crye
Mountioyc
saynt
Denys
.
And
said
,
vpon
him
nowe
my
frendes
,
for
yf
he
scape
vs
:
I
shall
tell
it
to
the
king
Charlemayne
.
And
whan
that
the
frenshemen
saw
that
Rowland
wolde
haue
taken
Richard
:
they
sette
al
,
vpon
him
,
so
that
they
smote
hym
wyth
more
then
foure
swerdes
al
at
once
,
and
it
happed
so
that
his
horse
was
kylled
vnder
hym
,
and
he
ouerthrowen
to
the
erthe
.
And
whan
that
Richard
saw
his
horse
dead
a
ground
:
he
was
ryght
sory
for
it
,
and
rose
vp
quickelye
vpon
his
feete
,
and
smote
the
erle
Anthony
so
greate
a
stroke
with
his
swerd
that
he
wounded
him
ryght
sore
.
Humall
the
breton
sawe
that
:
&
he
smot
Richard
,
and
Richard
recouered
vpon
him
with
such
a
stroke
that
he
felled
both
horse
and
man
to
the
erthe
.
And
with
this
:
Guidellon
came
from
behynde
and
ouerthrewe
Richarde
fro
the
arsons
of
hys
sadle
to
the
grounde
.
And
whan
Rowland
saw
Richard
at
the
ground
:
he
came
to
hym
and
sayde
.
Nowe
yeeld
you
and
abyde
not
that
we
slea
you
,
for
it
were
great
domage
,
syr
sayd
than
Richard
the
yongest
sonne
of
Aimon
to
you
Rowlande
I
shall
yeeld
me
&
to
none
other
.
For
I
can
not
yeeld
me
to
no
better
man
than
ye
be
one
.
And
with
this
he
tooke
him
his
swerde
,
&
Rowlande
receyued
it
with
a
good
wyll
and
made
the
lytell
Rycharde
to
light
vpon
a
mule
.
And
thus
they
hadde
hym
prysoner
.
Alas
and
what
a
domage
shall
it
be
yf
the
prue
Rycharde
be
hanged
?
he
is
well
lyke
to
be
,
but
that
god
&
Mawgys
delyuer
hym
,
all
this
myshappe
sawe
a
seruaunte
of
Richarde
.
And
whan
he
saw
that
men
ledde
thus
his
maister
Richard
:
he
spurred
hys
horse
with
the
spurres
and
auentured
him selfe
to
passe
ouer
the
riuer
,
and
came
lightelye
to
Reinawde
and
saide
to
hym
.
Syr
I
bringe
you
euell
tydynges
wyt
that
Rowlande
leadeth
wyth
hym
your
brother
Rycharde
for
prysoner
well
shamefully
.
Whan
Reynawde
vnderstoode
these
wordes
:
he
was
sore
angry
for
it
,
that
he
had
almoste
lost
his
wytte
,
and
after
he
sayde
to
the
yemon
,
come
hither
tell
me
my
freend
,
are
they
that
leden
my
brother
terre
hence
?
Syr
sayd
the
yeman
,
yea
,
it
is
not
possyble
that
ye
shoulde
ouertake
theim
.
And
whan
Reynawde
vnderstood
this
:
he
was
more
angry
than
he
was
tofore
,
and
fell
from
bayarde
in
a
swoune
to
the
erthe
.
And
whan
he
was
come
again
to
him selfe
:
he
behelde
afore
hym
.
And
sawe
his
brother
Alarde
come
with
his
folke
that
came
after
Reynawde
by
the
trase
.
For
they
wende
that
Richarde
hadde
be
gone
to
hym
longe
afore
them
.
And
whan
Alarde
sawe
Reynawd
make
such
a
sorow
:
he
came
than
to
hym
and
sayde
in
thys
maner
.
Ha
fayre
brother
,
and
what
eyleth
you
?
It
longeth
nor
to
such
a
knight
as
ye
be
for
to
make
so
great
a
sorow
as
ye
doo
.
Alard
sayd
Reinawd
,
ye
haue
doone
ful
yl
,
for
I
haue
left
my
brother
Richarde
with
you
to
keep
hym
,
and
ye
haue
lost
him
,
for
Rowland
ledeth
him
with
hym
as
prisoner
,
and
he
is
all
ready
so
ferre
brought
that
we
can
nor
succour
hym
,
whan
Alard
,
&
Guichard
vnderstoode
these
tydynges
:
they
beganne
to
make
suche
a
sorow
that
it
was
meruaile
for
to
see
the
lamentacion
that
thei
made
,
alas
sayd
Reinawde
,
what
is
he
that
hath
parted
our
company
?
to
day
in
the
morning
we
were
foure
bretherne
togyther
&
nowe
we
been
but
three
.
Ha
fayre
brother
Richard
it
is
greate
domage
of
you
,
for
if
ye
had
liued
your
age
:
ye
should
haue
passed
all
your
brethern
seyng
that
ye
were
the
yongest
of
vs
all
and
yet
ye
were
the
most
hardye
,
and
throughe
your
hardynes
:
ye
are
taken
,
fayre
brother
sayd
Alarde
,
all
cometh
by
you
that
brought
vs
heere
ayenst
our
wyl
for
to
succour
the
king
yon
.
Now
haue
we
loste
Rycharde
,
wherof
the
losse
shall
neuer
be
recouered
,
for
we
shall
neuer
see
hym
a
lyue
.
And
whan
he
had
sayd
thys
:
he
sayd
to
Guycharde
.
Brother
drawe
out
your
swerde
so
shall
we
cut
of
the
head
of
thys
traytoure
kinge
yon
therwith
,
for
whome
we
haue
nowe
lost
our
brother
Richarde
,
brother
saide
than
Reynawde
.
I
praye
you
for
the
lou●
that
ye
haue
to
me
that
ye
touche
not
the
kinge
yon
for
to
doo
hym
anye
harme
,
for
he
hathe
yelded
hymselfe
vnto
me
,
but
brynge
hym
vnto
Mountawban
,
and
see
that
he
be
kept
sure
.
And
I
shall
abyde
heere
wyth
my
good
horse
Bayarde
and
flamberge
my
good
swerde
wythout
any
other
company
.
So
shall
I
goe
in
to
the
pauylion
of
Charlemayne
,
where
I
shal
recouer
my
brother
Richard
or
a nother
prysoner
for
hym
:
or
elles
I
shall
die
with
him
.
And
whan
he
had
said
that
word
:
he
spurred
bayarde
with
the
spurres
for
to
haue
gone
thyther
:
but
Alarde
tooke
him
by
the
brydell
and
Guycharde
tooke
him
with
both
his
armes
fro
behind
for
to
keep
him
that
he
should
not
goe
,
and
than
Alard
said
to
him
,
by
saynt
Peter
of
rome
ye
shall
not
goe
no
foot
there
,
for
it
is
better
that
Rycharde
:
dye
yf
it
must
be
sothan
ye
should
dye
.
And
thus
as
the
three
bretherne
made
theyr
mone
for
Rycharde
,
came
there
Mawgys
theyr
cosin
that
folowed
them
,
&
when
he
saw
his
cosins
make
such
sorow
:
he
was
sore
agast
and
said
to
them
.
Wha
eyleth
you
fayre
cosins
?
it
is
no
worshippe
nor
the
maner
of
good
knightes
,
but
of
wymen
to
make
such
sorow
as
ye
doo
.
Cosyn
cosyn
sayd
Alard
,
I
shal
tel
you
what
causeth
vs
to
doo
so
.
Wit
that
Rowland
leadeth
Rycharde
for
hys
prysoner
the
best
knight
of
the
world
afte
Reinawd
,
and
Reinawde
wyll
goe
to
the
Pauilyon
of
Charlemayne
,
and
also
ye
knowe
well
yf
he
goe
there
:
he
is
but
lost
for
euermore
.
Reynawd
(
said
than
Mawgis
)
it
were
no
wysdome
to
you
yf
ye
went
there
,
for
your
going
thyther
should
not
proffyte
you
nothynge
,
but
goe
youre
wayes
to
Mountawban
,
and
I
shall
goe
there
as
ye
wold
haue
gon
my selfe
,
and
yf
Richard
be
not
dead
:
I
shall
brynge
him
again
with
me
vnto
you
al
were
he
shytte
vp
in
.x.
prysones
mawgre
Charlemayn
.
Cosyn
said
Reynawd
,
I
shall
become
your
man●e
yf
ye
doo
thys
that
ye
saye
.
Cosyn
sayde
Mawgis
I
shal
doo
it
without
faut
,
but
leue
youre
sorowe
I
shal
delyuer
him
ayen
to
your
handes
whole
&
sounde
yf
it
please
god
:
and
whan
he
had
sayde
so
:
the
brethern
sette
themselfe
to
the
waye
for
to
returne
to
Mountawban
,
but
so
great
sorow
was
there
neuer
made
as
the
three
bretherne
made
for
their
brother
Richarde
,
&
thus
making
their
great
mone
:
thei
dyd
so
muche
that
they
came
vnto
Mountawban
and
lyghted
fro
their
horses
in
the
base
courte
,
&
after
went
vp
to
the
dungeon
&
whan
the
noble
lady
Clare
,
the
wife
of
Reinawd
wist
that
her
husbande
came
:
she
came
agaynst
hym
right
glad
and
Ioyfull
and
led
at
eche
hande
of
her
bothe
her
yonge
chyldren
.
Aimon
and
yon
,
and
eyther
of
theym
bare
a
lytell
staffe
in
theyr
handes
,
and
began
to
crye
vpon
theyr
vncle
,
vassaile
,
but
that
ye
be
now
prysoner
:
ye
should
haue
died
by
our
handes
,
&
they
came
nyghe
hym
and
saide
cursed
kinge
and
vntrue
why
haue
you
betrayed
my
lord
our
father
and
his
bretherne
our
vncles
that
haue
doone
to
you
so
good
seruyse
?
sertes
ye
be
well
worthye
to
dye
a
shamefull
death
.
Whan
Alarde
hearde
his
neuewes
speake
of
thys
maner
:
he
began
to
weep
ful
tenderly
.
And
thus
as
he
wept
he
kissed
Aimonet
that
bare
the
name
of
theyr
father
,
and
said
.
Ha
god
how
ben
we
brought
lowe
and
destroyed
.
And
whan
that
the
lady
heard
Alard
speak
these
wordes
,
and
saw
that
he
wept
:
she
thoughte
well
that
it
was
not
without
a
cause
,
and
she
sayde
to
Alarde
.
Fayre
brother
for
god
tell
me
the
occasion
of
youre
sorowe
.
Ladye
sayd
Alarde
with
a
good
wyl
.
Now
wyt
that
we
haue
loste
oure
brother
Richarde
.
Rowlande
ledeth
hym
for
hys
prisoner
to
Charlemaine
,
but
yf
our
lord
saue
him
:
We
are
not
lyke
neuer
to
see
him
.
Alas
I
vnhappy
what
shall
we
doo
sayd
the
lady
,
syth
that
Rychard
is
lost
?
For
we
shall
neuer
haue
honoure
.
And
sayinge
these
wordes
:
she
fell
downe
in
a
swoune
to
the
erth
.
And
whan
that
she
was
come
againe
to
herselfe
:
she
beganne
for
to
make
so
great
sorowe
,
that
all
they
that
were
there
had
greate
pytie
of
her
.
❧
But
heere
leueth
the
hystorye
to
speake
of
Reynawde
,
of
Alarde
,
and
Guycharde
,
and
of
the
ladye
Clare
.
and
of
her
yonge
Chyldren
And
retourneth
to
shewe
of
Mawgys
the
good
knighte
that
had
put
hymselfe
in
aduenture
and
in
payne
,
for
to
delyuer
Rycharde
oute
of
the
handes
of
the
kyng
Charlemayne
.
❧
How
af●er
that
Reinawd
,
Alard
,
&
Guychard
were
returned
to
Mountawban
after
the
bataylle
that
they
had
by
the
woode
of
the
serpente
they
made
great
sorow
for
the
loue
of
Richarde
their
brother
,
that
was
in
the
handes
of
the
kinge
Charlema●n●
.
And
howe
he
was
deliuered
by
t●e
wytte
of
M●wgys
.
depiction of two groups of knights in armour on horseback charging each other with lances
NOw
telleth
the
historye
,
that
whan
Mawgys
was
come
againe
to
Mountawban
:
he
was
so
much
wrothe
that
he
myght
no
more
for
the
loue
of
Richard
that
was
take
.
And
because
that
Reinawde
and
his
bretherne
made
therfore
so
great
sorowe
.
Incontinente
that
he
was
lyghted
from
hys
horse
,
he
went
in
to
his
chambre
and
made
hym selfe
to
be
disarmed
and
after
he
tooke
of
all
his
clothes
,
and
put
him selfe
all
naked
,
and
this
doone
:
he
tooke
an
herbe
and
eate
it
,
&
as
soone
that
he
had
it
:
he
swelled
like
a
padde
,
and
than
he
tooke
an
other
herbe
,
&
chaufed
it
and
helde
it
betwene
hys
teeth
,
and
anon
he
became
al
blacke
as
a
cole
in
his
face
os
one
that
is
beaten
with
staues
,
&
his
eyen
reeled
in
hys
head
as
he
hadde
be
other
dronke
or
mad
,
and
disguysed
himselfe
wonderfully
,
that
he
that
had
well
know
him
afore
,
shoulde
not
than
haue
said
that
he
hadde
be
Mawgys
.
And
whan
he
was
thus
turned
and
countrefayt
:
he
tooke
a
great
mantell
and
a
hoode
&
clothed
himselfe
therwith
and
tooke
on
his
feet
a
greate
payre
of
bootes
and
the
staffe
of
a
pilgrime
in
his
hande
.
And
thus
arayed
:
he
issued
out
of
Mountawban
.
And
whan
he
was
out
:
he
set
himselfe
for
to
goe
the
way
so
greate
pase
that
no
horse
could
not
haue
waloped
so
fast
,
tyll
that
he
came
to
mountbendel
,
before
the
centes
of
the
emperour
Charlemayne
or
euer
that
Rowlande
were
come
there
againe
,
and
there
he
helde
him
stil
and
spake
nothing
at
all
,
but
looked
onely
vpon
the
kyng
and
vpon
his
pauyllion
.
And
whan
he
went
:
he
halted
with
the
one
foote
,
&
lened
before
the
kinges
tent
vpon
his
staffe
,
and
kepte
the
one
of
his
eyen
close
.
And
whan
he
saw
the
kyng
come
oute
of
his
pauyllion
:
he
nighed
him
and
said
God
of
heauen
that
suffred
deth
and
passion
on
the
crosse
,
keep
you
kyng
Charlemain
fro
deth
and
from
prison
,
and
from
euil
treason
.
VAssail
said
the
kinge
Charlemayn
god
confounde
you
for
I
shall
neuer
truste
vpon
suche
a
begger
as
ye
be
,
bycause
of
the
euyll
theef
Mawgis
,
the
whiche
hath
deceyued
me
many
times
,
for
whan
he
wil
,
he
is
a
palmer
a
knight
or
a
grifon
or
elles
a
heremyte
,
by
suche
maner
that
I
canne
not
beware
of
hym
And
if
it
please
god
&
his
blessed
mother
I
shal
auenge
me
once
vpon
him
howe
that
the
game
goeth
.
And
whan
Mawgys
hearde
the
Emperoure
speake
of
this
maner
:
he
answered
nothynge
,
and
kepte
hym
styl
a
great
whyle
,
and
after
he
sayd
to
the
king
.
Syr
yf
Mawgys
be
a
theefe
all
other
poore
folke
be
not
so
.
I
haue
more
need
of
helthe
,
than
I
haue
to
doo
any
treason
,
and
it
is
well
seen
on
me
that
I
am
not
the
bodye
that
might
doo
any
great
harme
.
Syr
I
come
from
Iherusalem
,
where
I
haue
worshypped
the
holy
graue
,
and
haue
doone
my
oblacions
in
the
temple
of
Salomon
,
and
yet
I
must
goe
to
rome
and
to
saint
Iames
in
galyce
&
God
will
.
But
I
dyd
passe
yesterdaye
ouer
balancon
and
ouer
Gironde
,
with
.x.
men
my
seruauntes
that
I
ledde
alwaies
by
the
waye
with
me
for
to
keep
&
defende
my
bodye
.
And
whan
I
had
passed
ouer
Gyronde
:
I
came
with
my
men
throughe
a
wood
nighe
Mountawban
,
where
I
met
with
many
brygantes
and
theues
the
slewe
all
my
men
and
all
that
I
had
they
took
fro
me
,
and
let
me
goe
,
and
gladde
I
was
whan
so
fayre
I
was
deliuered
of
theim
.
And
after
I
asked
of
the
folke
of
the
countrey
what
menne
they
were
that
so
hadde
slaine
my
men
,
and
they
dyd
tell
me
that
they
were
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
and
a
greate
theefe
that
was
called
Mawgis
with
theym
.
And
I
asked
them
why
they
wold
set
themselfe
to
so
foule
a
craft
&
vnhappy
,
seen
that
they
were
so
greate
gentilmen
born
?
and
the
people
of
the
countrey
answerde
me
that
they
were
constrained
for
to
doo
so
bycause
they
had
so
greate
pouertie
within
Mountawban
that
they
wist
nor
what
to
doo
.
But
I
did
neuer
see
so
cruel
a
man
as
the
same
Mawgys
is
,
for
he
bounde
my
handes
behinde
my
backe
whan
he
had
robbed
me
,
and
than
he
bet
me
so
sore
:
that
I
weened
to
haue
dyed
therof
,
and
hath
araied
me
as
ye
see
.
Syr
ye
be
the
best
kynge
in
the
worlde
and
ye
be
the
lorde
of
all
this
land
,
wherfore
I
pray
you
for
god
that
ye
wyl
doo
me
ryght
of
these
four
sonnes
of
Aymon
and
of
Mawgis
that
greate
theefe
.
And
whan
Charlemain
vnderstood
these
wordes
:
he
ryghted
his
heade
vp
,
&
said
.
Pylgryme
is
it
true
as
thou
saiest
?
yea
sir
said
Mawgis
.
Nowe
tell
me
thy
name
said
Charlemayne
.
Sir
said
Mawgys
,
my
name
is
Gaidon
,
&
I
am
borne
in
Bretayne
&
I
am
a
great
man
in
my
contrey
,
wherfore
I
require
you
in
the
worshyppe
of
the
holye
sepulcre
that
I
haue
sought
:
that
ye
doo
me
ryght
.
Pylgrime
sayde
Charlemaine
I
can
not
haue
no
ryght
of
them
my selfe
,
for
I
promyse
thee
if
I
had
them
:
all
the
worlde
should
not
saue
them
,
but
that
I
shoulde
make
them
dye
a
shameful
deathe
.
Syr
sayde
then
Mawgys
,
sith
that
ye
can
do
me
no
ryghte
of
theym
:
I
beseche
almightye
god
that
is
in
heuen
that
it
pleaseth
him
for
to
doo
it
.
Syr
saide
the
barons
thys
pilgrime
semeth
to
be
a
good
man
and
a
true
as
we
suppose
.
For
it
is
well
seen
on
him
,
geue
to
hym
your
almesse
yf
it
please
you
.
And
thenne
the
kinge
commaunded
that
men
should
giue
him
twentye
pound
of
money
,
and
Mawgis
tooke
them
and
put
it
in
his
hoode
,
and
he
saide
in
himselfe
,
ye
haue
gyuen
to
me
of
your
own
good
but
ye
haue
doon
like
a
foole
.
I
shal
rewarde
you
ryght
euel
for
it
or
euer
I
departe
fro
you
,
&
whan
he
had
the
syluer
:
he
asked
for
some
meate
for
gods
sake
,
and
oure
ladyes
,
for
sythe
yesterdaye
he
hadde
not
eaten
as
he
said
,
by
my
faith
said
Charlemaine
thou
shalt
haue
meat
&
drinke
ynoughe
.
And
anon
they
did
brynge
him
meate
,
and
he
sette
him
downe
and
tooke
and
eate
wel
of
the
best
.
And
the
king
saide
to
him
nowe
eat
free
good
pilgrim
.
For
thou
shalt
be
wel
serued
,
and
Mawgys
eat
styl
&
answered
neuer
a
word
but
beheld
onely
the
king
in
hys
vysage
.
And
the
kinge
saide
to
him
tell
me
Pylgryme
and
hide
no
thynge
from
me
,
whi
hast
thou
loked
so
on
me
?
sir
said
Mawgis
I
shall
tel
you
with
a
good
wyll
.
Wyt
that
I
am
a
wel
trauaylled
man
,
but
in
no
place
that
euer
I
was
,
I
saw
neyther
christen
man
ne
sarasyn
so
goodly
a
prince
,
ne
so
curteous
as
ye
be
one
,
wherof
of
all
the
pardones
that
I
haue
wonne
in
my
vyage
makinge
.
I
giue
you
the
haue
freely
.
Certes
pilgrime
said
the
king
and
I
take
it
gladlye
.
And
I
thanke
you
muche
therof
.
And
Mawgys
gaue
hym
for
a
witnesse
of
the
same
his
palmers
staffe
for
to
kysse
it
,
than
said
the
barons
euery
chone
certainlye
syr
the
pylgryme
hath
giuen
vnto
you
a
verye
fayre
gyfte
,
ye
oughte
to
rewarde
him
wel
for
it
.
Syr
said
thenne
Mawgis
I
aske
none
other
rewarde
of
you
for
it
but
that
it
please
you
for
to
take
my
poore
gyfte
a
worthe
,
and
that
I
may
rest
my selfe
heere
a
while
for
I
am
verye
sycke
&
wery
.
And
thus
as
the
kynge
spake
to
Mawgys
:
came
than
Rowlande
and
Oliuer
.
and
al
their
folke
,
that
brought
Richard
for
a
prisoner
.
ANd
whan
Ogier
&
Estorfawd
the
sonne
of
Oedon
,
and
the
duke
Naimes
saw
that
Rowland
wold
goe
to
the
pauilion
of
charlemaine
with
Richard
:
They
came
to
Rowlande
and
saide
to
him
.
Syr
Rowland
howe
can
ye
hate
Richard
so
sore
that
ye
wyll
yeeld
hym
to
Charlemaine
?
Lordes
said
Rowland
what
wyll
ye
that
I
shall
doo
wyth
him
:
tell
me
and
I
shall
doo
it
.
Syr
sayde
they
we
wyll
that
ye
delyuer
Richard
and
ye
shall
say
that
it
was
a
no●her
prisoner
.
Lordes
sayd
Rowlande
yf
I
canne
doo
this
:
I
shal
doo
it
gladly
.
And
these
wordes
hearde
a
yoman
,
that
incontinent
spurred
his
horse
,
and
came
to
the
kinges
tent
,
&
said
to
Charlemayne
.
Syr
I
bringe
you
tydynges
sore
straunge
,
we
haue
foughten
by
the
ryuer
syde
of
Balancon
,
where
that
Reinawd
the
sonne
of
Aymon
hath
keept
his
own
right
well
ayenst
Rowland
your
neuew
,
and
setteth
not
a
straw
by
him
.
And
Rowland
lost
there
more
than
he
wan
.
Whan
the
Emperoure
charlemayne
vnderstood
that
worde
:
he
was
abasshed
greatlye
,
and
after
he
said
to
the
yoman
.
Tel
me
my
freend
howe
was
yet
of
my
neuewe
Rowland
?
Sir
said
the
yoman
,
he
fought
with
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
,
that
defended
themselfe
well
.
But
Rowlande
hath
brought
with
him
prysoner
one
of
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
the
which
is
the
most
hardy
and
the
most
valiaunt
of
them
al
in
al
pointes
.
CHarlemayn
began
than
to
lepe
for
Ioye
whan
he
vnderstoode
these
tydynges
,
and
came
out
of
his
tent
,
and
behelde
and
sawe
Rychard
that
Rowlande
broughte
,
and
whan
Charlemayne
sawe
Richarde
:
he
knewe
him
well
incontinente
,
and
began
to
crie
for
greate
Ioye
that
he
had
.
By
my
soule
neuewe
it
is
well
seen
that
ye
haue
ben
there
.
For
elles
Richarde
shoulde
not
haue
ben
take
.
Certes
sir
said
Rowlande
,
well
lied
Ogierro
you
,
for
yf
he
hadde
not
be
:
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
were
take
aswell
as
one
,
and
than
said
the
king
to
Rychard
.
Whoresone
by
the
faith
that
I
owe
to
god
,
ye
shal
be
hanged
by
the
necke
,
but
fyrst
ye
shall
haue
of
euil
and
of
tormentes
ynoughe
sir
said
Richard
I
am
in
pryson
.
I
feare
me
not
to
be
hanged
as
longe
as
my
brother
shal
may
lyght
vpon
bayard
and
that
Mawgys
be
alyue
,
Alarde
,
and
Guicharde
my
ryghte
deare
brethern
,
for
if
ye
do
to
me
any
outrage
:
no
castell
,
ne
town
,
ne
fortresse
shal
not
keep
you
,
but
they
shal
make
you
dye
an
euell
deathe
or
two
dayes
be
passed
.
Whan
Charlemayne
heard
Richard
speake
so
proudlye
:
he
was
ryghte
an
angred
for
it
,
and
tooke
a
staffe
with
bothe
hys
handes
and
smote
Richard
therwith
vpon
hys
heade
so
hard
that
he
made
the
bloud
renne
out
of
it
to
the
earthe
,
and
whan
Richarde
felte
himselfe
thus
wounded
:
he
vaunced
him selfe
,
and
tooke
th
emperour
Charlemain
with
both
the
hys
armes
by
the
waste
&
wrastled
togither
a
longe
whyle
,
so
that
they
fell
both
downe
the
one
heere
,
&
the
other
there
.
And
Rycharde
rose
vp
quickely
and
wolde
haue
renne
vpon
Charlemayne
but
Ogyer
,
and
Salamon
seassed
him
and
kept
him
therfro
,
and
after
they
sayd
to
Charlemayne
.
Syr
ye
haue
doone
ouermuche
amys
,
for
to
beate
a
prysoner
.
Certes
my
lordes
saide
Richarde
it
is
more
dyshonoure
to
the
kynge
to
smite
me
,
than
it
is
to
me
for
to
defende
my
bodye
,
but
he
is
well
wunt
to
doo
suche
outrages
,
for
it
is
not
the
fyrste
that
he
hathe
doone
,
nor
it
shall
not
be
the
last
.
And
whan
Mawgis
sawe
that
Charlemayn
had
smytten
Rychard
:
he
was
sore
an
angred
therfore
,
that
he
had
almost
layed
vpon
him
wyth
his
palmers
staffe
,
but
he
thought
yf
he
had
doo
so
:
bothe
Richarde
and
he
shoulde
haue
be
dead
.
And
whan
Charlemaine
sawe
that
Richarde
spake
so
boldly
:
he
sayde
to
hym
.
Rycharde
God
confounde
me
,
yf
ye
scape
me
for
all
your
wickednes
,
for
ye
shall
soone
be
hanged
by
the
necke
.
Syr
sayd
Richard
speake
more
courteouslye
yf
it
please
you
.
For
I
shal
see
you
sooner
be
flein
quicke
than
ye
shall
see
me
hange
,
nor
ye
shall
not
be
so
hardye
to
doo
so
,
what
someuer
ye
prate
,
saye
or
crake
.
Charlemayne
sayd
,
ye
shall
not
scape
me
but
ye
shall
be
hanged
or
nyghte
,
and
wolde
God
I
helde
as
fast
youre
bretherne
,
and
Mawgys
that
theef
as
I
holde
you
nowe
,
for
they
shoulde
be
hanged
wyth
you
to
beare
you
company
,
because
ye
should
not
be
afetde
.
And
thus
as
Rycharde
stroue
with
Charlemayne
:
he
turned
hymselfe
and
sawe
Mawgys
behinde
hym
that
helde
him selfe
styll
lenynge
vpon
hys
staffe
,
and
he
knew
hym
well
wherof
he
was
wel
gladde
for
he
wyst
well
he
shoulde
not
dye
syth
Mawgys
was
there
.
And
whan
Richarde
had
seen
Mawgis
:
he
was
sure
of
his
lyfe
,
and
sayde
to
Charlemayne
.
Syr
where
shall
I
be
hanged
tell
me
?
certes
sayd
Charlemaine
at
the
gybet
of
Mountfawcon
&
there
shall
your
brethern
maye
see
you
,
and
Mawgys
youre
cosyn
.
Syr
it
is
no
reason
that
such
a
man
as
I
am
should
be
hanged
,
but
make
peace
with
vs
&
ye
shal
doo
wysly
,
and
yf
ye
doo
not
so
:
ye
shall
sore
repente
it
as
I
trowe
.
And
whan
Mawgis
had
hear●e
all
that
he
wolde
heare
:
he
made
no
longer
taryinge
,
but
he
went
out●
of
the
pauyllion
and
sayde
no
worde
,
and
whan
he
was
out
of
it
:
he
beganne
to
walke
so
greate
apase
that
no
horse
myghte
not
haue
folowed
hym
,
and
passed
throughe
the
wood
of
the
serpent
and
dyd
so
muche
that
he
came
to
Mountawban
,
where
he
found
Reinawde
and
his
folke
that
wayted
for
him
.
And
whan
Reinawd
sawe
him
come
without
Richarde
:
he
was
full
sory
so
that
he
fell
do
●ne
in
a
swoune
.
And
Alard
and
Guycharde
tooke
hym
vp
and
saide
to
him
.
Fayre
brother
ye
doo
as
a
chylde
,
ye
oughte
not
to
make
suche
a
sorowe
.
Holde
your
peace
traytours
sayd
Reynawd
for
ye
haue
lost
the
best
knyghte
of
the
worlde
,
for
I
see
Mawgis
come
alone
,
wherfore
I
beleue
that
Richarde
is
deade
,
for
yf
he
were
a
lyue
:
Mawgys
wolde
haue
broughte
hym
with
him
.
For
he
neuer
myssed
of
no
thing
that
he
tooke
in
hand
.
And
whan
Alard
,
&
Guychard
vnderstood
these
wordes
:
they
tooke
therof
so
greate
a
sorowe
that
they
fell
both
downe
in
a
swoune
to
the
earthe
,
and
whan
they
were
come
againe
to
theim selfe
they
made
so
great
sorow
that
it
was
pytie
for
to
see
.
And
this
hanging
:
cam
there
Mawgis
.
And
whan
he
sawe
the
great
sorow
that
his
cosyns
made
:
he
was
wrothe
for
it
,
and
sayde
to
them
.
What
eyleth
you
faire
cosyns
that
ye
make
so
euill
cheere
.
Alas
Mawgys
said
Reinawd
,
what
is
doone
of
oure
brother
Richard
.
Cosyn
sayd
Mawgis
Richard
is
yet
in
prison
,
but
Charlemaine
hath
saide
that
he
shall
make
him
to
be
hanged
at
the
gybet
of
mountfawcon
,
and
hathe
sayde
that
ye
shall
not
keepe
him
longe
a
liue
leste
ye
and
I
should
rescue
him
,
and
heere
is
.xx.
li.
of
money
that
Charlemayne
hathe
gyue
me
in
his
pauillion
and
made
me
haue
both
meat
,
and
drynke
,
at
my
pleasure
.
Nowe
shall
it
be
seen
yf
ye
loue
Richard
,
&
if
ye
be
a
good
knight
or
not
,
for
ye
must
succour
and
deliuer
him
by
force
of
armes
or
elles
he
shal
die
,
for
all
the
world
shal
not
keep
him
otherwise
therfro
.
REinawd
was
wel
recomforted
whan
he
heard
Mawgis
speake
:
and
after
he
sayd
,
sith
that
it
is
so
the
Richarde
is
yet
aliue
:
if
I
had
but
my selfe
,
my
brethern
,
and
Mawgis
,
yet
should
I
keep
Richard
fro
death
mawgre
the
power
of
Charlemayne
,
&
than
Mawgis
without
any
longe
abiding
tooke
of
his
cope
&
his
hod
,
and
tooke
an
herbe
&
eat
it
,
&
anon
the
swellinge
went
fro
him
,
&
whan
he
was
armed
:
he
presented
himself
to
Reinawd
,
and
incontinent
all
his
brethern
put
them selfe
in
armes
,
and
anon
they
tooke
their
way
toward
mountfawcon
.
And
whan
they
were
come
to
a
bowe
shot
nyghe
fro
it
:
Reynawde
sayde
to
hys
folke
.
Lordes
if
ye
euer
loued
me
:
thinke
for
to
doo
nowe
so
muche
that
my
brother
Richard
may
be
rescued
from
this
shamefull
death
.
For
I
promyse
you
that
I
shal
brynge
hym
with
me
,
or
els
I
and
my
bretherne
and
Mawgys
shall
die
with
him
.
Syr
sayde
his
men
doubte
not
of
vs
,
for
we
shal
doo
oure
deuoyre
.
Brother
sayde
than
Alard
,
let
vs
lyghte
heere
down
,
and
let
vs
hyde
oure selfe
within
that
bushe
that
we
see
yonder
,
for
yf
we
were
seen
:
the
frenshmen
mighte
kille
oure
brother
Richarde
,
or
euer
they
wolde
come
.
Brother
said
Reynawd
ye
speake
wisely
,
and
than
they
lyghted
down
a
foote
,
and
put
themselfe
in
a
busshement
within
a
wood
that
was
nighe
mountfawcon
.
Reinawd
at
the
ryght
side
of
it
.
Alard
at
the
left
side
&
wyth
him
Guichard
and
Mawgis
.
HOw
they
were
sent
to
the
plaine
of
Valcoloures
ye
haue
well
hearde
,
and
the
paine
that
reynawd
&
his
bretherne
suffred
and
than
howe
they
wente
and
succoured
kynge
yon
of
Gascoyn
that
had
betrayed
theim
.
And
howe
reynawde
dyd
fyght
wyth
Rowland
,
wherof
he
was
sore
trauaylled
,
and
hadde
been
all
ready
three
daies
without
slepe
,
and
therfore
ye
oughte
not
to
be
merueiled
yf
Reynawde
his
bretherne
and
mawgis
fel
a
slepe
,
and
to
say
the
trothe
as
soone
as
Reinawd
,
his
bretherne
and
maugys
were
enbushed
vnder
the
sarpyn
trees
they
fell
into
so
harde
a
slepe
,
that
they
forgate
Richard
.
Now
god
for
his
pytie
,
haue
pytie
vpon
him
,
&
keep
him
.
For
otherwise
he
must
die
.
NOw
shal
we
tel
you
of
Charlemaine
that
was
in
his
pauyllio
,
he
called
to
him
the
duke
Naimes
and
Richard
of
Normandy
and
saide
to
them
.
Lordes
what
counseil
gyue
you
me
?
ye
knowe
that
Richard
the
soone
of
Aymon
is
of
great
power
,
I
feare
me
that
Reynawde
shall
come
to
succoure
hym
,
whan
I
shall
sende
him
for
to
be
hanged
,
and
therfore
I
must
send
company
for
to
with
stande
Reynawde
,
his
bretherne
and
Mawgis
.
And
thus
as
the
king
and
the
duke
Naymes
spake
togither
:
he
looked
before
him
&
sawe
Berenger
of
valoys
,
and
called
him
and
said
to
him
.
Berenger
ye
are
of
my
men
for
ye
holde
of
me
scotlande
&
Wales
,
ye
oughte
to
come
serue
me
in
Fraunce
with
all
youre
power
euery
yere
once
whan
I
haue
need
.
I
shall
now
quite
you
and
release
vnto
you
all
the
seruise
that
ye
owe
me
,
to
you
&
to
youre
heires
for
euermore
so
that
ye
will
take
richarde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
and
see
that
he
be
hanged
and
strangeled
at
mountfawcon
.
And
yf
reynawd
com
there
for
to
rescue
hym
:
I
praye
you
that
ye
wil
take
in
hand
my
quarell
.
Syr
said
Berenger
I
see
well
now
that
ye
loue
me
but
a
lytell
,
whan
ye
sende
me
to
doo
suche
a
deed
,
it
were
to
me
a
great
shame
yf
I
dyd
it
,
for
nothynge
that
is
to
my
dysworshippe
I
wyll
not
doo
wyth
my
good
wil
,
and
also
ye
ought
not
to
counseyll
me
to
it
nor
suffre
me
to
doo
so
,
yet
haue
I
leuet
to
serue
you
as
my
dutye
is
for
to
doo
,
than
that
I
should
doo
the
same
that
ye
wolde
put
me
to
.
And
whan
Charlemaine
sawe
that
Berenger
wolde
not
doo
it
:
he
called
to
th
erle
Guydellon
&
said
to
him
.
Guidellon
ye
be
my
man
and
holdeth
Bauyere
of
me
,
and
ye
ought
to
serue
me
at
any
time
that
I
call
you
with
three
thousand
men
,
yf
ye
will
goe
hange
Richard
the
sonne
of
Aymon
:
I
shall
make
you
free
,
and
shall
giue
you
the
citie
of
Mascon
.
I
wil
not
doo
it
said
th
erle
Guydellon
.
But
I
tell
you
for
certeine
that
Richarde
shall
haue
no
harme
if
I
may
help
him
fro
it
to
my
power
.
Than
saide
Charlemayn
goe
oute
of
my
sighte
for
ye
be
no
good
men
.
And
than
he
saide
to
Rycharde
by
god
yet
shall
ye
be
hanged
in
dispyte
of
theym
.
Than
called
Charlemayne
Ogier
the
dane
,
and
saide
to
him
Ogier
ye
be
my
man
,
it
is
shewed
vnto
me
that
ye
did
the
other
daye
treason
ayenst
me
in
the
plain
of
Val-colours
for
loue
of
Reynawde
,
nowe
shall
it
be
seene
if
it
is
true
or
not
.
Yf
ye
wyll
goe
hange
Richarde
:
I
shall
gyue
you
the
cite
of
Lion
,
and
I
shall
gyue
you
quit
of
al
the
seruise
that
ye
owe
me
&
youre
heyres
also
for
euermore
.
By
the
faith
that
I
owe
to
you
sir
I
shall
not
doo
it
,
for
ye
wot
〈◊〉
Richard
is
my
cosin
germayne
,
〈◊〉
I
tell
you
that
who
so
euer
shall
●●●ge
Richard
the
sonne
of
Aymon
:
I
defie
him
,
and
I
shal
helpe
Reynawde
with
al
my
power
.
Goe
from
me
said
Charlemayne
.
Goddes
curse
haue
ye
,
neuertheles
by
my
bearde
sayde
he
yet
shall
be
hanged
.
And
whan
he
had
saide
so
:
he
called
to
him
the
bysshoppe
Turpyn
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Ye
byshop
I
shal
make
you
Pope
of
rome
yf
ye
will
hange
Richard
,
syr
said
the
byshop
Turpyn
,
what
say
ye
?
ye
knowe
wel
that
I
am
a
preeste
,
yf
I
dyd
so
:
I
should
lese
my
masse
and
be
reguler
,
and
also
ye
knowe
well
that
rycharde
is
my
cosyn
.
Wolde
ye
that
I
shoulde
commyt
treason
vpon
my
kynsmen
?
certes
it
were
ayenst
reason
.
So
help
me
god
said
Charlemaine
ye
leaue
it
neither
for
kynred
nor
for
masse
,
but
as
a
cowarde
ye
leaue
it
onelye
for
feare
that
youre
crowne
should
be
beat
.
THan
called
Charlemayne
Salamon
of
breton
&
said
to
him
,
Salamon
ye
knowe
well
that
ye
be
my
man
and
that
ye
holde
Breten
of
me
,
I
shal
giue
you
the
duchie
of
Ansom
yf
ye
will
hange
rycharde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
.
Syr
answered
Salamon
,
if
it
please
you
to
commaunde
me
any
other
thinge
I
wil
be
readye
to
doo
it
with
a
good
will
,
but
this
I
will
not
doo
.
And
I
tell
you
for
certayne
that
rycharde
shall
haue
no
harme
yf
I
maye
.
Salamon
sayd
the
kinge
,
ye
be
a
traytoue
sith
that
ye
wyll
not
doo
my
commaundemente
.
And
after
this
:
he
sayde
Richarde
I
will
that
ye
knowe
well
that
ye
shal
be
hanged
in
dyspite
of
all
thy
kynsmen
.
Syr
saide
richarde
perauenture
it
shall
be
other
wise
thanye
weene
.
and
than
Charlemayne
turned
hym selfe
towarde
Rowlande
,
and
said
to
hym
Fayre
nenewe
goe
and
see
that
he
be
hanged
I
pray
you
.
For
it
is
well
reason
that
ye
doo
th
office
,
syth
thar
all
the
frenshemen
haue
faylled
me
,
and
also
ye
haue
taken
him
,
wherfore
ye
must
needes
hange
him
,
and
I
shal
gyue
you
Coleyn
vpon
the
ryn
and
so
many
other
countreys
that
ye
shal
haue
ynough
.
Sir
answered
rowland
yf
I
dyd
this
:
I
shoulde
be
taken
for
a
traytour
.
For
I
haue
answered
rycharde
afore
that
I
tooke
hym
that
he
shoulde
haue
no
harme
of
his
bodie
,
and
yf
ye
make
hym
dye
:
no
man
shall
neuer
truste
me
vpon
my
faith
.
wherfore
I
praye
the
.xii.
peeres
of
Fraunce
that
none
of
them
wyll
take
the
charge
vpon
hym
for
to
see
hym
hanged
,
for
yf
he
were
hanged
:
I
should
be
diffamed
.
And
I
promise
you
that
who
shall
hange
Rychard
:
I
shal
goe
to
Reynawde
and
shall
put
my selfe
in
his
pryson
,
and
yf
he
wyll
pardon
me
hys
brothers
deathe
:
I
shal
help
him
vnder
my
othe
ayenst
all
menne
with
three
thousande
fyghtinge
men
well
atayed
on
horsebacke
.
Neuewe
sayde
than
Charlemaine
the
deuyll
speed
you
,
ye
ben
al
false
vnto
me
.
ANd
whan
Charlemaine
saw
that
he
might
not
bring
his
wyll
about
for
to
hange
Richard
:
he
was
so
wrothe
that
he
shooke
for
angre
,
and
rose
vpon
his
feete
and
said
.
Lordes
ye
knowe
well
that
I
am
the
sonne
of
kinge
Pepin
and
of
the
Quene
Bethe
,
my
father
was
norished
in
Fraunce
,
and
I
sledde
in
to
Spayn
to
Alaffre
vpon
the
sea
.
And
there
I
dyd
so
manye
meruaylles
of
armes
that
I
was
made
knyght
and
dyd
conquere
salien
my
loue
that
forsoke
.xv.
kynges
bearinge
crowne
for
my
sake
and
she
came
with
me
in
to
fraunce
,
and
than
I
was
crowned
kinge
accordinge
to
the
righte
of
my
patrimony
,
and
than
I
dyd
wedde
the
sayde
ladye
Galyne
with
ryghte
great
ioye
and
weend
to
haue
had
my
realm
in
peace
,
but
the
same
day
that
I
was
crowned
:
the
.xii.
peeres
of
Fraunce
purposed
to
haue
made
me
dye
at
christmasse
next
followynge
,
but
our
lorde
sent
me
an
aungell
and
made
him
to
tell
me
that
I
shoulde
goe
hyde
my selfe
,
the
whiche
I
dyd
so
and
I
durste
not
saye
ayenst
it
,
nor
I
wyst
not
where
I
should
hyde
me
,
but
god
wolde
that
I
shoulde
fynde
Basō
a
great
theef
,
that
brought
me
in
to
a
pytte
,
and
this
hanginge
men
conspired
my
death
,
but
Bas●
shewed
me
al
togither
and
through
his
aide
I
tooke
myne
enmyes
,
and
I
punyshed
them
afterwarde
at
my
wyl
,
and
so
shall
I
doo
by
you
,
if
there
be
any
that
wil
doo
contrary
to
my
wil.
And
I
am
delybered
to
enquire
eche
of
you
by
this
maner
for
to
see
who
shall
be
false
or
true
to
me
.
Whan
Charlemaine
had
sayde
this
:
he
turned
towarde
the
sonne
of
Oedon
and
sayde
to
him
.
Escoufe
come
forth
I
haue
brought
you
to
greate
honoure
and
we
haue
nouryshed
you
ful
dearly
,
ye
knowe
that
ye
holde
langres
of
me
,
yet
shal
I
doo
to
you
muche
more
good
than
I
haue
doone
,
for
I
shall
gyue
to
you
th
erldome
of
mounfertaunt
&
of
cleremount
so
that
ye
will
goe
hang
that
whoreson
Richard
,
sir
sayd
Escoufe
ye
wot
well
that
more
Oedon
holdeth
all
the
londe
that
ye
speake
of
,
and
I
had
neuer
nothynge
therof
,
but
I
am
felaw
with
Rowlande
in
armes
.
And
whan
I
shal
be
lorde
of
that
lond
that
my
father
holdeth
in
his
hand
:
I
shal
fulfyll
youre
commaundement
,
by
saint
Denis
of
Fraunce
ye
must
goe
see
that
he
be
hanged
said
Charlemain
and
I
shal
make
you
lorde
of
mo
londes
.
Syr
sayd
Estorfawd
,
is
it
earnest
that
ye
speake
?
yea
saide
Charlemayne
.
By
my
head
sir
saide
Estorfawde
,
ye
wolde
not
be
with
me
for
to
see
Richard
hange
for
halfe
of
your
realm
.
Whan
the
kinge
heard
that
he
was
thus
repreued
:
he
tooke
a
staffe
and
cast
it
after
Estorfawd
,
but
Estorfawd
stert
from
his
place
,
and
the
staffe
brake
in
peeces
ayenst
a
post
.
And
whan
the
.xii.
peeres
saw
that
:
they
went
all
oute
of
the
pauyllyon
of
Charlemayne
,
and
whan
that
Charlemain
returned
him
,
and
saw
that
none
of
all
the
.xii.
peeres
wolde
abyde
there
with
him
:
Than
he
saide
to
the
duke
Naymes
where
be
my
.xii.
peeres
gone
?
sir
said
duke
Naymes
,
they
ben
all
gone
out
of
your
pauillion
,
and
not
without
a
cause
,
for
it
becometh
not
to
suche
a
noble
kinge
as
ye
be
to
smyte
his
barons
,
for
ye
should
be
sore
blamed
.
THan
whan
Charlemayn
saw
this
:
he
called
to
him
Richard
of
montrolonde
&
saide
to
hym
,
come
foorthe
Rycharde
of
montrolonde
,
heare
what
I
shal
tell
you
,
ye
knowe
well
that
ye
be
one
of
theym
that
I
loue
best
in
this
worlde
but
ye
must
doo
one
thinge
at
my
request
.
It
is
that
ye
wyll
goe
hange
Richarde
the
sonne
of
Aimon
at
the
gybet
of
mountfawcon
.
Than
Richarde
of
montrolonde
answered
.
Syr
I
shall
doo
so
with
a
good
wyl
,
for
I
am
your
man
and
so
I
ought
not
to
refuse
your
commaundemente
,
but
by
my
soule
syr
Emperour
yf
ye
will
that
I
goe
hange
Richarde
:
ye
shall
come
with
me
with
a
thousand
knightes
well
armed
,
and
I
shall
hange
hym
where
soeuer
to
please
you
.
And
if
Reinawd
and
hys
bretherne
come
there
for
to
rescue
:
I
shall
ieoparde
mine
owne
body
for
to
saue
youres
.
Nowe
see
to
yf
ye
will
doo
this
or
no
,
for
none
othewise
wil
I
not
goe
there
one
foote
.
Goe
from
me
glotton
saide
Charlemain
,
gods
curse
haue
thou
.
THe
kinge
than
called
to
hym
the
duke
Naymes
,
and
sayde
to
him
.
What
counseill
gyue
you
?
syr
syr
sayd
the
duke
Naimes
,
good
if
ye
wyll
beleue
me
,
sir
ye
wot
that
Reynawde
,
his
bretherne
,
and
Mawgis
are
the
best
knightes
of
Fraunce
,
as
euery
man
knoweth
well
,
this
warre
hath
lasted
ryght
longe
.
For
it
is
wel
xvi
.
yeres
that
it
began
fyrst
,
and
many
a
noble
knight
hathe
be
slayne
for
the
same
,
if
it
please
you
ye
shall
send
worde
to
Reinawde
,
Alarde
,
Guychard
,
and
Mawgys
that
they
wyl
become
your
men
,
and
ye
shall
delyuer
agayne
vnto
them
theyr
brother
Rycharde
alyue
,
and
that
ye
wyl
doo
make
Reinawde
and
Alarde
of
the
xii
.
peeres
of
Fraunce
.
And
whan
Reinawd
&
his
brethern
shal
se
that
ye
haue
doone
to
theym
so
great
worshyp
:
they
shall
serue
you
with
good
herte
,
and
so
that
ye
shall
con
them
greate
thanke
for
it
,
and
I
ensure
you
ye
shal
be
the
more
dredde
and
more
redoubted
for
cause
of
theym
,
and
yf
ye
haue
once
the
foure
bretherne
and
Mawgis
theyr
cosyn
to
youre
freendes
:
there
shall
be
no
prynce
in
all
christendom
so
hardy
that
dare
moue
watre
ayenst
you
,
and
I
promise
you
syr
that
the
more
that
ye
keepe
thys
warre
ayenst
them
:
the
more
shall
ye
lose
therby
,
and
moreouer
they
be
all
of
our
house
by
theyr
father
Aymon
,
this
know
ye
wel
,
and
thefore
I
can
not
hate
them
by
no
wyse
,
Naymes
sayd
Charlemaine
.
I
will
not
doo
so
for
they
all
haue
doone
amys
ayenst
me
and
so
shall
I
doo
hange
Richard
by
the
faithe
of
my
bodye
,
syr
sayde
the
duke
Naymes
ye
shall
not
doo
so
and
god
wyll
,
for
he
is
of
greate
lygnage
&
of
our
lignage
,
for
we
shoulde
neuer
maye
suffre
it
nor
endure
,
and
ye
also
shoulde
be
blamed
ful
sore
for
it
.
But
and
ye
wyl
make
hym
dye
:
I
shall
gyue
you
better
counseyll
.
Tell
me
howe
sayd
Charlemayn
,
&
I
shall
doo
it
,
yf
it
semeth
me
good
,
Syr
sayde
the
duke
Naymes
syth
it
please
you
that
Richarde
shall
dye
:
let
him
be
cast
into
a
deep
prison
vnder
the
earthe
,
and
make
him
to
be
kepte
surely
therin
that
he
scape
not
awaye
,
and
commaund
that
no
meat
at
all
be
broughte
vnto
him
,
and
so
shall
he
dye
for
hungre
.
And
ye
shall
not
be
blamed
if
ye
doo
so
.
Naymes
sayde
the
Emperour
Charlemayne
,
ye
doo
Iape
with
me
.
I
knowe
it
wel
whan
ye
doo
tell
me
this
,
ye
knowe
well
that
Mawgis
is
to
great
a
nigromancer
.
For
I
should
neuer
may
keepe
Richarde
in
pryson
,
but
that
Mawgis
wolde
haue
hym
out
thorough
his
craft
,
and
therfore
I
wyll
not
doo
as
ye
say
.
Than
came
Ogier
the
dane
,
and
said
to
the
duke
Naymes
,
ye
make
to
longe
a
sermon
,
let
the
kinge
doo
with
it
,
as
it
pleaseth
him
,
For
the
more
that
ye
praye
him
:
the
worse
shall
he
doo
,
but
he
shall
make
peace
whan
he
see
that
he
can
none
otherwise
doo
.
But
this
daye
shal
be
seen
who
loueth
richard
.
And
whan
Ogier
had
said
this
:
he
went
oute
of
the
pauillion
,
and
Escoufe
with
him
and
Richarde
of
Normandy
,
the
byshop
Turpin
and
Guidellon
of
Bauyere
,
and
made
theyr
folke
to
be
armed
,
&
whan
they
were
armed
:
they
were
well
.xii.
thousande
men
.
And
than
Ogier
began
to
crie
with
a
hie
voice
.
Now
shal
it
be
seen
who
shal
be
so
hardy
for
to
leade
Richarde
the
sonne
of
Aimon
to
hangyng
.
For
such
shall
bring
him
that
neuer
shal
come
againe
,
but
he
be
headles
,
and
Ogier
went
in
to
the
pauyllyon
where
richarde
was
,
that
was
bound
both
handes
and
feet
,
and
was
blindfeld
.
And
whan
Ogyer
sawe
rycharde
that
was
thus
arayed
:
he
had
of
hym
greate
pytie
,
so
went
he
to
him
to
haue
deliuered
him
,
but
he
aduysed
himselfe
,
and
sayd
that
he
should
not
doo
it
,
but
he
wolde
tary
for
to
see
an
ende
of
it
what
the
kynge
should
doo
therof
.
And
whan
rycharde
hearde
Ogier
speake
:
he
called
to
hym
and
said
in
the
presence
of
the
duke
Naimes
and
of
rycharde
of
Normandye
,
of
Guydellon
of
Bauyere
,
and
of
the
byshoppe
Turpyn
,
and
of
rowlande
that
than
happed
to
com
there
.
Faire
lordes
I
knowe
well
that
yf
it
were
at
youre
pleasure
:
ye
wolde
let
me
goe
quyce
,
and
all
ynoughe
ye
haue
trauaylled
youre selfe
for
me
,
wherof
I
thanke
you
right
much
,
but
syth
that
I
must
needes
be
brought
vnto
the
galous
:
it
is
better
that
I
poore
vnhappy
die
alone
,
than
that
ye
should
haue
anie
harme
for
my
sake
,
wherfore
looke
that
ye
lose
not
the
good
grace
of
Charlemayne
,
and
I
praye
you
that
ye
will
goe
vnto
hym
and
telle
him
that
he
doo
his
wyll
vpon
me
,
for
I
haue
leuer
die
shortly
,
than
to
liue
longe
in
sorow
.
Whan
Ogier
sawe
rycharde
speake
so
:
he
was
so
sorye
for
it
that
he
fell
almost
downe
to
the
grounde
for
greate
sorowe
in
swoune
,
and
saide
to
rycharde
in
angre
.
What
sayest
thou
foole
detestable
wylte
thou
be
hanged
?
for
yf
we
said
the
same
that
thou
sayest
to
Charlemayne
:
all
the
golde
of
the
worlde
shoulde
not
saue
thee
,
but
that
thou
shouldest
soone
be
hanged
by
the
necke
.
I
care
not
saide
Rycharde
,
happe
as
it
happe
wyll
.
And
than
he
turned
himselfe
toward
rowlande
and
sayde
to
him
.
I
pardon
you
syr
rowlande
heere
and
afore
god
the
faithe
that
ye
haue
promised
me
,
and
that
ye
gaue
me
whan
ye
tooke
me
afore
Balancon
And
whan
Ogier
heard
this
:
he
wexed
almost
mad
for
greate
angre
,
and
saide
to
rowlande
.
Syr
beleue
not
rycharde
,
for
he
speaketh
as
a
man
that
is
vexed
in
his
spirites
,
and
not
without
a
very
great
cause
,
but
keepe
vnto
him
the
fayth
that
ye
haue
promised
to
him
,
for
it
shall
be
youre
greate
worshyp
,
yf
ye
doo
so
.
Ogier
said
Rowlande
,
doubte
not
.
I
shall
keepe
to
Richard
al
that
I
haue
promysed
him
and
more
.
Whan
rychard
hearde
that
worde
:
he
called
to
hym
Ogier
&
sayde
.
Fayre
cosyn
for
god
keep
your
peace
,
for
I
haue
seen
here
Mawgis
ryght
now
,
and
I
wot
wel
he
hath
not
forgotten
me
.
For
by
the
faith
that
I
owe
to
you
such
shal
lede
me
to
the
gybet
that
shall
soone
lose
theyr
head
,
and
many
other
mo
with
him
.
Cosyn
sayde
Ogier
is
it
trouth
that
ye
saye
that
ye
haue
seen
Mawgis
heere
?
yea
saide
Richard
without
any
faute
,
than
saide
Ogyer
,
blessed
be
the
good
lorde
of
these
tydinges
,
now
haue
I
no
doubte
of
Rycharde
sith
that
my
cosin
knoweth
of
it
.
And
than
all
the
.xii.
peeres
of
fraunce
lighted
a
foote
,
and
came
to
kynge
Charlemayne
and
sayde
to
him
.
Syr
we
ben
all
your
men
sworne
to
you
.
All
that
we
haue
sayde
and
doon
:
We
did
it
for
to
see
whether
we
myght
haue
delyuered
oute
cosyn
from
de●the
by
your
good
wyll
,
but
sith
that
it
pleaseth
not
to
you
that
he
be
saued
and
that
ye
wyll
that
he
be
hanged
:
We
wyll
not
speake
no
more
ayenst
it
,
bycause
that
ye
angre
your selfe
to
sore
.
Now
sende
Rycharde
to
be
hanged
by
who
me
ye
wyll
,
for
he
shall
not
be
letted
of
vs
therfro
.
❧
How
the
emperour
Charlemain
sente
Rypus
for
to
hange
Richarde
.
And
how
that
Reynawde
succoured
hym
and
hanged
Rypus
hymselfe
.
Capitulum
.xiiii.
depiction of a bound prisoner in an execution procession, with legs hanging in the background; and of an unseated knight or king with crown beside a horse, with two armed knights on horseback standing over him
THan
sayde
Charlemayne
,
by
my
faith
now
ye
speake
wel
and
wyselye
,
&
now
I
pardon
you
al
,
and
than
Charlemaine
called
to
hym
Ripus
of
ryplemond
and
said
to
him
Rypus
if
ye
wil
doo
so
muche
for
me
that
ye
will
goe
hange
Rycharde
:
I
shall
make
thee
lorde
of
great
londes
and
ye
shall
be
my
chamberleyne
all
your
lyfe
.
Syr
saide
rypus
I
am
all
redy
to
fulfyl
your
commaundement
,
for
Reynawd
slewe
my
vncle
besyde
balancon
,
ye
speake
now
wel
said
Ogyer
,
ye
shall
be
a
cowarde
but
yf
ye
auenge
your selfe
at
this
tyme
.
And
whan
rypus
vnderstood
Ogier
speake
thus
:
he
thought
him self
the
more
sure
for
it
,
and
ryghte
humbly
and
curteousli
he
kneeled
down
tofore
the
emperour
Charlemaine
,
and
kyssed
his
feete
&
after
he
said
to
him
.
Syr
I
am
ordeyned
for
to
doo
you
seruice
and
youre
commaundemente
.
If
it
please
you
ye
shal
make
me
sure
that
whan
I
shal
come
again
fro
the
hangyng
of
Richarde
:
that
none
of
your
xii
.
yeeres
shall
not
a
waite
me
none
euyll
turne
for
it
afterward
.
By
my
fayth
said
Charlemayne
I
wyll
doo
so
with
a
good
wil.
And
than
he
said
to
Rowlande
and
to
Olyuer
,
and
to
al
the
twelue
peeres
of
fraunce
.
Lordes
I
will
that
ye
promise
him
that
he
shall
not
be
hurte
by
none
of
you
,
nor
in
time
to
come
by
no
maner
of
wise
,
by
cause
I
make
hym
to
hange
Rycharde
.
The
whiche
thinge
all
the
xii
.
peeres
promised
hym
with
a
good
wyll
.
And
whan
typus
hadde
taken
the
othe
of
the
.xii.
peeres
of
fraunce
for
his
suretye
:
he
went
to
his
owne
tente
,
and
made
him
to
be
armed
,
And
whan
he
was
armed
:
he
lyghted
on
horsebacke
,
and
came
before
kyng
Charlemain
.
And
whan
the
Emperour
sawe
him
:
he
sayde
to
hym
.
Rypus
take
a
thousand
knightes
with
you
for
to
keep
you
,
and
if
Reynawd
or
Mawgis
come
there
:
take
them
and
hange
them
with
Rycharde
.
Sir
saide
rypus
I
shal
doo
your
commaundemente
.
And
than
the
kynge
made
theym
delyuer
Richarde
.
And
whan
rypus
hadde
him
:
he
put
him
to
the
waye
and
mounted
Richard
vpon
a
mule
,
and
put
a
halter
at
his
necke
&
so
led
him
forth
lyke
as
it
had
be
a
stronge
theefe
,
and
broughte
him
before
the
pauyllyon
of
Charlemayne
.
And
whan
the
kynge
sawe
him
:
he
was
glad
of
it
and
sayde
to
rypus
.
wolde
god
that
all
the
other
sonnes
of
Aymon
were
in
the
plyghte
that
Richard
is
now
in
,
for
I
should
well
auenge
you
and
my selfe
also
vpon
them
.
WHan
the
frenshemen
saw
rycharde
that
was
led
to
hangynge
so
vilaynouslye
:
they
beganne
to
make
suche
a
sorowe
for
hym
that
it
was
meruayl
,
so
that
none
so
great
was
neuer
seen
.
Rypus
rode
on
his
waye
and
dyd
so
muche
that
he
came
to
Mountfawcon
.
And
whan
ripus
dyd
see
the
Galous
set
vp
:
he
sayde
to
rycharde
.
By
god
rycharde
see
yonder
is
youre
lodgynge
,
where
ye
shall
be
hanged
by
myne
owne
handes
,
thys
daye
shall
be
auenged
the
deathe
of
Foulques
my
vncle
that
Reynawd
slew
besides
Balancon
,
the
succoures
of
Mawgys
is
now
ferre
fro
you
,
for
he
can
not
keepe
you
,
but
that
I
shall
hange
you
now
in
dyspite
of
Reinawde
and
of
youre
other
bretherne
.
whan
rycharde
hearde
rypus
speake
so
proudly
&
saw
that
he
was
so
nyghe
the
gybet
,
and
that
he
sawe
no
succours
cominge
of
no
parte
:
he
was
sore
agast
and
a
ferde
,
&
thought
he
wolde
keep
rypus
with
wordes
&
saide
to
him
.
Ripus
for
god
haue
pitie
vpon
me
,
for
I
am
no
man
that
should
be
hanged
by
reason
,
but
I
ought
to
be
delyuered
with
you
,
and
if
ye
wyll
deliuer
me
:
I
shal
giue
you
two
hundred
marke
weight
of
fyne
golde
,
and
I
shal
make
you
a
greate
lorde
.
Certes
rycharde
said
ripus
ye
speake
for
nought
,
for
I
wolde
not
leaue
you
but
that
ye
should
be
hanged
for
.x.
of
the
best
cities
of
fraunce
.
Rypus
said
Rycharde
sith
that
ye
will
not
haue
pitie
vpon
my
body
:
haue
pitie
vpon
my
soule
,
and
I
prai
you
as
much
as
I
can
that
ye
wyll
make
a
preest
come
to
me
for
to
shryue
me
,
certes
sayd
ripus
ye
shal
haue
one
with
right
good
wyll
.
And
thanne
he
made
come
a
preest
,
some
sayen
that
it
was
a
bysshop
for
to
shriue
richarde
,
the
which
began
to
shriue
himselfe
and
shewed
to
the
preest
manie
moo
sinnes
than
euer
he
dyd
in
hys
dayes
,
and
this
he
dyd
for
to
lengthe
the
tyme
,
and
to
see
if
he
should
haue
any
succours
or
no.
And
whan
Richarde
sawe
that
his
helpe
came
not
:
he
wexed
almost
mad
,
&
said
to
his
confessour
.
Syr
I
wot
not
what
I
should
more
say
,
giue
me
absolucion
,
&
he
gaue
him
penaunce
accordinge
to
the
terme
of
hys
lyfe
and
the
confessour
went
from
him
all
weeping
.
And
whan
rypus
sawe
that
richard
was
confessed
:
he
came
to
him
and
put
the
halter
aboute
hys
necke
,
and
made
him
mount
vpon
the
ladder
&
dyd
shyt
the
cheyne
wherat
he
should
hange
.
And
whan
rycharde
sawe
that
his
bretherne
came
not
for
to
saue
him
:
he
wende
none
other
but
that
he
shoulde
haue
died
,
and
delybered
hymselfe
for
to
suffre
death
at
the
houre
,
and
than
he
said
to
ripus
.
My
freend
I
pray
thee
for
God
that
thou
suffre
me
a
while
till
I
haue
saide
an
oryson
that
I
dyd
lerne
in
my
youth
to
the
ende
that
god
haue
mercye
on
my
soule
.
I
wyl
not
sayd
ripus
,
thou
shall
haue
no
lenger
respyte
.
Syr
sayde
his
men
,
yes
,
ye
shall
if
it
please
you
.
For
if
he
may
doo
so
muche
that
his
soule
be
saued
:
he
shall
praye
for
you
in
the
other
worlde
,
and
for
vs
also
.
And
than
rypus
gaue
respit
to
richard
,
wherof
he
did
like
a
foole
.
And
than
Richard
turned
him self
toward
the
cast
,
and
began
to
saye
his
praier
with
a
good
heart
and
deuoutly
.
For
he
trowed
to
haue
death
withoute
remyssion
,
and
he
sayd
in
this
maner
.
GLorious
Ihesus
by
thy
blessed
name
,
that
made
heauen
and
erthe
,
and
al
the
elementes
that
been
,
and
went
in
this
worlde
as
a
poore
man
.
And
saued
Ionas
from
the
bellye
of
the
fyshe
.
And
in
Bethleem
reisedest
Lazaron
.
And
deliuered
Daniell
from
the
pyt
of
the
Lyon
.
The
synnes
of
the
theefe
,
ye
dyd
pardonne
on
the
Crosse
,
where
the
felons
Iewes
had
crucyfyed
you
.
Also
to
Mary
Magdalene
her
synne
ye
forgaue
in
the
house
of
Symon
.
For
she
weshe
there
youre
feete
wyth
her
greate
deuocyon
.
Iudas
the
false
traytoure
murmured
through
enuy
wherof
ye
did
shew
to
him
that
he
did
great
foly
,
and
Iudas
kyssed
you
by
greate
treason
,
and
deliuered
you
to
the
Iewes
,
wherof
he
was
rewarded
after
his
deseruynge
.
Good
Lorde
ye
created
and
made
our
father
Adam
of
the
slyme
of
th
earth
,
and
Illumyned
him
with
the
grace
of
the
holye
ghoste
,
and
after
ye
did
abandon
to
hym
the
fruites
of
paradise
,
but
he
brake
your
commaundemente
,
wherby
mankynde
went
to
dapnacion
,
and
we
all
were
dampned
withoute
remyssyon
,
but
after
ye
redemed
vs
by
the
meryte
of
youre
blessed
passyon
,
ye
dyd
suffre
greate
euylles
and
greate
affliccions
for
vs
poore
synners
wythoute
anie
deuocyon
.
Whan
Longys
dyd
shoue
the
spere
in
to
youre
dygne
side
the
water
ran
out
of
it
and
also
the
bloude
septe
into
his
eyen
,
wherof
he
recouered
his
syghte
,
●nd
ye
pardonned
him
hys
synnes
,
whan
he
called
vpon
you
for
mercie
.
And
also
to
Noe
ye
let
make
by
your
carpenters
an
arke
for
to
saue
himselfe
,
and
of
euery
beast
a
couple
.
In
Iosaphat
good
lord
ye
brought
your
Appostles
where
ye
dyd
make
a
fayre
myracle
for
with
.ii.
fyshes
and
fyue
loues
of
barly
,
ye
fed
fyue
thousande
men
all
their
fylle
.
O
good
lorde
,
as
I
doo
beleue
this
that
I
haue
sayde
stedfastly
:
keep
this
day
my
bodi
fro
death
that
is
so
nigh
that
I
be
not
hanged
nor
put
in
prison
,
but
delyuer
me
from
the
handes
of
my
enmyes
,
that
I
be
not
vyrupered
nor
brought
to
shame
by
Rypus
of
ryplemond
that
holdeth
me
in
his
gynnes
.
Ha
Reynawde
my
ryghte
deare
brother
that
ye
be
not
heere
now
with
my
bretherne
and
with
my
cosyn
Mawgys
,
ye
haue
now
forgoten
me
and
let
me
heere
die
,
wherfore
I
recommende
me
to
god
of
heuen
.
And
than
Richarde
began
to
weepe
full
tenderlye
and
sayde
to
Rypus
.
Rypus
doo
with
me
what
ye
wyll
.
NOwe
shall
we
speake
of
bayarde
the
good
horse
of
Reynawd
,
of
his
brethern
and
Mawgis
.
It
is
trouthe
that
Bayarde
the
horse
of
Reinawd
the
sonne
of
Aymon
that
came
of
the
fery
,
and
thus
he
vnderstoode
the
worde
whan
it
was
spoken
as
well
as
it
had
be
a
manne
,
whan
Bayarde
vnderstoode
the
noyse
that
the
folke
made
about
the
galous
and
faw
that
his
master
slept
fast
,
he
cam
to
Reinawde
and
smot
hym
so
harde
with
his
feete
in
the
myddes
of
hys
sheelde
that
he
made
hym
awake
.
So
lept
Reynawd
vpon
his
feet
al
afraied
and
behelde
what
it
was
and
looked
toward
Mountfawcon
and
saw
his
brother
vpon
the
ladder
,
so
made
he
none
other
tarying
but
lighted
vpon
bayarde
that
ranne
as
the
wynde
,
for
at
euery
time
he
lepte
.xxx.
foote
in
a
playne
grounde
.
And
Alarde
,
Guycharde
,
and
Mawgis
awoke
for
loue
of
bayard
that
made
greate
noyse
.
And
whan
they
were
all
awaked
:
Mawgis
began
to
crye
as
hyghe
as
he
coulde
vpon
his
horse
,
the
deuyll
speed
the
euyll
beast
that
thou
hast
let
me
slepe
so
longe
,
and
than
he
lyghted
quickly
vpon
his
backe
,
for
ther
was
no
better
horse
in
all
the
worlde
after
bayarde
.
WHan
Rypus
of
riplemonde
that
wolde
haue
strangled
Richard
saw
come
his
bretherne
and
Mawgys
:
he
was
so
sore
abashed
with
it
that
he
wist
not
what
he
shoulde
doo
,
&
he
sayde
than
to
Richarde
.
richarde
ye
be
delyuered
oute
of
my
handes
,
for
here
comen
Reynawd
and
Mawgys
,
and
all
theyr
puyssaunce
that
come
for
to
succoure
you
,
and
yf
it
please
you
,
ye
shall
haue
mercye
on
me
.
For
this
that
I
dyd
for
to
haue
brought
you
heere
:
it
was
but
for
to
haue
a
waye
the
debate
that
Charlemaine
had
with
the
.xii.
peeres
of
Fraunce
,
and
I
knewe
well
that
ye
should
be
rescued
without
any
faut
by
youre
bretherne
and
of
Mawgys
Ripus
saide
richarde
mocke
not
with
me
,
for
heere
is
to
harde
a
mocke
for
me
,
and
ye
wynne
not
muche
by
for
to
gabbe
me
of
this
facion
.
By
my
soule
saide
ripus
I
mocke
you
not
,
it
is
in
good
ernest
that
I
saye
,
ye
maye
see
them
heere
not
a
bow
shot
a
ferre
nor
I
seeke
not
to
doo
you
any
harme
but
goe
downe
fro
the
ladder
,
and
haue
mercy
on
me
I
beseche
you
for
goddes
loue
.
RYcharde
was
meruelouslye
abashed
whan
he
hearde
ripus
speke
,
and
he
turned
his
heade
a
syde
and
sawe
reynawd
that
came
a
good
pase
,
and
whan
he
sawe
hym
:
he
sayde
rypus
I
shall
neuer
clayme
my
brother
reynawde
for
my
brother
,
yf
he
hange
you
not
by
the
necke
to
the
same
gybet
where
as
ye
thought
to
haue
hanged
me
ryghte
nowe
.
This
hangynge
that
richard
spake
to
ripus
:
reynawde
was
aryued
and
hearde
this
that
Richard
had
sayd
to
Rypus
.
And
Reynawde
beganne
than
to
crye
with
highe
voice
,
so
helpe
me
God
Ripus
ye
be
deade
,
for
ye
be
a
cursed
man
,
and
for
youre
cursednes
:
I
shall
hange
you
my
owne
selfe
at
this
gybet
,
so
shall
you
be
possessoure
of
my
brother
Richardes
place
,
for
al
the
power
that
Charlemayne
shal
make
:
shall
not
saue
you
therfro
.
This
hanging
:
came
there
Mawgis
sore
chaufed
&
said
to
Ripus
.
Ha
Ripus
thou
traitour
euil
man
ye
haue
alwaies
be
readye
to
doo
some
euil
againste
vs
,
but
sith
that
I
haue
founde
you
heere
I
shall
not
seeke
you
no
where
elles
,
&
than
Mawgis
bare
vp
his
spere
for
to
haue
perced
his
body
therwith
,
but
Reinawde
cried
vpon
hym
,
Cosyn
touche
him
not
,
for
I
wolde
not
for
a
greate
thinge
that
a nother
thanne
I
should
slea
him
,
for
I
shal
auenge
vpon
him
my
deere
brother
richard
,
and
than
he
drewe
oute
Flamberge
and
smote
ripus
with
it
such
a
stroke
that
he
felled
him
dead
to
cherch
at
the
foote
of
the
ladder
,
and
after
he
sayde
to
his
bretherne
,
keep
well
that
none
of
his
folke
scape
but
that
they
be
deade
or
taken
.
And
than
reinawd
descended
a
foote
and
went
vpon
the
ladder
,
and
tooke
richarde
betwene
hys
armes
and
brought
him
downe
,
and
vnbound
him
handes
and
after
he
kyssed
his
mouthe
and
sayd
to
him
.
Brother
howe
doo
ye
,
feele
youre selfe
,
are
ye
not
yl
at
ease
?
BRother
saide
richarde
I
haue
no
harme
,
but
let
me
be
armed
I
praye
you
.
By
sainte
Iohan
saide
reynawde
ye
shall
be
armed
anone
.
Brother
sayd
Rycharde
let
me
haue
the
armours
of
ripus
of
Riplemonde
,
with
a
good
wil
said
Reynawd
And
Incontynente
he
made
Rypus
to
be
had
from
his
harnays
and
made
his
brther
Rycharde
for
to
be
armed
,
therwith
he
made
him
to
lyght
on
horsebacke
&
tooke
him
his
sheeld
and
his
baner
.
And
whan
richarde
was
well
a
parelled
:
Reynawde
tooke
the
halter
that
rypus
had
put
aboute
Richardes
necke
,
and
put
it
aboute
Ripus
necke
and
after
he
mounted
vpon
the
laddre
and
drew
him
al
dead
,
&
hanged
him
there
as
he
wolde
haue
hanged
Richarde
,
and
with
him
wel
.xv.
mo
of
hys
company
such
as
king
Charlemayne
loued
most
.
And
whan
he
had
hanged
them
:
he
sayde
to
Richarde
.
Brother
thus
manye
shall
keepe
heere
watche
in
stede
of
you
.
Whan
this
was
doone
:
Mawgis
came
to
Reynawde
and
sayde
to
him
.
Cosin
tell
me
who
waked
you
so
wel
in
time
as
ye
were
?
cosin
said
Reynawde
,
by
the
fayth
that
I
owe
to
god
I
slept
as
harde
as
though
I
had
not
slepte
in
.xii.
nightes
afore
,
but
bayarde
my
gentil
horse
awoke
me
,
than
sayd
Mawgys
.
O
gracyous
Lorde
of
heauen
blessed
be
God
that
made
suche
a
horse
,
it
is
not
the
first
good
turne
that
Baiarde
hath
doone
to
you
my
cosin
nor
also
it
shall
not
be
the
laste
.
And
thei
al
went
and
kissed
Bayarde
for
the
goodnes
that
he
had
shewed
vnto
them
.
MY
lordes
said
than
Reynawde
what
shall
we
now
doo
?
Wee
haue
wrought
well
,
syth
that
we
haue
rescued
the
gentyll
Richarde
whole
&
sounde
,
me
semeth
that
we
ought
to
goe
to
Mountawban
,
so
shall
we
recomfort
Clare
my
wyfe
&
my
two
children
that
ben
all
euill
at
ease
for
the
loue
of
Reynawde
and
so
shall
we
eate
and
slepe
at
our
ease
,
for
we
haue
well
need
therof
,
and
we
shall
doo
Iustyce
of
king
yon
that
so
falsly
hath
betrayed
vs
.
And
after
to
morow
we
shal
assayle
charlemayn
that
we
loue
not
,
and
we
shall
leue
fyue
hundred
men
within
Mountawban
,
and
as
many
aboue
Mountbandell
that
shall
succour
vs
if
need
be
.
And
than
sayd
Richarde
,
syr
if
it
please
you
ye
shal
not
doo
so
.
For
ye
knowe
not
the
sorow
,
&
the
great
lamentacion
that
the
frenche
men
made
for
loue
of
me
in
the
hoste
of
Charlemayne
.
And
I
promise
you
ye
ought
wel
to
loue
Ogier
,
Rowland
,
Estorfawde
the
sonne
of
Oedon
,
Richarde
of
normandy
,
the
fayre
Guydellon
.
Salamon
of
bretayne
,
and
eke
Oliuer
of
Viē
.
For
they
tooke
great
debate
for
me
with
Charlemayn
within
his
pauilion
,
and
all
this
they
dyd
for
the
loue
of
you
,
for
they
wende
al
for
certayne
that
Ripus
should
haue
hanged
me
,
&
that
I
should
haue
no
succours
,
but
and
it
please
you
giue
me
leue
that
I
may
shew
me
to
Ogyer
the
dane
&
to
all
other
our
kinsmen
that
be
in
Charlemaynes
courte
,
for
they
shall
haue
great
Ioye
for
to
see
me
scape
from
the
death
.
THan
sayd
Reynawde
:
forsoth
Ogyer
dyd
lyke
a
valiaunte
man
,
for
men
ought
for
to
loue
their
freendes
&
help
them
whan
it
is
need
and
Reynawde
said
.
Brother
the
sonne
is
almoste
vnder
al
redy
.
I
feare
me
sore
of
you
yf
ye
wyll
go
into
the
hoste
of
Charlemayne
,
but
and
ye
will
nedes
goe
there
:
take
wyth
you
foure
hundred
knyghtes
well
horsed
and
wel
armed
,
&
put
them
in
a
busshement
nyghe
by
where
ye
goe
,
and
I
shal
be
heere
wyth
mi
folke
,
and
ye
shal
take
wyth
you
Bondy
my
good
horne
:
&
yf
ye
need
of
ony
helpe
:
sounne
it
hye
as
ye
can
well
doo
,
&
I
shal
succour
you
incontinent
.
Syr
sayd
Richarde
be
it
as
it
please
you
.
And
than
Reinawde
tooke
his
horne
to
Rycharde
&
foure
hundred
knyghtes
,
and
Rycharde
tooke
on
his
way
&
bare
the
baner
of
Rypus
wyth
hym
,
and
he
did
so
muche
that
he
came
to
the
hoste
of
Charlemain
,
&
the
king
stoode
armed
afore
his
,
pauilion
,
with
his
folke
that
kepte
the
waye
of
Mountfawcon
,
and
they
saw
come
the
baner
of
Rypus
,
as
it
had
be
borne
by
Ripus
hymselfe
vpon
his
horse
.
THan
whan
Ogyer
saw
Rycharde
come
out
:
he
wende
it
had
be
Ripus
of
Ryplemonde
,
that
had
hanged
Richarde
,
&
of
the
sorow
that
he
tooke
for
it
he
fell
downe
to
the
erth
in
a
swoune
.
And
after
whan
he
was
come
agayne
to
hymselfe
:
he
sayd
,
Alas
we
haue
loste
Rycharde
,
we
shall
neuer
haue
hym
a
gayne
.
Now
it
is
well
seene
Rycharde
that
ye
had
few
freendes
.
And
wyth
this
he
spurred
his
good
horse
Brayford
and
came
agaynst
Rycharde
,
for
he
trowed
verely
that
it
had
be
Ripus
.
And
whan
Charlemayne
saw
that
Ogyer
the
dane
ran
towarde
Ripus
:
he
sayd
to
hys
folke
goe
after
hym
barons
I
shall
now
see
whyche
of
you
is
my
freend
or
my
foe
heere
cometh
Rypus
,
certaynly
he
hath
doone
wel
his
deuoure
and
hath
doone
me
good
seruice
,
for
he
hath
made
me
quite
of
Rycharde
one
of
my
mortall
enemies
,
and
now
Ogyer
wyll
kyll
him
in
treason
,
but
and
I
can
holde
him
:
I
shall
doo
suche
Iustyce
vpon
him
that
it
shal
be
spoken
of
it
longe
time
heere
after
.
And
than
spurred
theyr
horses
frenchemen
and
bourgoyns
after
Ogyer
,
and
Charlemayne
him selfe
went
after
hym
,
but
Ogier
was
all
redy
ferre
from
them
,
wrothe
and
fyers
as
a
lion
,
&
he
cryed
as
hye
as
he
coulde
.
So
helpe
me
god
Rypus
ye
be
dead
,
&
ye
shall
haue
a
rewarde
of
that
ye
haue
doone
vnto
my
cosin
Rycharde
&
I
promise
you
Charlemayne
shall
not
come
time
ynoughe
for
to
saue
you
from
my
spere
.
Whan
Richarde
heard
Ogier
speake
thus
:
he
sayde
,
haue
mercye
vpon
me
my
fayre
cosyn
,
for
I
am
Rychard
your
cosyn
and
not
Ripus
,
for
wee
haue
hanged
Rypus
in
my
place
,
&
I
promise
you
my
brother
reinawde
hath
wel
auenged
me
vpon
him
and
therfore
I
am
come
for
to
shewe
me
to
you
and
to
my
other
kynsmen
for
I
wote
well
that
ye
shall
be
glad
therof
,
ye
make
lesynge
false
traytour
of
riplemonde
sayd
Ogyer
,
but
ye
shall
not
scape
me
so
.
Whan
Richard
saw
Ogier
so
sore
chaufed
with
wrathe
:
he
sayd
vnto
him
.
Cosin
know
you
not
me
?
nay
without
fawt
sayd
Ogier
.
For
ye
bere
the
armes
&
the
baner
of
Rypus
,
I
haue
done
so
syr
said
Ri●hard
bycause
that
I
should
not
be
knowen
.
By
my
soule
sayde
Ogyer
.
I
wil
see
your
face
naked
.
For
otherwyse
I
wyll
not
beleue
the
,
that
ye
saye
.
Syr
sayde
Richarde
,
and
ye
shal
see
me
anon
.
And
than
he
vnbuckled
his
helme
&
shewed
hys
vysage
.
And
whan
Ogyer
sawe
him
:
he
was
right
glad
and
wente
and
kissed
the
mouth
of
Richarde
ful
sweetly
,
and
tooke
him
in
hys
armes
many
tymes
and
sayd
to
Richarde
all
laughynge
.
Cosyn
what
haue
ye
doone
of
Ripus
?
by
mi
fayth
sayd
Rycharde
,
he
is
nowe
Archebisshop
of
the
feeldes
giuyng
the
benediccion
wyth
his
foote
.
For
my
brother
Reynawde
hath
hanged
hym
with
his
owne
handes
,
&
wolde
not
suffre
that
none
other
should
set
hande
vpon
hym
,
but
only
hymselfe
,
by
my
soule
sayd
Ogier
,
he
hath
doone
right
well
.
And
than
he
sayde
to
Rycharde
,
fayre
Cosin
see
to
your selfe
,
for
heere
cometh
Charlemayne
,
and
god
be
with
you
,
&
thus
returned
ogier
.
And
whan
Charlemayne
saw
Ogier
:
he
sayd
to
hym
,
why
went
ye
towarde
Ripus
afore
me
?
Syr
said
Ogier
if
ye
were
not
so
nyghe
me
:
I
should
smite
of
his
hed
.
