¶
Howe
the
kyng
Pepyn
wedded
Berthe
a
lady
of
great
renowne
.
Capitulo
Primo
.
UErytably
we
fynde
in
the
auncient
cronicles
,
that
the
noble
and
valiaunt
kyng
pepyn
wedded
and
toke
vnto
wyfe
Berthe
of
great
renowne
,
dyscrete
and
prudent
,
whiche
had
and
suffred
in
her
tyme
greate
trybulations
and
aduersities
by
enuy
.
For
she
was
chaced
and
expulsed
from
the
company
and
habytacion
of
the
foresayde
kynge
her
husbande
by
a
false
and
a
coursed
olde
woman
replete
with
malyce
.
The
whiche
old
woman
for
the
fyrst
nyght
founde
maner
and
facion
to
put
a
doughter
others
in
the
place
of
the
good
Quene
Berthe
.
And
she
ledde
and
conduyted
this
treason
for
to
vpholde
her
doughter
with
the
kynge
,
in
the
place
of
Berthe
his
spouse
,
for
they
resen●bled
muche
.
The
whiche
kynge
hadde
twoo
children
by
that
mayden
,
that
is
to
wi●te
Haufray
,
and
Henry
,
the
whiche
in
the
tyme
of
their
reigne
greeued
and
wasted
muche
the
countrey
of
Fraunce
,
and
were
of
fyerse
courage
and
full
of
maltalent
.
These
twayne
were
cause
to
put
the
Quene
Berthe
in
exile
,
where
as
she
suffred
innumerable
paynes
and
dolours
.
And
the
foresayd
lady
,
was
full
long
in
exyle
,
leading
her
lyfe
in
teares
and
lamentacions
.
But
afterwarde
.
God
of
his
inestimable
grace
,
deliuered
the
good
lady
from
aduersitie
,
for
at
the
requeste
and
instaunce
of
dyuerse
great
lordes
the
lady
was
accorded
vnto
her
husbande
king
Pepyn
,
the
whiche
in
great
pyte
and
honour
receyued
her
.
And
with
in
a
lyttell
whyle
after
she
was
conceyued
with
a
sone
,
whiche
was
the
ryght
puyssaunt
Charlemayne
,
and
afterwarde
he
was
chased
out
of
the
realme
by
the
for
said
Haufray
and
Henry
,
as
●o
is
shewed
more
playnely
in
this
present
booke
,
but
nowe
I
will
specifie
vnto
you
the
playne
matter
of
this
present
booke
,
and
specially
of
the
dedes
and
gouernyng
of
the
valeaunt
Ualentine
,
and
of
his
brother
Orson
.
It
is
true
that
the
noble
kynge
Pepyn
had
a
syster
named
Bellyssant
fayre
plesaunte
and
●ight
gracious
.
And
in
euery
thyng
well
thought
and
endoctryned
.
And
the
kynge
Pepyn
her
brother
loued
her
wyth
perfyte
loue
.
And
in
so
muche
that
it
happened
for
the
reowne
that
she
had
,
and
bycause
that
bothe
great
and
small
loued
her
for
her
beaute
and
humylitie
,
the
kynge
Alexander
Emperour
of
Constantynoble
was
enbraced
wyth
her
loue
right
ardantly
.
So
it
was
not
longe
after
that
he
came
into
Fraunce
for
the
same
cause
in
right
great
estate
,
accompanyed
wyth
diuers
erles
and
barons
the
whyche
were
all
in
greate
pompes
and
rychesses
.
So
shortly
after
his
arryuayle
he
assembled
all
hys
great
lordes
,
and
commaunded
them
to
aray
them
in
theyr
best
araye
,
and
that
they
should
go
vnto
the
kynge
Pepyn
,
for
to
knowe
yf
he
wolde
gyue
him
his
excellent
sister
Bellyssane
in
maryage
.
And
so
they
wente
forthe
and
spake
vnto
kyng
Pepyn
.
Also
sone
as
king
Pepin
vnderstode
theyr
message
,
he
graunted
them
theyr
request
ryght
Joyously
.
whan
this
was
knowen
euidently
,
they
made
Joy
on
euery
syde
for
the
good
alyaunce
of
the
Emperoure
Alexander
and
of
kynge
Pepyn
,
and
was
receyued
wyth
all
the
tryumphe
that
might
be
.
The
spousaylles
was
made
in
greate
bobaunce
and
honoure
.
It
is
not
to
be
asked
yf
there
was
largesse
on
euerye
syde
of
all
maner
of
thynges
.
The
feest
endured
longe
,
and
than
the
Emperoure
and
hys
men
toke
leue
of
kynge
Pepyn
hys
brother
in
lawe
for
to
goe
vnto
Constantynoble
wyth
hys
Empresse
Bellyssant
.
The
kynge
made
for
to
araye
his
men
for
to
accompanye
the
Emperoure
and
hys
noble
syster
Bellyssant
.
And
so
they
mounted
all
on
horsebacke
wyth
a
great
sorte
of
Ladyes
for
to
conuaye
Bellyssant
.
They
the
whyche
abode
behynde
,
wepte
tenderly
for
the
departynge
of
the
gracyous
lady
Bellyssant
.
The
kynge
conuayed
them
diuers
Jorneys
tyll
that
they
arryued
at
a
porte
of
the
sea
where
as
the
Emperour
would
mounte
vpon
the
sea
.
And
ther
he
toke
leue
of
kyng
Pepyn
in
rendryng
hym
mo
thankes
that
I
can
recounte
for
the
noble
there
that
he
had
made
hym
.
But
amonge
all
other
thynges
he
thanked
hym
for
his
syster
.
Bellassant
the
whiche
he
had
gyuen
hym
to
wyfe
with
so
fre
a
wyll
.
At
these
wordes
kyng
Pepyn
embraced
hym
saying
thus
.
Fayre
syr
and
ryght
cordiall
lorde
and
brother
to
the
regarde
of
my
puyssaunce
I
haue
not
receyued
you
in
triumphe
&
magnificence
as
I
ought
to
haue
done
.
But
so
muche
I
knowe
the
graciousnes
of
you
,
that
of
my
lytle
power
ye
holde
yo●
contente
.
And
to
me
appertayneth
not
the
thankes
and
praysynges
,
but
to
you
when
that
you
haue
wylled
for
to
decore
me
so
muche
,
and
with
your
persone
honoure
that
ye
haue
taken
my
syster
to
wyfe
.
And
knowe
that
from
hence
for
warde
I
haue
stedfast
purpose
that
we
shall
be
good
frendes
together
.
And
as
for
me
I
am
he
that
with
my
puysaunce
would
put
both
body
&
goodes
in
auenture
for
to
serue
you
and
socoure
you
in
all
places
after
my
power
.
And
after
kyng
Pepyn
wente
towarde
his
syster
Bellyssant
,
and
sayde
vnto
her
.
Fayre
syster
thynke
vpon
the
place
that
ye
be
extraught
of
and
guyde
you
in
suche
maner
that
I
and
your
frendes
,
and
all
the
bloude
ryall
may
haue
Ioye
profyte
and
honoure
of
you
.
You
go
into
a
straunge
countrey
fro
your
nacion
,
wherfore
gouerne
you
by
wyse
Ladies
,
and
kepe
you
from
beleuyng
of
euyll
counsayll
,
you
are
the
creature
in
the
worlde
that
I
haue
moost
loued
.
Wherfore
if
I
hearde
any
tydynges
fro
you
but
good
,
it
woulde
be
the
cause
to
abredge
my
lyfe
.
The
kynge
gaue
his
syster
Bellyssant
full
many
notable
ensygnementes
.
And
after
he
embraced
her
and
kyssed
her
full
swetely
with
wepynge
eyen
,
because
of
her
departyng
.
And
the
gracious
lady
whiche
had
a
pyteous
harte
aunswered
hym
lite●
or
nought
,
for
with
her
plesaunt
eyen
she
wepte
,
and
with
her
swete
harte
syghed
so
sore
,
that
it
was
vnpossible
for
her
for
to
speake
.
Then
toke
leue
ladyes
and
da●moselles
,
knyghtes
and
sqyers
,
as
well
of
Fraunce
as
of
Constantynoble
.
There
was
wept
full
many
a
tere
,
and
full
many
profounde
syghes
was
casten
out
for
the
Lady
Bellyssant
▪
The
kyng
Pepyn
retourned
in
to
Frauncae
.
And
the
Emperoure
mounted
on
the
sea
,
and
had
wynde
at
wyll
.
And
had
the
tyme
so
muche
at
his
pleasure
,
that
within
shorte
tyme
he
and
his
men
arryued
at
Constantynoble
,
where
as
they
were
receyued
with
great
tryumphe
and
honoure
,
the
whiche
shoulde
he
to
longe
to
recounte
.
But
it
befell
not
longe
after
that
the
greate
Ioye
and
tryumphe
that
was
made
to
Bellyssant
was
chaunged
in
to
teeres
and
lamentacions
for
the
gracious
●●oy
Bellyssant
,
that
by
treason
and
false
accusacion
was
casten
in
exyle
,
as
ye
shall
heare
more
playnly
.
¶
Howe
the
Emperoure
was
betrayed
by
the
Archebysshop
of
Constantynoble
,
wherfore
euyll
came
to
hym
as
you
shall
heare
.
Cap.
ii
.
IN
the
cytie
of
Con●●antinoble
was
an
Archebysshop
,
the
which
the
Emperour
loued
aboue
all
other
.
And
gaue
him
mo
gyftes
&
rychesses
than
any
other
,
and
moost
trusted
him
.
The
Emperour
made
the
said
archebisshop
gouernour
of
his
house
&
his
principall
confessour
and
aboue
all
other
the
moost
secrete
,
wherefore
he
had
a
sorowfull
heart
afterwarde
.
For
the
false
byshop
not
thynking
vpon
the
great
honoure
and
worshyp
that
the
Emperoure
hadde
done
to
hym
,
was
inbraced
wyth
love
dysordynate
,
for
the
cle●e
beaute
of
the
excellent
lady
Bellyssant
the
whyche
was
so
amyable
and
vertuous
He
was
so
●eruently
taken
in
her
loue
that
it
happened
one
daye
that
he
spyed
her
all
alone
in
her
chambre
prepayred
,
and
so
he
wente
to
her
and
sat
downe
by
her
,
and
began
for
to
beholde
her
all
smylynge
,
wherof
the
Lady
toke
no
kepe
,
for
the
disloyall
Archebysshop
was
so
preuy
&
famylier
in
the
house
that
none
in
the
world
wolde
haue
thought
that
euer
he
had
●en
so
full
of
trechery
and
namely
towarde
the
Emperour
that
loued
hym
so
derelye
.
Now
there
is
not
a
worse
enemy
than
he
the
which
is
famylyer
in
a
house
whan
he
caste●●
hym
for
to
doo
euyl
,
as
well
shewed
this
false
and
cursed
Archebysshop
,
the
whyche
beyng
●y●●ynge
besyde
the
vertuous
Lady
,
opened
his
venymous
mouthe
so
foule
and
abhomynable
,
and
spake
vnto
her
in
thys
maner
.
My
ryght
dere
and
souerayne
lady
I
am
your
lytle
seruaunt
and
chapelayne
,
wherfore
I
beseche
you
that
it
wyll
please
you
for
to
gyue
audience
vnto
my
wordes
of
a
thynge
the
whyche
I
shall
tell
you
,
for
the
whyche
thynge
I
haue
suffered
great
aduersyties
and
doloures
by
longe
conty
nuaunce
.
Knowe
my
redoubted
Lady
that
the
beaute
of
your
persone
,
and
the
pleasaunt
fygure
formed
and
composed
aboute
natures
operacyon
,
hathe
rauysshed
my
spi●●●es
and
enbraced
me
heart
in
suche
wyse
that
nyghte
and
daye
I
thynke
on
none
other
thynge
but
on
your
highnes
.
And
that
worse
is
leseth
reste
,
meate
,
and
brynke
,
maners
,
and
countenaunce
whan
that
I
thynke
vpon
your
fayre
eyen
and
replendysshynge
vysage
so
I
requyre
of
God
that
be
wyll
geue
you
volente
and
courage
for
to
receyue
me
for
your
symple
louer
.
And
that
I
myght
serue
you
and
fulfill
your
delites
and
pleasures
.
For
if
it
be
so
that
you
refuse
me
for
your
louer
.
there
is
nothynge
more
nerer
me
,
then
to
●●uo
the
dethe
.
Alas
lady
you
the
whiche
is
renowmed
in
euery
thyng
swete
and
amyable
,
curtaysy
●enynge
and
debonayre
,
be
not
cause
to
dyminyshe
my
lyfe
,
but
gyue
me
holly
your
loue
,
by
suche
a
couenaunt
that
I
shall
be
loyall
in
loue
yea
more
than
euer
was
any
man
.
And
that
more
is
,
be
not
afrayde
nor
haue
no
drede
of
God
for
to
committe
this
synne
and
offence
.
For
I
am
the
vycayre
of
God
in
earth
,
wherfore
I
maye
gyue
you
absolucion
and
penaunce
fa●●●e
and
light
.
At
these
deceiuable
woordes
diabolique
,
full
of
treason
and
de●epcions
,
the
lady
prudent
wyse
and
eloquent
,
aunswered
de●●rely
and
softely
.
Ha
false
and
disloyall
irreguler
Archebysshop
,
tempted
&
ful
of
diabolique
volente
howe
darest
thou
pro●fe●
with
thy
mouth
that
ought
to
be
sacred
such
vylainous
wordes
,
dishonest
and
abhominable
,
against
the
maiestie
imperiall
of
hym
that
hath
enourysshed
the
so
tenderly
,
and
eleuate
in
honoure
more
then
to
the
appertayneth
fro
whence
maye
come
to
the
and
moue
this
maladiecion
,
to
be
cause
of
my
dampnacion
,
the
whiche
shoulde
instruct
me
in
the
faith
in
manners
and
condicions
,
euen
so
as
the
Emperoure
thinketh
and
affieth
hym
in
all
.
Neuer
please
it
God
that
the
bloud
of
Fraunce
from
the
whiche
I
am
extraught
,
nor
the
maiestie
of
the
puissaunt
Emperoure
,
be
shamed
nor
dishonaured
by
me
in
any
●ane
.
O
falfe
&
cursed
man
,
beholde
what
thou
woulde
do
,
that
will
dispoyle
and
vnclothe
me
of
myne
honour
and
put
my
body
in
vytupetable
shame
for
euer
,
&
my
soule
in
the
waye
of
dampnacion
eternall
.
Leue
thy
folyshe
opinion
,
for
to
suche
an
ende
as
to
haue
my
loue
,
thou
mayest
not
a●tayne
nor
come
to
.
And
if
that
thou
speake
any
more
come
therof
,
knowe
for
a
certaynt●●
that
I
shall
shewe
the
Emperoure
thereof
.
And
then
maiest
thou
saye
that
of
thy
lyfe
is
nothyng
,
go
thy
way
hence
and
speake
no
more
.
Of
this
aunswere
was
the
Archebysshop
to
angry
,
but
he
dutst
not
procede
no
further
forth
on
that
matter
,
sythe
that
he
myght
not
haue
the
loue
of
the
lady
.
And
so
all
confused
he
retourned
,
for
he
could
not
spye
nor
se
by
no
maner
that
the
Lady
shewed
to
him
any
maner
of
sygne
of
loue
that
he
might
comfort
him
in
.
He
repented
him
greatly
of
his
foolye
,
when
that
he
sawe
that
he
was
refused
of
the
lady
,
but
he
founde
no
remedy
for
to
saue
his
honour
saue
by
trea
son
▪
for
he
thought
well
within
himselfe
that
the
Emperour
knewe
not
by
the
Empresse
the
euyll
will
of
his
courage
.
To
sone
began
the
foly
,
and
late
he
repented
,
It
happeneth
oftentymes
that
the
thinge
the
whiche
a
foole
thynketh
remayneth
vndone
.
¶
Howe
the
Archebysshop
gaynsayed
of
Bellyssant
,
for
to
saue
his
honoure
ymagined
great
treason
.
Cap.
iii.
IN
mynde
and
thought
to
profounde
and
enu●ous
was
the
Archebisu●oppe
doub●yng
that
the
Emperoure
would
not
make
hym
dye
for
the
false
treason
that
he
had
committed
agaynst
the
maiestie
of
his
soueraigne
.
Wherfore
he
thought
for
to
saue
his
honoure
in
the
best
wyse
that
he
myght
.
And
he
dyd
so
muche
that
for
to
couer
his
ma●adiction
,
and
for
to
shew
apparence
of
loyaltie
and
prudence
,
in
dissimulyng
that
with
all
his
power
he
desired
●he
we●th
and
honour
of
the
Emperour
,
the
daye
of
the
Ascencion
of
our
Lorde
,
he
came
towarde
the
Emperoure
▪
and
drewe
him
apatte
,
and
sayde
vnto
him
in
this
maner
of
wyse
.
Right
hie
Emperoure
,
it
is
true
that
I
knowe
the
greate
graces
and
benefites
that
ye
haue
done
and
geuen
vnto
me
.
And
knowe
well
that
by
you
I
am
mounted
and
eleuate
in
honoure
morethen
vnto
me
apper●ayneth
.
And
yet
of
your
grace
ye
haue
made
me
(
indigne
)
mayster
and
gouernour
of
all
your
house
,
in
puttynge
youre
truste
and
confidence
more
〈◊〉
me
,
then
in
any
other
of
your
courte
,
wherfore
I
ought
not
to
be
in
no
place
there
as
I
shoulde
heare
your
maiestie
vsurped
and
dyffamed
,
and
your
renowne
adnychylled
for
euen
soo
god
helpe
me
,
if
that
I
hadde
not
rather
submitte
my selfe
vnto
death
than
for
to
see
or
heare
before
my
presence
,
languages
or
wordes
that
were
not
lycyte
vnto
your
magnificence
.
Wherfore
geuen
intelligence
vnto
my
woordes
and
I
shall
declare
vnto
you
a
thynge
the
whiche
toucheth
greately
your
persone
profyte
,
and
honoure
.
Syrit
is
true
and
certayne
,
that
Bellyssant
your
wyfe
,
syster
vnto
the
kyng
of
Fraunce
,
the
which
ye
haue
willed
to
prayse
so
muche
and
honoure
,
that
you
haue
taken
her
to
spouse
(
kepeth
you
not
loyalte
as
she
ought
to
do
)
for
〈◊〉
lou●th
another
than
p●●
for
very
certaynte
,
&
that
she
is
dissoyall
vnto
you
.
But
it
is
soo
that
I
will
not
declare
the
name
nor
the
persone
of
hym
that
doeth
his
vol●ute
with
your
wyfe
,
for
you
knowe
well
that
I
am
a
priest
sacred
,
and
may
not
desyre
the
death
of
nobody
.
But
neuer
the
lesse
knewe
for
a
certaynte
that
the
truthe
of
this
matter
came
to
me
in
confession
,
wherfore
I
ought
not
nor
will
recyte
in
no
maner
the
name
of
hym
that
doeth
you
suche
dishonoure
purchase
.
But
and
you
wyll
beleue
me
,
there
is
not
a
more
vyler
,
nor
dishonester
woman
in
all
your
courte
then
is
your
wyfe
that
you
holde
soo
dere
.
Wher
by
your
body
is
in
daunger
and
peryll
▪
for
she
purchaseth
nyght
and
daye
the
maner
to
put
you
to
death
,
to
the
ende
that
she
myght
doohet
wyll
the
better
.
And
therfore
I
am
bounde
to
wyll
your
profite
and
keepe
your
honoure
.
I
adue●t
se
you
and
let
you
knowe
that
you
take
he●e
,
and
correcte
her
also
well
as
you
maye
.
And
the
moste
secretly
that
you
may
with
your
honoure
.
Orelles
I
holde
your
honoure
loste
and
your
persone
dishonoured
.
For
it
is
to
great
shame
among
the
princes
,
that
you
thinke
that
you
haue
taken
to
wife
the
sister
of
the
kynge
of
Fraunce
for
the
floure
of
beaute
,
of
prudence
,
and
noblenesse
,
and
you
haue
an
harlot
,
the
whiche
is
enuenymed
with
your
lyfe
,
&
desyreth
youre
death
,
in
procutynge
it
from
daye
to
daye
,
whereof
I
am
ryght
displeasaunt
.
The
whiche
thynge
loke
that
you
remedy
also
well
as
you
may
for
to
saue
your
honoure
.
When
the
Emperour
vnderstode
the
wordes
of
the
false
traytour
Archebisshoppe
,
aske
not
if
he
were
ryght
sorowfull
in
his
harte
,
and
angrye
,
for
he
hadde
loued
her
as
his
lyfe
.
The
Emperoure
beliued
lightly
the
wordes
of
a
false
Archebysshop
,
for
he
had
his
truste
in
hym
more
then
in
any
man
of
the
worlde
.
The
sone
geuen
credence
made
a
greate
inconuentence
to
sourbe
.
There
is
no
daunger
so
great
to
a
prince
as
to
geue
credence
lyghtly
.
The
Emperour
aunswered
nothing
for
he
was
so
espyred
with
angre
,
and
wounded
at
the
harte
so
profoundly
,
that
he
lost
maner
and
contenaun
ce
.
And
went
thorough
the
palais
imperiall
,
castynge
out
angul●●yous
syghes
.
Then
he
houed
styll
a
while
,
but
he
myght
not
refrayne
his
Ire
,
wherfore
he
entred
in
to
the
chambre
of
Bellyssant
without
speakyng
any
worde
,
or
makyng
any
semblaunt
(
the
whiche
toke
no
kepe
.