But
I
dare
not
doo
it
for
loue
of
you
,
goe
yee
to
him
,
for
I
make
you
sure
,
he
shal
haue
none
harme
by
me
.
Then
sayd
Charlemayne
,
I
shal
defende
him
against
al
men
.
And
than
he
spurred
the
horse
with
the
spurres
&
came
to
Richard
weenyng
to
him
that
it
had
ben
Ripus
and
sayd
to
him
,
come
nere
my
specyall
freende
Ripus
,
and
take
no
feare
of
nothynge
.
For
I
shall
keepe
you
agaynst
all
men
.
Whan
Rycharde
heard
Charlemayne
speake
thus
:
he
sayde
to
hym
.
I
wyll
that
ye
knowe
now
that
I
am
not
the
false
traytoure
Ripus
,
but
I
am
Richarde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
,
and
I
am
the
brother
of
Reynawde
the
beste
knight
of
all
the
worlde
,
and
of
Alarde
and
of
Guycharde
,
and
cosyn
to
the
valyaunte
Mawgis
that
ye
loue
so
muche
,
ye
smote
me
to
day
in
the
mornyng
with
a
staffe
in
the
head
,
whereof
ye
mysdyd
greatly
,
and
therfore
my
brother
Reynawde
hath
hanged
your
ryght
welbeloued
rypus
there
as
he
wold
haue
lodged
me
,
and
.xv.
of
his
felawes
with
hym
for
to
beare
hym
felawshyp
,
now
beware
of
me
for
I
defye
you
.
Whan
Charlemayne
vnderstode
these
wordes
:
he
was
so
sore
an
angred
of
it
that
none
can
be
more
,
and
spurred
his
horse
and
ran
vpon
Rycharde
,
&
Richarde
agaynst
him
,
and
gaue
the
one
to
the
other
so
great
strokes
in
theyr
sheldes
that
they
brake
bothe
theyr
speres
al
in
peeres
.
And
with
the
same
they
recountred
eche
other
with
their
bodyes
so
mightly
that
the
strongest
of
bothe
habandonned
the
stiropes
,
but
it
happed
wel
to
Charlemayne
that
he
abode
within
tharsons
of
the
sadle
,
but
Richarde
fell
downe
to
the
erth
.
And
whan
Rycharde
saw
himself
a
ground
he
was
wrothe
for
it
&
rose
vp
quicklye
and
set
hande
vnto
his
swerde
,
and
went
and
smote
Charlemayne
vpon
hys
helme
so
great
a
stroke
,
that
he
ma●e
him
all
astonyed
withal
,
but
the
swerd
slyded
vpon
the
helme
that
was
good
and
fiue
downe
vnto
the
horse
necke
so
harde
that
he
cut
it
a
sundre
,
and
wyth
this
stroke
:
he
felled
the
horse
sterke
dead
,
and
by
all
thus
was
Charlemayne
brought
to
the
grounde
And
whan
Charlemayne
saw
hym selfe
a
grounde
:
he
was
sore
an
angred
for
it
,
and
lept
vpon
his
feete
ryght
quyckely
and
tooke
hys
swerde
in
hys
hande
,
and
smote
Richarde
vpon
his
helme
so
harde
that
he
made
him
reele
withal
,
and
than
began
betwene
Charlemayne
and
Rycharde
a
sore
sharpe
medlyng
.
And
whan
they
had
fought
a
great
whyle
together
:
charlemayne
began
to
crye
Mountioye
saynt
Denys
.
And
whan
Rycharde
hearde
this
:
he
drew
him
a
syde
,
and
tooke
hys
horne
and
souned
it
right
hye
,
so
that
his
brethern
heard
it
wel
and
so
did
Mawgys
.
And
than
incontynent
they
spurred
theyr
horses
,
and
came
towarde
Rycharde
for
to
succour
hym
.
And
than
sayd
Mawgys
,
I
doubt
me
that
Rycharde
is
taken
,
but
we
shall
dye
al
wyth
hym
,
or
els
we
shall
haue
hym
agayne
.
GReate
dylygence
made
Reynawde
for
to
succour
Richard
And
whan
he
was
come
where
he
was
:
he
cryed
sodaynly
Mountawban
and
Alarde
pauereyment
Guycharde
Balancon
&
Richarde
,
ardeyn
and
Mawgis
went
&
ranne
vpon
a
knight
that
was
called
magon
other
wyse
Sampson
Lorde
of
Pierrefrit
and
rought
hym
suche
a
stroke
:
that
he
felled
hym
dead
to
the
grounde
,
&
Reynawd
smote
vpon
another
knight
by
suche
a
wyse
thar
he
shoued
his
swerde
throughe
and
throughe
his
bodye
,
&
Guycharde
smote
another
with
hys
swerde
so
fyersly
that
he
cleued
his
head
in
two
peces
,
&
Alarde
smote
the
fourth
knyght
vpon
his
helme
so
great
a
stroke
that
he
caste
hym
dead
to
fore
hys
feete
,
&
after
he
ranne
vpon
another
knyght
rychely
arayed
and
gaue
eche
other
suche
strokes
that
they
bothe
fell
downe
from
theyr
horses
to
the
erth
,
&
than
came
there
Reynawde
that
dyd
so
muche
that
the
sayde
knyght
was
taken
prysoner
,
whych
was
called
Hughe
of
Almayne
&
brought
hym
to
mountawban
.
what
shal
I
tel
you
more
?
the
batayle
began
to
be
fell
,
&
so
cruel
that
it
was
great
pitie
for
to
se
,
for
the
one
spared
not
the
other
,
but
slew
eche
other
as
thicke
as
beastes
.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
al
redy
that
the
Sunne
was
gone
vnder
&
that
the
night
came
fast
on
:
he
was
in
a
doubt
for
his
brethern
,
&
sayd
good
lorde
through
thy
mercy
and
redempcion
,
keep
me
&
my
brethern
from
death
and
from
prison
,
for
the
night
that
is
at
hand
maketh
me
to
be
aferde
.
And
as
he
spake
these
wordes
:
came
there
king
Charlemayne
as
fast
as
his
horse
myght
walop
agaynst
Reynawde
,
and
Reynawde
against
him
,
bicause
he
knew
him
not
,
&
smote
eche
other
so
harde
in
theyr
sheeldes
that
they
made
theyr
speres
to
flee
in
peces
,
and
recountred
together
bothe
with
theyr
bodyes
&
sheeldes
so
meruaylously
that
they
ouerthrew
eche
other
to
the
ground
,
and
than
they
rose
quicklye
bothe
at
ones
&
set
hande
to
theyr
swerdes
,
&
than
Charlemayne
began
to
crye
Mountioye
Saynte
Denys
,
and
after
sayd
,
if
I
be
outraged
by
one
knight
only
:
I
ought
not
for
to
be
a
king
nor
to
bere
crowne
.
Whan
Reynawde
vnderstode
Charlemayne
speake
:
he
knew
him
well
&
withdrewe
himself
a
side
&
sayd
.
Alas
how
am
I
dyffamed
?
it
is
charlemayn
to
whom
I
haue
lousted
,
I
haue
misprised
to
sore
for
to
haue
set
hande
vpon
hym
.
Ha
good
lorde
,
it
is
wel
.xvi.
yeres
a
gone
that
I
spake
not
ones
with
hym
,
but
I
shal
now
speke
to
him
if
I
shoulde
dye
for
it
,
for
by
reason
&
ryght
:
I
ought
to
lese
the
fyrst
,
wherfore
I
will
make
to
hym
a
mendes
presently
,
and
let
him
doo
with
me
what
he
wyll
,
and
whan
he
had
sayd
this
:
he
went
to
Charlemayne
and
kneeled
before
him
and
sayd
to
him
.
Sir
for
God
I
crye
you
mercy
,
gyue
me
trewes
tyll
that
I
haue
spoken
wyth
you
.
With
a
good
wyll
sayd
Charlemayne
,
but
I
wote
not
who
ye
be
:
how
be
it
that
ye
haue
iusted
with
me
.
I
thanke
you
humbly
sayd
Reynawd
of
that
it
pleaseth
you
to
saye
so
by
me
.
Syr
wyt
that
I
am
Reynawde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
,
and
I
crye
you
mercy
.
And
for
that
pytie
that
oure
lorde
had
vpon
the
crosse
of
hys
mother
whan
he
recommended
her
to
saynte
Iohn
his
disciple
,
I
beseche
you
that
ye
wyll
haue
pitie
vpon
me
and
vpon
my
bretherne
,
ye
knowe
that
I
am
your
man
,
and
ye
haue
disherited
me
of
my
landes
and
haue
chased
me
out
of
Fraunce
.
It
is
a
goe
.xvi.
yeres
,
and
by
cause
of
thys
are
dead
so
many
noble
knyghtes
and
valyaunt
men
and
other
in
so
great
numbre
that
it
can
not
be
sayd
.
For
God
ye
see
well
what
losse
that
cometh
of
the
warre
:
for
a
lorde
that
hath
no
piti
in
hym
hath
a
hert
as
hard
as
a
stone
.
And
therfore
syr
I
beseche
you
for
god
that
ye
haue
merci
on
me
and
of
my
brethern
that
ben
such
knyghtes
as
ye
know
.
I
speke
not
these
wordes
for
feare
of
death
:
ne
for
couetyse
of
richesse
.
For
god
gramerri
we
haue
goodes
ynough
,
but
I
speake
it
for
to
haue
your
loue
onely
.
Syr
suffre
that
we
haue
peace
with
you
,
and
we
shall
become
your
men
for
euermore
and
we
shall
swere
to
you
fayth
and
legeaunce
,
and
also
I
shal
gyue
you
Mountalban
and
my
good
horse
bayarde
,
which
is
the
thing
that
I
loue
best
in
this
worlde
after
my
brethern
and
Mawgis
.
For
there
is
not
in
all
the
worlde
suche
another
horse
.
And
yf
thys
cannot
satisfy
your
mind
I
shal
doo
yet
more
,
pleseth
it
to
you
for
to
pardon
my
bretherne
,
and
I
shall
for
swere
Fraunce
for
euermore
that
I
shall
neuer
be
seen
there
.
And
I
shal
goe
to
the
holy
sepulcre
in
Ierusalem
bare
foote
for
the
remembraunce
of
you
,
and
I
nor
Mawgys
shal
neuer
come
agayne
into
Fraunce
but
we
shall
warre
styll
on
goddes
enemyes
as
ben
turckes
and
Sarasyns
.
depiction of an unseated knight or king with crown beside a horse, with two armed knights on horseback standing over him; and of two groups of knights in armour on horseback charging each other, with heads and body parts on the ground
THan
whan
Charlemayn
hear
de
Reynawde
speake
thus
he
answered
hym
and
sayde
.
Reynawde
ye
speake
for
nought
,
ye
dyd
an
ouer
great
foly
,
whan
ye
tooke
that
hardines
vpon
for
to
speake
with
me
in
my
palays
as
ye
dyd
,
and
yet
yee
dyd
worse
whan
ye
slew
my
nenew
berthelot
that
I
loued
so
muche
,
&
now
ye
speake
of
peace
&
ye
crie
me
merci
.
I
promyse
you
for
certayne
that
ye
shall
haue
no
peace
with
me
,
but
yf
ye
doo
that
I
shal
tell
you
.
Syr
said
Reinawde
what
shall
that
be
tel
me
I
pray
you
?
I
shall
shewe
it
to
you
wyth
a
good
wil
sayd
Charlemayne
and
if
ye
doo
it
,
ye
and
your
brethern
shall
accorde
wyth
me
,
and
I
shall
gyue
you
agayne
your
heritage
,
and
yet
I
shal
gyue
you
ynough
of
myne
owne
.
It
is
that
ye
gyue
me
Mawgis
in
my
handes
for
to
doo
my
pleasure
with
hym
.
For
I
hate
him
more
than
ony
thyng
in
the
worlde
.
Syr
sayd
Reynawde
,
yf
I
should
deliuer
hym
to
you
,
what
wolde
ye
doo
to
him
Reynawde
sayd
Charlemayne
I
promyse
you
I
should
make
hym
to
be
drawen
shamefully
at
foure
horses
tayles
through
Parys
,
&
after
that
I
should
take
from
the
body
of
hym
the
lymmes
one
after
another
,
and
than
I
should
make
hym
to
be
brent
and
his
asshes
to
be
cast
at
the
winde
And
whan
he
shall
be
arayed
as
I
tell
you
:
let
hym
than
doo
his
incantacions
&
his
magyke
as
he
wyll
,
&
I
pardon
hym
all
that
he
can
doo
to
me
after
y●
.
Than
sayd
Reynawde
to
the
Kynge
.
Syr
wolde
ye
doo
it
in
deed
as
ye
say
?
yea
said
Charlemayne
in
good
fayth
.
Emperour
sayd
Reinawde
wolde
you
not
take
townes
ne
castelles
,
golde
nor
syluer
for
the
raunsom
of
Maugis
?
certes
nay
sayd
Charlemayne
.
Syr
sayd
Reynawde
than
shall
we
neuer
be
accorded
to gither
.
For
I
tell
you
for
certeyn
that
yf
ye
had
all
my
bretherne
in
your
pryson
,
and
that
ye
were
delibered
for
to
make
them
to
be
hanged
:
yet
should
I
not
gyue
you
mawgys
for
to
haue
them
delyuered
oute
of
your
handes
.
Holde
your
peace
than
sayd
Charlemayne
and
beware
of
me
for
otherwyse
get
ye
no
peace
wyth
mee
.
Syr
sayd
Reynawde
I
am
sory
for
it
.
for
we
be
no
men
that
ought
to
be
caste
from
your
sexuyse
,
and
sith
that
ye
defye
me
:
I
shal
defend
me
,
and
our
lorde
shall
me
doo
that
grace
yf
it
please
hym
that
I
shall
not
betake
of
you
.
And
whan
Charlemaine
heard
this
:
he
was
sore
angry
and
ranne
vpon
Reynawde
.
and
whan
Reynawde
sawe
hym
come
vpon
hym
he
sayd
to
him
.
Syr
for
god
mercy
suffre
not
that
I
sette
hande
vpon
you
,
For
if
I
should
let
my selfe
for
to
be
slayne
by
you
:
I
wexe
well
a
myschaunt
.
Vassayl
sayd
Charlemayne
these
wordes
auaileth
you
not
for
ye
muste
needes
defende
yourself
.
And
than
Charlemayne
smote
hym
with
Ioyuse
his
swerde
vpon
his
helme
.
and
the
stroke
slided
downe
vpon
the
sheelde
of
Reinawde
so
that
he
kytted
quyte
and
clene
a
great
parte
therof
.
Whan
Reinawde
felt
so
greate
a
stroke
that
kynge
Charlemayne
had
gyuen
hym
:
he
was
sore
an
angred
for
it
.
He
vaunced
hym selfe
foorth
and
caught
the
kyng
with
bothe
his
armes
by
the
backe
,
&
by
the
waste
in
maner
of
wrastelynge
.
For
he
wolde
not
smyte
hym
with
his
swerde
flāberge
,
and
tooke
&
layd
him
vpon
the
necke
of
his
horse
baiard
,
for
to
haue
brought
hym
with
hym
to
Mountawban
without
any
other
harme
.
And
whan
Charlemayne
sawe
that
he
was
handeled
of
this
fation
:
he
began
to
crye
as
lowde
as
he
myghte
.
Mountioye
saynt
Denys
,
and
than
he
sayd
,
ha
fayre
nenew
Rowlande
,
where
be
you
?
Oliuer
of
vyenne
and
ye
duke
Naymes
,
and
bysshop
Turpyn
,
shall
ye
suffre
that
I
be
thus
taken
and
brought
as
a
prysoners
and
if
ye
doo
so
,
it
shal
be
a
great
shame
to
you
al
,
Reynawde
began
than
to
crye
Mountawban
as
hyghe
as
he
coulde
whan
he
heard
Charlemayne
speake
so
.
And
after
he
sayd
,
ha
my
brethern
and
ye
cosyn
Mawgis
come
hyther
,
and
let
vs
goe
,
for
I
haue
gyuen
the
kyng
suche
a
checke
,
that
if
we
canne
now
brynge
him
with
vs
,
wee
shall
haue
peace
in
Fraunce
from
hens
forth
on
.
Than
the
noble
peres
of
Fraunce
as
Rowland
,
Oliuer
,
&
the
other
cam
to
the
succours
of
Charlemayne
,
and
of
that
other
parte
came
there
for
to
helpe
Reynawde
his
bretherne
and
Mawgis
,
&
wel
foure
hundred
knightes
well
armed
.
And
whan
the
valyaunt
knightes
were
assembled
together
of
bothe
partyes
:
ye
should
than
haue
seen
a
merueylous
batayle
.
For
they
slewe
eche
other
as
beastes
and
there
were
so
many
speres
broken
,
and
so
manye
sheeldes
clouen
and
hewed
into
peeces
,
and
so
man●
helmes
vnbuckled
,
and
so
manye
a
quiras
broken
and
perced
,
and
so
many
horses
that
drewe
after
theyr
guttes
a
longe
in
the
feeldes
,
and
so
manye
a
man
slayne
that
it
was
pytie
for
to
see
.
And
whan
Rowland
was
come
to
the
meddle
:
he
wente
vpon
Reynawde
and
gaue
him
so
great
a
stroke
vpon
his
helme
that
he
was
all
astonyed
therwith
,
and
after
he
sayd
to
him
.
Vasell
ye
haue
doone
euyll
that
ye
trowed
to
haue
brought
away
the
king
in
this
maner
of
wise
,
ye
wot
well
it
is
to
heauy
a
bourden
for
to
lede
of
this
facion
,
ye
shal
leue
him
,
and
yet
ye
shall
abye
full
deere
for
it
or
ye
escape
me
.
And
whan
Reyn●wde
saw
that
he
was
thus
repreued
,
and
felt
the
great
strooke
that
rowlande
had
giuen
to
him
vpon
his
helmet
:
he
was
wrothe
,
and
tooke
hys
swerde
in
his
hande
,
holdyng
alwayes
Charlemaine
afore
hym
vpon
bayardes
necke
&
came
to
Rowland
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Damp
Rowlande
come
forthe
so
shall
ye
wyt
how
flāberge
cutteth
,
And
whan
Rowlande
vnderstode
hym
:
he
came
vpon
hym
,
&
whan
Reynawde
sawe
hym
come
:
he
let
fal
downe
Charlemayne
&
ranne
vpon
Rowland
.
And
there
began
amonge
them
two
afiers
medlynge
.
This
hangyng
:
came
Alarde
,
Guycharde
and
the
lytle
Rycharde
,
and
ranne
vpon
Rowlande
at
ones
and
gaue
hime
so
muche
to
doo
that
he
muste
put
hymselfe
to
flyght
wolde
he
or
no.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
that
Charlemaine
and
Rowland
had
saued
them self
:
he
was
ryght
sorye
for
it
,
and
he
sayd
to
his
bretherne
.
My
bretherne
ye
haue
wrought
yll
,
for
yf
ye
had
be
styll
by
me
wee
had
doone
a
great
fayt
,
for
I
had
taken
Charlemayne
that
wee
should
haue
brought
wyth
vs
to
Mountawban
.
Syr
sayde
his
brethern
,
we
are
sory
for
it
that
we
dyd
not
so
,
but
we
had
so
muche
to
doo
in
a nother
place
the
it
is
well
to
vs
that
we
be
scaped
saue
wyth
our
liues
.
But
let
vs
see
that
wee
doo
well
,
and
sowne
our
horne
to
the
ende
ye
may
gather
agayne
together
your
folke
that
be
so
sperkled
abrode
,
for
there
is
daunger
bycause
of
the
nyght
that
cometh
so
faste
on
,
and
call
agayne
your
baner
for
we
haue
wonne
more
than
we
haue
lost
and
let
vs
go
to
Mountawban
.
Reynawde
that
was
sage
dyd
as
his
brethern
and
Mawgis
counselled
him
whan
Charlemayne
sawe
that
Reinawde
had
withdrawe
hys
baner
:
he
was
glad
of
it
,
for
he
saw
well
that
his
folke
was
at
the
worste
hande
,
so
made
he
to
sowne
the
retrete
and
passed
Balancon
,
and
did
so
muche
that
he
came
agayne
to
hys
hoste
.
And
whan
he
was
lyghted
downe
a
foote
:
he
sayde
to
hys
folke
.
By
my
soule
it
goeth
not
well
with
vs
,
for
Reinawde
hath
put
vs
from
the
feeld
Syr
sayd
Rowland
,
speake
no
more
of
it
for
it
is
not
longe
on
you
,
but
that
wee
had
be
almoste
shamed
;
ye
dyd
great
folye
whan
ye
iousted
with
Reynawde
for
yf
he
had
slayne
you
or
take
:
the
warre
had
be
ended
that
hath
lasted
so
longe
.
¶
I
leue
now
heere
to
speake
of
Charlemayne
&
of
Rowlande
his
neuew
,
&
returne
to
speak
of
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
and
of
Mawgis
theyr
cosin
and
of
theyr
folke
.
¶
Howe
after
that
Reynawde
,
hys
brethern
and
Mawgys
had
discomfited
Charlemayne
,
after
that
they
had
rescued
Rycharde
,
that
Ripus
wolde
haue
hanged
at
Mountfawcon
,
went
agayne
vpon
hym
,
and
pulled
down
his
pauyllyon
,
and
bare
away
with
them
the
Egle
of
golde
that
was
ther
vpon
,
wherof
the
kyng
was
full
sory
for
it
,
so
that
he
wolde
haue
taken
agayne
hys
crowne
into
the
handes
of
his
barons
saying
that
he
wolde
not
be
no
more
theyr
kynge
because
that
they
had
faylled
hym
,
and
had
habandonned
hym
for
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
.
And
sayd
to
them
,
that
they
should
crowne
Reynawde
ther
with
,
so
should
he
be
their
kyng
.
For
they
loued
hym
better
than
they
dyd
hym
.
And
how
Olyuer
sayd
to
charlemayne
,
that
he
should
take
agayne
his
crowne
and
that
he
should
yeeld
him
Mawgis
that
he
had
taken
as
he
robbed
the
pauilion
.
For
he
abode
there
alone
.
And
how
Charlemayn
tooke
agayne
hys
crowne
,
and
was
ryght
glad
of
the
pryse
of
Mawgys
that
he
hated
so
muche
.
depiction of a male figure holding a crown in front of a tent and a group of men in armour; in the background a battle with knights on horseback and on foot fighting with swords
HEre
sheweth
the
history
that
whan
Reynawde
the
sonne
of
Aimon
saw
that
the
kyng
Charlemayne
was
gone
agayn
to
his
hoste
:
he
made
his
baner
to
ride
before
him
,
&
railed
his
folke
togither
.
And
whan
he
had
mounted
the
mountayne
of
mountfawcon
:
he
called
his
folke
&
sayde
to
them
.
Mi
frendes
put
your self
in
ordenaunce
&
take
on
your
way
to
Mountawban
&
I
,
my
brethern
&
Mawgis
shal
come
behinde
.
For
I
feare
me
lest
the
frenche
men
that
be
so
wroth
that
we
haue
discomfited
them
:
so
shall
folowe
for
to
hurte
vs
yf
they
can
,
and
yf
they
doo
:
Wee
shall
better
suffre
the
payne
than
our
folke
.
I
wolde
not
for
no
good
that
Rowlande
and
Oliuer
should
mocke
with
vs
,
nor
that
they
should
find
vs
in
disaraye
.
By
my
soule
sayde
Alarde
.
Brother
Reynawde
ye
speke
well
and
wiselye
.
And
than
theyr
folke
put
themselfe
in
ordenaunce
,
and
they
abode
behinde
til
that
their
folke
had
passed
Balancon
.
And
whan
the
moste
part
was
passed
:
he
tooke
three
thousande
men
of
the
best
of
his
folke
and
sayde
to
the
other
,
go
your
wayes
to
Mountawban
.
For
I
wil
goe
&
assayle
the
kyng
Charlemayn
in
his
pauilion
,
what
so
euer
it
hap
of
it
.
And
so
shall
I
shewe
his
folke
what
I
can
doo
,
and
that
I
am
a
man
for
to
seeke
hym
and
not
he
me
ANd
whan
Reynawde
had
sayd
this
:
he
came
to
the
water
of
Balancon
,
and
passed
ouer
with
his
three
thousande
men
,
And
they
rode
so
longe
that
they
came
to
the
hoste
of
Charlemayne
,
that
was
wrothe
more
than
mesure
requireth
bicause
that
he
had
loste
the
feelde
agaynst
Reynawde
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
the
pauilion
of
Charlemayne
:
he
sayd
to
his
brethern
,
and
to
al
his
folke
,
I
praye
you
that
ye
gouerne
you
wysely
.
Syr
sayd
Richard
the
hardy
he
that
wyll
be
enhaunced
in
pryce
:
he
ought
not
to
looke
so
nygh
,
but
he
must
Ieoparde
for
to
conquere
worshyp
.
And
whan
Richarde
had
sayd
so
:
he
set
hande
to
his
swerde
,
&
spurred
his
horse
with
the
spurres
and
wente
streyght
to
the
pauylyon
of
Charlemayne
,
&
cut
of
the
cordes
&
made
it
fall
downe
to
the
erth
with
the
Egle
of
golde
massy
that
was
of
great
value
.
Whan
Reynawde
sawe
this
:
he
called
Mawgis
&
said
to
him
cosin
come
hyther
,
helpe
me
to
bring
a
way
this
gayne
,
syr
sayd
Mawgis
with
a
good
will
,
and
they
lighted
a
foote
&
tooke
the
Egle
of
golde
that
was
so
riche
that
no
man
wilte
what
it
was
worth
,
&
Reynawde
sayd
to
his
folke
.
My
lordes
smite
now
well
&
fayne
not
your selfe
,
he
that
beginneth
a
game
:
he
ought
to
see
an
ende
of
it
to
his
profyte
yf
he
can
.
Who
than
had
seene
the
folke
of
Charlemayne
arme
them
&
com
out
of
their
tentes
&
ranne
vpon
the
sonnes
of
Aymon
:
he
wolde
haue
meruayled
,
&
it
was
pitie
for
to
see
the
great
slaughter
that
was
doone
there
.
Whan
Mawgis
had
put
the
egle
of
golde
in
sure
handes
:
he
wente
agayne
to
the
pauilion
of
Charlemayne
&
he
found
the
kyng
&
sayd
to
him
.
By
my
head
syr
Emperour
,
ye
haue
troubled
vs
sore
a
longe
whyle
,
but
ye
shall
bye
it
ful
deere
at
this
houre
your
comyng
into
Gascoyne
&
the
death
of
my
father
the
duke
benes
of
Aigremount
.
for
I
shal
giue
to
you
such
a
stroke
that
ye
shal
neuer
make
warre
to
vs
nor
to
none
other
.
And
with
this
:
he
bare
vp
his
speare
for
to
haue
shoued
it
through
the
brest
of
charlemayn
,
but
charlemain
abode
not
the
stroke
,
but
he
turned
himselfe
aside
&
the
spere
entred
into
the
bed
of
the
king
wel
two
foote
,
&
whan
charlemayn
saw
this
he
was
aferde
,
&
he
began
to
cry
moūioye
saynt
denis
,
&
than
he
said
.
Ha
fayre
neuew
Rowland
where
are
ye
now
?
Whan
Mawgis
heard
call
Rowlande
,
he
looked
about
him
and
saw
not
Reynawde
nor
his
brethern
,
for
they
had
put
themself
to
the
way
to
retourne
home
agayne
.
OVer
longe
taried
Mawgis
in
the
hoste
of
Charlemayne
,
for
Reynawde
was
all
redy
passed
ouer
Balancon
,
and
Rowland
&
Oliuer
were
all
redy
come
to
the
callinge
of
Charlemayne
sore
afrayed
,
&
whan
Mawgis
sawe
them
:
he
made
no
lenger
taryinge
,
but
gaue
the
spurres
to
his
horse
&
went
after
Reynawde
as
fast
as
his
horse
myght
runne
.
And
whan
he
wolde
haue
passed
balancon
:
he
met
wyth
a
great
company
of
the
folke
of
Charlemayne
,
and
Mawgis
smote
one
of
them
so
hard
in
the
sheeld
,
that
he
ouerthrew
both
horse
&
man
to
the
erth
.
And
after
that
he
smote
the
sonne
of
Mylen
of
Puyll
so
that
he
cleued
his
sheelde
a
sonder
&
cast
him
downe
to
the
grounde
with
a
wounde
morta●l
,
&
than
he
cryed
Mountawban
&
sayd
.
Ha
fayre
cosin
Reynawde
where
be
you
,
succour
me
for
god
.
for
if
ye
lose
me
:
ye
shal
haue
harme
therat
.
And
than
Mawgys
thought
well
that
Reynawde
was
gone
,
this
hangynge
:
came
Olyuer
throughe
the
prese
and
came
vpon
Mawgis
&
smote
him
so
harde
that
it
abode
not
nother
for
sheelde
nor
for
courset
of
steele
,
but
he
made
hym
a
wounde
in
his
breste
,
and
caste
hym
downe
to
the
erth
.
WHan
Mawgis
felt
hymselfe
thus
hurt
and
ouerthrowen
:
he
was
ryght
wrothe
for
it
.
So
rose
he
vp
quickly
vpon
his
feete
&
tooke
hys
swearde
in
his
hande
&
did
meruayles
of
armes
,
and
the
nyght
was
very
darke
that
almoste
the
one
knew
not
the
other
.
And
whan
Oliuer
saw
Mawgys
defende
hymself
so
well
:
he
sayde
to
him
.
I
knowe
not
thee
knight
whom
thou
art
,
but
and
thou
yeeld
not
thy selfe
to
me
:
I
shall
now
smyte
of
thy
head
from
the
shoulders
.
what
is
thy
name
sayd
than
Mawgys
?
for
and
thou
be
a
good
man
I
shall
yeelde
me
to
thee
and
els
not
,
knight
my
name
is
Oliuer
of
Vien
.
whan
Mawgys
heard
him
named
:
he
knew
him
well
,
and
sayd
to
hym
,
Ha
gentyll
knight
Oliuer
I
yeelde
me
to
you
vpon
your
fayth
&
vnder
suche
a
condycion
that
ye
shall
not
delyuer
me
to
Charlemayn
,
for
if
ye
delyuer
me
in
his
handes
I
am
dead
wythout
remedy
&
he
shall
make
me
dye
shamefully
as
a
theefe
.
By
my
fayth
sayd
Olyuer
this
wyll
I
not
doo
for
I
dare
not
hyde
you
from
Charlemayne
,
but
yeelde
you
and
I
promise
you
that
I
shal
help
you
to
my
power
for
to
make
your
apoyntment
with
the
king
,
sir
sayd
Mawgys
,
&
I
yeeld
me
to
you
vpon
your
trouth
and
tooke
his
swerde
to
hym
&
Olyuer
tooke
it
,
&
after
made
hym
to
be
lighted
vpon
a
litle
horse
,
&
brought
him
to
the
pauilion
of
Charlemaine
where
they
found
not
the
kyng
,
bycause
he
was
al
afrayed
as
ye
heard
afore
.
And
whan
Oliuer
saw
that
he
found
not
Charlemaine
:
he
was
sore
aferd
the
Mawgys
should
scape
from
hym
through
his
incantacions
&
wytche
crafte
,
and
sayd
to
him
,
Mawgis
ye
know
how
I
haue
taken
you
by
armes
and
that
ye
are
my
prysoner
,
I
wyll
that
ye
gyue
me
your
fayth
truly
that
ye
shal
not
go
out
of
with
in
with
out
my
leue
.
Syr
sayde
Mawgis
with
a
good
wyll
,
and
thus
he
dyd
swere
this
Olyuer
.
And
whan
Oliuer
had
taken
the
othe
of
Mawgys
:
he
made
him
to
be
vnarmed
,
and
made
hys
wounde
to
be
wrapped
:
and
gaue
him
a
mantell
vpon
him
and
made
hym
to
lye
vpon
a
bed
.
Now
shal
we
leue
a
litle
to
speake
of
Charlemayne
,
of
Olyuer
and
of
Mawgys
.
And
shal
shew
of
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
what
they
dyd
whan
the
host
of
charlemayne
was
moued
,
and
how
they
wonne
the
Egle
of
Golde
that
was
of
so
great
value
,
&
how
Reynawde
sayd
to
his
brethern
,
lordes
let
vs
se
now
for
to
quyte
vs
wel
,
for
it
were
not
good
for
vs
for
to
tary
heere
ani
lenger
.
And
than
he
made
to
withdraw
his
folke
,
and
made
them
put
to
the
waye
.
And
as
they
wente
:
Rychard
sayd
to
Reynawde
.
Syr
wee
haue
gotten
a
ryche
proy
thanked
be
God
.
For
Charlemayne
shall
be
many
a
longe
day
wrothe
therfore
.
Certes
sayd
Reynawde
fayre
brother
ye
saye
trouth
and
also
we
haue
slayne
a
great
many
of
hys
folke
.
Ha
God
sayde
than
Alarde
,
where
is
our
cosin
Mawgis
?
for
I
se
him
not
heere
Brother
sayd
Richard
,
be
not
aferde
for
Mawgys
,
for
I
beleue
that
he
is
gone
to
Mountawban
afore
vs
,
god
be
with
hym
wheresoeuer
he
be
sayd
Reynawde
.
For
he
is
right
sage
,
and
a
noble
knyght
.
I
wolde
not
for
all
the
Golde
in
the
world
that
my
cosin
Mawgis
had
ani
harme
.
¶
We
shal
leue
a
lytle
to
speake
of
Reynawde
and
hys
brethern
that
are
bounde
to
Mountawban
glad
of
theyr
proye
:
And
shall
nowe
speake
of
Charlemayne
that
was
so
sore
wrothe
as
I
haue
sayde
afore
.
WHan
Charlemayne
was
fro
his
harneys
:
he
fel
in
a
swoune
for
the
greate
angre
that
he
had
of
that
he
had
be
thus
distressed
.
And
whan
he
was
come
agayne
to
hym selfe
:
he
sente
for
the
duke
Naymes
the
bisshoppe
Turpyn
,
Escoufe
the
sonne
of
Oedon
for
Salamon
of
bretayne
,
Richarde
of
Normandy
,
the
erle
Guydellon
and
for
Ogier
the
dane
.
And
whan
they
were
all
gathered
together
:
the
kynge
began
to
shewe
to
them
his
complayntes
in
thys
maner
Lordes
I
haue
kepte
and
maynteyned
you
vnder
mi
tuicion
the
space
of
.xl.
yeres
and
more
that
no
man
hath
not
wronged
you
of
a
penye
,
&
ye
haue
no
neyghbour
that
dare
aske
you
any
thinge
.
Now
me
semeth
because
that
I
am
now
olde
that
I
am
but
half
a
man
&
yet
not
so
good
as
I
wolde
be
,
and
I
maye
not
be
a
kyng
without
you
:
for
whan
ye
faile
me
I
am
no
kynge
,
ye
know
well
that
ye
haue
left
me
for
loue
of
Reynawd
wherof
I
am
ryght
sory
as
I
maye
well
,
for
Reynawde
hath
taken
me
where
I
was
habandoned
of
you
,
&
he
hath
chased
me
out
of
the
feeld
,
certes
I
am
worse
than
mad
of
thys
that
ye
haue
forsake
me
for
Reynawde
.
And
syth
that
it
is
thus
wyth
me
:
I
seeke
not
to
lyue
anye
lenger
,
nor
to
be
kynge
any
more
,
and
now
I
take
to
you
the
crowne
to
the
ende
that
ye
shall
gyue
it
vnto
Reynawde
whan
ye
wyll
,
and
that
ye
make
him
king
of
Fraunce
.
For
I
wyll
be
no
more
your
kynge
.
WHan
the
.xii.
peeres
of
Fraunce
,
&
the
other
lordes
hearde
Charlemayn
speake
so
sorowfullye
:
thei
were
sore
abashed
that
there
was
no
man
so
hardye
that
durst
saye
one
worde
.
And
the
one
looked
vpon
the
other
and
were
abashed
.
And
whan
the
duke
Naimes
of
bauiere
vnderstood
the
wordes
of
Charlemain
:
he
put
him self
forth
and
said
.
Sir
Emperour
god
forbyd
that
ye
should
doo
as
ye
saye
,
for
it
were
great
shame
to
vs
all
and
also
to
you
,
but
I
wot
wel
that
we
haue
mysprysed
ayenst
you
in
that
we
haue
supported
Reinawde
,
but
ye
oughte
to
consydre
that
we
haue
doone
,
was
by
no
malyce
:
but
for
good
entencion
.
For
we
wend
for
to
haue
made
the
peace
of
the
warre
that
hath
endured
so
longe
,
wherby
many
good
true
men
are
deade
,
but
sith
that
we
see
,
that
it
pleaseth
not
you
to
make
peace
with
the
four
sonnes
of
Aimon
:
take
again
your
crowne
and
be
not
wroth
with
vs
,
and
we
shal
promyse
you
that
we
al
shal
serue
you
well
and
truely
,
and
that
we
shal
take
Mountawban
or
a
moneth
be
passed
,
or
elles
we
shall
die
all
,
&
from
hence
forth
on
he
that
shal
spare
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
,
shal
be
slaine
of
vs
.
Than
saide
the
kinge
Charlemayne
,
lette
all
this
alone
I
tell
you
for
certaine
that
I
shall
neuer
be
your
kynge
,
but
ye
yeeld
to
me
Reynawde
or
Mawgis
the
cursed
theef
that
hathe
mocked
me
so
often
.
And
whan
Charlemaine
had
saide
this
:
he
entred
within
his
pauilion
sore
an
angred
.
And
than
came
theere
Olyuer
that
was
sore
abashed
of
that
he
sawe
the
king
make
so
euill
chere
,
and
after
he
saide
to
Charlemayne
.
Syr
wherof
are
ye
so
sore
angry
?
by
my
faith
saide
the
duke
Naymes
he
hath
shamed
vs
,
for
he
hath
forsaken
his
crowne
and
his
realme
.
Sir
said
than
Olyuer
doo
not
so
,
but
take
ayen
your
crown
and
be
our
lorde
and
our
kyng
.
And
who
dooth
not
youre
commaundemente
:
chastyse
him
in
such
a
maner
that
men
take
ensample
therby
.
Olyuer
saide
Charlemayn
,
ye
speake
for
nought
,
for
I
wyll
not
doo
it
,
but
I
haue
Reinawd
or
Mawgis
dead
or
quicke
,
syr
saide
Olyuer
now
pardon
vs
than
,
&
I
shal
delyuer
to
you
Mawgis
or
euyn
.
DAmp
Oliuer
sayd
Charlemain
I
am
not
a
chylde
,
wherof
men
ought
to
mocke
with
.
For
I
●oe
well
that
Mawgis
doubteth
you
of
nothing
.
Syr
said
Olyuer
,
yf
ye
will
promyse
me
that
ye
shall
take
again
your
crowne
,
and
that
ye
shall
keep
vs
as
ye
haue
doone
afore
tyme
:
I
shall
bringe
him
nowe
afore
you
,
by
my
faithe
sayde
Charlemayne
yf
ye
doo
it
,
and
that
I
maye
haue
hym
at
my
will
(
for
I
hate
hym
most
of
all
men
in
the
worlde
)
I
shal
doo
al
that
ye
will
desire
of
me
,
and
also
I
shall
giue
you
londes
ynough
that
ye
shal
be
content
of
me
,
for
if
Mawgys
were
not
:
the
sonnes
of
Aymon
myght
not
endure
ayenst
me
,
for
yf
I
had
them
in
prison
,
and
thoughe
I
had
sworn
to
keep
them
,
yet
shoulde
that
theefe
Mawgis
stele
theym
awaie
fro
me
.
Syr
said
Olyuer
I
shall
bryng
him
to
you
witout
any
doubte
.
And
than
Olyuer
went
to
his
pauylyon
and
Rowland
with
him
,
and
many
other
knightes
for
to
see
Mawgis
.
Oliuer
sayde
then
to
Mawgis
,
Mawgys
ye
must
come
to
Charlemayne
.
Oliuer
saide
Mawgys
,
ye
haue
betrayed
me
,
but
I
wot
well
that
Charlemaine
shall
be
more
curteous
than
ye
haue
be
,
for
he
shall
do
me
no
harme
,
and
let
vs
goe
to
him
in
the
name
of
god
whan
ye
wyll
.
And
than
Olyuer
ledde
Mawgys
to
Charlemaine
,
and
whan
he
was
within
the
pauillion
:
he
went
streighte
to
the
king
and
saide
to
him
.
Syr
ye
haue
promised
me
that
if
I
brought
Mawgis
:
that
ye
should
take
againe
youre
crowne
.
And
that
ye
should
keep
vs
to
right
as
ye
haue
doone
afore
time
.
Certes
saide
Charlemain
it
is
trouthe
,
and
if
ye
keep
your
couenaunt
:
I
shall
doo
that
I
haue
promysed
you
.
Now
holde
you
sir
saide
Olyuer
here
Mawgis
,
that
I
delyuer
to
you
for
to
doo
your
pleasure
with
him
the
which
I
haue
take
and
conquered
by
force
of
armes
.
Whan
the
kyng
Charlemaine
sawe
Mawgis
:
he
was
so
gladde
that
no
man
mighte
be
more
,
and
after
he
saide
,
by
my
fayth
nowe
haue
I
one
parte
of
my
desyre
,
thou
false
theef
Mawgys
now
I
holde
thee
,
nowe
shalt
thou
be
rewarded
of
thy
pride
that
thou
hast
shewed
to
me
whan
thou
barest
awaye
myne
egle
of
golde
,
and
for
all
the
good
turnes
and
theftes
that
thou
hast
doone
in
thy
daies
.
For
many
times
thou
hast
angred
me
sore
,
wherof
thou
shalte
be
nowe
payed
after
thy
deseruynge
.
Syr
saide
then
Mawgis
ye
shal
doo
with
me
what
it
please
you
,
for
I
am
now
in
your
handes
,
but
I
counseyll
you
for
the
best
that
ye
let
me
goe
and
that
ye
make
peace
with
Reinawde
,
and
with
his
bretherne
,
for
ye
shall
get
no
thinge
by
my
deathe
,
and
my
cosins
been
such
that
they
shall
auenge
it
right
wel
by
force
of
armes
,
and
if
ye
doo
as
I
saie
:
ye
shall
haue
with
you
the
floure
of
knighthode
of
all
the
worlde
.
A
theef
said
Charlemain
how
fearful
thou
arte
now
.
Certes
this
that
thou
sayest
shall
auaylle
the
nothynge
.
Syr
saide
Mawgis
I
am
no
theefe
.
Now
can
I
not
doo
nothing
sith
that
I
am
in
your
handes
.
And
whan
ye
shall
haue
put
me
to
death
:
ye
shal
doo
me
no
more
nothinge
,
and
yet
ye
shal
be
sory
for
me
or
euer
.xiiii.
houres
comen
at
an
ende
.
Rybawd
saide
Charlemaine
,
speake
not
so
boldly
,
for
&
I
can
:
thou
shalte
haue
an
euil
night
or
euer
thou
scape
me
,
nor
the
glutons
thy
cosyns
shall
not
helpe
the
therfro
,
but
that
I
shall
make
the
die
in
dispite
of
al
thy
witch
craft
that
thou
cannest
doo
.
☞
Now
we
shal
leue
a
litel
to
speake
of
Charlemain
and
of
Mawgis
:
and
we
shal
speake
of
the
good
knight
Reynawde
Alard
,
of
Guichard
,
and
of
the
litylle
Richard
his
brethern
.
WHan
Reynawd
was
departed
from
the
hoste
of
Charlemayn
as
I
sayde
before
:
he
rode
so
longe
that
he
came
to
Mountawban
and
his
folke
with
hym
.
And
whan
that
lady
wist
that
her
lord
came
:
she
came
him
ayenst
,
and
said
to
hym
.
Sir
ye
bee
righte
welcome
,
haue
ye
deliuered
Rycharde
?
yea
,
verely
sayd
Reinawde
god
gramercy
,
and
blessed
be
god
sayde
the
lady
.
And
than
she
went
to
Rycharde
and
kyssed
hym
more
than
ten
tymes
,
&
there
was
a
cheere
and
a
feast
made
ryght
amyable
.
And
after
they
had
made
greate
Ioye
:
Reynawd
began
to
demaunde
after
hys
cosin
,
and
the
lady
answered
,
my
lorde
I
knowe
no
tydynges
of
hym
,
and
whan
Reinawde
heard
that
:
he
was
sore
agast
of
it
,
and
turned
himselfe
towarde
hys
bretherne
and
sayde
to
theym
.
My
bretherne
I
praye
you
that
we
may
know
whether
our
cosyn
mawgis
is
come
or
not
,
and
goe
seeke
him
in
his
lodges
,
for
haply
he
is
goe
for
to
vnarme
him selfe
.
And
incontynent
Guicharde
and
Richard
sought
hym
at
thys
lodges
and
asked
for
hym
to
two
of
his
men
,
the
whiche
sayde
that
they
had
not
seen
hym
sith
he
was
gone
with
them
.
And
whan
they
hearde
that
:
they
were
full
sory
and
went
agayne
to
theyr
brother
Reynawde
and
tolde
him
howe
they
coulde
not
fynde
hym
.
Whan
Reynawde
vnderstoode
that
they
hadde
not
founde
hym
,
he
beganne
to
make
more
sorowe
than
yf
all
his
brethern
had
be
deade
,
and
than
who
had
seen
the
greate
mone
that
Alarde
,
Guycharde
and
the
lytyll
Richarde
made
for
theyr
cosyn
:
he
wolde
haue
had
greate
pitie
for
to
see
theym
,
for
they
pulled
theyr
heres
from
theyr
heades
and
scratched
theyr
visages
,
whan
the
good
lady
sawe
the
greate
sorowe
that
Reinawde
her
husbande
and
his
bretherne
made
,
she
fell
downe
in
a
swoune
to
the
erth
.
I
promyse
you
he
that
had
seen
that
sorowe
(
how
heard
hearted
that
he
were
coulde
)
not
haue
kept
him
from
weepyng
.
AFter
that
Reynawde
hadde
thus
made
greate
sorowe
:
he
refrained
himselfe
a
lytyll
and
than
sayd
.
Ha
my
cosyn
Mawgis
well
ye
haue
stolen
your selfe
from
vs
,
and
what
shall
we
doo
fro
hence
forth
sith
that
we
haue
lost
you
?
Whan
they
had
made
theyr
mone
in
this
maner
a
longe
while
:
Remawde
said
to
his
bretherne
and
to
his
folke
.
My
Lordes
I
pray
you
that
ye
leue
your
sorowe
,
for
by
no
sorowe
the
matter
can
not
be
remedyed
,
I
praye
you
recomforte
yourselfe
,
for
I
wyll
put
me
agayne
to
the
waye
for
to
goe
to
the
woode
of
the
serpent
for
to
speake
with
the
abbot
of
saynte
Lazare
to
wyt
yf
he
canne
tell
vs
anye
tydinges
,
for
my
hearte
iudgeth
me
that
afore
.xxiiii.
houres
I
shall
knowe
the
certentie
,
and
fare
well
my
bretherne
tyll
I
come
againe
,
ye
speake
well
and
wisely
saide
Alarde
,
but
we
shall
goe
with
you
for
to
keep
you
.
Certes
said
Reinawd
,
ye
shall
not
come
a
foote
with
me
:
And
than
Reinawd
went
in
to
his
chambre
,
and
made
him
to
be
armed
,
and
came
and
lighted
vpon
bayarde
his
good
horse
,
&
yssued
out
of
mountawban
,
the
sheelde
at
the
necke
,
and
the
spere
in
the
hand
and
came
to
balancon
,
and
passed
ouer
the
water
,
&
whan
he
was
ouer
the
water
he
found
two
laddes
that
came
to
water
their
horses
from
the
host
of
Charlemain
.
whan
the
laddes
sawe
Reynawde
that
was
so
greate
,
and
was
all
alone
:
they
sayde
to
hym
.
Syr
what
be
you
that
are
alone
,
ye
seme
to
be
●
noble
man
.
Children
saide
Reinawd
I
am
of
Rypus
folke
that
dyd
scape
whan
the
sonnes
of
Aymon
hanged
hym
at
mountfawcon
.
And
than
he
sayde
agayne
to
theym
.
What
dooth
the
valyaunt
kynge
Charlemaine
?
so
it
is
supper
tyme
with
hym
.
Syr
said
the
laddes
the
kynge
is
well
merye
and
maketh
good
chere
,
&
he
hath
forgoten
all
the
sorowe
that
he
dyd
make
for
your
mayster
Rypus
.
For
men
haue
brought
to
him
Mawgys
that
he
hated
so
muche
.
Now
tell
me
saide
Reinawde
is
Mawgis
deade
?
Syr
saide
the
two
laddes
he
is
yet
aliue
.
Whan
Reynawde
vnderstoode
that
Mawgys
was
a
lyue
:
hys
here
lepte
all
in
his
bely
for
greate
Ioye
,
and
than
he
saide
,
my
fayre
chyldren
blessed
more
you
be
syth
that
Mawgys
is
not
dead
.
Now
I
feare
me
not
that
he
shall
dye
this
daye
.
All
thus
as
Reinawde
spake
this
:
the
laddes
went
their
wayes
,
and
Reynawde
abode
alone
thynkynge
at
the
ryuer
syde
,
and
whan
he
had
thought
ynoughe
:
he
saide
to
himselfe
fayre
God
what
shall
I
doo
?
I
wote
not
nowe
what
shall
I
thynke
or
saye
,
for
yf
I
goe
assayle
Charlemayne
at
his
supper
:
the
night
is
derke
,
and
he
shall
wen
that
I
haue
great
folke
with
me
and
he
shal
be
aferde
to
leese
Mawgis
and
thus
he
might
kill
him
anon
.
But
sith
that
I
knowe
so
muche
of
him
:
I
shal
tary
till
to
morowe
,
and
yf
he
bringeth
him
than
for
to
be
put
to
death
:
I
shall
defende
him
with
mi
power
,
or
els
I
shal
dye
with
him
.
¶
Here
leueth
the
histori
to
speake
of
Reinawde
that
is
at
the
riuers
syde
of
balancon
al
alone
vpon
Bayarde
:
and
returneth
to
speake
of
Charlemayne
the
emperoure
kynge
and
of
Fraunce
.
¶
How
the
king
Charlemayn
wolde
haue
doone
hange
Mawgys
incontinent
after
that
Oliuer
had
delyuerd
him
to
him
,
but
thorugh
the
meane
of
of
the
.xii.
peeres
of
Fraunce
that
at
the
request
of
Mawgys
were
his
surety
for
one
night
only
he
dyd
so
muche
that
he
scaped
with
his
honour
and
acquitaunce
of
them
that
were
hys
sureties
.
And
he
brought
with
hym
to
mountawban
the
crowne
and
the
swerde
of
the
Charlemayne
the
same
night
,
and
also
the
swerdes
of
all
the
peeres
of
Fraunce
.
Wherof
the
Emperour
was
right
sory
,
and
how
the
kinge
Charlemayne
sente
worde
to
Reynawde
that
he
should
sende
hym
agayne
his
crowne
and
his
swerde
and
all
that
Mawgis
had
borne
awaye
with
him
,
and
he
should
giue
him
truce
for
two
yeres
,
to
the
whiche
thing
Reynawde
graunted
wherto
happed
many
greate
euyl
les
afterwarde
.
depiction of a male figure presenting a bundle of swords to a knight on horseback; and of a male figure in armour kneeling beside a line of six suits of armour in a tent, with a castle in the background
IN
this
party
sheweth
the
historye
that
whan
Charlemaine
saw
him
seased
of
Mawgis
:
he
called
Rowland
,
Olyuer
,
Ogier
the
dane
,
the
bishop
Turpyn
,
Richarde
of
Normandy
,
Guidellon
of
Bauier
&
the
Duke
Naimes
and
said
to
them
,
My
lordes
I
pray
you
as
muche
as
I
can
that
ye
doo
make
a
greate
galous
,
for
I
am
delybered
that
afore
supper
Mawgys
the
great
theef
shal
be
hanged
by
the
necke
,
for
yf
all
the
worlde
had
sworne
the
contrary
:
yet
shall
I
not
keep
him
to
the
day
were
come
.
Syr
saide
the
duke
Naymes
syth
that
it
please
you
that
Mawgis
shall
dye
:
ye
shall
make
hym
dye
by
a nother
maner
of
wyse
,
if
ye
doo
after
me
.
And
how
than
sayde
Charlemayne
?
Syr
I
counseyll
you
that
ye
hange
not
Mawgis
by
nyght
:
for
Reinawde
and
his
bretherne
should
mocke
you
,
and
they
shall
saye
that
ye
durst
not
make
him
dye
by
daye
light
for
feare
of
theym
,
and
therfore
syr
abide
till
the
day
become
,
and
than
maye
ye
doo
execucion
vpon
hym
with
worshyp
.
And
whan
the
tyme
shall
become
that
ye
wyll
sende
him
forth
:
send
many
folke
with
him
,
that
and
Reinawde
and
his
brethern
come
there
for
to
succure
him
:
that
thei
may
be
take
,
and
hanged
with
hym
,
Naymes
sayde
the
kinge
,
ye
mocke
with
me
,
for
yf
this
theefe
scape
me
:
I
am
defamed
.
Syr
sayde
Mawgis
,
if
ye
be
a
feard
that
I
should
goe
awai
I
shall
giue
you
suretye
that
I
shall
not
goe
.
Who
is
that
saide
Charlemayn
that
shal
be
thy
surety
?
is
there
nye
man
in
the
world
that
is
so
hardie
that
dare
take
this
?
Syr
,
saide
Mawgis
I
shal
finde
ynoughe
yf
it
please
you
.
Nowe
shall
we
see
saide
Charlemain
how
ye
shal
finde
them
,
and
than
Mawgis
looked
about
him
,
&
saw
the
twelue
peeres
:
so
called
he
Olyuer
and
said
to
hym
.
Syr
Olyuer
ye
promysed
me
whan
I
yeelded
me
to
you
that
ye
wolde
helpe
me
toward
Charlemayne
.
Now
I
require
you
that
ye
wyll
be
my
suretye
yf
it
please
you
,
wyth
a
good
wyll
sayde
Oliuer
vpon
my
life
and
my
goodes
I
shal
be
your
surery
,
and
ye
sir
Rowland
,
saide
Mawgis
shall
ye
not
be
also
for
god
my
surety
?
and
ye
duke
Naymes
,
and
ye
Ogier
,
and
ye
Escouf
,
and
ye
byshop
Turpyn
,
and
ye
damp
Richarde
of
Normandye
,
and
ye
Guydellon
of
Bauyere
,
I
praye
you
all
that
ye
will
be
my
surety
for
the
loue
of
the
good
knight
Reinawd
Mawgys
said
than
the
duke
Naymes
,
will
ye
promyse
to
vs
vpon
your
faithe
that
ye
shall
not
goe
from
vs
without
our
leaue
?
ye
said
Mawgis
vpon
my
faith
.
And
than
came
the
duke
Naymes
,
with
the
other
peeres
of
Fraunce
before
the
kyng
Charlemayne
,
and
said
to
hym
.
Sir
we
wil
be
suretie
for
Mawgys
vpon
our
lyues
&
vpon
our
landes
that
we
holde
of
you
that
he
shall
not
goe
a
waye
without
your
leaue
,
&
also
of
al
your
company
,
and
we
shall
deliuer
hym
agayne
to
you
to
morow
in
the
mornynge
for
to
doo
with
hym
what
ye
wyll
.
My
lordes
saide
the
king
sith
that
ye
wyll
be
his
suretie
:
I
remyse
him
in
to
your
keepynge
,
by
suche
a
condicyon
,
but
that
I
haue
him
to
morow
in
the
morning
erly
:
ye
shal
leese
all
your
londes
.
And
ye
shall
neuer
maye
returne
in
to
douce
fraunce
again
.
Sir
said
Oliuer
we
graunt
it
as
ye
haue
sayd
.
Lordes
sayde
the
duke
Naymes
sith
that
this
is
doon
:
lette
vs
goe
recomforte
Mawgys
,
for
he
is
well
sory
.
Lordes
sayd
than
Mawgis
to
them
againe
.
Sith
that
ye
haue
doon
me
one
good
turne
:
doo
me
a nother
.
I
pray
you
get
me
some
meate
,
for
I
am
yl
a
hungred
.
Whan
Charlemayne
vnderstoode
Mawgis
speake
:
he
looked
vpon
hym
,
and
said
all
laughinge
.
And
shalte
thou
eate
sayde
Charlemaine
?
yea
,
said
Mawgis
if
I
can
haue
any
meate
.
Nowe
heare
said
Charlemaine
,
what
it
is
of
this
deuil
heere
that
asketh
for
meate
and
so
lytell
a
terme
he
hath
to
lyue
.
For
&
I
were
in
his
plyght
:
I
should
not
nowe
haue
courage
for
to
eate
.
Syr
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
ye
saye
yll
,
for
who
hath
eaten
well
:
he
is
the
better
at
his
ease
wherof
I
pray
you
that
ye
let
him
haue
some
meat
.
And
thenne
the
kinge
washed
his
handes
for
to
goe
to
soupper
and
said
,
where
shall
Mawgis
be
for
to
eate
?
syr
said
Rowlande
,
he
shall
well
be
by
you
.
Neuewe
said
the
king
ye
saie
ryghte
well
,
for
heere
shal
we
be
sure
of
him
and
I
hadde
thoughte
for
to
doo
so
.
For
I
shoulde
not
date
trust
hym
to
none
other
man
.
And
than
the
kinge
was
sette
at
the
table
,
and
he
made
Mawgys
to
syt
nexte
hym
,
and
serued
hym
at
the
table
,
for
as
longe
as
the
supper
lasted
:
he
durste
not
eate
nor
drynke
,
least
that
Mawgys
shoulde
werke
wytche
crafte
vpon
him
,
but
Mawgis
eate
ryghte
wel
,
for
he
had
a
good
appetit
to
his
meat
.
And
whan
Oliuer
sawe
that
:
he
beganne
to
lawghe
and
shewed
Rowland
and
after
saide
to
hym
.
Haue
ye
seen
how
the
king
durste
not
eate
all
this
supper
,
for
feare
that
mawgys
should
werke
wytchecraft
vpon
hym
.
Surely
sayde
Rowlande
,
it
is
true
.
After
supper
Charlemaine
called
his
stuarde
,
and
sayde
to
hym
,
stuwarde
I
praye
you
brynge
me
.xl.
torches
,
and
that
they
brenne
all
the
nyghte
.
Syr
sayde
the
stuarde
,
I
shal
doo
your
commaundement
.
And
whan
Charlemayne
hadde
ordeined
this
:
he
retourned
him
toward
Rowlande
and
sayd
to
him
.
Fayre
neuew
I
pray
you
that
ye
and
Olyuer
and
al
the
twelue
peeres
of
Fraunce
that
ye
wyll
watche
to
nyghte
with
me
,
for
to
keep
this
theef
Mawgys
,
and
make
an
hundred
men
to
be
armed
,
that
shall
watch
with
vs
and
make
the
play
at
the
tables
and
at
the
chesses
,
to
th
ende
that
none
of
vs
falle
a
sleepe
,
and
also
make
a
thousand
knightes
to
make
good
watch
wythout
to
the
ende
that
yf
Mawgys
should
escape
vs
:
thei
should
take
him
againe
.
And
whan
Charlemayne
hadde
ordeyned
this
:
he
set
him
downe
vpon
his
bedde
,
and
he
made
Mawgis
to
sit
downe
by
hym
.
And
of
that
other
parte
Rowlande
,
Olyuer
,
Ogier
the
Dane
,
and
all
the
twelue
peeres
rounde
aboute
the
bedde
.
Syr
sayde
then
Mawgys
,
where
shal
I
sleep
.
What
say
ye
said
Charlemain
wyll
ye
slepe
?
yea
,
sayde
Mawgys
full
fayne
,
if
please
you
to
suffre
me
.
By
my
soule
sayde
Charlemayne
ye
shall
haue
euyll
reste
heere
,
for
ye
shall
not
sleep
as
longe
as
ye
be
a
lyue
.
For
ye
shal
be
hanged
to
morow-at
the
spryngynge
of
the
daye
.
Syr
sayde
Mawgis
,
ye
doo
me
greate
wronge
.
Wherfore
haue
I
giuen
you
suretie
,
but
only
that
I
may
haue
my
ease
for
so
longe
as
I
haue
for
to
lyue
.
Other
suffre
me
to
take
my
reste
and
that
I
may
slepe
:
or
elles
holde
quite
my
suretees
,
certes
false
theefe
saide
Charlemaine
,
all
this
shal
not
auayl
thee
.
For
I
wyll
that
thy
sureties
goe
quite
,
and
discharged
.
But
therfore
ye
be
not
out
of
my
handes
.
And
than
he
made
to
be
broughte
a
greate
payre
of
yrens
,
and
fetted
him
with
them
bothe
hys
feete
togither
.
And
made
the
cheyn
to
be
fastned
harde
at
a
piller
,
and
with
all
he
gaue
him
a
greate
coler
of
yron
aboute
his
necke
,
wherof
the
kynge
kepte
the
key
himselfe
.
And
whan
Mawgis
was
arraied
of
this
facion
:
Charlemaine
saide
to
him
.
By
my
soule
Mawgis
ye
shall
not
escape
me
now
.
Sir
said
Mawis
,
ye
mock
well
with
me
.
But
I
tell
you
nowe
before
the
.xii.
peeres
of
Fraunce
that
I
shall
see
Mountawban
or
it
be
to
morowe
prime
.
WHan
Charlemayne
vnderstoode
this
that
Mawgys
saide
to
him
:
he
trowed
to
haue
wexed
madde
all
quicke
.
So
he
stood
vp
and
set
hande
to
hys
swerd
,
and
came
vnto
Mawgys
all
wrothe
for
to
haue
smiten
of
his
heade
.
But
whan
Rowland
sawe
that
:
he
auaunsed
hym
and
sayde
to
the
kinge
.
Syr
for
God
mercy
,
for
yf
ye
slewe
him
:
we
been
all
shamed
for
euermore
,
syr
ye
ought
not
to
take
heed
to
that
he
sayth
to
you
.
For
that
,
that
he
sayth
he
saithe
it
like
a
man
that
is
in
despeyre
.
And
howe
might
that
be
that
he
shoulde
escape
you
as
ye
hold
hym
now
?
Verely
my
neuewe
I
wote
not
how
,
but
that
he
heere
afore
tyme
hathe
so
often
mocked
me
,
maketh
me
to
doubte
of
him
,
but
at
all
auenture
I
shall
leaue
hym
in
peace
tyll
to
morowe
that
he
shall
be
hanged
.
Syr
sayd
Rowlande
,
ye
saye
well
.
Than
all
they
that
were
there
beganne
to
playe
at
the
tables
and
at
the
chesse
,
and
many
other
games
.
And
whan
it
came
that
they
had
played
longe
:
they
began
all
to
haue
greate
luste
to
slepe
.
And
whan
Mawgis
saw
that
:
he
made
his
charme
.
And
whan
he
hadde
made
it
:
they
beganne
all
to
fall
in
a
stronge
slepe
,
and
Charlemaine
hym selfe
slepte
so
harde
,
that
he
fell
backewarde
vpon
hys
bed
.
And
whan
Mawgys
sawe
that
Charlemayne
was
so
fast
a
slepe
:
&
all
the
twelue
peeres
of
Fraunce
and
all
the
company
of
them
:
he
beganne
to
make
a nother
charme
,
that
was
of
suche
vertue
that
his
feters
that
were
on
his
feete
,
&
the
coler
and
the
cheyne
of
yren
fell
all
to
the
grounde
a
sundre
.
And
thenne
Mawgys
rose
vpon
his
feete
,
and
saw
Charlemaine
that
slept
so
wel
grouelynge
with
his
head
a
wrye
,
and
he
tooke
then
a
pelow
&
righted
vp
his
heade
with
all
.
And
then
he
vngirded
him
and
tooke
Ioyous
his
swerde
,
and
girded
about
him
,
and
then
after
he
went
to
Rowland
and
tooke
from
him
durandal
his
good
swerde
,
and
after
he
tooke
Hauteclere
from
Oliuer
and
Cortyn
from
Ogier
.
And
after
thys
:
he
went
to
the
coffres
,
and
tooke
there
out
all
the
treasour
of
Charlemayne
and
went
with
all
this
streyght
to
Mountawban
.
And
whan
Mawgis
had
taken
all
this
:
he
tooke
an
herbe
and
rubbed
Charlemaynes
nose
and
his
lippes
with
it
,
and
vnhosed
hym
and
after
he
shoued
him
wyth
the
fynger
,
and
sayde
to
hym
,
awake
sir
emperoure
,
I
promysed
you
yester
night
that
I
should
not
goe
wythout
I
should
take
my
leue
of
you
,
farewell
I
goe
now
.
And
whan
he
had
sayde
this
:
he
went
out
of
the
pauilion
,
and
set
him
to
the
way
towarde
Mountawban
.
And
whan
Charlemayne
vnderstoode
that
Mawgys
had
said
to
him
:
he
rose
vpon
hys
feete
so
wrothe
that
menne
could
be
no
more
,
and
called
vpon
hys
twelue
peeres
that
he
coulde
not
awake
.
And
whan
he
sawe
that
:
he
bethought
hymselfe
an
herbe
that
he
had
broughte
wyth
hym
from
beyonde
the
greate
sea
,
and
tooke
it
and
rubbed
withall
the
nose
the
mouth
and
the
eien
of
Rowlande
,
and
in
like
wise
to
all
the
other
.xii.
peeres
of
Fraunce
,
and
incontinent
they
were
awaked
,
and
rose
vpon
their
feete
sore
abashed
.
&
whan
they
were
all
awaked
:
they
beganne
to
looke
the
one
vpon
the
other
.
And
the
first
that
began
to
speke
:
was
the
duke
Naymes
that
sayde
to
the
king
where
is
mawgies
?
By
my
soule
sayd
Charlemayne
,
ye
shall
delyuer
him
me
agayne
,
for
ye
haue
let
hym
goe
wilfully
,
For
yf
ye
wolde
haue
suffred
me
to
haue
hanged
him
yesterday
:
I
had
be
otherwyse
ryd
of
hym
.
Rowlande
said
Olyuer
,
sawe
ye
him
goe
hens
?
Naye
by
saynt
Denys
said
Rowland
.
I
saw
him
wel
goe
saide
Charlemaine
.
Syr
said
Rowland
ye
ought
thenne
to
haue
tolde
vs
of
it
,
for
he
shoulde
not
haue
escaped
so
.
And
in
saying
this
:
Rowland
loketh
at
his
side
,
and
he
sawe
not
durandal
his
swerde
,
wherof
he
did
cast
a
great
sighe
.
And
than
Charlemayne
sayde
to
him
.
Neuew
where
is
your
swerd
?
by
my
head
I
know
well
that
the
theef
Mawgis
hath
bewytched
vs
.
For
none
of
vs
hath
his
swerde
,
and
also
he
hath
my
hosen
with
him
.
Nowe
hath
he
well
mocked
vs
.
ANd
whan
the
.xii.
peeres
of
fraunce
saw
that
thei
had
lost
al
their
good
swerds
:
they
were
right
sory
for
it
more
than
any
man
canne
saye
.
And
after
Rowland
sayde
,
by
my
faythe
Mawgis
hath
wonne
a
great
gayne
,
whan
he
bereth
away
thus
our
swerdes
,
for
they
ben
more
worthe
than
is
all
Paris
.
And
whan
Charlemayne
perceyued
that
his
cofers
were
open
:
he
went
anon
&
looked
in
,
&
he
was
sore
an
angred
whan
he
founde
not
his
Crowne
,
nor
the
best
parte
of
hys
treasoure
,
wherof
he
made
great
sorow
,
and
after
sayd
,
Ha
false
theefe
Mawgis
full
litle
I
haue
goten
of
thee
&
of
thy
takynge
.
And
who
than
had
seen
the
sorowe
that
the
.xii.
peeres
of
Fraunce
made
:
wolde
haue
had
no
luste
to
lawghe
.
❧
Nowe
shall
we
tell
you
a
lytell
of
Mawgys
that
wente
as
fast
as
euer
he
coulde
towarde
Mountawban
and
he
came
to
passe
ouer
the
water
of
Balancon
at
that
place
where
Reinawde
was
full
heauy
,
and
full
of
sorowe
,
by
cause
he
knew
no
tydinges
of
Mawgys
,
but
whan
Mawgys
had
passed
ouer
the
water
:
bayarde
smelled
hym
and
begane
to
crye
and
came
toward
Mawgys
,
wolde
Reinawde
or
no.
And
whan
Mawgys
sawe
Reinawde
:
he
knewe
hym
well
,
and
saide
to
him
lawghinge
.
Knighte
what
be
ye
that
rideth
at
this
time
of
night
?
and
Reinawd
said
to
him
ye
know
wel
I
am
your
cosin
Reinawd
the
sonne
of
Aimon
,
&
th●n
he
lighted
from
bayard
,
and
came
to
Mawgis
and
kyssed
him
by
greate
loue
many
times
,
and
than
sayde
to
hym
.
Fayre
cosin
thanked
be
our
lord
that
I
see
you
delyuered
from
the
handes
of
Charlemaine
.
By
my
faythe
saide
Mawgis
,
ye
forgate
me
well
behinde
.
Cosyn
saide
Reynawd
,
by
my
soule
I
coulde
not
doe
therto
.
For
I
haue
be
heere
syth
yester day
euyn
.
And
I
promyse
you
that
I
was
delibered
for
to
haue
succoured
you
or
elles
to
haue
dyed
with
you
.
My
cosin
sayde
Mawgys
I
thanke
you
,
lig●t
vpon
your
horse
,
and
lette
vs
goe
to
Mountawban
.
Whan
Reynawde
was
vpon
his
horse
againe
:
he
sayd
to
Mawgis
.
My
cos●n
what
is
that
ye
haue
laden
.
Cosyn
sayd
Mawis
it
is
the
crowne
of
Charlemayne
&
his
swerde
Ioyous
,
durandall
the
swerde
of
Rowlande
,
and
the
swerdes
of
al
the
.xii.
peeres
of
Fraunce
.
Cosyn
said
Reinawde
ye
haue
wroughte
well
god
gramercye
,
but
of
the
swerde
of
Ogyer
me
displeaseth
.
Cosyn
sayde
Mawgis
I
haue
doon
it
all
wilfully
to
the
end
that
the
king
should
marke
therby
none
euil
,
and
that
he
were
not
appeched
of
treason
.
And
than
he
shewed
him
al
the
cause
and
the
maner
that
Charlemayn
had
holde
him
.
Cosin
saide
Reynawde
ye
did
ryghte
well
.
And
whan
he
had
sayde
thys
:
they
went
on
their
waye
towarde
Mountawban
,
and
they
mette
in
their
waye
Alarde
,
Guicharde
and
the
lytil
Richarde
that
came
ridinge
makinge
greate
mone
for
doubte
of
Reinawde
.
And
whan
Reinawde
sawe
theim
come
:
he
saide
to
them
,
whether
goe
you
my
fayre
brethern
?
Sir
saide
they
we
went
seekinge
after
you
,
ye
haue
founde
me
said
Reinawde
,
and
I
haue
founde
our
cosin
Mawgis
.
And
whan
they
vnderstood
this
tydinges
:
they
were
righte
gladde
and
thanked
oure
lorde
of
it
.
And
after
Alarde
saide
to
Mawgis
Faire
cosin
where
became
ye
that
ye
came
not
with
vs
again
.
Alard
said
Mawgys
,
whan
Richarde
was
entred
within
the
pauillion
of
Charlemain
,
and
had
take
the
egle
of
golde
:
I
taried
in
the
pauillion
for
to
slea
Charlemaine
,
and
it
lacked
but
litill
that
I
slewe
him
,
and
whan
I
trowed
to
haue
comen
after
you
.
I
founde
a
greate
rowte
of
knightes
,
that
arested
me
,
and
so
I
defended
me
of
all
my
power
.
And
than
came
Oliuer
of
Vyenne
that
ouerthrewe
me
downe
,
and
I
yeelded
me
to
him
for
his
prisoner
,
the
whiche
deliuered
me
to
Charlemayne
that
wolde
haue
made
me
to
be
hanged
shamefullye
but
lorde
I
thanke
you
,
I
haue
doon
so
muche
that
I
am
escaped
.
Cosin
said
Alarde
,
it
is
well
happed
to
you
,
whan
thei
had
deuised
longe
ynough
:
they
went
to
Mountawban
,
where
they
made
greate
feast
,
whan
they
were
come
there
:
it
is
not
to
be
asked
if
the
good
lady
clare
was
wel
glad
,
For
incootinente
she
did
to
be
made
ready
diuerse
meates
for
the
diner
,
&
whan
they
hadde
eaten
:
they
went
to
rest
,
for
they
were
wery
and
specially
Reynawde
and
Mawgis
,
wold
faine
haue
slept
.
And
the
nexte
daie
they
went
to
heare
their
Masse
at
the
chirche
of
Mountawban
,
and
whan
the
masse
was
doone
:
Reinawde
called
Mawgis
his
cosin
and
his
bretherne
,
and
saide
to
them
.
Lordes
shewe
me
the
bothie
that
ye
gate
yesterdaie
.
Sir
saide
Richarde
gladlie
sith
that
it
please
you
.
And
than
he
tooke
the
egle
that
was
of
golde
massi
,
and
of
precious
stones
and
gaue
it
to
Reinawde
.
And
whan
Reinawde
saw
that
gifte
so
riche
:
he
was
gladde
of
it
by
cause
of
the
great
valure
of
it
.
Reinawd
called
Mawgis
&
saide
to
him
Cosin
what
shall
we
doo
with
this
egle
?
My
cosin
saide
Mawgis
me
semeth
that
ye
ought
to
put
hym
aboue
vpon
the
apple
of
the
greate
towre
of
this
castell
to
the
ende
that
Charlemayne
and
all
his
hoste
maye
see
it
.
By
my
soule
said
Reinawdeye
,
saie
wel
.
And
they
tooke
the
egle
and
made
it
to
be
borne
vpon
the
highe
towre
of
Mountawban
.
And
whan
the
sonne
dyd
shyne
vpon
thys
Egle
:
it
casted
so
greate
a
light
:
that
it
might
be
seen
.x.
myles
thence
.
And
whan
Charlemaine
and
his
folke
apperceued
it
:
they
were
ryght
sorye
for
it
and
an
angred
.
WHan
Charlemayne
the
greate
Emperoure
saw
that
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
mocked
him
thus
:
he
called
to
him
Rowland
and
Olyuer
,
and
all
the
other
Peeres
of
Fraunce
and
sayde
to
them
.
Lordes
it
is
sore
mishapped
to
vs
sith
we
came
in
this
londe
of
Gascoygn
,
for
I
haue
lost
my
crowne
and
Ioious
my
swerde
&
myn
egle
of
golde
that
was
of
so
great
value
as
ye
all
know
,
and
ye
al
haue
loste
youre
good
swerdes
,
where
of
we
been
wel
shamed
,
&
also
we
haue
ben
chased
fro
the
feeld
shamefully
.
Now
haue
wel
the
four
sonnes
of
Aimon
shamed
vs
al
through
that
falce
theef
Mawgis
.
Wherfore
my
faite
lordes
I
complain
me
vnto
you
prayinge
that
you
wil
helpe
me
to
auenge
me
vpon
theim
,
for
they
haue
doone
you
shame
as
wel
as
vnto
me
.
Than
said
the
.xii.
peeres
of
Fraunce
,
syr
we
be
ready
for
to
doo
all
that
ye
wyll
.
I
wyll
saide
the
kinge
that
ye
Ogier
,
also
the
duke
Naymes
and
ye
byshop
Turpyn
,
and
ye
Escoufe
,
the
sonne
of
Oedon
,
that
are
of
the
kinred
of
Reinawde
:
that
ye
goe
to
Mountawban
,
and
so
tel
to
Reinawde
,
to
his
brethern
and
Mawgys
that
they
deliuer
me
againe
my
crowne
.
Ioyous
my
swerd
,
and
also
myne
Egle
of
gold
,
and
the
swerdes
of
you
al
and
I
shall
giue
them
truce
for
two
yeres
.
And
I
shall
doo
al
mine
hoste
to
returne
againe
in
to
fraunce
,
syr
answered
Ogier
.
I
shal
with
a
good
wyll
doo
your
commaundement
,
but
I
feare
me
of
Reinawde
that
he
will
keep
vs
prisoners
.
Ha
Ogier
,
sayde
Charlemayne
:
ye
feare
him
but
litell
.
whan
the
barons
heard
the
commaundement
of
the
king
:
they
made
no
tarying
but
lighted
on
horsbacke
,
and
rode
to
Mountawban
.
And
whan
thei
were
come
togither
to
the
draw
bridge
:
the
porter
that
keept
warde
vpon
the
gate
,
said
to
them
lordes
what
be
ye
?
my
freend
said
Ogyer
,
we
are
of
the
folke
of
Charlemaine
,
goe
youre
waye
to
Reinawd
,
and
tell
him
that
the
Duke
Naymes
the
byshop
Turpin
,
Escoufe
the
sonne
of
Oedon
,
and
Ogier
the
Dane
wolde
speake
with
him
.
My
lordes
said
that
porter
,
I
shal
goe
to
him
incontinent
,
&
than
he
went
to
Reynawde
and
shewed
him
howe
foure
knightes
were
at
the
gate
that
wolde
speake
with
him
,
what
be
they
said
Reinawde
?
My
lorde
said
the
porter
they
tolde
me
that
the
one
is
called
the
duke
Naymes
,
that
other
the
bishop
Turpin
,
and
a nother
Escoufe
the
sonne
of
Oedon
,
&
the
fourth
is
named
Ogyer
the
dane
.
Whan
Reynawd
heard
this
:
he
stood
vp
and
said
to
his
three
brethern
.
My
lordes
heere
cometh
foure
valyaunt
k●yghtes
and
wise
.
I
beseche
you
that
we
shew
to
them
that
we
been
no
children
for
to
be
rocked
in
a
slepe
.
Cosin
sayde
Mawgis
ye
speake
well
and
wisely
.
Me
semeth
it
were
good
that
we
should
know
,
wherfore
they
come
,
or
they
entre
,
to
the
ende
that
we
may
best
answere
to
them
.
Than
they
went
vnto
the
gate
,
and
made
the
drawe
brydge
to
be
lette
downe
.
And
whan
it
was
doone
:
Rycharde
yssued
out
first
vpon
the
brydge
,
and
went
ayenst
them
and
made
to
them
greate
honour
and
sayd
to
them
.
My
lordes
ye
be
ryght
welcome
,
thys
castel
is
●t
your
commaundement
.
For
I
holde
me
so
sure
of
my
brother
Reinawd
that
I
dare
offre
it
to
you
,
cosyn
said
the
messangers
gramercye
.
And
than
Reinawde
auaunced
him selfe
,
and
saluted
them
honourablye
,
and
after
tooke
Ogier
by
the
hande
,
&
he
him
,
&
thother
three
he
brought
to
the
Dungeon
,
where
they
were
receiued
honestly
by
the
lady
Clare
the
wife
of
Reinawde
.
And
whan
Reinawde
had
receyued
them
:
he
made
them
to
sit
vpon
a
benche
,
and
than
he
saide
to
them
,
fayre
lordes
I
praye
you
that
ye
wyll
tell
vs
wherfore
ye
become
?
For
ye
come
not
without
a
greate
cause
,
ye
knowe
wel
syr
Reynawd
said
Ogier
,
that
all
we
that
been
heere
haue
euer
loued
you
well
.
And
I
promise
you
yf
it
had
been
our
will
:
ye
should
haue
had
good
peace
with
the
kinge
Charlemayne
,
but
many
tymes
he
hathe
vnbrayed
vs
therof
,
ye
must
knowe
that
your
cosyn
Mawgis
hath
shamed
vs
al
,
for
we
were
his
suretie
to
Charlemayne
vpon
our
othe
to
deliuer
hym
at
hys
will
.
And
the
said
Mawgis
is
come
hyther
without
our
leaue
ayenst
hys
promyse
,
and
that
worse
is
:
he
hath
robbed
the
crowne
of
the
king
Charlemayne
and
his
swerde
,
and
all
the
swerdes
of
vs
all
.xii.
peeres
.
Wherefore
Charlemain
sendeth
to
you
worde
by
vs
that
ye
see
heere
,
that
ye
deliuer
him
again
his
crown
,
the
egle
of
golde
,
and
all
oure
swerdes
.
And
he
shall
gyue
you
truce
for
two
yeres
,
and
he
shall
doo
returne
al
his
armie
in
to
fraunce
.
After
that
Ogyer
had
said
this
:
Mawgis
stood
vp
and
spake
by
the
leaue
of
Reynawde
,
&
said
,
Lordes
ye
ben
right
welcome
in
this
castell
of
Mountawban
.
And
yf
it
please
you
,
ye
shall
not
speake
no
more
of
this
matter
now
,
and
ye
shall
abyde
this
night
with
vs
,
and
to
morowe
ye
shal
haue
an
answere
of
that
ye
haue
sayde
.
Reynawde
saide
than
Ogier
,
wyl
ye
keep
that
Mawgys
hath
said
?
yea
without
fault
said
Reinawde
,
sith
that
it
pleaseth
you
:
we
shall
abyde
for
the
loue
of
you
.
And
than
Mawgys
went
to
the
stuarde
of
Mountawban
,
and
aduised
him
the
meates
.
Wherof
the
knightes
of
Charlemaine
should
be
feasted
with
all
,
and
tolde
that
they
should
be
wel
serued
,
what
so
euer
it
coste
.
And
see
that
the
great
cup
be
borne
afore
the
duke
Naymes
,
the
whiche
I
did
conquere
at
reyns
.
My
lorde
answered
the
stuarde
,
doubte
not
,
ye
shall
well
be
serued
at
my
power
.
And
the●●●e
Mawgys
came
agayne
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
him
come
:
he
calles
hym
and
saide
to
him
,
my
cosyn
I
praye
you
see
that
we
be
well
serued
,
sir
saide
Mawgis
,
I
haue
purueyed
for
it
al
ready
.
Whan
Reinawd
vnderstood
him
:
he
was
gladde
of
it
,
and
began
to
deuise
with
the
folke
of
Charlemaine
right
honestly
and
of
many
thinges
.
And
whan
he
thought
that
the
meate
myght
be
well
ready
:
he
&
his
bretherne
tooke
the
foure
knightes
and
brought
them
to
the
halle
to
theyr
meate
,
&
whan
they
were
there
:
Mawgys
made
them
washe
,
&
than
he
tooke
the
duke
Naimes
and
made
hym
syt
downe
,
and
my
lady
Clare
next
hym
.
And
he
made
syt
downe
the
bisshop
Turpyn
and
Reynawde
and
than
Ogyer
and
Alarde
,
and
after
Guicharde
and
Escoufe
the
sonne
of
Oedon
,
and
than
the
lytle
Rychard
.
And
whan
they
were
all
set
at
the
table
,
the
meates
of
the
first
course
were
brought
to
the
borde
,
&
than
the
other
one
after
another
by
good
ordenaunce
and
fayre
.
And
to
say
the
trouthe
they
were
well
and
honourablye
serued
,
and
of
many
and
dyuerse
seruises
of
royall
meates
.
And
after
that
they
had
well
eaten
at
theyr
ease
:
the
duke
Naymes
called
Reynawd
and
sayd
to
him
.
Good
cosin
I
pray
you
that
ye
wyl
delyber
your selfe
for
to
gyue
vs
a
good
answere
of
that
ye
haue
heard
of
vs
.