)
And
without
speaking
any
worde
to
lady
or
〈◊〉
mosell
,
cruelly
,
and
with
a
fyerse
courage
,
came
and
toke
the
fayre
lady
by
the
head
&
pulled
her
by
the
heer
so
rudely
,
that
he
threwe
her
against
the
earth
,
and
made
her
excellent
face
runne
●l
on
bloude
.
Then
beganne
the
lady
to
wepe
and
●tye
right
pyteously
,
and
sayde
.
Alas
my
ryght
dere
lorde
,
what
thing
moueth
you
for
to
smyte
me
so
outragiously
▪
For
I
dydde
neuer
thynge
the
dayes
of
my
lyfe
to
you
but
all
honoure
,
&
loyal
set●y●e
with
my
body
.
Ha
hore
sayd
the
Emperour
I
am
to
wel
enfourmed
of
thy
life
,
that
cursed
be
the
houre
&
the
date
that
euer
I
had
knowledge
of
the
fyrste
.
And
then
he
smote
her
agayne
so
mightely
that
the
good
lady
lost
her
speche
,
and
all
the
ladies
and
damoyselles
wende
that
she
hadde
bene
dead
,
wherfore
they
made
a
crye
so
high
that
the
barons
and
knightes
of
the
cour●
harde
it
,
and
ranne
quickely
in
to
the
chambre
.
Some
toke
vp
the
Empresse
Bellysant
,
and
the
other
spake
vnto
the
Emperoure
after
this
maner
of
fourme
.
Alas
syr
howe
haue
you
your
courage
so
cruell
for
to
destroy
and
vndo
so
noble
a
lady
as
she
is
▪
&
that
is
so
wel
beloued
of
euery
body
▪
in
whome
was
neuer
sene
vyllanye
nor
dishonoure
.
For
God
syr
be
a
lytel
more
moderate
.
For
with
wrong
&
without
cause
,
you
vndertake
this
quarell
against
the
good
lady
.
Speake
no
more
said
the
Emperoure
,
I
knowe
,
I
se
,
and
wote
how●
the
thyng
goeth
.
And
that
more
is
by
god
almyghty
I
am
deliue●ed
totally
to
put
her
vnto
death
.
And
if
ther
be
any
of
you
that
will
saye
the
contrary
,
I
shall
make
you
dye
an
euill
death
.
At
those
wordes
spake
a
wyse
baron
●
said
:
Redoubted
syr
auise
you
&
consider
well
what
ye
will
do
,
you
know
wel
that
the
lady
that
you
haue
spoused
is
syster
vnto
the
king
of
Fraunce
named
Pepyn
,
the
whiche
is
puyssaunt
fyerse
and
of
greate
courage
.
And
you
ought
to
beliue
stedfastly
that
and
ye
doo
outrage
vnto
his
syster
Bellyssant
,
he
is
a
man
for
to
auenge
hym
by
suche
a
facion
that
he
may
do
great
dammage
in
this
countrey
also
well
vpon
men
&
chyldren
,
as
on
townes
&
cyties
.
And
put
your selfe
in
exile
,
the
which
should
be
great
dammage
and
pitie
.
And
on
the
other
syde
you
se
wel
that
the
lady
is
great
with
childe
,
wherfore
it
is
perill
vnto
you
for
to
smyte
her
or
touche
so
rudely
.
After
these
wordes
the
lady
kneled
vpon
her
knees
before
the
Emperour
and
spake
thus
vnto
him
ryght
piteously
weping
.
¶
Alas
my
lorde
haue
pytt
on
me
,
for
I
neuer
thought
vyllany
against
your
persone
,
&
if
that
ye
will
not
haue
pyte
on
me
,
at
the
least
haue
compassion
on
the
chylde
that
I
bere
in
my
wombe
,
for
I
am
great
with
chylde
of
your
dede
,
of
the
which
god
gyue
me
grace
to
be
deliuered
Ioyously
.
Alas
syr
I
supplye
you
and
requyre
you
that
ye
make
me
be
put
in
to
a
toure
,
&
there
to
be
kept
streightly
vnto
my
childing
.
And
after
that
I
am
deliuered
,
do
with
my
body
what
soeuer
you
will
.
Thus
and
in
semblable
maner
the
good
lady
complayned
her
wepyng
and
syghyng
full
profoundly
with
a
sorowfull
harte
,
and
they
had
theyr
hartes
ryght
harde
that
could
abstaine
them
from
wepyng
.
But
the
Emperoure
that
was
deceiued
by
the
false
Archebysshop
,
would
haue
no
compassion
on
his
wyfe
,
but
cruelly
and
fyersly
answere
vnto
her
.
False
strompet
dishordynate
of
as
muche
as
thou
art
wyth
chylde
I
ought
lytle
to
reioyce
me
,
for
I
am
so
muche
enformed
of
thy
gouernement
that
I
haue
nothing
,
and
that
dysloyally
thou
hast
habandoned
thy selfe
vnto
o●
ther
than
me
.
Whan
they
sawe
that
the
Emperour
wolde
not
refrayne
him
nor
appese
his
I●e
for
nothinge
,
by
acomyn
accorde
they
toke
her
and
ledde
her
into
a
chambre
.
And
the
most
amyably
that
they
might
helde
her
with
wordes
in
shewing
vnto
her
her
great
faute
,
and
the
sorowful
lady
was
dysorned
in
her
chambre
that
hadde
her
face
disteyned
wyth
bloude
.
The
ladyes
that
were
next
her
persone
brought
her
fayre
water
to
Was●he
her
with
all
.
And
at
that
houre
entred
into
her
chambre
her
squyer
named
Blandymayn
.
And
whan
he
sawe
her
in
suche
estate
,
he
wepte
for
pyte
,
and
sayde
vnto
her
.
Ha
madame
I
se
wel
that
you
are
falsly
betrayed
.
I
beseche
god
that
cursed
be
the
person
that
hathe
purchased
you
thys
euil
.
For
god
my
righ●
dere
lady
take
a
●ytle
comforte
vnto
you
.
And
yf
you
wyll
byleue
me
I
shall
lede
you
into
Fraunce
agayne
toward
the
king
Pepyn
your
brother
,
the
whyche
gaue
me
vnto
you
for
to
serue
you
in
your
necessities
,
the
whyche
thynge
I
wold
do
after
my
puyssaunce
.
Beleue
my
consayll
and
we
shal
retourne
into
Fraunce
agayne
.
For
you
may
be
sure
that
the
Emperour
shal
make
you
dye
shortly
wyth
great
shame
and
dyshonoure
.
Then
answered
the
dolourous
lady
.
Ha
Blandymayn
my
frende
it
shoulde
be
to
me
to
shameful
and
dyshonest
for
to
go
in
suche
manet
without
other
deliberacyon
.
And
it
myght
be
beleued
lightly
that
the
Emperour
had
good
cause
,
and
that
I
were
culpable
of
the
dede
.
Wherfore
I
had
●euer
die
an
euil
death
,
than
for
to
recouer
blame
for
a
thynge
that
I
am
innocent
of
,
and
accused
with
out
cause
.
After
these
thinges
thus
said
,
the
Emperour
that
was
with
the
barons
a
lytell
moderate
and
satisfied
of
his
Ire
,
he
sente
for
his
wyfe
Bellyssant
,
the
whiche
was
brought
before
him
quickely
.
Whan
he
sawe
her
his
harte
trembled
for
sorowe
for
this
that
he
dutst
not
put
her
to
death
,
because
of
her
brother
king
Pepyn
,
and
his
puissaunce
.
With
rude
wordes
he
said
to
her
.
False
&
cursed
woman
by
the
is
myne
honoure
vyturped
.
Wherfore
I
sweare
God
that
and
it
were
not
for
thy
brothers
sake
,
the
valeaunt
kyng
Pepyn
,
I
should
make
the
to
be
brent
in
a
fyre
,
but
for
his
sake
thy
lyfe
shall
be
prolonged
at
this
present
time
.
Now
I
●o
the
to
wyt
,
that
from
this
houre
I
banisshe
the
,
&
expulse
the
from
my
countrey
and
Empire
,
in
commaunding
the
expresly
,
that
to
morowe
thou
departe
out
of
this
cytie
,
for
if
I
se
the
any
more
,
thou
shalt
neuer
haue
respite
till
thou
haue
suffred
death
.
And
yet
I
commaunde
all
them
of
my
countrey
that
there
be
none
so
hardy
of
them
to
accompany
you
,
or
conuey
,
saue
allonely
yoursquyer
Blandymayne
that
you
brought
out
of
Fraunce
with
you
.
Go
where
as
you
wil
go
at
your
aduenture
,
for
thou
shalt
neuer
slepeby
my
side
,
nor
in
my
bedde
.
Sone
after
that
commaundement
of
the
Emperour
that
was
shorte
and
s●daine
,
without
soiourney
or
delacion
,
the
Empresse
Bellyssant
,
and
her
Squyer
Blandymayn
,
mounted
on
horsebacke
and
came
in
to
the
Ly●ie
,
where
as
was
shedde
full
many
a
tere
,
bothe
of
lordes
and
ladies
knightes
,
and
squyers
,
with
al
the
commune
people
,
the
which
●●ted
&
sorowed
out
of
mesure
,
for
they
made
suche
lamentacions
that
there
was
neuer
sene
nor
hearde
so
piteous
a
thinge
.
Euery
body
ran
vnto
the
gate
,
for
to
commaunde
the
good
lady
vnto
God
,
that
by
the
false
Archebisshop
was
so
pyteously
banyshed
.
And
at
the
yssue
of
the
gate
they
made
the
pitefullest
etie
that
euer
was
hearde
.
Nowe
goeth
Blandymain
that
conduyeth
the
sorowefull
lady
Bellissant
,
and
hath
taken
the
waye
to
go
towarde
the
realme
of
Fraunce
.
When
the
lady
was
out
of
the
walles
of
the
citie
,
and
that
she
sawe
her selfe
in
the
fieldes
pyteously
a●ourned
,
like
a
woman
shamed
and
dishonoured
,
she
wayled
bitterly
.
For
she
considered
the
lyguage
,
&
the
bloud
ryall
that
she
was
yssued
out
of
,
the
right
hygh
magnificence
imperiall
that
she
had
bene
put
in
.
And
after
thought
on
the
miserable
and
dolorous
fortune
that
was
tourned
vpon
her
so
sodainly
,
she
said
.
Alas
alas
wherfore
ta●ieth
death
,
that
he
wil
not
come
&
abredge
my
life
,
and
finishe
my
dolours
and
anguysshes
,
Alas
I
was
borne
in
an
vnhappy
houre
for
to
suffer
suche
payne
,
and
for
to
fall
from
so
hyghe
estate
vnto
such
pouerte
,
for
of
al
the
vnhappines
I
am
the
moste
vnhappiest
.
Nowe
is
al
my
ioyes
transmued
in
to
distres
,
my
laughinges
chaunged
in
to
wepynges
,
my
songes
conuerted
into
syghes
.
In
the
stede
of
the
cloth
of
golde
that
I
was
wonte
for
to
weare
,
I
am
as
a
womam
publike
full
of
iniuries
and
vitupere
comitted
&
aiourned
.
And
of
precious
stones
of
inestimable
valour
,
on
all
sydes
I
must
the
remnaunt
of
my
myserable
lyfe
arouse
my
vesture
with
bitter
teares
,
that
shal
make
my
lyfe
&
my
daies
to
fynyshe
.
O
you
pastorellis
of
the
sieldes
consider
my
great
dolours
,
and
wepe
myne
exite
.
Nowe
pleased
it
God
and
the
vyrgin
Mary
that
I
were
descended
of
as
poore
estate
as
the
poorest
of
the
worlde
,
at
the
least
I
should
haue
doloure
to
se●
me
in
suche
pouerte
.
Alas
wherfore
●yghteth
me
the
sonne
,
and
wherfore
doth
the
earth
sustaine
m●
▪
for
I
●aue
no
●ede
that
the
daungerous
fountayne
of
distresse
oppresse
me
so
sore
.
For
it
is
not
in
mine
humayne
puyssaunce
,
to
bewayle
the
profounde
sorowe
that
my
poore
harte
endureth
.
O
false
enuye
&
treason
,
I
ought
well
for
to
curse
the
with
my
harte
,
for
by
the
to
day
I
am
the
moste
sorowfullest
creature
liuing
vpon
the
earth
A
my
brother
the
kyng
Pepyn
,
what
shall
ye
doo
with
this
poore
discomforted
.
It
were
better
for
you
that
I
had
neuer
bene
borne
of
my
mother
,
or
that
from
the
wombe
of
my
mother
I
had
bene
put
vnder
the
earth
.
In
makyng
this
aspre
complainte
,
the
lady
abode
in
a
swowne
vpon
the
horsebacke
,
and
she
was
almoste
fallen
downe
or
that
Blandymain
might
come
vnto
her
,
then
he
dressed
her
vp
and
sayde
vnto
her
.
Alas
madame
take
vnto
you
some
comforte
,
and
enter
not
so
in
dispayre
,
haue
stedfast
truste
in
God
,
for
euen
so
as
you
are
innocent
he
shal
kepe
you
and
defende
you
alwaies
Then
he
espied
a
right
fayre
fountayne
,
towarde
the
whiche
he
ledde
the
lady
.
And
also
nete
it
as
he
might
he
set
her
downe
for
to
repose
her
&
refreshe
her
.
Here
I
wyll
leaue
to
speake
of
them
,
and
will
speake
of
the
Archebisshop
that
perseuered
in
his
malice
dampnable
and
dyabolyque
.
¶
Howe
the
Archebysshop
put
hym
in
the
habyte
of
a
knyght
,
and
mounted
on
horsebacke
for
to
folowe
the
Empresse
Bellyssant
that
was
banisshed
.
¶
Capit.
iiii
.
WHen
the
Archebisshop
sawe
that
the
lady
was
departed
,
he
thought
in
himselfe
that
he
wold
go
after
her
,
and
that
with
her
he
woulde
do
his
pleasure
.
He
lefte
rochet
and
other
vesture
,
and
as
irreguler
and
appostate
,
gyrde
his
swerde
about
hym
,
and
mounted
vpon
a
swifte
courser
and
folowed
fost
after
for
he
had
one
of
the
beste
coursers
of
all
Constantynoble
.
He
tode
so
faste
that
within
short
tyme
he
had
tyden
a
great
waye
.
And
of
all
them
that
he
mette
▪
he
asked
tydynges
of
the
noble
lady
Bellyssant
.
And
they
shewed
vnto
him
the
waye
that
she
helde
.
So
longe
rode
the
false
traytour
Archebysshoppe
that
he
entred
in
to
a
myghty
great
forest
and
a
longe
,
he
toke
the
hyghe
waye
and
enforced
hym
to
tyde
apace
.
He
had
not
ryden
longe
whan
he
apperceiued
the
lady
with
Blandimayn
the
whiche
were
beside
the
fountaine
whereas
the
lady
was
descended
for
to
refresshe
her
,
and
rest
her
for
she
was
wery
and
heuy
ful
of
sorowe
and
doloure
,
so
that
she
myght
not
susteyne
her
.
Whiles
that
Blandymayn
conforted
the
sorowfull
lady
,
the
Archebisshop
drewe
nere
them
and
knowe
the
fayre
Bellyssant
,
but
she
knewe
him
not
a
ferre
bycause
that
he
was
dysgysed
,
but
whan
he
approched
she
knewe
him
well
ynoughe
.
Alas
sayd
she
Blandymayne
,
Is●
now
come
towarde
vs
the
false
Archebysshop
that
is
cause
of
mine
exyle
.
Alas
I
am
to
sore
aferde
that
he
do
me
not
some
vyllany
.
Lady
sayd
Blandymayn
,
haue
of
hym
neyther
fere
nor
doubte
.
For
yf
he
come
for
to
do
you
euyl
or
displeasure
I
shal
put
my
body
for
to
defende
yours
vnto
the
death
.
At
these
wordes
was
arriued
the
archebisshop
that
light
of
his
hors
,
and
salued
the
lady
in
the
best
maner
that
he
might
and
sayd
.
Ryght
dere
and
honoured
lady
,
it
so
be
that
the
Emperour
hath
dechared
you
,
yf
you
wyll
accepte
me
for
to
be
your
loue
,
and
accomplysshe
my
desyre
,
I
shal
do
so
muche
towarde
the
Emperour
that
he
shal
put
you
in
your
fyrst
estate
,
and
be
exalted
more
hygher
then
euer
you
were
,
wherfore
auyse
you
,
for
I
do
it
for
your
great
honour
and
prouffyte
.
Ha
sayd
the
lady
,
dysloyall
and
cruel
aduersary
of
all
honoure
imperiall
,
I
ought
well
to
haue
cause
to
loue
the
,
and
holde
the
dere
,
whan
that
by
thy
false
malyce
thou
haste
made
the
Emperour
vnderstande
that
I
haue
myserably
borne
me
towarde
hys
maiesty
and
made
me
be
detect
from
all
honoure
and
prosperyte
.
Thou
hast
put
mein
the
way
of
extremite
and
misery
,
and
is
the
causer
that
I
shall
finishe
my
dates
in
dolorous
distresse
,
for
there
is
not
a
more
discomforted
lady
in
the
worlde
then
I
am
.
Lady
leue
suche
woordes
,
for
by
me
ther
can
nothing
con
to
you
but
good
.
For
I
am
puissaunt
ynough
for
to
chaunge
your
doloure
and
discomforte
in
to
Joye
&
solace
,
more
then
euer
you
had
.
In
saying
these
wordes
he
enclyned
hym
towarde
the
lady
,
and
wende
to
haue
kyssedher
.
But
Blandimayn
sterte
betwene
them
,
and
gaue
the
Archebysshoppe
so
great
a
stroke
that
he
folled
hym
vnto
the
earthe
,
and
braket
wayne
of
his
teeth
.
The
Archebysshoppe
gate
him
vp
&
drew
his
sworde
quicklye
.
And
Blandimain
toke
a
glayue
that
he
had
brought
with
him
,
and
assayled
hym
ryght
asprely
and
the
Archebysshoppe
hym
.
They
fought
so
long
that
they
were
booth
sore
wounded
,
and
as
they
were
thus
fyghtyng
,
there
arryued
on
them
a
notable
marchaunt
,
that
ascryed
vnto
them
also
ferre
as
he
myghth
se
them
saying
.
Lordes
lordes
leue
your
debate
,
and
tell
me
from
whence
it
procedeth
,
and
I
shall
tell
you
who
hath
ryght
or
wronge
.
Syr
sayd
Blandimain
,
let
vs
fynyshe
our
enterpryse
.
Alas
sayd
the
lady
sucoure
vs
,
for
here
is
the
false
priest
that
will
take
mine
honoure
from
me
by
forte
▪
whiche
is
the
cursed
Archebisshop
that
hathe
separed
me
by
creason
from
my
lorde
and
husband
the
Emperour
.
when
the
marchaunt
vnderstode
her
,
he
had
great
pity
on
her
,
&
sayde
to
the
Archebisshop
.
Syr
leue
your
enterpryse
,
&
touche
not
the
lady
,
for
and
the
Emperoure
knowe
of
this
dede
he
would
make
you
dye
an
euill
death
before
all
the
worlde
.
Also
soone
as
the
Archebysshop
vnderstode
the
marchaunt
speake
,
he
left
the
batrayl
quickly
and
began
for
to●●e
through
the
wodde
.
He
was
ryght
sorowfull
that
he
was
knowen
for
he
thought
wel
to
haue
had
his
pleasure
of
the
lady
.
But
he
enterprysed
suche
a
thyng
,
wherby
his
treason
was
knowen
afterwarde
and
disclosed
as
it
shal
be
recounted
to
you
afterwarde
.
After
the
depatrynge
of
the
Archebyshop
the
lady
abode
in
the
wodde
beside
the
fountayne
tryst
and
sorowful
,
with
Blandimayn
that
was
wounded
.
The
marchaunt
that
was
abiden
said
.
Alas
lady
I
se
that
by
the
Archebysshop
ye
are
falslybetrayed
,
and
haue
b●
expulsed
from
the
Emperoure
.
Now
god
giue
me
grate
to
liue
so
longe
that
I
may
accuse
him
of
this
misoe●e
,
and
to
purchase
hys
death
.
L●ly
to
god
I
commaund●
you
the
whyche
giue
you
patience
and
comforte
Soo
the
marchaunte
toke
hys
leue
,
and
Blandymayne
thanked
hym
many
times
.
Than
Blandimayne
mounted
the
Lady
vpon
her
horse
,
and
after
mounted
vpon
hys
owne
,
and
wente
vnto
a
lodginge
that
was
there
beside
,
where
as
thei
abode
by
the
space
of
eight
daies
for
to
he
le
Blandimayn
.
Wha●
he
had
rested
him
,
and
that
he
might
ride
they
put
them
vpon
the
waye
towards
Fraunce
,
And
the
sorowfull
ladye
complayned
her
by
the
way
and
sayd
.
Alas
Blandimayn
my
frende
,
what
may
my
brother
and
all
the
lordes
saye
of
my
pyteous
case
,
whan
they
shal
knowe
that
for
a
vylaynous
dede
I
am
so
shamefully
deie●●e
from
the
Emperoure
,
and
as
a
romen
woman
banisshed
the
Empyre
of
Constan
tynoble
.
Alas
I
am
right
certaine
that
my
brother
wyl
beleue
lightly
that
I
am
culpable
of
the
dede
,
and
make
me
die
shamefully
for
he
is
right
fyerse
of
courage
,
lady
said
Blandimayn
be
of
good
chere
,
&
put
your
trust
in
god
.