Lordes
sayd
Reynawde
I
shall
doo
it
in
so
muche
that
the
kyng
shall
haue
a
cause
to
be
contente
of
me
.
For
I
shall
doo
all
that
he
wyll
for
to
haue
peace
and
hys
loue
withall
,
and
that
for
the
loue
of
the
other
my
lordes
that
be
heere
now
.
And
than
Reynawde
made
to
bryng
the
swerde
of
Charlemayne
&
the
swerdes
of
the
twelue
peeres
,
and
also
the
crowne
and
the
Egle
of
golde
.
And
whan
Ogyer
sawe
this
:
he
began
to
laughe
and
sayd
.
By
my
soule
Reynawde
ye
had
heere
a
fayre
gayne
yf
ye
had
kept
it
.
And
whan
Rycharde
saw
that
his
brother
wolde
delyuer
the
Egle
of
golde
:
he
began
for
to
say
By
saynt
poule
my
fayre
brother
ye
shall
not
doo
so
.
Ye
shall
not
delyuer
agayne
that
I
haue
wonne
wel
and
truly
by
force
of
armes
,
brother
Richarde
sayde
Reynawde
,
let
me
doo
I
pray
you
.
I
will
not
sayd
Richard
by
my
soule
,
for
Charlemayne
hymselfe
smote
me
whyle
that
I
was
prysoner
within
his
pauilion
full
shāefully
wyth
a
staffe
.
Lordes
said
the
duke
Naymes
,
let
thys
alone
.
And
take
we
that
Reynawde
giueth
to
vs
in
thanke
,
for
he
hath
doone
ynough
,
By
my
fayth
sayd
the
bysshop
Turpyn
he
dooth
so
.
And
than
they
tooke
the
crowne
of
Charlemayne
&
all
theyr
swerdes
.
And
whan
thei
had
them
:
Ogyer
sayd
to
Reynawde
.
My
cosyn
I
counsell
you
that
ye
come
with
vs
,
and
Alarde
&
Guycharde
shal
abyde
heere
to
keep
your
castell
,
Syr
sayd
Reynawde
I
feare
me
to
sore
the
kynge
wolde
make
me
for
to
be
killed
outrageously
.
Come
on
hardely
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
,
for
we
shall
lede
you
wel
surely
.
For
syth
that
ye
shal
be
with
vs
:
ye
ought
not
to
fear
nothyng
.
Lordes
sayde
than
Reynawde
I
shall
doo
your
commaundemente
vnder
your
assurynge
.
WHan
Reynawde
was
accorded
for
to
go
wyth
the
Duke
Naimes
,
and
with
the
bisshop
Turpyn
,
wyth
Ogyer
the
dane
and
Escoufe
the
sonne
of
Oedon
:
they
lyghted
all
vpon
theyr
horses
,
and
Reynawde
mounted
vpon
bayarde
and
armed
hym
.
And
in
like
wise
dyd
Alarde
.
And
whan
the
duchesse
Clare
saw
that
Reynawde
her
Lorde
wolde
go
with
the
folke
of
the
Emperour
Charlemayne
:
she
came
before
them
&
kneeled
downe
before
them
,
and
sayd
vnto
them
my
lordes
,
I
thanke
you
muche
of
the
fauour
that
ye
did
shew
to
my
brother
Richarde
and
to
Mawgis
,
now
agayne
I
pray
you
that
ye
will
haue
Reynawde
for
recommended
mi
lorde
and
my
deere
husbande
the
whiche
ye
lede
with
you
.
Madame
said
Ogier
,
haue
no
doubt
that
Reynawde
shall
haue
anie
harme
.
For
wee
should
not
suffre
it
for
nothing
for
to
leese
both
life
&
gooddes
.
And
than
they
put
them
to
the
way
for
to
goe
thens
,
and
Reinawd
tooke
ten
knyghtes
wyth
him
for
to
beare
hym
felawship
.
whan
they
were
come
to
the
riuer
of
Balancon
:
they
sought
after
the
passage
and
passed
ouer
.
And
whan
they
were
all
ouer
:
Ogier
began
for
to
sai
.
Lordes
ye
wot
well
all
is
of
euyll
courage
agaynst
Reynawd
,
wherfore
I
doubt
me
of
him
that
we
haue
brought
heere
wyth
vs
.
I
counsell
that
we
knowe
fyrst
the
wyll
of
charlemayne
or
euer
he
see
Reynawd
,
Ogier
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
,
ye
speake
well
and
wisely
we
shal
go
speake
ye
and
I
to
Charlemaine
,
and
Reynawde
shall
abyde
heere
tyll
we
come
agayne
.
Lordes
sayd
than
Reynawde
I
shal
doo
that
ye
counsel
me
,
but
I
pray
you
holde
me
that
ye
haue
promised
me
,
that
is
that
ye
shall
keep
my
bodye
and
my
lymmes
from
harme
.
Reynawde
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
.
we
shall
rather
dye
,
than
that
ye
should
haue
any
harme
.
And
than
he
and
Ogyer
tooke
the
way
towarde
the
hoste
of
Charlemayne
,
and
Reinawde
abode
with
the
bysshop
Turpyn
and
wyth
the
sonne
of
Oedon
.
Now
herken
of
Pynabell
a
spye
that
longed
vnto
the
kynge
Charlemayne
,
wyt
it
that
the
spye
was
at
the
riuer
side
of
Balancon
with
this
felawship
.
whan
the
wordes
afore
sayde
were
spoken
,
whan
the
spye
had
well
vnderstand
all
the
conclucion
:
he
stale
hymselfe
fro
the
companye
and
rode
a
good
pace
as
he
myght
in
the
worlde
and
came
to
Charlemayne
,
to
whome
he
sayd
in
this
maner
,
syr
I
bryng
you
tidinges
wherof
ye
shal
be
ryght
glad
my
freende
sayd
Charlemayne
thou
art
well
come
.
I
praye
you
tell
me
what
tidinges
ye
brynge
?
wyt
it
syr
that
I
haue
left
Reynawde
and
Alarde
hys
brother
at
the
ryuer
side
of
Balancon
with
the
bisshop
Turpyn
and
Escouf
the
Sonne
of
Oedon
,
and
the
duke
Naymes
,
and
Ogyer
are
coming
towarde
you
for
to
aske
leue
yf
they
shall
brynge
them
to
you
wyth
sureti
.
Is
it
trouth
said
Charlemaine
?
yea
without
faut
said
Pinable
.
By
my
soule
sayd
the
king
I
shall
rewarde
thee
for
it
ryght
well
,
but
keep
well
that
ye
shew
not
this
to
no
man
vpon
thy
life
,
for
I
shall
put
therto
a
good
remedy
.
And
than
he
behelde
aboute
hym
and
saw
Oliuer
and
sayde
,
Olyuer
incontynent
and
without
any
desaye
,
take
two
hundred
knyghtes
with
horses
and
wel
armed
,
and
lede
them
at
the
ryuer
syde
of
Balancon
,
where
yee
shall
fynde
Reynawde
and
Alarde
,
&
see
that
ye
take
them
&
bring
them
hither
,
and
if
ye
doo
this
:
aske
of
me
what
ye
wyll
,
&
ye
shall
haue
it
.
And
than
sayd
Oliuer
,
syr
I
shal
wel
doo
your
commaundemente
.
And
than
he
tooke
wyth
him
two
hundred
knightes
as
the
kinge
Charlemayne
had
ordeyned
him
,
&
tooke
his
way
towarde
the
ryuer
of
Balancon
.
Now
god
through
his
pitie
saue
the
good
knight
Reynawde
and
Alarde
his
deere
brother
,
for
they
ben
in
great
peril
of
theyr
lyues
.
This
hangyng
that
Olyuer
was
gone
towarde
the
ryuer
of
Balancon
:
the
duke
Naymes
and
Ogyer
came
to
the
hoste
and
lighted
a
fore
the
pauilion
of
the
kinge
,
and
went
in
.
And
whan
they
sawe
the
kyng
:
they
made
him
the
reuerence
,
but
he
sayd
no
worde
to
them
.
whan
Ogier
saw
the
countenaunce
of
the
king
:
he
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
what
semblaunt
is
this
that
ye
shewe
to
vs
?
I
meruayle
me
greatli
that
ye
make
vs
so
euyll
cheere
seen
that
we
come
fro
thens
where
ye
haue
sende
vs
,
that
was
to
Mountabawn
,
where
we
haue
spoken
with
Reynawde
the
sonne
of
Aymon
,
the
whiche
is
al
togither
redy
for
to
doo
al
that
your
pleasur
is
,
and
so
he
hath
delyuered
vs
agayne
your
crowne
and
al
our
swerdes
,
as
for
your
egle
:
ye
shal
haue
it
whan
ye
wyll
.
Ogyer
sayd
than
Charlemain
what
haue
ye
doone
of
Reynawde
for
I
am
sure
that
ye
haue
brought
him
wyth
you
?
Syr
sayd
Ogier
it
is
trouth
verely
we
haue
brought
him
with
vs
vpon
our
faith
for
to
take
sureties
of
you
of
truce
that
ye
haue
graunted
hym
.
By
saynt
Denis
(
sayd
charlemayne
)
I
will
not
therof
,
for
yf
I
can
haue
hym
ones
in
my
handes
:
al
the
golde
in
the
worlde
shal
not
saue
him
but
I
shal
make
him
dy
a
shamfull
death
.
Syr
sayde
Ogyer
what
say
ye
?
I
meruel
me
greatly
of
that
ye
haue
sayd
.
Damp
emperour
said
than
the
duke
Naymes
,
so
greate
a
kynge
as
ye
be
:
ought
neuer
to
haue
sayd
suche
wordes
as
ye
now
haue
vttred
with
your
mouth
for
the
value
of
halfe
his
realme
,
ha
goddes
sweete
sir
giue
not
to
your selfe
so
great
a
blame
,
&
yf
ye
doo
this
that
ye
say
:
I
promise
you
that
I
,
Ogier
,
the
bisshop
Turpin
and
the
sonne
of
Oedon
,
we
shall
yeelde
you
euyll
for
euill
,
&
yet
wee
shall
saue
Reynawde
at
our
power
so
that
ye
shal
not
doo
him
harme
,
sith
that
we
haue
brought
hym
vpon
our
fayth
.
Now
shal
we
se
sayd
Charlemayne
how
ye
shal
conne
helpe
him
.
Syr
(
sayde
Ogyer
)
yf
ye
doo
to
vs
any
outrage
or
dyshonour
:
I
promise
you
wee
shal
forsake
the
homage
and
the
fayth
that
we
owe
to
you
,
and
we
shall
doo
the
worste
that
we
can
agaynst
you
and
agaynst
your
realme
.
¶
we
shal
now
presently
speake
a
litle
of
Oliuer
that
was
gone
to
Balancon
.
It
happed
as
by
fortune
that
the
sayde
Oliuer
ouertooke
Reynawde
so
nigh
the
whiche
was
on
foote
:
that
he
coulde
not
haue
leyser
for
to
mount
vpon
bayard
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
that
he
might
not
light
vpon
his
horse
bycause
that
Oliuer
had
ouertaken
him
so
sore
:
he
was
sore
an
angred
of
it
that
almoste
he
waxed
mad
al
quicke
.
And
than
he
returned
him
towarde
the
bisshop
Turpyn
and
towarde
Escoufe
&
sayd
to
them
,
Vassailes
ye
haue
betraied
me
falsli
and
I
wolde
neuer
beleue
it
,
wherin
ye
haue
doone
greate
sinne
and
great
euil
.
Syr
sayd
the
bisshop
Turpyn
,
I
swere
to
you
vpon
my
fayth
that
herof
we
neuer
knew
nothinge
nor
thought
it
,
and
I
promyse
you
that
we
shall
liue
and
dye
with
you
,
and
with
this
:
Reynawde
turned
towarde
Oliuer
&
sayd
to
him
Oliuer
may
ye
yeelde
me
againe
the
goodnes
that
I
shewed
to
you
in
the
playne
of
Val-colours
,
I
know
that
one
curteysie
requireth
another
,
for
whan
ye
were
to
the
ground
cast
,
I
deliuerde
you
your
horse
againe
,
and
holpe
you
to
light
vpon
hym
agayne
,
syr
sayd
Oliuer
it
is
trouth
that
ye
say
,
and
I
promise
you
that
I
am
ryght
sorye
that
I
haue
founde
you
now
heere
.
For
I
know
no
man
in
the
worlde
that
wolde
doo
to
you
anye
harme
,
but
I
wolde
be
wroth
with
him
,
this
hanging
that
Reynawde
and
Olyuer
spake
together
:
there
came
Rowlande
that
was
departed
from
thost
after
Oliuer
for
to
help
hym
to
take
Reynawde
,
and
whan
he
was
night
he
began
to
crye
.
Ha
ha
Reynawde
,
by
my
soule
ye
be
nowe
taken
and
be
trapped
.
And
whan
he
had
sayd
this
there
was
Ogier
behinde
him
that
had
folowed
hym
with
the
poynt
of
the
spere
,
the
which
sayde
to
hym
,
by
my
head
syr
Rowlande
ye
shall
doo
no
harme
to
Reynawde
,
For
the
Duke
Naymes
and
I
haue
brought
hym
hether
vpon
our
fayth
,
for
to
take
the
sureties
of
the
trewes
that
we
haue
gyuen
to
him
in
the
kinges
behalfe
as
ye
know
he
had
charged
vs
to
do
And
I
tell
you
Syr
Rowland
yf
ye
doo
to
him
any
harme
:
ye
shal
doo
it
to
vs
.
Ogier
sayd
Rowland
ye
shall
now
be
an
euil
suretie
for
him
.
Rowland
sayde
Ogier
,
I
make
myne
avowe
to
you
that
yf
ye
saut
Reynawd
:
we
foure
that
ben
heere
shall
helpe
hym
agaynst
you
.
Rowlande
sayde
than
Oliuer
I
praye
you
that
ye
let
Reynawde
in
peace
,
for
I
promyse
you
he
did
ones
to
me
a
curteyse
turne
,
and
a
great
pleasur
,
&
now
I
wil
rewarde
him
for
it
,
if
it
please
you
,
and
I
shall
tell
you
what
wee
shall
doo
.
we
shall
lede
Reynawde
before
Charlemayne
.
And
wee
shall
praye
hym
that
he
treat
hym
curteisly
,
and
we
shall
parforce
our selfe
to
make
his
appoyntment
.
Lordes
sayde
the
Duke
Names
,
Oliuer
hath
spoken
honestly
.
I
counsell
that
wee
leade
Reinawde
tofore
Charlemaine
,
for
to
see
what
he
wil
doo
of
him
.
And
I
swere
by
god
yf
he
wyll
doo
any
outrage
to
Reinawde
:
we
shall
not
suffre
it
for
to
dye
for
it
,
&
we
shall
help
him
to
saue
him selfe
to
our
power
.
After
all
these
wordes
:
they
tooke
them selfe
on
theyr
waye
,
for
to
lede
Reynawde
to
Charlemayne
.
WHan
Rowland
and
Olyuer
had
brought
Reynawde
into
the
pauylyon
of
the
kynge
Charlemaine
:
wyt
it
that
the
duke
Naymes
,
the
bysshop
Turpin
,
Ogyer
the
dane
,
also
Escouf
the
son
of
Oedon
wente
neuer
one
foote
from
Reynawd
.
But
whan
Oliuer
wold
haue
presented
Reynawde
to
Charlemayne
:
Ogier
auaunced
hymselfe
and
sayd
to
the
kyng
in
this
maner
.
Syr
ye
knowe
howe
yee
dyd
sende
vs
foure
that
ben
heere
afore
you
in
your
message
to
Mountawban
,
for
to
tell
vnto
Reynawde
as
yee
had
charged
vs
,
to
whome
wee
dyd
shew
in
your
behalfe
,
that
yf
he
wolde
delyuer
to
you
agayne
your
Crowne
,
and
all
the
good
sweardes
that
Mawgys
had
borne
with
hym
,
and
the
Egle
of
golde
,
ye
should
giue
him
touce
for
two
yeres
,
&
that
ye
should
doo
turne
your
hoste
into
Fraunce
agayne
.
wyt
that
Reynawde
hath
doone
all
that
we
haue
required
hym
of
in
your
behalfe
,
&
wee
haue
brought
him
with
vs
vnder
your
saufe
conduyte
,
and
so
we
take
hym
vnder
our
charge
that
he
should
haue
no
more
harme
than
we
should
.
Notwithstandynge
ye
haue
made
hym
to
be
taken
,
the
whyche
thynge
we
wolde
neuer
haue
thought
that
yee
wolde
haue
doone
it
,
seen
that
heere
been
your
crowne
&
your
swerdes
,
&
the
Egle
of
golde
is
at
your
pleasure
whan
ye
will
haue
it
.
And
moreouer
wee
promysed
hym
that
yf
ye
dyd
to
hym
anye
harme
:
that
ye
should
doo
it
to
vs
as
well
as
to
hym
,
&
I
promise
you
yf
ye
doo
to
him
any
harme
,
yee
shal
be
greatly
blamed
for
it
of
al
the
worlde
.
But
and
yf
ye
wil
werke
honestly
heere
in
and
lyke
a
true
emperoure
&
king
for
to
keep
that
neyther
ye
nor
we
be
not
blamed
for
it
:
sende
Reynawde
agayne
to
Mountawban
,
with
this
that
he
hath
taken
to
vs
,
&
whan
he
shall
be
therin
agayne
:
do
to
hym
the
worste
that
ye
can
.
OGyer
sayde
Charlemayne
,
ye
speake
for
nought
&
all
youre
felowes
also
.
For
I
shall
not
doo
so
but
I
shal
doo
after
myne
owne
wil
thoughe
ye
all
had
sworne
the
contrary
.
And
so
shal
I
not
doo
of
Reynawde
as
I
dyd
of
the
false
theef
mawgis
.
And
whan
Charlemayne
hadde
sayde
thus
:
he
turned
him
towarde
Reynawde
,
&
sayd
to
him
.
Reynawd
Reynawde
I
holde
you
nowe
,
certes
I
shall
so
keep
you
that
ye
shall
not
deceyue
me
as
did
Mawgys
,
for
I
shall
make
you
anon
to
be
smytten
and
cutte
in
small
peeces
,
and
than
brente
all
to
powder
.
Syr
sayd
Reynawde
ye
shal
not
doo
so
&
god
wil.
Ogyer
sayde
Charlemaine
,
wyll
ye
defende
agaynst
me
my
mortall
enemye
?
Syr
sayde
Ogier
I
wil
not
defend
your
enemyes
against
you
:
but
I
promise
you
that
I
shall
defende
my
trouth
agaynst
all
men
.
Sir
said
than
Reynawde
what
is
your
pleasure
that
I
doo
?
ye
haue
called
me
traytour
,
wyt
it
that
I
was
neuer
such
nor
no
man
of
my
lyuage
.
nor
I
know
not
in
the
worlde
that
sayth
that
I
haue
be
a
traytour
,
or
that
I
haue
doon
any
treason
agaynst
you
,
out
that
I
should
fight
in
the
quarell
agaynste
him
body
to
body
.
By
my
fayth
said
Charlemayne
,
I
shall
make
it
to
be
proued
vpon
you
by
force
of
armes
Syr
sayd
Reynawde
,
ye
speake
now
as
a
kynge
,
&
heere
is
my
gage
that
I
giue
,
sayinge
that
I
am
as
true
a
man
as
any
that
is
in
all
the
worlde
&
in
lyke
wise
all
they
of
my
linage
.
Than
Charlemayne
sayde
to
him
,
if
ye
gyue
me
sureties
:
wyt
that
I
shal
take
vp
your
gage
,
and
not
els
.
Syr
sayd
reynawde
I
shall
fynde
suretie
ynoughe
.
Than
he
turned
him
&
saw
Ogyer
,
and
sayd
to
him
.
Syr
Ogyer
come
forthe
,
&
ye
duke
Naymes
,
and
also
the
bosshop
Turpyn
&
ye
Escouf
the
sonne
of
Oedon
,
be
my
suretie
I
I
pray
you
,
for
ye
ought
to
be
so
,
ye
knowe
that
I
dyd
neuer
vntruthe
Reynawde
sayde
the
duke
Naymes
we
shall
be
suretie
for
you
wyth
a
good
wyll
.
THan
sayde
Reynawde
,
syr
heere
ben
my
sureties
that
I
take
you
,
are
ye
contente
of
them
?
yea
sayd
Charlemayne
I
aske
no
more
.
Syr
sayd
than
Reynawde
,
who
is
he
that
shall
make
the
batayle
?
By
my
fayth
sayde
Charlemayne
,
my selfe
shal
it
be
.
Syr
sayde
Rowland
,
yee
shal
not
doo
so
&
it
please
you
,
for
I
shal
fyght
for
you
my selfe
.
Syr
said
Reynawde
ordeyn
in
your
place
suche
as
it
shall
please
you
,
and
whan
he
had
sayd
this
worde
:
bayard
was
taken
agayne
to
Reinawde
,
the
whych
lighted
vpon
&
went
towarde
mountawban
,
and
with
him
went
Ogyer
the
dane
,
the
duke
Naymes
&
escouf
the
sonne
of
Oedon
,
and
togither
alard
that
had
betaken
as
Reynawd
.
And
whan
they
were
come
nigh
mountawban
:
Guycharde
,
Richarde
and
Mawgys
sawe
them
come
,
&
came
theym
agaynst
,
and
whan
Rycharde
sawe
Reynawde
:
he
asked
of
hym
howe
he
had
doone
?
By
my
faythe
sayd
Reynawde
we
are
not
welcom
for
the
kynge
knew
that
we
were
at
Balancon
where
Ogyer
had
left
vs
and
he
sent
anon
Olyuer
&
Rowland
for
to
take
vs
,
and
were
ouertaken
so
sodenly
that
we
coulde
not
lyght
vpon
our
horses
,
&
we
were
brought
to
Charlemayne
,
and
I
promyse
you
he
is
a
cruell
man
fulfylled
with
all
cursednes
.
And
thus
recounted
Reynawde
to
his
brethern
all
that
ye
haue
now
hearde
afore
.
THat
night
Reinawde
and
his
compani
made
good
cheere
at
mountawban
and
made
the
folke
of
charlemayne
to
be
well
feasted
by
the
noble
lady
Clare
his
wyfe
right
honourably
,
and
after
they
had
supped
well
:
they
went
to
bed
for
that
night
and
whan
the
mornynge
was
come
that
euery
man
was
vp
:
Reynawde
&
his
felawship
went
to
heare
masse
in
the
chapell
of
saynte
Nycolas
,
and
Reynawde
offred
.iiii.
marke
of
golde
And
whan
the
masse
was
doone
:
reinawde
&
all
his
barons
asked
after
theyr
armes
for
to
arme
them
.
whan
they
were
armed
:
Reynawde
tooke
leue
of
his
wyfe
afore
all
the
company
,
and
than
he
called
to
hym
hys
brethern
and
Mawgis
and
sayd
to
them
.
My
lordes
I
leue
this
castell
in
your
protection
and
sauf
garde
,
&
I
recommende
you
my
wife
and
my
chyldren
,
for
now
I
goe
fyght
wyth
the
best
knight
of
the
worlde
,
now
I
knowe
not
what
shall
betyde
of
me
,
wherfore
I
pray
you
that
ye
wil
keep
well
this
castell
,
for
I
promyse
you
yf
I
dye
:
ye
shal
haue
need
of
it
heere
is
Ogier
that
shall
come
with
me
&
the
Duke
Naymes
also
,
for
they
ben
my
sureties
to
the
king
Charlemain
By
my
soule
sayde
Alarde
ye
speake
for
nought
,
for
wee
shall
goe
with
you
,
and
we
shall
beare
you
companye
where
someuer
ye
go
and
so
shall
we
see
the
batayle
,
and
how
ye
shal
be
mayntened
in
your
ryght
and
yf
ye
haue
need
of
helpe
:
ye
shall
fynde
vs
redy
to
your
succours
.
By
Saynte
Paule
sayde
Ogier
the
dane
,
Alarde
hath
spoken
wysely
,
and
whan
Reynawde
sawe
this
:
he
called
Mawgis
&
sayd
to
him
.
My
fayre
cosin
I
pray
you
that
ye
wyll
abide
heere
,
&
that
ye
wyll
keepe
all
well
syth
that
my
brethern
wyll
come
with
me
.
Reynawde
sayde
Mawgis
,
I
shall
doo
as
it
pleaseth
you
,
&
I
promise
you
the
Mountawban
shall
haue
no
harme
by
my
defaute
.
whan
Reynawd
had
ordeyned
all
well
:
he
tooke
on
incontynent
his
way
in
the
felawshyp
of
his
brethern
and
of
the
barons
afore
sayd
.
And
whan
they
came
there
as
the
batayle
should
be
doone
:
Reinawd
lighted
a
foote
&
taryed
after
Rowlande
.
¶
Heere
leueth
the
hystorye
to
speake
of
Reynawde
;
of
his
brethern
&
of
the
other
barons
that
were
in
the
company
of
the
said
Reynawde
:
and
returneth
to
speake
of
Rowland
how
he
and
reynawde
made
theyr
batayle
the
one
agaynst
the
other
.
¶
Heere
sheweth
howe
Reynawde
faught
agaynst
Rowland
,
the
which
he
conquered
by
the
wyll
of
god
and
brought
him
to
mountawban
,
wherof
Charlemayn
was
ful
heuy
&
wroth
.
And
also
how
Mawgys
bare
the
emperour
Charlemayne
to
Mountawban
vpon
Bayarde
all
a
slepe
,
&
deliuered
hym
to
Reynawde
in
a
bed
.
where
Renawde
laye
.
And
howe
Mawgys
after
this
wente
away
&
tooke
t
habyte
of
a
heremite
and
left
his
kinsmen
and
lyued
poorely
,
for
he
wolde
not
let
the
peace
of
Reynawde
to
Charlemayne
,
for
the
warre
had
lasted
longe
ynoughe
.
depiction of two groups of knights in armour on horseback charging each other with lances
NOw
sheweth
the
tale
the
whan
Rowlande
saw
the
day
he
rose
fro
his
bed
and
went
(
after
he
was
redy
)
to
heare
masse
,
and
offred
a
riche
gift
vpon
the
alter
,
&
whan
the
masse
was
doone
:
Rowlande
asked
after
his
harneys
for
to
arme
him
&
whan
he
was
wel
armed
he
lighted
a
horse
backe
quickly
.
And
than
Charlemain
sayd
to
hym
.
Fayre
neuewe
I
comend
you
to
God
that
he
lede
you
to
a
good
waye
and
keep
you
fro
death
and
fro
pryson
,
for
ye
knowe
that
Reynawde
hath
ryght
vpon
vs
,
&
we
doo
to
hym
wronge
,
wherfore
I
wolde
not
for
halfe
of
my
realme
that
any
harme
came
to
you
for
it
.
Syr
sayde
Rowlande
it
is
to
late
for
you
to
repent
now
,
for
syth
that
ye
knewe
that
ye
were
in
the
wronge
:
ye
should
not
haue
accepted
the
batayle
that
ye
haue
enterprysed
,
but
sith
it
is
so
that
the
thynge
is
come
so
ferre
forth
:
I
can
not
leue
it
,
but
yf
it
were
to
me
great
shame
,
now
helpe
me
god
if
it
please
him
through
his
mercy
.
whan
Rowlande
had
sayd
these
wordes
he
:
tooke
hys
way
for
to
goe
to
the
pintre
of
mountawban
where
as
the
batayle
of
Reynawde
&
of
him
should
be
made
and
whan
he
was
nighe
mountawbon
:
he
saw
Reinawde
that
awaited
after
hym
at
the
sayd
tree
and
incontinent
he
began
to
crye
vpon
hym
.
By
God
Reynawde
this
daye
shall
ye
haue
a
doo
with
me
,
&
I
promise
you
that
whan
ye
shall
goe
fro
the
feeld
:
ye
shal
neuer
doo
faytes
of
armes
agaynst
me
nor
agaynste
no
other
.
whan
Reinawde
heard
Rowland
crye
so
:
he
came
agaynst
him
&
sayd
to
him
,
syr
Rowland
it
becometh
not
to
suche
a
knyght
as
ye
be
for
to
threte
me
thus
,
&
I
tell
you
that
I
am
heere
redye
,
&
yf
ye
wyl
batayle
:
ye
shall
haue
it
incontynent
.
Reynawd
sayd
Rowland
I
am
not
come
heere
for
peace
:
but
keep
you
fro
me
,
&
yee
shall
doo
as
a
wyse
man
.
Rowland
sayde
Reynawde
beware
of
me
,
for
I
am
sure
that
I
shall
brynge
downe
the
pride
of
you
that
is
so
great
.
ANd
whan
Reynawde
had
sayde
that
worde
:
he
spurred
bayard
with
the
spurres
&
came
against
Rowland
,
&
Rowland
agaynst
Reynawde
,
&
they
gaue
to
eche
other
so
great
strokes
at
theyr
brestes
that
they
brake
bothe
theyr
speares
al
to
peces
and
with
the
renning
that
they
made
agaynst
eche
other
:
they
recountred
the
one
the
other
soo
harde
wyth
theyr
sheeldes
that
Reynawde
muste
needes
fal
downe
to
the
erth
with
hys
saddle
betwene
hys
thyes
,
bicause
of
the
gyrtes
that
brake
a
sunder
,
&
rowlande
lost
his
stiropes
with
al.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
himself
a
ground
he
rose
vp
right
quickly
,
and
lighted
agayne
vpon
bayarde
without
sadle
,
and
came
vpon
Rowland
wyth
his
swerde
in
his
hande
,
&
gaue
hym
so
great
a
stroke
that
Rowland
felt
him selfe
sore
greued
with
all
,
&
whan
he
sawe
that
Reynawde
had
stonyed
him
so
sore
:
he
set
hande
to
durandall
his
good
swerde
,
&
ranne
asprelye
vpon
Reynawde
.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
him
come
▪
he
went
right
fyersly
vpon
Rowlande
,
&
than
began
the
batayle
to
be
harde
,
and
fore
cruel
betwene
them
two
,
and
I
promise
you
they
lefte
not
one
peece
of
theyr
harnes
whole
,
nether
vpon
the
one
nor
vpon
the
other
,
but
it
were
al
to
brosten
and
beaten
a
sondre
,
in
so
much
that
the
barons
that
looked
vpon
them
had
great
pitie
of
th
one
&
of
thother
whan
the
duke
Naymes
,
had
beholde
a
longe
whyle
of
this
wunderfull
batayle
:
he
began
to
cry
as
loude
as
he
coulde
saying
in
this
maner
.
Ha
kyng
Charlemaine
ye
are
ouer
cruel
for
thoroughe
your
cruel
malice
:
ye
put
to
death
two
of
the
best
knyghtes
of
the
worlde
,
wherfore
ye
shall
ones
aby
or
longe
.
whan
Reynawde
saw
that
neyther
of
them
two
coulde
not
ouercome
the
other
:
he
sayde
to
Rowlande
.
Yf
ye
beleue
me
:
we
shal
lyght
downe
a
foote
bothe
to
th
end
that
we
kyll
not
our
horses
.
For
yf
wee
slea
them
we
shall
neuer
recouer
none
suche
nor
so
good
,
ye
saye
well
sayd
Rowlande
,
and
I
am
so
content
.
And
than
they
descended
a
foot
vpon
the
medowe
.
Rowlande
sayde
Reynawde
,
now
are
we
per
to
per
,
now
it
shall
be
seen
the
whiche
of
vs
two
shal
be
mayster
of
the
place
.
And
with
this
they
ranne
the
one
vpon
thother
as
proudly
as
it
had
ben
two
Lions
who
that
had
seen
than
the
greate
strokes
&
that
dangerous
that
they
gaue
to
eche
other
he
shold
haue
said
that
there
had
be
neuer
suche
two
knyghtes
in
all
the
remenaunt
of
the
worlde
.
whan
Rowlande
sawe
that
he
coulde
not
wynne
Reynawde
:
he
came
to
hym
,
&
tooke
him
with
a
ful
arme
,
and
so
dyd
Reynawde
hym
in
lyke
wyse
in
maner
of
wrastelynge
togyther
a
great
whyle
without
that
the
one
coulde
cast
downe
the
other
by
no
way
.
And
I
promyse
you
that
a
man
should
wel
haue
gone
a
m●●●
or
euer
they
left
eche
other
goe
whan
they
were
coupled
ones
togyther
,
&
at
the
last
whan
they
saw
that
the
one
coulde
not
cast
downe
the
other
:
they
let
eche
other
goe
the
one
there
and
the
other
heere
for
to
take
their
breth
for
they
were
ryght
wery
,
&
sore
trauayled
so
muche
that
almoste
they
myght
not
stande
no
lenger
,
&
theyr
helmes
sheeldes
and
theyr
armes
were
all
to
cut
and
brooken
and
the
grounde
where
they
fought
thus
was
all
to
stamped
and
beaten
with
theyr
feete
as
men
had
beaten
corne
there
vpon
.
WHan
Charlemayne
saw
that
the
one
coulde
not
ouermaister
the
other
,
and
howe
they
were
both
euyll
arayed
:
he
was
sore
aferd●
for
his
neuew
Rowlande
,
and
than
he
kneeled
downe
vpon
his
knees
&
heued
hys
handes
together
towarde
heauen
and
began
to
say
.
Good
lorde
gloryous
that
made
the
worlde
,
sea
,
heauens
and
the
erth
,
and
delyuerde
the
holy
virgyn
margarete
from
the
bely
of
the
horyble
Dragon
,
and
Ionas
from
the
bely
of
the
fysshe
:
I
beseche
you
also
that
ye
wyll
delyuer
my
neuew
Rowland
from
this
batayle
mortall
,
and
sende
me
suche
a
token
wherby
I
maye
departe
these
two
knightes
from
eche
other
to
the
honoure
of
the
one
and
of
the
other
.
whan
Alarde
Guycharde
and
Rychard
saw
theyr
brother
so
wery
they
were
a
ferde
of
hys
person
,
and
than
they
began
also
to
praye
god
that
he
wolde
keep
theyr
brother
Reynawd
fro
death
and
from
prison
.
And
whan
they
had
made
theyr
prayers
:
oure
Lorde
for
the
prayers
of
Charlemain
shewed
a
fayre
myracle
,
for
he
made
ryse
so
great
a
clowde
&
so
thike
,
that
they
myght
not
see
eche
other
.
Than
Rowland
sayd
to
Reinawde
,
where
are
ye
gone
Reinawde
,
other
it
is
night
,
or
els
I
cannot
see
neuer
a
whit
?
No
more
doo
I
sayd
Reynawde
verely
.
Reynawde
sayd
Rowlande
,
I
pray
you
doo
to
me
a
curteys
turne
,
&
a nother
tyme
I
shal
doo
as
much
for
you
yf
ye
require
me
therof
.
Syr
Rowland
(
sayd
Reynawde
)
I
am
redy
for
to
doo
al
that
ye
wyll
require
me
of
,
so
that
my
honour
be
saued
.
Gramercye
Reynawde
of
that
ye
haue
graunted
me
.
wyt
that
the
thing
that
I
wyll
desyre
of
you
is
this
,
that
ye
bring
me
with
you
to
Mountawban
.
Syr
Rowland
sayd
Reynawde
yf
ye
wyll
doo
this
:
I
shal
be
ryght
glad
therof
.
By
my
fayth
I
shal
go
there
wyth
you
without
any
faute
if
it
please
you
.
Syr
sayde
Reynawde
God
of
hys
goodnes
yeelde
you
the
worshyp
that
ye
wil
now
doo
to
me
for
I
haue
not
deserued
it
vnto
you
.
Syr
Reynawde
(
sayde
Rowlande
)
wyt
that
I
doo
this
bycause
that
I
know
wel
that
ye
be
in
the
right
,
and
that
ye
fyght
in
a
good
quarell
,
and
I
am
in
the
wronge
.
And
whan
rowlande
had
sayd
this
the
receyued
hys
syght
,
and
saw
as
he
dyd
afore
,
and
than
he
sawe
Vylaunche
his
good
horse
,
and
he
lyghted
vpon
hym
,
and
in
lyke
wyse
Reynawde
vpon
bayarde
And
whan
Charlemayne
sawe
this
:
he
was
sore
abasshed
,
and
began
to
call
and
to
crye
.
Lordes
Lordes
nowe
see
,
I
wot
not
what
I
should
saye
,
for
Reynawde
ledeth
Rowland
with
hym
.
Now
shall
I
see
if
ye
shal
let
him
goe
.
whan
Charlemayn
had
spoken
thus
:
he
came
to
his
horse
&
lyghted
vpon
him
,
and
began
to
crie
Now
shall
I
know
who
ben
my
frendes
.
whan
the
barons
of
Fraunce
heard
Charlemaine
speake
thus
:
thei
spurred
theyr
horses
and
ran
after
Reynawde
.
WHan
Ogier
sawe
Reynawde
come
wyth
Rowlande
that
he
brought
with
hym
:
he
was
ryght
glad
,
and
he
came
agaynst
Reynawd
and
sayd
to
him
.
Syr
ye
haue
wel
wrought
this
dai
,
that
ye
haue
taken
such
a
proye
.
Ogier
sayd
Reynawde
,
I
promise
you
that
Rowlande
hath
let
himselfe
to
be
taken
with
his
good
wyll
.
Thanked
be
god
of
it
sayde
the
duke
Names
Reynawde
said
Ogier
go
your
way
to
Mountawban
,
and
the
bysshop
Turpin
the
sonne
of
Oedō
and
I
:
shal
returne
agayne
,
&
we
shal
tary
Charlemayne
that
cometh
after
you
and
wee
shal
doo
so
much
that
ye
shall
be
wel
at
Mountawban
or
they
ouer
take
you
.
Ogier
sayde
Rowland
ye
say
well
,
and
I
thanke
you
of
your
curtoysie
.
whan
thei
had
thus
shortlye
spoken
together
:
Reynawde
&
Rowlande
rode
so
fast
that
they
came
to
mountawban
.
It
is
not
to
be
asked
if
Rowland
was
wel
feasted
at
mountawban
.
I
promise
you
it
is
not
possible
to
feast
a
prince
better
nor
more
honourablie
than
he
was
at
mountawban
.
This
hanging
:
Ogier
was
come
against
king
Charlemain
and
he
dyd
so
muche
by
his
fayre
language
that
he
helde
the
king
till
that
he
thought
that
Reynawde
&
Rowlande
might
be
well
at
Mountawban
by
that
time
.
And
whan
he
had
doone
so
:
he
spurred
his
horse
and
went
to
Mountawban
after
the
other
.
where
as
he
myght
well
goe
without
to
be
vnbraied
for
it
,
for
he
was
one
of
the
suretyes
of
Reynawde
as
yee
haue
heard
.
And
whan
Charlemaine
saw
this
:
he
folowed
him
vnto
the
gates
And
whan
he
was
come
to
the
gate
of
Mountawban
:
he
began
to
crye
with
an
hie
voyce
.
By
god
Reynawde
this
that
ye
haue
doone
:
shall
auayle
you
litle
,
for
ye
shall
neuer
haue
peace
wyth
me
as
longe
as
I
am
man
a
liue
.
And
whan
that
he
had
sayd
this
he
returned
him
from
the
gate
,
and
sayd
to
Oliuer
that
was
there
with
hym
.
Oliuer
go
lightlye
to
Mountbendell
,
and
bring
heere
all
my
hoste
for
I
wyll
besiege
all
thys
Castell
.
Than
sayd
Oliuer
I
shall
go
there
with
a
good
wyll
,
but
and
it
please
you
ye
shall
come
wyth
me
,
for
I
promise
you
if
ye
comnot
there
your selfe
:
they
shall
not
come
hither
for
me
.
Than
shall
I
goe
there
my self
,
and
thus
tooke
Charlemayne
hys
waye
towarde
Mountbendel
where
his
hoste
laye
,
whan
his
folke
sawe
him
come
:
they
wente
agaynst
hym
and
began
to
saye
to
him
,
syr
what
haue
ye
doone
with
Rowland
?
lordes
sayd
Charlemayne
Rowland
is
gone
to
Mountawban
,
but
I
commaund
you
al
that
incontinent
without
delaye
that
my
siege
be
transported
all
rounde
aboute
Mountawban
,
and
ye
damp
Oliuer
shall
beare
the
oriflam
and
damp
Rychard
of
Normandye
shall
lede
our
hoste
.
Whan
Charlemayne
had
comaunded
all
this
:
there
was
none
that
sayde
agaynst
it
,
but
set
themself
to
bring
downe
the
tentes
and
pauilion
,
and
to
trusse
and
lede
theyr
baggages
,
and
caryed
all
to
Mountawban
.
RYcharde
of
Normandy
went
with
.xii.
thousande
men
to
Balancon
,
to
keep
the
passage
of
the
ryuer
tyll
all
the
hoste
were
ouer
the
ryuer
.
This
hanging
:
Charlemayne
had
put
himself
afore
for
to
se
where
he
might
best
pitche
his
tentes
,
and
his
pauilion
,
for
to
keep
siege
royall
afore
the
Castell
of
Mountawban
.
And
whan
al
the
hoste
was
come
afore
Mountawban
:
the
kinge
made
incontinent
his
pauilion
to
be
set
vp
before
the
great
gate
.
And
whan
all
the
hoste
was
set
:
the
nyght
watche
of
the
great
Towre
came
to
Mawgys
,
and
sayde
vnto
him
.
Syr
wyt
the
Charlemaine
is
come
with
his
hoste
and
hath
put
his
pauilion
before
the
mayster
gate
.
Is
it
true
sayd
Mawgis
?
yea
without
any
faute
sayd
the
watche
.
Now
care
not
for
it
sayde
Mawgis
,
for
Charlemayne
seeketh
his
domage
,
and
he
shall
haue
it
soner
than
he
weeneth
.
Than
went
Mawgys
to
Reynawde
.
And
shewed
him
howe
Charlemayne
was
come
with
all
his
hoste
.
And
whan
Reynawde
heard
this
:
he
went
vnto
Rowland
and
sayd
vnto
him
.
Sir
ye
muste
wyt
that
Charlemane
youre
vnkle
hath
layde
siege
afore
vs
,
but
I
promise
you
that
if
it
were
not
for
the
loue
of
you
:
I
should
shew
him
that
he
hath
not
doone
wel
.
Reynawde
(
sayd
Rowlande
)
I
thanke
you
muche
,
but
one
thynge
I
wyll
tell
you
,
saue
your
correccion
,
me
semeth
that
I
ought
to
sende
to
myne
vnkle
the
duke
Naymes
,
Ogyer
the
dane
,
and
also
the
bysshop
Turpyn
that
shall
shewe
vnto
him
in
this
maner
,
Syr
Emperour
wyt
that
Reynawde
for
the
loue
of
you
wyll
not
gyue
no
Irons
to
your
neuew
,
nor
he
wyl
not
put
hym
in
prison
.
But
he
maketh
him
as
good
cheere
as
he
doth
to
his
owne
selfe
.
And
that
more
is
,
Reynawde
,
his
brethern
and
Mawgys
doo
present
themselfe
for
to
giue
them
and
theyr
castell
vnto
your
handes
,
so
that
theyr
liues
be
saued
.
ye
speake
well
and
wisely
syr
Rowland
said
Reynawde
,
and
so
I
am
redy
to
doo
as
ye
wyll
haue
it
.
Rowland
sayde
the
duke
Naymes
,
I
dare
not
goe
to
hym
,
ye
may
wel
ynoughe
sayd
Rowland
.
For
ye
be
not
hated
of
the
king
duke
Naymes
sayd
Ogyer
,
we
shal
goe
to
Charlemayne
,
yf
ye
wyll
doo
after
me
.
And
they
accorded
that
thei
two
should
goe
togither
to
the
kyng
for
to
shew
to
hym
as
Rowland
had
deuised
.
And
whan
that
these
two
princes
,
the
duke
Naymes
and
Ogyer
came
to
the
pauilion
of
Charlemayne
:
they
saluted
him
reuerently
,
and
the
duke
Naymes
spake
to
him
in
thys
maner
of
wyse
.
Syr
Emperour
your
neuew
Rowland
recommendeth
him
humblye
to
your
good
grace
,
the
whych
Reynawde
kepeth
within
Mountawban
for
his
prisoner
,
not
vnkyndly
:
but
he
maketh
to
hym
as
good
there
and
as
great
honour
he
bereth
vnto
hym
as
he
were
his
owne
brother
,
and
his
souerayn
lorde
,
and
all
this
he
dooth
for
your
loue
.
And
demaundeth
of
you
peace
yf
it
please
you
to
graunt
it
to
hym
by
suche
maner
that
he
shall
gyue
you
Mountawban
,
and
the
Egle
of
golde
,
and
he
shall
let
goe
Rowlande
at
his
libertie
without
raunsum
.
And
also
he
shall
yeelde
hymselfe
to
you
and
his
brethern
in
lyke
wyse
,
and
also
Mawgys
for
to
doo
your
wyl
with
them
,
saue
theyr
liues
:
and
they
shall
promyse
you
yf
theyr
seruyse
pleaseth
you
,
that
thei
shal
serue
you
agaynst
all
men
with
all
theyr
power
and
puissaunce
,
so
that
ye
shall
haue
cause
to
thanke
them
for
it
.
Whan
Charlemayne
vnderstood
these
wordes
:
he
shooke
al
for
great
angre
.
And
began
to
saye
to
the
duke
Naymes
,
and
to
the
other
that
were
come
to
hym
,
flee
out
of
my
pauilion
euill
folke
.
I
meruayle
me
how
haue
ye
durst
cum
heere
within
and
I
tell
you
that
Reynawde
shall
haue
no
peace
with
me
,
but
if
I
haue
Mawgis
for
to
doo
my
wyll
of
him
.
whan
the
barons
vnderstode
charlemayne
that
spake
thus
:
they
came
out
of
hys
Pauilion
and
tooke
no
leaue
at
hym
,
but
returned
incontinent
to
Mountawban
.
whan
they
were
come
there
:
Rowland
and
Reinawde
asked
theym
howe
they
had
doone
with
Charlemaine
?
Lordes
said
the
duke
Naimes
,
it
is
no
force
to
be
asked
after
it
.
For
Charlemayn
wyl
not
doo
it
,
but
if
men
take
vnto
him
Mawgis
for
to
doo
his
will
of
him
,
Lordes
sayd
Reynawde
I
am
sorye
for
it
.
I
meruayle
how
Charlemayn
is
so
harde
harted
,
and
I
make
mine
a
vowe
vnto
god
,
he
shall
not
haue
Mawgys
though
I
should
dye
for
it
.
After
these
wordes
:
they
went
to
theyr
meat
,
&
Mawgis
made
theym
to
be
serued
plenteously
and
worshipfully
,
and
whan
they
had
supped
:
the
beddes
were
heled
,
and
they
wente
anon
to
bed
.
And
whan
Reynawde
wolde
go
to
his
bed
:
he
called
to
hym
Mawgis
,
and
sayd
to
hym
,
cosyn
I
pray
you
that
ye
doo
make
good
watche
to
night
.
For
ye
know
that
oure
liues
lieth
therupon
.
Syr
sayd
mawgis
feare
not
for
to
slepe
well
&
rest
your selfe
.
For
I
promyse
you
thou
thys
castell
shal
be
well
kepte
by
goddes
grace
,
&
whan
all
the
barons
were
a
bed
:
Mawgis
wente
to
the
stable
and
sadled
Bayarde
,
and
than
he
lighted
vpon
hym
and
he
came
to
the
gate
and
sayd
to
the
porter
.
My
frend
open
the
gate
for
I
must
go
out
a
litle
,
&
abyde
me
heere
for
I
shal
come
agayne
soone
.
Syr
sayd
the
porter
.
I
shall
doo
so
with
a
good
wil.
Than
wente
out
Mawgys
streyght
to
the
pauilion
of
Charlemayne
.
And
whan
he
was
come
there
:
he
began
for
to
make
hys
charme
,
&
brought
a
slepe
all
they
that
were
in
the
hoste
.
And
whan
he
had
doone
so
:
he
wente
to
the
bed
of
Charlemayne
,
and
tooke
hym
in
his
armes
and
brought
him
vpon
Bayarde
.
And
whan
he
had
doone
so
:
he
wente
his
wayes
agayn
to
Mountawban
,
and
brought
Charlemayne
with
him
.
And
whan
he
was
come
there
agayne
:
he
tooke
Charlemayne
from
Bayarde
,
and
bare
him
into
his
chambre
and
layde
hym
in
his
bed
.
Whan
all
this
was
thus
doone
:
He
tooke
a
torche
&
fired
it
,
and
pytched
it
bytwene
the
strawe
&
the
bedsted
,
so
that
it
helde
fast
euin
before
the
visage
of
the
kinge
Charlemayne
.
And
after
he
wente
to
the
chambre
of
Reynawde
and
sayde
to
hym
,
Cosin
what
wolde
ye
wel
giue
that
should
deliuer
Charlemayne
into
your
handes
?
By
my
soule
sayde
Reynawde
I
haue
nothyng
but
that
I
should
gladly
giue
it
so
that
I
might
haue
him
heere
within
this
castell
of
Mountawban
.
Cosyn
sayd
Mawgis
wil
ye
promyse
me
that
ye
shall
doo
to
him
no
harme
of
his
body
,
nother
your
brethern
nor
none
of
yours
?
&
I
shall
put
him
into
your
handes
euen
anon
.
Cosyn
sayd
Reynawde
,
I
promyse
you
that
vpon
my
faythe
,
now
come
with
me
sayd
Mawgys
.
And
than
Mawgys
brought
Reynawde
into
his
chambre
,
and
shewed
him
Charlemayne
that
was
in
hys
bed
and
slepte
,
and
after
he
sayde
to
him
.
My
cosyn
Reynawde
.
Now
ye
haue
heere
Charlemayne
,
keep
him
so
well
that
he
scape
not
you
.
And
whan
Mawgis
had
deliuered
Charlemayne
to
Reynawde
,
he
came
vnto
the
stable
where
he
had
put
bayarde
and
tooke
some
strawe
and
rubbed
his
backe
with
all
&
his
head
,
&
than
he
kissed
him
al
weeping
,
and
tooke
leaue
of
him
.
And
after
he
went
and
tooke
the
palstar
and
the
cloke
and
came
vnto
the
porter
,
and
gaue
him
all
his
other
raymentes
,
that
he
had
wered
afore
and
went
out
of
Mountawban
.
¶
Now
leaueth
the
history
to
speke
of
Reynawde
,
and
of
Charlemayne
a
lytle
,
and
shall
shewe
of
Mawgys
that
left
all
his
kinred
&
freendes
and
became
an
Heremite
.
¶
How
after
that
Mawgys
had
deliuered
Charlemayne
into
the
handes
of
Reynawde
his
cosyn
:
he
went
without
any
leue
from
Mountabawn
into
a
wood
beynge
the
riuer
of
Dordon
into
an
heremitage
,
whereas
he
lyued
like
an
heremite
a
poore
life
to
doo
penaunce
for
his
sinnes
.
depiction of a male figure with a pilgrim's hat, staff, and rosary beads walking away from a castle with a figure in the doorway
NOw
sheweth
the
history
,
that
whan
Mawgys
had
delyuered
Charlemayne
for
prisoner
vnto
Reynawde
:
he
went
out
of
Mountawban
without
the
leaue
of
Reynawde
,
and
without
the
knowledge
of
any
of
the
castell
,
except
of
the
porter
.
And
wit
it
that
the
sayd
Mawgys
went
so
longe
that
he
came
to
the
riuer
of
Dordon
,
and
passed
ouer
the
water
in
a
bote
.
And
whan
he
was
ouer
.
he
entred
into
a
wylde
forest
,
&
walked
within
it
til
it
was
noone
.
And
whan
he
had
gone
ynough
through
the
wood
,
he
behelde
a
syde
:
&
sawe
a
lytle
hill
,
&
vpon
it
a
litle
house
in
maner
of
an
heremitage
,
he
went
to
it
and
founde
the
place
deuoute
and
pleasaunt
.
For
afore
the
gate
sprange
a
quicke
fountayne
.
And
Mawgys
went
into
the
chapell
,
and
kneeled
a
fore
an
ymage
of
our
lady
that
was
there
,
&
prayed
our
lorde
that
he
wolde
pardon
hym
his
synnes
.
And
as
he
was
there
makinge
his
prayer
:
a
deuocion
tooke
him
so
greate
,
that
he
made
his
vowe
to
God
that
he
should
dwell
in
that
place
,
&
that
he
should
serue
god
there
from
that
day
foorth
on
,
and
that
he
should
eate
none
other
but
suche
wilde
herbes
as
grew
in
the
wood
.
And
than
he
prayed
vnto
our
lorde
that
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
myght
haue
peace
wyth
Charlemayne
.
And
whan
Mawgis
had
do
on
his
prayer
:
he
rose
vp
and
came
out
of
the
chapell
,
and
tooke
the
sadle
from
his
horse
,
and
the
bridel
,
and
so
let
hym
goe
to
the
grasse
,
and
went
agayne
to
the
Chapell
.
¶
But
heere
leaueth
the
hystorye
to
speake
of
Mawgis
that
was
become
an
heremyte
:
and
returneth
to
shewe
of
Reynawde
and
of
his
bretherne
that
had
Charlemaine
for
theyr
prisoner
within
theyr
castell
of
Mountabawn
.
¶
How
the
barons
of
Fraunce
that
were
at
Mountawban
,
were
sory
that
they
could
not
awake
the
emperour
Charlemayne
that
Mawgys
had
brought
a
slepe
throughe
hys
arte
.
But
whan
the
time
of
the
charme
of
Mawgys
was
passed
:
the
kynge
awoke
by
himself
,
&
he
founde
hymself
at
mountawban
,
he
sware
that
he
should
neuer
make
peace
with
Reynawde
as
longe
as
he
was
prysoner
,
and
how
Reynawde
let
him
goe
agayne
to
his
hoste
vpon
his
horse
Bayarde
,
wherof
Reynawde
repented
him
afterwarde
right
sore
.
For
soone
after
that
:
Charlemayne
dyd
besyege
mountawban
of
so
nyghe
that
he
famysshed
Reynawde
&
his
brethern
with
in
with
his
wife
and
children
.
depiction of two male figures asleep in a building, with two horses and two figures armed with pikes outside
IN
this
parti
sheweth
the
history
that
whan
Mawgys
had
delyuered
Charlemayne
into
the
handes
of
Reynawde
,
&
that
he
was
gone
as
ye
haue
heard
:
Reynawde
called
to
hym
his
bretherne
,
&
sayde
to
them
.
Come
hether
my
fayre
bretherne
tell
me
what
we
shall
doo
with
Charlemayne
that
we
holde
now
in
our
handes
,
ye
know
how
long
that
he
hath
dommaged
vs
,
&
hath
doo
to
vs
great
harmes
wythout
reason
,
wherfore
me
thinketh
that
we
ought
to
auenge
vs
vpon
him
,
syth
that
we
haue
him
Syr
sayde
Rycharde
I
cannot
saye
what
ye
wyl
doo
of
hym
,
but
and
ye
wyl
beleue
me
:
he
shal
be
hanged
forthe
with
.
For
after
he
were
dead
:
ther
is
no
man
in
all
Fraunce
that
we
should
feare
any
thynge
.
whan
Reynawde
vnderstode
the
counsell
that
Richarde
his
brother
had
giuen
him
:
he
looked
downe
towarde
the
erthe
,
and
began
to
thinke
sore
.
And
whan
Rycharde
saw
him
muse
so
:
he
asked
him
what
he
thought
&
yf
he
cared
who
should
doo
execucion
vpon
the
kynge
?
for
sayd
Rycharde
ye
shall
not
lacke
for
that
:
for
none
other
shal
hange
him
but
my selfe
,
and
that
I
shall
doo
euen
anon
yf
ye
wyl
deliuer
him
vnto
me
.
After
these
wordes
:
Reynawd
ryghted
his
head
vp
and
sayde
.
My
brethern
ye
know
well
that
Charlemaine
is
our
souerayne
lorde
.
And
of
thother
part
ye
see
how
Rowland
the
Duke
Naymes
,
Ogier
the
dane
,
the
bisshop
Turpin
and
also
Escouf
the
sonne
of
Oedon
are
wythin
for
to
make
our
poyntment
with
Charlemayne
,
for
they
know
well
that
we
ben
in
the
right
&
the
king
in
the
wrong
and
thus
yf
we
kyll
hym
:
be
it
wyth
ryght
or
with
wronge
,
all
the
worlde
should
renne
vpon
vs
,
nor
neuer
as
longe
as
we
liue
:
we
shal
not
be
without
warre
.
And
whan
Reynawde
had
sayde
thys
:
Alarde
spake
in
thys
maner
.
Brother
ye
haue
spoken
wiselye
,
but
ye
see
that
we
cannot
haue
peace
wyth
Charlemayne
by
no
wise
me
semeth
that
wee
ought
to
aske
it
of
hym
oute
for
all
,
and
yf
he
wil
not
:
let
vs
keep
hym
prysoner
,
brother
sayd
Guycharde
ye
say
wel
,
but
my
hert
telleth
me
that
he
shall
neuer
make
peace
wyth
vs
nor
loue
vs
,
Lordes
sayde
Rycharde
me
semeth
that
wee
haue
a
good
head
of
Reynawde
our
brother
,
thanked
be
our
Lorde
,
the
whyche
hath
gouerned
vs
ryght
well
herto
,
let
hym
shyfte
wyth
the
kynge
as
he
wyll
.
And
that
that
he
wil
:
shall
be
doone
.
By
my
faythe
sayde
Alarde
,
Rycharde
speaketh
well
.
And
whan
they
were
all
accorded
to
that
that
Reynawde
should
doo
:
the
foure
brethern
went
to
the
Chambre
where
Rowlande
was
,
to
whome
Reynawde
spake
in
thys
wyse
.
Syr
Rowlande
a
ryse
I
praye
you
that
ye
wyll
sende
for
Ogier
,
the
bysshop
Turpyn
and
for
all
the
other
that
be
heere
wythin
of
the
folke
of
Charlemayne
.
For
I
wyll
tell
you
one
thynge
.
And
whan
Rowlande
saw
Reynawde
and
hys
brethern
at
that
time
of
the
night
come
into
his
chambre
:
he
was
meruaylled
.
Neuerthelesse
he
sent
for
all
hys
felawes
,
as
Reynawde
hadde
tolde
hym
.
And
whan
they
were
al
come
:
Reynawde
stoode
vp
and
sayd
.
Lordes
ye
ben
all
my
freendes
,
god
gramercy
and
you
,
wherof
I
wyll
not
hyde
nothynge
from
you
.
Yee
must
know
that
I
haue
heere
within
a
prysoner
by
whome
I
shal
haue
peace
&
all
myne
herytaunce
agayne
.
Reynawde
sayd
Rowland
,
I
pray
you
tel
me
what
he
his
.
For
heere
is
no
man
,
but
that
wolde
fayne
ye
should
doo
wel
.
By
my
soule
sayd
Reynawde
it
is
the
great
emperour
Charlemayn
to
whome
al
fraunce
belongeth
.
And
whan
Rowland
vnderstode
these
tidinges
:
he
was
sore
maruayled
of
it
&
sayd
.
Reynawde
ye
tell
me
nowe
a
wunderfull
thynge
,
Howe
haue
ye
taken
myne
vncle
so
lyghtly
?
tell
me
&
it
please
you
,
how
ye
had
him
heere
within
?
haue
ye
taken
hym
by
force
of
armes
?
nay
verely
said
Reynawd
Tell
me
then
how
I
pray
you
sayd
Rowlande
?
wit
it
sayde
Reynawde
that
I
wot
not
howe
Mawgys
my
cosyn
did
to
night
,
but
well
I
wot
that
he
hath
brought
the
king
heere
within
out
of
his
pauilion
,
and
hath
laide
him
in
a
bed
,
in
a
chambre
where
he
is
now
fast
a
slepe
.
WHan
Rowland
and
al
his
felawes
heard
these
tidinges
:
they
were
greatly
abasshed
,
how
it
myght
be
that
mawhis
should
bringe
the
kynge
there
.
I
meruayle
much
ther
of
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
,
for
ye
knowe
well
that
the
king
made
hymselfe
for
to
be
kepte
bothe
night
and
day
well
sure
.
Lordes
sayde
than
Ogyer
,
all
this
hath
doone
our
Lorde
for
the
loue
of
reynawde
,
bycause
he
setteth
hym
al
to
mischeif
against
Reynawde
and
that
the
warre
hath
lasted
to
longe
the
whiche
shal
now
be
left
,
wherof
I
thanke
God
for
my
parte
.
For
manye
good
knightes
haue
loste
their
lyues
for
it
.
And
whan
Ogier
had
sayd
thus
:
Reynawde
tooke
Rowland
and
the
other
,
and
brought
theym
alwayes
speakinge
vnto
the
chambre
,
where
Charlemayne
laye
so
faste
a
slepe
,
that
they
coulde
not
awake
hym
,
for
nothing
that
they
could
doo
to
him
,
For
Mawgys
had
charmed
hym
so
harde
.
And
whan
the
barons
sawe
the
kinge
so
harde
a
slepe
:
they
wundred
full
sore
vpon
it
,
&
they
were
greatly
abasshed
of
it
.
Than
spake
Rowland
fyrst
and
sayde
Reynawde
where
is
Mawgis
that
hath
wrought
so
well
to
night
.
I
praye
you
let
hym
come
heere
,
and
that
he
awake
mine
vncle
Charlemaine
out
of
this
slepe
And
whan
he
shall
be
awaked
:
wee
shall
all
fall
at
hys
feete
,
and
shall
crye
hym
mercy
.
And
so
I
pray
you
that
thoughe
yf
ye
holde
mine
vncle
in
your
handes
,
that
ye
wyll
not
be
the
prouder
for
it
in
youre
wordes
,
by
my
fayth
syr
Rowland
sayd
Reynawde
.
I
wil
that
ye
know
I
should
rather
dye
than
I
should
say
so
my
souerayne
lorde
a
foule
worde
.
But
I
shall
put
me
,
my
goodes
,
and
all
my
brethern
to
his
wyll
,
to
the
ende
that
it
wyl
please
hym
to
graunt
vs
peace
wyth
him
.
And
I
wyll
go
fetche
Mawgys
to
you
,
therto
doo
with
hym
what
ye
wyll
.
And
than
Reynawde
wente
and
sought
Mawgys
the
whiche
he
coulde
not
finde
,
wher
of
he
was
full
sory
.
And
whan
that
the
porter
wyst
that
Reynawde
sought
after
Mawgys
:
he
came
to
hym
and
sayd
.
Syr
ye
seeke
hym
for
nought
,
for
he
wente
his
wayes
out
right
now
.
And
how
knowest
thou
of
it
sayd
Reynawde
?
Syr
wyt
it
that
this
night
he
made
me
open
the
gate
and
he
went
out
vpon
your
horse
bayarde
.
And
he
had
not
taryed
longe
:
whan
he
brought
a
great
man
a
bigge
vpon
the
horse
necke
afore
hym
,
&
went
in
I
wot
not
where
.
And
soone
after
he
came
agayne
vpon
another
horse
,
and
he
had
clothed
hym selfe
poorely
.
And
than
he
made
me
to
open
the
gate
,
and
he
wente
oute
,
and
he
came
not
sith
againe
.
And
al
this
is
trouth
that
I
tell
you
now
.
ANd
whan
Reynawde
had
vnderstande
these
wordes
he
was
so
wrothe
that
he
wist
not
what
to
say
nor
doo
.
For
he
knewe
well
by
hymself
that
Mawgys
was
gon
his
wayes
bycause
he
wolde
no
lenger
abyde
the
wrathe
of
Charlemayne
.
Than
began
Reynawde
for
to
weepe
full
tenderly
for
hys
cosin
that
was
thus
gone
.
And
all
weepynge
he
came
againe
vnto
the
barons
,
and
sayde
to
them
how
Mawgys
was
gone
away
wythout
his
knowledge
wher
of
he
was
so
worth
and
so
sori
that
he
went
almoste
out
of
his
minde
.
And
whan
Alarde
,
Guycharde
,
and
Rycharde
had
well
vnderstande
thys
:
they
began
for
to
make
great
moue
,
and
sorowed
full
sore
.
And
than
Richarde
began
for
to
sai
,
Ha
my
fayre
cosyn
Mawgys
what
shall
we
doo
from
hensforthon
?
sith
that
we
haue
loste
you
:
we
may
wel
say
that
we
be
discomfited
.
For
ye
were
our
saluacyon
,
our
succours
,
&
oure
hope
,
our
counsel
,
our
refute
,
our
defence
,
and
also
our
guyde
.
For
it
is
not
yet
longe
ago
that
I
should
haue
dyed
an
euyll
death
yf
I
had
not
been
succoured
through
your
helpe
.
Alas
all
the
heuynes
that
ye
bere
of
the
wrathe
that
the
kinge
Charlemayne
hath
agaynst
you
cometh
onli
by
vs
.
And
whan
he
had
sayd
so
:
he
knacked
his
teeth
for
angre
,
and
sayde
.
wee
ben
nowe
well
all
lost
syth
that
we
haue
lost
Mawgis
.
And
with
this
:
he
set
hande
to
his
swearde
,
&
wolde
haue
slayne
the
Emperour
Charlemayne
but
Reynawde
drew
him
a
syde
.
And
the
duke
Naymes
and
Ogyer
sayde
than
vnto
hym
.
Rycharde
Richarde
refrayne
your
courage
.
For
it
were
not
wel
doone
for
to
kyll
a
man
that
slepeth
.
And
also
afore
that
we
shal
departe
hence
:
we
shall
set
all
at
one
and
God
wyll
.
¶
Shortelye
for
to
speake
:
Olyuer
and
the
Duke
Naymes
spake
so
fayre
vnto
Rycharde
that
they
made
him
promise
them
that
he
should
doo
no
harme
to
the
Kynge
Charlemayne
.
Neuerthelesse
Rycharde
left
not
to
make
great
sorow
for
his
cosyn
Mawgys
that
he
had
lost
.
For
al
them
that
saw
him
make
so
great
mone
had
pitie
for
to
se
him
.
It
was
no
meruayle
if
Richarde
made
sorowe
for
Mawgis
:
For
I
promise
you
he
had
greate
need
of
hym
not
longe
after
.
And
so
had
all
his
brethern
,
as
ye
shall
heare
heere
after
.
ALl
thus
as
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
made
theyr
moue
for
the
loue
of
theyr
cosin
Mawgis
:
The
duke
Nymes
began
to
speake
&
sayde
in
this
wise
.
By
god
,
lordes
ye
doo
not
wel
for
to
make
so
great
sorowe
.
I
pray
you
leue
this
heuynes
.
And
let
vs
begyn
to
speake
of
your
peace
that
muste
be
made
with
the
Emperour
Charlemayn
that
an
ende
maye
be
hadde
of
thys
warre
,
that
hath
endured
so
longe
.
By
god
sayd
Rowlande
ye
be
passynge
slow
therupon
.
And
also
we
muste
fyrste
haue
his
mercy
or
euer
we
moue
any
thing
of
the
peace
.
For
ye
wot
wel
that
I
left
him
bycause
that
peace
should
be
made
.
Syr
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
ye
speake
wysely
and
well
,
but
howe
shal
we
speake
wyth
hym
wythout
Mawgys
were
heere
?
we
cannot
awake
hym
.
And
but
yf
god
remedyeth
it
:
we
shal
neuer
speke
wyth
him
.
But
al
thus
as
the
barons
spake
in
thys
wyse
:
The
charme
that
Mawgys
had
set
vpon
Charlemayne
was
come
at
an
ende
,
and
the
strength
of
it
was
passed
.
And
sodenly
Charlemaine
began
to
moue
hys
body
,
and
arose
anon
vpon
his
feete
,
and
right
sore
abasshed
looked
al
aboute
him
.
And
whan
he
saw
that
he
was
at
mountawban
in
the
subieccion
of
Reynawd
the
sonne
of
Aymon
:
he
was
sore
an
angred
,
and
made
suche
sorowe
for
it
,
so
that
al
they
that
were
there
trowed
that
he
had
ben
mad
and
from
hymselfe
.
And
whan
his
wittes
were
come
agayne
:
he
knew
wel
that
Mawgys
had
doone
it
vnto
hym
&
sware
that
as
longe
as
he
were
manne
on
liue
:
he
should
make
no
peace
tyl
that
he
were
out
of
Mountawban
,
and
that
men
had
brought
Mawgys
to
hym
.
And
whan
Rycharde
vnderstode
this
that
Charlemayne
sayd
:
he
began
to
saye
in
this
wyse
.
Howe
the
deuill
dare
ye
thus
speake
?
syr
ye
see
well
that
ye
be
our
prysoner
.
And
yet
ye
threten
vs
.
I
make
to
god
mine
a
vowe
and
to
Saynte
Peter
,
were
not
that
I
haue
promysed
,
that
I
shal
not
doo
to
you
no
harme
at
this
tyme
:
I
should
strike
the
head
from
the
bodye
of
you
.
Holde
your
pease
sayd
Reynawde
,
let
the
kynge
Charlemayne
saye
his
wyll
,
ye
are
ouer
besy
in
your
wordes
.
And
let
vs
all
pray
hym
that
he
wyll
pardon
vs
.
For
the
warre
hath
lasted
to
longe
,
cursed
be
he
that
began
it
.
For
great
euyles
and
harmes
the
whiche
are
happed
therby
.
REynawde
was
wyse
,
and
wel
taught
for
to
stylle
thus
hys
brethern
,
to
whome
he
said
.
My
lordes
my
brethern
,
yf
it
please
you
,
ye
shal
come
with
me
,
for
to
cry
mercy
vnto
our
souerayne
lorde
the
Emperour
Charlemayne
.
Reynawde
said
Alarde
,
we
shall
doo
all
that
ye
wyl
.
By
mi
faith
said
the
duke
Naimes
,
My
lordes
ye
doo
ryght
wisely
,
and
I
promyse
you
that
all
good
shall
come
to
you
therof
.
Than
Reynawd
and
all
hys
brethren
,
and
Rowland
and
Oliuer
,
and
Ogyer
the
Dane
,
the
duke
Naymes
,
the
bisshop
Turpin
,
and
Escoufe
the
sonne
of
Oedō
began
all
for
to
fall
on
theyr
knees
,
before
the
emperour
.
And
Reinawde
spake
fyrste
,
and
sayd
in
this
maner
of
wise
.
Noble
Emperour
haue
mercy
of
vs
,
for
I
and
my
brethern
wee
yeeld
vs
to
you
to
doo
your
pleasure
of
vs
,
&
your
will
be
so
that
our
lyues
ben
saued
:
&
there
is
nothinge
but
that
we
will
doo
it
for
the
loue
of
you
if
it
please
you
to
graunt
vs
peace
with
you
.
And
for
that
piti
&
pardon
that
God
gaue
vnto
Mary
Magdelene
whan
she
wasshed
hys
feete
in
the
house
of
Simeon
,
good
syr
haue
pity
of
vs
.
And
yf
it
please
you
not
for
to
pardon
me
:
at
the
least
pardon
my
brethern
.
And
take
them
agayne
theyr
landes
,
and
I
shal
gyue
you
Mountawban
,
and
Bayarde
my
good
horse
And
so
shall
I
goe
into
the
holy
lande
I
&
Mawgis
,
where
we
shal
serue
to
the
Temple
of
our
Lorde
.
And
whan
the
kinge
Charlemain
heard
Reynawde
speake
thus
:
he
blastred
all
for
angre
,
and
sayd
by
that
good
lorde
that
made
me
,
yf
all
the
worlde
speake
to
me
therof
,
yet
should
I
neuer
cosent
me
to
no
peace
,
but
I
haue
Mawgys
in
my
handes
for
to
doo
my
wyll
vpon
hym
.
Alas
sayd
than
Reynawde
,
now
haue
I
hearde
that
worde
bytynge
,
wherof
I
am
al
desperate
.
For
I
should
rather
let
my selfe
be
hanged
,
than
that
I
should
consente
to
the
death
of
Mawgys
my
good
cosyn
.
For
he
hath
not
deserued
towarde
vs
,
that
we
should
betraye
hym
,
but
rather
he
were
worthy
by
reason
for
to
be
lorde
aboue
vs
.
Reynawde
sayd
than
Charlemaine
,
thinke
not
thoughe
I
am
your
prysoner
that
ye
shall
make
me
doo
anye
thynge
agaynst
my
wyll
,
syr
sayd
Reynawd
wyte
it
that
myne
entente
is
for
to
meke
my self
toward
you
for
I
haue
leuer
that
we
suffre
wronge
of
you
,
than
ye
of
vs
,
now
tell
me
syr
how
I
shall
delyuer
you
Mawgys
that
is
our
life
,
hope
,
sucours
,
our
comfort
,
sheeld
,
our
spere
and
also
our
swerde
our
brede
,
our
wyne
and
our
flesshe
,
also
our
refute
,
our
mayster
our
guyde
,
and
our
defence
in
all
places
,
wherby
syr
I
tell
you
that
yf
ye
had
all
my
brethern
in
your
pryson
,
and
that
ye
should
make
them
to
be
hanged
,
and
that
Mawgys
were
with
in
my
power
and
with
me
:
yet
wold
I
not
yeelde
hym
vnto
you
for
to
quyte
wythall
my
brethern
.
And
also
I
swere
you
vpon
my
fayth
that
I
wot
not
where
that
he
is
gone
,
god
wot
it
.
Ha
sayd
the
Emperour
charlemayne
,
goddes
curse
haue
he
,
for
I
am
sure
he
is
heere
within
you
,
he
is
not
sayd
Reynawde
I
take
it
vpon
my
baptysme
.
And
than
Reynawde
turned
himself
toward
Rowlande
and
all
the
other
barons
and
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
I
beseche
you
for
God
that
it
wyll
please
you
for
to
pray
our
souerayne
lorde
the
kinge
that
he
wyll
haue
mercye
of
me
and
of
my
bretherne
,
to
the
ende
the
peace
maye
be
had
in
Fraunce
yf
it
please
hym
.
And
than
Naymes
that
was
kneelinge
vpon
his
knees
,
and
that
heard
that
Reynawde
had
sayd
and
wyste
well
that
he
spake
but
well
:
sayde
to
the
Emperour
in
this
wise
,
Syr
I
pray
you
that
ye
wyll
not
be
dyspleased
of
that
I
shall
tell
you
,
ye
know
syr
that
I
am
suretie
for
Reynawde
,
and
so
is
Ogyer
the
dane
,
but
me
semeth
that
we
ought
now
to
be
discharged
therof
,
sith
that
ye
be
here
presente
within
his
castell
,
but
another
thynge
I
wyll
tel
you
,
me
thinketh
that
ye
ought
to
take
,
that
the
erle
Reynawde
proffereth
to
you
or
that
any
more
harme
come
to
you
therof
,
and
so
helpe
me
God
ye
shall
doo
wel
.
And
al
they
of
your
courte
shal
be
glad
of
it
.
And
whan
the
barons
hearde
this
that
Naymes
had
sayde
to
the
kinge
Charlemaine
:
they
spoke
all
and
sayde
.
Syr
doo
that
the
duke
Naymes
hath
tolde
you
,
for
he
hath
gyuen
you
good
counsell
and
true
.
And
yf
so
be
that
ye
doo
it
not
:
ye
shall
come
to
late
for
to
repente
you
of
it
.
But
WHan
Charlemayne
vnderstode
this
that
the
duke
Naimes
had
sayd
to
him
:
he
was
ryght
wroth
of
it
.
For
his
herte
was
so
harde
astonyed
with
great
angre
:
that
he
tooke
no
hede
of
good
counsel
,
and
he
sware
by
saynt
Denys
of
Fraunce
that
he
should
not
doo
it
for
no
man
but
yf
he
had
fyrst
Mawgys
in
hys
handes
for
to
doo
hys
wyll
ouer
hym
.
And
whan
Reynawde
hearde
these
wordes
:
he
blustered
in
his
face
for
angre
,
and
rose
vp
from
kneelinge
his
bretherne
and
all
the
other
barons
also
.
And
then
Reynawde
sayde
to
Rowlande
and
to
all
the
other
Lordes
that
were
there
.
Syr
I
wyl
wel
the
Charlemaine
know
my
wil
&
my
entente
,
the
whiche
I
shall
shew
afore
hym
vnto
you
.
Wyt
it
that
syth
I
can
fynde
no
mercy
in
him
:
I
praye
you
that
ye
wyll
not
blame
me
from
hence
for
thou
,
yf
I
seeke
my
ryght
.
For
I
shall
seeke
it
in
all
the
maners
that
a
true
knight
ought
to
doo
.
And
whan
Reynawde
had
sayd
this
:
he
turned
him
towarde
the
kynge
,
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
ye
maye
goe
hens
whan
it
please
you
,
for
by
my
soule
ye
shal
haue
no
harme
of
me
now
,
for
ye
be
my
souerayne
lorde
,
&
with
good
wil
we
shal
be
in
good
peace
wyth
you
.
THe
barons
of
fraunce
that
were
there
:
wundred
sore
of
the
great
kindenes
of
Reynawde
.
Than
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
,
haue
ye
heard
the
great
humilite
of
the
noble
knight
Reynawde
?
By
soule
sayd
rowlande
.
Reynawde
sayth
meruaylously
.
I
wolde
not
haue
trowed
that
he
should
euer
haue
fared
so
fayre
with
Charlemayne
.
And
whan
Rychard
vnderstoode
that
,
that
his
brother
Reinawde
had
sayde
:
he
spake
in
thys
wise
,
brother
Reinawde
I
holde
you
mad
.
What
wyll
ye
doo
?
ye
see
that
we
haue
in
our
handes
this
vengeable
kyng
the
whiche
we
may
kyll
or
els
suffre
hym
to
lyue
,
&
yet
he
is
set
so
sore
to
pryde
that
he
wyll
doo
nothing
that
his
good
counsell
telleth
hym
,
but
he
threteneth
vs
alwayes
more
and
more
,
and
ye
wil
let
him
go
thus
a
waye
:
surely
brother
if
he
scapeth
vs
so
:
he
shal
yet
angre
vs
right
sore
,
and
I
promise
you
yf
he
hadde
vs
as
we
now
haue
hym
:
he
should
make
vs
all
to
dye
shamefullye
,
not
al
the
golde
in
the
worlde
should
not
saue
vs
therfro
.
And
therfore
I
tell
you
that
ye
doo
greate
folye
to
let
him
go
thus
away
.
For
and
ye
wyl
,
ye
shall
now
make
our
peace
,
but
me
semeth
,
ye
seeke
none
other
but
your
death
,
wherof
I
pray
god
yf
ye
suffre
him
thus
to
goe
awaye
:
that
he
maye
make
you
to
dye
a
shamefull
death
.
And
whan
Reynawd
heard
his
brother
speke
so
:
he
was
wroth
&
sayd
to
him
in
angre
.
Holde
your
peace
brother
for
he
shall
goe
his
wayes
quite
will
you
or
no
,
and
the
peace
shal
be
made
whan
he
wyll
and
no
soner
it
shal
not
be
,
for
there
vnto
he
shal
not
be
compelled
of
me
,
and
go
you
hens
from
me
,
for
your
great
wordes
displeaseth
me
.
WHan
Reynawde
had
sayde
this
:
he
dyd
call
a
gentylman
of
hys
to
whome
he
sayd
,
go
lightly
without
any
taryenge
to
the
yoman
of
min
horses
,
&
byd
him
bringe
me
my
horse
Bayarde
.
For
I
wyll
that
my
souerayne
lorde
ryde
vpon
hym
vnto
his
hoste
,
for
he
rode
neuer
vpon
no
better
horse
.
And
whan
Richarde
heard
this
:
he
went
fro
thens
al
swellinge
with
angre
as
a
fyersfull
lyon
bycause
he
knew
that
Charlemayne
should
goe
so
.
And
wit
it
that
the
king
Charlemayne
hearde
and
vnderstode
well
all
these
wordes
,
but
he
durste
not
saye
nothyng
,
so
sore
he
feared
the
fiersnes
of
the
yong
Richard
.
This
hangyng
:
came
there
agayne
the
gentilman
that
was
gone
for
Bayarde
whiche
he
brought
with
him
,
&
than
Reynawde
tooke
his
good
horse
baiarde
&
came
to
Charlemayne
,
&
said
to
hym
,
syr
ye
maye
lyght
whan
it
please
you
,
and
goe
at
your
lybertye
,
for
to
comforte
your
folke
,
whiche
I
am
sure
ben
full
sory
for
the
taking
of
you
.
And
whan
Charlemayn
saw
this
he
lighted
anon
vpon
Bayarde
&
went
out
of
Mountawban
for
to
goe
to
his
hoste
,
and
Reynawde
conueyed
him
to
the
gate
of
Mountawban
,
&
whan
the
kinge
was
gone
:
he
made
the
gate
to
be
shet
anon
.
And
the
frenche
men
that
sawe
their
king
come
agayn
:
they
were
right
gladde
and
receyued
hym
worthely
,
&
after
they
asked
hym
how
it
went
with
him
and
yf
he
had
graunted
the
peace
lordes
it
is
wel
with
me
,
God
gramercy
,
but
of
peace
I
haue
made
none
nor
neuer
shall
as
longe
as
I
am
man
a
lyue
for
no
man
that
shal
speake
to
me
of
it
,
but
yf
I
haue
the
traytour
mawgis
for
to
doo
with
him
mi
wyll
.
Syr
sayd
some
of
his
barons
how
haue
ye
be
delyuerd
.
By
my
fayth
sayd
charlemayn
,
Reynawde
hath
delyuerde
me
agaynst
that
the
wyll
of
hys
bretherne
all
quite
at
my
lybertie
.
Syr
sayd
the
barons
haue
ye
not
seen
Rowlande
,
Olyuer
,
the
duke
Naimes
the
bisshop
Turpin
,
Ogier
the
dane
nor
Escouf
the
sonne
of
oedon
?
yea
surely
sayd
Charlemayne
,
but
they
haue
all
forsake
me
for
the
loue
of
Reynawde
,
wherof
by
that
god
that
hang
vpon
the
crosse
yf
I
can
haue
them
agayne
:
I
shall
shew
them
that
they
haue
not
doone
well
,
and
whan
he
had
sayd
thus
:
he
lyghted
from
Bayarde
and
made
him
to
be
brought
agayne
to
Reynawde
.
ANd
whan
Reynawde
sawe
bayarde
,
that
Charlemayne
had
sent
hym
agayne
:
he
called
rowland
and
his
felawes
&
sayd
to
them
,
fayre
lordes
I
know
well
that
ye
be
not
in
the
grace
of
the
greate
kynge
Charlemaine
for
the
loue
of
me
,
but
I
wyll
not
that
ye
haue
mawgre
for
me
nor
for
my
brethern
,
and
therfore
fayre
lordes
I
quyte
you
all
quarelles
that
I
maye
lay
vpon
you
,
and
gyue
you
leue
to
goe
whan
it
please
you
.
And
whan
the
Duke
Naymes
vnderstode
the
kindnes
of
the
hert
of
Reinawde
that
was
so
noble
:
he
thanked
hym
hyghly
,
and
kyssed
and
enbrased
hym
for
great
loue
,
&
wolde
haue
kneeled
downe
afore
hym
,
but
Reynawde
wolde
not
suffre
hym
.
Than
the
duke
Naymes
began
to
saye
,
let
vs
thynke
to
goe
after
the
kyng
Charlemayne
your
vncle
,
sith
it
please
Reynawde
to
gyue
vs
leue
Naymes
sayd
Rowlande
,
how
can
we
doo
this
,
shall
we
leue
Reynawde
the
whiche
ye
se
myne
vncle
wyl
dystroye
wrongfully
?
Syr
said
the
duke
Naymes
heare
me
yf
it
please
you
.
I
counsel
that
we
go
hens
,
and
whan
we
shal
be
afore
Charlemayne
:
we
shall
aske
him
how
Reynawde
dyd
delyuer
him
,
for
yf
we
speake
to
him
of
peace
:
he
shal
be
wrothe
wyth
vs
;
but
whan
he
shal
remembre
the
great
goodnes
and
curteysy
of
Reynawde
his
hert
shal
be
molified
,
&
it
cannot
be
but
he
shal
doo
to
him
some
grace
and
fauour
,
for
he
shall
know
well
that
his
hert
is
ouer
great
,
&
that
he
hath
doone
to
Reynawde
great
wronge
.
Certes
syr
Naymes
sayd
the
barons
ye
speake
wysely
,
and
ye
giue
ryght
good
counsell
.
And
whan
they
were
accorded
to
the
counsell
of
the
Duke
Naymes
:
Rowlande
asked
after
his
horse
,
and
eche
of
the
other
barons
also
.
And
whan
they
were
redye
for
to
lyght
on
horsbacke
:
there
came
mi
lady
Clare
the
wyfe
of
Reynawde
that
kissed
Rowlande
,
Olyuer
and
all
the
other
barons
,
and
after
she
sayde
to
them
in
this
maner
.
Lordes
that
be
heere
present
.
I
beseche
you
in
the
name
of
god
&
for
his
blessed
passion
that
it
pleaseth
you
for
to
purchace
the
peace
of
my
lorde
Reynawde
and
semblably
of
hys
bretherne
towarde
the
great
king
Charlemayn
,
ye
know
my
lordes
that
the
kynge
dothe
to
my
lorde
great
wrong
:
and
also
ye
know
the
great
curteysy
and
the
kyndnes
that
my
Lorde
my
husband
hath
shewed
vnto
Charlemayn
,
and
well
ye
wot
that
yf
my
Lorde
had
not
be
:
hys
brother
Rycharde
wolde
haue
striked
the
head
from
the
body
of
hym
.
Madame
sayde
the
duke
Naymes
doubt
not
.
For
and
god
be
pleased
the
peace
shal
be
made
with
in
these
three
dayes
.
And
than
they
lighted
al
on
horsbacke
,
and
the
three
brethern
of
Reynawde
conueyed
them
to
the
gate
,
and
Reynawde
taryed
after
them
vpon
the
brydge
,
&
whan
they
were
come
to
the
sayde
brydge
Reynawde
sayd
to
them
,
My
lordes
I
commende
you
to
God
.
I
maye
no
lenger
goe
with
you
,
prayinge
that
ye
wyl
haue
me
in
your
remembraunce
.
Then
al
the
Peeres
of
Fraunce
(
that
were
there
)
began
to
weepe
tenderly
and
tooke
their
leaue
of
Reynawde
the
noble
knyght
,
&
after
they
tooke
theyr
way
towarde
the
hoste
of
Charlemayne
.
And
whan
the
Emperour
saw
them
come
:
he
called
to
hym
his
barons
and
shewed
them
they
that
were
comynge
.
And
whan
the
barons
saw
them
:
they
meruayled
greatly
&
had
greate
feare
,
for
they
wyste
not
what
it
was
,
but
Ydellon
the
Erle
said
,
by
god
we
haue
recouered
rowlande
and
hys
felawes
,
yea
sayde
Charlemain
,
godes
curse
haue
they
.
Thys
hangyng
:
Rowland
and
hys
felawes
came
tofore
Charlemayne
and
lighted
a
foote
,
and
incontinent
they
kneeled
humbly
afore
the
king
and
than
the
duke
Naymes
began
to
speake
first
and
sayd
.
Noble
Emperour
wee
are
come
in
your
presence
for
to
crye
you
mercy
,
beseching
you
for
God
that
it
will
please
you
to
take
vs
vnto
your
good
grace
,
for
we
haue
doone
nothing
agaynst
you
but
that
it
was
for
your
we
le
.
But
sith
that
we
haue
knowen
that
your
wyl
was
not
for
to
haue
peace
:
we
haue
forsaken
Reynawde
and
all
his
brethern
nor
neuer
whyle
we
ben
a
liue
they
shall
haue
no
succours
of
vs
.
Lordes
sayde
Charlemayne
I
pardon
you
,
but
I
tell
you
yf
we
tary
heere
longe
stil
:
we
shal
haue
lytle
gaynes
therby
,
wherfore
I
pray
you
that
we
go
assaute
Mountawban
bothe
by
day
and
bi
night
,
by
such
maner
that
he
be
taken
of
vs
incontinent
,
&
they
all
that
ben
in
it
brought
to
death
.
Sir
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
ye
say
well
,
but
and
yf
ony
mifortune
happeth
to
vs
as
it
hath
doone
heere
afore
time
:
I
promise
you
it
shal
be
to
you
great
dommage
,
and
me
seemeth
it
were
muche
better
to
haue
peace
,
than
for
to
contynewe
the
warre
.
ANd
whan
the
Barons
of
Fraunce
heard
this
,
that
the
duke
Naymes
had
sayde
to
the
king
:
they
began
to
crye
with
a
high
voice
Syr
Emperour
,
we
praye
you
that
ye
wyl
doo
this
that
Naymes
counselleth
you
.
For
he
gyueth
you
good
counsell
.
Whan
Charlemayne
heard
the
crye
that
hys
folke
made
to
him
:
he
came
to
the
duke
Naymes
that
was
kneelyng
afore
hym
,
and
tooke
him
vp
,
&
in
lyke
wyse
his
neuewe
Rowlande
and
all
the
other
,
and
sayde
to
them
.
My
lordes
ye
knowe
that
I
haue
pardoned
you
with
right
good
wyll
,
but
I
wyll
well
that
ye
know
but
yf
ye
keep
yourself
fro
helpinge
of
my
enemies
mortal
I
shal
angre
you
vpon
your
bodies
.
For
I
hate
them
so
muche
that
yf
I
should
abide
heere
all
my
lyfe
:
I
shal
destroy
them
.
And
wit
it
that
Charlemayne
was
glad
that
he
had
recouered
hys
neuew
Rowland
and
his
other
Peeres
how
be
it
he
made
no
semblaunte
of
it
.
And
he
sayd
yet
agayne
,
that
he
shold
neuer
departe
from
hys
syege
tyll
that
he
had
taken
Mountawban
and
all
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
,
wherof
he
shall
doo
sharpe
Iustyce
,
&
shall
doo
brenne
Mawgys
the
false
traytour
.
Syr
sayd
Rowland
I
promise
you
that
Mawgys
is
not
within
Mountawban
,
for
he
feareth
you
so
muche
that
he
dare
not
abyde
you
,
least
yee
should
make
him
to
be
hanged
,
bycause
he
dyd
steale
you
so
falsly
oute
of
your
hoste
.
Ha
god
sayde
Charlemayne
,
whan
shal
I
see
that
I
haue
him
for
to
doo
my
wyll
of
hym
?
For
than
the
Sonnes
of
Aymon
should
soone
be
a
greed
with
mee
.
THan
whan
the
kyng
Charlemayne
had
deuysed
longe
ynoughe
:
he
gaue
leaue
to
all
hys
barons
for
to
go
agayne
into
theyr
tentes
for
to
see
the●r
folke
.
And
whan
the
morow
came
:
all
the
barons
came
agayne
vnto
Charlemain
.
And
whan
the
kynge
saw
them
together
within
his
pauilion
,
he
was
therof
glad
,
&
spake
to
them
thus
.
Lordes
I
haue
besyeged
Mountawban
as
nere
as
ye
see
,
and
I
am
not
dysposed
for
to
departe
hence
nother
for
colde
,
for
hete
nor
for
hungre
,
vnto
the
time
that
I
haue
taken
hym
by
fyne
force
,
the
whiche
thynge
shall
be
lyghtly
doone
,
for
I
am
sure
that
they
shall
want
vytayles
wythin
.
And
worse
is
for
theym
:
they
haue
loste
the
traytoure
Mawgys
whiche
was
theyr
hope
and
comforte
.
wherfore
I
saye
that
they
cannot
holde
it
longe
against
my
power
,
whan
the
barons
hearde
that
Charlemayne
thretened
Reynawde
so
soore
:
there
was
none
of
them
but
thei
were
sory
for
it
,
for
the
most
parte
of
theym
loued
Reynawde
for
the
worthynes
and
the
kyndnes
that
was
in
him
.
Then
spake
the
Duke
Naimes
and
said
to
the
Emperour
,
Syr
ye
say
that
they
of
Mountawban
be
dyspurueyd
of
meate
,
and
that
ye
shall
not
departe
from
the
syege
tyll
that
ye
haue
taken
the
castel
and
that
is
a
thinge
that
shall
be
doone
lightlye
,
but
I
promyse
you
yf
ye
tarye
to
their
vittailles
be
doo
:
ye
shall
lye
here
lenger
than
ye
ween
of
,
wherfore
syr
I
beseche
you
,
that
it
wyll
please
you
to
beleue
my
counseyll
yf
it
semeth
you
good
,
fyrste
take
heede
to
the
curtoysy
that
Reynawde
hath
doone
to
you
,
for
ye
wot
well
that
if
he
had
not
be
:
his
brother
Richarde
shoulde
haue
slayne
you
,
al
the
golde
in
the
worlde
should
not
haue
saued
you
.
Item
thynke
thenne
also
in
the
great
mekenes
that
he
hath
alwaies
shewed
to
you
,
also
for
the
great
trust
that
he
hathe
had
in
you
,
he
leued
you
his
good
horse
bayarde
that
hath
no
matche
in
all
the
world
,
syr
yf
ye
ouerthynke
well
al
,
ye
shall
find
that
no
manne
dyd
neuer
to
none
other
so
greate
curtoysye
as
Reynawd
hath
doone
to
you
,
and
of
that
other
parte
he
and
his
bretherne
ben
such
knightes
as
euery
body
knoweth
.
I
swere
to
you
syr
by
al
hallowen
that
or
euer
ye
shal
take
Mountawban
:
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
shall
beare
to
you
suche
domage
,
wherof
ye
shal
be
wrothe
.
And
yet
ye
ought
well
to
take
heed
how
we
wast
and
destroye
the
country
and
the
feeldes
and
great
good
ye
doo
dyspende
,
whiche
for
youre
honoure
were
better
to
be
employed
vpon
the
sarasins
:
than
vpon
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
for
the
sarasins
been
now
in
rest
makynge
great
ioy
for
the
cause
of
this
warre
,
and
they
doo
well
.
For
warre
hathe
left
them
,
and
it
is
come
among
our selfe
so
horrible
and
so
cruel
that
many
noble
and
worthy
knyghtes
ben
deade
therof
.
THe
kinge
Charlemain
was
sore
abashed
,
whan
he
hearde
the
duke
Naymes
speake
so
:
and
it
moued
his
bloud
ful
sore
and
became
pale
as
a
white
cloth
for
the
greate
wrathe
that
he
had
at
his
heart
,
and
casted
a
syde
his
sight
angrely
vpon
the
duke
Naymes
and
sayde
to
hym
by
great
wrathe
.
Duke
Naymes
by
the
faith
that
I
owe
to
that
blessed
ladye
that
conceyued
the
sonne
of
god
in
her
virginitie
,
that
if
there
be
any
man
so
hardy
to
speake
more
to
me
of
accorde
to
be
made
with
the
four
sonnes
of
Aymon
:
I
shal
neuer
loue
him
but
I
shal
angre
hym
on
his
bodye
.
For
I
am
not
dysposed
to
make
peace
with
them
for
nothynge
that
can
be
sayd
,
but
I
shal
hange
them
what
soeuer
it
coste
me
or
I
departe
from
this
syege
.
whan
the
barons
hearde
Charlemaine
speake
thus
proudely
:
they
were
sore
meruaylled
of
it
,
and
left
to
talke
of
this
matter
.
But
whan
Ogier
sawe
that
al
the
barons
held
theym
stylle
:
he
began
to
saye
to
the
kynge
Charlemaine
.
Cursed
be
the
houre
that
Reynawde
suffred
not
Rycharde
to
smite
of
your
heade
,
for
ye
had
not
thretned
him
so
now
.
And
whan
Charlemayn
heard
that
Ogier
sayde
to
him
,
he
bowed
his
necke
and
looked
downeward
all
pensifull
and
syn
he
sayd
,
now
lordes
make
you
redy
&
see
that
euery
man
fal
to
his
armures
,
for
I
wil
now
gyue
assaute
to
Mountawban
.
And
whan
the
frenshemen
hearde
the
commaundemente
of
the
king
:
they
made
no
tarying
but
went
&
armed
themselfe
,
and
whan
they
were
al
ready
:
they
came
in
good
ordenaunce
,
and
broughte
ladders
&
other
instrumentes
with
them
for
to
saute
withal
the
castell
and
engynes
for
to
breake
downe
the
walles
,
and
presented
them
before
Charlemain
for
to
accomplysh
his
wyll
.
And
whan
the
kinge
saw
them
so
wel
apparelled
:
he
commaunded
them
to
goe
saute
the
castell
of
Mountawban
.
ANd
as
soone
as
Reynawde
saw
his
enemies
come
:
he
called
his
brother
Alarde
,
and
sayde
to
him
.
Brother
I
pray
you
take
bondy
my
good
horne
&
blowe
in
it
strongly
to
the
ende
that
our
folke
arme
them selfe
when
they
heare
it
,
for
heere
come
the
frenshmen
to
saute
vs
.
whan
Alard
vnderstoode
the
commaundement
of
Reynawde
:
he
tooke
bondy
,
and
blewe
in
it
with
so
great
a
winde
three
tymes
that
all
they
of
the
castel
hearde
it
,
and
were
all
abashed
wyth
all
and
without
anye
taryinge
they
went
&
armed
themself
,
and
lyghtly
gate
vpon
the
walles
for
to
defend
the
Castell
.
Neuerthelesse
the
frensh
men
came
neare
and
entred
in
to
the
dyches
as
hogges
doone
in
a
myre
,
and
dressed
vp
their
ladders
to
the
walles
.
But
wyt
it
that
they
of
within
the
castel
beganne
to
defende
so
stronglye
with
castinge
of
stones
:
that
they
domaged
sore
the
frenshemen
so
that
many
of
them
lay
deade
within
the
dyches
.
For
Reynawd
&
his
bretherne
dyd
there
so
great
feates
of
armes
that
no
body
myght
endure
their
strokes
,
who
had
seen
the
poore
duchesse
and
her
yong
children
at
that
saut
bryngynge
stones
to
Reynawde
and
to
his
brethern
vpon
the
walles
:
he
wolde
haue
had
pytie
of
it
.
For
the
two
yonge
sonnes
of
Reinawd
said
to
theyr
vncles
,
holde
our
vncles
these
stones
,
for
they
been
greate
yn●ughe
.
Suche
defence
made
they
of
Mountawban
,
that
they
ouerthrewe
them
that
were
vpon
the
ladders
to
the
botome
of
the
diches
,
all
dead
and
sore
wounded
,
and
whan
the
king
Charlemaine
saw
this
:
he
was
wrothe
,
for
he
knewe
than
wel
that
he
should
neuer
take
Mountawban
by
force
,
nor
also
the
noble
knightes
that
were
within
it
,
as
Reinawd
and
his
bretherne
.
And
therfore
he
made
the
trompette
to
be
blowen
,
to
call
his
folke
a
backe
with
so
greate
angre
that
he
was
almoste
out
of
his
mynde
,
and
whan
the
frenshmenne
hearde
blowe
the
retrete
:
they
were
glad
,
for
they
were
shrewdly
handeled
,
and
I
promyse
you
that
Charlemain
left
such
a
company
dead
with
in
the
diches
that
he
longe
after
was
full
sory
for
it
.
WHan
Charlemayn
and
all
hys
folke
were
wythdrawen
again
:
he
beganne
to
sweare
Saynte
Denys
of
fraunce
that
he
should
neuer
departe
thence
til
he
had
famished
Reynawde
&
his
bretherne
within
the
castel
of
Mountawban
,
&
than
he
commaunded
that
afore
euerye
gate
of
the
castel
should
be
layed
two
hundred
knightes
,
for
to
keep
that
no
bodye
might
in
nor
oute
,
but
he
should
be
take
.
And
whan
Reinawde
sawe
that
:
he
kneeled
down
vpon
his
knees
and
heued
vp
his
handes
toward
heauen
and
said
.
Good
lord
that
suffred
deth
on
the
crosse
.
I
beseche
you
that
ye
wil
graunt
vs
that
grace
that
we
maye
haue
peace
with
Charlemain
&
saue
our
liues
.
And
whan
Richard
heard
the
praier
of
Reinawd
:
he
tooke
heed
to
it
and
said
.
Brother
I
promise
you
if
ye
wolde
haue
beleued
me
:
we
shoulde
nowe
haue
be
in
good
rest
&
peace
.
For
Charlemaine
wolde
haue
be
glad
therof
for
to
saue
his
life
,
ye
know
that
our
cosin
mawgis
broughte
him
not
heere
for
none
other
cause
to
be
our
prisoner
,
but
to
the
entent
that
we
should
make
our
peace
,
but
ye
wold
not
take
heed
to
it
,
whan
we
might
haue
had
our
wyll
,
and
I
promyse
you
we
shall
not
doo
as
we
wolde
.
THe
emperour
Charlemain
abode
so
longe
at
the
siege
afore
Mountawban
,
that
they
that
were
within
it
had
great
need
of
vitaylles
,
for
he
that
had
any
meat
:
he
hyd
it
incontinent
,
and
so
great
scarstie
of
vittailles
was
there
within
a
while
that
men
coulde
get
there
no
meat
for
golde
nor
for
siluer
,
and
many
other
fell
downe
at
grounde
heere
and
there
so
feynt
for
hungre
that
it
was
great
pitie
for
to
see
,
for
the
derth
was
there
so
great
that
th
one
brother
hidde
his
meat
from
the
other
,
and
the
father
from
the
childe
,
&
the
childe
fro
the
father
&
fro
the
mother
.
And
shortlye
to
speake
:
I
promise
you
that
the
poore
folke
died
for
hungre
by
the
streetes
,
and
with
this
was
so
great
stenche
in
Mountawban
of
the
dead
that
were
there
:
that
no
man
coulde
endure
it
,
And
whan
Reynawd
saw
this
he
was
sorye
for
it
,
and
than
he
dyd
doo
make
&
greate
charnell
wher
in
he
made
all
the
deade
bodyes
to
be
buryed
.
And
whan
Richarde
sawe
so
greate
mortalitie
within
the
castel
of
Mountawban
,
throughe
cause
of
the
great
dearth
that
was
there
,
and
saw
his
brother
Reinawd
in
so
great
distresse
:
he
could
not
forbeare
,
but
he
saied
to
him
,
by
god
my
brother
nowe
goeth
it
worse
then
euer
it
dyd
,
it
had
be
muche
better
if
ye
hadde
beleued
me
,
for
yf
ye
wolde
haue
suffred
me
to
slea
the
kynge
Charlemayne
:
we
shoulde
nowe
not
haue
be
in
thys
myscheef
and
great
pouertie
that
we
haue
nowe
,
nor
your
folke
hadde
not
dyed
for
hungre
as
they
doo
,
and
than
he
began
to
weep
tenderly
and
sayde
Alas
why
doo
I
complayne
other
?
I
myght
well
complayne
my selfe
sithe
that
I
must
dye
and
be
put
in
to
the
charnell
as
the
poorest
of
vs
all
.
Ha
Mawgis
my
fayre
cosyn
,
where
be
ye
now
?
ye
faile
vs
at
oure
need
,
for
and
ye
were
here
within
with
vs
:
we
shoulde
not
be
famyshed
for
hungre
and
also
we
should
not
doubte
muche
the
kinge
Charlemaine
,
for
I
wot
well
that
ye
should
get
vs
vitaylles
ynough
to
lyue
vpon
for
vs
and
our
men
,
and
now
we
muste
dye
for
hungre
as
the
wulf
should
vpon
a
sea
.
for
Charlemaine
hateth
vs
more
than
he
dooth
the
sarasyns
.
And
therfore
it
is
not
for
vs
to
wayte
after
pitie
of
him
,
for
he
is
ouer
cruell
a
king
vpon
vs
.
CHarlemayne
by
the
reporte
of
some
folke
knew
the
great
det
the
&
scarslie
of
vitailles
that
was
within
Mountabawn
,
wherof
he
was
right
glad
,
&
called
to
him
his
folke
and
said
to
them
.
Lordes
now
can
not
Reinawd
escape
,
but
he
shal
soon
be
taken
&
hanged
,
&
the
false
Richard
drawen
at
an
horse
tayle
,
&
Alarde
,
&
Guichard
also
,
and
theyr
worthines
shall
be
litill
worthe
to
them
.
And
whan
the
kinge
Charlemaine
had
sayde
these
wordes
:
he
sent
for
all
his
peeres
&
barons
,
and
whan
they
were
al
come
within
his
pauillion
:
he
was
glad
of
it
and
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
thanked
be
god
that
I
haue
brought
mountawban
so
low
that
Reinawde
and
hys
knyghtes
haue
no
more
vitailles
in
it
,
and
now
they
shal
yeeld
them selfe
at
my
wyll
mawgre
their
teeth
,
for
the
moste
parte
of
their
folkes
ben
deade
for
hungre
,
and
yet
dien
dayly
,
and
ye
must
wyt
I
wyl
that
Reynawde
be
hanged
&
his
brethern
also
,
but
first
I
wil
that
Rychard
be
drawen
at
an
horse
tayl
.
And
so
I
charg
you
that
none
of
you
be
so
hardye
to
moue
my
wyll
to
the
contrary
,
for
I
will
that
it
be
doone
as
I
saye
.
whan
the
duke
Naimes
Rowland
,
Oliuer
,
Ogier
,
the
bishop
Turpin
,
&
escouf
,
the
sonne
of
Oedon
,
that
were
there
heard
the
king
speke
thus
they
were
righte
sorye
for
the
loue
of
Reinawd
&
of
his
brethern
,
&
looked
down
&
said
no
word
at
all
for
feare
that
they
should
be
shent
of
the
king
,
&
Ogier
with
great
payne
kept
his
eyen
fro
weepinge
lest
Charlemaine
should
not
perceiue
his
sorowful
hert
HEere
ye
ought
to
wit
that
duringe
the
time
that
Charlemain
laye
at
the
siege
afore
Mountawban
persecuting
the
four
sonnes
of
Aimon
Reinawd
,
Alard
Guychard
,
and
Richarde
:
Aymon
their
father
helde
the
party
of
the
king
ayenst
his
children
for
he
had
promised
him
to
doo
so
,
as
ye
haue
heard
about
,
but
wit
it
that
whan
he
heard
howe
the
emperoure
thretened
his
children
,
how
be
it
that
he
had
forsaken
,
them
he
was
wrothe
for
it
,
for
he
knew
we
:
if
his
children
died
so
:
he
should
neuer
haue
ioy
after
that
.
for
whatsoeuer
warre
he
made
ayenst
them
,
he
loued
them
kindli
as
the
father
ought
loue
his
childe
,
for
nature
may
not
lie
,
&
therfore
he
took
so
great
sorow
whan
he
heard
of
hys
sonnes
that
they
were
thretned
to
be
hanged
:
that
he
almost
fel
down
dead
to
the
ground
,
&
of
the
great
sorow
that
he
had
could
not
keep
himselfe
but
he
said
.
Sir
emperour
I
besech
you
that
it
wil
please
you
to
bryng
my
children
to
right
,
for
though
I
haue
forsaken
them
,
yet
are
they
my
sonnes
of
my
body
begotten
.
Hold
your
peace
Aymon
said
Charlemain
,
for
I
wil
that
it
be
so
doone
of
them
,
for
Reinawd
did
slea
my
neuew
barthelor
that
I
loued
so
much
.
And
after
he
turned
him self
&
saw
the
barons
that
spake
th
one
to
thother
&
said
to
them
.
Lordes
loue
your
musing
,
for
I
tel
you
for
a
trouthe
that
I
shal
not
leaue
to
doo
herin
my
wil
for
no
man
that
speaketh
ye
wot
wel
it
is
iii.
yere
gon
sith
we
besieged
this
castel
first
and
euer
sith
haue
leien
here
,
where
we
haue
lost
many
of
oure
fo●ke
,
wherfore
I
commaund
you
that
either
of
you
doo
make
engynes
for
to
brynge
downe
this
great
towre
&
all
the
remnaunt
also
,
for
with
such
maner
we
shal
abash
them
greatlye
,
and
ye
my
neuew
Rowland
ye
shall
doo
make
of
the
engines
.vii.
and
Oliuer
shal
doo
make
vi
.
the
duke
Naimes
iiii
.
the
bishop
Turpin
,
and
Ogier
the
dane
other
.iiii.
and
ye
duke
Aimon
said
the
king
Charlemain
ye
shal
make
three
.
HOwe
shoulde
I
nowe
doo
this
good
lord
said
than
Aimon
?
for
sir
Emperour
ye
know
wel
that
they
be
my
children
,
nother
truantes
nor
knaues
but
be
the
best
knyghtes
of
the
world
,
&
so
I
tel
you
sir
that
if
I
saw
theim
die
:
I
shoulde
for
goe
my
wittes
for
angre
.
And
whan
Charlemaine
heard
Aimon
speake
thus
:
he
was
wroth
and
began
to
gnaw
on
a
stafe
that
he
held
in
his
hand
,
and
after
said
.
By
that
god
that
made
me
if
there
be
ani
of
you
that
gainsaith
my
wil
:
I
shall
strike
of
his
heade
with
my
swerde
.
Sir
saide
the
du●e
Naymes
angre
not
your selfe
.
For
that
,
that
ye
haue
commaunded
:
shal
be
doone
incontinent
.
whan
the
barons
vnderstood
the
commaundemente
of
Charlemain
:
they
went
their
way
for
to
make
the
engines
that
the
king
had
commaunded
,
the
whiche
were
anon
made
ready
&
these
engines
were
for
to
cast
greate
multitude
of
stones
.
And
as
soon
that
they
were
made
:
they
were
set
for
to
cast
ayen
mountawban
&
in
short
time
they
dommaged
it
ful
sore
,
&
so
I
promise
you
that
within
the
castel
were
made
greate
crying
of
women
and
of
children
,
&
for
feare
of
the
stones
they
went
and
hid
them
vnder
the
ground
and
so
thei
of
Mountawban
endured
this
mischef
as
longe
as
they
had
any
morsell
of
meat
.
And
I
ensure
you
that
there
was
so
great
derth
and
so
great
mortalitie
:
the
men
wist
nomore
where
to
laye
the
deade
.
For
the
charnell
was
al
full
.
Alas
who
had
seen
so
yong
bachelers
that
for
feintnes
went
leninge
vpon
their
staues
thorough
Mountabawn
for
lacke
of
meat
:
he
wolde
haue
had
great
pitie
.
For
afore
that
the
castel
was
besieged
they
were
so
stronge
and
so
mightye
that
none
could
haue
ouercome
them
,
but
they
were
than
so
feble
that
they
fell
where
they
went
,
musselinge
in
the
grounde
as
hogges
.
ANd
whan
Reinawd
saw
the
great
pitie
that
was
among
his
folke
:
he
had
of
it
great
sorow
because
he
mighte
not
put
no
remedye
therto
,
and
than
he
began
to
saye
in
himself
.
O
good
lorde
what
maye
I
now
doo
?
now
I
se
wel
my
wyt
●uailleth
me
nothing
,
for
I
wot
not
where
to
seeke
vitailles
.
Alas
god
where
may
Mawgis
be
now
that
he
know
not
my
great
need
and
the
outrage
that
Charlemaine
dooth
to
vs
.
And
whan
the
good
lady
clare
saw
her
lord
Reinawd
that
complained
him selfe
so
piteously
:
she
began
to
say
vnto
hym
in
this
wise
.
For
soth
my
lord
ye
doo
not
wel
for
to
discomfort
your self
so
sore
,
for
ye
discourage
vs
al
within
,
moreouer
I
promise
you
that
heere
been
yet
within
mo
than
a
C.
horses
,
I
pray
you
let
one
of
theim
be
killed
,
and
ye
,
my selfe
and
our
poore
children
shal
eat
of
it
,
for
it
is
more
than
three
daies
agoe
that
they
nor
I
eate
anye
thing
that
did
vs
good
,
and
whan
she
had
said
this
:
she
fel
down
in
a
swoune
at
the
feete
of
Reynawde
her
husband
,
for
greate
feblenes
for
lacke
of
meate
.
And
whan
Reinawde
sawe
her
fall
:
he
tooke
her
v●
anone
in
his
armes
,
and
after
that
she
was
come
againe
to
her selfe
,
she
saide
all
weeping
.
Alas
dere
lady
mary
what
shal
I
poore
wr●tche
doo
for
all
my
heart
failleth
me
,
and
almost
wil
my
soule
departe
?
also
sore
is
my
bodye
famished
alas
mi
children
who
should
euer
haue
wende
that
ye
should
haue
died
for
hungre
.
WHan
Reynawd
saw
the
greate
distresse
wherin
his
wyfe
was
:
he
had
greate
pitie
of
heer
,
and
the
teeres
began
to
fall
ouer
the
cheekes
of
hym
,
and
al
weepyng
he
went
to
his
stable
,
and
there
he
made
a
horse
to
be
slayne
,
the
whiche
he
made
to
be
dressed
for
meate
to
hys
folke
,
but
I
promyse
you
that
horse
flesh
lasted
not
longe
afore
theym
for
they
were
menne
ynowe
to
eate
it
vp
lyghtly
.
And
heere
ye
must
know
that
all
the
horses
that
were
within
Mountawban
:
were
in
lykewise
eaten
,
one
after
a nother
,
excepte
foure
,
that
is
to
wyt
Bayarde
and
the
horses
of
the
three
bretherne
of
Reynawde
the
whiche
foure
horses
they
wolde
not
eat
by
cause
they
wolde
not
be
a
foot
.
And
whan
Reinawd
sawe
that
there
was
no
more
thyng
that
they
might
eate
:
he
called
his
bretherne
and
said
to
them
.
Faire
bretherne
what
shall
we
doo
?
we
haue
no
more
foode
to
take
vs
but
onely
our
foure
horses
that
are
left
alyue
.
Lette
vs
doo
kille
one
of
theym
that
oure
folke
may
eat
with
vs
.
By
my
heade
sayde
Rychard
that
shal
not
be
mine
,
and
yf
ye
h●ue
iust
to
it
:
let
yours
be
slayne
,
for
ye
shall
not
haue
m●ne
,
and
yf
ye
haue
great
myscheeftye
be
wel
worthy
for
throughe
youre
pryde
:
we
are
brought
in
this
plyght
,
bycause
that
ye
lette
goe
the
king
Charlemayn
,
for
and
if
ye
had
beleued
me
:
thys
greate
myshappe
had
not
be
fall
vs
.
Thys
hanging
:
came
the
lityll
Aimon
the
sonne
of
Reinawd
that
sayde
to
Richard
in
this
maner
.
Holde
your
peace
myn
vncle
,
for
that
thing
that
mai
not
be
amended
,
men
oughte
to
let
it
passe
in
the
best
wise
.
For
it
is
to
shamefully
to
reherse
that
,
that
is
passed
but
doo
as
my
father
commaundeth
you
&
ye
shal
doo
wel
.
For
ye
doo
nor
well
to
angre
him
so
as
ye
doo
,
and
though
he
hath
missed
of
his
entent
,
he
hath
boughte
it
deare
ynoughe
as
wel
as
we
,
if
the
king
Charlemaine
hath
domaged
you
longe
,
it
may
well
hap
that
god
shall
helpe
you
or
ought
longe
,
if
it
please
him
,
and
I
beleue
certenlye
that
he
shall
doo
so
,
for
the
kyndnes
that
my
lord
my
father
did
shew
vnto
charlemain
whan
he
had
him
heere
,
can
neuer
be
lost
as
I
we●
.
GReat
pytie
had
Richarde
of
his
neuewe
whan
he
hearde
hym
speake
thus
wysly
&
tooke
him
betwen
his
armes
and
kissed
him
al
weeping
,
and
than
he
said
to
Reinawde
.
Brother
commaund
my
horse
to
be
slayne
whan
it
please
you
,
and
giue
some
comfort
therwithall
to
thys
folke
and
to
my
lady
your
wyfe
and
to
my
yong
neuewes
youre
children
.
For
my
litel
neuew
that
is
here
hath
wel
deserued
to
eate
of
it
for
the
good
●ounseyll
that
he
hathe
giuen
to
me
now
.
Brother
said
Alard
,
let
be
slain
whiche
ye
will
of
three
,
for
it
were
to
great
adommage
if
bayard
should
dye
,
and
also
I
tell
you
that
I
had
leuer
dye
my selfe
than
that
Bayarde
shoulde
be
slayne
.
Brother
sayde
Guychard
,
ye
say
wel
,
and
anon
the
horse
of
Richard
was
killed
and
dresed
to
their
meat
,
and
so
in
lyke
wise
was
doon
with
the
horses
of
the
two
other
bretherne
,
and
full
sauourly
it
was
eaten
.
And
whan
Reinawde
sawe
that
there
was
no
meat
more
:
he
wist
not
what
he
should
doo
,
for
he
was
more
sory
for
his
bretherne
and
for
his
wife
,
and
his
children
,
than
he
was
for
him selfe
,
and
began
to
saye
in
this
wise
.
Alas
what
shal
I
doo
?
I
am
vanquished
&
ouercome
with
out
any
stroke
.
It
had
be
better
for
me
to
haue
beleued
my
brother
Rycharde
,
for
I
had
not
be
nowe
in
the
myserye
and
greate
need
where
I
am
in
at
this
houre
.
Now
I
see
wel
that
Charlemaine
hath
chased
me
so
muche
that
he
hath
betrapped
me
within
his
gynnes
,
wheroute
I
can
not
scape
,
and
I
know
wel
that
I
ought
not
to
be
complayned
,
for
I
haue
made
my selfe
the
rodde
wherwith
I
am
beaten
,
and
yf
I
shoulde
repente
me
therof
:
it
shoulde
profyte
nothinge
,
for
I
come
to
late
for
to
doo
so
.
whan
Richarde
saw
his
brother
Reinawd
make
suche
sorowe
:
he
knewe
well
hys
mynde
,
and
was
ryghte
sory
for
hym
,
so
that
he
shooke
al
for
sorow
,
and
wyst
not
what
he
shoulde
saye
.
For
yf
Reynawd
wolde
haue
hadde
of
his
owne
fleshe
:
Rycharde
wolde
wel
haue
gyuen
hym
of
it
,
yf
he
might
haue
be
comforted
therwith
.
Then
spake
Guychard
that
other
brother
and
sayd
.
My
good
brethern
what
shall
we
doo
?
we
shall
yeelde
our self
or
elles
dye
heere
for
rage
of
hungre
,
and
we
may
no
more
from
hence
forth
on
,
but
onelye
wayte
after
deathe
.
What
say
you
brother
Guichard
said
Reinawd
,
wyll
we
yeeld
our selfe
●o
the
moste
cruel
king
of
the
world
for
he
shoulde
make
vs
all
t●●●anged
shamefully
,
if
any
pitie
〈◊〉
founde
in
him
:
I
wolde
yeeld
〈◊〉
●ladlye
but
ther
is
none
in
him
,
〈◊〉
●herfore
I
am
delybered
that
we
shal
not
yeelde
vs
to
him
,
we
shall
rather
eat
my
children
,
and
after
our
bodyes
.
But
alwayes
if
ye
will
ea●e
bayarde
:
I
am
therof
contente
for
to
passe
the
tyme
for
thou
,
for
I
haue
ofte
hearde
saye
,
that
a
daye
●espite
is
worthe
muche
.
But
neuerthelesse
what
so
euer
he
sayde
,
he
had
no
courage
to
eat
Bayard
,
for
it
was
al
his
succours
.
Brother
sayde
Alarde
.
I
counseyll
that
we
eate
Bayarde
,
rather
then
we
shoulde
yeelde
vs
in
to
the
handes
of
Charlemyane
,
for
he
is
to
cruel
,
nor
he
shall
neuer
haue
mercye
of
vs
.
And
whan
Reinawde
sawe
that
they
wold
eat
bayarde
hys
good
horse
:
he
tooke
for
it
such
a
heresy
sorow
that
he
almost
fell
in
a
swoune
to
the
earth
,
but
he
tooke
togither
his
strengthes
and
stoode
vpryghte
and
began
to
saye
.
Faire
bretherne
what
wyll
ye
doo
?
will
ye
eate
bayarde
my
noble
horse
,
that
so
ofte
hath
kept
vs
from
death
and
from
perill
mortall
?
and
I
pray
you
that
afore
ye
slea
him
that
ye
slea
me
,
for
I
maye
not
see
him
die
,
and
whan
ye
haue
slaine
me
:
slea
him
hardelye
.
And
if
ye
will
not
doo
so
:
I
forbed
you
in
as
muche
as
ye
loue
me
that
ye
touch
not
baiard
,
for
he
that
shal
hurt
him
:
shal
hurt
me
And
whan
the
duchesse
hearde
Reinawd
speake
thus
?
she
wist
not
what
to
doo
,
than
she
said
to
him
in
greate
wrathe
.
Ha
gentill
duke
debonayre
,
and
what
shall
now
doo
your
poore
chyldren
?
wyll
you
that
they
die
for
hunger
for
faute
of
youre
horse
?
For
it
is
three
daies
passed
that
thei
eat
any
meate
,
shortely
shal
theyr
lyues
come
at
an
ende
and
mine
also
,
for
my
hert
cleaueth
in
my
body
for
fine
force
of
hungre
,
and
so
shall
ye
see
me
die
presently
,
but
if
I
haue
succours
.
Whan
the
children
heard
the
mother
speake
thus
:
they
saide
to
Reinawde
.
Good
father
for
goddes
loue
deliuer
youre
horse
,
for
he
shal
die
as
wel
for
hungre
,
and
it
is
better
that
he
dye
fyrste
than
we
afore
him
.
And
whan
Alard
Guycharde
,
and
Rycharde
hearde
their
nenewes
speake
thus
:
Richard
spake
and
said
to
his
brother
.
Ha
gentill
duke
for
god
suffre
not
that
your
children
nor
my
lady
youre
wife
dye
for
hungre
,
and
we
also
.
And
whan
Reinawd
heard
his
brotoer
Richard
speake
so
to
him
:
his
hearte
tendred
with
al
right
sore
,
&
fel
to
wep
,
&
said
my
fayre
bretherne
sith
that
it
please
you
that
bayard
shal
die
:
I
praye
you
goe
and
slea
him
.
And
whan
they
were
al
accorded
that
baiard
shoulde
be
slaine
and
eaten
:
they
went
streight
to
the
stable
,
where
thei
found
baiard
that
casted
to
them
a
greate
syghe
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
that
:
he
saide
he
shoulde
rather
slea
himselfe
,
than
that
baiard
should
die
,
that
many
tymes
hath
saued
him
fro
deathe
.
And
whan
the
children
had
hearde
this
:
they
returned
agayne
to
their
mother
weeping
&
al
dead
for
hungre
.
THan
whan
Reinawde
sawe
that
his
children
were
gone
:
he
went
to
bayarde
,
and
gaue
him
a
litill
hey
,
for
he
had
none
other
thing
to
giue
him
.
And
than
he
came
to
his
bretherne
,
and
found
Alard
holdinge
Aimon
his
neuewe
that
wepte
,
and
Rychard
held
you
,
and
Guichard
,
the
duches
,
that
in
his
armes
was
swoned
,
and
said
to
theim
.
Alas
for
God
mercy
.
I
praye
you
take
in
you
courage
till
night
,
and
I
promise
you
that
I
shal
doo
so
much
that
we
shal
haue
meate
,
and
god
wil.
Brother
said
Alarde
we
must
suffre
it
wolde
we
or
not
.
So
longe
abode
the
knightes
that
the
night
came
,
and
whan
it
was
come
:
Reinawd
said
to
his
bretherne
.
My
brethern
I
wil
go
speake
to
our
father
,
for
to
see
what
he
shall
say
to
me
,
and
if
he
shal
let
vs
dye
for
hungre
.
Brother
said
Richard
I
wyl
goe
with
you
if
it
please
you
,
and
ye
shal
be
the
more
sure
that
I
be
in
your
compani
.
My
brother
said
the
good
knight
Reinawd
,
ye
shall
not
so
,
for
I
wyll
goe
there
alone
,
and
if
I
bringe
you
not
meate
:
I
shall
than
delyuer
you
bayarde
.
And
whan
Reynawde
had
said
this
:
he
made
himselfe
to
be
wel
armed
,
and
lyghted
vpon
bayarde
,
and
wel
secretly
went
oute
of
Mountawban
,
and
came
to
his
fathers
pauillion
,
the
which
he
knew
wel
.
For
he
had
aspyed
it
from
aboue
the
great
towre
while
it
was
daye
.
And
it
happed
so
that
he
found
his
father
Aimon
oute
of
his
pauillion
all
alone
waytynge
yf
he
might
by
anye
waie
vnderstand
some
tydynges
priuelye
of
the
castel
.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
his
father
:
he
said
to
him
.
What
arte
thou
that
goe
nowe
at
this
tyme
of
the
nighte
all
alone
?
And
whan
Aymon
heard
him
speake
:
he
knew
him
anon
and
was
right
glad
,
but
he
made
of
it
no
semblaunt
,
and
said
to
him
but
what
art
thou
thy selfe
that
goest
at
this
houre
so
hie
mounted
?
Whan
Reinawde
,
hearde
his
father
speake
:
he
knewe
him
wel
and
saide
to
him
.
Syr
for
god
haue
mercy
vpon
vs
,
for
we
die
all
for
hungre
,
and
al
our
horses
ben
al
ready
dead
&
eaten
,
&
so
we
haue
no
more
but
bayarde
,
that
shall
not
die
as
longe
as
I
lyue
,
for
rather
I
should
let
me
be
slaine
,
for
to
me
&
to
my
bretherne
he
hathe
often
saued
our
lyues
.
Alas
father
yf
ye
wyl
not
haue
mercy
on
vs
:
haue
mercy
of
my
yonge
chyldren
.
HA
faire
sonne
saide
Aimon
,
I
can
not
helpe
you
for
nothing
,
but
goe
your
waye
agayne
,
for
I
haue
you
forsworne
ye
wot
it
well
,
and
therfore
I
wolde
not
doo
ayenst
min
othe
,
for
all
the
good
in
the
worlde
,
and
my
hearte
is
ryghte
sorye
that
I
may
not
helpe
nor
gyue
you
succour
.
Syr
sayde
Reinawd
ye
speake
yll
,
saufe
your
reuerence
.
For
I
promyse
you
if
ye
gyue
vs
no
succoures
:
that
my
wife
,
my
children
,
my
bretherne
and
my selfe
shal
die
for
rage
of
hungre
or
euer
three
daies
ben
passed
.
For
it
is
all
ready
more
then
three
dayes
that
none
of
vs
eat
any
meat
,
and
so
I
wot
not
what
I
shall
doo
.
Alas
ye
be
our
father
so
ought
you
to
comfort
vs
.
For
I
wot
well
if
the
kinge
haue
vs
:
he
shall
make
vs
all
to
be
hanged
and
dye
shamefully
.
Whyche
were
not
your
worshippe
,
wherfore
my
father
ye
ought
not
to
faylle
vs
yf
the
lawe
of
nature
is
rightwyse
.
My
father
for
god
haue
pitie
&
mercy
vpon
vs
,
and
holde
not
your
courage
ayenst
your
poore
children
,
for
it
were
great
crueltie
,
and
also
ye
know
well
that
Charlemaine
dooth
to
vs
great
wronge
,
for
to
persecute
vs
as
he
dooth
.
whan
Aymon
hearde
Reynawd
speake
thus
:
he
had
greate
pity
of
him
,
and
was
so
sory
that
almoste
he
fell
downe
in
a
swoun
to
the
erth
and
after
he
began
to
behold
his
childe
Reynawd
&
sore
wepinge
he
sayde
to
him
.
Faire
sonne
ye
haue
said
trouthe
that
the
kinge
doothe
you
greate
wrong
,
&
therfore
a
lyghte
fro
youre
horse
and
entre
within
my
pauyllion
and
take
what
it
please
you
for
nothynge
shall
be
saide
naye
to
you
,
but
I
shall
not
gyue
you
nothing
for
to
saue
mine
oth
.
And
whan
Reinawd
heard
his
father
speake
so
:
he
descended
a
foot
&
kneled
before
him
,
&
said
an
hundred
gramercyes
deare
father
and
than
he
entred
within
the
pauillion
of
his
father
,
and
laded
bayarde
with
bread
&
with
flesh
both
fair
and
freshe
,
and
wyt
it
that
bayarde
dyd
bere
more
then
x.
other
horses
should
haue
doone
.
And
whan
Reynawde
had
wel
laded
bayarde
with
vitailes
:
he
tooke
leaue
of
his
father
&
went
a
gayne
to
Mountawban
,
it
is
not
to
be
asked
what
welcome
Reynawde
had
of
his
brethern
,
of
his
wife
,
and
of
his
men
,
&
wyt
it
that
whan
they
saw
him
bring
so
much
vitailes
:
they
swouned
al
for
ioye
to
the
earth
,
and
whan
Reinawd
saw
this
:
he
wende
they
had
ben
dead
for
hungre
.
So
began
he
to
make
great
sorow
and
not
without
a
cause
,
and
while
that
Reinawde
sorowed
and
made
great
mone
:
his
brethern
began
to
come
again
to
theymselfe
his
wife
and
also
hys
two
children
.
And
whan
Reinawd
saw
them
al
vpon
their
feet
:
he
was
glad
and
presented
to
them
meat
for
them
and
for
hys
folke
,
and
they
than
made
great
Ioy
and
eate
their
fill
at
theyr
ease
.
And
whan
they
had
eaten
well
:
they
went
to
slepe
excepte
Reynawde
that
wolde
keep
watche
hym self
.
And
on
the
morne
whan
the
day
was
come
:
they
rose
&
went
to
heare
masse
,
and
after
the
masse
was
doon
they
fell
to
their
meate
againe
,
and
eat
al
that
was
left
ouer
euyn
of
that
Reinawde
had
broughte
,
and
whan
the
next
night
was
come
,
Aimon
(
that
coulde
not
forget
his
children
)
made
his
stuarde
to
come
before
him
and
sayde
to
him
,
ye
know
how
I
haue
forsworn
my
children
,
wherof
I
am
sori
that
euer
I
did
so
.
But
it
is
said
that
ar
the
need
the
frend
is
knowen
,
I
let
you
wit
that
my
children
been
yonder
within
in
great
pouertye
and
misease
,
and
howe
be
it
that
I
haue
forsworn
them
:
I
oughte
nor
maye
not
faile
them
,
we
haue
three
engyines
that
Charlemain
hath
made
me
doo
make
for
to
hurt
my
children
wherof
we
haue
domaged
them
as
muche
as
we
might
,
nowe
must
we
helpe
them
after
their
domage
.
And
I
shall
tell
you
,
see
that
ye
put
within
the
engynes
bread
and
flesh
both
salt
&
freshe
in
great
plenty
in
stead
of
stones
,
and
let
this
be
cast
in
to
the
castell
,
for
yf
I
shoulde
die
my selfe
for
hungre
I
shall
not
fayle
theym
as
longe
as
:
I
haue
wherof
to
helpe
them
,
and
also
I
repent
me
full
sore
of
the
harm
that
I
haue
doon
to
them
,
for
al
the
world
ought
to
blame
me
therof
with
good
ryghte
,
and
we
been
in
the
wronge
.
Syr
saide
the
stuarde
ye
saye
well
.
For
ye
haue
doone
so
muche
ayenste
them
that
al
the
worlde
blameth
you
therof
,
but
incontinente
I
shall
doo
your
commaundement
.
And
than
the
stuard
went
and
made
the
three
engins
to
be
filled
with
vittailles
,
and
after
he
bad
the
gouerner
to
cast
them
in
to
Mountawban
.
And
ye
muste
wyt
that
many
of
the
hoste
blamed
Aymon
sore
,
that
he
made
hys
engynes
to
be
caste
ayenst
hys
chyldren
for
they
wende
it
had
be
stones
,
and
whan
the
nighte
was
passed
&
that
Reinawd
was
vp
:
he
went
heere
and
there
within
the
castel
,
&
found
foison
of
vittailes
that
his
father
had
cast
,
wherof
he
was
right
glad
and
sayde
Good
lorde
blessed
be
you
,
now
see
I
wel
that
they
that
haue
their
trust
in
you
can
not
fare
amis
,
&
than
he
called
his
brethern
his
wife
&
his
children
&
said
.
My
bretherne
ye
see
howe
our
father
hath
pity
of
vs
.
And
then
he
made
the
vittailles
to
be
gathered
vp
and
put
in
a
sure
place
,
and
so
thei
eate
therof
at
their
ease
for
they
had
well
great
need
therof
,
for
they
were
so
sore
an
hungred
that
it
was
greate
pitie
.
And
wyt
it
that
Aymon
made
easte
so
muche
vytayll
within
Mountawban
:
that
they
of
within
had
ynoughe
for
thre
monethes
with
good
gouernaunce
.
NOw
must
we
vnderstond
that
Charlemain
had
some
knowlege
howe
the
olde
duke
Aimon
had
giuen
vittailes
to
his
children
,
wherof
he
was
sore
an
angred
&
made
Aimon
to
come
incontinente
afore
him
&
sayd
to
hym
.
Aymon
who
maketh
thee
so
bolde
to
giue
any
m●at
to
min
enemies
mortal
?
I
know
wel
al
thy
wyles
,
thou
mayst
not
excuse
thiself
,
but
by
the
faythe
that
I
owe
to
God
I
shall
auenge
me
so
well
or
nyght
:
that
if
I
may
ye
shal
leese
your
heade
for
it
.
Sir
said
the
duke
Aimon
,
I
wil
not
denie
it
,
for
I
tell
you
truely
if
ye
should
make
me
dye
or
be
brente
in
a
fyre
:
I
will
not
fayle
my
chyldren
as
longe
as
I
maye
helpe
them
.
For
my
children
be
no
theues
traytours
nor
no
murderers
,
but
they
been
the
most
valiaunt
knightes
of
the
world
&
the
truest
,
&
ween
not
you
to
slea
my
children
in
suche
maner
,
ye
haue
to
longe
wrought
your
foly
yf
it
wolde
suffise
you
.
whan
Charlemayne
heard
Aymon
speake
thus
:
he
was
angrye
with
it
,
&
for
great
wrath
he
loked
as
fire
&
Almost
he
smote
Aimon
,
&
whan
the
duke
Naimes
saw
this
:
he
auaunced
him
forth
&
said
.
Sir
sende
home
Aimon
for
ye
haue
kepte
hym
heere
to
long
,
ye
ought
well
to
vnderstande
that
Aymon
wil
not
see
his
children
to
be
dystroyed
,
and
therfore
ye
ought
not
to
blame
him
nor
smite
him
,
after
that
Charlemayne
hearde
the
duke
Naimes
speake
:
he
sayd
to
him
.
Naimes
syth
that
ye
haue
iudged
it
:
ye
shall
not
be
gaynsayd
,
&
than
he
turned
him
towarde
the
duke
Aymon
&
sayde
to
hym
.
Now
goe
forth
out
of
myn
hoste
,
for
ye
haue
doon
me
more
domage
than
profyte
,
sir
said
the
duke
Aimon
.
I
shal
gladly
doo
your
commaundemente
.
And
anon
he
went
&
lighted
on
horsebacke
,
and
after
said
to
the
peeres
of
fraunce
.
Lordes
I
pray
you
al
that
ye
wil
haue
my
children
for
recommended
,
for
they
been
com
of
your
bloude
,
&
let
the
king
see
well
to
,
for
yf
he
make
my
children
to
dye
by
such
great
vengeaunce
as
he
hath
sayd
:
if
I
shoulde
become
a
sarasyn
&
dwel
in
Affryque
al
the
dayes
of
my
lyfe
:
I
shal
stryke
of
his
head
,
for
none
other
gage
I
wyll
not
take
.
And
whan
Aimon
had
said
thus
:
he
went
out
of
thost
into
fraunce
to
his
countrye
wel
heuy
bicause
that
he
left
his
children
in
so
great
pouerty
,
&
Charlemayne
that
sawe
Aymon
goe
thus
quite
,
and
that
he
hadde
garnyshed
Mountawban
of
vitaylles
:
he
was
full
angrye
for
it
.
So
studyed
he
vpon
this
a
longe
whyle
.
And
whan
he
had
studyed
longe
ynoughe
:
he
was
so
sory
that
none
myght
be
more
sorier
,
and
returned
hym selfe
towarde
hys
Barons
,
and
sayde
Lordes
I
commaund
you
that
ye
breake
al
our
engynes
.
For
by
theym
I
haue
myssed
to
haue
the
castell
of
Mountawban
.
And
incontinente
the
Barons
made
breake
the
engines
as
the
king
had
commaunded
.
And
by
all
thus
Reinawd
abode
a
long
while
in
good
peace
,
but
their
vittailles
began
sore
to
mynyshe
.
And
whan
Reinawde
sawe
that
:
he
was
sory
,
and
began
to
complayne
in
himselfe
,
&
saide
good
lorde
what
shal
I
doo
?
I
knowe
that
at
longe
rennynge
we
shall
not
mow
holde
,
and
so
shall
Charlemain
haue
no
mercye
of
vs
,
but
he
shall
make
vs
die
.
Alas
Mawgis
where
be
you
?
For
if
ye
were
with
vs
we
shoulde
doubte
nothinge
nor
I
shoulde
not
suffre
this
great
distres
that
I
haue
.
All
thus
as
Reinawde
complained
hymselfe
:
than
came
Alard
that
was
so
feble
that
with
payne
he
mighte
stande
vpon
his
feete
,
and
sayde
to
Reynawd
.
Reinawde
for
the
loue
of
god
make
bayarde
to
be
slayne
.
For
I
may
no
lenger
lyue
without
meate
,
nother
yet
my
bretherne
.
THan
whan
Reynawd
heard
his
brother
Alard
speke
thus
:
he
was
ryght
sorye
for
it
and
tooke
his
swerd
&
went
to
bayarde
for
to
slea
him
.
And
whan
bayarde
sawe
Reynawde
he
began
to
make
greate
Ioye
,
and
whan
Reynawde
saw
the
there
that
bayard
him
made
:
he
sayd
to
him
.
Ha
bayarde
good
beaste
,
yf
I
had
the
herte
to
doo
thee
harme
I
were
well
cruell
.
And
than
yonnet
the
yonger
sonne
heard
that
:
he
cried
vnto
his
father
,
sir
wherfore
tary
ye
that
ye
slea
not
bayarde
sith
he
must
dye
,
for
I
wexe
madde
for
hungre
,
and
so
I
tell
you
yf
I
haue
not
shortly
some
foode
:
ye
ye
shal
seeme
die
afore
your
eyen
,
&
yet
my
mother
&
my
brother
also
,
for
we
may
not
lenger
lyue
thus
so
harde
we
been
famished
.
And
whan
Reinawd
hearde
hys
sonne
speake
to
him
so
:
he
had
great
pity
of
him
,
and
great
sorow
in
his
heart
,
and
so
he
had
of
bayarde
that
cheted
him
so
muche
.
Than
wiste
not
Reynawde
what
he
should
saye
nor
doo
,
and
so
began
to
thinke
alonge
while
And
whan
he
had
bethoughte
him selfe
longe
ynoughe
:
he
aduysed
him
howe
Bayarde
shoulde
not
dye
.
And
tha●
he
called
after
a
basyn
,
and
made
bayarde
be
lette
bloode
much
,
and
after
he
had
let
him
bloude
ynough
:
Reynawd
stopped
the
vayne
and
gaue
the
bloud
to
Alard
for
to
be
dressed
.
And
whan
it
was
soden
they
eate
all
alytell
therof
,
whyche
gaue
them
great
sustenaunce
.
And
to
saye
the
trouth
:
Reinawde
and
his
folke
were
well
foure
dayes
without
any
other
foode
.
And
whan
it
came
to
the
v.
day
that
they
wolde
haue
had
bayard
let
bloud
againe
:
he
was
so
feble
that
he
caste
no
bloude
at
all
.
And
whan
the
duchesse
sawe
that
she
began
to
weep
tenderly
and
sayde
.
Sir
for
god
sith
that
he
giueth
no
more
bluod
let
him
be
slayne
,
and
so
shall
eate
your
poore
children
of
him
that
dyen
for
great
hungre
,
&
I
also
.
Madame
saide
thanne
Reinawd
I
wyl
not
doo
so
.
For
bayard
hath
born
vs
good
companye
in
oure
lifes
and
so
shall
he
doo
till
the
houre
of
our
deth
for
we
shal
dye
all
togyther
.
And
ye
ought
to
know
that
Reinawde
and
his
company
were
brought
so
lowe
that
they
waited
none
other
but
deth
the
whiche
was
them
nigh
ynough
,
Than
an
olde
man
that
was
among
theim
came
and
sayde
to
Reynawde
vp
Syr
what
shal
it
be
?
I
see
that
you
&
Mountawban
shal
be
destroyed
,
but
in
you
is
not
the
faute
,
for
it
hath
be
well
defended
as
longe
as
ye
might
as
it
apeereth
,
and
sith
that
I
see
yee
mai
no
more
doo
:
come
after
me
and
I
shal
shew
you
away
,
where
throughe
we
shall
well
all
goe
out
wyth
out
any
daunger
,
and
I
wyll
well
that
ye
knowe
Mountawban
was
once
made
and
shytte
,
afore
ye
dyd
make
it
,
and
the
Lorde
that
buylded
it
fyrst
:
let
make
a
waye
vnder
the
erth
that
bringeth
folke
to
the
wood
of
the
serpent
,
&
I
was
a
yonge
childe
whan
that
way
was
made
,
&
I
know
well
where
it
lieth
,
doo
digge
where
I
shall
shewe
you
:
and
ye
shall
finde
it
without
any
fayle
,
and
thus
shall
we
go
free
without
any
daunger
.
whan
Reynawde
heard
theese
wordes
:
he
was
so
glad
of
it
that
none
might
be
more
,
so
that
he
forgat
his
hungre
with
all
and
sayde
.
O
fayre
God
that
all
made
,
blessed
be
you
.
Now
haue
I
founde
that
I
desyred
,
for
I
shall
goe
to
Ardeyne
whiche
I
ought
to
loue
deere
.
And
than
he
tooke
the
olde
man
by
the
hande
and
made
him
to
bringe
him
to
the
place
where
he
said
and
there
he
made
to
be
digged
in
the
erth
and
founde
the
way
that
the
olde
man
sayd
,
wherof
he
was
right
glad
and
than
he
wente
to
the
stable
and
put
the
sadle
vpon
Bayarde
and
after
brought
him
to
the
way
,
but
wit
it
that
Bayarde
was
so
feble
that
he
scante
coulde
go
the
pase
,
and
than
Reynawde
,
hys
wyfe
,
hys
brethern
,
hys
chyldren
and
the
remenaunte
of
hys
folke
put
theym selfe
to
the
way
vnder
the
erthe
,
so
that
no
creature
a
lyue
abode
w●thin
the
castell
.
GReat
plentie
of
torches
Reynawde
made
to
be
fyred
that
thei
might
see
the
better
within
the
caue
as
they
wente
,
and
he
ordeyned
hys
forwarde
of
that
fewe
folke
that
he
had
,
and
wente
forth
in
good
ordeynaunce
with
his
baner
displayed
,
&
he
with
his
bretherne
made
the
reregarde
.
And
whan
they
had
gone
a
longe
whyle
through
the
Caue
that
was
wyde
&
large
:
Reynawde
made
his
folke
to
tary
and
sayd
to
hys
brethern
,
my
brethern
wee
haue
doone
euyll
.
For
we
haue
lefte
behinde
vs
kynge
Yon
in
the
prison
,
certes
I
should
leuer
dye
:
than
that
I
should
leaue
him
so
,
for
he
should
dye
there
for
hungre
as
a
famisshed
wolfe
,
&
that
were
to
vs
great
sinne
.
By
god
sayd
Richarde
he
hath
well
deserued
it
,
for
of
a
man
that
is
a
traytour
:
men
ought
not
to
haue
pitie
,
brother
sayd
Reynawde
ye
say
yll
.
And
than
he
returned
agayne
&
came
to
the
pryson
where
the
king
Yon
was
,
whiche
he
tooke
out
&
brought
with
him
.
And
whan
the
duchesse
sawe
her
brother
the
kynge
Yon
come
:
she
sayde
to
hym
.
Ha
my
brother
ye
are
right
yll
come
to
me
:
for
al
the
harme
that
we
haue
suffred
:
cometh
thoroughe
cause
of
you
.
I
am
sory
that
ye
be
not
dead
&
roten
within
the
prison
,
for
ye
haue
well
deserued
it
.
Madame
sayd
Reynawde
,
let
that
alone
I
pray
you
,
for
he
shall
not
dye
yf
I
maye
.
For
I
haue
doone
to
him
homage
,
wherefore
I
ought
to
obey
hym
,
and
how
be
it
he
hath
wrought
ful
yl
agaynst
vs
:
yet
shall
I
neuer
be
forsworne
agaynst
him
,
whan
his
brethern
heard
him
speake
thus
:
they
sayde
to
hym
,
brother
ye
speake
well
&
wyselye
,
&
ye
doo
that
ye
ought
to
doo
,
nor
ye
shall
neuer
he
rebuked
of
vs
for
it
,
doo
therin
as
it
pleaseth
you
,
and
after
these
wordes
:
they
went
on
their
waye
.
SO
longe
went
these
knightes
that
they
came
out
of
the
caue
,
and
found
themselfe
at
the
wood
of
the
serpent
euyn
at
the
spryng
of
the
day
,
&
as
soone
as
they
were
yssued
out
of
the
sayd
caue
they
were
so
scaped
fro
Charlemayne
:
Yonnet
than
the
lytle
sonne
of
Reynawde
swouned
there
for
great
hungre
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
that
:
he
was
ryght
sori
for
it
,
and
tooke
him
vp
and
said
Fayre
sonne
I
praye
you
be
a
good
cheere
,
for
we
shall
haue
soone
meat
great
plentie
.
And
whan
he
had
said
this
:
he
tooke
his
other
sonne
Aymon
in
his
armes
and
recomforted
hym
muche
.
And
whan
Reynawde
had
doone
so
:
he
looked
aboute
him
and
knew
well
where
they
were
,
and
he
sayd
to
his
brethern
.
Lordes
me
semeth
that
we
ben
nyghe
the
hermytage
of
my
good
freende
Bernarde
,
syr
sayd
Alarde
yee
saye
trouth
,
but
what
shall
we
doo
?
Brother
sayde
Reinawde
.
I
counsel
for
the
moste
profytable
that
we
go
there
,
and
we
shal
abide
there
tyll
the
nyght
be
come
,
&
than
we
shall
take
our
way
towarde
Ardeyne
,
for
I
counsel
not
that
wee
goe
bi
day
and
also
it
cannot
be
,
but
the
heremite
shall
haue
some
meate
,
whiche
we
shall
gyue
vnto
my
wife
and
vnto
my
chyldren
.
Brother
said
Alarde
by
my
faythe
ye
speake
well
and
wysely
.
And
than
they
put
them selfe
to
the
way
,
and
they
had
gone
but
a
litle
:
that
they
founde
the
heremitage
,
but
as
they
went
al
thoroughe
the
wood
of
the
serpent
:
they
departed
the
one
from
the
other
as
wilde
beastes
eatyng
the
herbes
and
grasses
as
it
had
ben
apples
or
Peres
,
so
great
hungre
they
had
.
And
whan
that
Reynawde
saw
this
:
he
was
sory
and
called
them
agayne
and
sayd
.
Lordes
ye
doo
not
wel
for
to
separe
thus
the
one
from
the
other
.
For
it
might
lightli
turne
vs
to
dommage
I
pray
you
that
euerye
man
call
other
and
gather
your selfe
together
,
&
let
vs
goe
into
the
hermytage
.
For
we
shall
fynde
there
Bernarde
that
shall
make
vs
good
cheere
I
wote
it
wel
.
And
whan
they
were
come
there
:
Reynawde
knocked
at
the
gate
.
And
whan
Bernarde
hearde
it
:
he
came
anon
and
saw
Reynawde
and
hys
folke
,
wherof
he
was
ryght
glad
,
&
came
and
kyssed
Reynawde
.
And
after
he
sayd
vnto
him
,
Fayre
lorde
ye
be
ryght
welcome
,
of
whens
come
you
,
and
howe
is
it
with
you
?
My
freende
Bernarde
sayde
than
Reynawde
.
Wyt
it
that
I
haue
let
myne
herytaunce
by
fyne
force
of
hungre
and
so
I
goe
vnto
Ardeyne
.
For
I
can
none
otherwise
doo
at
this
time
And
I
pray
you
that
yf
ye
haue
ani
meat
:
that
ye
for
goddes
sake
wyll
gyue
it
to
my
wyfe
,
and
to
my
chyldren
.
For
they
ben
so
sore
famysshed
that
they
dye
for
hungre
,
but
yf
they
haue
some
meate
.
WHan
Bernarde
vnderstoode
these
wordes
of
Reynawde
:
he
had
of
hym
great
piti
for
the
distresse
wherin
he
saw
Reynawde
and
hys
folke
.
And
of
the
other
parte
he
was
glad
whan
he
wyste
that
they
were
scaped
out
of
the
daungers
of
Charlemayne
,
and
anon
he
wente
to
the
duchesse
and
sayd
to
her
,
madame
ye
be
ryght
welcome
.
I
pray
you
doubt
nothing
.
For
ye
be
aryued
in
a
good
place
,
to
take
your
rest
at
your
ease
.
And
than
he
wente
into
the
Chambre
,
and
brought
out
bread
and
wine
and
all
suche
as
god
had
sente
hym
.
And
after
he
set
him
beside
Reynawde
and
sayd
to
him
Lorde
take
a
worth
suche
vitayles
as
God
hath
gyuen
to
me
,
there
they
ben
.
I
shal
giue
you
meate
in
dispite
of
Charlemayne
,
Gramercy
sayd
Reynawde
,
heere
been
good
tidinges
for
vs
,
but
whan
the
nyght
is
come
:
Wee
shall
goe
to
Ardeyne
.
For
I
doubt
sore
that
Charlemayne
shall
aperceyue
that
we
been
departed
.
For
yf
God
graunt
me
that
I
may
brynge
me
and
my
companye
to
Ardeyne
:
I
shal
not
set
a
roton
apple
for
all
the
power
of
Charlemain
for
I
shall
well
defende
me
agaynst
hym
.
Syr
sayde
the
hermyte
ye
saye
well
.
I
pray
god
that
he
wyll
fulfil
your
wyll
.
All
that
daye
soiourned
Reynawde
and
his
folke
wyth
Bernarde
the
Heremite
,
the
whyche
serued
,
and
comforted
them
with
al
hys
power
,
and
also
he
gaue
of
the
Otes
of
hys
asse
to
Bayarde
as
muche
as
he
myght
eate
.
And
whan
the
nyght
was
come
:
Reynawde
wolde
depart
and
bad
fare
well
to
the
Heremite
,
and
whan
the
Heremyte
sawe
that
they
wolde
goe
away
:
he
founde
the
meanes
that
they
had
three
horses
,
wherof
the
duchesse
had
the
one
,
and
the
children
had
the
other
tweyne
.
And
thus
Reynawde
wyth
hys
felawshyp
went
on
theyr
way
so
longe
that
they
came
to
Ardeyne
.
And
whan
they
of
the
Citie
wyste
that
theyr
Lorde
was
come
that
they
had
desyred
so
longe
:
they
were
well
glad
&
came
agaynst
hym
in
fayre
company
,
and
receyued
hym
honourably
,
and
conueyed
him
vnto
the
fortresse
,
&
after
they
went
&
made
feast
through
all
the
towne
,
lyke
as
god
had
descended
there
,
for
greate
Ioye
that
they
had
of
theyr
Lorde
Reynawd
.
And
whan
the
Barons
of
the
lande
wyst
that
theyr
Lorde
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
were
come
to
Ardeyne
:
they
were
glad
,
and
came
soone
to
se
him
,
and
to
hym
they
made
reuerence
.
¶
But
heere
leaueth
the
historye
to
speake
of
Reynawde
and
of
hys
bretherne
,
his
wyfe
and
hys
children
that
were
in
ardeyne
wel
at
ease
,
for
their
great
hungre
was
ceased
,
and
shal
returne
to
speake
of
Carlemayne
and
of
his
.xii.
peeres
for
to
shew
howe
he
entred
into
Mountawban
after
that
Reynawde
was
departed
.
❧
How
Charlemayn
after
that
he
had
besyeged
Mountawban
&
had
famisshed
Reinawde
&
his
brethern
:
knew
that
they
were
gone
,
&
had
habandoned
the
place
,
&
were
gone
to
Ardeyn
He
wente
there
and
besieged
them
a
gayne
,
but
or
euer
he
had
pyght
hys
syege
.
Reynawd
,
&
his
brethern
made
an
issue
vpon
him
&
his
folke
,
&
slew
many
of
them
.
And
tooke
prysoner
Rycharde
the
duke
of
Normandye
.
depiction of a siege camp with a king or Charlemagne with crown and sceptre, surrounded by men in armour; in the background a castle; in the foreground canons being fired
IN
this
party
shewed
the
history
that
whan
the
kynge
Charlemaine
was
at
the
siege
before
Moūntawban
sore
an
angred
that
he
coulde
not
take
Reinawd
nor
his
brethern
.
Now
it
happed
vpon
a
day
that
Charlemayne
rode
nighe
the
Castell
for
to
wyt
how
they
bare
them self
with
in
Mountawban
,
And
whan
he
was
nigh
:
he
looked
vp
to
the
walles
and
saw
no
body
that
was
there
,
as
thei
were
wonte
for
to
be
.
And
whan
he
saw
that
:
he
was
abasshed
of
it
,
&
came
to
the
pauilyon
,
and
sente
Incontinent
for
all
hys
barons
.
And
whan
they
were
come
:
he
sayd
to
them
Lordes
it
is
wel
nyghe
eyght
dayes
age
that
I
saw
no
body
vpon
the
wall●s
of
Mountawban
,
wherefore
I
beleue
that
all
they
of
it
be
dead
.
Syr
sayde
the
Duke
Naymes
,
it
were
good
that
men
wyst
the
trouthe
of
it
:
sende
thether
syr
if
it
please
you
.
Whan
Carlemayne
hearde
thys
:
he
lyghted
anon
on
horsbacke
and
all
hys
Barons
wyth
hym
,
&
wente
to
Mountawban
.
And
whan
they
were
come
vnto
the
gate
:
they
made
semblaunte
to
giue
a
sawt
to
the
Castell
,
but
Reynawde
was
to
ferre
for
to
defend
it
.
And
than
Charlemayne
wende
verelye
that
Reynawde
and
all
hys
had
ben
dead
for
hungre
&
great
distresse
,
he
made
to
be
brought
thether
a
longe
ladder
and
righted
it
to
the
walles
.
And
incontynent
Rowlande
mounted
vp
fyrst
of
all
,
and
after
him
Ogyer
,
Oliuer
,
and
the
Duke
Naymes
.
And
whan
they
were
vpon
the
walles
:
thei
behelde
within
,
and
they
saw
nother
man
nor
woman
,
and
so
they
wente
downe
from
the
walles
,
and
yede
&
opened
the
gate
,
and
made
Charlemayne
to
come
in
and
all
his
folke
.
But
wyt
it
that
Charlemayne
went
in
as
angry
as
any
man
myght
bee
.
And
whan
he
was
within
&
founde
no
body
:
he
was
so
sore
merueyled
that
he
wyst
not
what
he
should
say
nor
doo
.
So
wente
he
vp
to
the
dungeon
and
he
founde
there
no
bodye
,
wherof
he
was
more
meruayled
than
he
was
afore
,
and
than
he
began
to
say
.
By
my
soule
Lordes
heere
is
great
meruayles
and
wel
the
deuylles
werke
.
Wyt
it
that
Reynawde
is
gone
and
all
hys
brethern
,
and
all
hys
folke
also
.
And
all
this
hath
doon
that
theef
Mawgys
that
hath
ben
here
within
,
for
it
can
none
other
wyse
be
.
AFter
that
Charlemayne
had
sayd
these
wordes
:
he
began
to
walke
within
the
Castell
sekynge
all
aboute
to
see
yf
he
might
finde
Reynawde
or
any
of
his
bretherne
.
And
so
longe
he
wente
thus
heere
&
there
that
he
founde
the
waye
there
as
they
went
out
,
&
whan
the
kynge
Charlemayne
saw
the
caue
:
he
was
sore
abasshed
with
it
and
called
Ogyer
the
dane
&
sayd
to
him
.
Ogyer
heere
is
the
way
where
thoroughe
the
traytours
are
gone
awaye
,
and
all
this
hath
doone
me
Mawgis
.
For
he
hath
made
this
caue
in
dyspite
of
me
wherof
he
maketh
my
hert
to
breke
in
my
bely
.
Syr
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
,
ye
blame
Mawgys
,
but
thys
Caue
sheweth
not
that
it
had
be
vnmade
this
hundred
yeres
passed
,
and
I
tell
you
for
certayne
that
sarasins
made
it
firste
.
Whan
Charlemayne
hearde
these
wordes
:
he
beganne
to
smile
with
an
angri
fare
,
and
cursed
them
that
made
the
Caue
,
and
was
meruaylousli
an
angred
,
for
he
knew
well
that
Reynawde
and
all
his
company
were
gone
out
at
the
same
hole
and
so
he
was
dismyssed
of
his
purpose
,
he
sayd
then
to
his
folke
.
Now
goe
lightly
in
,
&
seke
where
this
hole
bringeth
men
vnto
,
for
I
shal
not
be
at
mine
ease
tyl
I
know
it
.
And
whan
Rowland
vnderstode
Charlemain
:
he
put
hym selfe
wythin
the
Caue
,
and
made
lyght
a
great
many
of
torches
for
to
see
in
it
,
and
after
Rowlande
went
plentie
of
Frenthe
men
that
folowed
hym
,
and
they
wr●t●
so
longe
til
they
came
at
the
ende
of
the
caue
,
&
founde
themself
in
the
wood
of
the
Serpente
.
And
whan
Rowlande
was
come
out
of
the
caue
:
he
looked
aboute
for
to
knowe
where
they
were
but
he
coulde
not
hymself
know
it
,
&
than
he
sayd
to
his
folke
,
Lordes
me
semeth
that
for
to
goe
any
forther
for
to
seke
after
Reinawd
it
were
but
foly
:
for
he
knoweth
wel
the
countrey
and
we
wot
not
where
to
goe
.
Syr
sayd
his
felawes
ye
say
wel
,
therfore
let
vs
returne
to
Charlemayne
your
vncle
for
to
tell
hym
what
we
haue
founde
wythin
thys
Caue
.
WHan
Rowlande
and
his
felowes
were
accorded
:
they
returned
that
waye
that
they
were
come
.
And
whan
the
kynge
sawe
them
come
out
agayne
:
he
asked
of
them
what
they
had
founde
,
and
yf
they
had
found
any
yssue
to
goe
out
of
the
Caue
.
Syr
sayde
Rowland
yea
without
anye
fayle
.
Wit
that
Reynawde
and
his
folke
are
scaped
you
and
they
haue
Bayarde
with
them
for
heere
ye
may
see
the
path
.
And
whan
the
king
Charlemayne
knew
the
trouth
how
Reynawde
and
hys
company
were
gone
:
he
was
so
greatly
an
angred
the
none
might
be
more
,
and
the
same
houre
he
sent
his
messangers
in
all
his
landes
and
countreis
for
to
wit
yf
he
might
vnderstande
any
tidinges
where
Reinawd
and
his
brethern
were
become
.
And
whan
he
had
doone
thys
:
he
commaunded
that
his
hoste
should
dyslodge
,
&
that
they
should
come
all
to
Mountawban
.
And
whan
the
barons
heard
the
king
:
they
did
his
commaundement
,
and
came
al
to
Mountawban
&
lodged
them
as
wel
as
they
could
,
&
abode
wel
there
six
dayes
making
great
Ioye
that
Reynawde
and
hys
bretherne
were
thus
expelled
out
of
it
.
And
as
the
barons
were
deuising
wythin
Mountawban
there
came
a
messanger
to fore
Charlemayne
,
and
salued
him
as
to
him
apperteyned
,
and
to
him
he
said
in
this
wise
.
Sir
wyt
it
that
I
haue
seene
Reynawde
Alarde
,
Guieharde
,
and
Richarde
lokynge
great
to
ye
with
great
company
of
knightes
,
keping
a
great
courte
within
the
citie
of
Ardeyne
,
where
as
Reynawde
gyueth
great
gyftes
to
euery
one
.
And
I
am
sore
merueyled
where
he
hath
gotten
so
greate
treasur
.
And
also
is
there
with
him
the
kyng
Yon
of
gascoygne
and
that
more
is
I
tell
you
for
certayne
that
Reynawde
hath
made
a
great
assemble
of
folke
for
to
defend
hym
against
you
if
ye
go
in
any
wise
for
to
assaile
hym
.
THe
kinge
was
muche
angry
whan
he
heard
his
messangere
so
sware
he
by
saynt
denis
he
should
neuer
lye
in
no
bed
tyll
he
had
besyeged
Ardeyne
.
And
whan
he
sayd
so
:
he
commaunded
to
his
barons
that
euery
man
should
trusse
his
baggage
and
they
should
take
on
theyr
waye
streyght
to
Ardeyne
.
And
whan
the
barons
heard
Charlemayne
speake
so
:
they
tooke
on
theyr
way
without
any
more
taryinge
towarde
Ardein
and
rode
so
longe
tyll
that
they
cam
to
mountarg
well
,
that
was
not
ferre
from
Ardeyne
,
for
men
might
see
from
thens
the
steples
of
the
towne
There
was
lodged
the
hoste
of
charlemayne
that
nyght
,
and
I
promise
he
did
doo
make
good
watche
,
for
doubt
of
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
And
whan
the
day
was
come
Charlemayne
did
set
his
folke
in
good
ordenaunce
,
&
with
his
baner
dysplayed
they
rode
towarde
Ardeyne
.
And
whan
Reynawde
wyst
that
Charlemaine
was
come
for
to
besiege
them
within
Ardeyn
:
he
began
to
swere
that
he
should
not
let
him
besieged
as
he
had
doone
within
Mountawban
.
For
rather
he
wolde
fight
with
Charlemayne
.
And
if
it
may
so
falle
that
he
come
in
his
handes
:
he
shall
not
haue
pitie
of
him
as
he
had
to
fore
tyme
bycause
he
had
founde
him
so
cruell
and
without
pitie
.
Brother
sayde
then
Rycharde
now
I
see
you
speake
like
a
knight
,
and
by
the
fayth
that
I
owe
vnto
you
I
promise
you
that
or
euer
Charlemayne
shall
besiege
vs
:
I
shall
slea
more
than
an
hundred
of
his
folke
,
and
but
yf
god
fayle
vs
we
shall
doo
suche
a
thing
that
shal
be
to
the
great
hurte
&
dyspleasure
of
hym
,
wherof
he
shal
be
sory
all
the
dayes
of
his
life
.
For
he
is
not
manered
like
a
gentilman
.
For
the
more
that
he
is
prayed
the
lesse
he
dooth
.
Brother
sayd
Alarde
ye
speake
wel
and
honestlye
.
And
I
shall
con
you
thanke
for
it
as
longe
as
I
lyue
.
YE
ought
to
wyt
that
whan
Reynawde
saw
Charlemayne
com
for
to
besyege
him
with
a
greate
puissaunce
of
folke
,
he
was
nothing
abasshed
with
it
,
but
he
made
incontinent
Bondy
his
good
horne
to
be
blowen
,
and
made
his
folke
to
be
arryued
redely
that
were
in
great
numbre
and
made
them
yssue
out
of
the
Citie
.
And
whan
his
army
was
assembled
in
the
feeldes
:
it
was
a
noble
thynge
for
to
see
,
and
than
he
ordeyned
hys
batayles
bi
good
ordenaunce
as
a
wise
fighter
.
And
after
he
had
doone
so
:
he
called
his
brethern
and
sayde
to
them
.
My
fayre
bretherne
this
daye
is
the
day
that
we
shal
die
or
els
doo
so
muche
that
we
shall
bringe
the
warre
at
an
ende
.
Wherfore
I
pray
you
that
euery
of
vs
shewe
hym selfe
a
good
knight
,
for
in
you
is
all
my
truste
,
and
so
I
promyse
you
that
I
haue
leuer
di
worthely
in
batayle
,
than
for
to
be
hanged
shamfully
as
theefe
My
brethern
I
praye
you
come
all
nighe
me
.
For
I
wyll
that
we
ben
the
fyrst
that
smite
vpon
our
enemies
.
Brother
sayde
Alarde
we
shall
doo
your
commaundement
doubt
ye
not
of
it
,
and
go
forth
whan
ye
wyll
,
and
whan
they
were
so
agreed
Reynawde
did
choose
an
hundred
of
the
best
knightes
of
his
felawshyp
,
and
sayde
to
theym
.
Syrs
I
praye
you
that
ye
wyll
be
wyth
me
in
the
fyrste
batayle
,
and
ye
shall
doo
me
great
honoure
.
Syr
sayde
the
knightes
,
we
shall
gladlye
doo
your
commaundement
,
and
we
shall
not
leue
you
as
longe
as
life
is
in
vs
,
and
so
we
thanke
you
of
the
great
worshyp
that
ye
doo
call
vs
in
your
company
for
ye
knowe
well
that
wee
canne
not
fare
amys
as
longe
as
wee
be
wyth
you
.
WHan
Reynawde
had
ordeyned
wel
hys
batayles
he
made
none
other
taryenge
,
but
wente
the
formest
of
all
,
the
sheelde
at
the
necke
,
and
the
spere
in
the
fyst
&
was
mounted
vpon
Bayarde
,
that
beheld
proudly
about
him
makynge
greate
noyse
.
And
then
Reynawde
gaue
him
the
spurre
,
and
went
fayre
vpon
the
folke
of
the
Kynge
Charlemayne
,
and
whan
Charlemaayne
saw
Bayarde
remynge
that
made
so
great
bruyte
,
and
Reynawde
vpon
his
backe
that
cam
in
so
fayre
ordenaunce
:
he
was
sore
abasshed
of
it
,
and
sayd
in
him self
.
O
good
Lorde
,
and
where
the
Deuyll
haue
all
redy
had
the
foure
Sonnes
of
Aymon
so
many
folke
as
I
se
here
now
come
with
them
.
I
beleue
tha●
it
is
some
deuylles
werke
.
For
I
had
not
left
many
with
them
late
a
goe
.
And
now
Reynawde
is
so
puyssaunt
that
he
feareth
me
nothyng
.
But
I
promise
god
all
this
shal
not
auayle
hym
nothynge
,
but
I
shal
doo
iustice
vpon
him
and
his
brethern
or
ought
longe
.
And
than
he
made
his
bataile
to
set
in
ordenaunce
in
the
best
wyse
that
he
coulde
,
and
lighted
on
horsebacke
for
to
come
fyght
wyth
Reynawde
,
And
whan
the
Duke
Naymes
saw
that
Charlemayn
was
so
mad
that
he
wolde
goe
fight
with
Reynawde
:
he
went
to
hym
&
sayde
syr
,
what
is
that
ye
will
doo
?
I
promyse
you
it
were
greate
folye
for
to
fight
with
these
folke
,
&
it
were
better
that
ye
made
peace
with
Reynawd
,
For
I
am
sure
that
Reynawde
shal
doo
all
that
ye
wil
commaunde
him
,
and
I
tell
you
wel
that
if
we
fight
with
them
:
that
ye
shall
see
manye
knyghtes
to
trayle
theyr
bowelles
thorough
the
feelde
,
wherof
it
shal
be
great
harme
to
the
one
party
,
and
to
the
other
.