In
spekyng
thus
Blandymayde
that
the
ladye
conduyted
rode
so
muche
that
after
that
they
had
passed
diuers
countreis
&
regions
,
they
ariued
in
Fraunce
,
&
passed
by
Orleaunce
for
to
go
vnto
Paris
▪
where
as
the
kyng
was
accustomed
to
soiourney
moste
.
So
they
▪
entred
in
to
a
great
forest
that
is
syxe
myle
from
Orleaunce
in
the
whiche
happened
pyteous
thynges
,
vnto
the
Empresse
Bellyssant
,
as
I
shall
make
mention
hereafter
.
¶
How
Bellyssant
was
deliuered
of
two
fayre
sones
whiche
were
named
Ualentyne
,
and
Orson
and
howe
she
loste
them
.
Capit.
v.
BEllyssant
was
ryding
within
the
forest
,
the
which
was
with
chylde
as
you
haue
heard
re●●●ed
before
.
It
happened
that
her
bodye
had
determined
and
fulfilled
her
time
,
that
constrayned
her
for
to
des●ende
of
her
horse
and
complayne
her
tenderly
.
Blaudimain
demaunded
her
what
she
a●led
that
she
complayned
her
soo
.
Alas
Blandymayn
sayde
the
lady
,
lyght
downe
of
thy
horse
&
helpe
that
I
were
layde
vnder
yonder
great
tree
and
thynke
〈◊〉
for
to
●●ke
me
some
wife
.
For
the
tyme
is
●om●
that
I
must
n●des
be
deliuered
without
any
lenger
delaye
.
Blandymayne
descended
quickely
and
laid
her
vpon
a
fayre
grene
place
vnder
a
tree
,
the
which
he
did
chose
and
marke
for
to
knowe
it
the
better
.
And
then
he
le●t
on
horsebacke
,
&
rode
also
fast
as
he
might
for
to
seke
some
wyfe
to
helpe
and
sucoute
the
lady
.
The
noble
lady
Bellyssant
abode
there
all
alone
with
out
any
company
,
saue
God
and
the
blessed
v●gyn
mary
,
that
did
helpe
her
,
and
succoured
her
in
such
maner
that
she
was
deliuered
of
twoo
fayre
sonnes
in
the
forest
.
But
they
were
not
so
sone
come
vpon
the
carthe
,
but
that
the
good
lady
suffred
muche
payne
and
angu●she
as
you
shall
heare
.
So
as
the
lady
was
deliuered
of
the
fruyte
of
her
wombe
,
and
that
she
laye
vnder
the
tree
,
ther
came
vnto
her
a
beer
,
the
which
was
ma●●e●lously
great
and
horrible
,
&
toke
one
of
her
children
in
his
mouthe
,
and
wente
his
way●
into
the
thycke
of
the
forest
also
faste
as
he
myght
.
Then
was
the
gracious
lady
sorowfull
&
not
without
a
cause
,
for
the
perdiction
of
her
chylde
,
and
began
for
to
crye
with
a
feable
v●yce
muche
pyteously
.
And
vpon
bothe
her
fere
&
handes
she
wente
after
the
beer
in
the
forest
,
that
was
anone
out
of
her
syght
.
Alas
to
lytle
auayled
her
the
pursuyte
.
For
she
shal
neuer
se
her
chyld
vnto
the
tyme
that
by
myracle
he
be
yelded
vnto
her
agayne
.
So
longe
went
the
lady
through
the
forest
wepyng
for
her
child
,
and
trauaylled
her
so
fore
to
goo
after
,
that
a
stronge
sicknes
toke
her
,
in
suche
wise
that
she
fel
in
a
swoun●
vpon
the
colde
earth
as
it
had
bene
a
dead
woman
,
I
wyll
leue
here
to
speake
of
her
,
and
wyll
tell
you
of
the
other
childe
that
was
left
all
alone
.
¶
It
happen●d
the
same
daye
that
the
kynge
Pepyn
was
departed
out
of
Parys
,
accompanyed
wys
diuers
great
lordes
and
barons
,
for
to
go
vnto
Constantinoble
to
se
his
sister
bellyssant
.
And
toke
his
way
towarde
Orleaunce
▪
and
he
rode
so
faste
that
he
entred
into
the
forest
where
as
his
syster
▪
Bellyssant
was
deliuered
,
but
he
knew
nothyng
therof
at
that
tyme
.
Now
it
is
true
as
it
was
the
pleasure
of
god
that
as
the
kynge
Pepyn
passed
throughe
the
forest
,
he
espyed
vnder
the
hye
tree
the
other
sonne
of
Bellyssant
all
alone
that
lay
vpon
the
earth
,
soo
he
rode
that
waye
and
sayd
vnto
hys
barons
.
Lordes
by
the
god
that
created
all
thynges
I
haue
founde
here
a
muche
fayre
encountre
,
se
what
a
fayre
chylde
I
haue
founde
here
.
By
Ihesus
sayd
the
lordes
syr
kynge
you
say
true
.
Nowe
sayd
the
kynge
Pepyn
I
wyll
that
it
be
nourysshed
at
myne
expenses
also
longe
as
god
shall
giue
it
lyfe
.
And
wil
that
to
be
kept
ryght
tenderly
,
and
nobly
as
if
it
were
myne
owne
propre
chylde
.
For
y●
that
god
sende
hym
lyfe
untyll
the
tyme
that
he
be
a
man
I
shal
gyue
hym
great
landes
and
tenementes
for
to
liue
vpon
.
Then
the
kynge
Pepyn
called
vnto
hym
one
of
hys
squyers
,
and
gaue
hym
the
charge
of
the
child
,
sainge
to
him
.
Bere
this
child
to
Orleance
,
&
make
it
baptyzed
,
and
seke
him
a
good
nouryce
,
and
make
that
he
be
nourysshed
also
well
as
is
possible
Good
ryght
had
kyng
Pepyn
to
loue
the
chylte
,
for
he
was
hys
nenew●
,
but
he
knowe
it
not
.
The
souyer
toke
the
childe
as
kyng
Pepyn
hadde
hym
and
bare
it
into
Orleaunce
.
And
after
made
it
to
be
baptised
and
gaue
it
his
name
For
he
made
it
to
be
named
Ualentine
,
for
suche
was
the
name
of
the
s●●er
.
After
he
sought
a
nouryce
and
made
the
chylde
to
be
well
kept
as
he
was
commaunded
.
The
kynge
●oode
in
the
forest
,
alwaye
holdynge
his
Iournaye
▪
for
he
had
great
desyre
to
be
in
the
Cytie
of
constantinoble
to
se
his
syster
Bellyssant
that
he
loued
so
muche
.
And
euen
so
as
he
passed
through
the
forest
,
he
recountred
Blandymayn
that
led
a
wife
with
hym
.
Blandymain
knewe
the
kyng
,
and
anone
lyghte
of
his
horse
and
salwed
him
.
After
the
salute
done
the
kyng
sayde
vnto
him
.
Blandymayn
fayre
syr
,
tell
vs
tidinges
of
Constantinoble
.
And
among
other
thinges
tell
vs
howe
oure
syster
Bellyssant
doth
.
Dere
syr
said
Blandymayn
as
to
the
regarde
of
tidinges
,
with
payne
can
I
tel
you
any
that
is
good
.
For
your
syster
Bellyssant
hath
to
muche
euil
by
the
treason
and
false
language
of
the
cursed
Acchebisshop
,
for
she
is
vanisshed
from
the
Emperoure
,
and
chased
out
of
the
countrey
.
And
the
Archebysshop
made
him
beleue
so
many
false
wordes
,
that
if
the
lordes
of
his
court
had
not
bene
,
the
whiche
fered
your
futoure
,
he
wold
haue
made
her
he
btence
in
a
fyre
afore
all
the
worlde
.
Blandymayn
said
the
kynge
Pepyn
the
whiche
was
tryst
and
sorowfull
,
Of
as
muche
holde
I
the
Emperoure
more
folysher
,
because
he
made
not
my
syster
dye
,
for
by
the
God
almighty
,
if
I
had
her
hate
at
this
present
time
,
I
should
neuer
reste
●il
that
I
hadde
made
her
dye
an
euil
death
.
Nowe
forwarde
lordes
saide
kynge
Pepyn
for
oure
vyage
is
done
.
Retorne
we
vnto
Paris
for
I
will
go
●ote●der
.
I
knowe
to
muche
tydinges
of
my
sister
,
with
out
demaundinge
,
or
enquiryng
any
more
.
At
these
wordes
he
torned
the
bridle
of
his
horse
for
to
retorne
,
making
great
sorowe
in
his
courage
,
and
beganne
to
saye
vnto
himselfe
.
Ha
veray
God
almighty
(
sayd
he
)
howe
often
is
man
deceiued
by
woman
.
Nowe
am
I
come
to
the
clene
contrary
of
mine
entencion
,
for
I
purpensed
to
haue
had
once
of
my
syster
Bellyssant
in
my
lyfe
Ioye
and
pleasure
.
And
to
haue
had
the
Emperoure
Alexander
for
my
frende
,
to
succoure
me
in
all
my
necessities
.
And
by
her
I
am
greatly
diffamed
,
and
put
vnto
a
great
dishonour
.
In
that
distresse
and
melancoly
rode
the
king
Pepyna
great
whyle
,
so
longe
he
●ode
so
that
he
ariued
at
Orleaunce
.
Then
Blandimain
that
sawe
wel
,
and
knewe
well
the
courage
of
the
king
Pepyn
durste
declare
no
more
vnto
him
of
the
lady
B●llyssant
.
So
he
●●iourned
towarde
the
tre
where
as
he
had
left
her
but
he
founde
her
not
,
wherfore
he
was
angry
and
●yght
sorowefull
.
He
discended
,
&
fast●ned
his
horse
,
and
began
to
serche
her
thorough
the
wodde
,
And
he
didde
so
muche
that
he
founde
her
lyeng
vpon
the
earth
,
the
whiche
had
wepte
so
muche
for
her
chylde
that
she
might
not
speake
but
with
great
payne
.
Blandimayn
embraced
her
and
set
her
on
her
fete
,
and
then
●●●de
vnto
her
.
Alas
who
may
haue
brought
you
hether
H●
Blandymayn
said
she
euer
encrea●●●h
my
doloure
,
and
dystresse
.
Ie
is
true
that
whan
you
were
departed
there
came
a
beer
to
me
a
bare
awaye
one
of
my
chyldren
:
And
I
put
myselfe
on
the
waye
after
thinkyng
to
haue
taken
it
from
hym
▪
but
I
coude
not
retorne
vnto
the
tree
whereas
I
left
mine
other
childe
.
Lady
sayd
he
I
come
from
the
fote
of
the
tree
,
but
I
haue
founde
no
chyld
,
yet
haue
I
well
loked
on
euery
syde
.
Whan
the
lady
hearde
Blandymayne
,
she
was
more
sorowfull
,
than
before
,
and
yet
agayne
she
tell
in
a
swone
,
blandymayn
toke
her
vp
and
wepte
full
hercely
for
the
ladies
sake
.
He
ledde
her
towarde
the
tree
where
as
she
had
left
the
chylde
;
but
whan
she
founde
it
not
,
she
discharged
so
greate
sighes
,
and
so
pyteous
,
that
it
seme●
that
the
hert
in
her
●ely
wolde
depart
in
sunder
.
Alas
said
she
,
thereis
not
in
the
world
a
more
discomforted
lady
cha●
I
am
,
for
from
syde
to
side
I
am
deuoyde
of
Ioye
,
of
pleasure
of
myrche
,
and
am
replete
wyth
doloure
and
misery
▪
and
of
intollerable
dystresse
greued
wyth
all
trybulacyons
,
and
amonge
all
desolates
,
the
moost
●esolate
.
Alas
Emperour
you
are
the
cause
toauauncemy
death
wrongfully
,
and
without
cause
,
&
by
●uyl
counsell
haue
depryued
me
from
your
company
for
on
my
soule
neuer
the
dayes
of
my
life
dydde
I
faute
wyth
my
body
.
I
haue
nowe
loste
by
you
▪
your
▪
propre
chyldren
legityme
yssued
out
of
bloud
ryall
,
by
wh●n●
I
trusted
ones
to
be
venged
.
Come
death
vnto
me
for
to
finisshe
my
dolour
for
the
death
shall
be
more
agreable
vnto
me
,
than
to
liue
in
this
martyre
.
Whan
Blandymaine
sawe
the
lady
so
inwardly
discomforted
,
the
best
wyse
that
he
might
he
comforted
her
,
wyth
the
woman
and
lead
her
into
a
litle
village
where
as
she
was
bayned
,
kepte
,
and
cherisshed
,
●yll
that
she
was
well
healed
,
and
in
good
poynt
,
and
that
of
her
greate
sorowes
she
was
a
litle
appeased
for
there
is
no
●ole
but
that
it
is
forgotten
by
processe
.
Than
blandimain
beg
Turrian
for
to
tell
and
recyte
vnto
the
lady
howe
he
had
encountred
the
kyng
Pepyn
her
brother
,
the
whiche
had
demaunded
him
tidinges
,
and
how
he
was
angry
against
her
.
And
sayde
,
by
God
madame
I
haue
greate
feare
that
ye
shall
not
be
welcome
to
the
kynge
your
brother
For
also
soone
as
he
knewe
that
the
Emperoure
had
expulsed
you
from
him
,
he
shewed
the
semblaunt
that
he
was
muche
angry
against
you
,
as
he
the
whiche
wil
beleue
lightly
that
the
faute
is
in
you
.
Ha
God
sayde
the
lady
.
Now
is
come
vnto
me
the
thing
that
I
moste
doubted
,
at
this
houre
maye
I
well
saye
that
I
from
al
sydes
haue
aduersities
.
For
I
am
expulsed
from
my
lord
and
husbande
the
Emperoure
,
without
ryght
or
reason
.
Neuer
shall
I
retourne
vnto
Paris
,
but
will
go
into
a
straunge
countrey
,
so
farre
that
neuer
man
nor
woman
shall
haue
knowledge
of
my
faute
,
nor
know
where
I
am
.
If
my
brother
the
king
Pepyn
helde
me
,
he
would
make
me
dye
.
Now
it
is
better
for
to
sechewe
his
ire
and
●uroure
,
then
for
to
abyde
the
death
.
And
Blandymayne
sayde
vnto
her
.
Lady
wepe
no
more
,
for
ye
be
sure
that
I
shall
neuer
leue
you
vnto
the
deathe
,
&
am
delivered
to
liue
and
dye
with
you
,
and
to
kepe
you
company
whether
soeuer
you
will
,
go
,
Blandymayn
sayd
the
lady
let
vs
go
at
our
aduenture
and
I
thanke
you
hartely
for
your
good
wil
,
for
my
truste
is
hole
on
you
.
Thus
is
the
lady
Bellyssant
&
Blandymayn
on
their
waye
muche
pensyfe
and
sorowfull
,
all
charged
with
anguysshes
.
Here
will
I
leue
for
to
seakpe
of
them
●
will
tell
you
of
the
Beer
that
bare
awaye
the
chylde
through
the
Wodde
.
¶
Of
the
bee●
that
bare
awaye
one
of
the
children
〈◊〉
the
●mpresse
Bellyssa●t
.
Cap.
vi
.
THe
Beet
that
had
taken
one
of
the
chyldren
of
Bellyssant
,
de●oured
it
no●
but
bare
it
in
to
his
caue●ne
that
was
profounde
and
obscure
.
In
the
whiche
was
foure
younge
Beets
stronge
and
●u●ssaunt
.
The
Beer
caste
the
chylde
amonge
hys
w●●l●es
to
be
eaten
,
but
God
that
neuer
forgeteth
his
●rend●s
shewed
an
euydent
myracle
.
For
the
younge
Beeres
dy●d●
it
no
ha●me
,
but
with
theyr
roughe
●awes
strooked
it
so●tel●e
.
When
the
Bee●
sawe
that
her
ly●le
whel●es
would
not
deuoure
it
,
she
was
right
amerous
of
the
chylde
(
so
muche
)
that
she
kepte
●t
●nd
gaue
it
●ou●e
a
hole
yea●●
.
The
chylde
was
●l●
tough●
because
of
the
neue●●taction
of
the
bee●
▪
as
a
●●de
be●st
.
So
he
began
to
go
in
the
●odde
,
a●●●●●ame
great
〈◊〉
in
a
wh●●e
a●d
b●gan
for
to
smyte
the
〈…〉
castes
of
the
forest
in
suche
wyse
that
they
all
douted
hym
,
and
●ledde
before
him
.
For
he
fereo
nothyng
in
the
worlde
.
In
suche
esta●e
was
the
chylde
ledyng
a
●●●stes
lyfe
the
space
of
xv
.
yea●e
.
He
became
〈◊〉
great
and
st●●●g
▪
that
none
durste
passe
through
the
forest
●or
hym
▪
for
bothe
men
and
beast●s
he
put
vnto
d●ath
,
and
●a●e
their
〈◊〉
alr●w
as
the
oth●●
beastes
did
,
●●d
●●●ed
●●ea●●
〈◊〉
li●●
and
not
humay●e
.
He
was
called
Orson
●●●au●●
of
the
beere
that
had
nouryshed
hym
,
and
h●
〈◊〉
al●●
coug●
as
●
bee●e
.
He
dyd
so
mu●he
harm●●n
●h●●or●●
,
a●d
was
so
●ore
redoubte●
,
that
there
was
〈◊〉
▪
we●e
he
neuer
so
●aliaunt
a●d
hardy
,
but
that
he
had
g●eat
fere
to
encountre
the
wylde
ma●
.
The
●enowne
●prange
so
of
hym
,
that
all
they
of
the
countrey
▪
●bout●●ha●●●
and
hunted
him
with
force
and
strength
▪
but
nothynge
auaylled
all
their
deade
,
for
he
fered
neyther
●y●●e●
nor
weapons
,
but
brake
al
〈◊〉
peces
.
No
w●●
is
in
the
forest
●●dang
the
life
of
a
wilde
beast
,
without
we●in●
of
any
cloth
,
or
any
worde
speaking
.
And
the
mothe●
Bellyssa●t
that
thought
that
she
has
lost
him
▪
goeth
as
a
woman
discomforted
through
the
countrey
at
a●●●ture
,
and
Blandymayne
conduyted
he●
▪
&
comforteth
her
also
well
as
he
ma●e
.
The
lady
be
●ayled
euer
her
two
chyldren
,
for
she
hath
loste
them
,
and
prayeth
oftentymes
vnto
god
with
good
harte
and
to
the
vi●gyn
Mary
,
that
they
woulde
saue
her
two
children
.
Blandymayn
a●d
the
lady
Bellyssant
passed
by
●y●ers
places
,
and
so
muche
〈◊〉
●e●●
by
s●●
and
b●
la●de
,
that
they
〈…〉
d
at
a
●o●●●
o●●o●●yngale
,
vpon
the
whiche
was
●●●st●●l
.
And
in
that
same
castell
did
remyyne
●●●●n●t
that
was
so
great
and
so
puyssaunt
that
there
was
no
horse
that
myght
susteyne
him
,
and
he
was
called
Ferragus
.
IT
happened
that
this
Ferragus
yssued
out
of
the
castell
,
and
came
vnto
the
porte
for
to
demaunde
trybut●
of
the
●asse●s
,
as
he
was
accustomed
to
take
of
euery
shyppe
.
He
entred
into
the
shyppe
whereas
Bellyssant
was
,
that
was
●e●l●●●sshed
with
dyuers
marchaundises
.
And
also
soone
as
he
●spi●d
Bellyssant
he
●o●●
her
●y
the
hande
●nd
l●dde
〈◊〉
into
〈◊〉
castel●
to
w●●●e
his
wy●●
,
for
he
was
maried
vnto
a
lady
ryght
pleasau●t
and
fayre
.
And
B●●n●●m●●n
went
after
the
lady
that
the
gyaunt
ledd●
i●
great
honoure
,
without
doyng
he●
vylla●y●
in
any
facion
,
eyther
in
thought
or
dede
,
and
presented
her
vnto
his
wyfe
▪
the
whiche
receiued
her
gladly
,
and
had
great
ioye
of
her
comming
for
the
gracious
maynteine
that
she
sawe
in
her
.
The
gyaunt
commaunded
his
wyfe
that
Bellyssant
should
be
sumptuously
kept
as
her
persone
,
and
Blandymayn
he●
squier
in
like
wise
.
She
was
receyued
with
great
ioye
in
the
castell
,
●or
she
was
well
endoctrined
both
in
●●●dicio●●
a●d
in
scyence
,
and
coulde
speake
amiable
,
and
gouerne
〈◊〉
ho●e●●ly
amonge
lytell
and
great
.
A●d
when
she
had
remembraunce
of
her
children
she
weptetenderly
bothe
with
●●●●e
and
mynde
,
●ut
the
wyfe
of
the
●yaunt
recomforced
her
euer
.
A●d
of
all
that
was
in
the
castell
,
she
was
euer
nexte
her
persone
.
For
she
●oued
her
with
●o
●●●●●te
loue
,
that
without
her
she
might
neither
〈◊〉
nor
drinke
,
she
was
longe
tyme
in
the
castell
of
Ferragus
.
Here
I
will
l●ue
you
to
speake
of
her
,
and
〈◊〉
●e●●
you
of
the
Emperoure
,
and
of
the
false
Archebysshop
▪
¶
Howe
by
the
counsail
of
the
Archebysshop
there
was
newe
customes
raysed
in
the
cytie
of
Constantinoble
,
and
howe
the
occason
was
knowen
.
Cap.
vii
.