And
suche
shall
the
losse
be
that
it
shal
not
be
recouered
agayne
.
Naymes
sayd
the
kinge
Charlemayne
let
vs
alone
,
for
I
shal
doo
none
other
wise
for
no
man
that
liueth
,
I
should
rather
let
me
to
be
dismembred
.
And
whan
the
duke
Naymes
had
vnderstande
his
wordes
:
he
was
ful
sory
of
it
and
left
his
speaking
therof
,
&
from
that
houre
Charlemayne
delybered
hymselfe
for
to
fyght
,
and
alwayes
he
rode
forth
in
great
wrath
.
ANd
whan
Reynawde
sawe
that
the
two
hostes
were
approched
sore
nighe
th
one
the
other
,
as
to
hande
and
hande
:
he
sayd
to
his
brother
Rychard
that
was
next
him
,
I
wil
go
speake
with
the
king
Charlemayne
for
to
wyt
of
hym
yf
he
wil
pardon
and
take
vs
vnto
hys
grace
For
yf
he
wolde
doo
so
:
I
should
doo
entierly
all
his
wil
and
pleasure
as
to
our
souerayne
lorde
.
By
god
brother
sayd
then
Rycharde
,
yee
be
not
worthe
a
botell
of
hey
,
for
the
herte
is
all
redy
fayled
in
your
bely
.
Goe
forth
mischaunt
sayd
then
Reynawde
thou
wot
not
what
thou
sayest
.
For
I
wyll
go
there
no
man
shall
keep
me
therfro
,
&
if
he
refuseth
the
peace
whan
I
shall
axe
it
of
hym
:
I
shall
make
myne
auowe
to
God
that
I
shall
neuermore
require
him
therof
.
Brother
sayd
Alarde
ye
say
wel
and
wisely
,
go
there
hardly
and
doo
therin
your
wyll
.
And
than
Reynawde
made
none
other
delayinge
,
but
he
smote
Bayarde
with
the
spurres
,
and
went
incontinent
towarde
the
kynge
Charlemayne
,
&
sayd
than
to
hym
.
Syr
for
gods
mercy
suffre
if
it
be
your
pleasure
that
we
haue
peace
and
accorded
with
you
,
that
this
warre
that
hath
lasted
so
longe
maye
:
finisshe
,
and
that
your
wrath
be
put
awai
from
vs
if
it
please
you
,
and
I
shall
be
redy
to
doo
all
that
ye
wyll
,
and
also
I
shall
gyue
you
Bayarde
my
good
horse
.
Than
sayd
the
kynge
to
hym
,
goe
fro
me
false
gloton
,
the
deuyll
speed
thee
,
for
al
the
worlde
shal
not
conne
keep
thee
but
I
shall
slea
thee
.
Syr
sayd
Reynawde
ye
shal
not
doo
so
,
and
god
wyll
,
for
I
shall
defend
me
well
.
And
wit
it
sith
that
it
is
com
to
this
:
ye
shal
not
be
spared
of
vs
,
but
we
shall
doo
the
worste
that
we
can
.
Smite
knightes
sayde
the
kynge
Charlemaine
,
I
shall
neuer
prayse
you
if
this
euil
glotton
scape
me
now
.
And
whan
that
Reynawde
sawe
thys
:
he
sayde
.
Syr
kinge
of
Fraunce
I
defie
you
,
and
forthwith
he
spurred
Baiarde
,
and
ranne
with
his
spere
vpon
a
knight
,
whyche
he
smote
so
harde
in
the
br●st
that
he
ouerthrew
hym
dead
vnto
the
erthe
.
And
after
that
he
went
agayne
vnto
his
folke
.
And
whan
that
the
kinge
Charlemayn
saw
this
:
he
cried
wan
hye
voyce
smite
knightes
now
shall
they
ben
discomfyted
.
THan
whan
Rowland
hearde
the
kynge
Charlemayne
crie
thus
:
he
spurred
his
horse
and
went
after
Reynawde
,
&
also
many
other
knyghtes
,
but
they
ou●r
tooke
hym
not
.
Whan
Rycharde
saw
his
brother
come
:
he
came
hym
agaynst
&
sayde
to
him
.
Brother
what
tidinges
bring
you
?
shal
wee
haue
peace
or
warre
?
B●other
sayd
Reynawde
let
vs
doo
the
best
that
wee
can
doo
,
for
peace
we
shal
not
haue
.
Brother
sayd
then
Rychard
god
blesse
you
for
the
tidinges
that
ye
brynge
,
for
I
thynke
to
doo
this
day
suche
a
thynge
,
wherof
king
Charlemayne
shal
be
angry
.
Brother
said
Reynawde
I
pray
you
that
ye
shewe
yourselfe
vertuous
&
stronge
agaynst
our
enemyes
.
Whan
the
king
Charlemayne
sawe
that
it
was
time
to
set
vpon
him
he
called
hastely
the
duke
Naymes
and
sayde
to
hym
.
Naymes
hold
my
Oriflam
and
thynke
for
to
smite
wel
and
valiauntly
as
a
worthy
knight
ought
for
to
doo
at
eyther
hande
in
keeping
my
worship
,
and
herof
I
praye
you
hertely
.
Syr
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
ye
need
not
for
to
pray
me
,
for
I
am
bounde
for
to
doo
the
same
,
but
it
greueth
me
that
ye
haue
not
done
other
wise
,
that
is
for
to
sai
that
ye
should
haue
graunted
to
the
peace
,
for
the
warre
hath
lasted
to
longe
.
Naimes
I
commaunde
you
that
ye
speake
no
more
therof
vnto
me
,
for
while
I
li●●●
they
shall
haue
no
peace
with
me
.
Syr
sayd
the
Duke
Naymes
I
am
sory
for
it
.
Now
let
see
what
ye
shall
doo
,
for
I
goe
to
batayle
fyrst
of
all
,
and
looke
that
ye
folow
me
yf
ye
will
for
I
shall
put
me
in
suche
a
place
wherof
ye
shal
be
sore
meruayled
,
&
not
without
a
cause
,
for
there
hys
no
man
so
colde
,
but
he
should
soone
get
here
there
within
a
litle
whyle
,
Frow
folow
that
wyll
.
ANd
whan
Reynawde
saw
the
Oriflam
of
Fraunce
come
:
he
broched
Bayarde
wyth
the
spurres
,
and
ranne
amonge
the
thickest
,
and
smote
a
knight
so
harde
that
he
cast
hym
downe
vnto
the
erth
.
And
after
he
turned
him
toward
his
folk
&
chered
them
honestly
,
&
than
wente
aga●ne
vpon
his
enemyes
,
and
of
them
he
ouerthrew
foure
one
after
an
other
,
and
vpon
the
fyft
he
brake
his
spere
into
two
peeces
,
and
hurted
hym
ryght
sore
,
and
anon
he
〈◊〉
hande
to
flamberge
his
good
swerde
and
smote
a
knyght
withall
vpon
his
helme
so
great
stroke
that
he
cleued
him
vnto
the
harde
teeth
,
and
forth
with
he
smote
another
with
suche
strength
that
he
made
flee
the
head
from
the
body
of
hym
.
And
after
that
he
had
doone
these
two
strokes
〈◊〉
cryed
Ardeyn
as
hye
as
he
could
for
to
reioyse
his
folke
,
and
whan
he
had
cryed
so
:
he
sayd
to
them
.
Now
vpon
them
good
knightes
,
for
this
day
we
shal
auenge
the
great
shame
the
Charlemayne
hath
doone
to
vs
so
longe
wythout
any
reason
.
And
whan
Alarde
,
Guycharde
&
Rycharde
heard
Reynawde
speake
thus
:
they
ranne
vpon
theyr
enemies
by
suche
a
maner
that
eache
of
them
ouerthrew
.vii.
knightes
at
the
enpraynte
,
who
that
had
be
there
than
he
should
haue
sene
great
faytes
of
armes
doone
of
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
For
after
that
they
were
ones
assembled
together
:
the
folke
of
the
kinge
Charlemayne
myght
not
endure
afore
them
.
For
Reinawde
and
hys
brethern
wente
smytynge
at
eyther
hande
,
and
felled
theyr
enemies
downe
sterke
dead
as
beastes
,
so
that
the
moste
part
of
them
were
slayne
or
dyscomfited
.
WHan
the
Kynge
Charlemaine
sawe
the
great
dommage
that
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
bare
to
him
:
he
was
right
sore
an
angred
for
it
.
And
wyth
great
wrathe
he
wente
and
ranne
vpon
the
folke
of
Reynawde
and
smote
a
knyght
so
vengeably
that
he
cast
hym
downe
dead
to
the
erth
,
and
brake
his
speare
all
in
peeces
.
And
after
he
tooke
his
swerd
in
his
hande
,
wherof
he
did
meruayles
of
armes
,
so
muche
that
his
folk
praysed
hym
for
it
,
for
he
bare
hymselfe
there
valyaunt
and
stronge
.
And
wyt
that
this
meruaylous
batayle
was
so
cruell
that
it
was
great
pytie
for
to
see
.
¶
It
is
trouth
that
Rowland
was
aferde
for
his
vncle
charlemayne
that
he
should
be
ouerthrowen
whan
he
saw
him
in
the
prese
,
wherfore
he
went
anon
nyghe
him
,
and
so
dyd
Oliuer
,
Ogyer
and
all
the
.xii.
peeres
for
to
keep
that
he
should
haue
no
harme
.
And
whan
the
great
batayles
were
assembled
the
one
against
the
other
:
ye
should
haue
seen
there
a
sharpe
and
a
heauy
batayle
so
that
it
was
pitie
for
to
see
,
for
syth
that
Rowlande
,
Oliuer
and
all
the
.xii.
peeres
of
Fraunce
were
come
in
the
medle
:
they
began
to
make
so
great
slaughter
of
the
folke
of
Reynawde
that
they
made
them
leaue
the
place
.
And
whan
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
saw
that
:
they
medled
them
so
sharply
among
the
Frenche
men
that
euery
man
made
them
waye
,
for
they
raught
no
man
but
they
threw
hym
dead
to
the
erth
so
muche
that
there
was
nothynge
but
it
trembled
afore
them
,
ye
ought
to
wyt
that
from
the
houre
of
pryme
vnto
the
houre
of
noone
endured
this
mortall
batayle
,
that
none
wyst
who
should
haue
the
better
of
it
.
But
whan
noone
was
passed
:
the
folke
of
Reynawde
beganne
to
wyth
drawe
themselfe
,
for
they
might
no
more
.
And
for
to
saye
the
trouth
yf
the
folke
of
Reynawde
withdrew
them
:
they
were
not
to
be
blamed
for
it
,
for
Charlemayne
had
foure
tymes
moe
folke
than
Reynawde
beside
the
.xii.
peeres
that
were
suche
knightes
as
men
wel
knewe
.
But
this
that
the
folke
of
Reynawd
dyd
:
Was
for
the
good
ensample
that
they
sawe
in
Reynawde
&
in
his
brethern
.
And
whan
the
noble
knyght
perceyued
that
hys
folke
withdrewe
themselfe
:
he
came
to
hym
that
bare
his
standarde
and
sayde
to
hym
.
My
freende
ride
towarde
Ardeine
in
the
wysest
wise
that
ye
can
,
for
this
day
we
haue
fought
ryght
sore
,
and
it
is
tyme
that
we
goe
rest
ourselfe
.
Syr
sayde
the
knyght
I
shall
well
doo
your
commaundement
,
and
incontinent
he
tooke
his
way
towarde
Ardeyn
.
And
than
Reinawde
called
his
brethern
and
sayde
to
them
,
let
vs
be
behinde
for
to
keep
our
folke
,
for
otherwyse
we
are
lost
.
Brother
sayde
Rycharde
doubt
not
,
for
as
longe
as
god
giueth
lyfe
to
you
&
to
Bayard
:
We
need
not
feare
nothynge
.
WHan
Charlemayne
saw
that
Reynawde
and
all
his
company
was
gone
:
he
cryed
wyth
a
hye
voyce
,
nowe
after
Lordes
after
for
now
ben
they
dyscomfyted
.
But
this
worde
of
Charlemayne
was
cause
that
many
a
worthy
knyght
lost
his
lyfe
.
For
suche
dyd
folow
after
Reynawde
that
payed
deerely
for
it
.
For
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
slewe
more
than
an
hundred
that
folowed
after
them
.
And
wolde
Charlemain
or
no.
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
entred
agayne
with
their
folke
with
in
Ardeyne
.
And
ye
muste
knowe
that
Rycharde
the
brother
of
Reynawde
:
Iusted
with
Richarde
the
Duke
of
Normandye
by
the
gate
of
Ardeyne
as
they
wolde
haue
entred
in
.
And
there
the
Duke
was
ouerthrowen
,
the
whiche
was
taken
prysoner
by
Rycharde
the
brother
of
Reynawde
,
and
brought
him
into
the
Citie
mawgre
the
folke
of
Charlemayne
.
And
whan
Reynawde
and
all
the
folke
were
within
Ardeyne
:
he
made
the
gates
to
be
shet
.
And
after
went
,
and
dysarmed
them
for
to
take
some
ease
.
For
they
had
well
need
therof
.
YE
ought
to
wit
the
whan
Charlemayne
saw
that
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
had
saued
them self
,
and
that
thei
had
taken
Richarde
the
Duke
of
Normandy
prysoner
that
was
one
of
the
.xii.
peeres
:
he
was
s●●
angrye
that
no
man
can
be
more
,
for
he
feared
sore
lest
Reynawde
should
make
to
dye
Rychard
of
normandye
,
and
whan
he
sawe
that
he
might
doo
none
other
:
he
commaunded
that
the
Citie
should
be
besieged
of
all
sydes
,
the
which
thing
was
incontinent
doone
as
he
commaunded
And
than
sware
Charlemayne
that
he
should
neuer
leaue
his
syege
vnto
the
tyme
that
he
had
taken
the
Citie
and
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
to
be
hanged
shamfully
.
Syr
sayd
Rowlande
ye
know
that
I
am
he
that
moste
hath
hurted
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
nor
neuer
I
speake
to
you
of
peace
bewene
you
and
them
,
but
from
hence
foorth
reason
commaundeth
me
that
I
should
speke
&
moue
there
vnto
.
Syr
ye
know
well
that
it
is
a
go
.xv
yeres
and
more
that
ye
haue
warred
with
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
&
we
had
alwaies
the
worse
of
the
warre
and
not
wythout
a
cause
,
for
Reynawde
&
his
brethern
are
valiaunt
knightes
,
nor
they
be
not
to
be
lyghtly
brought
to
dyscomfiture
.
And
I
promyse
you
yf
ye
had
warred
so
long
vpon
the
sarasyns
as
ye
haue
doone
on
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
:
yee
should
haue
be
lorde
of
the
moste
part
of
them
,
whiche
had
be
to
you
more
worshyp
and
lesse
dommage
,
&
worse
is
:
ye
know
howe
Richarde
of
Normandy
one
of
the
best
knightes
that
ye
had
:
is
taken
,
and
yf
otherwise
it
happeth
to
hym
than
well
:
it
shall
be
to
you
great
dyshonour
and
blame
.
For
therof
ye
shall
see
all
Fraunce
in
a
rore
and
trouble
,
but
if
ye
put
som
remedy
therto
,
&
I
tell
you
if
I
were
in
the
case
that
Reynawde
is
in
:
I
should
slea
hym
.
Syth
that
I
might
haue
no
peace
wyth
you
.
Wherfore
syr
yf
ye
wyll
beleue
me
for
your
honour
and
for
your
profit
:
ye
shal
send
worde
to
Reynawde
that
he
delyuer
you
agayne
Rycharde
of
Normandye
all
armed
vpon
his
horse
,
and
ye
shall
make
peace
wyth
hym
,
and
I
promyse
you
syr
he
shall
doo
it
gladly
wyth
all
that
ye
wyl
commaunde
hym
and
so
shall
all
hys
brethern
also
.
Rowland
sayd
than
the
king
,
wil
ye
say
any
thing
more
.
Nay
syr
sayd
Rowlande
.
And
I
sweare
you
vpon
my
fayth
that
the
foure
Sonnes
of
Aymon
shall
neuer
haue
peace
with
me
,
and
so
I
tel
you
that
I
feare
me
not
for
Rycharde
of
Normandy
,
for
Reynawde
should
rather
put
out
bothe
his
owne
eyen
than
that
he
durst
doo
to
Rycharde
any
harme
vpon
his
body
.
And
whan
the
barons
heard
Charlemayne
speake
so
:
the
teares
began
to
fal
downe
from
theyr
eyen
for
great
feare
that
Richarde
of
Normandye
theyr
Peere
should
haue
any
harme
.
After
all
these
thynges
Reynawde
and
his
bretherne
were
wythin
Ardeyne
making
great
Ioy
.
And
after
they
were
all
out
of
theyr
harneys
:
Reynawde
ordeyned
good
watche
vpon
the
walles
of
the
Citie
.
And
than
he
made
come
the
duke
Richarde
of
Normandy
afore
hym
,
&
sayde
to
him
in
thys
maner
.
Duke
richard
ye
know
wel
that
the
king
doth
great
wronge
for
to
trouble
vs
so
as
he
hath
doone
,
and
yet
dooth
withoute
any
resonable
cause
.
And
therfore
I
tell
you
for
certayne
,
but
yf
that
ye
make
vs
to
haue
peace
:
thinke
not
to
lyue
onye
lenger
,
for
I
shall
doo
smyte
of
your
head
and
your
body
to
be
hewed
in
foure
quarters
.
Sir
said
the
duke
Richarde
of
Normandye
,
I
am
in
your
daunger
,
so
maye
ye
doo
of
me
your
pleasure
.
Ye
haue
taken
me
by
warre
,
and
none
otherwyse
:
yf
ye
doo
to
me
otherwyse
than
ye
ought
of
ryght
of
warre
,
ye
shall
haue
dysshonour
for
euer
more
.
And
so
I
wyll
wel
that
ye
know
that
as
long
as
I
liue
:
I
shall
not
fayle
Charlemayne
for
no
feare
of
death
.
Whan
Reynawde
hearde
Richarde
of
Normandye
speake
thus
:
he
refrayned
a
lytle
his
wrathe
,
and
than
he
commaunded
that
he
should
be
put
in
yrons
within
his
chambres
,
and
that
he
should
be
well
kept
and
curteysly
,
and
that
he
be
well
serued
of
that
apperteyneth
to
hys
estate
.
Than
was
the
Duke
Rycharde
all
thus
in
prison
:
but
he
was
well
serued
of
all
good
meates
,
and
he
had
good
companye
for
to
playe
to
what
game
that
he
wolde
.
And
also
the
good
Duchesse
clare
dyd
vysite
him
often
,
and
recomforted
hym
with
her
fayre
langage
.
WHan
Charlemaine
had
beseged
the
Citie
rounde
aboute
and
sawe
that
by
no
sawtynge
,
he
myght
not
get
it
:
he
dyd
doo
make
many
great
engynes
for
to
cast
stones
in
,
but
what
someuer
that
he
dyd
:
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
and
also
his
folke
yssued
out
often
,
as
well
by
night
as
by
day
vpon
the
folke
of
the
king
Charlemayne
,
and
did
him
great
domage
,
for
Reynawde
tooke
no
man
but
he
kept
him
prisoner
,
for
to
see
yf
he
myght
haue
peace
wyth
Charlemayne
,
by
meanes
of
them
.
And
whyle
that
Charlemayne
had
layde
his
siege
thus
afore
Ardeyne
:
the
king
Yon
of
gascoygne
fell
sike
a
bed
of
a
great
sickenes
,
&
shrofe
hym
of
al
his
sinnes
praying
god
to
haue
pitie
and
mercy
on
hym
,
and
after
he
had
be
longe
sycke
he
died
.
God
pardon
hys
soule
.
And
wyt
that
Reynawde
made
hym
be
buryed
worshypfully
,
as
to
a
kinge
perteyneth
,
but
there
was
no
man
that
wept
for
hym
,
for
all
they
of
the
Citie
hated
hym
,
bycause
of
the
greate
treason
that
he
had
doone
to
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
.
¶
Now
leueth
the
hystorye
to
speake
of
this
mater
,
&
returneth
to
speake
of
Mawgis
that
was
in
his
hermitage
that
serued
our
lorde
with
good
herte
,
so
muche
that
he
had
forgoten
Reynawde
,
his
brethern
&
hys
freendes
.
¶
How
Mawgys
he
beynge
in
hys
hermytage
,
came
in
hym
a
wyll
by
a
vysyon
that
he
had
by
nyght
in
a
slepe
for
to
go
see
Reynawd
&
his
brethern
And
how
he
met
with
two
marchauntes
that
.vii.
theues
had
robbed
in
a
wood
,
of
whyche
theues
the
sayde
Mawgys
slew
fyue
,
&
delyuered
to
the
Marchauntes
all
theyr
good
agayne
.
And
after
this
he
went
to
Ardeyne
for
to
see
Reynawde
,
and
his
brethern
.
depiction of a hermitage in the woods with a male figure or hermit with a pilgrim's hat and staff, handing purses to two male figures
NOw
sheweth
the
history
that
whan
Mawgys
was
in
his
hermitage
,
&
had
watched
so
longe
about
hys
prayers
to
God
:
he
fell
a
slepe
,
and
him
semed
in
his
slepe
that
he
was
at
Mountawban
and
sawe
Reynawde
and
his
brethern
that
came
agaynst
him
,
and
made
theyr
complaynt
to
hym
of
Charlemayne
that
wolde
take
fro
them
the
good
horse
Bayarde
,
but
Reynawde
had
hym
fast
by
the
brydle
,
and
wolde
not
let
it
goe
.
And
wit
it
that
Mawgys
had
so
great
sorow
in
his
dreame
:
that
he
a
woke
withall
al
wrothe
,
and
arose
on
his
feete
incontinent
.
And
than
he
sware
our
Lorde
he
should
neuer
ceasse
to
goe
tyll
he
had
seen
Reynawde
and
hys
brethern
his
good
cosyns
.
And
whan
Mawgis
had
said
so
:
he
made
none
other
tarying
,
but
he
shet
the
doore
of
hys
chapell
,
and
tooke
his
weede
and
hys
staffe
,
and
went
on
his
waye
also
soone
as
he
myght
.
And
about
the
houre
of
noone
he
founde
hymselfe
in
a
great
wood
where
he
founde
two
men
makyng
euyll
cheere
and
great
sorow
,
&
whan
Mawgys
sawe
them
:
he
cam
to
them
and
sayd
?
God
be
with
you
.
And
one
of
them
answered
and
sayd
,
certes
god
is
not
with
vs
:
but
rather
the
deuyll
,
for
vnhappy
was
that
houre
that
euer
we
came
into
this
wood
,
for
we
ben
vndoone
for
euer
.
Good
Syrs
sayde
Mawgys
what
eyleth
you
that
ye
speake
so
.
Good
man
sayd
the
one
of
the
two
,
a
litle
before
you
:
are
theues
that
hath
robbed
vs
of
our
clothe
and
haue
slayne
one
of
our
felawes
bycause
he
speake
to
them
angrely
.
Whan
Mawgys
heard
theese
poore
marchauntꝭ
speke
thus
:
he
had
great
pitie
of
them
and
sayd
to
them
.
My
freendes
come
with
me
,
I
shal
pray
the
theeues
in
our
Lordes
behalfe
that
they
wyll
delyuer
you
agayne
your
goodes
,
and
yf
they
wil
not
doo
it
:
I
shall
be
wrothe
with
them
,
&
so
I
shall
fight
with
them
wel
as
I
can
with
my
staffe
for
to
wit
yf
theyr
heades
ben
soft
or
harde
.
Whan
the
marchauntes
hearde
Mawgis
say
so
:
they
began
to
looke
vpon
hym
if
they
could
know
him
,
but
they
might
not
knowe
what
he
was
.
Then
spake
to
hym
one
of
them
in
this
maner
,
and
what
deuyll
is
that
ye
say
?
thou
art
but
a
man
alone
all
naked
and
they
ben
all
armed
and
also
ye
can
scantlye
heaue
vp
your
staffe
.
Let
this
foole
alone
sayd
that
other
,
see
ye
not
howe
his
eyen
goe
in
his
head
?
And
than
they
sayd
to
Mawgys
.
Brother
go
thy
wayes
and
let
vs
in
peace
,
or
els
I
shal
giue
thee
suche
a
stroke
with
this
same
stafe
that
thou
shalt
feele
it
well
.
And
whan
Mawgys
saw
the
marchaunt
speke
thus
to
him
:
he
sayde
.
Brother
thou
dooste
not
wel
to
speake
to
me
so
,
for
by
force
thou
cannot
get
ought
of
me
.
And
thus
departed
Mawgys
from
the
marchauntes
,
&
went
hys
way
so
muche
that
he
ouertooke
the
theeues
and
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
God
saue
you
.
I
pray
you
tell
me
whye
ye
take
a
way
the
goods
from
these
marchauntes
?
ye
know
well
that
it
is
not
yours
,
wherfore
I
pray
you
let
them
haue
agayne
theyr
goodes
and
their
marchaundise
,
&
god
shall
conne
you
thanke
.
Whan
the
theeues
heard
mawgis
speake
to
them
thus
:
they
were
angry
for
it
.
And
behelde
vpon
mawgis
from
ouer
the
shoulder
as
he
had
be
a
Sarasyn
.
Thenne
spake
the
Mayster
of
the
Theeues
and
sayde
thus
to
Mawgys
.
Go
away
horeson
or
els
I
shall
gyue
thee
suche
a
stroke
with
my
foote
that
I
shall
brest
the
hert
within
thy
bely
.
And
whan
Mawgis
heard
this
and
knew
that
the
theues
feared
nother
god
nor
hys
mother
:
he
was
ryght
an
angred
,
&
heued
vp
his
palmers
stafe
&
smote
the
mayster
theefe
with
al
vpon
his
head
so
stronglye
that
he
caste
hym
downe
dead
to
the
grounde
.
And
whan
the
other
theues
saw
their
mayster
dead
:
they
ranne
all
to
Mawgys
to
haue
killed
hym
,
but
Mawgys
areched
them
so
with
his
st●ffe
that
he
slew
fiue
of
them
within
a
litle
while
and
than
the
other
tweyne
began
to
flee
away
through
the
wood
.
And
whan
Mawgys
saw
that
they
forsooke
the
place
:
he
folowed
them
not
but
cryed
vpon
them
.
Ha
false
theeues
turne
agayn
for
to
deliuer
your
thefte
where
ye
tooke
it
.
And
whan
the
Marchauntes
hearde
Mawgys
crye
thus
:
they
came
incontinent
towarde
hym
,
and
they
found
that
the
theues
that
had
robbed
theym
were
dead
.
And
than
they
sayd
the
one
to
the
other
,
heere
is
a
good
Pylgrym
.
I
ween
it
is
my
lorde
saynt
Martin
ANd
whan
the
marchauntes
saw
this
that
Mawgys
had
doone
:
they
were
right
glad
of
it
.
So
came
they
towarde
Mawgys
and
kneeled
before
hym
and
cryed
mercy
of
that
they
had
said
to
him
.
Lordes
sayd
Mawgys
yf
ye
gaue
me
greate
wordes
:
so
dyd
the
theeues
muche
more
.
For
they
called
me
rybaude
truant
and
horeson
,
but
they
haue
bought
it
rig●t
deere
as
ye
may
see
.
&
I
am
right
sory
that
two
of
them
are
scaped
from
me
.
Stande
vp
than
&
take
with
you
your
goodes
agayn
and
god
be
with
you
,
but
I
pray
you
tell
me
or
ye
go
yf
ye
wot
not
,
where
is
Charlemayne
.
Syr
sayd
the
marchauntes
,
we
wot
wel
that
Charlemaine
hath
taken
Mountawban
,
but
we
promyse
you
he
hath
not
yet
taken
none
of
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
:
for
they
were
gone
out
with
their
folke
through
a
caue
vnder
the
erth
,
that
they
found
vnder
the
walles
of
the
Castel
vnto
the
Citie
of
Ardeyn
where
as
they
ben
now
.
And
Charlemayne
hath
layde
there
his
syege
afore
them
,
&
will
not
make
no
peace
with
Reynawde
nor
wyth
his
brethern
.
Certes
sayd
Mawgys
I
am
sory
for
them
,
for
they
ben
good
knightes
and
true
.
Whan
Mawgis
vnder
stoode
that
Charlemayne
had
besyeged
Reynawde
within
Ardeyn
:
he
commended
the
marchauntes
to
God
&
tooke
his
way
towarde
Ardeyn
,
and
so
muche
he
went
that
he
came
into
the
hoste
of
Charlemayne
,
and
went
streyght
towarde
the
Citie
,
&
made
semblaunt
to
be
sore
feble
,
for
he
went
lenynge
vpon
his
staffe
.
And
whan
the
folke
of
the
kynge
Charlemayne
sawe
Mawgys
goe
thus
:
they
looked
sore
vpon
him
and
sayd
th
one
to
the
other
,
that
pilgrim
is
lyke
for
to
goe
ferre
,
he
cannot
stande
vpon
his
feete
.
By
my
othe
sayd
another
it
might
well
be
Mawgis
that
is
so
dysguysed
,
for
to
dysceyue
vs
.
It
is
not
so
said
the
other
.
Mawgis
is
not
aliue
.
And
while
that
thei
deuised
thus
together
:
Mawgys
came
neere
to
the
wicket
of
the
gate
,
and
founde
the
meanes
that
he
gat
in
anon
.
And
whan
he
was
within
Ardeyn
:
he
went
vnto
the
Palays
.
Where
he
founde
Reynawde
and
the
duchesse
his
wife
and
bothe
theyr
children
Aymonet
and
Yonnet
,
and
their
vncles
his
cosins
,
with
a
great
meyny
of
noble
knightes
that
were
all
at
theyr
meate
.
Whan
Mawgis
had
looked
a
while
vpon
them
,
he
lened
agaynst
a
piller
that
was
in
the
middes
of
the
halle
afore
Reynawde
.
Than
began
he
to
looke
agayne
vpon
his
fayre
cosyns
that
he
loued
so
muche
aboue
all
thinge
of
the
worlde
.
And
whan
the
Marshall
of
the
halle
saw
Mawgys
,
wening
to
him
that
it
had
be
a
poore
heremite
:
he
commaunded
that
he
should
be
serued
of
his
dinner
for
Goddes
sake
.
And
whan
Mawgis
sawe
the
meat
that
was
brought
him
,
he
said
my
lordes
I
beseche
you
for
the
loue
of
God
that
it
wil
please
you
for
to
bringe
me
some
browne
bread
and
water
in
a
trene
disshe
,
and
thus
I
shal
be
serued
as
vnto
me
apperteyneth
.
For
I
dare
not
take
none
other
meat
.
And
whan
the
stewarde
of
Reynawde
saw
that
,
he
made
him
anon
to
be
brought
al
that
he
wolde
haue
.
Than
tooke
Mawgys
the
browne
bread
and
made
soppes
in
water
,
&
eate
of
it
with
a
good
appetite
.
And
whan
that
Reynawde
sawe
thys
poore
man
afore
him
that
liued
so
poorely
and
was
so
lene
and
so
pale
:
he
had
of
him
great
pitie
.
So
tooke
he
a
dishe
that
was
before
him
that
was
full
of
venyson
,
and
sent
it
to
hym
bi
a
squier
of
his
that
presented
it
to
hym
sayinge
thus
,
holde
good
man
the
duke
sendeth
you
this
,
god
yelde
him
sayd
Mawgys
,
and
than
he
tooke
and
set
the
dysshe
afore
hym
,
but
he
eat
nothing
of
it
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
that
:
he
was
greatlye
meruailed
,
&
said
to
him
self
.
god
who
is
that
good
man
that
liueth
so
hard
a
life
,
if
he
were
not
so
leue
:
I
should
say
that
it
were
my
good
cosin
mawgys
,
but
a nother
thing
sheweth
me
that
it
is
not
he
.
For
he
wolde
not
hyde
hymselfe
from
me
in
no
wyse
.
REynawde
behelde
stil
Mawgys
so
muche
that
he
left
his
mete
for
to
looke
vpon
him
.
And
whan
the
tables
were
taken
vp
,
&
that
euery
man
had
eaten
at
his
ease
:
they
went
to
their
warde
for
to
defende
the
towne
as
they
were
wonte
for
to
doo
,
in
theyr
harneys
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
that
euerye
man
was
gone
,
and
that
there
was
no
body
with
in
the
halle
for
whome
he
wolde
leue
for
to
say
hys
will
:
he
went
to
mawgys
and
sayd
to
hym
,
good
heremite
I
pray
you
for
the
reuerence
of
that
God
that
ye
serue
that
ye
tell
me
yf
ye
be
Mawgys
or
no
,
for
ye
are
well
lyke
him
.
Whan
Mawgys
heard
Reinawd
speake
thus
to
hym
:
he
could
hide
himselfe
no
lenger
,
and
sayd
al
on
hye
.
Cosyn
I
am
Mawgys
wythout
doubt
.
I
am
com
to
see
you
and
I
am
glad
that
I
see
you
and
also
al
your
brethern
in
good
plight
And
whan
Reynawde
vnderstoode
that
it
was
his
cosin
that
he
loued
moste
of
all
the
men
in
the
worlde
,
&
that
had
kept
him
diuerse
times
from
perill
and
daunger
,
he
had
not
ben
so
glad
yf
men
had
gyuen
him
the
half
of
al
the
worlde
.
So
wente
he
and
kissed
him
more
than
a
hundred
tymes
,
and
after
he
said
to
him
in
this
maner
.
Fayre
cosyn
I
pray
you
that
ye
wyl
doo
of
this
cope
that
ye
were
vpon
you
.
For
my
eyen
cannot
see
you
thus
poorely
arayed
.
Than
answered
Mawgis
to
hym
and
sayde
,
My
cosyn
be
not
displeased
of
that
I
shal
tel
you
,
ye
must
wyt
that
I
haue
made
my
vow
to
god
that
I
shal
neuer
eate
but
alonly
breade
and
wilde
herbes
and
that
to
my
drynke
I
shal
take
none
other
but
water
,
and
that
I
shal
neuer
weare
the
dayes
of
my
lyfe
none
other
clothes
but
suche
as
this
is
,
for
I
haue
giuen
my self
vtterly
to
serue
and
loue
our
blessed
sauiour
&
hys
glorious
mother
,
for
to
brynge
my
soule
to
saluacyon
in
the
blysse
that
euer
shall
laste
.
WHan
Reynawde
hearde
his
Cosyn
Mawgis
speke
thus
:
he
was
in
a
thought
whether
it
was
Mawgys
or
no
,
for
he
coulde
not
knowe
hym
well
bycause
he
was
so
sore
apayred
of
his
person
.
And
began
to
looke
well
vpon
him
agayn
,
and
he
should
neuer
haue
knowen
him
if
it
had
not
be
a
litle
liste
that
he
had
by
hys
right
eye
.
And
after
that
he
had
verye
knowledge
of
hym
:
he
made
greate
ioye
for
hym
.
And
he
prayde
hym
agayne
sayinge
in
this
wyse
.
Fayre
Cosin
I
pray
you
for
the
loue
of
the
fayth
that
ye
owe
to
me
that
ye
wyl
tell
me
the
trouth
of
that
I
shal
aske
you
.
Syr
sayd
Mawgis
I
shall
tell
it
you
gladly
.
Cosyn
said
Reynawde
I
wolde
wyt
where
yee
haue
be
euer
syth
that
ye
went
from
me
,
&
fro
whens
ye
come
nowe
Syr
sayd
Mawgis
sythe
it
please
you
to
wyt
of
my
lyuynge
:
I
shall
shew
it
you
with
a
good
wyll
,
yee
ought
to
knowe
my
fayre
cosyn
for
certayne
that
I
haue
made
my selfe
an
hermite
,
&
I
haue
left
the
worlde
for
to
serue
hym
that
made
me
,
&
the
blessed
vyrgyn
Marye
his
mother
,
for
to
haue
pardon
of
my
synnes
that
I
haue
doone
in
my
lyfe
,
for
I
haue
doone
many
great
euilles
agaynst
my
creatour
,
&
by
me
are
dead
so
many
folke
wherof
I
knowe
that
our
Lorde
is
greatly
wrothe
agaynst
me
.
After
that
Reynawde
had
hearde
Mawgys
speake
thus
:
he
had
so
great
pity
on
him
that
the
teres
fell
alonge
hys
chekes
fro
his
eyen
for
loue
of
hys
good
cosyn
.
And
than
he
called
hys
brethern
&
sayd
to
them
,
come
hyther
my
bretherne
&
ye
shal
se
your
cosyn
Mawgys
.
And
whan
Alarde
,
Guycharde
,
&
Richarde
,
heard
these
wordes
:
their
hertes
rose
in
their
belyes
for
ioye
and
ra●●
all
to
Mawgys
&
kyssed
him
ful
sweetly
.
And
whan
the
duchesse
wyste
that
Mawgys
was
come
:
she
cam
anon
there
as
he
was
and
kissed
hym
weepyng
ful
sore
for
ioy
that
she
had
to
see
hym
.
And
than
came
there
Aymonet
&
Yonnet
that
made
great
Ioye
,
&
welcomed
hym
.
And
thorowe
all
the
citie
was
anon
knowen
the
coming
of
the
valiaunt
Mawgis
,
wherof
many
folke
cam
to
see
him
.
But
he
was
so
chaunged
and
so
apayred
that
it
was
pitie
for
to
see
.
Thus
was
Reynawde
well
glad
of
the
cominge
of
his
good
cosyn
&
after
that
they
had
made
greate
Ioye
a
longe
whyle
:
Reynawde
called
his
brother
Richarde
and
sayd
to
hym
,
Brother
go
fet
anon
a
good
gown●
for
our
Cosyn
Mawgys
,
and
let
him
be
brought
a
payre
of
shone
that
ben
wyne
ynoughe
,
for
I
know
wel
that
his
feete
ben
sore
,
&
than
he
said
to
his
wyfe
.
Lady
arise
,
and
fet
hym
suche
lennen
as
he
nedeth
.
Syr
sayd
she
he
shall
haue
of
the
best
ynoughe
anon
.
And
whan
Mawgis
heard
this
worde
he
sayd
to
Reynawde
.
Syr
I
tell
you
truly
that
I
haue
sworne
that
I
shall
neuer
weare
shone
nor
linnen
clothes
aboute
me
.
But
doo
to
me
if
it
please
you
to
giue
me
a
new
slop
and
a
large
hoode
,
a
palster
wel
yrende
and
a
male
,
and
therwith
yee
shal
well
contente
me
.
And
than
I
shal
comende
you
to
god
,
and
I
shal
go
my
way
,
for
I
am
not
comen
heere
but
only
for
to
see
you
,
wherof
my
desyre
was
sore
set
vnto
.
Right
sory
was
Reinawde
whan
he
heard
mawgys
say
so
,
in
so
muche
that
almoste
he
was
swouning
for
sorowe
.
Reynawde
sayd
than
Mawgis
leue
your
sorow
,
for
I
haue
gyuen
my self
to
god
vtterly
for
to
brynge
my
soule
to
blesse
of
heuen
,
and
so
wyll
I
goe
to
the
holy
lande
for
to
serue
to
the
temple
of
Iherusalem
,
and
for
to
vysite
the
holy
sepulcre
of
our
lorde
.
And
whan
I
haue
doone
so
I
shal
come
agayne
to
se
you
and
God
spare
me
my
life
,
and
than
I
shal
go
agayn
to
mine
hermitage
,
and
shal
lyue
there
as
a
beast
with
rootes
and
with
wylde
herbes
as
I
dyd
before
that
I
came
heere
.
Whan
Reynawde
heard
thys
he
was
sory
for
it
,
&
sayd
to
Mawgis
in
this
wise
.
Fayre
cosin
for
god
take
with
you
a
good
horse
and
money
ynough
.
For
ye
shal
haue
al
this
of
me
.
Holde
your
peace
said
Mawgis
I
wil
not
therof
,
for
whan
I
haue
brede
it
is
to
me
ynoughe
,
for
al
my
hope
is
in
God
,
to
whome
I
pray
that
I
may
come
agayne
whole
and
sounde
.
AFter
all
these
thynges
thus
sayd
Mawgys
prayed
Reynawde
that
he
wolde
make
haste
to
make
hym
be
deliuered
,
suche
thinges
as
he
had
desyred
of
hym
.
And
Reynawde
dyd
so
syth
that
he
myght
not
make
hym
to
take
none
other
thynge
with
hym
.
And
whan
the
morow
cam
,
and
that
Mawgis
had
his
newe
sloppe
and
his
hoode
,
he
tooke
hys
palster
and
his
new
male
that
Reinawde
had
giuen
him
,
he
went
and
hearde
masse
,
and
after
the
masse
he
tooke
his
leaue
of
euery
one
,
&
went
on
his
way
.
And
Reynawde
conueied
him
vnto
the
wieket
of
the
gate
of
the
Citie
and
kissed
him
:
and
in
likewise
dyd
all
his
bretherne
,
and
also
the
duchesse
Clare
and
her
chyldren
.
And
whan
they
had
all
kyssed
Mawgys
he
commended
them
to
God
&
went
out
of
the
towne
,
and
went
forth
the
ryght
waye
.
But
he
was
not
ferre
gone
whan
he
was
aduyronned
round
about
him
with
the
folke
of
the
kyng
Charlemayne
.
And
the
one
sayd
to
the
other
:
heere
is
the
hermite
that
we
saw
yesterday
but
he
is
now
better
clothed
than
he
was
at
that
time
It
might
be
well
Mawgys
the
cosyn
of
Reynawde
that
hath
mocked
vs
diuerse
times
,
certes
sayde
the
other
it
is
he
verelye
,
let
vs
slea
hym
,
and
we
shall
doo
well
,
we
shall
not
sai●
some
:
for
thys
man
semeth
to
be
an
hundred
yere
olde
.
It
cannot
be
,
but
that
he
must
be
a
good
man
&
it
were
synne
to
do
hym
harme
.
All
thus
as
these
folke
sayd
these
wordes
,
Mawgis
heard
al
that
they
sayd
and
held
his
peace
and
went
on
his
way
styl
thoroughe
the
hoste
without
any
lettynge
of
any
man
.
¶
Here
leueth
the
hystory
to
speake
of
Mawgys
,
that
went
into
the
holy
lande
,
and
returneth
to
speake
of
Charlemayne
that
had
besyeged
Ardeyn
bycause
that
Reynawde
and
hys
brethern
were
wythin
.
¶
How
Reynawde
wolde
do●
hange
Rycharde
of
Normandy
by
cause
he
myght
not
haue
peace
with
the
king
Charlemayne
.
And
how
the
twelue
Peeres
required
Charlemayne
to
make
peace
with
Reynawde
.
And
how
they
left
Charlemayne
bycause
he
wolde
not
make
peace
.
And
howe
he
sent
worde
to
them
that
they
should
come
to
hym
agayne
.
And
he
should
make
peace
with
Reynawde
.
depiction of a siege camp with a king or Charlemagne with crown and sceptre, surrounded by a group of men, some armed with pikes; in the background a castle; in the foreground three canons
IN
this
party
sheweth
that
the
kyng
Charlemayne
was
at
the
syege
of
Ardeyn
sore
an
angred
that
he
myght
not
know
howe
Rychard
of
Normandy
dyd
.
So
sent
he
for
all
hys
Barons
for
,
to
come
to
hym
:
And
whan
they
were
come
in
his
pauillion
,
he
sayd
to
them
thus
Lordes
I
see
wel
that
it
goeth
now
yll
with
me
,
bycause
I
see
that
Reynawde
hath
not
sent
me
agayne
Richarde
of
Normandy
,
and
he
might
well
haue
delyuerd
hym
free
&
quite
and
haue
sende
hym
vnto
me
for
all
the
harmes
that
he
hath
doone
to
me
.
Vncle
sayde
Rowlande
I
merueyll
greatly
of
that
ye
saye
,
ye
shew
wel
to
vs
that
ye
be
wythout
counsell
.
By
the
fayth
that
I
owe
to
you
,
ye
shal
neuer
see
Richarde
of
Normandye
,
but
yf
ye
pardon
Reynawde
&
his
brethern
,
diuerse
times
he
hath
meked
himselfe
vnto
you
,
and
hath
be
alwayes
redy
to
fulfyll
your
plesure
,
&
ye
wyll
not
take
hym
to
your
grace
,
be
not
than
merueyled
if
Reinawde
shewe
nowe
some
dispite
agaynst
you
.
For
and
ye
consider
wel
the
great
curtesie
that
he
hath
doone
vnto
you
:
namely
whan
he
had
you
at
his
will
within
mountawban
&
that
he
delyuered
you
,
and
suffred
you
goe
quite
and
free
fro
him
at
your
liberti
,
ye
should
doo
for
him
otherwyse
than
ye
doo
,
but
syth
that
Reynawde
seeth
that
he
may
not
finde
no
mercy
in
you
:
he
wyll
not
leese
his
curtesye
,
but
he
shall
doo
the
worste
that
he
can
,
as
ye
maye
well
perceyue
experience
of
it
euery
day
,
for
he
dōmageth
vs
dayly
,
and
keepeth
his
prisoner
the
best
knyght
that
yee
had
,
that
is
Richarde
the
duke
of
normandy
,
the
whych
I
weene
be
dead
by
thys
time
.
Neuew
sayd
the
kinge
Charlemayne
,
I
promyse
you
that
Reynawde
hath
not
put
him
to
death
but
he
kepeth
hym
wel
at
his
ease
&
with
great
honoure
,
syr
said
than
the
duke
Naymes
.
Syth
that
the
wordes
ben
come
to
this
:
I
must
tel
you
my
mynde
.
Syr
yf
Reynawde
beareth
you
dommage
:
ye
cannot
blame
hym
for
it
.
For
he
hath
prayed
you
so
many
times
humbly
that
ye
wold
haue
mercy
on
him
and
ye
wolde
neuer
heare
hym
,
but
ye
haue
alwayes
shewed
your selfe
the
moste
proude
kynge
of
the
worlde
agaynst
hym
,
&
the
moste
angry
,
and
ye
wyll
beleue
no
counsell
,
and
so
I
tell
you
if
Reinawd
hath
not
made
to
dye
Richard
of
Normandy
:
he
is
the
kyndest
man
of
the
worlde
.
But
I
beleue
better
that
he
is
dead
than
otherwyse
:
for
no
man
heere
can
tell
whether
he
be
dead
or
a
liue
.
WHan
the
kyng
Charlemayne
heard
the
Duke
Naymes
speke
thus
:
he
knew
wel
that
he
tolde
hym
trouth
.
So
began
he
to
syghe
sore
,
and
to
these
wordes
came
forthe
the
Bysshop
Turpin
,
&
Ogyer
the
dane
that
sayd
in
this
maner
.
Sir
wyt
it
verely
that
Naymes
telleth
you
trouth
.
For
Reynawde
hath
a
good
cause
to
be
angrye
wyth
you
.
And
whan
Charlemayne
heard
his
barons
speke
thus
:
he
was
all
abasshed
of
it
.
And
called
the
duke
Naimes
,
the
bisshop
Turpyn
,
Ogier
the
Dane
,
&
Escouf
the
sonne
of
Oedon
,
&
sayde
to
them
.
Lordes
I
pray
you
goe
to
Ardeine
&
tel
Reynawde
in
my
behalf
that
he
wil
sende
me
Richarde
of
Normandy
.
And
whan
he
hath
doone
so
:
that
he
than
deliuer
Mawgys
into
my
handes
for
to
doo
my
wyll
of
hym
.
And
then
he
shall
haue
peace
wyth
me
al
the
dayes
of
my
lyfe
.
Deere
syr
sayde
the
duke
Naymes
,
ye
sende
vs
for
nought
.
For
I
wot
wel
the
Mawgis
is
gone
from
Reynawde
,
it
is
three
yeres
passed
and
more
.
And
yf
that
Reynawde
wolde
delyuer
him
he
may
not
.
For
he
knoweth
not
him selfe
where
he
is
.
Naymes
sayd
the
king
Charlemayne
,
yee
shall
at
leste
heare
what
Reynawde
shal
say
vnto
you
,
and
ye
shall
also
know
how
Richarde
of
Normandi
dooth
.
Syr
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
,
syth
that
it
pleaseth
you
that
I
shall
goe
:
I
am
well
contente
,
but
I
pray
our
Lorde
that
we
maye
returne
agayne
whole
and
sounde
of
our
persones
,
without
to
be
dyshonoured
.
whan
the
barons
saw
that
kinge
Charlemayne
wolde
that
they
should
goe
to
Ardeyne
for
to
doo
his
messager
they
durste
not
saye
there
agaynst
.
And
so
they
went
thether
anon
,
and
eche
of
them
bare
in
his
hande
a
braunche
of
an
oliue
tree
in
tooken
of
peace
.
And
whan
they
came
vnto
the
gate
:
they
founde
it
open
for
them
.
For
Reynawde
had
seen
them
come
from
ferre
.
Wherfore
he
commaunded
that
the
wicket
should
be
open
.
And
whan
the
barons
saw
the
litle
gate
open
:
they
went
into
the
towne
,
and
cam
to
the
Palays
.
And
whan
Reynawde
wyst
that
they
were
come
within
the
palays
:
he
went
and
layde
hymselfe
downe
vpon
a
bedde
wyth
hys
legges
crossed
and
sware
God
and
his
blessed
mother
that
he
should
not
praye
the
kinge
Charlemayne
of
nothing
.
For
he
had
doon
him
to
great
harme
,
for
throughe
the
kynge
Charlemayn
:
he
had
loste
his
good
cosyn
Mawgis
and
Mountawban
,
that
he
loued
so
muche
.
This
hanginge
:
came
there
the
messagers
of
the
king
Charlemaine
,
afore
Reynawde
.
Whan
the
Duke
Naymes
that
was
the
formest
saw
Reynawde
:
he
saluted
him
honourably
.
And
after
he
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
Reynawde
the
kinge
sendeth
you
worde
by
vs
,
that
ye
sende
hym
agayne
Richarde
the
duke
of
Normandy
.
And
more
ouer
he
sendeth
you
worde
that
yf
ye
wyll
delyuer
him
Mawgys
:
ye
shal
haue
peace
with
him
al
the
dayes
of
his
lyfe
.
And
he
shall
deliuer
you
agayne
all
your
landes
.
And
he
shal
keep
bothe
your
children
in
his
court
with
him
,
and
he
shall
make
them
knightes
with
his
owne
handes
.
My
Lordes
sayde
Reynawde
,
ye
be
ryght
welcome
to
me
as
the
knightes
of
the
worlde
that
I
ought
to
loue
best
.
But
I
meruayle
me
greatly
of
Charlemaine
,
that
sendeth
me
these
wordes
,
for
eueri
man
knoweth
wel
that
I
haue
not
Mawgys
.
But
by
him
I
haue
lost
hym
.
And
wolde
to
god
that
I
had
heere
Charlemayn
as
wel
as
I
haue
Rycharde
of
Normandye
.
And
yf
he
wolde
not
graunt
me
peace
with
him
.
I
promise
you
he
should
leaue
his
head
for
a
pledge
.
So
should
I
be
than
auenged
of
all
the
great
harmes
&
dommages
that
he
hath
doone
to
me
,
syth
that
I
haue
be
made
knight
of
him
.
lordes
I
wend
that
Charlemayne
had
be
more
curtoys
then
he
is
.
For
if
I
had
wyll
that
he
wolde
haue
ben
so
fell
vpon
me
and
my
brethern
:
I
should
well
auenged
it
vpon
him
.
But
it
is
to
late
to
repente
me
that
I
did
not
so
,
wherfore
that
ye
voyde
out
of
my
Palays
,
and
goe
tell
your
king
that
I
haue
not
Mawgys
,
but
I
haue
loste
hym
for
him
,
and
also
yf
I
had
him
he
should
not
haue
him
.
And
bicause
I
haue
thus
loste
my
good
cosyn
Mawgys
for
hym
:
I
shal
make
to
morow
Richarde
the
duke
of
Normandy
to
be
hanged
vpon
the
chefe
gate
of
this
Citie
in
the
dispite
of
him
for
no
lenger
respite
he
shal
not
haue
of
me
,
how
be
it
that
he
is
of
my
lignage
,
and
I
tell
you
,
come
no
more
heere
,
nor
no
man
of
Charlemayne
.
For
I
promyse
you
I
shall
stryke
of
the
heades
of
as
many
as
shal
come
fro
him
to
me
without
any
fayle
.
WHan
Ogyer
the
Dane
saw
Reynawde
so
angry
,
&
that
he
answered
so
proudlye
:
he
meruailed
sore
,
aad
drewe
him selfe
by
Reynawde
,
and
said
to
him
.
Fayre
cosin
I
pray
you
that
ye
will
shewe
to
vs
Rycharde
of
Normandy
,
to
th
ende
that
we
may
tell
Charlemayne
that
we
haue
seene
hym
.
Ogyer
I
haue
well
vnderstande
you
sayde
Reynawde
,
but
ye
shall
neuer
see
him
afore
that
I
haue
hanged
hym
,
And
yf
Charlemayne
be
angry
wyth
me
for
it
:
let
him
auenge
it
yf
he
can
,
for
I
defie
hym
and
all
his
pow●r
,
and
goe
you
hens
anon
.
For
by
my
soule
if
ye
abide
heere
any
lenger
,
it
shall
repent
you
full
sore
.
And
whan
the
barons
saw
that
Reynawde
was
so
feruently
wrothe
,
they
durst
no
lenger
tary
there
:
but
tooke
leue
of
him
and
went
out
of
the
Citie
,
and
went
lightly
to
the
hoste
of
Charlemayne
that
awayted
after
them
.
Whan
the
kyng
saw
the
Barons
come
:
he
said
vnto
them
.
Lordes
ye
be
welcome
.
what
tidynges
brynge
you
?
haue
ye
not
seene
Rycharde
of
Normandye
?
Syr
sayde
the
Duke
Naymes
.
Reynawde
doth
you
to
wit
that
as
loge
as
he
maye
ryde
vpon
Bayarde
:
yee
shall
not
haue
Mawgys
,
for
he
hath
lost
him
by
you
.
And
for
the
vengeaunce
to
be
taken
of
the
same
:
Reynawde
sendeth
you
worde
by
vs
that
he
shall
hange
to
morow
Rycharde
of
Normandye
vpon
the
great
gate
of
his
towne
,
and
thus
shall
he
doo
of
all
your
men
that
he
shall
take
,
and
yet
he
sayth
more
,
yf
he
had
you
as
well
as
he
hath
Richarde
of
Normandie
that
if
ye
wolde
not
graunt
him
peace
:
yee
should
leaue
wyth
hym
your
head
for
a
pledge
.
Whan
Rowland
heard
the
worde
that
the
Duke
Naymes
had
reported
vnto
hys
vncle
Charlemayne
:
he
sayde
.
Syr
be
not
displeased
of
that
I
shal
tel
you
,
me
semeth
that
ye
shall
neuer
see
the
duke
Richarde
,
and
al
for
your
pride
Syr
we
finde
in
holy
scrypture
that
god
curseth
the
fruite
that
neuer
is
ripe
,
thus
shall
it
be
by
you
that
neuer
wyll
rype
nor
condiscende
to
no
peace
with
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
the
best
knightes
of
the
worlde
,
that
so
many
tymes
haue
prayed
for
it
humbly
and
full
piteously
.
Wherfore
I
swere
to
you
vpon
all
halowes
that
yf
the
duke
Rycharde
of
Normandy
be
hanged
:
ye
shall
lose
honour
&
worshyp
all
your
lyfe
dayes
.
Whan
the
kinge
Charlemaine
heard
his
neuew
Rowlande
speake
thus
:
that
sayde
that
Rycharde
of
Normandy
should
be
hanged
:
he
was
so
myscheuously
an
angred
that
he
gnewe
the
nailes
of
his
handes
,
for
great
wrath
,
&
ye
ought
to
wit
that
Charlemayne
was
so
angry
at
that
tyme
,
that
yf
he
had
had
any
maner
of
staffe
in
his
hand
:
he
wolde
haue
gladly
smitten
Rowland
,
but
whan
he
sawe
that
he
might
not
accomplisshe
his
wil
:
he
called
his
barons
and
sayde
to
them
,
Lordes
ye
wene
to
make
me
a
ferde
with
your
wordes
,
I
am
no
childe
for
to
be
thus
abasshed
,
and
also
I
swere
you
by
my
fayth
that
if
Reynawde
were
so
hardy
to
doo
anye
harme
vnto
Rycharde
of
Normandy
:
I
should
hang
hym
wyth
myne
owne
handes
,
he
&
all
his
lygnage
that
none
should
be
left
a
lyue
.
RYght
sore
wrothe
was
the
king
Charlemayne
,
whan
he
hearde
tell
that
Reynawde
wolde
make
Rycharde
the
duke
of
Normandie
to
be
hanged
.
But
whan
Ogyer
h●●●de
Charlemayne
swere
thus
that
he
should
hang
all
the
linage
of
reinawde
:
he
coulde
not
absteyne
hymself
but
that
the
teares
fel
downe
fro
his
eyen
,
and
than
he
said
to
the
bisshop
Turpin
.
Sir
what
thynke
you
by
our
kynge
that
sayth
by
his
great
pride
that
he
shall
hange
vs
all
?
for
al
that
he
dooth
procedeth
but
of
enuye
&
pryde
,
but
god
sende
me
death
yf
I
care
for
hys
wrathe
,
for
yf
Reynawde
hath
not
lied
to
vs
:
he
shall
doo
be
hanged
to
morowe
Richarde
of
Normandy
in
such
a
place
where
as
Charlemayne
shall
mow
see
him
hange
with
his
eyen
.
This
hanging
the
Duke
Naymes
saw
that
the
king
was
angry
,
and
he
sayd
to
him
.
Sir
wit
that
we
all
be
sore
abasshed
that
ye
threre
vs
of
one
parte
&
Reynawde
of
the
other
.
And
I
meruaile
me
not
of
Reynawde
,
for
he
is
so
wroth
rox
bycause
that
ye
haue
make
him
lose
Mawgys
that
no
man
might
be
more
.
And
I
promyse
you
for
greate
angre
he
shal
make
Rycharde
of
normandy
to
be
hanged
,
and
as
to
you
namely
he
woulde
stryke
of
your
hed
yf
he
had
you
in
the
case
that
he
hath
Rycharde
nowe
,
and
yf
he
hangeth
Richarde
:
What
may
we
doo
therto
?
that
ye
threten
vs
so
muche
therfore
wherefore
I
counsell
all
my
felawes
that
are
of
the
lynage
of
Reynawde
:
that
we
goe
our
wayes
and
that
we
let
you
shift
of
the
warre
of
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aimon
.
By
god
sayd
that
other
peeres
of
fraunce
Naimes
speaketh
well
,
and
he
giueth
vs
good
counsell
.
THen
whan
Charlemayne
saw
his
barons
so
sore
moue
he
wyst
not
what
he
should
doo
,
but
gaue
them
leaue
to
withdraw
them self
vnto
the
morow
that
thei
should
returne
to
him
,
and
he
hymself
went
to
his
bed
,
but
al
night
he
could
not
fall
a
slepe
:
but
weried
in
his
bed
without
any
rest
,
and
wyste
not
what
to
doo
.
And
whan
the
day
came
:
he
a
rose
from
his
bedde
,
and
sent
for
all
hys
barons
,
&
Whan
they
were
come
:
he
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
what
shall
we
doo
of
Reynawde
that
wyl
hange
the
duke
Richarde
of
Normandy
afore
mine
eyen
?
Sir
said
than
the
duke
Naimes
for
nought
seketh
one
counsell
that
wyll
not
put
it
to
effect
,
whi
aske
ye
counsell
sythe
that
ye
wyll
doo
nothing
but
after
your
owne
head
?
but
and
ye
wyll
beleue
me
:
I
swere
you
on
my
fayth
that
al
good
shal
come
therof
.
Syr
make
peace
with
Reynawde
,
and
ye
shall
haue
the
Duke
Rycharde
,
and
also
ye
shall
haue
the
good
loue
of
all
your
men
,
for
there
is
none
but
he
is
wery
of
the
warre
,
and
they
haue
reason
.
Naymes
saide
the
king
I
wil
not
doo
it
,
holde
your
peace
therof
,
for
that
shal
be
the
laste
worde
that
euer
I
shal
say
.
Syr
said
Rowland
by
my
soule
ye
doo
great
wronge
yf
ye
suffre
the
good
duke
Richarde
to
be
hanged
that
so
muche
loued
you
and
doone
great
honour
,
it
shall
be
to
you
great
shame
,
and
so
I
swere
to
you
vpon
all
halowes
that
yf
I
see
hange
Rycharde
of
normandy
I
shal
part
out
of
your
hoste
fro
your
seruyce
,
and
I
shall
goe
so
ferre
that
ye
shall
neuer
haue
helpe
of
me
.
Rowland
sayd
Olyuer
ween
not
that
I
shall
abide
after
that
yee
are
gone
,
for
the
kinge
doothe
great
wronge
to
Reinawde
our
cosin
.
Ful
sore
an
angred
was
the
kynge
to
heere
these
wordes
but
he
helde
than
his
peace
and
sayde
neuer
a
worde
.
And
wyt
it
that
al
the
hoste
was
moued
bycause
they
feared
sore
lest
Reinawde
should
make
Richard
of
normandy
to
be
hanged
,
for
he
was
wel
beloued
of
the
folke
of
Charlemain
,
&
also
he
was
of
a
greate
kynred
and
a
noble
lygnage
.
THis
morning
than
Reinawde
that
was
within
Ardein
after
that
he
had
hearde
hys
masse
:
he
called
his
three
bretherne
and
sayde
to
them
.
My
brethern
it
goeth
ful
ill
with
vs
that
we
can
haue
no
peace
wyth
Charlemaine
,
but
sythe
it
is
thus
come
:
by
the
fayth
that
I
owe
to
the
olde
Aymon
our
father
I
shal
angre
hym
right
sore
,
for
I
am
sure
yf
he
had
vs
in
his
handes
he
wolde
vtterly
destroy
vs
without
pitie
,
&
therfore
I
am
disposed
for
to
doo
the
worste
that
I
can
agaynst
hym
.
For
now
afore
his
eyen
I
shal
hange
the
duke
Richarde
of
Normandy
,
for
I
am
well
sure
that
Charlemayne
shall
wexe
fyre
angry
for
it
,
whan
he
shall
see
him
.
Brother
sayd
Alard
,
I
pray
you
as
muche
as
I
can
that
ye
wyll
not
doo
as
ye
saye
,
for
I
shall
hange
hym
my selfe
yf
ye
will
.
Brother
sayd
Reynawde
I
wyl
wel
,
now
commaunde
sayde
Alarde
that
the
gibet
be
dressed
all
hye
vpon
the
gate
,
that
Charlemayne
and
all
his
hoste
may
see
him
.
Shortly
to
speak
:
Reinawde
dyd
doo
make
the
gibet
in
suche
a
place
that
Charlemayne
might
see
it
as
well
as
he
had
be
by
.
And
wyt
it
that
Rowland
was
the
fyrst
man
that
perceyued
it
,
and
whan
he
saw
this
:
he
began
to
crye
as
hye
as
he
myght
.
Syr
,
now
see
how
they
wyll
hange
the
duke
Richarde
with
great
shame
alas
he
hath
shrewdly
enployed
his
tyme
in
your
seruice
.
And
now
he
is
full
yll
rewarded
for
it
,
and
also
it
is
shrewed
ensample
to
al
that
serue
you
.
Alas
sayd
Olyuer
now
shall
the
good
duke
Rycharde
be
hanged
with
great
shame
,
for
I
see
the
Gibet
righted
vp
.
Holde
your
peace
sayde
than
Charlemayne
,
they
doo
all
thys
but
for
to
make
me
abasshed
,
and
that
they
myght
haue
peace
with
me
,
but
for
all
this
they
shall
not
haue
it
,
&
I
promyse
you
they
dare
doo
hym
no
harme
of
his
bodye
.
Thus
recomforted
Charlemayne
him selfe
,
weenyng
that
Reynawde
had
not
durst
hange
the
duke
Richarde
.
This
hangyng
:
Rowlande
(
that
had
the
thyng
at
herte
)
behelde
alwayes
towarde
the
towne
,
and
saw
that
men
righted
the
ladder
to
the
gybet
,
than
sayd
he
to
Oliuer
.
Ha
Olyuer
true
felaw
and
good
freende
,
yonder
I
see
the
ladder
that
is
set
vp
all
redye
for
to
hange
Rycharde
of
Normandy
,
ful
yll
he
hath
bestowed
hys
good
seruyce
wyth
Charlemayne
.
Syr
Olyuer
sayde
Rowlande
,
ye
saye
well
trouth
,
god
saue
Rycharde
.
AFter
that
the
ladder
was
ryghted
to
the
gybet
aboue
vpon
the
hyghe
gate
of
Ardeyne
:
Reynawd
called
ten
of
his
folke
,
and
sayde
to
them
.
Galantes
go
fet
me
the
Duke
Rycharde
.
For
I
will
that
he
be
hanged
incontinent
.
Syr
sayd
they
wee
shall
doo
your
commaundement
.
And
they
went
into
the
chambre
where
the
noble
duke
of
Normandy
was
,
and
founde
hym
playinge
at
the
Chesse
wyth
Yonnet
the
sonne
of
Reynawd
,
and
than
these
men
tooke
hym
&
said
.
Syr
duke
come
forth
,
for
Reinawde
hath
commaunded
that
ye
shall
be
hanged
incontinent
,
whan
the
duke
Rycharde
of
Normandy
heard
these
felawes
speake
thus
to
hym
:
he
looked
vpon
them
ouer
the
shoulder
,
&
wolde
not
answere
to
them
,
but
said
my
fayre
Yonnet
,
hast
you
for
to
play
for
it
is
tyme
that
we
goe
to
dinner
.
And
whan
these
galantes
saw
that
Rycharde
of
Normandy
answered
no
worde
vnto
them
:
they
began
to
take
him
on
euery
syde
and
sayde
to
hym
.
Aryse
vp
duke
Rycharde
,
for
in
dispite
of
Charlemayne
that
loueth
you
so
muche
▪
ye
shal
be
hanged
now
.
Whan
the
duke
Richarde
sawe
that
these
sergeauntes
had
him
thus
by
the
arme
,
and
helde
in
his
hande
a
lady
of
Iuery
where
with
he
wolde
haue
giuen
a
mate
to
yonnet
:
he
withdrew
his
arme
and
gaue
to
one
of
the
sergeauntes
suche
a
stroke
with
it
into
the
forehead
that
he
made
him
tumble
ouer
and
ouer
at
his
feete
,
&
than
he
tooke
a
rooke
&
smote
another
with
all
vpon
his
head
that
he
all
to
brost
it
to
the
brayne
,
&
after
that
he
smote
another
of
them
with
his
fyst
so
great
a
stroke
that
he
brake
hys
necke
,
and
fell
dead
vnto
the
erth
.
And
whan
the
other
saw
theyr
felawes
thus
arayed
:
they
began
to
renne
away
,
and
whan
Rycharde
sawe
them
goe
:
he
cryed
to
them
.
Flee
rybaudes
G●des
curse
haue
you
,
come
not
heere
agayne
.
And
whan
he
had
sayd
so
:
he
sayd
to
Yonnet
that
was
all
abasshed
.
Playe
well
my
chylde
,
for
ye
shal
be
mated
,
I
trowe
these
truantes
were
dronken
that
thus
wolde
haue
had
me
away
,
but
I
haue
well
giuen
to
them
their
parte
.
And
whan
yonnet
heard
hym
saye
so
:
he
durste
not
speake
agaynst
it
because
he
sawe
hymselfe
so
sore
an
angred
,
but
played
wyth
his
rooke
that
he
should
not
be
mated
,
but
he
might
not
saue
the
mate
.
Whan
the
duke
Richarde
had
mated
Yonnet
:
he
called
a
yeman
that
was
there
,
&
sayd
to
hym
.
Goe
take
these
carles
that
lyen
heere
dead
and
caste
them
out
at
the
windowes
.
The
yeman
dyd
incontinent
his
commaundement
.
For
he
durst
doo
nothynge
there
agaynst
,
for
doubte
he
should
haue
faced
as
the
other
that
he
had
seen
slayne
in
his
presence
.
ALarde
was
the
same
time
out
of
the
casteil
,
&
awayted
that
Rycharde
were
brought
to
him
that
he
might
goe
hange
him
,
and
he
saw
how
the
dead
were
cast
downe
out
of
the
wyndowes
of
the
toure
,
wherof
he
was
wrothe
&
went
to
Reynawde
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
I
knowe
that
the
duke
Richarde
will
not
let
hym self
so
be
take
,
and
ryght
deere
it
shal
cost
or
he
be
brought
to
the
gibet
,
see
how
he
hath
slayne
your
men
,
&
how
he
hath
cast
them
out
at
the
Towre
,
at
the
windowes
.
Brother
sayd
Reinawde
,
the
Duke
Richarde
is
to
be
doubted
in
hys
takyng
,
let
vs
go
to
the
helpe
of
our
folk
for
els
they
ben
in
daunger
of
theyr
lyues
.
And
thus
as
they
wolde
haue
gone
:
they
that
he
had
sente
for
to
take
Rycharde
,
came
there
vnto
hym
.
And
whan
they
saw
Reynawde
:
they
sayd
vnto
him
.
By
god
syr
the
duke
Richarde
shal
not
be
take
without
great
strife
For
he
hath
slayne
three
of
our
felawes
.
And
whan
we
sawe
that
:
wee
fled
away
,
and
left
hym
playing
with
your
sonne
Yonnet
.
Whan
Reynawde
vnderstoode
this
:
he
was
right
ang●i
for
it
,
and
sware
by
all
halowes
that
yf
he
had
not
peace
that
daye
wyth
Charlemayne
:
Richarde
of
Normandye
should
not
escape
hanging
,
what
someuer
it
should
happe
therof
.
And
whan
he
had
sayd
these
wordes
:
he
went
towarde
the
towre
where
Rycharde
was
,
and
his
brethern
wente
with
him
,
for
they
wolde
not
leue
him
,
and
also
.xl.
men
well
armed
for
to
take
the
duke
Richard
if
he
wolde
defende
hymselfe
,
whan
Reynawde
was
come
to
the
gate
of
the
towre
:
he
made
it
to
be
opened
&
wente
in
&
whan
he
was
in
:
he
sayd
to
the
duke
Richarde
.
Vassayll
whye
haue
you
slayne
my
men
?
Cosin
sayd
he
,
nowe
hear
me
if
it
please
you
.
It
is
trouth
that
.x.
ribaudes
cam
here
right
now
&
layde
hande
vpon
me
,
&
they
sayde
that
ye
had
thus
commaunded
them
,
whyche
thinge
I
coulde
not
beleue
.
For
&
ye
had
sayd
so
:
it
should
haue
be
spoken
outrageouslye
:
so
made
I
them
to
flee
out
of
this
chambre
in
great
haste
and
slew
of
them
I
wote
not
how
many
bycause
I
might
not
absteine
me
,
&
if
it
semeth
you
that
I
haue
doone
amis
:
so
take
ye
amendes
vpon
me
.
But
I
will
wel
that
ye
wit
that
I
wolde
not
haue
doone
to
you
suche
a
shame
as
yee
haue
doone
to
me
▪
if
I
had
had
you
as
ye
haue
me
,
Reynawde
if
I
haue
doone
amis
in
any
maner
:
I
am
redy
to
make
amendes
for
it
,
but
ye
know
it
is
no
reason
that
no
Carle
shall
Iudge
suche
a
man
as
I
am
,
for
that
longeth
to
a
king
,
to
a
duke
,
or
to
an
erle
,
the
custome
is
suche
ye
wot
it
well
,
if
the
earles
haue
harme
be
it
that
haue
medled
them
with
it
,
none
ought
to
blame
me
therfore
.
By
god
Richarde
sayde
then
Reynawde
ye
shal
say
what
ye
wil
,
but
trust
me
yf
I
haue
not
this
day
peace
with
Charlemayne
:
I
shall
make
you
to
be
hanged
in
such
a
place
where
that
Charlemain
may
se
you
And
whan
reinawde
had
said
this
:
he
made
Richarde
to
be
take
,
&
made
his
handes
to
be
bounde
fast
and
after
sayd
to
him
.
I
tel
you
on
my
fayth
that
yf
I
haue
not
this
day
my
peace
with
Charlemayne
:
that
for
no
prechynge
that
ye
can
make
nor
for
no
man
of
the
worlde
,
I
shall
not
leue
but
I
shal
make
you
dye
a
shamfull
death
.
By
my
soule
Reynawde
sayd
Richarde
,
I
fere
me
not
,
that
ye
shall
doo
that
ye
sayd
,
for
ye
dare
not
doo
it
as
long
as
Charlemayne
is
a
liue
.
Whan
Reynawd
hearde
al
the
duke
speake
thus
:
he
was
so
wroth
that
he
loked
all
blacke
in
the
face
for
angre
,
and
than
he
sayde
to
Rycharde
,
by
that
god
that
made
me
,
ye
shal
soone
knowe
what
I
dare
doo
&
whether
I
am
a
cowarde
or
hardy
,
&
than
he
made
him
to
be
brought
where
as
the
galoes
were
righted
,
&
than
he
sayde
to
him
.
Richarde
I
wyll
that
of
two
thynges
ye
chose
one
yf
ye
lust
,
that
is
,
that
ye
make
me
haue
peace
with
charlemaine
:
or
els
that
ye
helpe
me
against
him
,
&
but
if
ye
doo
this
:
wyt
that
I
shal
make
you
be
hanged
&
strangled
,
&
I
shall
not
leue
you
for
all
this
that
ye
be
of
my
lignage
,
&
yf
ye
wil
take
my
part
agaynst
the
king
Charlemain
:
ye
shal
be
deliuered
forthwith
By
god
Reynawde
sayd
than
Richard
,
nowe
haue
I
heard
you
speke
like
a
childe
,
ween
ye
that
I
shal
doo
the
ye
say
for
fere
of
death
?
certes
nay
,
for
charlemain
is
my
souerayne
lorde
,
and
of
him
I
holde
mine
heritage
,
and
thoughe
he
dooth
wrong
to
leue
me
heere
:
I
ought
not
to
fayle
him
therfore
.
But
&
ye
wil
doo
wel
,
leue
me
a
messager
,
the
whiche
I
shal
sende
to
Charlemain
&
to
his
barons
for
to
wit
if
he
be
disposed
for
to
let
me
dye
heere
shamefully
.
By
my
faith
Richard
sayd
reinawde
ye
speake
now
wisely
,
&
than
he
called
one
of
his
folke
&
sayde
to
him
.
Go
&
doo
that
Richard
of
Normandy
shal
tell
you
,
my
freende
sayd
Richarde
to
the
messager
,
ye
shall
goe
to
charlemayn
&
tel
him
on
my
behalf
,
that
I
prai
him
as
to
my
souerain
lord
that
yf
euer
he
loued
me
:
that
he
will
pardon
Reynawde
,
&
I
shal
take
vpon
me
to
make
amendes
for
hym
,
yf
he
hath
in
any
thing
misdone
against
him
,
as
the
▪
xii
peeres
of
Fraunce
sh●l
Iudge
him
,
&
if
he
wil
not
doo
for
that
he
wil
looke
hitherwarde
,
&
he
shal
see
me
hange
shamefully
.
Of
that
other
parte
ye
shall
say
to
Rowland
&
to
all
my
felawes
that
yf
euer
they
loued
me
:
that
they
wil
shew
to
Charlemayne
that
it
shall
be
a
great
shame
to
him
,
yf
he
suffreth
that
I
hye
thus
shamefullye
,
syr
sayde
the
messager
doubt
not
.
I
shall
doo
your
message
well
.
After
these
thinges
thus
sayd
:
the
messager
went
out
of
the
towne
to
the
hoste
of
Charlemayne
,
the
whiche
he
founde
full
of
thought
.
And
whan
he
saw
him
:
he
made
him
reuerence
,
&
after
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
wit
it
that
Richarde
of
Normandye
recommendeth
hym
humbly
to
you
,
and
prayeth
you
as
hertlye
as
he
can
as
to
his
soueraine
lorde
that
if
euer
ye
loued
him
:
that
ye
wyll
shew
it
nowe
for
he
mystreth
wel
of
it
.
For
if
reynawde
haue
not
peace
this
day
:
tourne
your
sight
vpon
yonder
gate
after
that
I
am
come
home
agayne
,
&
ye
shall
see
him
hange
shamefully
,
&
whan
the
messager
had
sayd
this
to
the
kynge
:
he
looked
about
him
,
and
saw
the
.xii.
peeres
,
&
sayd
to
theym
,
fyrst
to
Rowland
,
&
after
to
the
other
Lordes
,
the
duke
Rycharde
prayeth
you
Rowland
,
&
all
ye
in
generall
,
that
yf
ye
euer
loued
him
:
that
ye
wyll
pray
Charlemaine
that
he
wil
make
peace
with
Reynawde
,
or
otherwise
he
is
dead
without
mercy
.
And
whan
Rowland
heard
this
:
he
spake
fyrst
to
the
kynge
,
&
sayd
.
Syr
for
God
I
pray
you
,
suffre
not
that
ye
be
blamed
,
ye
know
well
that
how
the
duke
Richarde
is
one
of
the
b●st
knightes
of
the
worlde
,
&
he
hath
best
serued
you
at
your
need
.
For
God
syr
make
peace
with
Reinawde
,
for
to
recouer
suche
a
knight
as
is
the
duke
Rychard
of
Normandye
,
for
greate
shame
it
were
to
you
for
to
let
him
thus
die
.
And
whan
the
duke
Naymes
and
the
bysshop
Turpyn
,
Ogier
,
Escouf
the
sonne
of
Oedon
,
and
Oliuer
of
vien
heard
Rowland
speake
so
:
they
began
to
say
to
the
king
.
By
god
sit
if
ye
will
not
make
peace
with
Reynuwde
for
to
recouer
our
felaw
the
Duke
Rycharde
:
ye
shall
lose
muche
by
it
.
For
within
short
time
ye
shall
see
your
lande
destroyed
afore
you
.
WHan
Charlemayne
saw
that
his
peeres
were
thus
moued
for
loue
of
Richarde
of
Normandy
,
&
that
they
accorded
all
for
to
make
peace
:
he
wende
to
haue
gone
oute
of
hys
minde
,
and
sware
by
greate
wrathe
as
a
man
mad
,
that
Reynawde
shoulde
neuer
haue
peace
with
hym
but
if
he
had
mawgis
to
doo
his
wil
with
hym
.
And
whan
he
had
sayd
so
he
turned
him
towarde
the
.xii.
peeres
of
Fraunce
,
&
sayd
to
them
.
My
freende
take
no
fere
for
Rycharde
of
Normandy
.
For
Reynawde
should
sooner
let
to
be
drawen
one
of
his
eyes
out
:
than
he
should
doo
him
any
harme
or
shame
.
Syr
sayd
the
Bysshop
Turpin
,
ye
are
beside
your self
For
ye
see
all
redy
that
Richarde
is
Iudged
to
death
.
Bisshop
said
charlemayne
ye
speke
well
folisshli
,
knowe
ye
not
wel
that
Richard
of
Normandye
is
of
the
linage
of
Reynawd
?
I
promyse
you
he
dare
not
doo
hym
harme
by
no
maner
.
By
god
syr
said
oliuer
,
ye
haue
wel
paied
vs
by
your
sayinge
.
Why
dare
not
Reynawde
hange
the
duke
Richarde
?
for
I
know
so
muche
by
hym
that
yf
he
had
you
as
he
hath
Rycharde
:
He
durst
well
hange
yourself
&
al
vs
.
Syr
Olyuer
sayd
the
messanger
.
I
swere
you
on
my
fayth
that
Reynawd
ceassed
not
all
thys
day
to
pray
the
duke
Richard
that
he
should
forsake
Charlemayn
and
he
should
saue
his
lyfe
,
wherof
Rycharde
of
Normandy
wolde
doo
nothynge
,
but
spake
great
wordes
to
Reynawde
.
And
whan
that
the
Messanger
had
sayd
thus
:
he
sayd
to
the
kyng
.
Syr
gyue
me
leue
to
goe
if
it
please
you
,
and
tel
me
what
I
shal
say
to
Richarde
of
Normandye
fro
you
.
Freende
sayd
Charlemayne
ye
shal
tell
him
on
my
behalfe
,
that
he
put
no
doubt
in
nothing
.
For
Reynawde
shall
not
be
so
hardy
to
doo
him
any
harme
.
Whan
the
messager
that
was
a
wyse
knight
vnderstoode
Charlemayne
:
he
coulde
not
absteyne
hym selfe
,
but
he
sayd
to
hym
,
syr
Emperour
ye
be
ouer
proude
,
but
I
promyse
you
that
Reynawde
setteth
lytle
by
your
pryde
,
and
I
make
you
sure
that
Alarde
wayteth
well
for
my
comyng
agayne
.
For
he
wolde
not
take
a
hundred
thousand
pounde
for
to
leue
Rycharde
but
that
he
should
hang
him
his
owne
handes
.
And
as
soone
as
he
had
sayd
so
:
he
went
his
wayes
wythout
any
leue
taking
of
the
kyng
streyght
to
Ardeyne
.
ANd
whan
the
.xii.
peeres
saw
the
messanger
go
with
an
yll
answer
:
they
were
full
sory
for
it
.
Ha
god
sayd
Ogyer
how
the
deuyll
the
kynge
is
felle
and
hard
of
hert
,
that
wil
nother
peace
nor
concorde
.
I
am
well
sure
that
his
pride
shal
be
cause
of
a
shamefull
death
to
Richarde
.
Ogier
sayd
Rowlande
,
ye
saye
trouth
but
&
I
see
him
hang
:
god
neuer
help
me
at
my
need
if
I
abyde
after
it
with
Charlemayne
whyles
I
liue
,
&
whan
he
had
sayd
so
:
he
went
to
the
other
peeres
&
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
what
shall
we
doo
?
shall
we
let
thus
Rycharde
be
hanged
our
felawe
one
of
the
best
knightes
of
the
worlde
and
moste
hardy
?
for
thoroughe
his
prowes
he
is
there
as
he
is
,
neuer
no
foule
worde
issued
out
of
his
mouth
alas
we
shall
now
see
hym
hange
with
great
shame
,
certes
yf
wee
suffre
it
:
we
ben
shamed
for
euer
.
ROwland
as
a
man
disperate
came
than
to
the
kyng
al
wroth
and
sayd
to
hym
in
this
maner
,
Syr
by
my
soule
I
go
now
oute
of
your
seruise
without
your
leue
,
&
after
he
sayd
to
Ogier
.
Ogyer
what
wyl
ye
doo
,
wil
ye
come
with
me
,
&
leue
this
Deuyll
heere
,
for
he
is
all
beside
him selfe
?
By
my
head
Rowland
sayde
Ogyer
ye
say
trouth
.
I
shall
neuer
in
my
lyfe
abyde
with
hym
,
but
I
shall
go
gladlye
wyth
you
where
ye
wyl
.
And
I
shal
not
leue
you
for
no
man
in
the
worlde
,
syth
that
he
suffreth
that
suche
a
valiaunt
man
shall
dye
,
as
the
duke
Rycharde
of
Normandy
,
that
he
loued
so
muche
.
He
should
soone
doo
so
bi
vs
,
for
he
is
a
man
that
hath
in
hym
nother
loue
nor
pitie
.