Alexander
the
Emperoure
after
that
he
〈◊〉
▪
●xp●●sed
sham●fully
his
wyfe
〈…〉
kyng
P●●y●s
s●ster
of
Frau●●●
,
and
〈…〉
●ed
her
from
his
company
he
made
diuers
complayntes
,
&
repented
hym
in
his
harte
〈◊〉
th●●●●t
〈…〉
〈…〉
●●●●●d
of
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
e●te
hym
euer
in
〈◊〉
●olysshe
oppinion
,
and
the
Emperour
beleued
him
And
gaue
hym
so
muche
puyssaunce
and
aucthoritie
aboue
the
other
,
that
that
whych
〈◊〉
commaunded
was
done
.
He
gouerned
so
muche
●
had
so
muche
domynac●●
〈◊〉
that
〈◊〉
als●d
vp
〈…〉
mes
and
vsages
in
the
〈◊〉
of
●onstantyno●i●
,
agaynst
ryght
and
reason
.
It
happe●ed
that
there
was
a
fayer
in
●he
●it●
the
which
was
kepy
the.
xv
.
day
of
Septembre
.
And
from
diuers
counet●es
came
the
marchauntes
to
that
faye●
.
Whan
the
day
was
comen
that
it
should
be
kept
,
the
to
wne
was
ful
〈…〉
marchauntes
of
euery
countree
.
The
Emperour
made
the
fayer
to
be
kept
as
it
was
accustomed
〈…〉
the
●●●yng
therof
vnto
the
Archebysshoppe
,
●he
whych
made
〈…〉
e
two
hundred
men
for
to
accompany
him
and
they
departed
from
the
cyte
to
kepe
the
faye●
〈◊〉
the
same
fayer
was
present
the
marchaunt
that
I
haue
made
me●cy
on
of
to fore
,
that
is
to
w●t
he
the
whyche
founde
Blandy
mayn
and
the
Archebi●hoppe
〈…〉
ynge
the
Archebysshoppe
knewe
hym
well
〈…〉
ought
,
but
he
made
no
semblaunt
.
For
he
doubted
to
●y●h●
that
his
fall●od
were
not
knowen
.
He
wold
haue
●●t
hym
to
death
gladly
,
but
he
had
not
the
puyssaunce
without
to
grete
●c●aūder
.
This
day
●he
sai●
matchaunt
that
was
wel
garnisshed
with
clothes
of
golde
&
●●ke
●o●●e
more
than
any
other
wherfore
whan
the
fayer
was
〈…〉
y
●h●d
the
Archebysshop
sent
●
sargeaunt
to
hym
for
to
demaunde
him
the
trybute
than
was
accustomed
▪
for
the
●●●ynge
o●
hys
marchaundyse
.
The
sergeaunt
〈◊〉
〈…〉
him
and
sayd
.
Syr
marchaunt
●ou
must
pay
x.
pence
for
euery
pounde
that
you
haue
solde
,
for
soo
〈…〉
ordeyned
.
●o
sayd
the
matchaunt
that
●u●l
may
happen
to
hym
that
hathe
reysed
vp
suche
a
custome
,
that
is
the
〈◊〉
and
dissoyall
Archebisshoppe
(
whome
God
curse
)
for
it
is
lon●●
〈◊〉
sythe
he
oughte
to
haue
dyed
a
shamefull
death
.
Then
〈◊〉
the
marchaunt
had
so
reuyled
the
Archebysshop
,
the
sargeaunt
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
his
staffe
and
smote
the
marchaunt
vpon
the
head
that
the
bloud
ranne
downe
.
When
the
marchaunt
felt
hym selfe
smyten
he
drew
his
sworde
and
smote
him
so
hard
that
he
vette
him
do
wne
dead
.
then
arose
a
gre●t
noyse
thorough
the
fayer
and
meuyng
of
people
in
suche
maner
that
the
other
sergeauntes
toke
the
marchaunt
and
ledde
hym
towarde
the
Archebysshop
.
The
Archebysshop
would
haue
made
him
dye
without
delay
but
the
marchaunt
that
was
wise
and
well
a●uised
demaunded
the
lawe
that
is
to
saye
,
that
he
would
●e
heard
in
his
reasons
and
defences
,
and
the
iustice
was
fauourable
,
and
vttred
it
to
hym
.
Then
the
Archebysshop
made
him
●e
ledde
before
the
Emperoure
,
for
he
had
greate
●olente
to
make
hym
be
sudged
to
death
.
but
in
desiring
the
death
of
other
,
he
purchaseth
his
owne
as
ye
shall
heare
,
The
Archebisshop
made
to
present
the
marchaunt
in
the
palays
▪
where
as
was
the
Emperour
that
com
maunded
the
Iudge
to
put
him
in
chayre
.
And
the
Archebisshop
made
an
aduocate
rigorously
prepose
agaist
the
marchaunt
,
in
accusing
him
of
the
murdre
that
he
had
done
,
and
of
the
great
●u●ur●es
that
he
had
sayde
against
the
reuerence
of
the
Archebysshop
.
Whan
the
purpose
was
made
against
the
marchaunt
,
he
kneled
downe
before
the
Emperour
and
said
vnto
him
.
●ight
hyghe
and
excellent
Pri●●e
if
it
please
you
of
your
benyg●e
grace
to
geue
me
audience
before
al
your
barons
I
shall
tell
you
a
thyng
of
great
importaunce
,
whiche
toucheth
your
persone
.
Marchaunt
sayd
the
Emperour
speke
on
hardely
,
for
I
giue
the
l●●en●e
.
Syr
said
the
marchaunt
make
that
the
gates
of
your
palays
be
shy●
to
the
ende
that
none
departe
from
this
place
.
Them
▪
peroure
beleued
the
marchaunte
,
and
sayd
before
them
all
on
hye
,
Lordes
barons
and
knightes
that
desyreth
and
ought
to
loue
the
honoure
and
the
prouffyte
of
the
tryumphant
empyre
,
e●tende
to
my
wordes
.
The
tyme
is
comen
that
the
treason
of
the
cursed
Archebysshop
that
you
se
here
,
muste
be
knowen
and
declared
openly
before
your
reuerences
.
¶
Alas
syr
Emperour
it
is
the
cursed
man
by
whom
your
wyfe
hath
ben
chased
from
you
wyth
wronge
and
sham●
▪
And
you
haue
euyl
spended
the
good
noutysshynge
of
hym
,
for
he
oughte
to
kepe
your
honoure
moost
and
he
is
the
worste
,
for
it
happeued
one
day
that
he
requyred
the
fayre
lady
Bellyssant
of
loue
,
the
whych
is
wyse
and
prudent
refused
him
.
And
wh●n
this
pe●uers
traytre
preest
vnderstode
and
apperceyued
that
of
the
lady
he
should
neuer
haue
hys
pleasure
,
for
fere
that
his
sinne
should
not
be
knowen
,
he
made
you
beleue
fals
wordes
howe
that
she
was
not
loyal
to
you
,
but
habandoned
her
to
other
.
The
which
thinge
saw
your
excellent
reuerence
,
and
of
the
lordes
here
presente
,
he
lyeth
as
a
fals
infidele
to
you
,
and
if
that
for
the
more
gretter
approbaciō●e
demaund
me
how
I
knowe
it
and
that
declared
me
the
trouthe
I
tell
you
that
I
passed
one
daye
on
my
waye
sone
after
that
your
wyfe
was
benysshed
out
of
thys
countree
and
in
ridinge
throughe
a
wodde
I
sound
thes
preest
irreguler
and
apostate
in
armes
,
and
in
habyte
dyssymulate
,
agaynste
god
and
the
ordenaunce
of
his
voc●●yon
.
And
in
that
same
wodde
he
had
assaylled
ryghte
fyersly
Blandymayn
that
kepte
and
conduyted
in
her
dolefull
fortune
,
the
ryght
noble
,
and
fra●ke
lady
Bellyssant
your
wyfe
.
And
right
so
as
I
sawe
their
debate
I
began
for
to
c●ye
.
My
lordes
leue
your
debate
,
and
then
the
lady
whiche
wepte
full
piteously
began
for
to
saye
vnto
me
.
Marchaunt
my
frende
come
and
sucour
me
against
this
traitoure
and
false
Archebisshop
that
with
force
and
against
my
courage
.
Will
be●yue
me
o●
myne
honoure
.
Alas
saide
the
lady
it
is
he
by
whom
I
am
put
in
exyle
,
and
chased
from
the
Emperoure
and
his
countrey
.
So
I
smote
my
horse
for
to
seperate
them
,
but
this
same
Archebysshop
toke
ryght
sodaynlye
the
flyght
through
the
wodde
,
for
he
was
to
displeasaunt
when
he
sawe
that
he
was
knowen
.
Alas
noble
&
puis
saunt
Emperoure
,
I
haue
thought
many
tymes
in
my
courage
to
declare
this
matter
vnto
you
.
But
I
du●st
not
speake
to
you
,
nor
informe
you
of
the
case
,
&
if
you
finde
the
contrary
make
me
die
,
¶
when
the
Emperour
harde
the
marchaunt
say
so
,
he
began
for
to
syghe
and
wepe
full
tenderly
,
and
after
sayde
vnto
the
Archebysshop
.
Ha
false
seruaunt
,
I
ought
to
praise
and
honour
the
litle
.
I
haue
enforced
me
all
my
lyfe
to
doo
the
good
and
exalte
the
in
honoure
,
and
thou
yeldest
me
dyshonoure
and
treason
for
my
loyaltie
and
good
will
.
Now
euen
so
●●d
helpe
me
,
my
harte
tolde
me
euer
that
I
should
be
deceyued
and
becra●ed
by
the.
Alas
the
thyng
that
I
moste
doubted
is
happened
me
.
Thou
hast
made
me
of
all
Princes
the
mo●ste
●●famed
and
vnhappy
.
And
of
all
the
greatest
the
mooste
lytle
and
wretched
.
Alas
sayde
●he
Emperoure
〈◊〉
●ander
I
ought
wel
for
to
hate
and
disprayse
my
wretched
lyfe
,
whan
that
by
treason
I
haue
lost
the
thynge
whiche
I
moste
loued
,
in
an
euill
houre
haue
I
beleued
thy
counsaill
so
lightly
.
Ha
sayd
the
Archebisshoppe
be
not
angrye
with
me
for
nothyng
that
the
marchaunt
telleth
you
,
for
neuer
of
this
deade
I
knewe
nothyng
,
nor
am
not
culpable
,
but
am
innocent
,
and
so
I
will
holde
me
.
Thou
lyest
fasly
saide
the
marchaunt
,
for
of
thy
treason
thou
canst
not
excuse
the.
And
if
thou
wilt
saye
the
contrary
I
wil
fyght
with
the
in
a
fielde
to
susteyne
my
quarell
.
And
I
offre
here
my
body
to
suffre
death
,
if
that
I
rendre
the
not
before
the
darkenyght
false
traytour
,
either
dead
or
vanquysshed
,
or
thou
shalt
confesse
thy
case
.
And
to
the
eude
that
none
thinke
but
that
my
courage
accordeth
with
my
harte
and
sayinges
.
I
deliuer
the
me
gage
,
and
thynke
to
defende
the
well
.
Whan
the
Emperour
Alexander
sawe
that
the
wager
was
casten
down
he
said
to
the
Archebisshop
.
Nowe
is
it
tyme
after
iustice
and
ryght
that
you
thynke
for
to
right
with
the
marchaunt
,
or
els
to
knowledge
the
trouthe
,
Hay
syre
sayde
the
Archebisshop
,
you
ought
to
wyte
that
to
fight
or
doo
dedes
of
armes
I
ought
to
be
excused
,
for
Iama
prelate
and
a
priest
sacred
,
wherefore
it
apperteyneth
not
in
no
wyse
that
I
should
fight
,
for
in
that
doyng
I
should
false
and
repreue
the
dignite
of
holy
churche
.
By
my
fayht
sayde
the
Emperoure
,
in
this
quarell
is
none
excutacion
,
but
behoueth
you
to
fyght
with
the
marchaunt
that
accuse
you
of
treason
,
&
it
that
ye
wil
not
do
it
.
I
holde
you
for
culpable
of
the
dede
.
Of
these
wordes
was
the
Archebysshop
muche
affrayde
,
for
he
s●
we
well
that
he
must
nedes
fight
,
and
said
to
the
Em
perour
.
Redoubted
syr
whan
you
will
that
I
proue
with
my
body
that
I
am
innocent
of
this
cause
,
I
shal
be
ready
,
howe
well
that
it
is
agaynst
myne
estate
,
in
excusing
him
,
but
litle
auayled
his
speche
and
his
excu
sacions
,
for
the
Emperoure
commaunded
that
the
Ar
chebysshop
should
be
kept
in
suche
wyse
,
that
he
might
haue
him
at
his
pleasure
euery
tyme
that
he
shold
aske
for
hym
.
And
commaunded
also
that
the
marchaunt
should
be
taken
and
honestly
treated
.
Then
the
Empe
roure
assembled
his
counsayll
,
and
the
daye
was
determined
,
the
fielde
taken
,
&
the
tyltes
made
,
for
the
marchaunt
and
the
Archebisshop
to
fyght
in
.
In
the
which
battayll
God
that
is
ryghtfull
Judge
,
shewed
before
euery
body
that
treason
and
falshode
retourned
euer
to
their
maisters
,
as
you
shall
here
.
¶
Howe
the
Emperoure
Alexander
by
the
counsayll
of
the
moste
wisest
,
sent
for
the
king
Pepyn
to
be
at
the
daye
of
batayll
,
for
to
here
the
truthe
.
Cap.
viii
.
AFter
that
the
daye
was
determined
,
&
the
fielde
commaunded
to
be
prepared
,
the
lystes
made
,
there
came
tidinges
to
the
Emperoure
that
kynge
Pepyn
was
come
to
Rome
to
ayde
and
comforte
the
pope
agaynst
the
false
infideles
,
enemies
of
our
holy
fayth
.
And
tho
it
was
aduised
by
the
counsaill
of
the
moste
discrete
of
his
palais
,
that
they
should
go
fetche
kyng
Pepyn
,
to
the
ende
that
he
myght
be
present
at
the
forsaid
day
of
batayll
,
for
the
more
honester
excusation
of
the
Emperoure
.
And
that
he
might
se
and
knowe
clerely
that
by
euill
treason
he
had
separed
his
wife
out
of
his
company
,
or
that
by
good
ryght
and
good
quarell
he
had
expulsed
her
.
To
this
counsayll
he
accorded
,
and
sent
with
all
diligence
diuers
messengers
to
Rome
,
to
whome
he
gaue
letters
to
bere
to
kynge
Pepyn
,
that
was
at
that
tyme
in
Rome
,
defendyng
our
holy
faith
againste
the
infideles
,
as
I
haue
tolde
you
before
.
The
messengers
b●ne
departed
from
Constantinoble
,
and
haue
done
so
muche
by
water
and
by
lande
that
they
are
come
to
Rome
to
warde
the
kyng
Pepyn
,
whome
they
salued
as
it
apperteyneth
vnto
suche
a
kyng
,
and
after
sayde
vnto
hym
.
Ryght
redoubted
lorde
and
excellent
kyng
,
we
presente
you
these
letters
from
the
puyssaunt
Emperoure
of
Constantinoble
our
lorde
wherfore
beholde
the
continue
of
the
same
,
and
the●upon
please
it
your
maiestie
ryall
to
geue
vs
an
aunswere
.
The
kyng
Pepyntoke
the
letters
anone
,
and
opened
them
,
&
beheld
theim
.
And
after
that
he
had
redde
them
,
he
spake
on
hyghe
before
al
his
barons
and
said
.
Lordes
by
god
almighty
here
is
tydynges
of
great
admiracion
.
Th
emperoure
Alexander
sendeth
me
worde
that
my
syster
Bellyssant
that
I
had
geuen
him
to
wife
,
hath
bene
put
by
him
in
exi
se
wrongfully
,
through
a
false
Archebisshop
that
hath
geuen
him
to
vnderstande
a
lye
,
the
whiche
of
his
dede
muche
detestable
,
is
accused
by
a
marchaunt
that
in
this
quarell
will
lyue
and
dye
,
in
fighting
with
the
Ar
chebysshop
in
a
fielde
before
all
the
worlde
.
And
that
this
maye
be
the
more
certayne
the
forsaid
marchaunt
as
a
hardy
man
,
and
well
assured
of
this
deede
,
for
to
pu●sue
it
with
the
ayde
of
God
,
with
good
and
loyal
quite
in
hauing
sted
fast
confidence
in
god
,
hath
casten
and
deliuered
his
wager
against
the
false
traytour
the
Archebisshop
.
Nowe
it
is
so
that
the
daye
that
they
shall
fyght
together
is
determined
,
where
as
I
may
know
for
a
certaynte
whether
my
syster
Bellyssant
is
culpable
of
the
cryme
that
is
put
vpon
her
or
not
.
And
if
it
be
so
that
the
Emperoure
hath
vniustly
done
her
this
dyshonour
.
I
sweare
you
by
myne
othe
ryall
that
I
shal
take
vengeaunce
on
him
.
For
the
great
offence
that
he
hathe
committed
,
can
neuer
be
recompensed
.
Then
commaunded
the
king
Pepyn
that
all
they
of
his
courte
were
ready
for
to
accompany
him
vnto
Constanty
noble
,
for
he
wold
be
there
at
the
day
of
the
enterprise
made
betwene
the
marchaunt
and
the
Archebysshop
,
so
they
made
all
thinges
ready
as
the
kyng
had
commaunded
.
Pepin
departed
from
Rome
with
a
muche
fayre
company
,
&
so
long
hath
he
ryden
that
he
is
come
to
the
sea
,
&
mounted
into
the
galees
,
and
haue
done
so
muche
that
they
are
aryued
at
Constantinoble
.
And
when
the
Em
perour
knew
the
coming
of
kyng
Pepyn
,
he
commaunded
to
tynge
al
the
belles
of
the
cytie
,
&
that
they
shuld
make
Joye
through
the
cytie
.
Euery
body
was
glad
of
the
commyng
of
kyng
Pepyn
.
Th
emperoure
lyght
on
horsbacke
right
sumptuously●
accompanyed
,
&
yssued
out
of
the
cyte
to
mere
with
hym
.
But
also
soone
as
he
sawe
the
kinge
Pepyn
he
remembred
Bellyssant
and
began
to
wepe
and
to
syghe
so
pyteously
,
that
he
coud
speke
neuer
a
word
but
wepe
,
and
make
great
lamentacions
wyth
heart
&
mouthe
to
anguysshously
.
The
kynge
Pepyn
that
had
the
courage
fyerse
and
proude
,
cared
not
for
his
wepinge
.
He
made
semblaunt
that
he
had
no
pyte
nor
compassion
on
him
for
al
his
weping
,
but
said
vnto
him
in
this
maner
.
Emperour
leue
your
wepynge
,
and
discomforce
you
not
soo
muche
yf
that
you
haue
lost
my
syster
Bellyssant
.
For
who
that
leseth
a
harlot
ought
not
to
be
dismayed
.
And
syth
that
my
syster
is
suche
one
,
haue
no
fere
of
her
,
thought
nor
displeasaunce
,
H●
sayde
the
Emperoure
for
god
say
not
suche
wordes
of
your
sister
,
for
I
beleue
stedfastly
that
there
is
al
honeste
in
her
,
&
loyalte
.
And
that
with
wronge
and
agaynst
right
I
haue
expulsed
her
frome
me
.
By
my
fayth
sayde
the
kynge
Pepyn
,
of
as
muche
more
ought
you
to
be
blamed
and
euery
body
may
know
the
greate
sapience
that
remayneth
in
you
.
Whan
that
by
one
euyl
exhortacyon
you
haue
so
diligently
banisshed
my
syster
from
you
as
a
comyn
harlot
,
with
so
greate
shame
.
And
knowe
that
I
am
lytle
beholden
vnto
him
that
hath
done
suche
shame
&
dishonoure
vnto
my
persone
,
and
to
all
the
bloud
ryall
of
Fraunce
.
Whan
the
Emperour
Alexander
heard
&
vnderstode
the
wordes
,
and
courage
of
kynge
Pepyn
,
he
was
much
sorowful
in
his
herte
and
answered
symply
vnto
the
kyng
Pepyn
agayne
,
and
sayd
.
Alas
syr
kinge
Pepyn
doo
not
moue
your selfe
in
Ire
,
but
molify
a
lytle
youre
courage
,
for
by
the
pleasure
of
god
almighty
the
trouth
shal
be
knowen
Emperour
said
the
kyng
Pepyn
to
longe
haue
you
caryed
.
For
it
is
a
compu
sayeng
,
that
to
late
it
is
for
to
shyt
the
stable
doore
,
whan
the
horse
is
loste
.
Nowe
is
my
sister
Bellyssant
gone
in
exyle
poorely
arayed
I
wote
not
whether
,
wherfore
my
heart
ought
well
to
be
sory
,
whan
that
for
you
I
must
lese
her
,
for
I
am
right
certaine
that
I
shal
neuer
se
her
.
Alas
one
should
be
wel
ware
to
giue
so
hastely
Iugement
,
for
one
may
do
an
euil
thinge
,
wherby
he
may
repent
him
all
at
leyser
,
and
you
know
wel
that
renowne
is
dere
,
For
whan
it
is
lost
be
it
by
right
or
by
wronge
,
it
is
late
recoueringe
of
it
.
Lyttel
haue
you
preysed
the
honoure
of
my
persone
,
whan
that
without
ony
deliberacion
,
or
consideracion
that
dyuers
suche
thinges
haue
be
fallen
,
and
dothe
by
enuy
(
that
ye
haue
exyled
my
syster
)
In
saynge
these
wordes
,
the
Emperour
and
kinge
Pepyn
entred
into
Constantinoble
with
muche
great
honour
.