And
whan
Oliuer
of
vyen
vnderstoode
these
wordes
:
he
stoode
vp
,
and
sayd
.
Lordes
I
will
go
with
you
.
I
haue
dwelled
heere
to
longe
,
and
I
also
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
.
&
in
likewise
Escoufe
the
sonne
of
Oedon
.
And
whan
the
bisshop
Turpin
saw
this
:
he
casted
a
great
syghe
,
and
sayd
.
By
my
fayth
Charlemayne
,
it
is
euill
to
serue
you
for
of
good
seruyce
ye
doo
yeelde
an
euill
rewarde
,
as
it
is
well
seen
now
by
the
Duke
Rycharde
of
Normandye
that
hath
serued
you
so
well
and
so
truly
.
And
if
I
dwel
any
longer
with
you
I
pray
god
punisshe
me
for
it
.
THan
whan
Charlemayn
saw
his
peeres
that
were
so
sore
moued
with
angre
agaynst
him
:
he
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
haue
no
doubt
of
nothyng
,
for
the
duke
Rycharde
shall
haue
no
harme
.
Syr
sayde
the
Duke
Naymes
ye
doo
great
wrong
for
to
say
so
,
for
a
foole
neuer
beleueth
till
he
feele
sore
,
weene
you
to
make
vs
fooles
with
your
wordes
?
We
se
the
galous
made
vp
for
to
hang
our
felaw
,
wherfore
I
tel
you
that
a
myschiefe
take
me
if
I
dwel
with
you
any
lenger
.
Whan
the
duke
Naymes
had
sayd
so
:
he
went
out
of
the
●●●●lion
of
Charlemayne
and
in
likewise
all
the
Peeres
of
Fraunce
with
hym
and
wente
into
hys
tente
the
whiche
he
made
to
be
pulled
downe
incontinent
.
And
whan
they
of
the
hoste
of
Charlemayne
saw
that
:
they
were
sore
afrayed
.
And
ye
ought
to
wyt
that
they
were
so
sore
moued
within
a
litle
while
that
there
abode
in
the
hoste
of
Charlemayne
not
one
baron
nor
knyght
but
onlye
the
poore
symple
gentilmen
,
and
comin
people
.
whan
Rowlande
saw
thys
:
he
went
on
his
wayes
wyth
the
other
peeres
.
And
wit
it
at
that
houre
the
hoste
of
Charlemayne
was
made
lesse
than
it
was
afore
by
.xl.
thousande
men
.
REynawde
that
was
vpon
the
hyghe
gate
of
Ardeyne
saw
so
great
numbre
of
folke
cominge
togither
:
so
called
he
to
hym
the
messager
that
was
but
comen
fro
Charlemayne
,
and
sayd
to
hym
in
thys
maner
.
Come
heere
messanger
,
tell
me
what
Charlemayne
hath
sayd
vnto
you
.
Syr
sayd
the
messager
,
wit
it
that
ye
haue
missed
of
peace
,
for
charlemayne
wil
nothyng
of
it
,
but
he
sendeth
you
worde
by
me
that
ye
be
not
so
hardy
vpon
the
eyen
of
your
head
to
doo
any
harme
to
the
Duke
Rycharde
of
Normandy
.
And
whan
he
had
said
this
:
he
turned
him
toward
the
duke
Rycharde
,
and
sayd
to
him
.
Syr
duke
now
may
ye
know
howe
muche
Charlemayne
loueth
you
.
Wit
it
for
certaine
that
ye
get
nother
helpe
nor
succours
of
him
,
and
for
the
loue
of
you
Rowlande
,
and
all
the
other
peeres
of
Fraunce
ben
ful
sore
an
angred
with
him
,
For
ye
may
perceyue
it
well
by
theyr
tentes
that
been
pulled
downe
.
And
so
I
am
sure
that
the
moste
parte
of
the
hoste
shall
depart
for
the
loue
of
you
.
And
so
shal
not
abyde
there
but
only
the
erle
guanellon
&
his
lignage
.
For
theyr
tentes
ben
righted
&
all
the
other
brought
downe
.
Whan
Reynawde
wyste
that
the
frenchemen
were
angry
with
Charlemayne
for
the
loue
of
the
duke
Rycharde
of
Normandy
:
he
chaunged
his
courage
and
could
not
keep
him
from
weepynge
.
And
after
he
turned
hym
towarde
Rycharde
of
Normandy
and
sayd
to
hym
,
for
god
my
cosyn
I
praye
you
for
to
pardon
me
the
great
shame
that
I
haue
doon
to
you
.
Reynawde
sayd
Rycharde
I
blame
you
not
,
for
I
wot
wel
that
ye
cannot
doo
therto
.
For
the
greate
pride
and
cruelnes
of
Charlemayne
is
causer
of
al
this
.
Whan
Reynawde
had
cried
mercy
to
the
duke
Richard
he
vnbounde
him
,
and
Alarde
and
Guycharde
came
to
helpe
hym
for
they
were
all
glad
that
Rychard
was
deliuered
.
Notwithstandynge
afore
that
they
were
disposed
for
to
make
him
dye
shamefully
.
And
whan
they
had
doone
so
:
Reynawde
sayd
,
cosin
Rycharde
lene
vpon
this
walle
,
and
we
shall
looke
what
Charlemayne
wyl
doo
.
Syr
sayd
the
duke
Rycharde
ye
say
well
let
vs
see
it
.
ANd
whan
Charlemayn
saw
that
his
barons
went
away
as
it
is
said
:
he
was
sori
for
it
that
he
wexed
almoste
madde
all
quicke
for
the
greate
angre
that
he
had
,
and
helde
a
demylaunce
in
hys
handes
,
the
whiche
he
began
to
gnawe
with
his
teeth
so
angry
he
was
,
and
whan
his
wrathe
was
a
litle
gone
:
he
called
a
knyght
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Now
lyght
on
horsbacke
lyghtly
,
and
ride
after
Rowland
and
after
the
other
barons
and
tell
them
in
my
behalfe
that
they
come
speake
with
me
,
and
I
shal
be
demened
as
they
wyl
themselfe
,
and
that
I
shall
pardon
Reynawde
yf
they
wyll
come
agayne
to
me
.
Syr
sayde
the
knyght
blessed
be
God
that
hath
brought
you
to
thys
mynde
.
And
than
this
knight
tooke
an
horse
and
rode
hastelye
after
the
xii
.
peeres
of
Fraunce
.
And
whan
Reynawde
that
was
with
the
duke
Rycharde
of
Normandye
vpon
the
gate
of
Ardeyn
apperceyued
this
:
he
sayde
to
the
duke
Richarde
of
Normandy
,
cosin
I
se
rome
a
knight
out
of
the
pauilion
of
the
kynge
Charlemayne
.
I
beleue
that
he
goeth
vnto
the
twelue
Peeres
of
Fraunce
for
to
make
theym
to
returne
agayne
.
I
weene
we
shall
haue
this
daye
peace
and
god
before
.
Syr
sayd
Rycharde
ye
shall
haue
peace
mawgre
them
al
that
letteth
it
.
I
ought
for
to
loue
deerli
my
felowes
,
the
whiche
be
cause
to
keepe
me
from
death
,
&
also
to
haue
peace
.
Wyt
it
that
the
knight
rode
so
fast
that
he
ouer
tooke
Rowlande
,
&
all
the
other
peeres
of
Fraunce
,
and
said
vnto
them
in
this
maner
of
wise
Lordes
,
the
kinge
Charlemayne
sendeth
you
worde
by
me
that
ye
wyll
returne
agayne
to
hym
,
and
he
shall
pardon
Reinawd
for
the
loue
of
you
&
for
goddes
loue
come
lyghtly
.
For
he
neuer
left
weepyng
sythe
that
yee
went
your
waye
from
him
.
Naymes
sayd
Rowland
,
let
vs
retourne
agayne
.
For
I
holde
the
peace
made
wherof
this
sorowfull
warre
shall
fayle
that
hath
lasted
so
longe
a
whyle
.
Whan
the
Duke
Naymes
hearde
Rowland
speake
so
:
he
was
ryght
glad
of
it
,
and
Ioyned
hys
handes
towarde
heauen
,
and
sayde
in
this
maner
wise
.
Good
lorde
Iesus
blessed
be
the
tyme
that
it
hath
pleased
the
to
tourne
the
courage
of
the
kynge
Charlemayne
,
and
that
this
vnhappy
warre
is
brought
to
an
ende
.
And
whan
the
Duke
Naymes
had
sayde
this
:
they
returned
agayne
towarde
Charlemayne
.
ANd
whan
Reynawde
apperceiued
that
the
twelue
yeeres
wente
agayne
to
Charlemayne
:
he
sayd
to
the
Duke
Rycharde
of
Normandy
.
Cosyn
the
Barons
returne
agayne
.
I
beleue
that
the
peace
shal
be
made
,
and
that
we
shal
mow
wel
goe
soone
at
our
libertie
,
now
shall
Reynawde
maye
say
that
I
and
my
brethern
ben
at
his
commaundement
,
and
shall
be
as
longe
as
we
ben
men
on
lyue
.
Well
glad
were
the
Barons
of
the
one
part
,
&
of
thother
,
bicause
that
God
had
suffred
that
the
peace
should
be
made
.
And
whan
Charlemayne
saw
his
barons
come
agayn
:
he
went
agaynst
them
&
sayd
.
By
God
my
lordes
ye
are
wel
ful
of
great
pride
that
ye
make
me
to
be
come
peasible
with
Reynawde
agaynst
my
wyll
,
ye
know
that
I
haue
hated
him
so
muche
that
I
may
not
see
him
,
but
I
shal
be
angry
bycause
of
his
pride
that
is
so
great
.
Wherfore
yf
ye
will
that
I
make
peace
wyth
hym
:
I
wil
that
he
goe
into
the
holy
lande
poorelye
clothed
on
foote
.
And
so
I
wil
haue
his
hors
Bayarde
.
And
I
shal
also
returne
agayne
to
his
brethern
all
theyr
lyuelode
out
of
my
handes
.
Therfore
yf
thus
he
wyl
doo
:
I
shal
fal
to
peace
,
and
accorde
with
hym
,
&
els
not
,
For
I
make
mine
a
vowe
to
God
that
I
shall
neuer
doo
other
wyse
therin
than
I
tel
you
now
.
And
therfore
looke
wel
whiche
of
you
shall
doo
thys
message
.
Syr
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
I
shal
go
to
Reynawde
with
a
good
wyll
,
yf
it
be
your
pleasure
that
I
go
to
hym
.
Naymes
sayd
Charlemayn
It
pleaseth
me
well
.
And
than
incontinent
the
duke
Naimes
rode
to
Ardeyn
.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
him
come
:
he
knew
hym
well
,
and
wente
him
agaynst
,
and
so
did
the
duke
Richarde
,
and
the
brethern
of
Reynawde
whan
the
duke
Naymes
saw
the
Noble
Barons
come
agaynst
hym
:
he
lyghted
from
the
horse
anon
&
went
and
kyssed
them
all
,
and
after
he
had
doone
so
:
he
sayd
.
Reynawde
.
Charlemayne
sendeth
me
to
you
with
his
greetynge
.
God
yelde
hym
sayd
Reynawde
.
Now
haue
I
that
I
haue
desyred
so
longe
.
Naymes
shal
I
haue
peace
?
yea
sayd
the
Duke
Naymes
vnder
a
condicion
,
the
whiche
I
shal
tell
you
.
It
is
that
ye
must
go
poorely
clothed
,
and
begging
your
breade
for
godes
sake
in
the
holy
lande
,
and
so
shall
ye
leue
bayarde
wyth
Charlemayn
,
and
this
doone
:
ye
shal
haue
peace
.
And
he
shal
giue
agayne
your
herytage
to
your
bretherne
.
Duke
Naymes
said
Reynawde
ye
be
right
welcome
.
And
I
promyse
you
that
I
am
redy
to
doo
the
commaundement
of
the
kinge
.
And
yf
he
wyll
haue
of
me
ony
thynge
more
by
any
wyse
:
I
shall
in
euery
poynt
fulfyll
his
wil
if
it
be
possible
,
for
me
to
doo
it
.
Now
shal
I
be
a
good
truaunt
,
for
I
can
well
●ske
bread
whan
me
nedeth
.
Whan
the
duke
Naymes
heard
Reynawde
sp●ake
thus
:
he
was
wel
glad
of
it
,
and
so
was
the
duke
Rycharde
,
that
they
saw
the
noble
Reinawde
agreed
to
the
will
of
Charlemayne
,
so
muche
as
for
to
be
come
a
poore
begger
for
to
haue
peace
.
And
after
that
Reynawde
was
thus
acorded
therto
:
he
went
into
hys
stable
and
tooke
Bayarde
,
&
deliuered
him
to
the
duke
Naimes
,
&
than
he
tooke
his
●auer
,
&
bare
it
on
hie
vpon
the
highe
towre
in
token
of
peace
.
And
whan
Charlemayne
saw
the
baner
of
Reynawde
:
he
shewed
it
to
Rowland
.
Ha
god
sayd
Rowlande
howe
meke
is
Reynawde
,
&
good
of
kynde
to
haue
made
peace
in
this
maner
of
wyse
?
Blessed
be
Ihesus
that
●ath
giuen
him
that
wyll
for
to
go
nowe
a
foote
,
wherof
I
playne
hym
sore
.
Rowland
sayd
Ogier
.
Reynawde
is
a
lambe
full
of
mekenes
,
and
in
him
are
all
the
good
condicions
that
a
knight
ought
to
haue
.
This
hanging
:
came
there
the
duke
naymes
that
brought
Bayarde
with
him
and
pre●●●ed
him
to
Charlemayne
,
&
said
to
●●n
.
Sir
▪
Reynawde
is
redy
for
to
〈◊〉
all
that
ye
haue
commaunded
hi●
,
and
he
shal
departe
to
more
wyl
ye
wyll
sythe
your
pleasure
is
so
.
I
wyll
wel
said
Charlemayne
,
but
tell
me
where
is
the
Duke
Rycharde
?
for
I
wil
know
it
.
Syr
sayd
the
duke
Naymes
.
wyt
that
the
Duke
Rycharde
fareth
well
,
and
is
abiden
with
Reynawde
for
he
wyll
conuey
hym
whan
he
goeth
.
And
wyt
that
Reynawde
this
hangyng
:
made
great
cheere
with
his
folke
at
his
ease
,
and
after
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
I
beseche
you
be
not
sory
that
I
go
,
for
I
haue
made
this
peace
more
for
you
than
for
me
.
I
pray
you
that
ye
holde
wel
togither
tyl
I
come
agayne
,
and
whan
he
had
layd
this
to
them
:
he
went
into
hys
chambre
and
vnclothed
hymself
from
hys
good
raymentes
,
and
cast
vpon
him
a
poore
mantell
,
&
a
payre
of
big
shoone
wel
clouted
.
&
made
for
to
be
brought
to
hym
a
palster
well
yrenned
for
to
beare
in
his
hande
.
And
ye
must
wyt
that
the
duke
Rychard
was
styll
with
him
,
to
whome
Reynawde
commended
his
wyfe
and
his
chyldren
,
and
all
his
brethern
.
And
that
he
wolde
pray
the
kinge
that
he
should
haue
theym
for
recommended
.
And
whan
he
had
arrayed
hymselfe
so
:
he
came
towarde
the
halle
to
the
duchesse
hys
wyfe
.
ANd
whan
the
noble
duchesse
Clare
saw
her
husband
so
arayed
in
his
beggers
clothynge
:
she
tooke
suche
sorowe
for
it
that
she
fel
downe
in
a
swoune
to
the
erth
as
she
had
be
dead
.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
her
fal
:
he
ran
for
to
take
her
vp
and
after
sayd
to
her
.
Lady
for
God
take
it
not
so
sore
at
your
herte
.
For
I
shall
soone
come
agayne
,
and
god
before
.
And
wyth
you
shall
my
bretherne
abyde
that
shall
serue
you
as
theyr
lady
.
And
so
I
tell
you
that
I
am
so
glad
of
the
peace
that
me
semeth
that
I
am
come
agayne
al
redy
.
Madame
my
deere
wyfe
.
I
pray
god
keepe
you
from
all
euilles
.
And
with
this
he
kissed
her
full
sweetely
.
And
than
he
tooke
on
his
way
,
and
whan
the
duchesse
saw
hym
goe
:
she
tooke
for
it
so
great
sorow
that
she
swouned
agayne
,
and
abode
thus
a
longe
while
that
all
her
gentil
women
went
she
had
ben
dead
.
And
after
she
was
come
againe
to
herself
:
she
ma●
great
mone
for
her
lorde
Reynawde
For
she
scratched
her
face
,
&
pulled
her
heres
from
her
head
for
great
sorow
,
&
whan
she
had
made
so
muche
sorow
:
she
said
.
O
good
husband
Reinawde
whose
like
is
not
in
all
the
worlde
of
goodnes
,
god
be
with
you
.
For
I
wot
well
that
I
shal
neuer
see
you
.
And
whan
she
had
sayde
these
wordes
.
she
went
into
her
chambre
&
tooke
all
her
noble
raymentes
&
●ast
them
in
a
fyre
,
and
whan
they
were
al
brent
:
she
tooke
a
poore
smocke
,
and
cast
it
about
her
,
&
said
she
should
neuer
were
none
other
clothes
till
she
saw
her
lorde
husbande
agayne
.
AFter
that
Reynawde
had
taken
leue
of
his
wife
:
he
departed
,
the
duke
Richarde
,
his
brethern
and
his
folke
conueyed
hym
a
great
waye
,
alwayes
speaking
that
it
was
pitie
to
heare
.
And
whan
Reynawde
thought
that
they
had
gone
ferre
ynoughe
with
him
:
he
turned
him
towarde
them
&
sayd
.
Lordes
I
praye
you
humbly
that
ye
returne
home
again
,
for
as
long
as
ye
be
with
me
:
I
am
not
at
my
ease
,
go
your
way
in
the
name
of
God
and
recomforte
my
wyfe
the
duchesse
that
weepeth
so
sore
,
&
to
you
my
brethern
I
commende
her
&
my
children
also
.
Wyt
it
whan
Reynawde
had
sayd
this
there
was
none
that
coulde
take
leue
of
him
so
ful
of
sorowe
they
were
,
except
Alarde
that
sayd
to
him
.
Mi
deere
brother
I
prai
you
hertely
that
ye
come
shortlye
agayne
,
for
your
departinge
is
so
heuy
to
me
that
I
trow
I
shall
die
for
sorow
.
And
whan
Alarde
had
sayd
so
:
he
enbrased
his
brother
&
tooke
leue
of
him
making
great
sorow
,
&
so
did
Richarde
of
Normandye
to
whome
Reynawde
sayd
,
my
cosyn
I
commende
you
ones
my
wife
agayne
and
my
children
&
al
my
brethern
for
they
be
of
your
bloud
well
ye
know
it
.
Reinawde
sayd
the
duke
Richarde
.
I
promyse
&
swere
as
knight
that
I
shal
helpe
&
defende
them
agaynst
all
men
except
agaynst
the
king
,
&
doubt
not
for
them
,
for
they
shal
want
nothing
.
¶
Now
leueth
the
hystory
to
speke
of
Reynawde
that
went
to
the
holy
lande
araied
as
ye
haue
heard
:
and
retourneth
to
speake
of
his
brethern
howe
they
came
to
Charlemayne
,
with
the
duke
Richarde
of
Normandy
.
¶
How
after
that
Reynawde
was
departed
fro
Ardeyn
to
make
his
viage
beyonde
the
sea
,
clothed
poorely
as
a
pilgrim
asking
his
meat
for
god
sake
:
the
duke
of
Normandi
tooke
alarde
,
Guycharde
&
Richarde
,
&
brought
them
with
him
to
Charlemayne
,
whiche
receiued
them
honourably
,
&
tooke
vp
his
siege
,
&
went
to
paris
.
But
whan
he
cam
to
the
citie
of
lege
vpon
the
riuer
of
meuze
:
he
made
bayarde
to
be
cast
in
it
,
with
a
milstone
at
the
necke
of
him
.
But
men
sayen
the
bayarde
scaped
out
,
and
that
he
is
a
lyue
yet
in
the
forest
of
Ardeyne
.
depiction of a king or Charlemagne with crown, sceptre and fleur-de-lis with a group of men on a bridge; a headless figure leans over the bridge wall; in the river below is a horse or Bayard with a mill-stone tied to its neck; in the background a castle
IN
thys
party
sheweth
the
hystory
that
whan
Reynawde
had
put
himselfe
to
the
way
as
yee
haue
hearde
:
Richarde
of
Normandy
and
his
brethern
came
agayne
to
Ardein
full
sory
for
Reynawde
,
where
as
they
found
the
good
duchesse
Clare
,
that
made
greate
sorowe
for
her
lordes
departyng
.
And
whan
they
were
come
agayne
there
:
the
duke
Richarde
tooke
the
duchesse
by
the
hande
,
and
began
to
recomforte
her
,
&
so
many
fayre
wordes
he
layde
vnto
her
that
she
slaked
a
litle
her
sorow
,
and
after
thys
the
duke
Richarde
sayde
to
the
brethern
of
Reynawde
,
in
this
maner
.
Lordes
goe
make
you
redy
,
and
we
shall
go
vnto
Charlemayn
.
Sir
sayd
the
three
brethern
,
let
vs
whan
it
please
you
.
And
then
they
went
&
tooke
on
the
best
clothing
that
they
had
.
And
I
promise
you
they
were
three
fayre
knightes
,
and
after
they
were
wel
apparayled
,
they
mounted
eche
of
them
vpon
a
palfraye
of
hye
pryce
ryght
fayre
wythout
anye
armes
.
And
for
to
speake
shortly
:
they
yssued
out
of
Ardeyn
and
came
to
the
pauilion
of
Charlemayne
.
And
whan
the
king
saw
them
,
he
was
ryght
glad
So
he
commaunded
al
hys
barons
that
they
should
go
againe
them
.
Ha
god
sayd
Rowland
,
now
comen
the
three
bretherne
well
sorye
,
certayne
they
haue
a
cause
,
for
they
haue
lost
theyr
helpe
succoure
and
hope
.
Now
I
see
that
the
duke
Richard
cometh
with
them
,
wherof
he
dooth
well
,
for
he
is
their
kynsman
.
NOw
ye
ought
to
wit
that
the
three
brethern
of
Reynawde
came
to
the
pauilion
of
Charlemain
well
honestly
arayed
.
And
whan
they
were
afore
the
kyng
:
they
kneeled
humbly
at
his
feete
,
and
Alarde
spake
fyrst
&
sayd
.
Sir
Reynawde
our
brother
recommendeth
him
humbly
to
your
good
grace
,
&
salueth
you
as
his
souerayne
lorde
,
&
he
sendeth
you
Rycharde
the
duke
of
Normandy
,
whiche
ye
se
heere
,
and
so
he
praieth
you
that
ye
will
haue
vs
for
recommended
,
for
he
hath
taken
his
way
towarde
the
holy
lande
for
to
accomplisshe
your
commaundement
.
Freende
sayd
Charlemayne
ye
be
right
welcome
.
Syth
that
it
please
our
lorde
that
we
shal
be
freendes
.
I
shall
doo
for
you
,
and
shal
bring
you
al
to
honour
,
as
it
apperteyneth
to
suche
knightes
as
ye
ben
.
And
yf
god
wyl
bring
Reynawd
saufe
agayne
from
his
viage
:
I
shal
holde
him
as
deere
as
I
doo
mine
owne
neuew
Rowland
,
for
he
is
replenysshed
with
great
worthines
.
Syr
sayd
Richard
god
bring
him
agayn
,
whan
the
king
had
thus
spoken
with
the
brethern
of
Reynawde
:
he
came
to
the
duke
Rycharde
of
Normandy
&
kissed
him
more
than
.x.
times
,
and
whan
he
had
feasted
him
ynough
:
he
said
to
him
,
duke
Richarde
I
praye
you
that
ye
wil
tel
me
what
prison
gaue
you
Reynawde
&
what
meates
for
to
eat
.
Sir
said
the
duke
of
Normandy
by
the
fayth
that
I
owe
to
god
and
to
you
I
had
better
prison
,
and
was
more
at
mine
ease
than
euer
knyght
was
,
for
I
was
serued
of
the
same
the
Reynawde
was
,
and
sometyme
etter
,
and
so
I
promyse
you
syr
that
the
gentyll
duchesse
hys
wyfe
made
me
great
cheere
,
and
good
company
wyth
her
two
fayre
chyldren
.
Syr
I
beseche
you
if
that
euer
ye
loued
me
:
that
ye
wyll
worshyp
Alarde
&
hys
bretherne
yf
it
please
you
,
for
they
haue
doone
to
me
great
honour
,
and
they
haue
giuen
me
great
giftes
.
And
yf
it
please
you
ye
shal
haue
the
good
duchesse
and
her
chyldren
for
recommended
,
for
she
is
the
humblest
lady
of
the
worlde
,
and
the
moste
wysest
.
Rycharde
sayd
Charlemayne
,
wyt
it
that
I
shal
not
fayle
them
as
long
as
lyfe
shal
be
in
my
body
.
And
whan
the
children
of
Reynawde
shal
be
in
age
for
to
be
made
knightes
:
I
shal
doube
them
to
it
mine
owne
handes
with
great
worship
,
and
god
spare
me
lyfe
,
and
so
shall
I
gyue
them
landes
ynoughe
for
to
maynten
theyr
astate
.
Gramercy
syr
sayd
the
duke
Rycharde
of
Normandye
,
&
god
yeelde
you
.
WHan
they
had
deuysed
all
ynoughe
of
the
thynges
afore
sayd
:
the
kynge
Charlemayne
commaunded
that
he
should
be
dyslodged
,
and
anon
his
commaundement
was
doone
,
and
than
euery
man
put
hymselfe
towarde
the
way
towarde
his
countrie
.
And
whan
that
the
king
saw
that
it
was
time
:
he
mounted
on
horsebacke
,
and
tooke
on
his
way
towarde
the
citie
of
lege
.
And
whan
he
was
come
in
lege
▪
he
lodged
him
vp
on
the
bride
of
the
ryuer
of
meuze
.
And
whan
the
mornyng
was
come
,
he
made
be
brought
afore
hym
the
good
horse
of
Reynawde
Bayarde
.
And
whan
he
saw
him
:
he
began
for
to
laye
in
●his
wyse
.
Ha
Bayarde
,
bayarde
,
thou
hast
often
angred
me
,
but
I
am
come
to
the
poynt
,
god
gramercy
for
to
auenge
me
,
and
I
promyse
thee
thou
shalt
now
abye
it
ful
deere
the
tourment
and
felony
that
I
haue
often
times
had
by
thee
.
And
whan
the
kyng
had
sayd
so
:
he
made
a
great
milstone
to
be
fastened
at
the
necke
of
bayard
,
and
than
made
him
to
be
cast
from
the
brydge
downe
into
the
water
,
&
whan
Bayarde
was
thus
tombled
in
the
ryuer
:
he
sanke
vnto
the
botome
of
it
.
And
whan
the
kynge
saw
that
:
he
made
great
Ioye
and
so
sayd
.
Ha
bayarde
nowe
haue
I
that
I
desyred
and
wysshed
so
long
For
ye
be
now
dead
,
but
if
ye
drinke
out
al
the
water
.
And
whan
the
frenche
men
sawe
the
greate
cruelnes
of
Charlemayne
that
auenged
himself
vpon
a
poore
beast
:
they
were
yll
content
.
And
than
spake
the
bisshop
turpyn
,
and
sayd
Ogyer
of
Denmarke
,
what
thinke
you
by
Charlemayne
?
he
hath
well
shewed
at
this
a
great
parte
of
his
great
felony
,
syr
sayd
Ogier
ye
say
trouth
,
he
hath
doone
to
great
folye
for
to
make
dye
suche
a
good
beast
as
this
horse
was
.
Syr
sayd
Oliuer
to
Rowlande
.
Charlemayne
is
now
waxen
all
folyshe
,
ye
saye
full
trouth
sayd
Rowlande
.
I
perceyue
it
full
well
and
for
to
say
the
trouth
:
there
was
none
of
the
.xii.
peeres
but
he
wept
for
loue
of
the
good
horse
Bayarde
.
But
who
someuer
was
sorye
for
it
.
Charlemayne
was
glad
of
it
.
NOw
ye
ought
to
know
that
after
that
bayarde
was
caste
in
the
riuer
of
meuze
:
he
wente
vnto
the
botom
as
ye
haue
herde
,
&
might
not
come
vp
for
bicause
of
the
great
stone
that
was
at
his
necke
whiche
was
horryble
heuye
,
and
whan
bayarde
sawe
he
myghte
none
otherwise
scape
:
he
smote
so
longe
and
so
harde
with
his
feete
vpon
the
mylle
stone
:
that
he
brast
it
,
and
came
agayne
aboue
the
water
and
began
to
swym
;
so
that
he
passed
it
all
ouer
at
the
other
syde
,
and
whan
he
was
come
to
londe
:
he
shaked
hymselfe
for
to
make
falle
the
water
fro
him
and
began
to
crie
hie
,
and
made
a
merueyllous
noyse
,
and
after
beganne
to
renne
so
swyftlye
as
the
tempest
had
borne
him
awaie
,
and
entred
in
to
the
great
forest
of
Ardeyn
.
And
whan
the
king
Charlemayne
saw
that
bayard
w●s
escaped
:
he
tooke
so
great
sorowe
for
it
that
almost
he
loste
his
wyt
for
angre
.
But
all
the
barons
were
gladde
of
it
.
Thus
as
ye
haue
heard
:
escaped
bayarde
out
of
the
handes
of
Charlemayne
,
and
wit
it
for
very
certayn
that
the
folke
of
the
countrey
saien
,
that
he
is
yet
a
lyue
within
the
wood
of
Ardeyn
.
But
wyt
it
whan
he
seeeth
man
or
woman
:
he
renneth
anon
awaye
,
so
that
no
bodye
maye
come
neere
hym
.
And
after
all
these
thynges
:
the
kynge
Charlemaine
as
angrye
as
he
was
departed
fro
Meuse
and
went
in
to
a
chapell
that
was
nigh
,
and
called
to
him
al
his
barons
and
gaue
them
leue
to
goe
into
theyr
countreys
,
wherof
they
were
ryght
glad
,
for
they
wer●
sore
desyringe
for
to
see
theyr
wyues
their
children
and
their
●●ndes
.
¶
Howe
reynawde
found
Mawgis
his
cosyn
as
he
went
by
the
way
for
to
accomplishe
his
voyage
to
the
holy
sepulchre
in
the
countrye
of
Constantynople
.
And
howe
they
went
to gither
to
Iherusalem
,
which
the
admyral
of
persie
had
taken
by
treason
vpon
the
Christen
,
but
Reynawde
and
his
cosin
Mawgis
dyd
so
much
with
the
folke
of
the
countrey
:
that
the
citie
of
Iherus●lem
was
gotten
again
by
the
christen
people
.
NOwe
telleth
the
history
that
after
that
Reynawde
was
departed
from
Ardeyn
for
to
goe
in
to
the
holy
lond
:
he
went
so
much
by
the
iourneys
that
he
came
to
constantinople
,
and
lodged
him
in
an
holi
womans
house
,
whiche
serued
him
as
well
as
she
coulde
,
and
gaue
him
suche
meat
as
go●
had
gyuen
to
her
,
and
after
she
wash●d
his
feet
as
she
was
wunt
to
doo
to
other
Pylgrymes
.
And
whan
this
good
woman
had
doon
so
much
:
she
tooke
Reynawde
by
the
hande
,
and
broughte
him
in
to
her
owne
chambre
,
and
sayde
to
him
,
Good
man
ye
shall
lie
heere
,
for
in
my
other
chambre
ye
may
not
be
,
for
there
is
a
poore
pylgryme
that
is
sore
sycke
.
Dame
said
Reinawde
let
me
see
that
pylgryme
that
ye
speake
of
whiche
is
so
sycke
,
with
a
good
wyll
sayd
the
poore
wom●n
ye
shall
see
him
,
for
I
promyse
you
there
is
greate
pitie
in
hym
.
And
than
she
tooke
Reynawde
by
the
hande
,
and
brought
him
to
the
pylgryme
that
was
in
his
bed
.
And
whan
Reynawd
saw
him
:
he
knewe
well
that
it
was
his
cosyn
Mawgis
wherof
he
was
ryghte
glad
,
so
began
he
to
speake
to
him
and
sayd
.
Freend
how
is
it
with
your
persone
.
And
whan
Mawgis
heard
Reynawd
speake
to
hym
:
he
lept
oute
of
his
bed
as
he
neuer
had
be
sycks
and
enbrased
Reynawde
more
than
twentye
tymes
and
after
said
to
him
.
Cosin
howe
is
it
with
you
?
and
what
aduenture
bryngeth
you
heere
in
this
poore
clothing
that
ye
haue
on
?
tell
me
yf
it
please
you
,
haue
ye
peace
with
the
kynge
Charlemayne
Cosin
said
Reynawd
,
yea
by
suche
a
maner
as
I
shall
tell
you
.
And
then
he
rehersed
hym
al
the
maner
as
ye
haue
hearde
aboue
,
and
all
the
treatye
that
he
had
had
wyth
Charlemayne
.
WHan
Mawgis
vnderstoode
the
wordes
of
Reinawde
:
he
was
ryght
glad
of
it
.
And
than
he
embraced
againe
Reynawde
and
said
to
hym
I
am
now
whole
for
the
good
tydinges
that
ye
haue
brought
to
me
.
And
therfore
I
am
dysposed
to
goe
with
you
,
and
doubt
not
we
shall
not
dye
for
hungre
,
for
I
am
mayster
for
to
begge
breade
.
And
whan
the
good
woman
sawe
that
these
two
pylgrymes
made
so
greate
feaste
the
one
to
the
other
:
she
thought
it
myght
none
otherwise
be
but
they
were
of
great
lygnage
,
and
that
they
had
had
some
greate
a
doo
togyther
,
and
she
sayde
to
theym
.
Fayre
lordes
I
see
that
ye
knowe
well
eche
other
,
wherfore
I
praye
you
tel
me
what
ye
be
,
and
from
whence
ye
come
?
Good
woman
saide
Mawgis
syth
that
ye
wyll
knowe
of
our
beyng
:
I
shall
tell
you
a
parte
of
it
.
Wit
it
than
that
we
been
two
poore
gentylmen
that
are
banyshed
oute
of
fraunce
.
So
muste
we
goe
in
suche
habyte
as
ye
see
in
to
the
holye
lande
,
and
we
been
cosins
germain
and
we
shall
doo
oure
voyage
togyther
yf
it
please
god
.
And
whan
the
lady
that
good
woman
vnderstood
these
wordes
:
she
had
greate
Ioye
.
Thenne
made
she
to
brynge
theym
meate
ynoughe
and
wyne
.
Mawgis
that
syth
so
longe
hadde
drunken
no
wyne
:
dranke
some
wyne
that
nyghte
for
the
loue
of
Reynawde
.
Shortlye
to
speake
:
none
mighte
say
nor
thinke
how
great
feast
made
the
two
cosins
to
eche
other
.
And
whan
the
day
was
come
:
Reinawde
and
Mawgis
arose
and
tooke
leaue
of
the
holy
lady
,
and
put
theimselfe
to
the
waie
.
And
wyt
that
so
muche
went
the
two
pylgrymes
by
their
iourneies
that
they
cam
nighe
the
citie
of
Hierusalem
,
and
were
but
a
litell
myle
from
it
,
so
that
they
mighte
see
well
the
temple
and
the
towre
of
Dauid
,
and
the
most
parte
of
Ierusalem
.
And
whein
mawgis
and
Reinawde
sawe
that
:
they
were
ryght
gladde
of
it
,
and
yeelded
graces
vnto
god
that
he
had
suffred
them
to
come
so
nyghe
the
holye
citie
.
Whan
they
had
doone
thus
theyr
prayers
:
they
went
on
their
waye
for
to
haue
gonne
within
Ierusalem
.
But
they
were
gon
but
a
lytil●
:
whan
they
sawe
a
greate
hoste
aboute
the
citie
euyn
a
fore
the
torwe
of
Dauid
where
were
many
yauillions
of
the
christen
that
were
there
for
to
fighte
with
the
admiral
of
Percie
that
by
force
helde
the
citie
of
Iherusalem
,
Reinawd
did
tarie
whan
he
saw
the
hoste
that
was
afore
the
cytie
:
and
saide
to
his
cosin
Mawgis
.
Cosin
what
folke
is
yonder
as
ye
thinke
,
for
it
semeth
a
greate
hoste
afore
Iherusalem
,
are
they
Sarasyns
or
christen
,
what
say
you
?
Surelye
saide
Mawgys
I
can
not
tell
,
and
I
am
sore
meruayled
what
it
may
be
.
Thus
as
Reinawde
and
Mawgys
spake
togither
:
there
came
an
olde
man
rydyng
that
waye
that
came
from
the
hoste
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
hym
:
he
went
hym
ayenste
and
sayde
to
him
.
God
saue
you
good
man
,
tell
me
and
it
please
you
,
what
be
they
afore
the
holy
citie
,
are
they
christen
or
Sarasins
?
Pilgryme
said
the
olde
man
they
ben
christen
that
haue
besieged
Iherusalem
,
and
canne
not
take
it
,
but
ye
maye
well
goe
without
perill
.
Now
tel
me
said
Reinawde
who
is
within
Iherusalem
?
wyt
it
saide
the
olde
man
,
that
the
admyral
of
Percie
hathe
taken
it
by
treason
.
And
how
hathe
he
taken
it
by
treason
sayde
Reinawd
?
wyt
sayde
the
olde
man
that
the
admyrall
arrayed
hym
as
a
Pylgryme
and
manye
of
his
folke
with
him
,
&
went
into
the
citie
one
after
another
and
whan
they
were
all
within
:
they
blewe
an
horne
ryght
hyghe
,
and
set
hande
to
their
swerdes
,
and
fought
strongly
,
so
that
they
were
maysters
of
the
citie
or
euer
the
king
Thomas
could
be
armed
nor
his
folke
,
the
which
coulde
not
saue
them selfe
with
such
fewe
folke
as
was
lefte
hym
alyue
,
but
he
was
taken
prisoner
,
and
anon
all
the
countrey
rose
vp
,
and
haue
besyeged
the
citie
as
ye
see
,
and
I
truste
with
the
grace
of
God
:
that
the
citie
shall
be
take
shortly
.
Nowe
tell
me
said
Reynawd
if
they
of
the
citie
come
out
often
vpon
the
chrysten
.
yea
saide
the
olde
man
,
for
they
ben
much
folke
within
,
and
the
thing
that
most
greueth
vs
:
is
that
oure
folke
haue
no
heade
nor
no
Lord
.
And
ye
wo●
well
that
folke
that
haue
no
heade
nor
no
Lorde
:
canne
doo
but
lytyll
good
.
And
whan
Reinawde
hearde
this
word
:
he
began
to
smile
,
and
after
be
said
.
Fare
well
good
man
,
we
wyll
goe
there
for
to
see
what
shall
hap
of
it
.
And
whan
he
hadde
said
so
:
he
tooke
on
his
waye
with
his
cosyn
Mawgys
,
and
ceased
not
tyll
they
were
comine
within
the
hoste
.
And
whan
they
were
come
there
:
euery
man
looked
vpon
Reynawd
that
was
so
fayre
a
pilgryme
and
so
calle
a
man
.
And
Reinawd
looked
here
and
there
,
and
wist
not
where
to
put
himselfe
,
than
he
aduised
him
and
sayde
to
Mawgis
.
My
cosin
we
must
see
that
we
haue
a
litelle
reede
or
some
other
thing
,
for
to
make
vs
a
lodges
there
at
one
corner
of
the
walle
,
and
whan
Reinawd
had
sayd
so
:
Mawgis
ceased
not
till
he
had
made
a
litill
lodge
.
This
hanginge
that
they
made
their
lodge
,
the
admyrall
of
Percie
yssued
oute
of
Iherusalem
with
wel
three
thousande
fyghtinge
men
,
and
entred
into
the
christen
hoste
toward
saynt
steuyns
churche
.
ANd
whan
the
good
erle
of
Raines
,
and
wallerauen
of
fayete
and
Geffray
of
Nasareth
sawa
that
:
they
came
anone
to
theyr
harneys
.
And
I
tell
you
that
there
Iaffas
of
Rames
was
soone
armed
sooner
than
the
other
and
incontynente
he
ranne
vpon
the
turkes
and
beganne
to
crye
Iaffa
as
hie
as
he
could
,
and
smote
vpon
the
Persians
,
and
dommaged
them
sore
,
for
he
was
a
valiaunt
man
in
armes
.
And
whan
all
they
of
the
hoste
were
armed
:
than
began
there
a
bataylle
of
the
one
parte
,
and
of
the
other
right
cruell
.
Than
came
there
geffraye
of
Nasareth
,
which
entred
amonge
the
thickest
of
the
Sarasins
and
began
fast
to
smyte
theym
deade
to
the
erthe
.
Shortly
to
speake
:
thys
battayll
was
ryght
great
and
mortal
for
there
were
many
speres
broken
,
and
many
sheeldes
clouen
,
and
of
the
one
parte
and
also
of
the
other
were
manye
menne
ouerthrowen
to
the
grounde
.
And
ye
oughte
to
wyt
that
wallerauen
of
fay●e
smot
the●e
dead
manye
a
painym
,
so
that
it
was
wonder
to
see
his
faires
of
armes
for
no
persayn
durst
abyde
afore
him
.
And
whan
the
admyrall
sawe
this
:
he
said
to
himselfe
,
that
he
shoulde
neuer
set
nothinge
by
hymselfe
,
but
he
shoulde
auenge
vpon
Geffraye
that
so
tourmented
his
folke
.
And
anon
he
tooke
a
spere
in
his
hand
,
and
went
ayenst
Geffray
.
And
whan
Geffraye
sawe
that
:
he
ranne
asprely
vpon
him
and
they
gaue
eche
other
suche
strokes
in
theyr
sheeldes
that
bothe
theyr
speres
flewe
in
many
peces
,
and
with
this
cours
was
the
admyralle
ouerthrowen
from
his
horse
to
the
erthe
,
but
Geffray
of
Nasareth
abode
in
the
arsons
of
his
sadle
.
And
whan
the
admyrall
sawe
him
on
the
ground
:
he
was
angry
for
it
,
so
rose
he
vp
lyghtelye
and
set
hand
to
his
swerde
and
made
greate
semblaunt
for
to
defend
hym selfe
.
And
whan
Geffraye
of
Nasareth
sawe
this
:
he
turned
hym
toward
the
admyrall
and
smot
hym
so
great
a
stroke
with
his
swerde
vpon
his
helme
that
he
astonyed
hym
.
And
whan
Geffray
saw
that
he
made
no
defence
:
he
bowed
hys
bodye
toward
him
,
and
tooke
the
admyrall
by
the
helme
and
wolde
haue
brought
hym
away
.
And
whan
the
admyrall
saw
that
he
was
take
:
he
cried
Percy
as
loude
as
he
mighte
,
so
that
his
folke
hearde
hym
and
ranne
there
as
he
was
,
and
delyuered
hym
from
the
handes
of
Geffraye
and
set
hym
vpon
a
horse
and
broughte
him
with
them
,
whan
than
Reinawd
saw
that
the
batayll
was
so
cruell
:
he
sayde
to
Mawgis
.
Alas
cosyn
yf
I
had
my
harneys
I
should
goe
gladly
succour
our
folke
,
for
it
is
that
thinge
that
I
haue
moste
desyred
as
that
I
myghte
beare
armes
ayenst
the
sarasins
,
than
said
Mawgis
to
him
,
ye
are
not
wise
to
saye
so
,
ye
woe
howe
we
been
traueylled
of
our
pylgrymage
,
and
that
it
is
time
that
we
rest
vs
a
lytill
and
also
the
warre
shall
not
be
ended
so
soone
,
but
that
ye
maye
proue
youreselfe
in
armes
afore
the
holye
cytie
of
Iherusalem
be
wonne
,
wherfore
I
pray
you
rest
your selfe
thys
nyght
,
and
to
morow
and
god
before
we
shal
be
fyghte
our
enmyes
,
for
I
haue
delybered
that
I
shall
be
no
hermyt
as
longe
as
we
ben
togither
,
but
I
shal
helpe
you
with
al
my
power
,
but
one
thinge
I
tell
you
that
neuer
whyle
I
lyue
I
shall
cast
no
charme
more
,
for
I
haue
promysed
it
God
and
all
the
saynctes
to
whome
I
praye
to
keep
me
therfro
,
but
I
tell
you
that
I
loue
you
so
hertelye
that
yf
I
shoulde
be
dampned
,
yet
shoulde
I
come
oute
of
my
hermytage
for
to
succoure
you
yf
ye
had
need
.
My
cosyn
sayd
Reinawde
I
thanke
you
for
youre
good
wyl
and
I
knowe
well
ye
saye
trouth
that
we
haue
mystre
of
rest
,
but
I
canne
not
keepe
my selfe
,
but
I
must
goe
to
battayll
.
Alas
that
I
haue
not
Bayarde
and
slamberge
my
good
swerde
,
for
I
shoulde
doo
thys
daye
that
god
shoulde
conne
me
thanke
of
it
.
Ryghte
sory
was
Reynawd
that
he
hadde
nother
horse
nor
harneys
for
to
helpe
the
chrysten
folke
.
THis
hanging
that
Reynawd
and
Mawgis
spake
togither
:
the
erie
of
Rames
,
Geffraye
of
Nasareth
and
wallerauen
made
greate
slaughter
of
the
turkes
and
of
the
percians
.
And
whan
the
admyrall
sawe
this
:
he
with
drew
his
folke
again
in
to
the
cytye
of
Iherusalem
.
For
he
might
no
lenger
suffre
the
great
harme
and
hurte
that
the
christen
made
hym
.
And
whan
the
crysten
saw
that
the
Sarasins
were
discom●t●ed
they
chased
theim
sharpelye
,
and
stewe
so
many
of
theym
that
none
canne
tell
the
numbre
.
And
than
the
erle
I●ffas
that
was
a
worthy
knight
and
a
wise
,
he
went
to
the
gate
of
saynt
●teuen
,
and
kepte
him
there
with
his
folke
.
And
whan
the
Turkes
came
for
to
saue
theimself
within
Iherusalem
:
the
erle
Iaffas
went
ayenst
them
and
kepte
the
passage
that
they
myghte
not
entre
at
theyr
ease
wi●hin
the
citye
,
and
there
agayne
were
manye
of
them
slayne
.
And
the
admyrall
sawe
that
he
was
an
angred
for
it
,
and
tooke
an
other
waye
to
the
cytie
towarde
the
gate
fore
,
and
it
happed
than
that
the
turkes
passed
afore
the
lodge
of
Reynawde
and
by
the
great
prece
and
stampynge
of
their
horses
the
lodge
of
Reynawd
was
broken
and
marred
,
wherof
Reynawde
was
angrye
.
Than
Reynawde
looked
aboute
hym
,
and
founde
nothynge
for
to
fyghte
wythall
but
a
forke
that
susteyned
vp
theyr
lodge
,
that
was
great
&
stronge
.
And
he
tooke
it
anon
wyth
both
hys
handes
and
mounted
vpon
a
wall
that
was
by
the
way●
And
as
the
turkes
passed
there
by
:
he
layed
vpon
them
with
a
greate
staffe
and
smote
them
downe
,
two
and
two
at
once
as
swynes
,
and
to
saye
the
trouthe
:
Reinawde
beinge
thus
vpon
the
broken
wall
slewe
mo
than
a
hundred
of
them
as
they
passed
by
him
.
And
whan
Mawgys
sawe
that
Reinawd
dyd
so
well
,
he
rooke
his
palstet
and
came
vpon
the
wall
by
him
,
and
began
to
smite
with
both
his
handes
so
great
strokes
,
that
thei
that
he
taught
fell
deade
to
the
grounde
.
Whyle
that
Reinawd
and
Mawgis
dyd
these
faytes
of
armes
:
came
there
the
erle
of
Rames
and
Geffray
of
Nasareth
that
folowed
after
the
Sarasins
with
all
dylygence
.
Whiche
sawe
the
great
quantite
of
deade
Sarasyns
,
that
Reynawde
and
Mawgys
had
slayne
vpon
the
waye
by
theyr
prowes
in
so
muche
that
all
moste
menne
could
ride
no
more
that
way
,
for
the
great
heape
of
●urkes
that
laye
dead
there
,
wherof
the
Sarasyns
were
sore
abasshed
.
Than
the
erle
of
Rames
shewed
to
Geffray
of
Nasareth
the
great
slaughter
that
the
two
pylgrymes
hadde
doon
and
merueylled
of
him
that
held
the
forke
that
he
was
so
greate
and
so
valliaunt
a
man
,
and
in
lykewise
that
other
that
helde
the
palster
that
was
not
so
great
.
See
said
he
howe
the
waye
is
couered
aboute
theym
with
this
cursed
folke
,
I
beleue
that
they
be
felawes
.
Ha
goddis
sayd
Geffray
I
meruayill
what
folke
they
are
,
I
beleue
that
god
hathe
sente
theym
to
vs
for
our
sauyng
,
or
elles
they
ben
ouer
hardye
fooles
seyng
that
they
ben
al
naked
,
and
fere
not
the
deth
.
Sir
said
the
earle
of
Rames
,
what
so
euer
they
ben
:
they
doo
like
worthye
men
.
God
al
mighty
keep
them
from
hurt
,
daunger
and
from
euel
combraunce
.
For
they
haue
well
greued
our
enmies
and
I
shall
neuer
be
at
myne
ease
tyll
that
I
haue
spoken
wyth
theym
,
for
to
wyt
what
folke
they
be
and
fro
whence
they
come
.
GReat
was
the
chase
that
the
erle
of
rames
,
Geffray
of
Nasareth
and
wallerauen
made
after
the
Turkes
and
persians
.
For
right
great
slaughter
they
made
of
theym
or
they
were
withdrawen
within
Iherusalem
.
For
they
lefte
not
the
chase
tyll
they
were
within
the
gate
fore
.
Whan
Reynawde
sawe
that
all
the
Sarasins
were
passed
he
caste
after
them
his
great
staffe
for
he
could
doo
no
more
to
them
.
And
after
he
be
thoughte
hym
and
descended
fro
the
wal
,
and
sayde
he
wolde
not
lese
hys
forke
and
fet
it
agayne
,
for
it
shoulde
serue
for
to
make
hys
lodge
as
it
dyd
before
.
This
hangyng
:
the
earle
of
Rames
cam
from
the
chasyng
again
,
and
soughte
the
two
Pylgrymes
for
to
speake
with
them
,
and
he
found
theim
where
they
were
makinge
of
their
lodge
.
Than
he
behelde
them
well
and
sayde
nothinge
.
And
whan
he
sawe
that
they
were
so
greate
and
so
well
shapen
pryncypally
Reynawde
,
for
he
wanted
nothing
,
he
lighted
from
his
horse
and
tooke
theim
by
the
hande
,
and
made
theim
to
sytte
besyde
hym
.
Whan
they
were
set
:
the
erle
sayd
to
Reynawde
.
My
freende
,
I
praie
you
telle
me
trouthe
of
that
I
shall
afke
you
.
By
the
faithe
that
ye
owe
to
the
temple
where
ye
purpose
to
goe
.
Tell
me
youre
names
and
what
ye
be
,
and
of
whence
ye
come
,
and
why
you
goe
so
poorlye
arayed
.
Sir
said
Reynawd
sith
that
it
please
you
to
wit
of
oure
beynge
,
and
of
our
name
:
I
shall
telle
it
you
with
a
good
wyll
.
Nowe
wyt
it
that
I
am
called
Reynawd
of
Mountawban
,
but
Charlemayne
hathe
casted
me
therfrom
wrongefully
,
the
Duke
Aimon
is
my
father
,
and
I
am
now
come
in
to
the
holy
londe
for
to
serue
our
lord
ayenst
his
enmies
.
For
thus
hathe
commaunded
me
to
doo
Charlemayne
my
souerayne
lorde
,
whan
I
made
peace
with
him
.
And
that
worse
is
:
I
must
needes
come
thus
poorely
arrayed
as
ye
see
beggyng
my
brede
where
so
euer
I
goe
or
come
,
where
ayenst
I
wolde
neuer
goe
for
to
haue
peace
.
Whan
the
erle
of
rames
vnderstoode
Reynawd
:
he
was
gladde
of
him
,
and
heaued
vp
his
handes
towarde
heauen
and
thanked
God
and
after
sayd
.
O
noble
knight
Reinawde
of
Mountawban
the
best
knyghte
of
the
worlde
,
take
heere
my
homage
.
For
I
gyue
my selfe
vnto
you
and
al
my
goodes
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
this
:
he
sayde
to
the
earle
of
Rames
.
Stand
vp
for
ye
profer
me
outrage
.
By
god
sayd
the
erle
I
shall
neuer
aryse
tyll
ye
haue
graunted
me
a
thynge
.
Sir
sayde
Reynawde
,
I
graunt
it
you
with
a
good
wyll
,
and
with
good
herte
.
Gramercye
sayd
the
erle
,
and
than
he
stoode
vp
and
sayde
to
Reynawde
.
Is
it
trouthe
that
ye
haue
peace
with
the
great
king
Charlemaine
?
Alas
where
been
youre
bretheren
the
worthy
knightes
and
Mawgys
youre
cosyn
,
in
whome
ye
haue
so
great
trust
,
&
your
good
horse
bayard
:
Sir
said
Reynawd
wit
that
I
had
peace
with
the
kinge
Charlemaine
of
the
warre
that
so
longe
hath
lasted
by
suche
maner
as
I
shall
tell
you
,
that
it
is
that
I
must
come
heere
in
suche
clothyng
as
ye
see
vpon
me
,
and
heere
is
Mawgis
my
cosyn
that
is
comen
heere
with
his
free
wyll
,
for
he
is
not
constrayned
therto
,
for
the
kynge
Charlemayn
weneth
he
be
deade
longe
a
goe
and
my
bretherne
been
abyden
with
my
wyfe
and
my
chyldren
.
For
the
kyng
hath
returned
all
oure
lyuelode
vnto
theym
again
.
And
whan
the
earle
vnderstoode
the
trouthe
of
all
,
he
was
ryghte
gladde
of
it
,
so
that
he
beganne
to
crye
with
a
hyghe
voyce
.
Ha
duke
Reynawde
of
Mountawban
,
howe
greately
be
you
welcome
heere
to
vs
,
as
the
most
valyaunte
knight
of
the
world
blissed
be
the
good
lorde
that
hathe
conduyte
you
hyther
.
And
I
praye
you
for
god
:
that
ye
receyue
myne
homage
so
shall
ye
saue
the
worshyppe
of
the
kynge
thomas
that
is
nowe
prysoner
there
within
the
citie
,
for
and
ye
be
oure
capitayne
and
oure
heade
:
I
put
no
doubt
but
we
shall
well
soone
take
Iherusalem
.
And
thus
shall
the
kynge
Thomas
be
belyuered
oute
of
the
handes
of
the
false
sarasyns
.
THere
came
all
the
barons
of
Surrye
that
were
full
glad
of
the
coming
of
Reynawd
of
mountawban
,
to
whome
they
made
greate
reuerence
,
and
feasted
hym
ryghte
hyghly
.
And
shortly
to
speake
:
they
al
prayed
him
to
be
theyr
lorde
and
head
capitayne
,
and
that
he
wolde
guyde
them
as
the
erle
of
Rames
had
doon
afore
.
And
whan
Reynawde
sawe
that
all
the
barons
of
Surrye
desyred
and
prayed
him
so
sore
for
to
receyue
theyr
homages
:
he
sayde
vnto
theym
.
Lordes
sith
that
it
pleaseth
you
for
to
doo
me
this
great
honour
:
I
take
it
,
saufe
alwaye
the
ryght
of
kynge
Thomas
whiche
is
your
souerayne
lorde
.
Syr
sayde
the
barons
we
will
haue
it
thus
.
And
thenne
he
receyued
their
homagis
,
and
whan
he
hadde
receyued
theim
:
the
erle
of
Rames
kneeled
before
him
and
sayd
Syr
I
wil
that
ye
giue
me
now
that
thinge
that
ye
haue
graunted
me
.
Sir
sayde
Reynawde
saye
what
it
is
and
ye
shall
haue
it
.
Syr
sayde
the
erle
of
Rames
it
is
that
ye
wyl
vouchesaufe
to
be
lodged
in
my
pauyllion
and
th●t
ye
spende
none
other
good
but
myne
.
And
if
ye
wyl
gyue
any
thing
:
I
shall
delyuer
it
to
you
,
and
I
shal
gyue
you
syxe
of
my
knightes
for
to
serue
you
,
Good
earle
of
Rames
gramercye
of
the
worship
that
ye
doo
to
me
▪
than
the
erle
tooke
Reynawd
by
the
hande
and
broughte
so
hym
in
to
his
pauyllion
,
and
made
him
to
be
serued
as
his
souerayne
lorde
,
and
whan
all
the
barons
hadde
conueyed
Reynawde
to
the
pauyllion
of
the
erle
of
Rames
:
they
tooke
leaue
of
him
and
went
again
in
to
their
pauyllions
and
thanked
God
that
he
hadde
sent
theym
suche
a
knyghte
and
so
vallyaunte
a
manne
to
be
their
capitaine
,
and
theyr
Lorde
.
And
than
whan
the
erle
of
Rames
sawe
that
all
the
barons
were
gon
to
theyr
pauillions
:
he
made
to
be
broughte
there
manye
good
horses
and
fayre
paifrays
,
and
ryche
raymentes
of
dyuers
coloures
furred
with
ryche
furres
and
all
maner
of
good
harneys
for
the
warre
,
curaces
and
ryche
helmes
,
and
noble
swerdes
,
and
greate
plentye
of
plate
bothe
of
fyne
golde
and
of
syluer
and
all
thys
he
presented
to
Reynawde
.
But
he
wolde
take
nothynge
but
onlie
a
complete
harneys
for
his
body
,
and
a
swerde
that
he
chose
there
amonge
all
,
and
an
horse
.
And
all
the
remenaunt
:
he
made
to
be
dealed
to
the
poore
knyghtes
that
had
mystre
and
need
of
it
.
And
whan
the
erle
of
Rames
sawe
that
Reynawde
hadde
taken
but
one
horse
,
one
harneys
and
one
swerde
:
he
sayde
vnto
him
.
Syr
for
God
take
on
you
a nother
raymente
,
for
ye
wot
well
it
apperteyneth
not
to
suche
a
man
as
ye
be
for
to
goe
clothed
as
ye
doo
.
Sir
said
Reynawd
pardonne
me
and
it
please
you
,
for
I
shall
neuer
were
none
other
raymente
but
this
that
I
haue
nowe
on
,
tyll
that
I
haue
kyssed
the
holy
sepulcre
wherin
God
was
put
after
that
he
was
brought
downe
fro
the
crosse
.
Sir
said
then
the
erle
,
doo
as
ye
wil
,
and
than
he
went
to
Mawgys
and
said
to
him
.
I
praye
you
put
awaye
this
capye
and
this
hood
and
take
other
raimentes
,
syr
said
Mawgis
than
I
pray
you
be
not
dyspleased
,
yf
I
full
fyll
not
youre
desyre
at
this
time
,
for
I
tell
you
that
I
haue
promysed
that
I
sh●ll
were
no
other
cloth
as
longe
as
I
lyue
but
such
as
the
same
is
.
Thenne
whanne
the
erle
sawe
that
Reynawde
nor
Mawgys
wolde
not
take
none
other
raymentes
for
no
thinge
that
he
coulde
saye
vnto
them
:
he
was
sory
for
it
.
And
than
he
made
the
tables
redye
for
to
goe
to
supper
.
And
whan
they
hadde
supped
the
erle
of
rames
called
wallerauen
of
fayer
and
Geffray
of
Nazareth
and
sayde
to
them
.
Now
thinke
for
to
doo
well
syth
that
god
hath
sent
to
vs
suche
succour
.
And
whan
the
barons
heard
the
erle
speake
thus
:
they
answered
we
shal
doo
oure
best
by
the
grace
of
God
.
And
than
euery
man
went
to
his
pauillion
,
and
made
greate
plentie
of
torches
to
be
fyred
so
that
it
was
merueylles
of
the
light
that
was
in
the
hoste
,
and
euery
man
began
to
daunce
and
disporte
theymselfe
aboute
their
tentes
and
pauyllions
a
longe
while
for
Ioye
of
the
comynge
of
Reinawde
.
And
whan
turkes
that
kept
the
towre
of
Dauyd
sawe
the
greate
lyghte
that
was
in
the
hoste
of
the
christen
:
they
were
all
merueylled
of
it
.
Than
some
of
them
went
and
shewed
it
to
theyr
maister
and
lorde
.
And
whan
the
admyralle
hearde
the
tydynges
:
he
began
to
crye
hie
and
said
.
O
Machomet
what
●illeth
now
that
vnhappi
folke
that
make
so
greate
feast
.
I
beleue
that
they
ben
as
the
swanne
is
whan
she
shall
die
,
for
I
am
sure
they
shal
one
of
these
daies
be
al
slaine
,
and
therfore
they
make
so
great
ioye
.
And
whan
barbas
the
admirall
had
sayde
this
,
he
sware
by
machomet
afore
all
his
barons
that
he
should
make
an
issue
on
the
morow
for
to
hewe
al
the
christen
in
peeces
.
Syr
saide
an
olde
paynym
Beware
your
fleshe
well
of
a
greate
kerle
thae
is
there
new
come
among
them
,
the
whiche
bereth
a
great
forke
in
his
hande
,
for
yf
he
hyt
you
:
ye
are
but
dead
.
I
am
well
sure
that
all
they
of
t
hoste
make
this
Ioie
for
that
lurden
.
I
know
him
not
sayd
th
admyral
to
the
paynym
,
but
and
:
I
canne
hye
hym
with
my
branke
of
steele
I
shall
make
him
leue
his
great
head
behind
him
for
a
pledge
till
he
commeth
again
,
for
he
is
naked
,
and
therfore
he
may
not
endure
ayenst
me
.
WHan
the
kynge
Thomas
that
was
there
prisoner
saw
the
great
feast
&
ioye
that
the
christen
made
:
Wist
not
what
he
should
thinke
,
but
sa
it
to
himself
.
Ha
goddes
what
haue
now
my
folk●
that
they
make
suche
a
noyse
&
suche
a
sporte
,
alas
doo
they
not
remembre
me
?
I
beleue
better
ye
than
naye
,
for
the
feaste
that
they
make
nowe
is
for
somwhat
.
Wyt
it
that
they
of
rames
,
and
of
Iaffes
and
of
all
the
countrey
aboute
Iherusalem
whan
they
saw
the
great
light
:
they
wende
that
the
citie
had
be
set
a
fyre
,
and
some
were
sore
aferde
leste
t
hoste
had
a
doo
.
Thus
was
all
the
countrey
abasshed
,
but
they
that
were
in
t
hoste
cared
but
litell
for
it
.
And
whan
they
had
sported
themselfe
ynoughe
:
they
ordeined
the
watche
and
after
went
to
rest
.
And
whan
the
day
was
come
:
the
barons
rose
and
went
to
the
pauillyon
of
Reinawde
,
whiche
was
vp
and
redie
,
and
they
salued
him
reuerently
,
and
after
said
vnto
him
thus
,
sir
what
thinke
ye
that
we
must
doo
?
shal
we
assaille
the
citie
or
no
?
Lordes
saide
the
duke
Reinawde
,
me
semeth
that
it
were
good
for
to
giue
to
it
a
sawte
.
For
we
haue
great
auauntage
afore
hande
,
for
he
that
shall
dyein
the
sawtinge
of
the
holye
citie
:
he
shal
be
saued
without
doubte
.
whiles
that
the
barons
deuised
thus
together
for
to
giue
a
sawte
to
the
citie
:
the
admyrall
of
Percie
made
to
open
the
gate
a
force
,
and
yssued
out
of
the
town
with
ten
thousande
fightinge
menne
well
armed
.
And
whan
Reinawde
and
the
barons
of
surry
knewe
it
:
they
ranne
to
their
harneys
.
Reinawd
was
armed
incontinent
,
&
tooke
his
helme
and
his
swerde
,
and
lighted
vpon
his
horse
that
the
erle
of
Rames
had
geuen
him
.
And
whan
reinawde
was
on
horsebacke
:
Mawgis
armed
him
also
,
and
mounted
on
horsebacke
,
and
began
to
crie
.
Barons
of
Surrye
,
be
not
dysmayed
in
no
wyse
,
for
I
promyse
god
I
shal
neuer
returne
to
be
hermyt
:
yf
the
turkes
be
not
dyscomfyted
and
ouerthrowen
.
And
after
he
had
sayde
so
:
he
went
to
Geffraye
of
Nasareth
and
saide
to
hym
.
Baron
keep
you
by
Reynawde
,
for
if
all
the
other
knyghtes
in
the
felawshyp
were
suche
as
ye
be
:
Barbas
shoulde
be
discomfited
or
noone
,
and
whan
al
the
barons
were
wel
armed
and
wel
on
horsebacke
:
they
ordeined
theyr
battailles
as
wel
as
they
could
.
And
than
came
the
admyrall
barbas
that
smot
in
to
t
hoste
of
the
christen
.
The
fyrste
barrailie
of
the
sarasins
was
conduited
by
a
king
that
had
to
name
Margarys
that
was
lord
of
the
towre
of
Tailes
,
whiche
was
ryght
cruell
,
and
dare
in
his
armes
a
dragon
pyctured
with
an
horryble
fygure
.
WHan
the
kyng
Margaris
sawe
it
was
time
to
smite
vpon
the
christen
:
he
spurred
his
horse
with
his
spurres
&
ran
ayenst
Reinawd
.
And
whan
Reinawde
saw
him
come
:
he
said
to
th
erle
of
rames
,
Heere
cometh
one
to
seeke
his
death
with
great
haste
,
ye
haue
doon
me
great
honoure
,
but
this
king
shal
haue
dyshonoure
for
your
loue
at
the
fyrst
.
And
whan
Reinawd
had
saide
this
:
he
spurred
his
horse
and
ranne
ayenst
Margarys
so
harde
that
nother
sheelde
nor
quyras
could
not
saue
him
,
but
he
shoued
his
spere
thorough
the
brest
and
ouerthrew
sterke
dead
to
the
grounde
.
And
whan
Reinawde
had
gyuen
that
great
stroke
:
he
saide
.
Goe
thy
waye
to
helle
the
deuill
spede
thee
and
beare
felawship
to
thy
predecessours
that
went
there
afore
thee
.
And
after
he
put
hande
to
the
swerde
and
smot
another
sarasin
so
harde
throughe
the
helme
that
he
cloue
him
to
the
teethe
,
and
forthe
withall
he
taught
another
vnder
the
bauere
so
that
he
made
his
heade
to
flee
from
the
shoulders
,
and
whan
he
had
slain
these
three
:
he
cried
Mountawban
vpon
these
panyms
.
And
whan
Mawgis
hearde
hym
:
he
put
himselfe
amonge
the
Turkes
so
couragyously
,
that
the
first
that
he
recountred
he
sent
him
downe
in
to
helle
,
and
than
tooke
his
swerd
in
his
hande
and
dyd
merueylles
of
armes
so
that
he
slewe
so
many
turkes
that
reinawde
and
the
barons
meruaylled
greatly
.
Than
saide
Reinawde
to
the
earle
of
Rames
.
What
say
you
by
my
cosin
Mawgis
,
saw
you
euer
so
good
an
hermyte
?
By
my
soule
said
th
erle
he
is
to
be
commended
,
blessed
be
the
wombe
that
bare
hym
,
and
thoure
the
ye
ben
come
in
to
this
londe
,
for
now
I
am
well
sure
that
Iherusalem
shal
be
recouered
,
&
the
king
Thomas
delyuered
out
of
prison
with
the
grace
of
God
.
Whan
th
erle
of
Rames
had
sayde
this
to
Reynawde
:
he
spurred
his
horse
with
the
spurres
and
smote
a
turke
such
a
stroke
that
he
made
the
yren
of
his
spere
to
apeece
at
the
back
of
him
that
he
fel
dead
to
th
erth
,
&
after
he
tooke
his
swerde
in
his
hand
&
began
to
crye
Rames
as
hie
as
he
coulde
,
sayinge
barons
smite
nowe
a
good
,
for
the
persians
shall
be
nowe
vtterly
dyscomfyted
,
yf
god
keep
the
valliaunt
Reynawd
of
Mountawban
&
his
valiaunt
cosin
Mawgis
.
Now
is
the
houre
come
that
the
traytoure
Barbas
shall
finish
his
life
,
that
thus
betraied
the
holy
citie
of
Iherusalem
by
his
false
wit
.
Than
did
set
on
the
barons
of
the
londe
,
whiche
began
to
make
merueiles
of
armes
ayenst
the
sarasins
.
Who
had
seene
that
tyme
Reynawde
and
Mawgis
how
they
made
way
to
them
that
cam
after
them
:
he
wolde
haue
meruailled
greatly
,
for
I
promise
you
none
durst
abide
afore
them
were
he
neuer
so
hardy
or
valliaunt
,
but
he
was
slayne
of
them
.
After
Reinawde
and
Mawgys
,
was
th
erle
of
Rames
,
Geffray
of
Nasareth
,
and
wallerauen
of
fayete
,
with
their
folke
,
and
thei
made
merueilles
of
armes
ayenst
their
enemies
,
and
whan
the
sarasins
sawe
that
they
could
not
abide
the
greate
domage
of
that
the
christen
bare
to
them
:
they
put
them selfe
to
flyght
taward
the
citie
.
WHan
th
admirall
Barbas
sawe
that
his
folke
were
dyscomfited
:
he
was
angry
for
it
&
said
whoresōnes
,
whi
doo
ye
slee
thus
awai
know
you
not
thus
I
am
your
lorde
,
that
shal
defend
you
ayenst
this
vnhappy
christens
?
Where
is
Margaris
become
that
I
see
hym
not
?
Sir
said
one
of
the
sarasins
he
is
dead
at
the
first
Ioustinge
that
he
made
,
&
whan
th
admiral
hearde
this
:
he
wend
to
haue
gon
out
of
his
wyt
and
said
who
is
the
hath
borne
me
so
great
harme
as
to
slea
the
noble
king
margarys
,
is
it
not
the
great
earle
with
the
forke
?
yea
sir
said
the
folke
,
for
he
is
called
the
best
knight
of
the
world
and
also
he
hathe
brought
this
daye
to
death
many
of
your
men
with
hys
handes
.
Muche
sory
was
th
admiral
for
the
death
of
Margaris
,
and
swore
the
god
mahoune
that
he
shoulde
perse
the
herte
in
his
bely
.
And
whan
he
had
made
this
oth
:
he
gaue
the
spurres
to
the
horse
and
put
him selfe
to
the
medle
,
and
the
first
that
he
recountred
:
was
wallerauen
of
fayete
to
whom
he
gaue
such
a
stroke
thorough
the
sheeld
that
he
made
his
spere
head
to
apere
out
at
the
backe
of
hym
and
slewe
him
dead
to
the
erthe
.
And
whan
the
admyrall
had
giuen
that
stroke
:
he
put
hande
to
his
swerde
and
shoued
him
amonge
the
thickest
,
crying
percie
as
hie
as
he
coulde
,
and
saide
barons
smite
vpon
this
vnhappy
christens
,
for
now
shal
they
be
discomfyted
.
And
whan
th
erle
Iaffas
&
Geffray
of
nasareth
saw
that
th
admyrall
fared
so
foule
with
the
christens
:
they
put
them
in
to
the
p●ece
amonge
the
Sarasyns
,
and
there
was
grea●●
slaughter
made
of
both
partyes
,
but
at
the
last
the
christen
had
ben
shrewdely
handled
if
Reinawd
and
mawnys
had
not
come
lyghtly
there
,
Reinawde
that
sawe
this
harde
batayll
shoued
him selfe
amonge
the
thickest
as
a
wolfe
among
a
flocke
of
sheep
and
smot
a
persian
that
was
cosin
to
th
admyrall
that
had
to
name
Orrende
,
and
gaue
him
such
a
stroke
with
his
swerde
:
that
he
made
his
heade
to
slee
wel
a
spere
lengthe
from
his
bodye
with
helme
and
all
.
And
after
he
smote
a nother
that
was
neuewe
to
Malbon
,
so
that
he
slewe
both
horse
and
man
with
one
stroke
.
To
say
the
trouth
Reinawd
made
there
so
great
merueylles
of
armes
:
that
al
the
painymes
were
fore
abashed
,
for
he
had
hys
sheelde
cast
behynde
his
backe
,
and
held
the
●eyne
of
hys
horse
about
hys
arme
,
and
helde
his
swerde
in
bothe
his
handes
and
habandonned
his
body
smytyng
merueyllous
strokes
on
ether
side
vpon
the
sarasyns
so
that
he
smot
no
stroke
but
he
slew
a
turke
or
paynim
.
And
whan
thadmyr●●
sawe
the
great
greef
that
Reinawd
bare
to
his
folke
:
he
sware
his
god
appo●lyn
he
shoulde
neuer
eate
meate
till
he
had
slaine
the
great
villain
.
Sir
said
than
the
king
Alebrōdye
to
him
.
I
pray
you
leaue
this
entrepryse
,
for
I
t●ll
you
for
very
certaine
that
if
ye
goe
afore
him
:
he
shall
kylle
you
with
one
stroke
.
Than
said
th
admyrall
●o
him
,
yf
I
had
nowe
a
good
guysarn
in
my
hande
he
should
as
lytil
endure
myn
efforce
as
should
a
boy
▪
for
and
I
bring
him
not
down●
:
I
shall
neuer
require
to
beare
any
armes
more
,
nor
to
ryde
vpon
anye
horse
more
.
MVche
cruell
and
harde
was
the
medlyng
.
Mawgis
was
there
that
made
great
occysyon
fro
the
one
syde
and
fro
the
other
.
And
whan
reinawde
saw
Mangis
that
did
so
wel
:
he
was
glad
,
and
so
smot
he
a
turke
vpon
his
helme
suche
a
stroke
that
he
cleued
his
head
in
two
peeces
,
and
so
he
smot
a nother
at
the
sydes
so
that
he
cleued
all
his
ribbes
,
and
cut
al
to gyther
a
sundre
his
bodye
,
and
after
this
he
smot
a nother
so
that
he
hewed
his
heade
clene
of
,
&
one
of
his
armes
,
and
whan
he
had
slain
these
.iii.
with
one
enpraint
:
he
cried
mountawban
saying
,
smite
barons
,
for
the
sarasins
bothe
turkes
&
persians
been
dead
&
ouerthrowen
,
and
th●nke
to
auenge
your
lord
Thomas
,
which
is
so
excellent
a
king
.
And
whan
th
admiral
barbas
heard
cry
mountawban
:
this
worde
abashed
hym
more
than
any
other
thinge
,
for
he
anewe
well
than
that
he
that
his
men
called
the
great
carie
with
the
forke
:
Was
the
valiaunt
Reynawd
of
mountawban
,
of
whome
he
had
heard
speake
of
many
tymes
afore
that
,
and
that
he
was
the
best
knight
of
al
the
worlde
,
and
whan
he
knewe
this
:
he
wold
ful
fayne
haue
be
again
in
percie
,
&
than
he
tooke
his
way
anon
to
ward
the
citye
as
a
man
discomfited
and
ouerthrowen
,
and
drewe
to
the
gate
fore
for
to
haue
gone
in
to
it
,
but
the
vallyaunte
erle
of
Rames
pursued
him
so
nyghe
that
he
suffered
him
not
to
goe
at
his
wil.
And
than
the
admyrall
sawe
that
he
was
so
sore
pursued
:
he
was
aferde
to
be
take
,
and
so
he
smote
his
horse
with
his
spurres
and
gat
in
to
the
citie
with
great
payne
,
&
lefte
all
his
folke
behinde
and
saued
hym selfe
,
but
the
moste
parte
of
his
men
were
there
slayne
.
And
whan
Reynawde
wyste
that
the
admirall
of
percie
was
so
scaped
:
he
was
right
sory
for
it
,
and
than
he
looked
about
him
and
saw
there
a
great
peece
of
timbre
that
had
.xv.
foote
of
length
,
he
lyghted
downe
a
foote
and
tooke
the
balke
and
trussed
it
vp
afore
hym
vpon
his
horse
necke
as
lyghtly
as
it
had
be
some
peece
of
welow
.
Than
he
sayd
to
them
that
had
victori
as
wel
as
he
.
Lordes
folow
me
yf
it
please
you
,
with
a
good
will
sayd
the
barons
for
we
shall
neuer
leue
you
,
nother
for
death
nor
for
life
.
NOw
wyl
I
tel
you
why
Reinawde
did
take
that
balke
afore
sayde
.
Ye
ought
to
wyt
that
Reynawde
bethought
well
that
the
admirall
barbas
should
not
make
the
gate
to
be
shet
after
him
,
for
loue
hys
folke
should
come
in
that
were
out
,
&
therfore
bare
Reynawde
the
great
balke
or
beme
,
to
the
ende
that
if
he
found
the
gate
open
:
he
should
put
it
vnder
the
porte
colisse
that
it
should
not
be
shit
lyghtly
agayne
.
And
after
he
had
be
thought
hymselfe
therof
:
he
went
on
his
way
with
the
christens
as
faste
as
they
coulde
runne
towarde
the
gate
of
Iherusalem
,
where
the
admyrall
had
saued
hymseflfe
,
&
whan
he
came
there
:
he
sawe
the
gate
open
wherof
he
was
glad
,
so
tooke
he
than
his
beme
and
put
it
vnder
the
port
colisfe
,
so
that
it
myght
not
be
lette
downe
,
nor
the
gate
could
not
be
shyt
nother
,
but
ye
may
well
know
that
Reynawde
dyd
not
this
without
great
trauayle
,
for
there
was
so
many
bodyes
bothe
quycke
&
dead
in
his
wai
that
he
myght
not
well
helpe
hym self
,
but
one
thyng
helped
hym
wel
,
for
whan
the
Sarasyns
saw
hym
:
they
were
so
fearde
of
hym
that
they
made
him
waye
,
&
fled
all
afore
him
.
WHan
the
noble
knyght
Reynawde
saw
that
the
porte
colisse
was
well
faste
vpon
the
beme
that
he
had
brought
there
:
without
any
tarying
he
put
hand
to
his
swerd
and
put
hymself
within
Iherusalem
.
And
whan
he
was
in
:
he
began
to
crye
as
hye
as
he
myght
Mountawban
,
Mountawban
,
the
citie
is
wonne
and
made
there
so
muche
of
armes
the
Mawgys
the
Erle
of
Rames
,
and
many
other
barons
gate
in
by
fyne
force
.
And
whan
the
Sarasyns
saw
that
the
christens
were
within
the
citie
:
they
put
themself
so
to
flyght
,
&
hyd
them
within
the
houses
,
where
as
they
might
for
to
saue
theyr
lyues
and
alwayes
Reynawde
was
at
the
gate
for
to
keep
the
entre
.
They
that
were
vpon
the
greate
towre
of
Dauid
:
cryed
fast
to
the
other
sarasyns
that
they
should
shet
the
gate
,
sa●●g
that
yf
the
great
lurden
entred
within
they
should
be
all
lost
.
And
whan
Reinawde
saw
that
a
great
parte
of
the
christens
were
within
Iherusalem
:
he
sayd
to
Mawgis
,
Cosyn
keep
wel
thys
passage
,
and
I
shall
go
at
another
gate
for
to
make
it
open
.
Cosyn
sayd
Mawgis
goe
your
way
hardelye
and
doubt
nothyng
,
I
shall
well
keep
this
path
.
Than
departed
Reinawde
accompanyed
with
many
valyaunt
Christians
and
went
vnto
a nother
gate
whiche
he
founde
well
garnysshed
with
paynyms
but
Reynawde
thoroughe
his
prowes
put
them
anon
to
flyght
and
gat
the
gate
open
.
Thus
as
ye
heare
was
doone
for
all
the
sarasyns
lost
theyr
lyues
and
was
recouered
agayne
the
Citie
of
Iherusalem
,
through
the
greate
prowes
of
the
noble
Reynawde
of
Mountawban
.
And
whan
the
admyrall
sawe
this
:
he
wende
to
haue
wexe
mad
all
quicke
and
fared
as
he
had
be
out
of
his
witte
and
cursed
his
goddes
mahowmet
&
Appolyn
,
&
pulled
his
heres
of
his
berde
,
and
rent
all
hys
raymentes
,
and
after
he
sayd
.
By
Apollo
the
souerayn
God
,
yf
Thomas
helpe
me
not
to
saue
my
lyfe
:
I
shall
make
hym
to
be
slayne
incontinent
,
and
than
he
sent
for
the
kyng
Thomas
and
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Kynge
Thomas
yee
muste
chuse
of
two
thinges
th
one
,
that
is
that
ye
must
saue
my
lyfe
that
I
maye
goo
to
percie
agayne
with
two
of
my
men
in
my
felawship
:
or
els
yee
to
be
now
cast
out
of
these
wyndowes
downe
.
Than
sayde
the
kynge
Thomas
,
&
please
you
,
ye
shal
haue
paciente
that
I
may
speake
with
my
folke
.
Go
on
said
the
admyral
to
them
at
this
wyndow
,
For
no
ferther
yee
shal
not
go
,
and
delyuer
you
lyghtly
.
Than
went
the
kinge
Thomas
to
the
windowes
,
&
saw
Reynawde
of
Mountawban
&
Mawgys
come
that
cam
al
the
formest
for
to
sawte
the
towre
of
Dauyd
,
where
he
was
prysoner
to
the
admirall
.
And
whan
he
sawe
Reynawde
and
Mawgys
the
formest
of
all
:
he
knewe
them
not
,
&
looked
ferther
,
&
saw
the
erle
of
Rames
behynde
them
whiche
he
knew
not
well
,
and
than
he
aspied
Geffray
of
Nazareth
,
wherof
he
was
glad
whan
he
saw
him
,
and
than
he
began
to
crye
.
Lorde
of
Nazareth
looke
vp
to
your
king
that
is
heere
prysoner
,
the
admyrall
Barbas
sendeth
you
worde
that
if
ye
let
him
not
goe
sauf
into
his
countrie
and
realme
of
pertie
wyth
two
of
his
men
with
him
:
he
shall
caste
me
nowe
downe
out
of
thys
windowe
.
Than
answered
to
hym
th
erle
of
Rames
,
ha
good
kyng
god
saue
you
,
ye
wot
well
that
a
good
man
ought
not
to
make
anye
lye
,
it
is
trouth
that
yesterdaye
wee
made
our
gouerner
,
&
mayster
of
that
lorde
that
ye
see
heere
afore
vs
,
whiche
is
the
best
knyght
of
the
worlde
and
to
hym
ye
must
shew
your
need
,
for
without
hym
we
may
doo
nothyng
.
And
whan
the
kyng
Thomas
vnderstode
this
tidinge
:
he
wexed
almoste
oute
of
hys
wit
for
sorow
,
bycause
he
wend
none
other
,
but
he
should
die
an
euil
death
.
Than
sayd
he
to
the
erle
of
Rames
in
great
angre
.
Ha
erle
of
Rames
,
haue
ye
betrayed
me
so
,
that
yee
haue
made
a nother
Lorde
than
me
?
Syr
sayde
the
Erle
to
hym
agayne
doubt
nothyng
,
for
wee
haue
doone
so
,
your
ryght
and
honour
is
alway
saued
in
this
behalfe
,
nor
ye
shal
not
lese
nothyng
of
your
owne
,
for
the
good
knight
hath
ynough
in
fraunce
and
ye
must
know
that
he
hath
taken
this
citie
,
he
and
his
felow
,
and
take
no
suspecciyon
of
hym
nor
of
vs
,
for
I
am
sure
he
shall
doo
euyn
as
yee
wil
yourself
,
for
he
is
heere
for
none
other
cause
but
for
to
delyuer
you
,
for
as
soone
as
he
shall
haue
vysit
the
holy
sepulcre
of
our
lorde
:
he
shal
goe
agayne
to
Fraunce
.