And
whan
they
were
within
the
cytie
the
Emperoure
wold
haue
made
kinge
Pepyn
and
his
men
lodge
within
his
palays
muche
honourably
.
But
kinge
Pepyn
wolde
not
entre
,
but
made
lodge
his
men
rounde
about
him
in
the
cyte
.
And
wolde
not
receiue
of
them
pe●
our
neither
giftes
nor
presentes
at
all
,
how
well
that
he
presented
him
diuers
thinges
,
as
well
vytayle
as
riche
tapissery
and
iewelles
.
Moche
was
the
kinge
▪
Pepyn
in
great
thought
for
his
sister
Bellissant
for
all
they
of
the
cyte
affermed
him
that
she
was
the
beste
ladye
that
euer
was
founde
▪
and
that
by
treason
and
vniuste
quarell
she
was
accused
and
banisshed
.
¶
Howe
the
Marchaunt
&
the
Archebysshop
fought
together
for
to
clere
the
lady
Bellyssant
,
and
howe
the
Marchaunt
ouercame
hym
.
Cap.
ix
.
ALso
soone
as
the
daye
was
comen
that
the
marchaunt
and
the
Archebysshop
shoulde
fyght
together
in
the
fielde
,
the
Emperour
commaunded
that
they
should
be
brought
afore
him
,
&
when
they
were
before
him
he
●ad
them
make
them
redy
to
the
fielde
,
and
fynisshe
their
enterpryse
.
The
knyghtes
of
the
Archebysshops
countrey
,
went
and
armed
him
sumptuously
.
And
the
Emperour
commaunded
that
the
marchaunt
should
be
armed
in
his
presence
,
euen
as
his
propre
persone
▪
And
before
that
he
was
armed
Th
emperour
made
him
knight
&
promised
him
cyties
to
w●es
&
castelles
and
great
possessions
if
he
might
vanquishe
the
Archebysshop
.
●nd
when
the
two
champions
were
armed
,
and
their
blasons
hanged
at
their
neckes
,
their
horses
wer
brought
to
them
,
and
they
mounted
on
them
to
go
to
the
field
.
Then
the
Emperour
commaunded
the
knyghtes
and
sargeauntes
that
they
should
conuey
the
Archebisshop
of
the
place
,
and
that
they
should
take
good
kep●
vnto
him
and
this
he
charged
them
on
their
lyues
,
to
the
ende
that
he
might
not
flee
for
he
was
subtill
and
caucelous
.
The
marchaunt
▪
was
mounted
upon
his
horse
wel
armed
in
all
places
;
&
a
strong
sword
●●rde●
about
him
,
so
he
●od●
towarde
the
fielde
and
entred
the
firste
therin
.
After
him
came
so
greate
a
multitude
of
folke
out
of
Constantinoble
,
that
they
could
not
be
nombred
.
And
it
was
not
long
after
but
that
the
Archebysshop
entred
into
the
fielde
strongly
accompanied
▪
For
he
was
muche
ryche
&
of
a
noble
nacion
.
There
was
the
kinge
Pepin
that
behelde
the
marchaunt
gladly
,
and
with
good
harte
,
saying
.
My
frende
God
geue
the
grace
to
haue
victory
against
the
false
man
.
For
by
the
faith
of
my
body
,
if
that
the
Archebisshop
be
vanquished
to
daye
by
the
,
and
that
I
maye
knowe
the
cr●uthe
of
my
syster
,
Bellyssant
,
I
shall
rewarde
the
so
highly
that
in
all
my
courte
thou
shalt
be
the
greatest
.
Syr
sayde
the
marchaunt
I
than●e
you
.
And
knowe
you
for
certainte
that
or
it
be
nyght
I
shal
make
hym
confesse
the
trea
son
by
the
leaue
of
God
,
so
he
geue
the
grace
,
to
whom
I
commaunde
the
▪
and
〈◊〉
●e
〈◊〉
form
the
kynge
there
〈…〉
a
heraute
and
m●de
theim
sweare
both
as
it
is
the
custome
▪
and
after
they
made
to
auoyde
the
field
cle●●e
of
all
the
people
that
stoode
within
,
and
lefte
the
two
champions
therin
.
Nowe
be
they
vpon
the
renges
,
and
they
that
had
the
charge
of
the
fielde
brought
them
their
speres
the
whiche
they
tooke
and
smote
their
horses
with
the
spores
,
and
came
together
also
faste
as
they
myght
rynne
,
hyttyng
eche
other
so
merueylously
,
that
they
broke
their
speres
to
their
handes
,
and
passed
forth
to
●etche
their
course
.
And
when
they
were
at
the
ende
of
the
fielde
,
they
retourned
the
one
vpon
the
other
in
contynent
with
their
swordes
in
their
handes
,
&
ioyned
them
together
fyersly
,
in
geuyng
eche
other
so
peysaunt
strokes
that
they
smote
into
the
fielde
greate
quarters
of
their
sheldes
.
When
the
Archebisshop
sawe
that
the
marchaunt
assailed
him
so
asprely
,
he
thought
that
he
would
beate
of
vnto
night
.
For
suche
was
the
law●
in
those
dayes
,
that
if
one
man
app●led
another
and
defied
hym
in
battayll
,
it
was
behouefull
to
hym
for
to
vaynquysshe
him
before
the
sone
settyng
,
or
he
should
be
hanged
.
wherfore
the
Archebysshop
thought
to
kepe
himselfe
stedfast
.
And
the
marchaunt
that
knewe
well
the
custome
,
did
enforce
hym
the
more
to
doo
feates
of
armes
againste
the
Archebysshop
,
that
folowed
hym
nere
.
And
so
muche
the
marchaunt
appressed
him
with
strokes
,
that
with
one
stroke
that
he
gaue
him
he
smote
of
one
of
his
eares
:
and
a
great
pece
of
the
haubergon
that
was
of
fine
stele
.
And
the
stroke
was
so
impetious
that
the
marchauntes
sworde
fell
from
him
.
when
the
false
Archebysshop
sawe
that
the
marchaunt
was
with
out
weapon
:
he
smote
his
horse
with
a
foyne
in
suche
wise
,
that
he
smote
out
one
of
his
eyen
.
And
the
horse
that
felte
himself
hurte
,
ranne
and
lepte
so
in
the
ū●lde
that
he
cast
the
marchaunt
downe
and
fortune
was
so
peruers
to
him
that
his
fote
stacke
faste
in
the
styrope
.
And
the
horse
that
would
not
reste
trayled
him
so
impecuously●
that
all
they
of
the
congregation
were
heuy
and
sorowfull
,
and
said
to
themselfe
that
they
had
no
more
trust
in
the
marchaunt
.
And
when
the
king
saw
him
in
suche
distresse
,
and
perill
,
he
began
for
to
wepe
muche
piteously
in
saying
to
hymselfe
.
Alas
alas
marchaunt
now
se
I
wel
euidently
that
thy
dayes
bene
finyshed
for
this
worlde
.
Alas
nowe
maye
I
know
manifestly
and
for
certaine
that
my
sister
is
culpable
of
the
deade
that
she
had
bene
charged
with
.
And
that
God
will
shewe
euydently
to
all
that
with
good
ryght
the
Emperoure
hath
expulsed
her
from
hym
.
If
she
hadde
bene
buried
also
soone
as
she
had
bene
christened
,
I
had
bene
well
happy
,
and
borne
in
a
good
houre
,
for
by
her
is
the
noble
bloude
of
Fraunce
put
to
a
greate
shame
,
And
euen
so
God
helpe
me
if
that
I
helde
her
nowe
I
shoulde
make
her
die
a
villainous
death
.
Many
profounde
syghes
made
the
good
king
Pepin
.
And
the
Archebisshop
with
all
his
puissaunce
might
not
make
his
horse
approche
the
marchaunt
,
the
whiche
semed
wel
to
be
a
thing
miraculous
.
Now
the
marchaunt
was
so
trailed
through
the
fielde
that
his
horse
foundred
and
fell
down
.
And
when
ye●
horse
was
down
the
marchaunt
rose
vp
that
was
valiaunt
and
hardy
.
And
when
the
Archebisshop
perceiued
the
marchaunt
that
was
rysen
,
he
came
renning
to
him
and
gaue
him
two
or
thre
strokes
that
the
marchaunt
was
all
astonyed
therwith
.
So
he
withdrewe
him
backe
a
li●ie
for
to
take
his
brethe
and
after
he
auaunced
him
subtylly
,
and
with
a
fyerse
courage
he
smote
the
Archebysshop
in
suche
maner
that
his
swerde
fell
out
of
his
hand
.
And
wounded
him
soo
throughe
his
harneis
that
the
bloode
ran
vnto
the
erth
The
Archebysshop
put
his
hert
and
his
force
for
to
be
auenged
,
&
broched
his
horse
to
renne
on
the
marchaunt
But
he
was
subtill
and
drewe
a
great
poynted
knyfe
,
and
cast
it
agaynst
the
Archebysshoppes
hors
,
&
smote
him
in
the
body
so
rudely
that
the
horse
began
for
to
lepe
and
flynge
,
wherfore
the
Archebisshop
was
in
to
great
daunger
to
fall
down
.
And
with
the
leping
of
the
hors
he
loste
his
shelde
.
And
the
marchaunte
caste
it
out
of
the
felde
,
to
the
ende
that
he
should
not
helpe
him selfe
no
more
wythall
.
And
whan
he
had
done
so
,
he
wente
and
smote
his
hors
in
the
bely
wyth
his
swerde
,
so
that
the
Archebysshop
and
the
hors
fell
vnto
the
earth
,
the
whiche
rose
vp
in
contynent
,
but
the
marchaunt
was
diligente
and
gaue
him
so
great
a
stroke
that
he
smote
him
downe
platte
to
the
erath
,
and
than
he
lepte
vpon
him
,
&
pulled
of
his
helme
to
haue
smytten
of
his
head
.
Whan
the
Archebysshop
sawe
hym
in
this
daunger
,
he
was
full
of
treason
,
and
sayd
to
the
marchaunt
Alas
frende
I
beseche
the
that
thou
wylte
haue
pyte
on
me
,
and
gyue
me
tyme
and
space
for
to
confesse
me
,
to
the
ende
that
my
soule
be
not
in
daunger
,
for
to
the
I
plde
me
as
vanquysshed
and
culpable
.
Whan
the
marchaunt
herd
the
Archebysshop
speke
so
,
he
was
curteys
and
debonayre
,
and
trusted
the
fayre
wordes
of
the
Archebysshop
and
let
hym
ryse
.
Whan
the
fals
preest
was
vpon
hys
fete
,
he
hadde
neyther
wyl
nor
desyre
to
confesse
hym
,
but
toke
the
marchaunt
anone
in
his
armes
and
threw
hym
downe
,
and
lepte
vpon
hym
suyenge
by
great
Ire
.
Marchaunt
thou
shalte
neuer
escape
my
handes
wythout
vylaynous
death
,
yf
that
thou
accord
not
vnto
a
thyng
that
I
shall
commaunde
the.
Ha
sayde
the
marchaunt
that
sawe
himselfe
betrayed
.
Archebysshop
I
se
and
knowe
well
I
am
in
your
mercy
&
that
with
me
ye
may
do
your
pleasure
.
Wherfore
I
pray
you
that
ye
wyl
tell
me
what
thyng
it
is
that
ye
wyl
I
doo
And
I
shall
accomplysshe
it
,
so
that
it
please
you
for
to
●aue
my
lyfe
.
Marchaunt
sayd
the
archebysshop
thys
shalte
thou
do
.
¶
I
wyl
that
before
the
Emperour
,
and
the
kinge
Pepyn
thou
testify
openly
,
that
wyth
wrong
and
agaynst
ryght
thou
haste
accused
me
falslye
,
and
by
enuy
.
And
of
this
dede
discharge
me
,
and
shalt
take
the
charge
by
suche
a
couenaunt
that
yf
thou
wylte
do
it
,
I
swere
and
promise
the
to
saue
the
fro
deathe
,
and
make
thy
peas
towarde
the
Emperoure
,
and
the
kynge
Pepyn
.
And
more
ouer
I
swere
vnto
the
by
the
faythe
of
gentylnesse
and
by
the
ordre
of
preesthode
,
to
giue
the
a
nece
of
myne
in
maryage
,
the
whiche
is
ryche
fayre
&
pleasaunt
.
Than
mayst
thou
say
that
there
was
neuer
none
in
thy
lignage
so
happy
,
nor
so
riche
.
And
therfore
auyse
the
yf
thou
wyl
do
it
after
this
maner
,
and
ches●
whether
thou
wylte
lyue
or
dye
,
for
thou
mayst
no●
escape
by
none
other
way
with
thy
lyfe
.
Incontynent
as
the
marchaunt
herde
the
Archebysshop
speke
so
,
he
was
much
sorowful
,
&
not
wythout
a
cause
,
he
reclaymed
bothe
god
and
our
lady
mekely
to
kepe
him
from
death
and
saue
his
right
.
And
than
he
answered
in
thys
mauer
Syr
Archebysshop
your
reason
is
good
&
I
am
redy
to
accoplysshe
it
,
and
obey
you
,
in
aff●enge
me
that
you
wyl
kepe
your
promyse
.
In
me
sayd
the
Archebysshop
ye
shal
finde
no
faute
.
Now
in
goddes
name
said
the
marchaunte
go
doe
to
to
the
Emperour
,
and
I
shal
dysaccuse
you
of
the
great
iniury
▪
that
I
haue
preposed
agaynst
you
,
it
is
well
sayd
now
ryse
vp
and
you
shall
come
with
me
.
At
these
wordes
the
marchaunt
rose
vp
▪
and
whan
he
was
vp
he
recorden
the
treason
that
the
Archebysshop
had
done
him
,
fayninge
that
he
wolde
haue
confessed
him
,
as
I
haue
made
mencion
here
before
,
wherefore
he
toke
courage
to
him
,
and
thought
to
serue
him
with
the
same
mese
,
for
it
is
said
comnenly
the
treason
wil
euer
returne
to
his
maister
againe
.
Than
he
toke
the
Archebysshop
in
his
armes
with
soo
greate
courage
that
anone
he
had
throwen
him
vnder
him
,
&
than
sayd
to
him
.
Archebysshop
you
haue
taught
me
to
play
this
pagent
,
wherfore
thinke
now
to
confesse
you
to
me
,
for
ye
shall
haue
none
other
confessour
but
me
.
Yet
thought
the
fals
Archebysshop
on
diuers
cauillacions
,
&
wyth
swete
wordes
wolde
haue
deceiued
the
marchaunt
agayne
.
But
the
marchaunt
neuer
trusted
him
more
,
nor
gaue
him
noo
more
tyme
nor
space
to
rise
vp
,
but
anone
with
great
diligence
put
out
bothe
his
eyen
and
gaue
him
so
many
strokes
that
he
had
no
strengthe
to
defende
hym
.
And
whan
the
marchaunte
saw
that
he
was
domynatour
,
and
had
the
ouer
hande
he
rose
vp
and
let
hym
lye
.
And
called
the
kepers
of
the
felde
,
and
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
here
may
you
se
yf
that
I
haue
done
my
deuoyre
against
the
Archebisshop
,
and
yf
he
be
vaynquysshed
.
you
se
that
I
put
hym
in
suche
estate
that
whan
it
semeth
me
good
I
maye
slee
hym
or
kyll
hym
.
Wherfore
I
praye
you
that
it
wyll
please
you
to
make
the
Emperour
,
and
the
kynge
Pepyn
to
come
hether
with
their
lordes
,
for
to
here
the
confession
of
the
Archebysshop
,
&
to
here
that
with
vniust
quarrell
he
hath
taken
batayle
agaynst
me
.
Than
went
they
to
fetche
to
the
fielde
the
Emperoure
Alexander
,
&
the
kyng
Pepyn
,
the
whiche
came
accompanied
with
many
notable
barons
to
the
place
where
as
the
Archebysshop
was
sorowful
and
confounded
.
And
the
Emperour
demaundeth
him
the
truthe
of
the
matter
.
And
the
false
Archebisshop
knowledged
before
them
al
the
dede
,
and
tolde
them
all
the
maner
,
&
howe
that
with
wronge
he
had
spoken
against
the
lady
Bellyssant
,
and
without
any
cause
had
made
her
be
put
in
exile
by
tre●son
and
falshode
.
Alas
chynke
how
many
pyteous
tee●es
there
was
shedde
on
all
sydes
,
and
specially
of
the
Emperoure
,
for
his
cries
and
lamentacions
were
soo
pyteous
,
that
all
they
that
were
about
hym
wepte
bytterly
,
and
made
great
sorowe
.
And
if
the
Emperour
demeaned
great
dole
,
demaunde
not
if
that
the
kyng
Pepyn
at
that
tyme
was
tryste
and
sorowful
.
Alas
it
was
not
without
a
cause
that
they
demeaned
suche
sorowe
,
when
they
sawe
and
knewe
that
by
to
light
beleuing
,
and
false
treason
they
had
lost
the
excelle●
lady
Bellyssant
kyng
Pepyns
syster
and
wife
vnto
the
Emperour
And
there
was
betwene
the
Emperoure
Alexander
and
the
kyng
Pepyn
Joye
in
dystresse
by
two
parties
con●oyned
.
Joye
to
the
kyng
Pepyn
that
of
his
sister
knew
the
loyalte
.
Doloure
and
displeasaunce
to
the
Emperoure
that
of
the
deade
founde
hymselfe
culpable
.
Because
that
then
he
knew
that
with
wronge
he
had
chaced
her
from
hym
.
And
after
all
the
lamentacions
,
and
the
confession
and
treason
of
the
Archebysshop
harde
.
The
Emper●pre
assembled
his
counsayll
for
to
Judge
what
death
the
Archebysshop
should
die
of
and
it
was
established
that
he
should
be
boyled
in
●yle
all
quicke
,
&
so
it
was
done
.
After
the
which
iudgement
euery
body
withdrewe
them
vnto
their
demayne
and
dwellynge
place
.
And
when
the
kyng
Pepyn
hadde
withdrawen
him
into
his
lodgyng
,
the
Emperour
dolent
and
sorowfull
,
syghyng
profoundly
came
towarde
hym
,
and
kneled
downe
before
hym
and
sayde
all
wepyng
.
Alas
syr
I
haue
committed
against
you
a
cryme
to
detestable
,
&
dishonest
.
Nowe
se
I
clearely
my
miserable
fau●te
,
and
knoweth
that
by
my
folyshnes
and
light
creaunce
I
am
and
haue
ben
cause
to
put
your
syster
in
exyle
,
and
to
perdiccion
,
of
the
whiche
thynge
I
requyre
you
of
pardon
,
and
before
you
I
presente
me
as
culpable
abydyng
your
grace
.
And
in
knowledgyng
of
my
false
villanye
,
and
for
satisfaction
and
a
mendes
I
yelde
and
put
into
your
handes
the
Empyre
of
Grece
,
that
iustly
and
of
good
ryght
appertayneth
to
me
.
For
I
requyre
●o
haue
no
more
the
name
of
an
Emperoure
,
nor
of
a
kyng
as
longe
as
I
shall
lyue
vpon
the
earth
,
but
wyl
as
a
seruaunt
in
all
thinges
obeye
you
for
I
haue
wel
deserued
it
.
¶
When
the
kyng
Pepyn
vnderstoode
the
good
will
,
and
the
great
humilite
of
the
Emperoure
,
he
toke
him
vp
and
pardoned
him
before
at
his
lordes
.
And
after
that
their
peace
was
made
by
a
common
accorde
they
delybe●ed
betwene
them
for
to
sende
messengers
into
euery
countrey
to
serche
the
noble
lady
Bellyssant
.
After
the
which
thinges
,
the
kyng
Pepyn
toke
leue
of
the
Emperoure
for
to
retourne
into
Fraunce
.
¶
Howe
the
kyng
Pepyn
toke
leue
of
the
Emperoure
,
and
departed
from
Constantinoble
for
to
go
into
Fraunce
.
And
howe
he
went
afterwarde
to
Rome
agaynste
the
Sarasyns
that
had
taken
the
cytie
.
¶
Capitulo
.
x.
HOwe
kyng
Pepyn
departed
from
Constantynoble
after
the
thinges
aforesayd
.
And
so
muche
he
wen●
by
water
and
lande
that
he
arryued
in
Fraunce
,
and
went
vnto
Orleaunce
for
to
refreshe
hym
.
For
gladly
he
was
there
because
of
the
great
fore●●es
that
were
about
it
,
wherfore
he
commaunded
that
for
his
welcome
home
▪
they
should
holde
table
rounde
,
and
so
it
was
done
.
And
when
it
came
to
the
houre
of
the
full
dyner
,
the
squyer
that
had
nourysshed
Ualentyne
tooke
hym
by
the
hande
and
presented
hym
before
the
kynge
,
in
saying
to
hym
.
Syr
●o
here
the
poore
orphelyn
that
your
maiestie
founde
in
the
forest
of
Orleaunce
,
the
whiche
you
gaue
me
for
to
nouryshe
and
kepe
nowe
haue
●
nouryshed
him
vnto
this
present
tyme
,
notat
mine
expences
but
at
yours
.
Wherfore
I
beseche
your
excellent
maieste
that
ye
will
haue
remembraunce
of
him
,
for
he
wyll
become
greate
within
a
while
,
and
therfore
it
is
time
to
thinke
theton
And
when
he
had
hearde
the
squiec
speake
he
called
the
chylde
Ualentyne
and
tooke
him
by
the
hande
and
he
sawe
him
so
wyse
and
well
thought
in
maners
and
condicions
,
that
at
the
same
houre
he
gaue
hym
all
the
cuppes
,
pottes
,
and
goblettes
,
and
the
other
vessels
that
at
that
time
was
made
ready
for
to
serue
the
court
.