Than
sayd
the
kynge
Thomas
,
lordes
how
is
the
knyght
named
?
Syr
sayd
th
erle
of
Rames
,
he
is
called
Reynawde
of
Mountawban
,
the
sonne
of
the
Duke
Aymon
,
and
the
best
knyght
of
the
worlde
,
For
he
is
suche
a
knyght
that
the
great
kyng
Charlemayne
might
neuer
greue
hym
,
and
yet
haue
they
mayntened
the
warre
.xv.
yeres
and
more
the
one
against
thother
,
and
so
hath
he
doone
so
many
noble
&
great
faytes
of
armes
during
the
warre
:
that
the
renome
therof
is
flowen
ouer
al
the
worlde
.
Erle
of
Lames
sayd
the
kynge
,
I
pray
you
that
ye
wyll
tell
hym
in
my
behalfe
this
that
I
haue
sayd
to
Geffray
of
nazareth
,
syr
said
th
erle
wyth
a
good
wyll
I
shall
doo
so
.
And
than
he
went
to
Reynawde
&
shewed
to
him
al
that
the
king
had
sayd
.
Lordes
sayd
Reinawd
we
shal
not
doo
so
,
but
let
vs
sawte
the
towre
for
at
worst
fall
,
we
shall
alwayes
wel
haue
that
apoyntement
that
th
admyral
asketh
,
&
so
I
tell
you
yf
we
sawte
wel
:
the
towre
shal
be
lyghtly
wonne
by
force
of
armes
,
&
we
shal
deliuer
the
kinge
Thomas
at
oure
owne
wyll
,
&
so
shal
we
slea
barbas
that
thorough
treason
tooke
the
citie
.
Syr
sayd
th
erle
of
Rames
,
we
shall
doo
your
commaundement
doubt
not
of
it
,
Than
commaunded
Reynawd
that
the
towre
should
be
sawted
of
al
sidꝭ
&
made
great
plentie
of
ladders
to
be
ryghted
agaynst
it
,
&
he
hymselfe
began
fyrst
to
clime
vp
with
his
sheeld
for
to
couer
him
with
,
and
after
him
went
Mawgis
&
than
th
erle
of
Rames
,
&
after
them
Geffray
of
Nazareth
&
wel
thyrty
knightes
mo
,
and
men
with
crosbowes
&
other
archers
abode
byneth
for
to
shoot
vpwarde
,
where
they
saw
sarasins
looke
oute
&
whan
th
admirall
saw
Reynawde
that
wolde
haue
come
into
the
towre
:
he
was
sore
aferde
,
so
wyst
he
not
what
he
should
doo
,
but
ranne
to
the
kinge
Thomas
&
caught
hym
by
the
necke
&
sayd
to
him
,
by
apollo
thou
&
I
shall
lepe
bothe
at
once
out
of
this
window
.
Sir
sayd
the
king
kill
not
your self
nor
me
also
,
for
I
shall
make
the
sawte
to
cesse
.
I
will
wel
that
ye
doo
so
sayd
th
admiral
,
but
ye
shal
come
with
me
.
So
tooke
hym
by
the
neck
&
had
him
to
the
wyndowe
&
sayd
al
hye
Reynawde
of
Mountawban
I
shall
angre
you
,
for
I
shall
caste
the
king
Thomas
downe
if
ye
pardon
me
not
,
&
I
shall
slea
my self
whim
,
for
I
may
wel
die
after
such
a
king
.
And
whan
the
duke
Riynawde
saw
that
the
kyng
Thomas
hang
thus
the
head
downewarde
all
redy
for
to
fall
:
he
had
great
pitie
of
hym
&
said
Ha
good
lorde
what
shal
I
doo
?
for
if
I
leue
the
sawte
:
it
shal
be
greate
shame
,
for
the
towre
is
almoste
taken
,
and
of
the
other
part
it
shal
be
great
mysshape
yf
the
good
kinge
Thomas
take
death
for
it
.
Thus
as
Reynawde
was
vpon
the
ladder
thynkyng
what
he
might
best
doo
:
al
the
barons
of
the
lande
began
to
crye
to
Reynawde
,
sweete
syr
suffre
not
that
our
kynge
lese
his
lyfe
,
so
it
were
great
shame
to
vs
and
to
you
also
.
Lordes
sayde
Reynawde
by
the
fayth
that
I
owe
to
my
bretherne
and
to
my
Cosyn
Mawgys
,
I
wolde
not
that
the
kynge
should
take
death
for
me
,
and
whan
he
had
sayd
so
:
he
came
downe
fro
the
ladder
,
and
after
cryed
to
the
admirall
.
Leue
the
kyng
Thomas
&
doo
hym
no
harme
,
for
ye
shal
be
deliuered
by
suche
a
couenaunt
that
yee
and
your
two
men
shall
go
on
foote
into
percie
and
ye
shall
leue
here
al
your
goods
.
By
mahoūe
sayd
th
admiral
I
wyll
not
doo
so
but
shall
ryde
on
horsebacke
I
and
my
two
men
,
&
so
shal
ye
gyue
me
saufconduyt
vpon
your
fayth
,
&
if
ye
wil
not
doo
thus
:
I
shall
let
fall
downe
the
kyng
Thomas
.
Admyrall
sayd
Reynawde
,
the
ye
aske
I
graunt
it
to
you
vpon
my
fayth
,
For
ye
haue
with
you
suche
a
pledge
that
ye
shal
not
be
touched
at
this
time
for
me
.
Th
admirall
was
ryght
glad
whan
he
heard
Reynawde
speake
thus
,
so
drew
he
vp
the
kyng
Thomas
agayne
and
sayde
to
hym
,
kyng
Thomas
ye
shall
go
quite
from
me
,
and
than
he
wente
downe
with
the
kyng
&
opened
the
gate
,
&
went
our
he
&
his
two
men
.
There
was
made
great
ioye
betwene
the
kynge
Thomas
and
Reynawde
.
And
after
of
all
the
other
barons
of
surre
,
and
the
great
thankes
that
the
kyng
did
to
Reynawde
and
to
Mawgis
:
are
not
for
to
be
named
,
&
the
langage
the
was
betwene
them
are
to
longe
to
be
recounted
.
After
this
th
admyral
tooke
his
saufconduyt
and
went
his
way
towarde
percie
.
Heere
of
him
is
made
none
other
mencion
,
and
after
he
was
gone
:
the
king
Thomas
,
reynawde
&
with
all
thother
barons
went
togyther
into
the
towre
,
&
whan
they
were
come
vp
:
the
kynge
Thomas
kneeld
afore
Reynawde
.
Syr
sayde
Reyaawde
ye
ought
not
to
doo
so
.
Yes
verely
sayd
the
kynge
,
&
whan
Reynawde
saw
that
he
wexed
red
for
shame
and
tooke
vp
the
kyng
&
than
the
kyng
colled
hym
and
sayd
.
Blessed
be
our
lorde
that
brought
you
in
thys
lande
,
for
ye
haue
succoured
Iherusalem
the
holy
citie
&
brought
miself
out
of
the
sarasins
handes
.
Now
tell
me
and
it
please
you
if
ye
haue
made
peace
with
Charlemayn
the
great
kynge
of
Fraunce
that
hath
doon
you
so
great
hinderaunce
.
Syr
sayde
Reynawde
yea
,
&
bycause
of
the
peace
I
am
come
heere
,
begging
my
bread
&
poorely
arayed
,
and
whan
the
king
Thomas
heard
him
speake
:
he
had
great
pitie
of
him
,
and
swore
by
the
holy
Sepulcre
that
he
should
araye
hym
honourably
as
to
hym
apperteineth
for
to
returne
into
Fraunce
.
After
that
the
kynge
had
sayd
thys
worde
:
they
came
downe
fro
the
towre
of
dauyd
for
to
go
to
the
holy
sepulcre
.
And
ye
ought
to
wit
that
they
made
great
feast
through
out
the
Citie
of
that
was
so
befall
.
Than
went
they
al
to
the
holy
sepulcre
,
for
to
yeelde
thankes
to
our
lorde
of
the
citie
that
was
recouered
fro
the
handes
of
the
sarasyns
.
And
whan
all
this
was
doone
the
barons
of
surre
tooke
leue
of
the
kyng
of
Reynawde
&
of
mawgis
,
&
after
went
euery
man
into
hys
place
in
theyr
countrey
,
&
the
king
toke
Reynawde
&
Mawgis
and
brought
them
to
hys
palays
where
he
feasted
them
a
hundred
dayes
honourablye
.
And
this
hanging
:
he
shewed
them
all
the
crountrey
aboute
Iherusalem
,
&
whan
Reynawde
had
sported
him
ynough
with
the
king
Thomas
:
he
wolde
depart
for
to
go
agayne
into
the
marches
of
fraunce
.
And
whan
the
kyng
saw
that
:
he
gaue
to
Reynawd
many
riche
giftes
,
as
horses
,
silkes
gold
&
syluer
&
many
other
thynges
in
great
plenti
.
And
ye
ought
to
wit
that
Mawgis
wolde
take
nothyng
nor
chaunge
his
hermites
araye
in
no
wyse
,
but
arayed
hym
agayne
as
a
pylgrime
and
bare
foote
,
wherof
Reynawde
was
sory
.
The
kynge
made
a
ship
be
redy
honourabli
at
the
hauen
of
Iaphes
,
Reynawde
ful
tenderly
weepyng
tooke
leue
of
the
kyng
&
of
his
barons
,
and
entred
into
the
ship
.
And
wit
it
that
by
fortune
of
wedryng
,
they
were
well
eyght
monethes
vpon
the
sea
,
&
at
last
they
tooke
lande
at
a
towne
called
Palerne
,
&
whan
they
had
taken
land
:
Reinawde
commaunded
that
the
ship
should
be
vnlade
,
&
al
thus
as
they
vnladed
the
ship
:
the
king
of
Palerne
which
was
called
Simon
af
puill
loking
out
at
a
wyndow
of
his
castel
,
than
he
said
to
them
that
were
aboute
hym
,
I
see
yonder
in
the
hauen
a
shyp
setteth
her
good
a
lande
,
and
it
cannot
be
but
there
muste
be
some
great
man
in
it
,
for
I
see
horses
that
been
had
out
&
great
riches
,
I
cannot
say
what
it
may
be
,
but
it
were
pilgrimes
,
than
he
commaunded
an
horse
for
to
be
made
redy
:
for
he
wolde
sporte
himselfe
to
the
hauen
syde
.
THe
valyaunt
kyng
Symon
of
Puill
without
any
more
taryeng
:
came
to
the
sea
syde
with
many
a
noble
knyght
in
his
companye
.
And
whan
he
was
come
to
the
hauen
:
he
founde
Reynawde
that
was
come
a
lande
,
&
assone
as
the
king
saw
him
:
he
knew
hym
well
,
wherof
he
was
ryght
glad
,
&
also
Reynawde
knew
wel
the
good
king
Symon
.
So
than
enbraced
they
eche
with
other
,
and
made
great
cheare
th
one
to
thother
Reynawde
sayd
the
kyng
,
ye
be
ryght
welcome
,
I
pray
you
come
lodge
in
my
castell
,
for
th
admyral
barbas
is
entred
in
my
lande
&
wasteth
it
dayly
.
I
fought
yesterday
with
him
,
but
he
droue
me
out
of
the
feelde
shamefully
&
dyd
great
harme
to
my
folke
&
I
am
sure
he
shal
come
to
besyege
me
to
morowe
,
&
I
had
thought
to
haue
sende
for
succours
towarde
Charlemayn
,
but
sith
that
god
hath
brought
you
heere
:
I
feare
not
the
kyng
nother
his
admiral
of
Percie
.
Syr
said
Reynawd
I
make
you
sure
I
shall
helpe
you
withal
my
power
,
&
if
th
admyrall
come
to
morowe
●he
shall
not
mysse
of
batayle
,
for
I
shal
neuer
eat
bread
till
I
haue
discomfited
him
.
Than
the
kinge
Simon
brought
Reynawde
to
hys
palays
,
where
he
made
him
good
cheere
,
and
thus
as
Simon
feasted
Reynawde
came
there
a
knight
that
was
called
Ymes
that
said
to
the
king
Simon
Syr
th
admyrall
of
Percie
is
come
before
Palerne
with
so
great
folke
that
all
th
erth
is
couered
withall
.
Whan
the
kynge
vnderstoode
these
tidinges
:
he
was
sory
for
it
and
Reynawde
glad
.
Than
sayd
Reynawde
to
the
kynge
.
Syr
I
pray
you
be
not
abasshed
of
nothynge
,
for
this
daye
shall
ye
be
auenged
and
god
before
,
&
the
holy
sepulcre
fro
whens
I
came
but
late
,
and
whan
the
kyng
hearde
Reynawde
speake
so
:
he
made
be
cried
that
euery
man
should
arme
hi●
self
,
and
whan
Reynawde
saw
that
:
he
sent
for
his
herneys
and
armed
hym
,
and
sware
the
body
of
God
he
should
doo
greet
to
th
admyral
that
dai
sith
that
he
had
found
hym
agayne
.
And
whan
Mawgys
saw
that
Reynawde
wolde
arme
him
for
to
fight
:
he
sayd
to
hym
.
My
cosyn
I
am
yet
dysposed
for
your
loue
to
beare
armes
,
for
I
coulde
not
suffre
you
in
daunger
.
And
whan
the
king
Symon
hearde
Mawgis
speake
so
:
he
sayd
hym
great
thanke
,
and
went
&
enbraced
hym
and
after
sayd
,
by
my
soule
heere
is
a
good
Hermite
for
whan
it
was
need
he
put
wel
hand
to
the
swerde
.
Syr
sayd
Reynawde
ye
say
well
trouth
,
and
I
promyse
you
men
,
should
fynde
in
the
worlde
but
few
suche
knightes
as
he
is
one
After
all
these
thynges
sayde
:
euery
man
tooke
his
harneys
and
the
kinge
all
armed
went
to
Mawgys
&
sayd
al
laughyng
.
My
freend
Mawgis
I
pray
you
that
ye
wyl
beare
my
standarde
this
day
.
Syr
answerde
mawgys
yf
ye
take
me
it
:
I
promyse
you
I
shall
haue
it
in
suche
a
place
that
ye
shall
swete
or
euer
ye
shall
come
to
me
.
And
whan
the
kynge
hearde
Mawgys
speake
so
:
he
was
ryght
glad
therof
,
and
than
he
tooke
him
hys
baner
.
And
whan
Mawgis
had
it
in
his
hande
:
he
sayd
to
the
kynge
syr
now
folow
me
that
wil
,
for
this
day
shall
th
admyral
be
discomfited
yf
it
please
God
,
&
whan
Mawgys
had
sayd
so
:
he
gaue
the
spurres
to
his
horse
&
put
himself
amonge
the
sarasyns
as
a
lyon
.
Reynawde
folowed
him
nighe
&
recountred
a
persian
,
whome
he
smote
with
his
spere
so
great
a
stroke
that
he
made
hym
tumble
dead
to
the
ground
,
wherof
thother
were
sore
abasshed
&
after
he
put
hande
to
hys
swearde
&
shoued
himself
into
the
greatest
prece
&
smote
on
eyther
syde
of
him
vpon
the
persians
so
meruailouse
strokes
,
that
they
were
greatly
meruayled
with
it
,
for
al
they
that
he
hit
:
he
brought
theym
to
thyr
ending
,
and
whan
th
admyrall
saw
the
great
efforce
of
armes
the
Reinawde
made
agaynst
hys
folke
:
he
sayd
to
a
neuew
of
hys
that
was
by
hym
.
By
mahoune
I
saw
not
yesterday
that
great
man
of
armes
,
nother
he
that
beareth
now
the
baner
of
Simon
,
from
whens
the
deuil
are
they
come
that
so
greatly
greueth
vs
?
I
see
wel
they
be
some
straunge
knightes
.
I
am
all
redy
so
feard
of
them
that
all
the
bloud
in
my
body
trembleth
.
This
hangyng
:
the
kyng
Symon
&
Reynawde
made
great
slaughter
of
the
sarasyns
.
But
whan
the
admiral
saw
that
hys
folke
bare
themselve
so
yll
:
he
wyst
not
whether
he
wolde
flee
or
abyde
.
Than
came
reynawde
brekyng
the
prece
that
cried
as
loude
as
he
could
,
mountawban
.
And
whan
th
admiral
heard
that
cry
he
was
sore
a
ferde
that
he
wyst
not
whether
to
go
but
sayd
by
mahoune
I
beleue
that
this
deuil
helpeth
himself
with
some
deuilry
,
for
I
left
him
in
Iherusalem
,
and
now
he
is
heere
.
THan
whan
th
admyral
Barbas
knew
that
he
that
made
so
great
greef
to
his
folke
was
Reynawde
of
mountawban
:
he
shooke
al
for
feare
&
said
to
his
neuew
.
by
machomet
my
god
,
we
haue
doone
yll
to
come
heere
for
to
make
warre
agaynst
the
king
Simon
,
syth
that
he
hath
this
deuill
Reynawde
of
mountawban
,
for
his
like
is
there
not
in
all
the
worlde
of
knighthoode
,
now
wolde
I
be
wel
in
my
ship
in
the
middes
of
the
sea
,
for
yf
I
abyde
hym
:
he
shall
make
an
ende
of
me
.
Syr
sayde
his
folke
haue
no
doubt
of
the
greate
vilayn
,
for
and
he
come
ones
in
our
handes
:
he
shal
not
lyghtly
scape
vs
lordes
sayd
th
admyral
,
ye
wot
not
what
ye
say
,
ye
know
not
the
greate
prowes
of
Reynawde
,
for
&
we
were
ten
times
mo
folke
than
we
ben
:
yet
should
not
we
endure
agaynst
hym
,
&
therfore
by
the
fayth
that
I
owe
to
mahoune
I
wil
abide
heere
no
lenger
.
And
whan
he
had
sayd
these
wordes
:
he
turned
the
brydel
,
&
as
sone
as
he
might
fled
towarde
his
galays
,
&
al
his
folke
after
him
.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
that
the
paynems
were
discomfited
:
he
began
to
crye
,
after
Mawgis
after
for
the
truauntes
are
discomfited
.
And
whan
he
had
sayd
so
:
he
put
hymselfe
to
the
chase
,
&
the
king
Simon
after
him
,
&
went
castyng
downe
Sarasyns
as
beastes
.
And
wyt
that
they
slew
so
many
of
them
that
men
should
not
beleue
the
numbre
,
but
they
coulde
not
take
th
admirall
:
for
he
was
the
formest
.
BArbas
the
admyrall
of
Persie
,
whan
he
founde
hymself
saued
in
his
shyp
:
he
began
to
looke
a
lande
and
saw
the
great
domage
that
Reinawde
&
Mawgys
made
of
hys
folke
,
for
all
the
shores
of
the
sea
were
ful
of
sarasins
slayne
,
wherof
he
had
great
sorow
,
so
began
he
to
pull
his
heres
of
his
berde
,
&
cursed
thoure
that
euer
he
was
borne
.
Reynawde
came
to
the
shores
&
saw
that
th
admyrall
was
saued
,
wherof
he
was
full
sory
&
wyst
not
what
he
should
doo
more
to
him
,
but
he
made
to
be
cast
boltes
of
wylde
fyre
into
the
galley
of
th
admyrall
,
so
that
he
brent
the
moste
part
of
it
,
and
Barbas
was
fayne
to
entre
into
another
ship
.
And
ye
ought
to
wyt
that
all
the
sarasins
that
bode
a
land
:
lost
theyr
liues
.
whan
ye●ing
Simon
saw
that
he
was
to
his
aboue
of
his
enemies
:
he
was
ryght
glad
of
it
,
so
ranne
he
and
enbraced
Reynawde
and
after
sayde
to
hym
.
Reynawde
I
know
wel
that
I
am
king
by
your
prowes
,
for
&
ye
had
not
be
the
admirall
Barbas
had
distroyed
me
,
and
had
made
an
ende
of
me
,
wherfore
it
is
reason
that
ye
be
rewarded
for
it
,
&
therfore
(
Reynawd
)
I
make
you
lorde
of
all
my
goodes
&
of
all
my
lande
.
Than
sayde
Reynawde
,
syr
I
thanke
you
muche
of
your
good
wyl
,
for
we
be
not
they
that
haue
discomfyted
the
sarasyns
.
It
was
god
and
none
other
,
for
we
be
not
so
puyssaunt
,
I
and
Mawgys
for
to
doo
it
without
him
.
And
whan
they
had
thus
spoken
together
a
long
whyle
at
the
sea
syde
:
the
kyng
tooke
Reynawde
with
the
one
hande
,
and
Mawgys
with
the
other
hande
,
and
went
to
warde
the
Citie
.
And
whan
they
were
come
there
:
the
king
made
the
gayne
to
be
brought
,
&
presented
it
to
Reynawde
and
to
Mawgys
,
wherof
Reinawde
&
Mawgis
wolde
take
nothynge
,
but
gaue
it
to
the
poore
knightes
,
&
incontinent
Mawgis
tooke
agayn
his
hermites
werd
Than
began
the
feast
to
be
there
great
for
the
victorye
that
god
had
giuen
them
.
The
cheere
that
the
kyng
made
to
Reynawde
in
his
paleys
is
not
for
to
say
,
for
it
was
great
,
and
for
to
make
shorte
tale
:
Reynawde
was
honourably
feasted
the
space
of
foure
dayes
.
And
than
he
woulde
departe
,
&
asked
leue
of
the
kynge
,
wherof
the
kyng
was
ful
sory
bycause
he
wolde
bide
no
lenger
,
and
whan
he
sawe
that
he
wolde
go
:
he
gaue
him
mani
fayre
giftes
,
&
made
his
ship
to
be
garnisshed
with
muche
good
vitayles
.
And
whan
this
was
doone
:
Reynawde
tooke
leue
of
the
kyng
Symon
&
of
hys
barons
,
and
the
kyng
conueyed
Reynawde
to
the
shyp
.
And
whan
he
came
to
the
patting
:
the
king
Simon
kissed
Reynawde
sore
weepyng
,
and
after
went
agayne
to
Palerne
,
and
Reynawde
did
doo
hale
vp
saile
and
tooke
sea
,
&
ceassed
neuer
tyl
he
cam
to
Rome
,
and
there
they
tooke
lande
and
he
and
Mawgys
went
and
confessed
them
to
the
Pope
,
and
whan
they
were
confessed
:
they
returned
agayne
into
the
shyp
and
tooke
theyr
way
towarde
Fraunce
.
Shortly
to
speake
they
dyd
so
muche
by
theyr
iourneys
that
they
came
to
Ardeyne
about
noone
,
&
whan
the
pleople
of
Adeyne
wist
the
Reynawde
&
Mawgis
were
comyng
?
they
were
neuer
so
glad
,
&
went
to
alarde
and
sayd
,
wit
that
your
brother
Reynawde
our
lorde
is
come
and
also
Mawgis
your
cosin
whole
and
sound
thanked
be
god
.
ANd
than
whan
Alarde
and
hys
brethern
heard
these
tydynges
of
theyr
brother
Reynawde
that
was
come
?
they
had
almost
swouned
for
great
ioye
that
they
had
,
and
anon
went
to
the
gate
of
the
towne
agaynst
theyr
brother
,
but
they
found
him
that
he
was
all
redy
in
the
towne
,
&
whan
they
saw
him
:
they
ran
him
agaynst
and
Alarde
enbraced
hym
fyrst
weepyng
.
and
after
kyssed
him
by
great
loue
&
in
likewyse
dyd
Guicharde
and
Richarde
,
and
than
kissed
mawgis
theyr
good
cosin
.
And
whan
they
had
thus
welcomed
hym
:
they
went
together
in
the
palays
,
&
whan
thei
were
therr
,
Alarde
said
to
Reynawd
fayre
brother
tell
,
vs
howe
ye
haue
founde
out
cosyn
mawgis
.
Brother
sayd
Reynawde
I
founde
him
in
constantinople
bi
fortune
,
&
than
he
began
to
reherse
vnto
them
all
his
aduentures
that
he
had
sith
he
became
pilgrime
.
And
whan
he
had
tolde
al
he
looked
on
his
brother
Alarde
in
his
face
&
saw
he
was
pale
,
whiche
gaue
hym
suspeccion
&
sayde
.
Fayre
brother
now
is
it
with
my
wyfe
and
mi
children
?
I
meruaile
me
moche
that
I
see
them
not
heere
.
Brother
sayd
Alarde
haue
no
doubt
for
theym
,
for
they
ben
whole
and
sound
at
Mountawban
,
and
wit
it
that
sith
your
departing
:
we
haue
doo
repayre
again
the
towne
,
&
haue
doone
garnisshe
the
castell
with
vitayle
ynoughe
,
for
feare
of
warre
yf
any
thynge
had
happed
vs
amys
.
And
than
whan
Reynawde
hearde
good
tydynges
of
hys
wyfe
&
of
his
children
:
he
was
right
glad
of
it
,
and
so
he
kneeled
downe
and
thanked
God
of
it
.
WHan
Reynawde
knew
that
hys
wyfe
&
his
children
were
wel
:
it
recomforted
him
muche
&
began
to
make
good
cheere
,
but
whan
he
saw
that
his
brethern
made
no
great
ioy
he
meruayled
muche
:
so
turned
hym selfe
towarde
Alarde
the
syghed
sore
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Brother
I
awayte
for
to
heare
some
heuye
tidinges
I
trowe
that
,
that
ye
haue
tolde
me
is
not
trouth
,
and
if
ye
tel
me
not
how
is
it
of
al
:
I
shall
go
fro
my self
,
and
therfore
I
pray
you
tell
it
me
,
for
I
wyll
know
it
.
Whan
alarde
saw
that
Reynawde
helde
him
so
short
:
he
began
to
weepe
full
tenderly
and
than
said
vnto
him
.
Sir
sith
that
it
please
you
that
I
tell
you
the
trouth
:
I
shal
doo
so
.
Wit
it
that
my
lady
your
wife
is
deceassed
out
of
this
worlde
vnto
god
.
For
euer
sithe
that
ye
departed
she
ceassed
not
her
sorow
for
nothynge
that
we
could
doo
or
shew
vnto
her
.
And
than
she
cast
all
her
clothynge
into
a
fyre
and
wolde
neuer
were
vpon
her
but
a
sory
mantel
&
a
smocke
,
&
so
longe
she
wept
and
sorowed
dai
and
night
that
she
died
at
last
,
wherof
I
am
sory
for
it
,
for
she
was
the
goodliest
and
the
fayrest
of
all
the
worlde
.
Whan
Reynawde
vnderstode
these
wordes
:
he
swouned
downe
to
the
erth
for
great
sorowe
that
he
tooke
at
his
herte
of
the
death
of
the
good
duchesse
Clare
his
wyfe
,
&
whan
he
was
come
agayne
to
himself
:
he
began
to
weepe
&
sayd
,
Ha
king
Charlemayne
,
how
wel
may
I
hate
you
?
by
you
haue
I
lost
my
wife
,
for
she
is
dead
bycause
she
se
that
ye
chased
me
out
of
Fraunce
with
so
great
shame
to
make
me
goe
a
foote
,
begging
my
bread
lyke
a
truaunt
,
but
I
knewe
well
that
my
sinnes
ben
cause
of
al
this
.
And
whan
Reynawde
had
made
hys
mone
:
he
sayd
to
Alarde
his
brother
,
fayre
brother
I
pray
you
come
&
shew
me
the
tombe
where
my
wyfe
is
begrauen
.
Brother
sayde
Alarde
with
a
good
wil
,
I
shal
doo
so
,
and
than
he
brought
him
to
the
chirche
where
his
good
wife
the
Duchesse
was
buryed
.
And
whan
Reynawde
cam
there
he
swouned
three
times
vpon
her
tombe
,
and
whan
he
was
come
again
to
himselfe
:
began
to
make
great
sorow
,
for
he
rented
his
clothes
and
pulled
his
heares
.
And
whan
he
had
sorowed
longe
:
he
said
as
a
man
replenysshed
with
sorow
.
Ha
god
what
a
pylgrym
I
am
.
I
beleue
that
there
is
none
in
the
worlde
more
vnhappi
than
I
am
:
Now
see
I
wel
that
I
haue
lost
all
my
ioye
and
my
conforte
syth
that
I
haue
lost
the
fayrest
lady
of
the
worlde
and
the
goodliest
.
And
as
he
was
speakyng
these
wordes
:
came
there
his
children
Aymonet
&
yonnet
that
kneeled
before
theyr
father
.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
the
kneelyng
afore
him
:
he
wend
his
hert
should
haue
brest
.
So
tooke
he
them
vp
and
kissed
them
by
great
loue
all
weepynge
,
and
after
sayd
to
them
.
Mi
fayre
children
see
that
ye
be
good
men
,
for
I
fere
me
that
ye
shal
misse
me
soone
.
And
whan
Reynawde
had
sayd
this
to
his
children
:
he
began
to
make
more
sorow
than
he
had
doone
afore
&
so
did
Mawgis
.
Than
began
the
sorow
through
al
the
towne
right
great
,
and
lasted
.x.
dayes
without
cease
,
and
whan
came
to
the
.xiii.
daye
:
Reynawde
tooke
hys
way
towarde
Mountawban
that
was
almoste
as
well
peopled
as
it
was
or
the
warre
began
.
And
Mawgys
habandonned
neuer
reynawde
where
someuer
he
went
but
went
alwayes
on
foote
in
his
hermites
araye
,
and
as
they
went
thus
to
Mountawban
:
the
brethern
of
Reynawd
&
his
children
went
on
foote
for
to
bere
company
to
Mawgys
theyr
cosin
.
And
whan
they
of
Mountawban
knewe
the
coming
of
theyr
lorde
:
they
were
ryght
glad
of
it
,
&
made
al
the
streetes
for
to
be
hanged
with
fayre
clothes
,
&
they
came
agaynst
him
al
together
makyng
great
ioye
,
and
made
hym
great
reuerence
,
&
welcomed
him
honourably
.
And
Reynawde
receyued
them
gladly
&
made
them
good
cheere
,
for
at
that
tyme
he
dyssimuled
hys
sorowe
that
he
had
at
his
hert
,
bycause
he
should
not
dyscomfort
hys
folke
that
so
great
ioy
made
for
hys
comyng
And
also
they
of
Mountawban
welcomed
mawgis
honourably
,
bicause
they
loued
him
of
olde
very
well
,
&
then
they
brought
Reinawde
making
great
ioye
vnto
the
castell
,
and
whan
Reynawde
founde
himself
wythin
hys
castell
of
Mountawban
:
he
was
glad
of
it
,
and
came
to
a
window
&
looked
downe
into
the
towne
,
&
saw
that
it
was
as
well
peopled
as
euer
it
was
,
and
had
meruayle
of
whens
so
muche
people
was
come
there
for
to
dwell
&
he
was
ryght
glad
of
it
,
for
he
wende
neuer
to
haue
seen
mountawban
in
that
plyght
as
it
was
before
the
warre
began
.
After
that
the
feast
was
ended
:
●eynawde
called
his
brethern
&
sayd
vnto
them
.
Lordes
I
holde
me
destroyed
for
loue
of
the
good
duchesse
,
whiche
I
haue
lost
wherof
I
am
ryght
heuy
for
it
,
for
loue
of
the
great
goodnes
that
I
haue
knowen
in
her
,
I
make
my
vowe
to
god
that
neuer
whyle
I
lyue
I
shall
neuer
mary
agayn
.
Cosin
sayd
mawgys
ye
doo
well
,
but
I
praye
you
recomforte
yourselfe
,
for
ye
know
wel
that
a
thynge
that
may
not
be
amended
must
be
left
alone
.
Cosyn
sayde
Reynawde
ye
say
well
&
I
shall
doo
so
.
Whan
Reynawde
,
his
brethern
&
Mawgys
had
doone
great
cheere
that
day
at
Mountawban
:
Mawgys
on
the
morow
next
tooke
leue
of
hys
cosyns
&
went
agayne
to
his
hermytage
&
whan
he
wolde
departe
:
he
sayd
to
Reynawde
,
Cosin
remember
you
wel
that
for
you
are
dead
so
many
folke
for
whome
ye
beholden
to
pray
god
that
he
wyll
haue
mercy
on
their
soules
.
And
whan
Mawgis
had
sayd
so
he
tooke
his
way
&
wolde
not
suffre
no
body
to
conuey
him
,
and
he
dyd
so
muche
by
his
iourneys
that
he
came
to
hys
hermitage
,
where
he
lyued
a
holy
lyfe
.
For
after
he
was
come
agayne
to
his
hermitage
:
he
ete
neuer
but
herbes
and
rootes
of
the
wood
,
&
in
this
maner
wise
liued
Mawgis
the
space
of
.vii.
yeres
that
he
sawe
nother
man
nor
woman
.
And
whan
it
came
to
the
.viii.
yere
:
the
good
mawgys
deceassed
fro
this
worlde
about
Easter
.
Iesu
for
his
pitie
pardon
hys
soule
.
¶
Heere
leueth
the
history
to
speke
of
mawgis
whome
god
pardon
&
tourneth
to
speke
agayne
of
Reynawde
,
of
his
brethern
&
of
hys
children
how
they
were
made
knyghtes
.
¶
How
Reynawde
sent
his
two
sonnes
to
the
kynge
Charlemayne
muche
honourably
.
for
to
be
made
knyghtes
at
Parys
.
depiction of a group of un-armoured men on horseback
IN
this
party
sheweth
t
history
that
after
that
Mawgys
was
erturned
agayne
to
his
hermitage
,
Reynawde
was
euer
after
sory
for
hym
&
also
for
his
wyfe
.
But
he
recomforted
hymself
as
wel
as
he
might
with
his
brethern
.
A
long
while
.
abode
Reynawde
with
his
brethern
making
as
good
cheere
as
he
could
,
and
wit
it
that
aboute
that
tyme
died
the
olde
duke
Aymon
which
left
greate
goodes
to
his
children
,
but
shortly
to
speket
Reinawde
departed
&
gaue
all
his
goodes
as
well
that
,
he
had
of
his
owne
,
as
that
was
fallen
by
the
death
of
his
father
Aymon
vnto
hys
brethern
except
onlye
that
he
reteyned
for
himself
the
castell
and
town
of
Mountawban
,
and
found
the
wayes
that
they
were
al
maryed
noble
&
rychely
.
Who
that
should
speke
of
the
brethern
of
Reynawde
and
of
theyr
dedes
:
it
were
to
long
to
be
recounted
.
Reynawde
than
dwelled
longe
at
Mountawban
with
his
children
which
he
endoctrined
&
taught
in
al
good
and
vertuous
maners
as
wel
as
he
could
,
&
nouryshed
them
tyll
that
they
were
men
,
and
coulde
beare
bothe
sheelde
and
spere
.
And
vpon
a
daye
he
had
theym
to
the
feelde
on
horsebacke
,
and
made
to
be
brought
there
speres
and
sheeldes
for
to
assay
themselfe
,
and
tooke
with
hym
twenty
knightes
,
whome
whan
they
were
comen
in
the
feeld
:
he
made
his
children
to
iuste
with
.
And
ye
ought
to
wit
that
the
two
sonnes
of
Reynawd
Iusted
as
well
as
thoughe
they
had
be
hauntynge
the
warre
ten
yeares
&
more
.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
that
they
did
so
wel
:
he
called
theym
afore
hym
&
afore
the
knyghtes
and
sayd
to
them
.
My
fayre
children
thanked
be
our
lorde
,
ye
be
raile
men
and
well
made
of
body
.
It
is
now
tyme
that
ye
were
made
knyghtes
,
wherfore
I
wyl
that
ye
go
serue
the
king
Charlemayne
your
souereyne
lorde
whyche
shall
make
you
knyghts
,
for
or
more
noble
hande
ye
canne
not
be
dowbed
to
the
noble
ordre
of
knight
hode
.
Syr
sayd
Aymonet
,
we
are
redy
to
fulfyll
your
wyl
in
euery
thing
that
ye
commaunde
vs
.
Father
sayde
Yonnet
ye
say
well
to
vs
,
for
it
is
tyme
that
we
folow
the
warres
,
but
sith
it
is
your
pleasure
to
sende
vs
to
Charlemayne
:
We
must
go
there
honourabli
,
but
it
cannot
be
without
great
cost
.
My
sonne
sayd
Reynawde
,
care
not
for
the
cost
,
for
we
haue
good
ynoughe
,
gramercy
our
lorde
,
for
to
brynge
you
there
accordyng
to
your
●state
,
&
I
promise
you
,
I
shall
sende
you
there
or
I
be
.vii.
night
elder
as
honourably
as
any
went
thither
sin
my
tyme
.
Father
sayd
the
children
we
are
redy
to
goe
whan
it
please
you
.
Whan
Reynawde
had
sayd
this
to
his
children
:
he
wente
home
agayne
to
Mountawban
wel
ioyful
of
his
two
sonnes
that
proued
so
well
,
&
whan
he
was
within
his
castell
:
he
called
his
stewarde
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Stewarde
I
commaunde
you
that
ye
a●ay
my
children
honorably
&
richelye
of
diuerse
maners
of
clothing
and
of
thynges
that
longeth
of
them
,
for
I
wil
send
them
to
the
court
of
the
king
Charlemayne
,
for
to
be
made
knightes
of
hym
,
&
s●e
that
they
goe
as
honestly
as
any
went
thyther
this
.xx.
yeres
.
My
lorde
sayd
the
stewarde
,
I
shall
wel
doo
your
commaundement
sith
that
it
pleaseth
you
,
for
ye
haue
inough
clothes
full
ryche
of
your
owne
of
dyuerse
colours
.
WHan
the
stewarde
heard
the
commaundement
of
hys
mayster
wythout
anye
taryeng
he
dyd
right
well
al
that
was
commaunded
him
by
Reynawde
,
for
he
made
to
be
redy
many
palfreis
and
coursers
wel
barbed
and
couered
wyth
ryche
cloth
of
golde
with
belles
of
siluer
&
gylte
in
great
plentye
,
and
purueyed
for
two
good
harneyses
al
complete
,
for
speres
&
swerdes
and
for
al
suche
other
thinges
as
a
perteyneth
for
the
two
yonge
bachelers
.
Shortli
to
speake
:
it
was
not
possible
to
ataye
better
two
yonge
squiers
than
the
two
yong
sonnes
of
Reynawde
were
by
the
purueyaunce
of
his
stewarde
,
and
whan
all
thinges
were
redy
:
he
brought
them
before
his
maysters
.
And
whan
Reinawde
saw
this
:
he
was
glad
&
said
by
god
stewarde
I
conne
you
thanke
that
ye
haue
purueyed
so
wel
for
my
children
,
&
Reynawde
made
.v.
C
knightes
wel
redy
to
bere
compani
to
his
sonnes
.
And
whan
they
were
al
redi
:
Reynawde
called
to
his
sonnes
and
sayd
to
them
.
Mi
fayre
sones
ye
be
wel
apoynted
thanked
be
god
,
&
heere
is
a
fayre
bende
of
noble
men
to
beare
you
felawship
,
&
therfore
ye
shal
now
go
to
the
court
of
Charlemayn
our
great
kyng
,
whiche
shall
make
you
great
cheere
and
honour
for
my
loue
,
my
chyldren
ye
be
of
hie
lynage
&
ryght
noble
,
&
therfore
beware
that
ye
doo
nothynge
ayenst
your
noblenes
ne
that
myght
returne
to
anye
shame
to
me
nor
to
your
lygnage
,
and
I
comaund
you
vpon
the
faith
that
ye
owe
to
me
that
the
money
that
I
delyuer
to
you
now
,
ye
dyspende
it
honestly
,
&
spare
not
to
doo
good
therwith
to
poore
gentilmen
and
yonge
bachelers
that
wold
faine
come
to
worship
,
&
whan
ye
haue
all
spended
it
honestly
:
sende
to
me
for
more
,
and
ye
shall
haue
ynough
and
aboue
this
I
charge
you
that
ye
serue
god
alwaies
afore
anye
thyng
that
ye
haue
a
doo
,
and
that
ye
speake
no
worde
foule
oute
of
youre
mouth
to
no
lady
nor
damsell
,
worship
your
better
and
loue
your
neyghbour
,
and
so
shal
you
be
praysed
of
euery
man
.
Moreouer
I
charge
you
that
ye
liue
freendly
togither
as
two
brethren
ought
to
boo
,
&
to
you
yonnet
my
fayre
sonne
.
I
commaunde
you
the
ye
bere
honour
and
reuerence
to
your
brother
,
for
he
is
your
elder
,
that
know
ye
well
.
THan
sayde
yonnet
,
father
be
you
sure
I
shall
serue
my
dere
brother
as
I
wolde
doo
you
,
that
are
my
lord
&
my
dere
father
.
By
my
faithe
faire
sonne
saide
reinawde
,
if
ye
do
so
ye
shal
be
praised
for
it
whersomeuer
ye
come
or
goe
.
But
yet
one
thing
I
forbid
you
that
ye
speake
not
to
muche
,
for
if
ye
doo
the
contrarie
:
the
frensshemen
shall
saie
,
that
ye
be
not
like
inconditions
to
your
parentage
.
Father
saide
the
childrene
,
we
haue
suche
a
trust
in
oure
Lorde
god
that
he
shall
keep
vs
from
al
thing
that
is
contrarye
to
his
will
,
and
that
we
shall
so
gouerne
vs
,
that
ye
shal
gladlie
auowe
vs
for
your
children
,
all
they
of
the
courte
of
Charlemayne
shall
loue
vs
but
yf
they
wil
doo
wrong
,
&
whan
Reynawd
heard
his
children
speake
so
the
was
●ight
glad
therof
and
drewe
them
aside
and
said
to
theim
.
My
fayre
children
ye
goe
now
into
fraunce
,
remember
well
heere
after
al
which
I
shall
tell
you
now
,
ye
must
know
the
there
be
in
the
courte
of
Charlemaine
a
great
lygnage
of
folke
that
neuer
loued
vs
but
litel
,
the
which
are
of
the
greate
power
thei
be
of
maunt
.
I
charge
you
that
ye
ne
goe
nor
come
with
theim
,
for
nothing
that
they
can
tell
you
,
&
yf
thei
hurt
you
by
any
wise
:
see
that
ye
reuenge
your selfe
wysely
,
&
shewe
them
that
ye
be
the
sonnes
of
Reinawde
of
mountawban
.
Father
said
the
chyldren
,
doubt
not
we
shal
not
suffre
that
anye
outrage
be
doo
to
vs
if
we
mai
.
Faire
children
saide
reinawde
,
kneele
afore
me
,
&
they
kneeled
anon
afore
their
father
&
reinawd
gaue
them
his
blessyng
,
&
after
kissed
them
weeping
manie
times
&
gaue
them
leaue
&
after
turned
him
to
his
knightes
,
and
saide
.
My
lordes
I
commend
you
to
god
,
&
pray
you
that
ye
rend
wel
my
children
&
suffre
not
that
any
wrong
be
don
to
them
to
your
power
,
for
ye
knowe
wel
that
we
ben
hated
in
fraunce
,
&
I
praie
you
giue
them
alwaies
good
counseil
,
and
that
thei
be
alwaies
courteous
gentil
&
liberal
of
their
goodes
,
for
a
prince
couetous
was
neuer
praised
,
&
whan
reinawd
had
said
this
:
he
withdrew
him
sore
weeping
.
Thus
leueth
t
history
to
speake
of
reinawd
&
of
his
bretherne
,
and
returneth
to
shew
of
his
children
,
that
were
gone
to
the
courte
of
Charlem●ine
.
❧
Howe
after
that
the
kyng
Charlemayne
had
receyued
ful
sweetly
the
sonnes
of
Reynawde
:
they
foughte
with
the
sunnes
of
Foulques
of
Moryllon
,
&
discomfited
them
in
the
ysle
of
oure
lady
,
within
Parys
,
bycause
they
had
layde
treason
vpon
reynawde
theyr
father
,
for
cause
that
he
had
slayne
Foulques
:
in
the
playne
of
Valcoloures
.
depiction of two knights in armour and on horseback, jousting with lances
NOwe
sheweth
the
tale
,
that
after
that
Aimonet
&
yonnet
were
departed
fro
theyr
father
:
they
rode
so
muche
by
their
Iourneys
,
that
they
came
to
parys
,
and
lodged
theym
by
the
palays
,
and
whan
thei
were
lodged
:
the
two
children
clothed
themselfe
honestly
&
all
theyr
folke
,
&
than
they
went
with
their
felawshyp
,
holdyng
eche
other
by
the
handes
to
the
palays
.
And
whan
the
barons
of
Charlemaine
sawe
come
the
.ii.
brethern
so
rychely
arayed
and
so
goodly
a
felawshyp
of
knyghtes
after
them
,
they
meruayled
greatlye
what
they
myght
be
,
so
said
th
one
to
thother
,
heere
be
two
fayre
chyldren
&
by
lykelyhod
they
shoulde
be
brethren
and
they
must
be
of
som
hie
lignage
.
The
barons
then
folowed
them
,
whan
they
mounted
to
the
palays
,
&
they
entred
within
the
great
hall
.
where
thei
found
the
king
Charlemayne
,
that
deuised
with
some
of
his
barons
,
&
there
was
the
duke
naimes
.
Richard
of
Normandy
,
Salamon
of
breteyn
,
Ogyer
the
dane
,
th
erle
Guaneilō
,
&
also
Constans
and
rohats
,
which
.ii
hated
reynawde
of
Mountawban
ryght
sore
,
for
they
were
the
sonnes
of
Foulques
of
morillon
that
reinawd
had
slayn
in
the
plaine
of
valcoloures
whan
he
and
his
bretherne
defended
them
so
wel
at
the
roch
of
Mountbron
These
two
bretherne
Constans
and
rohars
had
great
name
in
the
court
,
but
their
hertes
were
full
false
,
and
the
kinge
Charlemayne
loued
theim
well
for
theyr
prowes
and
greate
knighthode
.
With
Charlemain
were
also
many
other
greate
prynces
and
barons
wherof
the
booke
maketh
no
mencion
.
For
it
were
to
long
a
thing
for
to
be
recounted
.
THan
whan
the
two
brethern
the
sonnes
of
Reinawde
of
Mountawban
were
come
in
to
the
hall
:
they
saw
the
kinge
amonge
his
barons
so
went
they
vnto
hym
,
and
kneeled
downe
afore
him
,
and
kissed
his
feete
.
And
than
Aymonet
spake
first
and
said
.
Sir
god
giue
you
good
life
&
longe
,
and
keepe
from
euill
all
youre
noble
companye
.
Sir
we
are
come
to
you
for
to
haue
the
ordre
of
knighthod
,
if
it
plese
your
good
grace
to
giue
it
to
vs
,
for
of
no
better
hand
than
is
youres
:
We
can
not
haue
it
,
wherfore
sir
we
beseche
you
humbly
for
god
and
for
the
loue
of
our
father
that
it
will
please
you
to
receyue
vs
in
your
seruise
vnto
the
time
ye
giue
the
saide
ordre
of
knightehode
,
who
been
you
said
the
king
that
speake
thus
?
Sir
saide
Aymonet
,
we
are
the
sonnes
of
Reynawde
of
Mountawban
.
And
whan
the
kyng
Charlemayn
vnderstoode
that
they
were
the
sonnes
of
Reynawde
:
he
rose
vpon
hys
feet
lyghtly
and
receyued
them
honourably
,
and
after
said
vnto
theym
.
My
chyldrene
,
ye
be
righte
welcome
and
how
fareth
your
father
?
syr
sayde
the
chylderne
,
he
doothe
well
thanked
be
god
,
and
he
recommendeth
him
right
humbly
to
your
good
grace
,
beseeching
you
that
ye
will
haue
vs
for
recommended
,
and
we
haue
lefte
hym
at
Mountawban
,
but
he
draweth
now
sore
to
age
.
Thus
goeth
the
worlde
my
children
(
said
the
king
)
euery
man
must
take
in
it
an
ende
.
Muche
glad
was
the
kynge
Charlemayne
of
the
comynge
of
the
two
sonnes
of
Reynawde
,
and
ryght
gladly
he
looked
vpon
theim
for
the
loue
of
theyr
father
,
for
the
more
he
behelde
theim
:
and
the
more
fayrer
he
founde
th●im
and
better
lyked
theim
,
and
well
he
loued
theim
,
because
they
were
lyke
the
father
.
And
whan
that
he
had
looked
vpon
them
ynough
:
he
said
to
his
barons
.
Lordes
if
the
children
wold
forsake
the
father
:
they
coulde
not
,
for
neuer
children
were
more
lyke
to
him
,
than
they
,
&
whan
he
had
sayde
so
:
he
turned
roward
the
children
and
sayde
to
theym
.
Fayre
childrene
ye
shall
be
made
knightes
at
al
tymes
whan
ye
will
,
for
the
loue
of
youre
father
my
good
freend
,
and
I
shal
giue
you
more
londes
than
your
father
hath
,
and
for
loue
of
you
:
I
shal
make
an
hundred
knightes
more
with
you
,
for
ye
ben
of
suche
a
stocke
come
that
ye
be
worthy
for
to
be
honoured
pr●ised
and
holden
dere
.
And
than
whan
the
duke
Naimes
,
Rowland
&
O●iuer
that
came
there
and
all
the
other
Peeres
of
Fraunce
sawe
that
they
were
the
two
sonnes
of
Reinawd
of
mountawban
:
they
were
ryght
glad
of
it
,
&
than
euery
man
kissed
theym
by
great
loue
,
and
asked
them
howe
Reinawde
and
his
bretherne
b●d
,
lordes
saide
Aymonet
,
what
are
you
that
be
so
glad
of
our
coming
,
Children
saide
the
duke
Naymes
,
we
ben
all
youre
kinnesmen
.
And
than
the
duke
Naimes
tolde
them
all
theyr
names
.
And
whan
the
children
knew
what
that
they
were
:
they
meeked
themsele
before
theim
honestlye
and
after
yonnet
sayde
to
theim
.
Lordes
our
father
greteth
you
wel
,
and
praieth
you
that
ye
wyll
haue
vs
for
recommended
as
youre
kynsmen
.
And
than
whan
the
barons
heard
the
two
children
speake
so
wisely
:
they
were
glad
of
it
and
also
of
their
comming
.
But
the
two
sonnes
of
Foulques
of
Moryllon
were
full
sory
and
wrothe
for
it
,
by
my
soule
sayde
Constans
to
his
brother
Rahars
the
father
of
these
two
chyldrene
slewe
oure
father
,
wherof
the
hert
in
my
body
swelleth
highe
for
angre
that
I
see
them
heere
nother
min
eyen
can
not
looke
vpon
them
,
brother
said
Rohars
,
nor
I
nother
by
my
trouthe
,
but
I
counseyll
not
that
we
fight
with
them
not
heere
,
for
it
were
foly
.
But
let
vs
await
a
tyme
and
place
couenable
,
for
syth
that
they
shall
dwell
heere
:
We
shall
auenge
vs
vpon
them
.
Brother
said
Constans
,
lette
vs
doo
one
thynge
,
that
I
shall
tell
you
,
whiche
is
easye
for
to
doo
,
that
ye
shall
calle
the
one
of
treason
:
and
I
the
other
,
sayinge
that
theyr
father
slewe
our
father
by
treason
.
And
also
we
shall
proue
that
their
father
wroughte
treason
ayenst
the
king
Charlemayn
,
brother
sayde
Rohars
,
ye
speake
well
,
but
we
must
suffre
a
while
till
we
see
howe
they
shal
bere
themself
in
court
,
for
&
they
doo
any
otherwyse
than
they
oughte
to
doo
:
We
shal
mowe
kylle
them
and
be
not
blamed
for
it
.
After
this
doon
:
ye
oughte
to
knowe
that
the
children
of
Reinawde
of
Mountawban
,
bare
themselfe
full
honestlye
in
courte
,
for
all
the
barons
loued
them
dere
,
saue
only
the
two
sonnes
of
Foulques
of
moryllon
,
wherof
Aimonet
and
yonnet
perceyued
it
ryght
well
,
and
spake
not
with
them
,
nor
haunted
theim
not
.
It
was
greate
meruayll
of
the
great
giftes
that
the
sonnes
of
Reynawd
gaue
to
the
Barons
and
gentilmen
of
the
court
of
Charlemain
,
as
were
fayre
horses
and
harnays
and
many
clothes
of
sylke
of
dyuers
coloures
,
and
in
lyke
wise
they
gaue
to
the
ladyes
and
gentil
women
fayre
gounes
of
clothe
of
golde
and
of
syluer
.
And
of
the
other
parte
they
kepte
a
great
estate
and
good
house
to
al
poore
gentylmen
and
squiets
,
and
dyd
so
much
good
that
they
were
greately
praised
of
euerye
manne
.
What
shoulde
I
telle
you
more
?
the
childrene
of
Reynawde
dyd
so
muche
in
the
courte
of
the
king
Charlemayne
:
that
of
all
the
worlde
they
were
loued
,
and
princypallye
of
the
kinge
Charlemayne
.
whan
the
kinge
sawe
that
they
behaued
theim
so
well
and
so
wisely
in
his
court
:
he
was
ryght
glad
of
it
so
loued
he
theym
moste
of
anye
yonge
knyght
of
his
courte
,
and
made
them
his
keruers
a
fore
hym
.
And
thenne
whan
the
two
sonnes
of
Foulques
of
Moryllon
sawe
that
the
kynge
loued
theim
so
muche
:
they
were
full
angrye
,
in
so
muche
that
they
wexed
mad
all
quicke
for
angre
of
it
,
and
so
swate
by
greate
angre
that
they
should
slea
them
,
or
euer
theishould
goe
to
from
the
courte
.
It
happed
so
that
vpon
whyt
sonday
euyn
as
the
kyng
was
at
Parys
,
and
wolde
keep
open
courte
,
and
there
was
Aymonet
and
yonnet
with
the
other
barons
in
the
halle
.
This
hanging
:
aryued
there
a
knyghte
of
Almayne
that
presented
to
the
kynge
a
fayre
knyfe
after
the
facyon
of
the
londe
,
then
called
the
king
yonnet
&
gaue
it
him
by
greate
loue
.
And
whan
yonner
had
receiued
this
gyft
of
the
kyng
&
as
he
shoulde
haue
gone
to
his
place
agayn
:
he
shoued
Constans
with
his
elbowe
ayenst
his
wil.
And
whan
Constans
saw
that
yonnet
had
doon
so
:
he
had
greate
dispite
at
it
,
and
saide
.
What
is
this
?
must
there
be
so
muche
set
by
these
two
boies
the
sonnes
of
a
traitour
,
whiche
been
not
worth
a
roten
apple
?
&
this
one
is
all
redye
become
so
proude
that
he
hathe
nowe
shoued
me
with
his
elbowe
by
great
enuye
and
pride
,
muche
other
langage
constans
saide
by
Yonnet
:
Whiche
he
ought
not
for
to
saye
,
and
whan
yonnet
hearde
that
Constans
had
called
him
the
sonne
of
traytour
:
he
was
sore
an
angred
.
So
came
he
to
him
and
saide
Constans
ye
haue
learned
a
foule
craft
,
that
is
that
ye
can
speake
shrewdely
withoute
a
cause
lawfull
why
,
for
I
haue
hearde
that
ye
haue
called
me
and
my
brother
the
sonnes
of
a
traitour
,
&
that
the
kinge
knoweth
well
that
our
father
slewe
yours
by
treason
,
wherof
I
will
ye
wyt
that
ye
lie
falsely
,
but
your
father
did
assail
oures
by
treason
as
a
traitour
,
come
of
the
lignage
of
traitoures
.
But
God
wolde
not
that
my
father
shoulde
dye
so
,
nor
myne
vncles
.
my
father
slew
your
father
,
it
is
true
,
but
it
was
in
his
defendynge
of
hys
body
,
&
he
did
then
as
a
noble
knight
,
as
he
is
,
and
if
ye
be
so
hardy
that
ye
wil
maintein
that
he
did
it
by
treason
:
heere
I
cast
now
my
gage
afore
thys
noble
companye
,
saying
that
ye
haue
lied
falsely
,
saue
the
reuerence
of
the
kinge
Charlemayne
,
and
of
his
felawshyp
.
THan
whan
the
kynge
Charlemayne
sawe
that
none
of
the
barons
said
nothyng
of
the
stryfe
of
yonnet
and
of
Constans
:
he
was
angry
for
it
,
and
sayde
.
Constans
ye
doo
greate
wronge
for
to
saye
that
I
and
the
twelue
peeres
of
fraunce
know
well
that
Reinawde
of
Mountawban
slewe
your
father
by
treason
,
holde
your
peace
said
Charlemayne
,
for
yf
ye
knew
well
how
the
matter
is
ye
shaulde
not
speake
of
it
,
wherfore
I
commaund
you
in
as
much
as
ye
feare
to
angre
me
:
that
ye
make
amendes
to
yonnet
of
that
ye
haue
said
,
or
elles
voide
incontinent
my
courte
and
my
realme
,
for
ye
haue
troubled
all
my
courte
,
wherof
I
am
not
contente
.
And
whan
Rohars
hearde
this
that
the
kinge
Charlemayne
had
sayde
to
Constans
his
brother
:
he
was
angry
and
so
rose
on
his
feete
,
and
said
.
Sir
I
am
redy
to
proue
vpon
Aimonet
that
his
father
slew
our
father
by
treason
and
heere
is
my
gage
.
Rohars
saide
Charlemain
,
heere
ye
take
a
wronge
waie
,
and
it
shall
be
to
you
ouer
late
,
whan
ye
shal
repent
it
.
Whan
Aymonet
and
yonnet
vnderstoode
these
wordes
:
thei
kneeled
afore
the
kynge
Charlemayne
and
saide
to
him
.
Syr
for
god
we
praye
you
ryght
humblye
that
ye
take
the
gages
that
Rohars
hathe
caste
,
for
with
goddes
grace
we
shal
wel
defend
our
father
of
the
traison
,
that
they
put
vpon
him
.
Children
saide
the
king
,
sith
it
please
you
that
I
take
them
:
I
shall
doo
so
,
and
than
the
king
Charlemayn
tooke
the
gages
,
&
Constans
auaunced
himself
&
saide
.
Syr
we
vnderstonde
that
we
shall
fyghte
two
and
two
,
the
one
ayenst
the
other
.
¶
whan
the
kynge
Charlemayne
had
take
the
gages
of
bataile
of
Constans
and
of
Rohars
:
he
asked
theym
who
shoulde
be
theyr
suretes
,
than
lept
forth
the
traytoure
Guanellon
,
betenger
,
Escouf
of
moryllon
,
Lyon
of
pygnabel
&
Gryffon
of
hautbraunche
,
the
whiche
said
to
king
Charlemayne
,
syr
we
will
be
suretes
for
Constans
&
Rohars
,
for
they
be
of
our
lygnage
.
Lordes
saide
Charlemain
I
take
them
you
to
keepe
,
and
I
charge
you
to
bryng
them
againe
to
the
court
whan
time
shal
be
.
Syr
sayd
the
sureties
we
shal
doo
as
ye
commaund
vs
.
And
whan
the
king
had
receiued
the
sureties
of
Constans
and
of
Rohars
:
Aymonet
and
yonnet
came
forth
,
&
said
in
this
maner
.
Sir
heere
been
our
gages
howe
that
we
wil
defende
that
oure
father
slew
neuer
Foulques
of
morillon
by
treason
.
Children
said
the
king
Charlemaine
ye
speake
well
,
but
I
must
haue
surety
of
you
as
I
haue
of
the
other
party
,
yf
I
wil
doo
reason
,
than
lept
forth
Rowland
Olyuer
,
the
duke
Naimes
of
bauyre
,
Ogier
of
denmarke
,
Richarde
of
Normandy
,
and
Escoufe
the
sonne
of
Oedon
,
which
said
to
the
kyng
.
Syr
we
been
sureties
for
the
sonnes
of
Reinawd
,
&
we
shall
present
theim
to
you
at
the
daye
of
bataill
.
Sirs
saide
the
king
Charlemayne
it
pleaseth
me
wel
,
but
the
chyldren
of
Reynawde
been
not
yet
knightes
as
ye
know
,
but
by
the
faithe
that
I
owe
to
god
they
shall
be
to
morowe
,
and
than
we
shal
sende
our
letters
to
Reynawde
that
he
come
to
see
the
battayl
of
his
children
,
for
thys
daie
fourty
dayes
I
deuyse
it
.
Whan
the
euyn
came
:
the
kyng
Charlemain
made
be
called
hys
stuarde
and
sayde
to
hym
.
Goe
and
bryng
me
to
morow
the
sonnes
of
Reynawde
,
for
I
wyll
that
they
ben
to
morow
named
knightes
,
and
see
that
they
been
well
honoured
,
for
I
wyll
doo
this
for
the
loue
of
theyr
father
,
and
puruey
so
that
they
haue
eche
of
theim
a
good
courser
and
good
harnays
mete
for
their
bodyes
.
Whan
the
stuarde
hearde
the
commaundement
of
the
king
Charlemayne
:
he
dyd
well
the
tenour
therof
.
And
whan
the
morning
came
:
the
stuarde
brought
Aimonet
,
&
yonnet
,
well
apoynted
,
and
in
theyr
companye
all
suche
other
as
the
kynge
for
their
loue
wolde
make
knightes
that
daye
.
And
whan
that
they
were
afore
the
kinge
:
Aymonet
and
Yonnet
requyred
the
ordre
of
knyghthode
,
to
whome
the
kinge
gaue
it
with
good
hearte
,
and
in
lyke
wise
the
other
for
loue
of
them
,
and
than
was
a
greate
feast
made
that
daye
.
And
whan
the
feast
was
finished
:
Charlemain
tooke
a
messager
,
whiche
he
sente
vnto
Reinawd
of
Mountawban
,
and
sent
him
worde
that
he
should
come
to
the
court
with
good
companye
,
for
hys
chylderne
were
called
of
treason
,
by
the
sonnes
of
Foulques
of
Morillon
sayinge
that
he
had
slayne
theyr
father
by
treason
,
and
how
hys
children
had
caste
their
gages
,
sayinge
that
they
had
lyed
falsely
.
THan
whan
the
duke
Reinawde
hearde
these
tydynges
that
Charlemayne
sent
hym
:
he
meruayled
of
it
sore
.
Than
sent
he
for
all
his
bretherne
by
his
letters
that
he
shoulde
com
to
him
in
armes
,
for
it
was
neede
.
And
whan
the
bretherne
of
Reynawde
vnderstoode
these
tydynges
:
without
anye
taryinge
they
came
to
the
brother
at
Mountawban
.
And
whan
Reinawde
sawe
them
:
he
was
glad
and
kyssed
them
th
one
after
the
other
,
and
after
he
tolde
them
al
that
the
king
Charlemayne
had
giue
him
to
knowe
,
and
whan
the
brethern
of
Reynawde
vnderstoode
it
:
they
meruaylled
of
it
,
brother
saide
Rycharde
doubte
not
,
for
the
mater
shall
come
better
than
ye
weene
of
,
by
the
grace
of
god
.
I
counseyll
that
we
goe
to
the
court
of
the
kyng
Charlemayne
.
For
whan
we
shall
be
there
we
shal
soone
vnderstonde
the
kinges
mynde
,
and
what
his
will
is
towarde
you
,
and
I
promise
you
,
yf
he
hathe
doone
anye
wronge
to
our
neuewes
your
children
god
neuer
haue
mercye
on
my
soule
,
but
I
shal
slee
him
,
what
hap
therof
Brother
saide
Reinawde
I
wyl
wel
that
we
goe
to
Paris
,
and
whan
we
shal
be
there
,
we
shal
wel
vnderstond
how
the
kinge
Charlemaine
bereth
himselfe
toward
my
chyldren
.
Brother
sayd
Alard
,
ye
speake
well
&
wiselye
,
&
me
semeth
after
myne
aduise
that
we
ought
to
goe
thither
without
anye
longe
taryinge
.
And
whan
they
were
there
to
accorded
:
they
departed
fro
Mountawban
with
a
right
noble
company
,
and
so
muche
they
rode
by
their
Iourneys
that
they
came
to
the
citie
of
parys
.
And
whan
they
were
come
there
:
al
the
.xii.
peeres
knew
anon
of
their
coming
,
and
went
ayenst
them
,
and
brought
with
them
Aymonet
&
yonnet
,
and
receyued
Reinawd
&
his
bretherne
with
great
ioye
&
honour
.
And
whan
Reynawd
saw
his
two
fayre
sonnes
:
he
said
to
them
in
this
wise
.
My
children
now
shal
it
be
seen
if
ye
be
my
sonnes
or
no.
For
and
ye
be
my
chylderne
,
ye
shall
auenge
me
of
that
great
shame
that
these
traitoures
put
vpon
me
without
a
cause
.
Father
said
the
chyldren
:
doubte
not
therof
,
for
&
they
were
.x.
ayenst
vs
,
yet
shall
we
ouercome
theym
by
the
grace
of
god
.
For
euerye
man
knoweth
well
that
ye
be
as
true
a
knyghte
as
any
is
in
the
worlde
.
And
whan
the
kynge
Charlemaine
knewe
the
comyng
of
Reinawd
that
was
come
so
well
accompanyed
:
he
was
gladde
of
it
,
and
sent
worde
to
Reynawde
that
he
should
come
to
him
,
the
which
thynge
Reynawde
dyd
,
and
whan
the
kyng
saw
him
he
made
him
good
chere
and
with
good
hearte
,
and
also
to
his
brethern
.
And
whan
Reinawde
had
be
with
the
king
a
longe
while
:
he
tooke
leue
of
him
&
went
to
his
lodges
again
,
and
whan
he
was
there
he
callede
his
bretherne
and
his
children
&
said
to
them
.
My
sonnes
come
hither
,
tell
me
how
the
kynge
Charmayn
bereth
himselfe
towarde
you
,
&
what
he
sayth
of
this
quarell
that
ye
haue
vndertake
.
I
muste
knowe
the
trouth
of
it
.
Father
sayd
the
chyldren
,
wyt
it
that
the
kynge
Charlemayne
loueth
vs
muche
,
and
he
entreteyneth
vs
aboue
all
other
honourably
,
for
the
loue
of
you
that
he
loueth
ryghte
much
,
as
he
sayth
.
And
than
they
tolde
him
how
he
had
made
them
knightes
,
and
how
he
susteined
their
quarell
ayenst
the
traytoures
,
and
all
other
.
WHan
Reinawde
and
his
brethern
heard
the
children
speake
thus
:
they
were
glad
of
it
,
for
they
doubted
lest
Charlemaine
wolde
haue
faten
euell
with
them
.
And
whan
Reynawd
of
mountawban
wist
that
the
king
had
borne
hymselfe
so
wel
toward
his
sonnes
:
he
saide
that
he
shoulde
serue
hym
euermore
as
his
souerayne
lorde
.
And
on
the
morowe
Reinawde
went
for
to
see
the
king
at
his
risyng
from
his
bed
and
thanked
him
muche
of
the
greate
worshyp
that
he
had
doone
to
his
chyldren
.
Than
said
Charlemaine
to
him
.
Reinawde
euer
syth
that
I
sawe
that
ye
dyd
my
commaundemente
with
good
wil
,
&
that
ye
were
obeynge
to
me
:
I
dyd
caste
all
myne
angre
from
me
,
and
all
the
euyll
wyll
that
I
had
ayenst
you
,
and
I
wil
that
ye
wit
that
I
am
wel
yours
,
and
shal
be
as
longe
as
I
lyue
in
this
worlde
,
for
I
take
you
for
one
of
my
best
freendes
.
And
whan
Reinawd
heard
the
debonairtie
and
the
kinde
wordes
of
the
king
:
he
cast
himself
to
the
feet
of
him
,
and
in
lykewise
dyd
all
hys
bretherne
,
and
thanked
him
muche
,
&
wyt
that
Reinawd
&
his
bretherne
abode
in
parys
with
greate
Ioye
and
pleasure
vnto
the
daye
of
the
batayll
that
shoulde
be
of
his
childerne
.
And
this
hangyng
:
Reynawde
had
doon
make
good
harnays
for
his
chyldren
and
had
pourueyed
two
good
horses
for
them
.
THan
whan
the
day
of
the
batayll
was
come
:
the
chyldren
of
Foulques
of
Moryllon
came
and
presented
them
afore
the
kynge
redy
for
to
fyght
.
And
whan
the
kyng
saw
them
:
he
saide
to
theim
.
Childrene
ye
haue
had
euyll
counseyll
to
chalenge
the
sonnes
of
Reynawde
of
Mountawb●n
,
as
ye
haue
doon
.
For
I
am
sure
,
it
shall
repent
you
,
but
this
is
not
the
first
faut
that
your
lygnage
hath
doon
,
nor
it
shall
not
be
the
last
.
I
feare
me
of
it
.
And
whan
the
earle
Guanellon
&
al
they
of
the
lygnage
of
Foulques
of
morillon
heard
the
king
speake
so
:
they
were
so
greatlye
abasshed
,
that
thei
wist
not
what
thei
should
doo
,
but
kept
al
their
peace
,
&
aswered
no
word
.
And
than
said
Constans
to
the
king
.
Syr
we
pray
you
for
god
that
ye
wyll
telle
to
vs
the
place
where
we
shall
fight
ayenst
our
enemies
.
Than
stood
vp
the
duke
Naymes
of
bauyere
,
&
said
,
syr
Constans
speaketh
well
,
ye
must
deuise
the
place
,
and
where
they
shall
fyght
two
ayenst
.ii.
or
one
ayenst
a nother
alone
.
Naymes
sayde
the
kyng
,
I
wyl
that
ye
Iudge
this
matter
,
sir
sith
that
it
please
you
so
:
I
shal
bespeake
it
with
a
good
will
.
Syr
said
the
duke
Naymes
,
me
semeth
,
bycause
that
Constans
hath
called
the
sonnes
of
Reynawd
to
batayl
both
for
one
mater
:
that
they
ought
to
fight
two
ayenst
nawde
to
battayl
both
for
one
matter
that
they
ought
to
fyght
two
ayenst
two
,
and
al
foure
togyther
.
Syr
sayd
Reynawde
,
the
duke
Naymes
sayth
ryght
well
.
By
my
fayth
Reinawde
sayde
the
kinge
Charlemayne
,
and
I
graunt
it
so
,
but
I
wyll
that
the
bataylle
be
made
in
the
ysle
of
our
ladye
within
sauoine
to
morow
in
the
mornynge
.
And
whan
the
kynge
Charlemayne
had
sayde
thus
:
the
barons
tooke
leue
of
him
,
&
eche
of
them
went
to
their
lodges
,
and
Reinawde
also
the
which
tooke
his
two
sonnes
with
him
,
and
the
two
sonnes
of
Foulques
of
Moryllon
went
also
with
theyr
freendes
.
Whan
Reinawde
and
his
bretherne
had
souped
,
and
had
made
good
there
:
he
made
brynge
harneis
ynoughe
,
and
made
Alarde
and
Rycharde
,
and
hys
two
chyldren
aymonet
,
and
yonnet
,
to
be
armed
.
And
than
he
made
to
be
shewed
to
Aymonet
and
to
yonnet
howe
they
shoulde
defende
themself
of
their
enemies
,
and
in
what
maner
they
shoulde
assaylle
them
.
And
whan
that
this
was
doon
:
Reynawde
dyd
sende
hys
chyldren
to
sainte
Vyctoure
and
the
traytoures
went
to
saynt
Germayne
for
to
watche
that
nyghte
.
And
whan
the
daye
came
:
a
byshop
that
was
of
the
lygnage
of
Constans
and
of
rohars
sange
masse
afore
his
cosins
,
&
the
bysshoppe
Turpyn
said
masse
affore
the
sonnes
of
Reinawd
,
which
was
with
them
at
saint
Victoure
,
and
also
the
tuelue
peeres
of
Fraunce
.
And
whan
the
yonge
knightes
had
hearde
the
masse
:
they
came
al
in
their
harnays
to
the
palays
before
the
kynge
Charlemayne
.
And
whan
the
kynge
sawe
them
:
he
called
his
neuew
Rowland
and
Olyuer
,
the
duke
Naimes
of
bauyete
,
and
Richarde
of
Normandye
,
and
sayde
to
them
.
Lordes
ye
ben
all
my
menne
.
I
commaunde
you
vpon
the
trouthe
that
ye
owe
to
me
,
that
ye
goe
keep
the
feeld
by
such
maner
that
my
honoure
be
saued
by
it
,
and
that
ye
keep
to
euery
man
his
ryghte
.
For
by
the
fayth
that
I
owe
to
god
,
yf
there
be
any
man
so
hardy
that
wyll
doo
any
outrage
:
I
shall
angre
hym
right
sore
.
Wherfore
I
wyll
that
ye
passe
the
water
of
Sayne
,
in
to
the
ylle
wyth
the
fyghters
and
that
ye
beare
wyth
you
the
halowes
,
for
to
make
theym
swete
there
vpon
,
afore
they
shall
entre
in
to
the
feelde
,
that
they
goe
to
it
all
in
good
quarell
truly
.
Sir
saide
the
barons
,
we
shall
doo
youre
commaundemente
,
and
also
we
shall
keep
therin
well
your
honour
,
for
we
ben
bounde
therto
.
Lordes
sayde
the
kynge
Charlemayne
,
ye
speake
wel
,
but
ye
must
take
good
heede
well
to
all
.
For
there
shall
be
great
folke
gathered
of
the
one
parte
,
&
of
the
other
,
wherfore
I
feare
me
that
some
medlynge
shall
happe
amonge
them
.
For
Rohars
is
full
of
greate
treason
,
and
all
his
freendes
I
know
it
well
.
And
of
the
other
parte
.
Reynawde
&
hys
bretherne
are
ryghte
puyssaunte
and
wise
,
and
thei
haue
great
power
with
them
,
and
they
wyl
not
see
themselfe
wronged
,
and
namely
Rycharde
the
brother
of
Reinawd
,
for
&
if
he
be
ons
angrye
:
he
spareth
nother
kynge
nor
erle
.
And
therfore
I
feare
him
most
of
all
the
other
,
for
he
wolde
once
haue
slayne
me
,
I
am
yet
remembred
therof
.
Of
Reynawde
I
doubte
not
for
he
is
in
euery
thyng
reasonable
.
Sir
saide
the
duke
Naymes
be
not
dysmayed
of
nothyng
,
for
we
shall
keep
well
youre
ryght
and
your
honoure
without
to
doo
any
wronge
to
any
body
.
This
hanging
:
the
children
of
Foulques
of
Moryllon
went
to
the
said
ysle
,
where
as
the
king
Charlemain
had
told
them
that
they
should
fight
.
And
whan
they
were
passed
ouer
the
riuer
in
to
the
ysle
with
their
horses
:
they
bounde
theim
and
than
they
set
theim selfe
downe
vpon
the
faire
grasse
,
waytinge
after
theyr
aduerse
partie
.
Now
heare
what
the
traitoures
had
ordeyned
,
ye
ought
to
wyt
that
whyle
the
kynge
Charlemaine
had
spoken
with
his
Barons
as
ye
haue
heard
:
Berenger
,
Ardock
and
Griffon
of
haute
braunche
dyd
put
themselfe
in
a
bushe
,
nygh
by
the
saide
ysle
of
oure
lady
,
and
purposed
that
yf
the
sonnes
of
Reynawde
had
the
better
of
the
feelde
ayenst
the
two
other
sonnes
of
Morillon
:
that
than
they
shoulde
yssue
oute
vpon
theym
,
with
a
right
great
numbre
of
folke
,
for
to
slea
them
shamefully
.
WHan
that
Reinawd
saw
that
it
was
time
that
hys
sonnes
shoulde
goe
to
the
ysle
for
to
accomplysh
their
battaille
:
he
called
Aymonet
,
&
said
to
him
,
com
hither
faire
sonne
ye
be
the
eldest
,
and
therfore
ye
ought
to
be
honoured
afore
the
yonger
brother
,
holde
I
gyue
you
flamberge
my
good
swerde
,
by
the
whiche
ye
shall
take
vengeaunce
of
these
traytours
.
For
ye
been
in
the
righte
,
and
they
in
the
wrong
,
father
said
Aymonet
,
ye
may
be
in
a
suretie
that
ye
shal
see
this
day
suche
a
thing
that
shal
be
to
youre
hertes
ioye
,
for
we
shall
bring
the
traitours
to
their
shamefull
death
,
&
it
please
god
.
And
whan
Reinawd
heard
hys
sonne
so
valiauntly
speake
:
he
was
glad
,
and
kissed
him
.
And
than
he
gaue
hym
his
benediccion
,
and
in
lykewise
to
yonnet
.
And
whan
he
had
doon
this
:
he
broughte
his
bretherne
&
his
children
to
the
ysle
of
our
lady
.
And
whan
they
were
ouer
:
he
and
his
bretherne
came
again
towarde
the
kynge
.
But
as
they
wolde
haue
gone
:
there
came
a
messengat
that
ascried
to
Reinawde
as
loude
as
he
might
.
Reynawde
haue
mercy
on
thy
children
.
For
yf
thou
see
not
wel
to
them
:
they
be
lost
.
wyt
that
Griffon
of
haute
braunche
is
embusshed
with
a
greate
numbre
of
folke
by
the
ille
for
to
slea
thy
children
.
And
whan
Reynawde
vnderstoode
these
wordes
:
he
blustred
red
in
his
face
all
for
angre
,
and
sayde
.
Ha
sweet
fraunce
,
that
it
is
great
domage
that
ye
may
neuer
be
withoute
traytoures
.
And
whan
he
said
this
:
he
called
his
brother
Richarde
,
and
said
to
him
.
Faire
brother
goe
wythout
tarying
,
and
arme
your selfe
,
and
doo
arme
al
our
folke
,
and
than
bring
theym
to
the
ysle
and
if
the
false
traitoure
Griffon
of
hautbraunche
come
for
to
greue
my
childerne
:
slea
hym
incontinence
.
And
whan
ye
be
there
:
doo
that
ye
maye
be
seen
of
both
partyes
.
And
for
God
keepe
well
yf
the
sonnes
of
Foulques
of
morillon
haue
the
better
:
that
ye
help
not
in
no
wise
my
childerne
,
but
let
theym
dye
if
it
come
so
.
For
it
were
greate
dyshonoure
for
vs
:
yf
ye
dyd
otherwise
,
Brother
sayd
Richarde
,
let
me
alone
therof
,
our
worship
shal
be
saued
by
the
grace
of
god
.
For
I
wolde
not
helpe
yf
it
came
so
for
al
the
good
of
the
worlde
.
For
all
oure
lyfe
dayes
we
should
be
rebuked
of
it
,
&
all
oure
lygnage
also
.
And
whan
Richarde
had
sayd
so
:
he
departed
fro
his
brethern
,
and
went
and
armed
hym
and
all
his
folke
,
and
then
they
lyghted
on
horsebacke
,
&
went
anon
there
as
Reynawd
had
sayd
.
This
hanging
:
went
Reynawde
to
the
kinge
in
hys
palays
,
and
when
the
kynge
sawe
him
,
he
sayde
to
him
Reynawd
ye
be
ryght
welcome
.
Syr
sayde
Reinawde
,
god
encrease
youre
honoure
,
and
whan
Charlemayne
sawe
not
Richarde
with
his
bretherne
:
he
tooke
some
susspecion
of
him
and
sayde
to
Reynawde
.
Where
is
youre
brother
Rycharde
that
he
is
not
heere
with
thother
.
Sir
sayd
Reinawde
he
is
gone
there
as
I
haue
sent
him
but
take
no
susspeccion
at
al
for
him
:
nomore
I
doo
said
Charlemayn
as
longe
as
ye
be
a
liue
,
but
we
must
goe
vpon
the
towre
of
saine
for
to
see
the
bataille
of
youre
children
,
let
vs
goe
there
,
sir
said
reinawd
whan
it
please
you
,
than
went
they
vpon
the
toure
,
&
with
theim
the
byshop
Turpyn
salamon
of
breten
,
Ogier
the
dane
,
Guidellon
of
bauyere
and
manye
other
barons
.
THus
as
the
kynge
Charlemayne
was
gon
vpon
the
toure
for
to
see
the
battayll
:
he
looked
&
sawe
come
the
brother
of
reynawd
,
and
a
great
company
of
men
armed
.
And
whan
Charlemayn
saw
him
:
he
knewe
hym
well
,
for
he
bare
hys
owne
cote
of
armes
,
and
Rycharde
had
doon
so
for
bycause
he
should
be
knowen
.
And
whan
Charlemayne
saw
this
:
he
was
all
abasshed
of
it
,
and
thenne
he
called
Reynawde
and
sayde
to
hym
.
What
wyl
ye
doo
Reynawde
,
wyll
ye
dyshonour
me
?
haue
ye
forgoten
all
redy
youre
trouthe
?
Syr
sayde
Reynawd
nay
,
saue
your
reuerence
,
but
I
wyll
serue
you
and
worshyp
you
as
my
souerayn
lorde
.
why
said
the
kynge
Charlemayne
,
is
Richarde
gon
in
to
the
ysle
of
our
lady
with
so
great
felawship
for
to
breake
the
feelde
of
the
which
thinge
.
I
shal
be
dyshonoured
?
Sir
sayd
reynawde
haue
no
doubte
therof
,
for
I
take
god
to
suretye
and
waraunte
that
knoweth
all
thynges
that
rycharde
shall
doo
nothynge
that
shal
turne
to
your
dyshonour
ne
to
no
domage
to
you
,
and
I
shal
tell
you
why
my
brother
rycharde
hathe
put
hymselfe
in
armes
,
ye
must
wyt
that
the
traytoure
Gryffon
of
hautbraunche
is
enb●shed
vnder
Saynte
Marcell
in
a
gardyn
with
a
greate
numbre
of
folke
armed
,
that
wyll
breake
your
feelde
for
to
slea
my
chylderne
.
And
therfore
hath
my
brother
armed
him
for
to
succoure
them
if
neede
be
,
and
yf
ye
see
that
rychard
doo
any
thing
againste
youre
wyll
and
comaundement
:
heere
I
am
,
that
vpon
me
take
the
vengeaunce
.
is
It
trouthe
sayde
Charlemayne
,
that
Gryffon
hathe
doon
so
as
ye
saye
?
yea
said
reynawd
verely
,
for
I
wolde
not
tell
you
none
otherwise
.
Right
angry
was
Charlemayne
whan
he
hearde
that
Reinawde
had
tolde
him
.
Than
he
sware
god
and
all
his
sayntes
,
that
if
he
might
take
Griffon
of
hautbraunch
:
that
he
should
make
hym
be
hanged
,
and
all
his
folke
with
him
.
He
called
than
Salamon
,
and
the
earle
of
poiters
and
Guidellon
of
bauiere
,
&
said
to
them
.
Lordes
make
me
anon
a
thousande
knyghtes
to
be
armed
.
For
I
wil
go
in
to
the
ysle
for
to
see
the
pride
of
these
traitours
.
And
I
swere
you
by
saint
Iames
,
yf
I
may
they
shall
doo
me
no
more
dyshonour
and
yf
I
cane
fynde
theym
:
they
shal
aby
it
ful
deerely
.
Syr
sayde
Reynawde
ye
speake
lyke
a
kynge
.
The
barons
than
dyd
that
Charlemayne
had
sent
in
to
the
ysle
sawe
rycharde
with
his
folke
in
armes
.
And
whan
rowland
sawe
that
they
weare
armes
:
he
was
not
well
contente
with
it
,
and
sayde
to
the
other
Barons
that
were
come
wyth
hym
for
to
keepe
the
feelde
.
what
wyl
Rychard
doo
?
blame
haue
the
kinge
Charlemayne
yf
he
take
not
vengeaunce
vpon
Reynawde
of
that
they
haue
doon
ayenst
his
commaundement
,
by
my
faith
said
Oliuer
and
the
duke
Naymes
ye
saye
well
.
Than
sayd
Ogyer
,
lordes
I
promyse
you
that
Reynawde
knoweth
nothynge
of
that
,
that
rycharde
dooth
.
Thus
as
the
peeres
of
fraunce
were
spekynge
of
that
:
rychard
was
come
in
to
the
feelde
in
armed
Gryffon
yssued
oute
of
his
bushement
with
his
folke
,
bicause
he
was
aferde
that
richarde
wolde
greue
the
chyldren
of
Foulques
of
Moryllon
.
And
whan
rowlande
sawe
hym
:
he
cryed
to
him
with
a
hie
voice
.
By
god
traytoure
this
shal
nought
auayl
you
for
afore
that
anye
stroke
be
gyuen
of
theym
:
they
shall
make
theyr
othe
,
and
ye
shall
abye
it
full
derelye
that
ye
haue
doon
.
Ryght
sorye
was
Rowlande
whan
he
saw
the
foule
treason
that
Griffon
wolde
haue
brought
about
.
This
hanging
:
came
there
Charlemayne
wyth
a
great
company
of
folke
well
armed
.
And
whan
he
sawe
Rowland
:
he
sayd
to
hym
.
Neuewe
whye
doo
ye
suffre
the
outerage
that
the
sonnes
of
Foulques
of
Morillon
wolde
doo
to
the
chyldren
of
Reinawde
,
of
mountawban
.
I
blamed
Reynawd
,
bicause
his
brother
had
armed
him
:
but
I
know
now
wel
that
they
had
reason
,
sir
said
Rowlande
none
can
beware
of
traitours
.
Neuew
said
Charlemane
ye
saye
trouthe
:
but
by
the
fayth
that
I
owe
to
god
.
I
shall
make
theym
all
to
be
hanged
in
dyspyte
of
all
theyr
lygnage
onely
for
the
treason
that
thei
haue
doon
this
day
.
By
god
syr
sayde
Rowland
ye
shall
doo
well
.
And
than
came
there
Reynawd
vpon
a
palfrai
without
swerd
And
whan
Rowlande
sawe
hym
:
he
saide
vnto
him
.
Syr
Reinawde
is
it
youte
will
that
Richarde
youre
brother
is
com
hither
in
armes
?
sir
rowlande
sayd
Reynawd
,
yea
verely
,
for
nothing
that
I
haue
doon
shal
not
be
hydde
from
you
,
ye
haue
now
seen
the
treason
that
the
traitours
wold
haue
wrought
ayenst
my
children
,
&
therefore
whan
I
knew
their
falshode
:
I
commaunded
my
brother
Richard
that
he
should
put
himselfe
shortly
in
armes
with
my
men
for
to
succour
them
that
the
traytoures
came
them
vpon
,
&
yf
ye
thinke
that
richarde
or
I
haue
doon
amys
in
any
thinge
:
so
let
the
kyng
make
Iustice
of
it
.
By
my
soule
said
Rowlande
,
nother
you
nother
youre
brother
be
not
to
be
blamed
,
but
ye
haue
doone
as
good
knightis
should
doo
.
And
I
promise
you
that
youre
enemies
shal
be
this
day
brought
to
shame
and
confusion
.
ANd
whan
Rycharde
of
mountawban
sawe
Charlemayn
:
he
knew
well
that
he
was
come
for
to
keepe
the
feeld
,
and
that
the
traytours
should
not
con
doo
any
thing
to
his
neuews
.
So
said
he
to
his
folke
let
vs
take
of
our
harneys
.
For
syth
that
the
kyng
is
heere
himself
:
we
need
not
to
wayte
heere
no
more
.
Than
went
Richarde
and
his
folke
and
dysarmed
them
.
And
whan
Richarde
had
doone
so
:
he
lyght
agayn
vpon
his
horse
,
and
came
agayne
ouer
the
ryuer
of
Saynt
swyminge
vnto
the
foresayd
ysle
.
And
whan
he
was
on
lande
:
he
spurred
his
horse
,
and
made
him
to
lepe
three
or
foure
lepes
afore
the
company
.
And
than
he
came
streyght
afore
the
kyng
,
and
made
to
him
reuerens
honourably
.
whan
the
kinge
sawe
Rycharde
:
he
sayd
to
hym
,
and
ye
Rycharde
wyll
ye
dyshonour
me
,
that
are
come
in
arme
for
to
breke
my
feeld
?
Syr
said
Rycharde
saue
your
grace
,
for
I
neuer
thought
it
,
but
wyt
it
well
for
certayne
,
that
yf
Gryffron
of
hautbraunche
had
come
for
to
greue
mine
neues
:
I
wolde
haue
made
his
forhead
for
to
swete
.
Syr
ye
be
our
souerayne
lorde
,
so
ought
ye
to
maynten
and
keepe
vs
,
and
so
shall
I
tell
you
a
thing
afore
al
your
barons
,
that
yf
ye
beleue
the
traytours
of
Maunt
:
ye
shall
ones
repent
it
.
I
am
well
a
payed
that
ye
&
your
.xii.
peres
haue
seen
the
treason
of
Griffon
of
haut-braunche
,
how
he
wolde
haue
slayne
mine
neuews
.
Ha
by
god
said
charlemayne
,
ye
saye
trouth
,
he
is
well
worthy
to
be
blamed
,
and
I
tell
you
they
that
shal
be
ouer
come
shal
be
hanged
,
nor
shall
not
be
saued
for
none
of
theyr
lynage
.
Syr
sayd
Rycharde
it
pleaseth
me
well
,
but
I
tell
you
that
yf
I
should
dye
:
I
should
neuer
suffre
my
neuews
to
be
wronged
.
By
my
head
sayd
the
kynge
,
ye
shall
see
that
I
shal
doo
reason
vnto
euerye
party
.
For
I
shall
bryng
th●m
together
,
let
god
helpe
the
ryght
.
Than
whan
Charlemayne
had
sayde
so
:
he
went
to
the
two
children
of
Foulques
of
Moryllon
,
and
sayd
to
them
now
lordes
hye
you
of
that
ye
haue
to
doo
,
goe
and
swere
vpon
the
halowes
that
iustly
ye
entre
in
this
quarell
.
Syr
sayd
they
we
shall
doo
it
with
ryght
good
wyll
,
for
the
chyldren
of
Reynawde
ben
dead
,
but
yf
that
they
confesse
,
that
theyr
father
slew
our
father
by
treason
.
Then
spake
the
bisshop
Turpin
,
and
sayd
,
Lordes
come
hither
,
and
swere
vpon
the
halowes
,
&
see
to
that
ye
forswere
not
yourself
,
for
he
that
forswereth
him selfe
shal
be
ouer
throwen
,
no
doubte
therof
,
whan
the
bisshop
Turpin
had
said
this
:
the
two
sonnes
of
foulques
of
moryllon
kneeled
downe
afore
the
halowes
,
and
sware
that
reinawde
of
Mountawban
had
slayne
theyr
father
by
treason
,
&
after
they
had
made
theyr
othe
:
they
kyssed
the
Halowes
,
and
offred
two
besans
of
golde
.
And
than
went
and
lyghted
vpon
theyr
horses
.
And
thus
as
they
lyghted
:
they
were
to
nye
eche
other
so
that
th
one
hurted
thother
so
hard
:
that
they
fel
downe
almoste
both
to
the
erth
.
And
whan
Reynawde
saw
this
:
he
sayd
to
the
other
barons
heere
is
an
euyll
token
.
I
beleue
that
they
ben
forsworne
.
This
hanging
:
cam
the
children
of
Reinawde
,
that
kneeled
afore
the
halowes
and
swore
that
the
two
sonnes
of
Foulques
of
Moryllon
had
lied
falsely
all
that
they
had
sayd
.
And
then
they
put
their
handes
vpon
the
halowes
,
and
offred
a
ryche
gifte
,
and
the
Bysshop
Turpyn
gaue
them
the
benediction
,
&
in
lykewyse
the
kynge
Charlemayne
,
and
all
the
other
barons
,
&
than
of
Reynawde
,
and
of
his
brethern
and
after
they
wente
and
mounted
vpon
their
horses
lightly
.
WHan
the
foure
Champions
were
vpon
theyr
horses
:
thei
made
none
other
taryenge
:
but
gaue
the
spurres
to
theyr
horses
,
and
ran
one
against
an
other
and
smote
eche
other
in
theyr
sheeldes
so
sore
:
that
the
speres
flew
in
peeces
without
that
any
of
them
fell
on
the
ground
.
And
whan
they
had
broken
their
speres
:
thei
set
hande
vnto
their
swerdes
.
Than
Aymonet
that
helde
Flamberge
in
hys
hande
sayde
vnto
Yonnet
hys
brother
.
I
pray
you
brother
thynke
to
doo
well
.
For
if
ye
helpe
me
,
they
shal
be
vtterly
shamed
and
discomfited
as
traytours
as
they
ben
.
Brother
sayd
Yonnet
doubt
not
,
for
I
shall
neuer
fayle
you
to
the
death
,
&
also
we
ought
to
recomfort
vs
.
For
we
ben
in
the
ryght
,
and
they
be
in
the
wronge
.
Whan
the
two
brethern
had
spoke
ynoughe
:
they
went
bothe
at
ones
vpon
theyr
enemyes
,
wyth
theyr
swerdes
in
theyr
handes
.
And
than
Aymonet
ouertooke
Constans
with
flamberge
his
swerd
,
and
gaue
him
suche
a
stroke
that
the
swerde
slyded
vpon
the
viser
,
and
kut
it
and
his
nose
a
sunder
.
And
whan
Aymonet
sawe
that
the
nose
of
his
enemie
fall
to
the
erth
:
he
mocked
him
&
said
to
him
.
By
god
Constans
it
is
worse
with
you
than
it
was
afore
,
for
ye
shall
neuer
ben
without
a
mocke
,
for
that
,
that
this
stroke
hath
doone
vnto
you
,
for
Flamberge
slew
your
father
,
and
so
shal
it
doo
you
&
it
please
god
.
And
whan
Rohars
sawe
that
his
brother
was
so
sore
wounded
:
he
ranne
vpon
Yonnet
and
gaue
hym
so
mighty
a
stroke
vpon
hys
helme
:
so
that
yf
it
had
not
ben
of
good
fine
steele
:
he
had
slaine
him
without
fayle
.
This
hangyng
:
Aymonet
ranne
agayne
vpon
Constans
and
gaue
him
suche
a
stroke
vpon
hys
helme
,
that
he
made
him
for
to
bowe
hys
backe
vpon
the
sadle
,
&
for
the
great
might
of
the
stroke
:
the
horse
muste
for
veri
need
fall
down
vpon
his
knees
,
and
smote
his
mussell
into
the
erth
.
And
whan
that
the
horse
felt
that
stroke
:
he
rose
lightly
vp
agayne
all
afrayed
,
and
began
for
to
runne
thoroghe
the
medowes
maugre
of
his
maister
as
mad
,
nor
Constans
had
not
the
myghte
for
to
rule
hym
:
bycause
he
was
amased
and
a
stonied
of
that
stroke
,
that
he
had
receyued
.
And
than
Aymonet
and
Yonnet
wente
bothe
vpon
Rohars
,
and
beganne
to
fare
foule
with
him
,
and
whan
Rohars
sawe
hymself
so
sharpelye
handled
:
he
began
to
crye
with
a
hie
voyce
.
Brother
where
be
you
,
shall
ye
ler
me
thus
to
be
slayne
falsly
?
Constans
that
ranne
throughe
the
medow
was
comen
agayne
to
himself
and
apeased
his
horse
a
litle
heard
his
brother
crye
.
So
came
he
agayn
to
hym
:
and
smote
Aymonet
vpon
his
helme
a
great
stroke
,
but
the
helme
was
good
,
and
dommaged
hym
not
.
And
whan
that
Constans
sawe
that
he
had
not
slayne
Aymonet
with
his
stroke
:
he
wend
to
haue
gone
out
of
his
wit
,
&
of
the
other
part
:
he
saw
the
place
that
was
al
couered
with
the
bloud
of
his
brother
,
so
wyst
not
constans
what
to
doo
.
For
Aymonet
gaue
hym
so
muche
to
doo
.
THys
hanging
:
Yonnet
tooke
Rohars
bi
the
helme
,
&
wolde
haue
strangled
him
by
fyne
force
.
But
whan
Constans
saw
that
:
he
spurred
hys
horse
with
the
spurres
,
and
shoued
him
betwene
Rohars
&
Yonnet
,
so
that
it
was
force
to
yonnet
to
let
goe
hys
prise
wolde
he
or
no.
And
whan
Aymonet
saw
that
Constans
had
deliuered
Rohars
from
the
handes
of
yonnet
:
he
went
&
ranne
vpon
Constans
and
smote
him
with
flamberge
vpon
the
sheelde
so
harde
that
he
made
of
it
two
peeces
.
Shortlye
to
speake
:
the
chyldren
of
Reynawde
hasted
so
muche
the
two
sonnes
of
Foulques
that
they
began
to
lese
place
,
&
were
so
werye
,
that
they
asked
none
other
thyng
:
but
for
to
rest
themselfe
.
But
Aymonet
&
yonnet
had
none
other
wyll
:
but
for
to
fight
still
,
&
I
tell
you
for
certayne
that
they
were
all
foure
sore
wounded
that
they
lost
much
bloud
for
they
had
fought
longe
.
And
whan
Constans
had
soiourned
a
litle
:
he
came
vpon
Aymonet
and
gaue
him
suche
a
stroke
:
so
that
he
made
him
a
great
wounde
,
but
no
dead
wounde
.
And
whan
Aymonet
saw
him
so
wounded
:
he
gaue
Constans
so
great
a
stroke
vpon
the
eare
:
that
he
bare
it
away
withal
the
iawe
bone
,
whan
charlemayne
saw
that
great
stroke
:
he
might
not
forbeare
,
but
he
said
.
By
god
now
is
he
worse
arayed
than
he
was
before
,
for
the
two
sonnes
of
Foulques
of
morillon
been
shamed
and
confused
.
Sir
sayd
Reynawde
they
haue
well
deserued
it
,
for
they
haue
forsworne
them selfe
falsly
.
This
hanging
:
Yonnet
went
vpon
Rohars
,
and
gaue
him
so
great
a
stroke
vpon
hys
helme
:
that
he
brake
it
,
and
made
his
swerde
to
entre
in
his
head
a
finger
deep
.
Wyt
it
that
the
batayle
lasted
longe
the
one
agaynst
the
other
,
and
it
happed
that
by
force
of
fighting
,
the
one
against
the
other
:
they
were
fyghtyng
two
&
two
together
,
wel
a
bowe
shot
from
eche
other
,
and
so
made
they
two
batayles
,
for
aymonet
fought
against
Constans
,
&
yonnet
faught
agaynst
Rohars
,
which
was
sore
greued
,
for
Yonnet
had
brought
hym
to
the
erth
And
whan
yonnet
sawe
that
he
had
brought
downe
rohars
:
he
sayd
that
it
were
shame
to
fyght
with
hym
on
horsbacke
agaynst
him
on
foote
,
so
lighted
he
downe
for
to
fyght
wyth
Rohars
.
But
whan
he
had
habandonned
his
horse
:
In
contynent
the
said
horse
ran
to
the
horse
of
Rohars
and
wolde
haue
strangled
him
.
And
whan
Charlemayne
saw
that
:
he
began
to
laughe
with
it
and
sayd
,
by
my
fayth
we
haue
three
batayles
.
But
I
se
well
that
Yonnet
hath
brought
Rohars
so
lowe
that
he
may
no
more
.
whan
Rohars
saw
that
he
myght
no
more
endure
the
great
strokes
of
Yonnet
:
he
began
to
crye
and
sayde
Ha
fayre
brother
Constans
,
where
are
ye
that
ye
come
not
&
helpe
me
that
are
so
good
a
knight
,
and
that
toke
first
the
quarell
in
hande
,
wherof
it
goeth
full
euyll
with
vs
.
For
yf
ye
succour
me
not
now
:
I
shall
dye
incontinent
And
whan
Constans
heard
his
brother
crye
thus
:
he
left
Aymonet
,
and
went
towarde
Yonnet
,
for
to
helpe
hys
brother
,
but
wyt
it
well
that
he
went
not
very
sounde
from
Aymonet
,
for
he
had
made
hym
moe
than
xx
.
woundes
.
And
whan
Constans
was
come
to
hys
brother
:
Incontynent
he
ranne
vpon
Yonnet
wyth
his
horse
.
And
whan
Aymonet
saw
that
:
he
began
to
crie
after
Constans
and
sayd
.
By
my
soule
he
baptysed
you
full
yl
the
named
you
Constans
.
For
I
saw
neuer
more
towarde
than
ye
be
that
so
renneth
away
for
feare
of
me
,
&
whan
he
had
sayd
so
:
he
ran
after
for
to
succour
hys
brother
yonnet
.
And
whan
he
was
come
there
:
he
went
a
fresshe
vpon
Constans
,
&
Constans
vpon
hym
,
the
which
gaue
him
a
great
stroke
vpon
his
helme
but
the
stroke
slyded
vpon
the
horse
and
slew
hym
withall
.
And
whan
Aymonet
haw
him
a
ground
:
he
righted
hym
quickely
&
smote
Constans
vpon
his
helme
and
it
was
so
harde
that
flamberge
coulde
not
entre
in
it
&
the
stroke
slyded
vpon
the
vyser
&
brast
it
,
and
a
great
part
of
his
visage
,
so
that
the
teeth
were
seen
plainely
,
and
with
that
fel
the
stroke
vpon
the
horse
necke
,
so
that
he
kit
it
in
two
peeces
,
and
so
fell
the
horse
dead
to
the
erth
.
SOre
abasshed
was
Constans
whan
he
saw
his
horse
slain
,
and
than
Aymonet
sayd
to
him
.
By
god
false
traytour
nowe
shalt
thou
dye
,
ye
dyd
yll
whan
ye
called
euer
my
father
of
treason
,
whiche
is
as
true
a
knyght
as
is
anye
in
all
the
worlde
,
but
now
is
the
daye
come
that
ye
shall
abye
it
ful
deere
.
And
whan
Reynawde
heard
his
sonne
speake
thus
:
he
was
ryght
glad
of
it
,
&
thanked
God
therof
hertlye
,
&
whan
Aymonet
saw
Constans
vpon
his
feet
agayne
:
he
went
him
vpon
,
and
hasted
hym
ryght
sore
with
strokes
so
that
Constans
had
no
power
to
strike
one
stroke
more
,
but
he
went
abacke
heere
and
there
for
to
eschew
the
strokes
of
Aymonet
.
And
whan
Constance
saw
that
he
wyst
no
more
what
to
doo
:
he
cast
hys
sheelde
to
the
erth
,
and
tooke
Aimonet
by
the
waste
for
to
wrastle
with
hym
.
And
whan
aymonet
saw
this
he
was
not
afearie
of
it
,
for
he
was
stronge
and
lyght
so
tooke
he
Constans
by
the
helme
,
and
drew
it
towarde
him
with
such
might
that
he
pulled
it
from
the
head
of
him
.
And
whan
Constans
saw
him
so
sore
handled
:
he
cryed
vpon
his
brother
Rohars
&
sayd
.
Ha
brother
succour
me
,
for
I
haue
no
power
for
to
defende
my selfe
.
Whan
Rohars
heard
his
brother
call
thus
:
he
was
ful
sory
that
he
might
not
help
him
for
he
had
lost
so
much
bloud
that
he
might
not
well
stand
vpon
his
feete
but
alwayes
he
forced
himselfe
so
muche
that
he
came
vnto
his
brother
Constans
,
and
wende
to
haue
smitten
Aymonet
from
behynde
,
but
he
dyd
not
bycause
Aymonet
saw
hym
come
,
&
went
and
smote
hym
suche
a
stroke
that
he
felled
hym
to
the
earth
.
And
than
went
agayne
vpon
Constans
,
and
gaue
him
suche
a
stroke
that
he
smote
almoste
his
left
arme
of
.
Than
began
Constans
to
crye
and
sayd
.
Ha
fayre
brother
succour
me
:
or
els
I
am
dead
.
Brother
sayde
Rohars
I
can
gyue
you
nother
succoures
nor
helpe
,
for
I
am
my self
nere
gone
,
and
whan
Charlemayn
saw
this
:
he
sayd
,
by
god
now
are
dead
the
sonnes
of
Foulques
or
morillon
by
theyr
false
wit
.
Syr
sayd
Ogier
ye
ought
not
to
recke
,
for
they
maynteyned
a
false
quarell
,
ye
say
trouth
sayd
Charlemayn
.
Nowe
theyr
falshoode
apereth
well
.
Whan
Reynawde
saw
that
his
children
were
to
their
aboue
:
he
was
ryght
glad
of
it
.
but
so
was
not
Guanellon
,
for
he
was
so
angry
for
it
:
that
he
became
as
blacke
as
a
moore
.
Then
called
the
sayd
Guanellon
Berenger
,
Hardock
,
Henry
of
Lyon
and
Pignabell
of
Moryllon
and
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
now
be
we
all
dyshonoured
,
for
the
sonnes
of
Foulques
of
Morillon
are
discomfited
,
I
wolde
fayne
succour
them
yf
I
durst
but
I
feare
to
sore
the
kynge
that
is
there
wyth
great
puyssaunce
.
Syr
sayd
Hardres
or
Hardocke
,
wo
is
me
for
it
,
but
we
can
not
doo
none
other
thing
as
for
this
time
,
therfore
we
muste
refrain
our
wrathe
,
&
shew
a
good
face
,
to
the
ende
that
no
medlyng
falle
not
vpon
vs
,
&
let
vs
abide
tyll
tyme
come
,
that
we
may
auenge
vs
therof
.
THis
hanging
:
Aimonet
saw
that
he
had
smiten
Constans
a
dead
wounde
:
so
was
he
ryght
glad
of
it
,
by
god
brother
ye
haue
doone
yll
that
ye
haue
slayne
this
false
traytour
,
for
I
wolde
haue
slayne
hym
wyth
myne
owne
handes
,
but
syth
ye
haue
brought
it
so
ferre
:
make
an
ende
of
hym
at
ones
and
I
shall
goe
slea
Rohars
.
Brother
sayde
Aymonet
ye
speake
wel
,
now
go
slea
the
one
and
I
the
other
,
for
thus
ought
men
to
doo
wyth
traytours
.
Than
ran
the
two
brethern
vpon
theyr
enemies
that
laye
on
the
ground
,
that
is
to
wyt
vpon
Constans
to
whom
he
sayd
al
on
hye
,
bycause
all
they
that
looked
vpon
should
heare
it
.
Tell
me
Constans
false
traytoure
,
why
dyd
ye
call
my
father
of
treason
?
Withstandynge
that
men
know
wel
that
he
is
one
of
the
truest
knightes
of
the
worlde
.
And
that
he
slew
your
father
in
his
bodye
defendynge
.
Where
as
your
father
had
purchased
for
to
haue
slayne
hym
by
treason
.
Now
tell
me
your
falshode
and
confesse
your
treason
afore
the
kyng
,
or
els
I
shal
now
cut
your
throte
.
Aymonet
sayd
Constans
,
for
god
haue
merci
on
me
For
I
yeelde
me
to
you
,
and
than
he
tooke
him
his
swerde
.
And
whan
Aymonet
had
the
swerde
of
the
said
constans
:
he
tooke
him
vp
&
brought
him
afore
the
kynge
Charlemayne
,
to
whome
he
said
,
Syr
holde
this
traitour
&
doo
with
him
as
reason
requireth
,
and
whan
Charlemayne
sawe
this
:
he
was
glad
of
it
and
said
to
Aymonet
,
freende
ye
haue
doone
well
your
deuoyr
.
I
can
no
more
aske
of
you
.
And
wit
it
that
whan
the
other
is
vaynquisshed
:
I
shall
make
theym
bothe
to
be
hanged
,
Syr
sayd
Aymonet
,
doo
your
wyl
wyth
them
.
And
whan
he
had
sayde
so
:
he
went
agayn
to
his
brother
Yonnet
for
to
helpe
him
holdynge
his
swearde
in
his
hande
all
bloudy
with
the
bloud
of
Constans
and
sayd
to
Rohars
,
by
God
false
traytour
ye
shal
dye
heere
anon
,
and
wolde
haue
smyten
hym
but
Yonnet
that
sawe
that
:
sayd
to
his
brother
.
Fayre
brother
slea
him
not
,
nor
touche
him
,
but
goe
your
way
and
test
your self
,
for
I
wyll
conquere
him
by
my selfe
as
ye
haue
doone
yours
,
brother
sayde
Aymonet
ye
say
yll
,
for
it
was
ordeyned
that
we
should
eche
helpe
other
,
and
whan
Yonnet
saw
that
his
brother
wolde
needes
helpe
agaynst
his
wyll
:
he
sayde
to
hym
.
Fayre
brother
I
make
mine
avowe
to
god
,
if
ye
touche
Rohars
:
I
shal
neuer
loue
you
,
brother
sayde
Aymonet
,
ye
saye
not
well
,
but
I
shal
forbere
me
sith
it
please
you
so
,
but
I
promise
you
if
I
see
you
in
daunger
:
I
shall
help
you
if
ye
should
slea
me
,
brother
sayd
yonnet
I
wyl
wel
,
&
than
Aymonet
withdrew
him
a
litle
abacke
,
and
than
ranne
yonnet
vpon
Rohars
,
that
rose
vp
agayne
for
to
defende
hymselfe
,
than
gaue
yonnet
to
hym
so
great
a
stroke
vpon
the
shoulder
:
that
the
arme
with
the
shoulder
bone
fell
clene
of
to
the
grounde
and
his
swerde
withal
.
whan
yonnet
had
giuen
that
stroke
:
he
put
his
swerde
agayn
into
the
sheeth
&
sayd
to
Rohars
,
the
false
traytour
that
must
now
confesse
with
thine
owne
mouth
that
Reynawde
my
father
is
no
traytour
,
but
he
is
one
of
the
truest
knightes
of
the
worlde
,
and
yf
thou
wylt
not
doo
so
:
thou
shalt
die
incontinent
.
And
whan
he
had
sayd
so
:
he
tooke
Rohars
by
the
helme
and
pulled
him
to
hym
warde
so
harde
that
he
drew
it
fro
his
head
,
and
began
for
to
smite
him
with
the
pomell
of
hys
swerde
vpon
the
bare
head
.
And
whan
Rohars
saw
that
he
was
so
shrewdlye
handled
:
he
began
for
to
crye
&
sayd
good
lorde
haue
mercy
vpon
mi
soule
for
I
know
well
that
it
is
doone
wyth
my
body
.
And
whan
Constans
heard
his
brother
say
so
:
he
began
to
weepe
for
he
coulde
none
other
doo
.
And
whan
yonnet
sawe
that
Rohars
wolde
not
forsake
that
he
had
sayd
,
nor
wolde
not
cry
him
mercy
:
he
smote
him
with
hys
owne
swerde
so
hard
that
he
tooke
awaye
the
one
legge
from
the
body
of
him
.
And
than
he
put
his
foote
vpon
him
and
said
.
Now
anon
false
traytour
confesse
your
falshode
,
or
els
ye
ben
now
dead
,
to
the
whiche
thynge
Rohars
answered
not
.
And
whan
yonnet
saw
that
:
he
smote
hym
the
head
of
.
Whan
Aymonet
sawe
that
hys
brother
yonnet
had
slayne
Rohars
:
he
was
ryght
glad
of
it
,
and
went
to
hym
and
sayde
.
Brother
ye
haue
doone
valiauntly
,
lorde
gramercy
that
ye
haue
slayne
so
this
traytour
,
the
two
brethern
tooke
eche
other
by
the
hande
and
went
to
charlemayne
,
to
whome
Aymonet
sayd
in
thys
wyse
.
Syr
like
it
you
that
wee
haue
doone
,
for
we
be
redi
for
to
doo
muche
more
for
you
,
yf
ye
commaunde
vs
.
Fayre
sonnes
said
Charlemayn
ye
need
not
for
to
doo
more
.
For
ye
haue
doone
ynoughe
,
for
Constans
is
ouercomen
,
&
Rohars
dead
.
Now
go
rest
your self
,
and
see
that
ye
haue
good
leches
for
your
woundes
.
And
I
promyse
you
that
I
shal
doo
with
the
traytours
as
it
aperteineth
,
and
than
Charlemayne
commaunded
that
Constans
should
be
hanged
,
and
the
body
of
his
brother
by
him
,
&
whan
the
king
had
giuen
this
commaundement
:
Constans
was
anon
taken
and
the
body
of
his
brother
,
&
were
drawen
at
horses
tayles
before
all
theyr
lygnage
,
and
than
were
hanged
as
they
had
well
deserued
,
whan
they
were
hanged
:
Charlemayne
said
Lordes
wyt
that
I
wolde
not
for
a
great
thyng
that
it
went
otherwise
.
wyt
it
that
whan
Guanellon
sawe
hange
the
sonnes
of
Foulques
that
were
his
neuewes
:
he
was
sore
an
angred
for
it
that
he
almost
had
lost
hys
witte
.
Than
called
he
Hardres
Berenger
&
Malger
that
wyll
more
falshode
than
Lucifer
,
Henry
of
Lion
,
Pygnabell
&
Geffray
,
men
that
neuer
dyd
good
and
sayde
to
theym
.
Lordes
ye
see
howe
Charlemayne
hath
doone
to
vs
great
dyshonour
,
for
he
hath
doone
hange
our
kinsmen
shamefully
,
but
we
shall
see
yet
the
day
that
this
shame
shal
be
auenged
he
sayd
trouth
the
traytour
.
For
he
betrayed
afterwarde
the
.xii.
Peeres
of
Fraunce
,
and
made
them
all
die
at
the
batayle
of
Rounceuales
.
AFter
these
thinges
aboue
said
Reinawde
of
Mountawban
saw
that
his
children
had
vainequisshed
the
children
of
Foulques
:
he
was
right
glad
of
it
&
thanked
much
our
lorde
god
therof
,
than
he
and
his
brethern
went
to
them
and
asked
howe
they
dyd
?
father
sayde
the
children
we
doo
ryght
well
lorde
gramercy
.
Than
Alarde
&
Guicharde
behelde
theyr
woundes
wherof
they
were
glad
.
This
hanging
:
came
there
charlemayne
and
the
children
came
hym
agaynst
&
kneeled
afore
him
,
than
charmayne
asked
them
,
children
how
is
it
with
you
be
ye
sore
wounded
?
Syr
sayd
the
children
it
is
well
with
vs
thanked
be
our
lorde
&
you
:
we
shal
soone
be
whole
.
Than
the
kyng
sent
for
al
the
leches
&
sayd
to
them
that
they
should
looke
the
woundes
of
Aymonet
&
of
Yonnet
,
the
whyche
thyng
they
did
without
any
taryeng
,
&
after
they
sayd
to
the
king
that
they
made
no
doubt
of
them
&
that
they
should
be
soone
whole
.
And
after
that
the
Iustice
was
doone
of
the
sonnes
of
Foulques
of
Morillon
:
Reynawde
abode
in
Paris
til
his
children
were
whole
,
&
whan
they
were
whole
:
they
went
to
the
Palays
to
see
the
kynge
Charlemayne
,
the
whiche
made
them
good
cheere
&
gaue
them
manye
fayre
giftes
as
ben
castels
&
fortresses
of
great
name
,
than
Reynawde
and
hys
brethern
asked
leue
of
the
kyng
,
&
he
gaue
it
them
against
his
wil
,
&
prayed
them
that
they
wolde
come
see
him
agayne
,
syr
sayd
Reynawde
,
we
shal
doo
gladly
your
commaundement
.
Whan
Reynawde
had
taken
leue
of
the
king
and
also
his
brethern
&
children
:
they
tooke
on
their
way
towarde
mountawban
,
and
they
did
so
muche
by
theyr
Iourneys
that
they
came
to
bourdews
And
whan
Reynawde
had
rest
hym
a
litle
:
he
called
his
chrildren
afore
his
brethern
and
sayd
to
them
,
my
children
,
heare
what
I
wyl
say
to
you
.
I
ordeyne
at
this
tyme
that
yonnet
shal
haue
ardeyne
for
his
parte
and
Aymonet
Mountawban
,
for
it
is
not
longe
a
goe
syth
I
heard
saye
that
god
sayd
,
that
the
tree
that
beareth
fruite
:
shal
neuer
dye
,
wit
it
that
I
haue
offended
god
greatli
,
and
me
semeth
that
the
time
is
now
come
that
I
should
amende
my self
.
for
I
feare
sore
my
poore
soule
,
wherfore
I
shal
doo
my
deuoure
for
to
yeelde
it
agayne
to
the
blessed
lorde
that
made
it
after
his
Image
,
&
whan
his
brethern
hearde
speake
this
:
they
know
wel
what
he
wolde
doo
,
and
therfore
they
began
to
make
great
sorow
.
And
whan
reinawde
saw
that
he
sayd
to
them
,
forsothe
syrs
ye
are
not
wyse
to
make
suche
sorowe
,
for
ye
knowe
not
yet
,
what
I
wyll
doo
,
see
ye
not
that
I
am
yet
with
you
?
Wherof
are
yee
abasshed
?
be
not
yee
ryche
ynoughe
?
there
is
nother
of
you
but
mai
keep
a
thousand
horses
in
his
stable
.
Of
the
other
part
,
thoughe
I
am
nowe
whole
of
my
bodye
thanked
be
our
lorde
,
yet
wyl
I
gyue
in
my
lyfe
to
my
children
theyr
part
,
to
the
ende
that
they
fall
not
in
dyscorde
after
my
death
,
and
therfore
I
wyll
that
eche
of
you
knowe
from
hensforthon
what
he
shal
haue
.
And
whan
Reynawde
had
thus
ordeyned
for
his
children
:
yonnet
departed
from
his
father
with
his
blessing
,
&
went
to
Ardeyne
,
where
they
of
the
land
receyued
him
to
be
their
lorde
and
made
to
him
fewte
&
homage
.
And
after
that
Yonnet
was
gone
:
Reynawde
&
his
brethern
with
Aymonet
wente
to
Mountawban
,
and
whan
they
of
Mountawban
saw
theyr
lorde
:
thei
were
glad
&
receyued
hym
honourably
.
And
whan
the
feast
was
passed
:
Reinawde
commaunded
al
his
subiectes
that
they
should
make
theyr
homage
vnto
hys
sonne
Aymonet
,
&
whan
al
this
was
doone
,
&
that
nyght
was
come
:
euery
man
went
to
bed
,
&
than
Reynawde
entred
hys
chambre
&
walked
in
it
til
it
was
midnyght
passed
,
than
Reynawde
vncle
theo
himself
al
naked
,
&
tooke
a
cote
of
sory
russet
vpon
his
fleshe
without
any
shert
,
&
thervpon
a
great
mantel
of
the
same
.
And
thus
arayed
barefoote
&
without
any
wepyn
(
but
onlye
a
staffe
in
his
hand
to
defende
hym
from
the
dogges
)
yssued
out
of
hys
chambre
,
&
went
out
of
the
palays
&
came
to
the
gate
of
the
towne
,
and
made
it
to
be
opened
,
&
whan
the
porter
saw
his
lorde
so
yll
&
in
so
poorely
aray
&
barefoote
:
he
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
alas
whether
goe
ye
thus
without
felawship
,
&
so
yll
apoynted
?
I
wyl
go
awake
your
brethern
&
my
lorde
your
sonne
,
for
ye
be
in
great
daunger
of
theues
because
ye
haue
nother
armour
nor
wepyn
for
to
defende
your selfe
,
freende
sayd
Reynawde
let
alone
,
go
not
there
.
For
my
trust
is
in
god
that
he
shall
keep
me
from
all
daunger
.
But
thou
shalt
tell
my
bretherne
whan
thou
seest
theym
to
morowe
that
I
greete
them
wel
,
&
to
my
sonne
also
,
and
that
they
thynke
alwayes
to
doo
wel
,
&
that
they
lo●e
eche
other
as
thei
ought
for
to
doo
,
and
so
tel
them
that
they
shal
neuer
see
me
more
as
I
well
trowe
.
For
I
go
to
saue
my
soule
yf
God
giue
me
the
grace
to
doo
so
,
&
so
shall
I
dye
whan
it
please
god
,
for
thorough
mi
cause
are
dead
many
a
man
,
wherof
I
feele
my
poore
soule
greued
sore
,
&
therfore
wyll
I
beare
payne
on
my
body
for
it
,
doinge
penaunce
all
the
remenaunt
of
my
lyfe
,
and
if
I
maye
saue
my
soule
:
I
aske
none
other
thing
.
And
whan
Reynawde
had
said
this
:
he
looked
on
his
finger
&
tooke
a
ringe
with
a
precious
stone
,
whiche
was
wel
worth
.v.
mark
&
gaue
it
to
the
porter
&
sayd
to
him
,
my
freende
ye
be
wel
rewarded
of
your
seruice
that
ye
haue
doone
to
me
.
Syr
said
the
porter
gramercye
of
this
gifte
,
but
alas
syr
ye
put
now
all
your
countrie
in
great
sorow
for
your
departynge
,
&
than
he
began
to
weepe
right
sore
.
This
hanging
:
went
Reynawde
on
hys
waye
thus
arayed
as
ye
haue
heard
,
and
as
he
went
:
the
porter
looked
euermore
after
hym
by
the
light
as
longe
as
he
might
see
him
,
&
whan
he
might
no
more
see
him
:
he
fel
down
in
a
swoune
to
the
erth
,
and
was
thus
a
longe
while
&
whan
he
was
come
agayne
to
himselfe
:
he
made
greate
mone
,
&
sith
sayd
.
Ha
God
whether
goth
now
my
lorde
so
poorely
arayed
?
&
after
he
had
made
great
sorow
a
longe
whyle
:
he
shet
the
gate
again
and
went
into
his
house
.
And
whan
he
was
there
:
he
looked
vpon
the
ring
that
Reynawde
had
giuen
him
,
and
knew
wel
that
it
was
a
ryche
gyft
,
wherof
he
was
glad
.
¶
We
shal
leue
heere
to
speake
a
litle
of
the
valyaunt
Reynawde
of
Mountawban
,
that
goth
for
to
saue
his
soule
,
and
to
doo
penaunce
for
hys
synnes
thoroughe
the
woodes
lookyng
downwarde
:
and
we
shall
speake
of
his
brethern
,
and
of
his
sonne
Aymonet
.
¶
How
after
that
Reynawde
was
gone
from
Mountawban
neuer
to
returne
his
brethern
and
his
sonne
Aymonet
made
great
sorow
,
whan
they
knew
of
it
,
that
he
had
not
take
leue
of
them
depiction of a male figure with a pilgrim's hat, staff, and rosary beads walking away from a castle with a figure in the doorway
NOw
sheweth
the
hystory
that
whan
the
morowe
came
and
that
Aymonet
&
his
vncles
were
vp
they
went
to
the
churche
weenyng
to
haue
Reynawde
there
as
they
were
wont
.
And
whan
they
saw
hym
com
not
to
matyns
:
they
meruayled
sore
there
was
come
his
chapeleyne
for
to
say
matyns
there
with
hym
,
the
whyche
whan
he
founde
not
his
mayster
in
the
churche
:
he
was
all
abasshed
and
spered
after
him
to
his
brethern
.
Syr
sayd
Alarde
,
I
weene
he
be
sicke
for
god
let
vs
go
see
how
he
dooth
,
and
than
he
went
to
seeke
him
in
his
chambre
,
where
they
founde
him
not
,
wherof
they
wende
all
to
haue
ben
desperate
.
Lordes
sayde
Alarde
nowe
be
we
lost
,
for
heere
ben
his
gownes
his
shertꝭ
his
shone
his
swearde
and
all
his
armours
,
now
is
he
gone
from
vs
.
I
see
it
well
in
poore
arai
,
god
be
with
him
.
And
as
they
were
thus
makyng
theyr
mone
:
came
in
the
porter
that
made
greate
sorow
for
the
loue
of
his
mayster
Reynawde
.
And
whan
he
was
come
in
to
the
chambre
:
he
began
to
crye
as
he
had
be
from
hymselfe
&
sayde
.
Fayre
lordes
what
shal
we
doo
sith
that
wee
haue
loste
our
lorde
?
For
he
is
gone
his
wayes
wulwarde
&
barefoote
with
a
sory
staffe
in
hys
hande
,
&
he
sendeth
you
greeting
by
me
,
&
praieth
you
for
god
that
if
euer
ye
loued
him
:
that
ye
wyll
worship
eche
other
and
that
euerye
man
haue
his
parte
as
he
hath
deuysed
it
.
And
he
doth
you
wit
that
ye
shall
neuer
see
hym
,
for
he
is
gone
to
saue
hys
soule
,
&
so
hath
he
giuen
me
the
ringe
of
his
finger
,
that
ye
may
see
heere
.
WHan
Alarde
,
Guicharde
and
Richarde
,
&
Aymonet
heard
these
tidinges
:
they
tooke
so
great
sorow
at
the
hert
that
they
fell
downe
in
a
swoune
to
the
erth
,
&
whan
they
were
come
agayne
to
themself
:
they
began
to
make
a
ryght
great
sorow
and
so
meruaylous
that
he
that
had
seen
it
:
hys
hert
had
be
full
hard
,
but
he
should
haue
wept
for
pitie
.
Alas
sayd
Alarde
my
fayre
brother
Reynawde
,
ye
haue
lefte
vs
in
muche
great
sorow
.
Certes
it
had
be
muche
better
for
vs
that
ye
had
slayne
vs
all
,
than
for
to
haue
lefte
vs
in
this
wife
.
For
from
hens
forthe
we
be
no
thyng
.
And
whan
he
had
sayd
so
:
he
fell
agayne
in
a
swoune
.
And
whan
he
was
come
agayne
to
himselfe
:
he
pulled
hys
heres
of
his
bearde
and
scratched
his
visage
.
Alas
my
brother
sayd
Rycharde
howe
shall
wee
now
liue
without
you
?
Alas
nowe
haue
we
lost
him
by
whome
we
haue
had
so
great
honour
in
this
worlde
,
alas
my
brother
there
is
not
your
like
vnder
the
cope
of
heauen
that
euer
bare
swerde
,
sheeld
or
speare
,
syth
that
we
haue
loste
you
:
we
may
say
farewell
the
Ioy
of
this
worlde
,
&
whan
he
had
sayd
so
:
his
hert
swelled
so
that
he
lost
his
speche
so
that
he
coulde
not
speake
a
good
whyle
after
.
Of
Aymonet
and
of
Guycharde
,
what
shall
we
saye
?
I
promyse
you
none
can
tell
ne
reherse
halfe
of
the
sorow
that
they
made
,
so
that
it
was
great
pitie
to
beholde
.
Great
sorowe
was
made
of
all
foure
for
the
loue
of
reynawde
that
was
gone
as
ye
haue
heard
,
praying
our
lord
to
be
with
him
and
for
to
recomforte
hys
bretherne
¶
But
presently
leueth
the
historye
to
speake
of
Alarde
,
Guicharde
,
Rycharde
and
Aymonet
that
were
at
Mountawban
making
their
mone
and
returneth
to
speke
of
Reynawde
that
was
gone
at
his
aduenture
,
sekyng
his
brede
for
to
saue
his
soule
.
¶
How
Reynawde
went
to
Coleyn
vpon
the
Rine
,
where
he
found
that
men
edefied
the
churche
of
saynt
Peter
.
And
there
tooke
hym
a
wyll
for
to
serue
there
the
masons
for
the
loue
of
our
lorde
,
and
did
so
,
but
at
the
last
the
other
labourers
had
so
great
enuye
bycause
he
dyd
better
hys
deuoyre
than
they
and
that
he
was
better
loued
than
they
of
the
maysters
,
for
the
good
seruice
that
he
did
:
that
the
slew
him
and
put
him
in
a
sacke
and
casted
hym
in
the
water
of
the
rine
But
by
the
wyll
of
god
:
his
body
apered
aboue
the
water
makynge
great
myracles
,
so
that
he
was
named
a
Saynt
that
daye
that
he
was
buryed
.
IN
this
party
sheweth
the
hystory
that
whan
Reynawde
was
departed
from
mountawban
:
he
tooke
his
way
through
the
woodes
&
went
a
longe
whyle
that
he
eate
but
Apples
and
Medlers
wilde
all
that
day
,
and
whan
the
night
was
come
:
he
layde
him
down
vnder
a
tree
,
and
as
he
wolde
slepe
:
he
made
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
vpon
him
,
and
commended
to
our
lorde
and
slept
till
it
was
day
.
And
whan
the
day
appered
:
Reinawde
rose
vp
&
went
on
his
wayes
through
the
wood
,
and
wente
euer
more
through
the
trauers
of
the
wooddes
well
the
space
of
.viii.
dayes
without
any
other
meat
,
but
wilde
fruit
and
so
longe
he
wente
by
hys
iourneis
:
that
he
cam
out
of
the
woodes
and
incontinent
he
founde
a
house
of
religion
where
he
abode
that
night
,
the
monkes
woulde
haue
giuen
him
meat
but
he
tooke
nothing
but
bread
and
water
.
And
whan
the
day
came
:
he
went
on
his
way
,
&
dyd
so
muche
day
by
day
that
he
came
to
Coleyne
vpon
the
rine
,
and
whan
Reynawde
was
come
to
the
Citie
:
he
founde
the
churche
of
saynt
Peter
a
makynge
,
where
were
many
masons
and
mani
labourers
that
serued
them
.
And
whan
he
saw
this
:
he
wente
into
it
,
and
kneeled
before
the
hie
aulter
and
made
his
prayers
bi
great
deuocion
And
as
he
was
thus
kneelynge
full
busely
aboute
his
orysons
:
It
came
sodaynlye
into
hys
mynde
that
he
wolde
abyde
there
and
serue
the
masons
for
the
honour
of
god
&
of
saynt
Peter
.
And
whan
he
had
made
hys
prayer
:
he
rose
vp
&
began
to
looke
the
place
well
&
vpon
the
workemen
that
wrought
there
,
and
sayd
to
hymself
that
it
was
better
to
serue
the
Masons
,
than
to
walke
styll
in
the
forest
among
the
wilde
beastes
.
&
whan
reynawde
had
bethought
hym
wel
:
he
went
to
the
mayster
mason
and
said
to
hym
.
Mayster
I
am
a
straunger
and
haue
no
gooddes
of
the
worlde
,
wherof
I
maye
lyue
,
if
it
please
you
I
shall
serue
the
Masons
of
suche
thynges
as
them
needeth
for
theyr
werke
as
a
poore
labourer
needeth
,
and
whan
the
mayster
mason
heard
Reynawde
speke
so
:
and
saw
he
was
a
tall
man
and
wel
made
:
he
answered
to
hym
sweetly
in
this
wise
.
My
freende
ye
seme
not
to
be
yssued
of
a
poore
house
,
for
ye
are
more
lyke
a
kyng
than
a
mason
or
a
labourer
.
wherfore
I
dare
not
put
you
in
werke
by
no
wise
.
Notwithstanding
that
ye
be
thus
poorely
arayed
.
Mayster
sayd
Reynawde
,
care
ye
not
therfore
for
and
it
pitie
you
:
I
shal
serue
you
truly
af●er
my
power
.
My
freend
said
the
mayster
of
the
werke
,
syth
it
please
you
to
doo
so
:
it
pleaseth
me
ryght
well
,
but
I
wyll
not
reteyne
you
for
that
prise
that
I
doo
knaues
,
for
I
shall
pay
you
in
conscience
,
after
the
werke
that
ye
shal
doo
,
mayster
said
Reynawde
I
am
wel
content
.
Than
the
mayster
mason
sayd
to
hym
,
my
freende
goe
helpe
these
foure
that
ye
see
there
,
that
may
not
bere
the
stone
,
for
they
be
but
truauntes
,
mayster
layd
Reynaw●e
,
be
not
angry
with
the
poore
folke
,
for
I
wyll
go
fetche
it
to
you
anon
,
frend
sayd
the
mayster
payne
not
your
s●lfe
therto
,
for
it
is
not
in
your
puyssaunce
without
ye
had
more
helpe
than
thylke
knaues
.
For
the
stone
is
of
great
weight
,
mayster
let
me
alone
sayd
Reynawde
I
shal
brynge
it
to
you
,
and
whan
Reynawde
had
sayd
so
:
he
cast
his
mantell
fro
him
&
came
to
the
foure
men
that
helde
the
stone
and
sayd
to
them
Lordes
and
it
please
you
,
goe
fetche
another
stone
,
and
I
shall
beare
the
same
,
freende
sayde
the
foure
men
ye
say
well
if
ye
can
,
&
we
wyl
let
you
doo
with
a
good
wyll
.
Than
Reynawde
tooke
vp
the
stone
and
charged
it
vpon
his
necke
,
and
bare
it
vpon
the
walle
where
it
should
be
set
,
and
whan
the
other
labourers
saw
that
:
they
were
abashed
&
meruayled
greately
of
it
,
and
began
to
say
the
one
to
the
other
heere
is
wonder
fro
whens
may
thys
deuyl
become
,
we
shal
neuer
winne
but
a
litle
as
longe
as
he
is
with
vs
heere
.
And
whan
the
master
masons
saw
Reynawde
beare
so
great
a
stone
&
so
heuy
:
he
was
glad
of
it
.
And
whan
Reynawde
had
brought
the
stone
there
as
he
should
be
set
the
mayster
sayd
to
hym
,
freend
put
not
downe
the
stone
yet
from
you
.
Syr
sayd
Reynawd
I
shal
wel
holde
it
in
my
armes
as
longe
as
ye
wyl
,
than
the
mayster
made
the
place
redi
there
as
the
stone
should
be
set
,
&
whan
he
was
redy
:
he
sayd
to
Reynawde
,
let
go
the
stone
my
freende
whan
ye
will
,
and
blessed
be
god
&
the
houre
that
euer
ye
were
borne
,
&
whan
reynawde
had
set
downe
the
stone
:
the
mayster
commaunded
hym
that
he
should
fet
hym
morter
,
with
a
good
wyl
sayde
Reynawde
.
Than
came
Reynawde
downe
and
laded
of
the
morter
more
than
.x.
other
men
should
haue
doone
,
&
bare
it
to
the
maister
mason
&
sayd
to
hym
.
Mayster
care
not
for
nothyng
for
I
shall
serue
you
wel
of
al
thing
that
ye
need
by
the
grace
of
god
,
and
see
that
ye
werke
as
faste
as
ye
can
for
I
shall
bringe
you
more
stones
and
morter
my selfe
alone
than
yee
shall
con
occupye
;
but
ye
haste
you
well
.
And
whan
the
mayster
Mason
heard
Reynawde
speake
thus
:
he
was
merueyled
and
sayd
.
By
my
soule
freende
yf
ye
doo
halfe
that
yee
say
:
ye
shall
doo
ynoughe
.
Then
went
Reynawde
agayne
and
brought
vp
so
many
stones
that
he
made
with
it
a
great
hepe
vpon
the
walles
ynough
for
to
occupye
at
ones
all
the
masons
that
were
there
,
and
than
Reynawde
sayde
to
them
.
Fayre
maysters
thinke
to
werke
wel
,
for
whan
these
stones
ben
layde
and
this
morter
occupyed
I
shall
brynge
you
more
.
And
whan
the
masons
heard
him
speke
so
:
they
began
to
say
amonge
them
that
the
churche
of
saynt
Peter
had
founde
a
good
labourer
,
&
that
he
ought
to
be
well
rewarded
,
By
my
fayth
mayster
sayde
Reynawde
I
care
not
for
no
money
.
And
whan
came
at
euyn
that
the
laborers
should
leaue
werke
&
receyue
theyr
money
:
the
Mayster
Mason
set
him
downe
for
to
paye
the
labourers
,
which
tooke
.v.
penis
a
day
.
Than
the
mayster
called
Reynawde
and
sayde
to
hym
,
come
hyther
my
fayre
freende
and
take
heere
what
it
plese
you
,
for
ye
haue
serued
better
than
any
of
thother
,
than
put
himself
forth
,
&
tooke
a
peny
sore
agaynst
his
wyl
.
And
whan
the
maister
saw
that
:
he
sayde
to
hym
,
by
the
bodi
of
God
my
fayre
freend
ye
shal
haue
twenty
more
for
els
my
conscience
should
be
charged
wyth
your
labour
,
and
yf
ye
wyl
werke
:
ye
shal
euery
daye
haue
so
muche
,
for
there
was
neuer
so
good
a
labourer
as
ye
be
one
,
Mayster
sayde
Reynawde
yf
ye
wyl
that
I
shal
werke
any
more
:
giue
me
but
one
peny
,
whyche
shall
be
for
to
bye
bread
for
to
susteyne
with
all
my
body
,
for
this
that
I
doo
:
I
doo
it
for
the
loue
of
God
&
for
none
other
.
Freende
sayde
the
Mayster
,
I
wyll
not
trouble
you
no
more
,
doo
as
ye
wyll
.
Than
tooke
Reynawde
leue
of
the
mayster
Mason
and
went
to
the
towne
for
to
get
hymself
a
lodgynge
and
bought
a
penye
worthe
of
bread
,
and
so
had
he
no
more
to
his
supper
but
bread
and
a
litle
water
.
And
whan
he
had
eaten
:
he
went
and
layed
hym
vpon
a
lytle
strawe
for
to
take
his
rest
that
nyght
,
and
whan
the
day
was
come
:
Reynawd
rose
vp
and
went
to
hys
worke
and
founde
no
body
there
,
and
than
he
went
to
the
Churche
and
sayd
his
prayers
afore
an
ymage
of
our
Ladye
.
This
hangyng
:
the
Masons
came
for
to
goe
to
theyr
worke
.
And
whan
they
were
vpon
the
walle
:
they
asked
yf
the
stronge
man
were
not
com
.
Mayster
answered
Reynawde
I
am
heere
wyll
ye
any
thyng
?
Freend
sayd
than
the
mayster
Mason
,
bring
vs
stones
and
morter
.
Syr
sayd
Reynawde
I
shall
wyth
a
good
wyll
and
that
anon
.
Than
set
he
stones
and
morter
in
great
plentie
,
and
brought
it
vp
vnto
them
.
And
I
promyse
you
that
Reynawde
laded
more
at
ones
than
xv
.
other
dyd
,
and
thus
serued
Reynawde
the
masons
in
the
churche
of
saynt
Peter
at
Coleyn
many
dayes
and
euery
day
at
euyn
he
tooke
hys
peny
of
the
mayster
and
no
more
for
to
by
hym
bread
with
as
ye
haue
heard
for
he
eate
neuer
but
bread
&
dranke
water
.
Thus
liued
Reynawde
there
a
longe
whyle
seruing
there
the
masons
as
it
is
sayd
,
for
the
loue
of
god
and
of
saynt
Peter
,
and
dyd
so
truly
his
deuoyr
that
the
other
labourers
had
great
enuy
at
him
,
for
they
were
all
set
at
nought
(
for
the
loue
of
hym
)
of
the
masons
,
for
the
great
seruyce
that
he
did
to
them
.
Sore
an
angred
were
the
other
labourers
whan
they
saw
that
they
were
all
thus
forsaken
&
all
set
a
syde
and
sayde
to
eche
other
in
this
wyse
.
By
god
we
been
diffamed
by
thys
greate
knaue
that
dothe
so
muche
labour
,
and
therfore
wee
be
put
a
side
of
the
maysters
,
the
greate
deuyll
brought
hym
well
heere
,
for
we
shall
neuer
get
nothyng
as
long
as
he
is
heere
,
for
he
serueth
all
the
Masons
alone
of
all
that
they
need
for
to
haue
&
thus
we
ben
left
alone
.
Then
sayd
one
of
them
,
my
felowes
yf
ye
wyl
beleue
me
:
we
shal
slea
him
How
say
ye
that
sayde
a nother
?
ye
wot
well
it
is
impossyble
to
vs
to
doo
so
,
for
he
is
horrible
stronge
,
and
yf
we
fet
vpon
hym
:
he
shall
kyll
vs
all
.
Freende
sayd
he
I
shall
tell
you
how
we
shal
doo
so
.
Se
you
yonder
vawte
by
the
great
house
?
Yea
sayd
thother
.
Wit
it
that
the
great
knaue
goeth
&
slepeth
there
euery
night
whan
we
ar
gone
home
.
And
therfore
yf
ye
wil
beleue
me
:
We
shal
go
this
night
there
where
he
is
a
slepe
,
and
we
shal
take
eche
of
vs
a
Pikeaxe
,
or
els
an
hamer
,
and
therwith
we
shall
dasshe
the
brayne
out
of
his
head
,
and
whan
we
haue
thus
slayne
hym
:
wee
shall
put
hym
in
a
greate
sacke
and
shall
cast
him
within
the
riuer
,
that
is
there
nyghe
,
&
thus
shal
be
no
more
hearde
of
hym
.
And
whan
the
other
labourers
heard
this
traytour
speake
thei
accorded
all
to
his
counsel
,
and
they
dyd
as
they
were
purposed
soner
than
they
wende
they
should
haue
doo
.
For
at
noone
whan
the
Masons
left
worke
and
went
to
theyr
dinner
:
the
poore
Reynawd
went
and
rested
hymselfe
vnder
the
vawte
,
where
he
was
wont
to
rest
hymselfe
euerye
nyght
.
And
whan
the
traytours
saw
that
:
they
came
to
him
that
fyrst
had
spoken
the
treason
and
tooke
hym
a
great
hamer
of
a
mason
in
hys
hande
.
And
whan
they
spyed
that
Reynawd
was
fallen
a
sleape
:
thys
traytour
wyth
the
hamer
went
to
Reynawde
softlye
and
smote
hym
with
the
hamer
well
deepe
into
the
brayne
.
And
whan
Reynawde
felte
the
stroke
that
the
traytour
had
gyuen
hym
:
he
set
his
armes
in
maner
of
a
crosse
vpon
his
brest
and
sayd
in
this
maner
.
O
good
lorde
Iesu
Chryst
haue
mercye
on
my
soule
,
and
wyll
pardon
them
that
hath
brought
me
to
my
death
,
and
whan
he
had
sayd
these
wordes
:
the
soule
departed
out
of
the
bodye
.
And
whan
the
traytour
had
thus
slayne
Reynawde
:
they
put
hym
in
to
a
great
sacke
that
they
had
ordeyned
therfore
,
and
than
they
laded
the
cart
wherin
they
brought
the
stones
with
the
body
of
hym
,
and
so
caryed
hym
into
the
ryuer
of
Ryne
,
wherin
they
cast
him
,
&
whan
they
had
doone
so
:
they
laded
the
carte
with
stones
&
brought
them
to
the
church
worke
as
they
were
wont
to
doo
,
&
as
they
were
by
the
way
:
they
met
the
mayster
mason
,
that
sayd
to
them
.
By
my
fayth
galantes
I
con
you
now
thanke
for
ye
mende
your selfe
.
For
ye
haue
doone
great
diligence
syth
dyner
that
ye
haue
laden
so
many
stones
,
and
that
ye
ben
so
ferre
wyth
them
to
the
worke
warde
.
Mayster
sayd
the
traytours
mocke
not
wyth
vs
so
,
but
go
to
your
purse
and
giue
vs
some
drynkyng
money
.
SOre
meruayled
was
the
mayster
of
that
he
saw
his
labourers
more
dilygent
than
they
were
accustumed
.
Than
the
labourers
began
to
say
to
the
mayster
of
the
worke
by
maner
of
a
mocke
,
where
is
that
great
lurden
that
he
helpeth
not
now
I
holde
hym
gone
without
leue
,
by
cause
he
might
not
labour
no
lenger
,
for
we
heard
say
that
he
should
neuer
ceasse
tyll
he
had
founde
hys
wyfe
agayne
.
And
whan
the
mayster
mason
heard
that
:
he
was
sory
and
said
to
them
agayne
.
By
my
fayth
I
beleue
that
ye
haue
chased
hym
away
,
but
I
promyse
you
yf
I
can
wyt
that
ye
haue
doone
so
:
it
were
better
for
you
that
ye
were
at
Iherusalem
.
Mayster
sayd
the
labourers
ye
may
well
say
to
vs
what
ye
wyll
,
but
we
dyd
neuer
say
ought
to
him
that
shoulde
displease
hym
.
And
whan
the
noble
Reynawde
was
thus
caste
into
the
ryuer
of
Ryne
by
the
labourers
of
the
churche
of
saynt
Peter
:
ye
must
wyt
that
he
went
not
to
the
botome
of
the
water
,
but
went
harde
aboue
the
water
a
longe
the
streme
.
And
at
that
:
our
Lorde
shewed
for
hym
a
fayre
myracle
.
For
all
the
fysshe
of
the
ryuer
gathered
them
aboute
the
corps
,
and
by
the
strength
of
the
fisshes
it
was
taried
,
and
went
no
ferther
with
the
streme
by
the
wyll
of
our
lorde
.
And
the
great
fysshes
put
theymself
vnder
hym
and
bare
hym
vpon
the
water
so
that
he
apered
to
euery
mans
syght
.
And
there
the
fisshes
bare
him
so
vp
vnto
night
.
And
whan
the
night
was
come
:
apered
aboute
the
corps
a
great
quantytie
of
torches
by
the
vertue
of
our
lorde
,
&
aungelles
that
songe
there
so
melodyously
:
that
they
that
heard
it
wolde
neuer
haue
gone
fro
it
.
And
to
saye
trouth
there
was
so
greate
lyght
aboute
the
corps
that
all
they
that
sawe
it
wende
that
all
the
water
of
the
Ryne
had
be
a
fyre
.
And
whan
the
folke
of
the
citie
saw
so
great
a
miracle
:
they
ran
all
thyther
bothe
men
and
women
and
children
.
And
also
the
archebisshop
of
saynt
Peter
we●
thyther
with
al
his
college
in
a
fayre
processyon
,
syngyng
by
great
deuocion
,
and
taryed
vpon
the
Ryne
,
for
they
durste
not
goe
no
ferther
,
and
they
saw
the
fisshes
that
bare
vp
the
Corps
aboue
the
water
.
And
whan
they
that
were
there
saw
that
:
they
were
abasshed
&
meruayled
greatlye
what
it
might
be
,
and
began
to
saye
the
one
to
the
other
.
God
what
mai
he
be
,
for
whome
our
lorde
sheweth
so
fayre
a
myracle
?
Lordes
sayd
the
archbysshop
.
I
shall
tell
you
as
myne
auyse
giueth
me
.
Wyt
it
that
it
is
the
bodye
of
some
saynt
that
our
Lorde
wyll
haue
worshypped
that
is
come
heere
from
som
where
,
whiche
God
wyl
not
that
he
be
lost
,
nor
drowned
in
the
water
.
See
ye
not
how
the
fisshes
holde
hym
aboue
the
water
,
by
the
vertue
of
our
lorde
.
Than
the
bisshop
commaunded
that
men
should
go
see
what
it
was
,
and
anon
folke
went
there
with
botes
,
&
they
founde
that
it
was
the
great
man
that
was
one
of
the
labourers
with
the
masons
in
the
churche
of
saynt
Peter
.
And
whan
the
mayster
of
the
worke
sawe
this
:
he
was
greatly
abasshed
,
and
went
to
them
that
had
slayne
hym
,
&
sayd
to
them
in
thys
maner
of
wyse
.
Ye
horesons
false
traytours
,
ye
haue
slayne
the
good
man
,
say
ye
the
trouth
,
for
if
ye
deny
it
:
I
shal
proue
it
vpon
you
.
And
whan
the
labourers
heard
the
maister
mason
speke
thus
:
they
began
to
crye
,
and
sayd
.
By
God
mayster
,
we
haue
doone
it
without
doubt
for
enuy
that
we
had
at
hym
.
And
therfore
let
vs
be
drowned
,
hanged
or
drawen
,
or
what
iustice
ye
wyll
.
For
we
haue
well
deserued
for
to
be
punysshed
.
And
whan
the
archebysshop
hearde
the
traytours
speake
so
:
he
began
for
to
weepe
ful
tenderly
,
and
al
his
colege
also
.
And
the
archebisshop
was
counselled
that
he
should
let
go
the
murderers
at
theyr
auenture
for
to
do
penaunce
for
theyr
sinnes
,
the
whiche
thynge
the
archebysshop
dyd
wyth
a
good
wyll
.
Than
was
the
body
of
Reynawde
brought
to
lande
,
and
was
put
vpon
a
carte
for
to
beare
hym
to
the
church
,
wher
as
he
was
had
worshypfully
wyth
fayre
procession
.
And
whan
the
corps
was
in
the
church
:
the
archebysshop
made
him
redy
for
to
syng
the
masse
by
great
deuocion
.
And
whan
that
the
seruice
was
doone
:
the
archebysshop
wolde
haue
gone
a
processyon
with
the
corps
aboute
the
churche
,
&
commaunded
foure
lordes
that
were
there
that
they
should
bere
the
corps
.
And
than
the
barons
wolde
haue
doone
hys
commaundement
,
but
whan
they
came
therto
:
they
coulde
not
moue
the
corps
by
no
strength
that
they
could
put
therto
.
Sore
meruayled
were
the
barons
,
whan
they
saw
that
,
and
sayd
vnto
eche
other
.
Now
may
we
well
knowe
that
we
be
not
worthy
for
to
touche
this
holy
corps
.
For
we
be
wicked
synners
wherfore
let
vs
go
for
to
shriue
vs
&
put
our selfe
in
good
estate
.
And
while
that
they
spake
thus
together
:
the
corps
rose
vp
of
hym selfe
,
and
was
borne
,
no
man
knoweth
howe
out
of
the
churche
into
the
carte
,
whiche
anon
moued
and
went
his
wayes
streyght
out
of
the
citie
,
wherof
they
were
al
greatly
meruayled
,
and
whan
the
carte
was
out
of
Coleyne
:
he
went
a
pace
all
the
hye
waye
.
And
whan
the
people
saw
that
:
they
began
all
to
wepe
bycause
the
corps
wolde
not
abyde
.
Than
sayd
the
archebysshop
vnto
them
.
Syrs
now
may
ye
well
see
that
this
is
a
holy
corps
by
the
great
myracles
that
our
Lorde
sheweth
by
him
now
,
and
al
this
day
afore
vs
all
.
Wherfore
let
vs
goe
after
him
for
to
worship
him
.
For
it
were
not
very
well
doone
for
to
let
hym
go
thus
alone
.
My
lorde
sayd
the
people
,
ye
say
wel
,
&
than
al
the
clergie
and
al
the
comyn
people
litle
and
great
that
myght
go
:
folowed
the
corps
.
And
ye
ought
to
wit
that
in
all
the
citie
of
Coleyn
abode
nother
man
nor
woman
,
but
went
with
the
corps
and
all
the
clergy
folowed
after
singyng
in
great
deuocion
.
So
muche
went
the
carte
that
he
came
to
a
lytle
towne
that
is
called
Croyne
,
and
there
he
abode
styll
.
And
ye
must
wit
that
our
lorde
dyd
shew
there
many
fayre
myracles
for
the
loue
of
the
holy
body
,
for
al
sycke
people
of
what
syckenes
it
was
that
came
there
for
to
worshyp
the
holye
bodye
:
Were
whole
incontinent
.
This
happed
of
the
noble
knight
Reynawde
of
mountawban
,
as
ye
haue
hearde
.
And
ye
ought
to
wyt
that
the
renome
of
the
holy
body
was
so
spred
all
aboute
,
that
folke
came
to
Croyne
where
it
abode
from
ferre
wayes
for
to
seeke
hym
,
and
he
made
there
so
fayre
myracles
:
that
of
all
the
Realme
and
of
almayne
folke
drewe
thether
.
And
so
muche
were
worthe
the
offringes
that
were
done
there
within
a
short
while
:
that
of
a
litle
chapell
there
as
the
bodye
rested
,
whiche
was
of
our
lady
,
is
now
a
royall
churche
and
a
great
.
And
whan
the
holy
body
was
abyden
in
this
lytle
chapell
as
it
is
sayd
,
where
god
made
contynually
miracles
:
the
archebysshop
of
Coleyn
&
al
the
clergi
came
to
the
corps
&
vncouered
his
visage
that
euerye
body
should
see
him
that
came
there
,
yf
haply
the
ony
man
or
woman
myght
know
hym
for
to
haue
his
name
,
for
none
coulde
name
hym
,
but
the
holy
corps
.
But
there
came
no
man
that
could
know
.
And
whan
the
archebisshop
saw
that
no
body
could
say
what
he
was
:
he
was
sory
for
it
,
for
yf
he
had
knowen
his
name
:
he
wold
haue
put
him
in
a
shrine
of
golde
,
bicause
of
the
great
miracles
that
he
made
dayly
,
for
he
made
the
defe
to
heare
,
the
blynde
to
see
,
the
lame
to
go
&
ryght
many
that
were
dombe
he
made
to
speake
,
&
often
times
apered
tapres
of
wexe
brennyng
aboute
the
corps
.
NOw
shall
ye
heare
howe
the
noble
Reynawde
was
knowen
.
Yee
ought
to
wyt
that
the
brethern
of
Reynawde
,
that
is
to
wyt
Alarde
,
Guicharde
&
Richarde
were
on
a
daye
vpon
mountayne
so
sorye
that
they
could
heare
no
tidinges
of
theyr
brother
Reynawde
.
Than
cam
a
Pylgrime
forth
by
that
salued
the
barons
.
Pylgrime
sayde
Alarde
,
fro
whens
come
ye
?
yf
ye
wot
any
tydinges
tel
it
vs
I
pray
you
.
Lordes
said
the
pilgrime
with
a
good
wyll
I
shall
tell
you
that
I
know
.
Wyt
it
that
I
come
out
of
Almaine
,
from
a
towne
that
is
called
Croyne
by
Coleyne
vpon
the
ryne
,
where
I
haue
seen
many
great
miracles
doone
of
god
,
for
the
loue
of
a
man
that
came
to
the
Citie
but
late
ago
,
the
which
was
so
great
that
euery
body
said
there
that
he
was
a
Giaunte
.
And
wyt
ye
that
whan
he
came
there
:
that
he
sawe
men
make
the
churche
of
saynt
Peter
,
so
dyd
he
present
there
hys
seruyce
to
the
mayster
mason
,
the
whiche
reteyned
hym
gladly
.
Shortly
for
to
say
:
this
great
man
dyd
wonder
of
bearyng
of
stones
and
of
morter
.
For
he
bare
more
at
ones
:
than
.xv.
other
of
the
labourers
that
were
there
with
him
,
and
he
was
all
day
without
meate
saue
at
euyn
:
he
tooke
a
peny
that
he
gate
,
for
no
more
he
wolde
haue
for
hys
laboure
a
day
,
and
therwyth
he
bought
hym
a
peny
lose
,
and
dranke
none
other
to
it
,
but
water
,
and
than
he
went
to
his
rest
vpon
a
litle
straw
vnder
a
great
vaute
.
And
ye
muste
wyt
,
that
this
great
man
was
well
loued
of
the
maysters
masons
of
the
sayd
churche
,
whyche
wolde
often
haue
gyuen
him
meate
and
wyne
,
&
more
money
.
But
he
wolde
neuer
take
nothyng
but
a
peny
onely
by
the
day
,
for
to
bye
hym selfe
a
peny
lofe
as
I
told
you
afore
.
He
serued
so
wel
all
the
masons
there
that
they
were
more
contente
of
hym
alone
:
then
of
the
other
labourers
.
And
whan
the
labourers
saw
that
they
were
so
lytle
set
by
for
the
loue
of
this
great
man
:
they
were
sore
an
angred
,
and
tooke
great
enuy
at
hym
and
conspired
tog●ther
for
to
slea
hym
shamefully
.
So
dyd
they
aspye
hym
where
as
he
slept
vnder
the
vaute
,
whyle
that
the
mayster
masons
were
gone
to
theyr
dyner
:
and
then
one
of
theym
came
to
hym
with
great
hamer
in
his
hand
and
brayned
him
,
then
they
put
hym
in
a
sacke
and
caryed
him
in
a
carte
to
the
Ryuer
of
the
Ryne
,
where
they
cast
hym
.
And
wyt
it
that
whan
they
had
doone
so
:
our
lorde
shewed
there
a
great
myracle
.
For
al
the
fisshes
of
the
Ryne
assembled
them
aboute
the
corps
,
and
made
it
abyde
in
one
place
aboue
the
water
.
And
whan
that
the
nyght
was
come
:
aungelles
were
hearde
there
,
whyche
songe
melodiously
the
seruyce
of
the
dead
so
hye
:
that
all
they
of
the
Citie
might
haue
heard
them
,
and
it
semed
that
al
the
water
about
hym
had
ben
in
a
fyre
of
the
greate
lyght
that
was
seen
there
.
Than
came
the
archebisshop
of
Coleyne
wyth
all
his
colege
and
made
the
corps
to
be
taken
and
brought
in
a
Carte
to
the
Churche
.
And
whan
he
was
there
:
the
Archebysshop
songe
masse
,
for
this
was
in
the
mornyng
,
and
whan
that
the
seruyce
was
doone
:
the
Achebysshop
sayd
to
foure
Lordes
whyche
were
there
,
that
they
should
take
vp
the
corps
for
to
haue
him
into
his
graue
wyth
fayre
prosessyon
.
But
these
foure
barons
coulde
neuer
moue
him
from
the
place
where
as
he
was
.
But
the
corps
incontynent
to
euery
bodies
sight
,
that
was
there
,
was
brought
into
the
carte
agayne
,
wyth
the
twynkelyng
of
an
eye
,
and
sodeynly
the
carte
departed
,
and
wente
away
alone
out
of
the
towne
,
as
good
a
pace
as
thoughe
ten
horses
had
drawen
at
it
,
whyche
was
sore
agaynst
the
wyll
of
the
people
that
wept
ful
tenderly
,
bycause
that
it
wolde
not
a
byde
with
them
.
But
all
they
of
the
Cytye
,
bothe
lytle
and
great
went
a
processyon
after
it
,
vnto
a
lytle
town
where
the
corps
of
the
great
man
abode
styll
whyche
is
called
Croyne
in
a
lytle
chapell
of
our
lady
,
where
he
doth
now
many
a
fayre
myracle
,
for
I
ensure
you
that
al
the
sicke
folkes
that
seeke
him
there
be
made
whole
,
&
returne
to
their
home
in
good
helth
.
And
so
I
haue
left
there
the
archebisshop
of
Coleyne
,
and
all
the
clergye
that
hath
doo
make
of
the
offerynges
that
ben
gyuen
there
vnto
thys
holy
corps
a
fayre
place
and
a
roial
churche
,
there
as
the
sayd
chapell
of
oure
lady
was
afore
.
WHan
Alarde
,
Guicharde
and
Rycharde
,
heard
the
pilgryme
speake
so
:
they
began
all
three
to
weepe
ful
sore
for
pitie
that
they
had
of
theyr
brother
reynawde
,
for
well
they
knew
,
it
was
he
of
whome
the
Pylgryme
spake
of
.
Alas
my
brethern
sayd
Rycharde
.
Now
ben
with
well
destroyed
,
and
vndoone
for
euer
more
.
For
I
know
wel
that
it
is
out
deere
brother
that
we
haue
sought
so
longe
.
Wyt
it
that
the
three
brethern
made
there
so
great
sorowe
,
that
it
cannot
be
rehersed
.
And
whan
they
had
made
this
greate
sorowe
:
they
tooke
leaue
of
the
pilgrime
and
thanked
hym
,
and
went
to
make
them
redy
,
&
than
tooke
theyr
waye
toward
Croyne
,
by
Coleyne
vpon
the
Ryne
.
And
they
dyd
so
muche
by
theyr
iourneys
:
that
they
came
vnto
Croyne
.
And
lyghted
before
the
churche
they
and
theyr
folke
,
where
they
found
so
great
flowyng
and
gatheryng
of
the
people
and
so
great
prese
of
folke
:
that
wyth
great
payne
they
myght
entre
wythin
the
Churche
.
And
whan
the
knyghtes
were
within
:
they
wente
nyghe
the
holye
corps
that
was
vpon
a
fayre
bere
all
vncouered
,
and
saw
so
great
lyght
aboute
the
corps
as
there
had
ben
an
hundred
torches
Than
wente
they
as
nyghe
hym
as
they
coulde
for
to
looke
hym
in
the
face
and
anon
thei
knew
that
he
was
theyr
brother
,
&
with
that
they
loked
vpon
hym
:
they
fell
downe
in
a
swoune
to
the
erth
.
And
whan
the
archebysshop
saw
that
:
he
was
sore
abasshed
and
sayd
to
some
of
his
Colege
.
Syrs
I
beleue
that
wee
shall
soone
know
that
we
haue
desyred
so
long
.
For
I
wene
that
these
lordes
knowe
wel
this
holy
corps
.
This
hanging
:
were
the
three
brethern
comen
agayn
to
themselfe
,
and
began
to
crye
and
fare
as
they
had
ben
mad
,
than
sayd
Alarde
al
weepynge
in
thys
maner
,
Alas
what
shall
we
nowe
caytyfes
knyghtes
doo
,
poore
of
honour
and
of
al
we
le
,
syth
that
we
haue
lost
our
brother
by
whome
we
were
so
sore
doubted
and
dred
?
Alas
deere
brother
who
was
so
hardy
to
laye
hande
on
you
?
I
beleue
that
he
knew
not
your
debonayrtie
&
kindnes
,
for
he
wolde
not
haue
slayne
you
so
crueltye
.
And
than
he
turned
hym
towarde
hys
two
brethern
and
sayd
.
My
fayre
brethern
we
ought
wel
to
be
sory
,
syth
that
we
haue
lost
our
brother
Reinawde
that
was
all
our
hope
our
trust
and
comfort
.
Alas
sayde
Rycharde
,
brother
Reinawde
whi
had
ye
euer
that
courage
for
to
habandone
vs
as
ye
did
:
seyng
that
ye
loued
vs
so
muche
?
Alas
ye
stale
awaye
yourself
by
night
,
for
to
come
amonge
the
handes
of
the
murderers
,
that
haue
slayne
you
so
cruelly
.
Alas
they
wyst
not
the
great
domage
that
is
of
your
death
.
whan
the
three
brethern
had
wepte
ynoughe
in
great
sobbynges
and
lamentacions
,
for
the
loue
of
theyr
deere
brother
Reynawde
:
they
went
&
kissed
the
corps
on
the
mouth
,
the
one
after
the
other
,
and
with
this
thei
fel
downe
agayne
in
swoune
.
And
whan
they
were
come
agayn
to
themselfe
:
Rycharde
began
to
crye
and
saye
.
Alas
fayre
brethern
,
now
ben
we
loste
for
euer
.
For
we
shall
no
more
be
set
by
,
nother
doubted
,
nor
dred
more
than
children
,
wherefore
I
say
that
we
should
slea
our selfe
,
to
the
ende
that
we
may
be
with
you
,
for
we
ought
not
to
liue
after
your
death
.
Wit
it
that
who
had
be
there
he
should
haue
had
an
harde
hert
but
he
should
haue
wept
for
to
see
the
three
brethern
make
theyr
mone
.
WHan
the
archebishop
and
the
Burgeys
that
were
there
saw
the
great
sorowe
that
the
three
knightes
made
:
the
good
Archebysshop
came
to
them
and
sayd
,
Lordes
be
ye
not
dyspleased
of
that
I
shall
say
to
you
.
Syrs
to
my
semynge
,
ye
doo
not
wel
for
to
make
so
great
sorow
nor
to
discomfort
your selfe
so
muche
as
ye
do
,
but
rather
ye
should
make
great
ioy
,
and
be
glad
for
your
brother
that
is
a
saynt
in
heuen
,
the
whyche
had
suffred
martyrdom
in
the
seruice
of
our
lorde
,
wherof
ye
may
see
that
he
rewardeth
him
wel
for
it
.
For
ye
see
now
before
your
eyen
the
great
miracles
that
he
dooth
,
wherfore
I
pray
you
that
ye
wyll
recomforte
your selfe
.
And
tell
vs
yf
it
please
you
what
ye
ben
,
and
howe
is
thys
holy
body
named
,
and
what
hys
name
was
whan
he
liued
in
this
worlde
to
the
ende
that
his
name
be
wryten
aboute
his
tombe
?
And
whan
his
brethern
heard
the
archebysshop
speake
thus
:
they
began
a
lytle
to
leue
theyr
sorow
.
And
than
Alarde
that
was
th
eldest
after
Reynawde
sayd
to
him
Lorde
sythe
it
please
you
to
knowe
what
we
be
and
howe
this
corps
is
called
:
I
shall
tel
it
you
without
faute
.
Ye
muste
wyt
that
this
corps
was
called
(
whan
he
was
amonge
vs
aliue
)
Reynawde
of
Mountawban
the
ryght
worthy
knyght
,
and
we
three
that
ben
heere
are
his
brethern
,
and
wel
I
wot
that
ye
haue
heard
speake
of
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
the
whiche
Charlemayne
the
great
king
of
Fraunce
warred
so
longe
.
Than
whan
the
archebysshop
and
the
people
hearde
that
they
were
the
foure
sonnes
of
Aymon
,
of
the
whyche
all
the
worlde
spake
,
and
that
the
holy
corps
was
the
goood
Reynawde
of
Mountawban
the
noble
and
valiant
knight
:
they
began
all
to
weepe
for
pitie
and
for
ioye
,
bycause
they
sawe
al
before
them
the
moste
noble
&
worthiest
knyght
of
the
worlde
,
that
in
his
lyfe
was
more
to
drede
than
any
man
alyue
,
that
was
dead
in
the
seruyse
of
our
lorde
,
doinge
penaunce
.
After
that
these
three
bretherne
had
thus
left
a
lytle
theyr
sorowe
:
they
made
theyr
brother
to
be
layde
in
his
tombe
,
that
was
right
riche
,
that
the
archebisshop
had
doone
make
where
the
holy
corps
resteth
yet
at
this
day
as
euydently
is
knowen
,
and
he
is
called
saynt
Reynawde
the
martyr
.
The
memory
of
him
was
that
time
put
in
wrytyng
auctentykly
,
&
eueri
yere
is
there
kept
for
him
great
solempnitie
and
feast
.
And
after
the
sepulturyng
of
the
holye
corps
:
the
brethern
went
agayne
into
theyr
owne
Countrie
.
MY
fayre
lordes
who
that
this
present
booke
shall
rede
or
heare
,
we
shall
pray
our
lorde
god
&
the
gloryous
Saynt
Reynawde
the
marter
,
that
he
giue
vs
grace
to
perseuer
,
and
continue
our
lyfe
in
good
workes
,
by
the
whiche
we
may
haue
at
our
endyng
the
life
that
euer
shal
last
.
AMEN
.
¶
Here
finissheth
the
hystory
of
the
noble
&
valiaunt
knyght
Reynawde
of
Mountawban
,
and
his
three
brethern
.
¶
Imprinted
at
London
,
by
Wynkynde
worde
,
the
.viii.
daye
of
Maye
,
and
the
yere
of
our
lorde
.
M.
CCCCC.iiii
.
at
the
request
and
commaundement
of
the
noble
and
puissaunt
erle
,
the
Erle
of
Oxenforde
,
And
now
Imprinted
in
the
yere
of
our
Lorde
.
M.
CCCCC.liiii
.
the
vi
.
daye
of
Maye
,
By
wylliam
Copland
,
dwellyng
in
Fletestrete
at
the
Signe
of
the
Rose
Garland
.
for
Iohn
waley
.