And
then
the
kyng
sayd
before
them
all
in
the
court
,
I
wyll
that
Ualentyne
be
derely
kept
.
And
for
the
great
beautie
and
honoure
of
his
persone
,
the
kyng
would
that
the
yong
chylde
Ualentine
,
whiche
was
at
that
tyme
but
twelue
yeare
olde
,
should
be
nourished
with
his
doughter
Eglantine
,
whiche
was
so
fayre
,
so
wyse
,
&
so
well
endoctrined
,
that
all
the
worlde
spake
good
&
honoure
of
her
.
The
two
children
were
nourished
together
,
and
loued
wel
eche
other
with
loue
iust
and
loyal
,
in
suche
wise
that
the
one
could
not
be
mery
without
the
other
.
And
principally
Eglantyne
the
kinges
doughter
,
seing
and
consydering
the
prudence
of
Ualentyne
,
she
was
so
esprysed
with
his
loue
in
all
honoure
,
that
without
hym
she
might
neyther
haue
solace
nor
recreacion
.
Ualentyne
became
great
and
of
faire
stature
,
in
althinges
well
endoctrined
.
He
loued
muche
horse
&
harne●s
,
and
founde
hymselfe
gladly
at
Justyng
.
And
there
as
he
wente
he
bare
awaye
the
pryte
and
the
honour
.
Than
the
kyng
seyng
his
valyauntnesse
and
good
wyll
,
he
gaue
him
horses
and
hatneis
landes
,
tentes
,
a
great
possessyons
.
And
it
was
not
longe
after
but
that
there
was
greate
brute
of
hym
in
the
courte
,
whera●
many
had
great
enuy
diuers
tymes
and
oftentymes
sayd
to
hym
in
reproche
that
he
was
but
a
fundelynge
,
and
a
poorechyld
,
without
knowyng
any
of
his
frendes
that
might
ayde
hym
.
For
the
whyche
wordes
Ualentyne
wepte
full
of●e
.
And
whan
the
fayre
Eglantyne
sawe
hym
angred
the
wolde
wepe
full
tenderly
,
and
with
all
her
might
comfort
hym
.
Ualentyne
bate
hym
so
meke
and
so
gentyll
in
kinge
Pepyns
coutte
,
that
he
was
beloued
of
lordes
,
ladyes
,
knyghtes
,
and
squyers
,
and
euery
body
sayd
good
&
honour
by
hym
.
And
hys
brother
Orson
is
within
the
forest
,
toughe
&
couered
with
heer
as
a
bere
,
ledynge
a
wylde
bestes
life
as
it
is
madt
mencion
of
before
and
as
in
this
chapytre
it
shal
be
declated
vnto
you
.
For
know
that
soone
after
that
the
kinge
was
at
Orleaunce
there
came
a
messenger
vnto
him
that
was
sent
from
the
pope
.
The
whyche
demaunded
helpe
and
socoure
agaynst
the
paynyms
enemyes
of
our
holy
fayth
that
had
taken
the
cyte
of
Rome
.
Whan
kinge
Pepyn
vnderstode
that
the
Satas●●s
was
with
in
Rome
,
he
made
all
diligence
to
prepayre
hys
hoost
,
Of
the
whych
the
chylde
Ualentyne
was
made
chefe
and
pryncypall
gouernour
.
Whan
Eglantyne
knewe
that
Ualentyne
dyd
goo
,
she
was
muche
sorowful
,
as
she
that
loued
him
best
of
any
creature
.
The
fayre
Eglantyne
sent
for
him
secretly
to
come
and
speke
with
her
.
And
whan
he
was
comen
she
sayd
vnto
him
sighing
full
tenderly
.
Alas
Ualentyne
my
loue
,
now
se
I
wel
that
I
shal
haue
no
more
ioye
and
consolacion
,
whan
that
ye
wyll
depart
for
to
go
vnto
batayle
.
Alas
ye
are
wyne
onely
loue
,
my
comforte
,
&
the
refuge
of
my
pleasaunce
.
Now
wold
to
God
that
I
had
neyther
kynne
nor
frende
in
the
worlde
,
that
wold
lette
me
to
do
my●
wyll
.
For
ryght
so
God
help
me
I
wolde
neuer
haue
other
in
maryage
but
you
▪
and
than
shulde
ye
be
kynge
of
Fraunce
,
and
I
Quene
.
A
madame
sayd
valentyne
Leue
your
imaginacion
,
and
haue
not
your
herte
soo
ardaunt
on
me
.
You
knowe
that
I
am
a
poore
foundlyng
that
your
rather
hath
nouryshed
for
goddes
sake
and
am
in
no
manner
a
man
for
to
haue
you
,
nor
the
poorest
damoysell
that
is
with
you
,
thynke
els
where
and
do
so
that
ye
maye
shew
of
what
bloude
ye
becomen
of
.
And
to
god
I
commaund
you
the
which
haue
you
alwayes
in
his
kepyng
▪
At
these
wordes
departed
Ualentyne
and
lefte
the
fayre
Eglantyne
dolence
and
sorowful
for
his
departynge
.
The
king
and
his
hooste
were
redy
for
to
mount
on
horsback
,
&
departed
from
Orleaunce
to
go
to
Rome
.
Than
the
kyng
Pepyn
cal
led
his
lordes
and
barons
of
his
court
,
&
said
to
them
Lordes
you
knowe
that
al
the
worlde
maketh
mencyou
of
a
wilde
man
the
which
is
in
this
forest
,
wherfore
I
haue
great
will
and
affec●ion
to
see
him
taken
or
I
go
any
farther
.
To
these
wordes
consented
the
lords
and
barons
of
his
courte
.
The
chace
was
ordeyned
&
they
entred
in
to
the
wodde
.
They
toke
dyuers
wylde
●eestes
,
but
for
to
finde
Orson
euery
body
was
a
fer●
saue
Ualentine
that
was
his
brother
but
he
wiste
nothinge
,
the
which
desired
to
fight
with
him
.
So
long
they
wente
throughe
the
wodde
,
that
the
Kinge
Pepin
arriued
before
the
pitte
obscure
&
tenebrous
,
wher
as
Orson
healde
him
.
And
whan
he
sawe
the
Kynge
he
issued
out
sodaynly
and
ranne
agaynste
hym
,
so
he
toke
him
in
his
nayles
the
whyche
were
right
greate
and
cast
him
to
the
erth
ryght
boystously
.
And
the
kinge
that
wende
to
haue
dyed
cryed
tight
high
for
socour
,
so
there
came
to
him
a
valyaunt
knight
,
whan
he
saw
the
wylde
man
that
woulde
haue
straungled
the
kyng
he
drewe
his
swer●e
for
to
haue
ronue
vpon
hym
.
But
whan
Orson
sawe
the
naked
swerd
finmbing
,
he
left
the
kynge
and
ranne
to
the
knyghte
and
tooke
hym
in
hys
armes
and
held
hym
so
hard
that
he
threw
doune
both
hors
and
man
.
Than
the
hors
gate
vp
that
was
sore
afrayde
and
ranne
thorow
the
forest
.
And
Orson
held
the
knight
the
which
with
his
●●arp
nailes
stran
gled
hym
,
and
pyteouslye
pulled
him
in
pyeces
.
whan
the
kynge
came
to
his
men
that
wet
therby
,
he
recoun
ced
to
them
the
greate
daunger
that
he
had
ben
in
▪
and
the
piteous
deth
of
the
knighte
,
of
the
whych
tidinges
they
wet
much
a●alhed
.
Than
they
put
them
togide●
and
went
towarde
the
caue
of
Orson
for
to
take
hym
and
s●e
him
.
They
found
the
knyght
,
but
they
saw
not
Orson
,
for
it
pleased
not
god
that
he
shulde
be
conque
red
,
saue
of
his
broder
Ualentiue
.
the
which
conquered
him
as
you
shal
here
afterward
.
And
whan
the
king
sawe
that
he
myght
not
haue
the
wylde
man
,
he
lefte
him
and
wente
on
his
vyage
to
Rome
.
The
bataylles
were
renged
,
and
the
Oryflambe
of
Fraunce
war
gyuen
to
bere
a
valiaunt
prynce
that
was
named
Myllon
Dangler
,
wyse
and
of
right
good
conduyte
.
There
was
Getuays
and
Sampson
his
brother
that
were
va
lyaunt
knighres
,
and
diuers
other
dukes
erles
and
ba
rons
.
Nowe
they
haue
ryden
so
muche
that
they
are
comen
vnto
Rome
and
haue
demaunded
batayll
,
and
the
maner
of
the
sarasins
&
it
was
tolde
them
how
an
ad
myrall
had
taken
Rome
,
&
put
many
men
to
death
,
and
destroyed
.
And
hadde
vndone
the
churches
and
made
temples
for
ydolles
.
And
there
constrayned
the
Pope
,
cardynalles
,
archebisshoppes
,
and
bisshoppes
to
serue
them
after
the
guyse
of
their
lawe
cursed
and
dampnable
and
when
kyng
Pepyn
vnderstode
these
tydynges
,
he
was
muche
sorowfull
for
the
distresse
that
the
christen
men
were
in
.
He
approched
nere
the
citie
of
Rome
and
made
to
assemble
his
hoste
,
and
put
his
men
of
armes
in
arraye
,
and
ordeyned
his
battayles
.
For
his
harte
was
entyerly
set
for
to
maynteyne
the
christen
fayth
▪
the
whiche
I
shall
recyte
vnto
you
here
after
folowyng
.
¶
Howe
kyng
Pepyn
beseged
Rome
.
And
howe
Ualentyne
Justed
with
the
Admyrall
and
slewe
hym
,
by
whose
prudence
the
cytie
was
gotten
agayne
.
¶
Capitulo
.
xi
.
AFter
that
the
kynge
Pepyn
had
assyeged
the
cytee
of
Rome
/
he
called
his
ba●ans
&
knyghtes
&
sayd
to
them
in
this
wyse
.
Lordes
you
knowe
euydently
that
this
mastyf
Admyrall
/
and
enemye
of
our
holy
fayth
hath
put
many
valyaunt
crysten
men
vnto
dethe
/
and
vyllauyed
the
chyrche
Romayne
/
where
as
our
lorde
Jesu
chryste
was
serued
so
deuoutly
and
honoured
/
the
whiche
ought
for
to
styre
vs
vnto
compassyon
and
moderly
pyte
.
And
therfore
I
am
purposed
by
the
helpe
of
Jhesu
chryste
my
creatour
/
in
whom
is
my
truste
/
for
to
fyghte
and
expell
the
paynyms
and
sarazyns
oute
of
the
cyte
of
Rome
/
and
of
all
the
countree
aboute
it
/
wherfore
aduise
you
whiche
of
you
wyll
bere
a
letter
/
of
dyffyenge
vnto
the
for
sayd
Admyrall
in
my
name
.
For
I
wyll
delyuer
and
gyue
vnto
hym
a
Journeye
of
batayll
.
And
wyll
fyght
with
hym
in
exaltinge
and
susteynyng
our
fayth
vnto
the
dethe
.
Whan
kynge
Pepyn
had
spoken
thus
/
there
was
none
that
wolde
presente
them
for
to
answer
/
saue
Ualentyne
that
stepte
forth
before
the
kynge
and
spake
afore
them
all
sayenge
.
Syr
yf
it
please
you
to
gyue
me
lycence
I
shyl
vndertake
the
message
/
and
shal
speke
afore
all
the
panyms
/
and
theyr
fyerse
Admyrall
/
in
suche
maner
that
with
the
helpe
of
god
/
and
of
hys
swete
moder
/
ye
shall
knowe
that
I
haue
done
your
message
to
your
profyte
&
myne
honoure
.
Of
the
good
wyll
/
and
valyaunt
courage
of
Ualentyne
the
kynge
was
ryght
Joyous
/
and
all
they
of
the
courte
meruaylled
therat
.
Than
the
kynge
made
a
secretary
to
come
/
whiche
he
made
to
wryte
a
letter
of
dyffyaunce
,
and
after
gaue
it
to
Ualentyne
for
to
bere
vnto
the
Admyrall
panym
.
¶
And
Ualentyne
mounted
on
horsbacke
and
toke
leue
of
the
kynge
and
of
them
of
the
courte
.
And
than
he
put
hym selfe
on
the
waye
,
in
puttynge
hym
in
the
garde
and
kepinge
of
our
lorde
Jesu
christe
and
came
vnto
Rome
.
And
it
is
not
to
be
demaunded
yf
that
he
was
well
loked
on
,
for
he
behaued
hym
so
wel
on
horsbacke
&
in
armes
,
that
there
was
none
that
sawe
hym
but
that
they
toke
grete
pleasure
.
He
wente
towarde
the
palays
where
as
the
Admyrall
was
in
his
halles
tryumphauntly
in
grete
pompes
.
Ualentyne
ent●ed
in
,
&
came
before
the
Admyrall
and
salued
hym
in
this
maner
Jhesus
that
was
borne
of
the
vyrgyn
Mary
,
and
that
for
vs
all
suffered
dethe
and
passyon
saue
from
euyl
encombraunce
the
noble
and
puyssaunte
kyng
Pepyn
,
And
mahommet
saue
the
and
socoure
,
the
redoubted
Admyrall
euen
as
I
wolde
.
whan
Ualentyne
had
spoken
thus
the
Admyral
rose
vp
,
and
as
fyerse
&
proude
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Messenger
Ualentyne
retorne
the
,
to
the
ende
that
I
se
thee
no
more
.
And
tell
vnto
kynge
Pepyn
that
of
Jesus
holdeth
the
lawe
,
that
he
byleue
on
mahommet
,
and
that
he
renounce
his
byleue
for
euermore
or
knowe
for
a
certaynte
that
Iam
purposed
for
to
put
hym
vnto
dethe
,
and
to
dystroye
all
his
londes
.
Nowe
go
thy
waye
messenger
,
and
make
before
me
no
more
abydynge
.
For
to
here
thy
worde
my
herte
can
not
suffre
.
Grete
foly
hast
thou
enterprysed
,
whan
that
so
fyersly
thou
arte
entred
in
to
my
palays
for
to
declare
suche
a
thynge
before
my
hyghe
maieste
.
Now
know
for
a
certayne
that
yf
I
knewe
that
thou
dyde
it
by
pryde
or
presumpcyon
,
and
that
thou
haste
enterprysed
this
thynge
by
mockery
,
thou
sholde
neuer
retourne
vnto
kynge
Pepyn
.
whan
Ualentyne
herde
the
fyerse
wordes
of
the
Admyrall
,
he
was
moche
ferefull
,
and
not
with
out
a
cause
.
For
he
was
full
nere
the
death
/
if
that
oure
Lord
had
not
preserued
him
he
was
so
inspyred
of
god
that
he
gaue
hym
an
answere
solytarye
/
as
well
for
the
lyfe
of
the
body
/
as
for
▪
the
lyfe
of
the
soule
.
And
as
wyse
and
wel
endoctrined
to
giue
an
answer
spake
in
this
maner
wyse
.
Alas
ryght
myghtye
and
hyt
Emperoure
do
not
thyncke
in
your
ymaginacyon
that
by
pryde
/
or
presumpcyon
I
am
comen
before
your
magnyfycence
.
For
syr
whan
you
shall
knowe
the
maner
,
and
the
dede
how
I
am
comen
/
you
wyl
be
a
meruaylled
.
¶
Tel
vs
howe
thou
art
comen
and
all
the
dede
,
for
euen
so
mahommet
helpe
me
but
I
shall
take
pleasure
and
conso
lacyon
to
here
the
recite
thine
enterprise
,
and
multeply
thy
courage
in
all
goodnes
.
Than
spake
Ualentine
&
sayd
.
Syr
Admyrall
it
is
true
and
certayne
that
by
fals
and
dysloyall
enuye
I
haue
bene
accused
to
the
kynge
Pepyn
and
they
haue
told
him
that
for
the
great
fere
and
dred●
that
I
had
to
go
to
warre
I
would
haue
retorned
into
Fraunce
.
For
the
which
cause
the
kyng
Pepyn
hath
me
in
greate
indignacion
.
And
one
morowe
he
made
me
to
be
taken
for
to
smyte
of
my
heed
.
whan
I
sawe
my selfe
in
thys
daunger
,
for
to
length
my
lyfe
I
dyd
auaunt
me
before
them
all
of
a
great
folye
.
For
I
swore
before
them
of
the
court
that
I
shoulde
come
towarde
you
,
for
to
defye
you
and
all
your
ba●ons
on
kynge
Pepyns
behalfe
.
And
more
ouer
I
dyd
vaunte
me
that
at
my
departyng
I
shuld
demaunde
you
three
strokes
with
a
spere
vpon
your
bodi
that
is
so
valiaunt
and
so
well
renowmed
,
for
to
wyn
pryse
and
honoure
wherfore
I
requyre
you
that
ye
accorde
me
this
thynge
,
for
otherwyse
I
dare
not
retourne
before
the
kynge
Pepyn
,
lest
he
make
me
dye
.
Sone
sayde
the
Admyral
by
mahommet
the
ryght
puyssaunt
,
you
shall
not
be
refused
,
but
at
this
same
houre
I
vttre
to
you
the
Justes
.
And
to
the
ende
that
the
frensshmen
that
hathe
assyeged
this
cyte
may
se
your
hardynes
,
I
shall
make
the
Justynge
place
to
be
made
▪
redy
and
ordeyned
without
the
cyte
.
Gramercy
than
sayd
Ualentyne
,
that
fell
downe
for
to
kysse
the
fete
of
the
Admyrall
,
in
token
of
humylyte
and
obeysaunce
.
But
it
is
sayd
in
a
comyn
prouerbe
,
that
they
do
the
shoo
often
of
,
whom
of
they
wolde
cut
of
the
foote
.
Ualentyne
was
renowmed
in
the
courte
of
the
Admyrall
,
&
euer
he
requyred
god
that
he
wolde
do
hym
soo
moche
that
he
myght
knowe
and
wytte
from
when
she
was
comen
,
and
who
was
his
fader
&
his
moder
.
And
as
he
was
in
that
grete
thought
,
the
admyrall
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Fayre
sone
me
thynke
you
are
ryght
heuy
and
thoughfull
.
It
is
true
syr
sayd
Ualentyne
,
and
not
without
a
cause
.
For
I
haue
to
grete
fere
that
I
shall
be
slayne
by
you
in
the
Justes
.
Wherfore
I
praye
you
humbly
that
it
wyll
please
you
to
make
me
haue
a
preest
that
maye
gyue
me
absolucyon
of
my
synnes
.
Than
the
Admyrall
commaunded
that
they
shol
de
fetche
hym
a
preest
.
¶
And
whan
he
was
comen
,
he
gaue
hym
vnto
Ualentyne
in
sayenge
to
him
.
Now
haue
&
confesse
you
of
all
your
confessyons
,
I
wolde
not
gyue
you
a
button
.
Ualentyne
toke
the
preest
and
drewe
hym
asyde
.
And
whan
they
were
togyder
Ualentyne
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Alas
syr
you
are
a
crysten
preest
,
and
ought
amongest
all
other
to
haue
wyll
and
courage
to
kepe
and
defende
our
holy
fayth
,
wherfore
herken
and
vnderstande
that
I
shall
tell
you
I
praye
you
with
all
my
herte
,
for
it
is
a
thynge
the
whiche
is
ryght
chargeable
.
It
is
true
that
I
muste
fyght
todaye
with
the
false
Admyrall
that
is
so
grete
an
enmye
to
our
fayth
.
Now
knowe
I
well
that
sarasyns
and
paynyms
wyll
yssue
out
of
the
cyte
for
to
se
the
Justynge
that
is
determyned
without
the
walles
of
the
cyte
.
Wherfore
I
shall
tell
you
what
in
shall
do
,
you
shall
aduertyse
the
crysten
men
that
is
in
the
cyte
that
none
of
them
yssue
out
:
but
kepe
them
in
harneys
without
ony
noyse
.
And
whan
that
paynyms
shall
be
without
the
cyte
they
shal
take
the
gardes
of
the
gates
,
in
suche
maner
that
whan
the
sarazins
wolde
entre
in
to
the
cyte
,
that
you
shytte
the
gates
agaynste
them
.
And
bydde
the
crysten
men
sende
kynge
Pepyn
worde
of
this
fayte
,
and
that
he
kepe
his
men
in
armes
,
to
the
ende
that
whan
it
shall
be
tyme
that
he
come
rennynge
vpon
the
sarazyns
,
and
they
of
the
cyte
shall
assayll
them
on
the
other
syde
.
And
by
this
meane
they
shall
be
slayne
and
vaynquysshed
to
daye
.
And
whan
Ualentyne
had
tolde
this
to
the
preest
he
confessed
hym
,
and
after
his
confessyon
the
preest
departed
,
and
wente
his
waye
,
and
commaunded
him
to
god
.
Than
the
Admyral
made
Ualentyne
to
be
ledde
in
to
his
chambre
for
to
dyne
and
take
his
refeccyon
.
And
commaunded
that
he
shold
be
also
honourably
se●●yd
as
his
persone
Ualentyne
was
set
at
the
table
with
dyuers
other
barons
.
Moche
coude
he
behaue
him
honestly
before
them
all
.
whan
the
dyuer
was
done
the
Admyrall
called
to
hym
a
neuewe
of
his
,
that
was
called
Salatas
.
And
con
maunded
hym
for
to
arme
Ualentyne
also
well
as
his
propre
persone
.
And
dyd
charge
his
sayd
neuewe
that
he
sholde
delyuer
vnto
Ualentyne
the
best
hors
that
myght
befounde
in
all
his
courte
.
And
whan
the
Admyrall
had
spoken
so
to
his
newe
,
he
entred
in
to
the
halle
prepared
,
and
there
he
was
armed
by
paynyms
experte
in
armes
.
And
Salatas
toke
valentyne
and
ledde
hym
in
to
afayre
halle
,
and
than
he
made
to
be
brought
before
him
muche
harneis
,
and
with
the
beste
that
hee
coulde
fynde
he
made
valentyne
bee
armed
as
the
Admyrall
his
vncle
had
commaunded
him
.
And
whan
he
was
armed
he
lepte
vpon
a
myghtye
steade
,
and
the
Admyrall
yssued
out
of
his
place
mounted
,
and
in
armes
ryghte
triumphantly
.
Than
they
rode
bothe
two
toward
the
chefe
gate
of
Rome
.
For
on
that
side
Kinge
Pepyn
had
layde
the
siege
.
And
whan
they
were
in
the
fielde
valentine
toke
his
shielde
and
hanged
it
about
his
necke
,
in
the
whiche
was
a
harte
ongled
and
dented
wyth
sable
,
in
a
felde
of
s●luer
,
and
beside
that
harte
was
a
tree
,
the
whiche
armes
did
signifye
that
he
was
founde
in
the
forest
.
And
Kinge
Pepim
hadde
geuen
him
those
same
armes
.
Then
came
the
Frenshmenne
vpon
the
renges
,
wherof
valentine
was
right
Joyous
.
The
cry
was
so
greate
through
the
cite
of
Rome
that
al
the
Pa●●●nes
issued
out
for
to
se
the
Justes
.
And
the
christenmen
that
were
within
the
city
armed
them
also
secretly
as
they
might
,
and
toke
al
the
gardes
of
the
gates
▪
in
such
wyse
that
none
might
entre
in
.
And
Kyng
Pepyn
aduertised
of
this
case
▪
kept
all
hys
menn●
in
armes
for
to
socoure
the
noble
valentyne
at
his
neade
.
Soo
the
houre
was
comen
that
the
Justes
should
begynne
,
and
than
they
fetched
theyr
co●rs
and
couched
theyr
speres
/
and
ranne
the
one
agaynst
the
other
so
impetuously
that
their
speres
all
to
sheuered
.
Than
they
retorned
for
the
seconde
spere
.
And
Ualentyne
fierle
and
hardy
ran
agaynste
the
Admyrall
,
and
smote
him
by
such
a
maner
that
the
spere
perced
hys
body
throughout
/
and
than
the
admyrall
fel
downe
deed
in
the
felde
/
makyng
a
greate
crye
whan
the
paynyms
sawe
theyr
Admyrall
deed
,
and
dyscomfyte
,
they
ranne
vpon
Ualentyne
for
to
haue
put
hym
to
dethe
.
But
valentyne
with
a
hardy
courage
,
smote
his
hors
with
the
sporres
,
and
with
his
swerde
of
armes
he
dyd
so
grete
dedys
of
armes
that
he
passed
the
paynyms
,
and
slewe
and
wounded
manye
.
Than
came
kynge
Pepyn
and
his
hoost
and
entred
in
to
the
batayll
,
the
whiche
was
so
asprely
assayled
of
the
sarasyns
,
that
he
was
smyten
downe
to
the
grounde
.
But
valentyne
came
theder
the
whiche
socoured
him
so
that
he
horsed
hym
agayne
.
And
whan
he
was
mounted
he
sayd
vnto
valentyne
.
Chylde
you
haue
saued
my
lyfe
,
but
and
it
please
god
it
shall
be
rewarded
the.
At
that
tyme
rose
a
grete
crye
on
bothe
partyes
,
and
the
batayll
was
so
fyerse
and
stronge
that
the
paynyms
were
constrayned
to
recule
abacke
.
The
crysten
men
that
were
in
the
cyte
yssued
out
vpon
them
the
whiche
had
planted
the
standardes
and
baners
of
kynge
Pepyn
vpon
the
walles
,
wherof
the
paynyms
were
sore
abasshed
,
&
meruaylled
.
They
were
assayled
also
well
of
the
kynges
hoost
,
as
of
them
of
that
cyte
,
so
that
shamefully
and
myserably
they
fynysshed
theyr
dayes
.
In
that
batayll
remayned
deed
vpon
the
felde
ten
thousande
paynyms
,
and
all
throughe
the
enterpryse
and
valyauntnes
of
valentyn
,
the
whiche
bare
hym
so
rygorously
that
day
the
he
slewe
foure
horses
vnder
hym
.
And
thus
throughe
his
prowesse
the
cyte
was
wonne
agayn
.
For
the
whiche
there
was
made
grete
Joye
&
myrth
throughe
all
crystendom
&
pryncypally
in
the
cyte
of
rome
,
&
in
those
partyes
nere
it
,
euery
body
cryed
mountioye
to
the
kyng
Pepyn
of
Fraunce
.
He
was
praysed
so
of
euery
body
,
that
by
the
consente
of
the
people
he
was
sacred
by
the
pope
Empeorure
crowned
.
Moche
well
he
gouerned
&
augmented
the
chyrche
in
his
tyme
.
He
dyde
egall
Justyce
vnto
euery
body
,
soo
that
all
folkes
sayd
good
of
hym
.
¶
In
this
tyme
was
pope
Clement
the
fourth
of
that
name
,
that
consacred
kynge
Pepyn
Emperoure
.
¶
How
Haufray
and
Henry
had
enuye
at
Ualentyne
bycause
that
the
kynge
loued
hym
so
well
.
Ca.
xii
.
AFter
that
the
kynge
Pepyn
by
the
grace
of
god
,
and
by
the
strengthe
of
armes
had
chaced
the
infideles
and
enemyes
of
our
fayth
out
of
the
partyes
Romayns
,
he
came
vnto
Orleaunce
,
and
there
he
founde
the
quene
Berthe
hys
wyfe
that
receyued
hym
wich
all
the
Joye
and
tryumphe
that
myght
be
made
,
with
her
lytell
sone
Charlemayne
,
and
her
excellent
doughter
Eglantyne
.
The
whiche
was
ryght
gladde
and
Joyous
/
bicause
that
Ualentyne
was
comen
agayne
safe
and
sounde
,
So
she
sotourned
not
longe
but
that
shee
sente
for
hym
and
he
came
with
a
good
wyll
.
Than
whan
the
lady
sa
we
hym
,
she
salued
hym
amyably
saynge
.
Ualentyne
my
loue
ye
be
hertely
welcome
well
ought
you
to
be
derely
kepte
and
honoured
,
for
it
is
sayd
that
aboue
all
other
ye
haue
wonne
vyctorye
and
triumphe
vpon
the
paynyms
that
helde
Rome
in
theyr
subiectyon
.
A
madame
sayd
Ualentyne
to
god
be
the
laudes
and
prai●●●ges
,
euery
body
sayeth
what
they
lyste
.
And
as
for
me
I
haue
done
nothynge
that
is
worthy
praise
.
And
more
ouer
the
kynge
your
fader
hathe
done
me
soo
moche
good
and
honoure
,
that
in
my
lyfe
I
can
not
deserue
to
what
seruyce
someuer
I
do
hym
.
And
in
sayenge
these
wordes
Haufray
and
henry
esprysed
with
enuye
dyde
entre
in
to
the
chambre
of
Eglantyne
.
And
whan
Haufray
and
Henry
were
entred
they
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Ualentyne
what
come
you
here
to
do
in
the
chambre
of
our
syster
that
apperteyneth
not
to
you
,
to
moche
ye
shewe
yourselfe
folysshe
and
hardy
for
to
entre
in
to
her
chambre
ryall
,
for
you
are
but
a
begyler
,
and
none
can
know
what
you
are
,
nor
from
whens
ye
becomen
.
Wherfore
beware
that
ye
be
not
founden
no
more
with
her
,
leste
that
euyll
come
to
you
.
Ualentyne
sayd
vnto
Haufray
,
of
your
syster
haue
no
doubte
,
for
syth
that
I
was
borne
I
neuer
thought
towarde
her
thynge
,
saue
all
good
and
honoure
.
Yf
that
I
be
poore
,
and
that
they
knowe
not
what
I
am
,
yet
wolde
I
not
do
nor
thynke
thynge
that
sholde
be
agaynst
the
maiestery
all
.
And
to
the
ende
that
you
haue
no
doubte
that
your
syster
Eglantyne
shall
haue
by
me
ony
blame
,
at
this
same
houre
I
promyse
you
that
I
shall
neuer
enter
in
to
her
chambre
agayne
.
At
these
wordes
departed
Ualentine
out
of
the
chambre
,
and
Eglantyne
abode
wepyng
al
alone
moche
tenderly
.
Ualentyne
mounted
into
the
palays
for
to
serue
the
kinge
which
was
set
al
redy
.
Ther
was
haufray
and
Henry
,
and
the
duke
Millon
dangler
that
serued
the
kyng
at
table
wyth
Ualentyne
.
And
whan
he
was
rysen
he
called
Ualentyne
,
and
sayd
heryng
them
all
.
Lordes
here
is
Ualentyne
that
hathe
well
and
truely
serued
me
,
and
socoured
in
my
necessitees
,
to
the
ende
that
eche
of
you
may
knowe
it
and
for
the
good
seruices
that
he
hathe
done
me
,
in
abydynge
tyl
better
come
I
gyue
hym
the
Erldom
of
Clermont
in
●u●rgne
Syr
sayd
Ualentine
god
yelde
it
you
,
for
ye
do
me
more
honoure
and
goodnes
than
I
haue
deserued
.
To
heare
suche
wordes
were
Haufraye
and
Henrye
to
sorowfull
wherefore
eche
sayde
to
other
.
Thys
same
foundelynge
which
god
course
is
in
the
grace
of
the
kyng
,
so
that
yf
we
fynde
not
remedy
/
he
shall
be
unes
cause
of
our
gret
dommage
.
For
the
kynge
hath
no
chyldren
but
vs
,
and
the
lytell
Charlemayne
,
of
whome
we
may
do
our
wil
after
the
death
of
our
father
,
but
it
is
of
certayntye
that
Ualentyne
wyll
supporte
him
and
holde
hym
agaynste
vs
.
Wherfore
we
must
fynde
the
manner
to
put
hym
in
the
indignacion
of
the
king
,
and
to
purchase
his
deathe
for
otherwyse
we
can
not
auenge
vs
.
And
than
maye
we
at
oure
owne
pleasure
gouernethe
realme
wythout
contradyecyon
.
Than
spake
Haufray
and
said
,
Broder
Henry
I
haue
found
the
maner
whereby
the
false
boye
shall
be
deceyued
and
betrayed
.
I
shall
tel
you
howe
,
we
shall
make
the
kyng
oure
fader
to
vnderstande
that
he
hathe
vyoled
our
syster
,
and
that
we
haue
founde
hym
in
naked
bedde
with
her
.
And
whan
the
kynge
shall
knowe
this
I
am
certayne
that
he
wyl
make
hym
dye
shamefully
It
is
wel
sayd
answered
Henry
,
let
it
be
done
as
you
haue
sayd
,
and
so
shall
we
be
au●uged
.
In
this
wyse
abode
they
thynkynge
and
ymagynynge
alway
treason
agaynst
Ualentine
for
they
coueyted
his
deth
ryght
sore
.
And
valentin
serueth
the
kyng
so
debonayrly
,
that
the
kynge
aboue
all
other
desyred
him
in
his
company
.
For
euery
daye
he
mayntey●ed
him
from
well
to
better
,
in
prayenge
god
that
he
wolde
gyue
hym
know
ledge
of
the
place
that
he
was
extraught
of
,
And
Orson
his
broder
is
in
the
forest
whiche
is
so
moche
fered
and
redoubted
that
none
durst
approche
nere
the
wodde
for
hym
.
The
complayntes
came
vnto
the
kyng
euery
day
from
one
all
partes
.
So
it
,
happened
daye
that
a
poore
man
came
vnto
the
kynge
all
wounded
and
blody
,
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
I
complayne
me
to
you
of
the
wylde
man
.
For
euen
so
as
I
and
my
wyfe
passed
throughe
the
forest
berynge
breed
,
wyne
,
and
other
vytaylles
,
the
wilde
man
came
and
toke
al
frome
vs
and
ete
it
,
and
more
ouer
he
toke
my
wyfe
and
dyde
twyes
his
wyl
with
her
.
Now
tell
me
sayd
the
kynge
,
whether
arte
thou
soryer
for
thy
vytaylles
,
or
for
thy
wyfe
.
By
my
fayth
syr
sayd
the
good
man
,
of
my
wyfe
I
am
moche
more
dyspleasaunt
.
Thou
hast
ryght
sayd
the
kyng
.
Now
go
to
my
treasourer
and
sette
prise
on
thy
losse
,
for
it
shal
be
re●ored
th●
.
After
the
kynge
called
his
barons
to
take
aduyse
on
Orson
.
So
they
aduysed
amonge
them
that
the
kynge
sholde
make
erye
al
aboute
,
that
who
myght
take
the
wylde
man
quycke
or
deed
,
he
sholde
haue
a.
M.
marke
of
fyne
golde
.
So
the
counsayl
was
holden
and
the
crye
publysshed
.
And
theder
came
many
knyghtes
of
all
estates
for
to
take
Orson
and
the
pryse
conquere
Than
the
kynge
Pepyn
beynge
in
his
palays
wyth
diuers
great
lordes
and
noble
barons
that
of
thys
mater
spake
and
made
great
admeracions
among
them selfe
.
Amonge
the
whych
lordes
and
barons
Haufraye
that
was
mortall
enemye
of
Ualentine
began
for
to
saye
thus
.
Syrhere
is
Ualetyne
that
you
haue
nourysshed
and
put
in
great
honoure
,
whiche
hathe
required
oure
syster
Eglantine
of
loue
dysordinate
,
and
of
great
dishonoure
.
And
because
that
I
am
well
informed
of
this
case
,
for
to
se
what
he
can
do
,
and
for
to
she
we
his
valyauntnes
,
let
him
go
seke
the
wild
man
that
is
so
dread
and
you
shall
gyue
hym
Eglantyne
,
so
shal
hys
wyl
be
accomplysshed
on
all
sydes
.
Haufray
sayd
the
kynge
thy
speche
is
not
gracyous
,
but
is
ful
of
enuy
.
For
yf
so
be
that
Ualentine
be
poore
/
and
of
lowe
bitthe
,
and
that
I
haue
founde
him
in
the
foreste
,
I
finde
him
so
good
/
humble
and
debonaire
,
that
he
seameth
more
gentiller
,
and
of
nobler
courage
than
thou
arte
.
Leaue
thy
spekynge
of
him
/
for
the
good
matters
and
condicions
that
is
in
him
/
proueth
and
sheweth
that
he
is
extracte
out
of
a
good
place
,
and
of
a
noble
lignage
.
And
for
the
goodnes
that
I
haue
founde
in
him
/
I
will
and
it
pleaseth
me
that
he
goo
whan
it
pleaseth
him
to
my
doughter
/
for
from
a
noble
hert
can
not
procede
but
honoure
And
so
much
I
a●●ye
me
in
him
that
he
will
not
think
agaynste
my
worshippe
nothinge
but
that
is
honeste
and
l●●●te
.
And
whan
Haufray
hard
the
kynge
,
that
so
stronglye
repreued
him
in
supportinge
Ualentyne
,
hee
was
displeasaunt
in
his
hert
/
but
he
made
no
semblaunt
.
Than
spake
Ualentyne
that
had
well
vnderstode
the
wordes
of
Haufray
and
sayd
.
Haufray
with
wronge
&
without
a
cause
ye
haue
spoken
of
me
,
and
yet
I
neuer
dydde
you
amysse
.
You
wyll
that
I
go
for
to
fyght
with
the
wylde
man
,
to
the
ende
that
I
dye
,
and
that
ye
maye
be
venged
on
me
▪
but
I
make
auowe
to
god
that
I
shall
neuer
reste
in
no
place
tyll
that
I
haue
founde
the
wylde
man
.
And
whan
that
I
shall
haue
founde
him
I
shall
fyght
with
him
in
suche
maner
that
quicke
or
deed
I
shall
bringe
him
hither
before
you
all
,
or
I
shall
finisshe
my
dates
.
And
yf
it
happen
that
god
gyue
me
the
strengthe
for
to
conquere
him
,
there
shall
ueuer
none
se
me
in
this
countre
till
that
I
haue
founde
the
fader
that
engendred
me
,
to
the
ende
that
I
maye
knowe
yf
I
am
bastarde
or
legitime
,
and
wherfore
I
was
lefte
in
the
wodde
.
Whan
the
kynge
vnderstode
the
enterpryse
of
Ualentine
he
was
moche
displeasaunt
,
for
he
fered
more
to
lese
him
than
ony
of
the
other
of
his
courte
.
And
curseth
Haufray
and
Henry
that
made
him
enterpry
so
that
thinge
.
And
after
called
Ualentine
and
said
.
My
childe
auise
you
what
you
wyll
do
,
for
to
fighte
with
the
wildeman
,
it
semeth
me
a
thinge
vnpossyble
to
you
.
You
knowe
well
ynoughe
that
by
hym
is
deed
many
valyaunt
men
,
and
that
some
noble
champyons
hathe
lefte
this
enterpryse
.
And
therfore
be
not
so
dysmaybe
that
for
the
speche
of
them
twayne
you
lese
your
lyfe
,
for
it
is
to
cruell
a
thinge
to
abyde
suche
a
beest
that
is
without
naturall
vnderstandyng
.
For
god
my
childe
suffre
and
endure
the
wordes
of
the
enuyous
for
it
is
a
fayre
vertue
to
them
that
can
endure
false
tongues
to
speke
.
A
syr
sayd
valentyne
for
god
pardone
me
for
I
shall
neuer
chaunge
my
purpose
.
They
call
me
in
reproche
foundelynge
,
for
the
whiche
I
am
ryght
sorow
full
whan
that
I
can
not
knowe
what
I
am
,
nor
of
what
place
.
I
take
leue
of
you
and
commaunde
you
to
good
,
For
to
morowe
in
the
mornynge
I
thynke
to
take
my
waye
for
to
acheue
myn
enterpryse
.
At
these
wordes
departed
the
valyaunt
knyght
Ualentyne
,
and
toke
his
leue
of
kynge
Pepyn
.
Upon
the
morowe
he
herde
masse
and
after
mounted
on
horsbacke
for
to
go
seke
the
wylde
man
.
¶
Now
it
is
not
to
be
demaunded
yf
the
fayre
Eglantyne
made
grete
sorowe
and
lainentacons
all
that
nyght
.
And
whan
that
it
was
daye
she
called
to
her
a
damoy
sell
that
was
secrete
&
sayd
vnto
her
.
My
frende
goo
towarde
valentyne
and
tell
hym
that
I
sende
hym
worde
that
he
come
&
speke
with
me
or
he
departe
,
and
that
he
haue
no
boubte
of
non
lyuynge
to
entre
in
to
my
chambre
.
For
aboue
all
thynges
I
desyre
to
se
hym
,
and
it
is
my
synguler
wyll
that
he
take
leue
of
me
or
he
departe
.
Than
wente
the
damoysell
towarde
Ualentyne
that
was
on
horsbacke
,
and
dyde
vnto
him
her
message
as
Eglantyne
had
charged
her
.
Whan
Ualentyne
vnderstode
the
message
he
sayd
vnto
her
.
My
damoy
sell
I
knowe
that
the
loue
that
is
bitwene
my
lady
Eglantyne
and
me
,
is
lay
al
and
of
good
equyte
,
and
yet
I
knowe
so
moche
by
her
that
she
wolde
not
thynke
the
thyng
that
myght
torne
her
to
dyshonoure
.
And
so
god
helpe
me
as
for
me
I
wolde
her
no
harme
,
but
all
honoure
&
worshyp
.
But
enuye
is
of
suche
nature
that
it
hathe
neuer
reste
.
And
sooner
ben
the
enuyous
of
theyr
nature
enclyneo
to
saye
euyl
of
good
folkes
than
good
,
And
euer
ymagyneth
false
invencyons
agaynst
them
that
wolde
wynne
honoure
.
Now
it
happeneth
me
in
this
maner
,
for
I
knowe
for
certaynte
that
Haufray
,
and
Henry
●
brederne
of
my
lady
Eglantyne
haue
grete
wyll
to
purchase
my
dethe
,
wherfore
damoy
sell
you
shal
go
towarde
her
yf
it
please
you
,
and
bydde
her
that
she
take
no
dyspleasure
yf
I
haue
taken
no
leue
of
her
,
and
than
he
badde
her
farewell
&
rode
his
waye
.
¶
How
Ualentyne
conquered
his
broder
Orson
in
the
forest
of
Orleaunce
.
Ca.
xiii
.
NOW
rydeth
valentyn
vpon
his
Journey
all
alone
saue
a
squyer
that
he
hadde
with
hym
.
And
so
longe
he
rode
that
he
came
to
●he
wodde
where
as
the
wylde
man
was
And
than
he
put
on
his
helme
and
toke
leue
of
his
squyer
.
So
he
entred
&
sought
the
wylde
man
all
that
daye
,
but
he
founde
him
not
,
&
whan
it
was
nyght
he
dylcended
of
his
hors
and
tyed
hym
vnto
a
tree
,
and
than
he
toke
brede
and
wyne
that
he
had
brought
with
hym
,
and
a
lytell
refresshed
hym
.
¶
And
whan
that
he
had
eten
and
that
the
night
was
comen
,
and
the
daye
all
faylled
,
than
Ualentine
for
fere
of
the
nyght
mounted
vpon
a
tree
,
and
there
abode
.
And
whan
it
was
daye
he
loked
aboute
hym
,
and
sawe
his
broder
Or
son
that
ranne
throughe
the
forest
as
a
wylde
beest
,
the
whiche
auysed
the
hors
of
Ualentine
,
and
drewe
towarde
hym
And
whan
he
sawe
hym
so
fayre
and
so
pleasaunt
,
he
combed
hym
a
paas
we●h
his
roughe
handes
,
in
makynge
him
chere
.
For
he
had
neuer
sene
so
fayre
a
beest
whan
Ualentines
hors
felte
and
apperceyued
the
wylde
man
that
scratched
hym
on
all
sydes
,
he
began
for
to
stryke
and
flynge
incontinent
myghtely
.
And
Ualentyne
that
was
vpon
the
tree
behelde
the
maners
of
the
wyldeman
,
that
was
ryght
horryble
for
to
beholde
,
&
moche
to
doubte
.
Than
he
reclaymed
our
lorde
and
the
gloryous
vrgin
Mary
ryght
deuoutly
,
in
praienge
and
requiringe
him
with
herte
and
minde
that
he
wolde
preserue
him
from
the
wylde
man
,
and
gyue
him
victorie
agaynst
him
.
Orson
torned
so
moche
aboute
the
hors
of
Ualentine
,
that
the
hors
that
was
fyerge
began
for
to
smyte
and
byte
him
.
And
whan
Orson
apperceiued
that
he
enbraced
the
hors
for
to
caste
him
downe
,
and
fyght
with
him
.
Whan
the
noble
Ualentyne
sawe
that
the
wylde
man
woldesse
his
hors
,
he
cryed
on
hye
and
sayd
.
Wylde
man
leue
my
hors
and
a
byde
,
for
with
me
thou
shalte
haue
batayll
.
Than
Orson
the
wylde
man
lefte
the
hors
of
Ualentine
,
and
lifte
vp
his
eyen
and
loked
vp
in
to
the
tree
.
And
whan
he
sawe
Ualentine
he
made
hym
sygnes
with
his
handes
and
heed
the
he
would
pull
him
in
peces
.
And
then
valentine
made
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
in
recōmaunding
him
vnto
god
and
after
drewe
out
his
sworde
and
lepte
downe
besyde
Orson
.
When
Orson
sawe
the
sworde
that
valentyn
woulde
haue
smyt●e●
hym
with
,
he
drewe
hym
backe
and
kept
him
from
the
stroke
.
And
then
he
came
to
valentyne
and
with
cleane
strengthe
threwe
hym
to
the
earthe
vnder
hym
,
wherof
valentyne
was
sore
abashed
and
discomforced
for
he
wende
well
to
haue
dyed
and
fynyshed
his
dayes
in
that
place
.
For
he
felte
Orson
the
sauage
so
strong
that
he
had
neuer
hope
for
to
escape
fro
hym
.
Ha
very
God
sayde
he
haue
pytie
on
me
,
and
suffre
not
that
I
fynyshe
here
my
dayes
thus
pyteously
by
this
wylde
man
.
Diuers
times
valentyne
wende
for
to
haue
turned
Orson
vnder
hym
,
but
he
ne
might
.
When
valentyne
sa
we
that
by
strengthe
of
bodye
he
myght
not
wynne
hym
,
he
drewe
out
a
sharpe
poynted
knyfe
and
smote
Orson
in
to
the
ryght
syde
,
in
suche
wyse
that
the
bloude
yssued
out
by
great
haboundaunce
.
Then
Orson
●●er●●
vp
when
heselte
himselfe
wounded
And
for
the
dolour
that
he
felte
,
as
all
in
a
●age
he
gaue
suche
a
crye
that
all
the
wodde
so
w●ed
therof
.
After
he
came
againe
vnto
the
noble
valentine
,
and
so
fiersly
he
assayled
hym
with
his
sharpe
nayles
that
he
caste
hym
yet
downe
agayne
.
And
there
they
fought
so
longe
together
that
it
were
to
muche
for
to
recount
al
the
maner
.
As
they
fought
thus
without
cesyng
.
Orson
tooke
his
shelde
fro
about
his
necke
.
And
when
that
he
had
taken
it
from
hym
,
he
behelde
it
tyght
strongly
,
because
of
the
beautie
of
the
colours
that
he
was
not
accustomed
for
to
se
,
and
then
he
cast
it
strongly
against
the
earth
,
and
incontinent
retourned
vnto
valentyne
,
and
with
his
nayles
and
his
teeth
pressed
hym
so
harde
that
he
broke
both
harneys
and
haubergon
.
And
smote
him
so
tudely
with
his
nailes
that
he
made
the
bloud
sprong
out
on
all
sydes
.
And
when
Ualentyne
felte
hymselfe
so
sore
wounded
,
he
was
tyght
sorowfull
and
pensife
&
began
for
to
reclayme
our
sord
with
both
his
harte
and
courage
.
Alas
said
he
veray
god
almighty
in
the
is
mine
only
hope
and
truste
,
mine
onely
refuge
and
comforte
,
wherfore
I
praye
the
humbly
that
thou
wilt
haue
pytte
on
me
.
And
euen
so
as
by
thy
worthy
grace
thou
kepte
and
saued
Bany●lamong
the
lyons
,
so
kepe
me
from
this
wylde
man
.
And
when
Ualentine
had
made
his
prayer
vnto
god
,
he
went
towarde
Orson
with
his
sworde
for
to
haue
smyten
him
,
but
Orson
lepte
a
back
and
went
to
alyttell
tree
,
the
whiche
tree
he
bowed
and
bracke
it
,
and
made
therof
an
horryble
staffe
,
and
after
came
vnto
Ualentyne
and
gaue
hym
suche
a
strooke
that
he
made
hym
for
to
fall
vpon
one
knee
.
Ualentyne
as
hardy
rose
vp
quickely
,
and
so
began
betwene
them
a
ryght
fyerse
batayll
.
And
the
two
brethren
had
ardaūe
desyres
for
to
destroye
eche
other
,
but
they
knewe
not
that
they
were
brethren
,
nor
the
cause
of
their
fortune
.
Orson
was
so
cruel
&
so
strong
that
he
would
haue
staine
Ualentyne
dyuers
tymes
if
it
had
not
bene
for
his
sworde
that
he
doubted
aboue
all
thinges
,
because
of
the
knyfe
that
he
had
smyten
him
with
.
So
muche
and
so
longe
they
fought
together
by
dyuers
maners
that
they
were
both
wery
and
strongly
trauayled
.
Then
Ualentyne
behelde
Orson
and
began
for
to
saye
vnto
hym
.
Alas
wylde
man
,
wherfore
doest
thou
not
yelde
the
vnto
me
thou
lyuest
here
in
this
woddelyke
a
beaste
,
and
hathe
no
knowledge
of
God
,
nor
of
his
blyssed
mother
saynt
Mary
,
nor
of
his
holy
fayth
,
for
the
whiche
thy
soule
is
in
great
daunger
.
Come
on
thy
way
with
me
&
then
shalt
thou
do
wysely
.
I
shall
make
the
be
baptized
,
and
shall
teache
the
,
the
holy
fayth
.
And
shall
geue
the
flesh
and
fylthe
,
bread
and
wyne
ynough
for
to
eate
,
and
clothes
and
all
maner
of
thinges
that
appertayneth
vnto
a
mannes
body
,
and
shalt
vse
thy
lyfe
honestly
as
euery
naturall
body
should
doo
.
When
Orson
vnderstode
Ualentyne
speke
,
he
apperceyued
well
by
his
sygnes
that
he
would
him
good
.
And
Ualentyne
spake
vnto
hym
of
God
and
of
ourlady
,
and
then
after
the
course
of
nature
that
can
not
lye
,
Orson
fell
downe
vpon
both
his
knees
,
&
stretcheth
forth
his
handes
towarde
his
brother
Ualentyne
,
in
makyng
hym
signe
that
he
woulde
forgeue
hym
,
and
that
he
woulde
obeye
vnto
hym
in
al
maner
of
thynges
for
the
tyme
to
come
.
And
he
shewed
vnto
him
by
sygnes
that
neuer
the
dayes
of
his
life
he
should
fayle
him
,
neyther
with
body
nor
goodes
.
It
is
not
for
to
be
demaunded
if
that
Ualentyne
was
glad
when
he
sawe
that
the
wilde
man
was
conquered
by
hym
and
put
in
subiection
,
and
made
greate
ioye
and
not
without
a
cause
.
For
he
had
conquered
more
honour
by
his
prowisse
then
any
knight
that
was
in
his
time
,
for
there
was
none
that
durste
vndertake
it
were
he
neuer
so
bolde
nor
hardy
.
He
toke
Orson
by
the
hande
,
&
shewed
him
by
sygnes
that
he
should
go
afore
hym
tyll
they
were
out
of
the
wodde
,
and
so
he
dyd
,
and
anone
they
were
out
of
the
wodde
.
Then
Ualentyne
toke
one
of
his
gyrthes
,
and
for
doubte
that
he
shoulde
doo
hym
no
harme
nor
none
other
,
he
bounde
his
handes
taste
vnto
his
body
.
And
when
that
he
had
bounde
hym
fast
he
mounted
on
horsebacke
and
ledde
him
with
hym
as
a
beast
tyed
,
without
that
euer
this
same
Orson
didde
hym
any
harme
,
or
made
hym
an
euyl
semblaunt
,
that
was
a
thyng
myraculous
.
¶
Howe
Ualentyne
after
that
he
had
conquered
Orson
departed
from
the
forest
for
to
returne
to
Orleaunce
,
towarde
the
kyng
Pepyn
that
was
there
.
Cap.
xiiii
.
UAlentine
hath
done
so
muche
with
goddes
helpe
,
that
he
hath
ouercome
and
conquered
the
wylde
Orson
.
He
mounted
on
horsbacke
for
to
go
to
Orleaunce
and
he
did
so
muche
that
he
entred
into
a
great
vyllage
,
but
also
sone
as
the
men
of
the
vyllage
sawe
the
wylde
man
,
they
ranne
into
their
houses
,
and
for
great
fere
shytte
their
dores
so
that
none
myght
entre
.
Ualentyne
cryed
vnto
them
,
byddyng
them
haue
no
dreade
,
and
that
they
shoulde
open
their
gates
,
for
he
woulde
haue
lodging
,
but
for
any
thyng
that
he
could
say
,
they
woulde
not
open
their
doores
.
Then
he
es●ryed
them
sayng
,
by
god
almighty
if
you
geue
me
no
lodgyng
for
to
paise
the
night
and
take
my
rest
,
knowe
that
I
shal
vnbynde
the
wylde
man
and
let
him
goo
,
and
than
I
am
certaine
he
will
fynde
me
lodging
to
my
pleasure
Often
required
Ualentyne
that
he
myght
haue
some
lodgyng
,
but
euery
body
had
so
great
feare
of
the
wilde
man
that
they
durst
not
open
their
doores
.
And
when
Ualentyne
sawe
that
none
wold
lodge
him
,
he
vnbo●●d
Orson
,
and
after
made
him
sygne
that
he
should
smyte
against
the
gate
of
a
great
place
in
the
which
was
holden
hostry
,
and
Orson
toke
a
great
pece
of
wodde
,
and
smote
at
the
gate
with
so
greate
strengthe
,
that
at
the
thyrde
stroke
●●smore
it
to
the
earth
,
and
then
they
e●●red
,
and
shytte
the
gate
after
theim
.
When
they
that
were
within
sawe
that
the
w●ide
man
was
entred
they
ran
all
out
at
the
backe
dore
.
Ualentine
went
towarde
the
stable
,
and
dressed
his
horse
.
After
that
Orson
and
he
went
to
the
kechyn
where
as
they
founde
capo●s
&
diuers
other
meate
vpon
a
great
spytte
before
the
fire
.
Then
Ualentine
made
signe
vnto
Orson
that
he
shold
torne
the
spytte
,
for
the
meate
was
not
ynough
,
but
also
soone
as
Orson
spied
the
meate
,
he
set
handes
on
a
great
parte
of
it
,
and
pulled
it
of
.
He
asked
not
if
it
was
●oste
ynough
,
but
eate
as
a
wolfe
doth
his
praye
,
and
after
he
espyed
a
caudron
ful
of
water
,
in
the
which
he
put
in
his
head
and
dronke
as
a
horse
doth
at
the
ryuer
Ualentyne
made
hym
sygne
that
he
should
leue
drynkyng
,
at
that
he
would
geue
hym
wyne
.
And
than
he
toke
a
pot
&
ledde
Orson
into
the
seller
that
was
open
.
And
when
he
had
drawen
the
pot
ful
of
wyne
,
he
gaue
it
him
,
and
Orson
lyft
vp
the
pot
and
tasted
it
&
found
it
good
.
And
he
dronke
so
myghtely
that
he
dronke
all
oute
,
and
after
he
cast
the
pot
vnto
the
earth
:
and
made
sygne
vnto
Ualentine
that
he
shold
drawe
more
wyne
.
And
valentyne
toke
vp
the
pot
&
filled
it
with
good
wyne
Orson
toke
it
and
espied
a
great
bolle
&
put
the
wyne
therin
,
and
then
he
bare
it
vnto
Ualentynes
horse
for
to
drynke
.
And
when
Ualentyne
sawe
that
,
he
made
hym
sygne
that
he
dronke
but
water
,
and
Orson
shewed
hym
by
sygnes
that
the
wyne
was
better
then
the
water
.
Dyuers
other
thynges
dyd
Orson
in
the
house
the
whiche
shoulde
be
longe
to
recounte
.
The
nyght
was
come
,
and
it
was
tyme
to
go
to
bedde
.
So
Ualentyne
souped
and
made
Orson
soupe
with
hym
the
whiche
spared
not
the
wyne
,
for
he
toke
so
muche
that
he
was
dronke
.
Than
he
layde
hym
do
w●e
by
the
fyre
and
began
for
to
snore
&
slepe
marueylously
.
And
valentyne
behelde
him
saying
.
Ueray
God
what
is
a
lytell
thynge
of
a
man
on
slepe
,
and
of
the
man
that
by
to
muche
drinkyng
leseth
his
memory
.
Nowe
se
I
this
wylde
man
,
in
whome
nowe
neither
force
nor
strength
,
and
myght
be
slayne
or
euer
he
awaked
.
And
when
he
had
sayde
this
,
for
to
proue
more
the
hardines
of
Orson
▪
he
put
hym
so
harde
with
his
fote
that
he
awaked
hym
,
and
then
he
made
hym
sygne
that
there
was
folkes
about
the
house
.
Then
Orson
arose
as
all
afrayde
and
toke
a
great
logge
that
stoode
in
the
chymney
,
and
ranne
agaynst
the
gate
so
myghtely
that
he
made
al
to
shake
.
And
valentyne
began
for
to
laugh
ryght
strongly
,
wherby
Orson
knewe
that
he
did
it
for
to
assaye
him
So
he
made
hym
sygne
that
he
shuld
take
his
reste
,
&
that
he
shoulde
haue
noo
feare
of
nothing
,
for
he
wold
kepe
him
well
.
Than
Orson
layd
hym
downe
by
the
fyre
and
his
logge
in
his
armes
.
And
Ualentine
was
all
the
nyghte
besyde
him
,
the
whiche
dyd
watche
hym
with
out
slepynge
for
fere
that
he
shuld
be
assailled
,
for
the
noyse
was
so
great
that
euery
body
left
his
house
,
and
withdrew
them
into
the
chyrch
.
And
al
the
nyght
without
any
reast
ronge
the
belles
for
to
assemble
the
people
,
that
in
a
great
nombre
alarmed
made
the
watche
for
fere
of
the
wyld
man
.
And
thus
passed
the
night
tyll
that
it
was
lyghte
daye
.
And
whan
it
was
daye
lyght
Valentyne
mounted
on
horsbacke
,
and
bounde
Orson
,
and
put
him
on
the
way
towarde
Orlyaunce
And
he
dyd
so
muche
that
vpon
a
thursday
he
aryued
within
the
towne
.
And
whan
he
was
apperceyued
ledynge
Orson
the
sauage
they
made
so
great
a
cry
tha●
within
the
town
of
Orleaunce
was
neuer
none
such
herd
,
euery
body
ranne
into
theyr
houses
and
shyt
the
gates
,
and
than
mounted
into
the
wyndowes
for
to
se
hym
.
The
tidinges
came
vnto
kyng
Pepyn
that
Valentyne
was
arryued
and
that
he
had
conquered
orson
the
sauage
,
and
broughte
him
with
him
,
of
the
whiche
tydynges
kynge
Pepyn
was
greatly
abasshed
.
And
in
makynge
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
sayd
in
thys
manere
.
:
▪
Alas
Valentyne
my
childe
in
a
good
houre
was
thou
borne
,
blessed
be
the
father
that
engendred
the
,
and
the
moder
that
deliuered
the
in
the
wodde
,
for
I
se
&
know
that
thou
art
byloued
of
god
and
that
by
the
he
sheweth
vs
an
euydent
myracle
.
And
the
people
that
were
in
the
wyndowes
cryed
.
Lyue
amongest
the
other
the
hardy
Ualentine
,
for
he
is
wel
worthy
great
honoure
whan
that
by
hys
pro
wesse
he
hath
conquered
this
man
that
neuer
none
durste
assayle
euery
body
is
bound
to
do
him
honoure
and
reuerence
for
by
him
we
are
deliuered
and
assured
of
the
thynge
that
we
moost
dredde
Ualentyne
rode
thorowe
the
towne
of
Orleaunce
tyl
that
he
came
before
the
palays
ga●e
.
And
whan
the
porters
sawe
hym
,
they
shyt
the
gates
for
fere
of
Orson
.
Than
Valentyne
sayd
vnto
them
,
be
nothynge
afrayed
,
but
go
vnto
kynge
Pepyn
and
tel
hym
that
vpon
my
lyfe
I
Wa●rant
hym
from
the
wylde
man
,
and
all
them
of
his
courte
.
For
I
know
him
so
well
that
he
wyl
do
no
●e
erthly
creature
harme
in
no
maner
.
The
porter
dyd
go
vp
into
the
palays
and
tolde
the
kyng
the
tidinges
how
Valentyne
toke
the
wylde
man
vpon
his
charge
.
Than
the
kynge
commaunded
that
they
should
lette
him
in
.
So
Valentine
entred
in
and
toke
Orson
by
the
hande
.
Whan
the
quene
Berthe
and
the
fayre
Eglantyne
knew
that
they
were
in
the
palays
they
went
in
to
theyr
chambres
for
great
fere
.
Valentyne
mounted
vp
and
entred
into
the
halle
where
as
kynge
Pepyn
was
wyth
all
the
barons
and
knightes
of
his
court
,
&
Haufray
&
Henry
that
wyth
semblaunt
shewed
great
sygnes
of
loue
to
Valentyne
.
And
him
semed
that
they
were
ryght
Ioyous
of
his
vyctory
and
prowesse
.
But
they
were
neuer
so
syrowfull
in
theyr
hertes
,
for
they
wende
neuer
that
he
should
haue
retorned
on
liue
and
cursed
Orson
because
he
had
not
slayne
hi.
The
kinge
Pepyn
and
all
they
of
hys
court
behelde
Orson
gladly
.
And
the
kyng
sayd
.
Lordes
by
god
almighty
it
is
a
metuayllous
thinge
to
se
this
wylde
man
,
he
is
tight
well
made
and
of
a
fayre
stature
.
And
how
wel
that
he
is
roughe
,
yf
he
were
clothed
as
we
be
,
he
wolde
seme
a
right
fayre
knyght
.
Than
spake
Ualentyne
vnto
kynge
Pepyn
and
sayd
.
Syr
I
requyre
you
that
he
may
be
baptyzed
,
and
than
he
shall
be
taught
the
lawe
of
Ihesu
cryste
,
for
that
is
my
desyre
,
and
soo
I
haue
promysed
him
.
It
pleaseth
me
wel
sayd
the
kynge
,
and
I
wyll
that
it
it
be
done
so
.
Than
he
commaunded
a
prest
that
he
sholde
baptyzed
hym
.
And
these
were
his
god
●a
ders
,
the
nable
kynge
Pepyn
,
the
duke
Myllon
dangler
and
the
puyssaunt
knyght
Ualentyne
,
and
vpon
the
other
syde
was
the
duchesse
of
Burbon
,
and
dyuers
other
ladyes
of
grere
renowne
.
And
other
name
they
gaue
hi
not
saue
that
whiche
he
had
taken
in
the
forest
.
Whan
Orson
was
baptyzed
kynge
Pepyn
sat
hym
downe
to
dyner
,
and
Ualentyne
serued
him
of
the
cuppe
,
for
that
was
his
offyce
.
And
whan
euery
man
was
set
,
he
comma●ded
for
to
let
Orson
in
to
the
halle
,
for
to
se
his
maners
and
countenaunce
.
Orson
entred
in
to
the
halle
&
came
before
kynge
Pepin
that
behelde
him
ryght
voluntaryly
.
Orson
aduysed
the
meet
that
was
in
the
platter
and
toke
as
moche
as
he
myght
catche
and
bare
it
awaye
,
and
ete
it
quickely
.
And
whan
he
hadde
eten
it
he
loked
on
the
other
syde
and
espyed
a
seruaunt
that
bare
a
pecocke
in
a
platter
for
to
serue
the
kynge
.
Than
Orson
ranne
towarde
him
a
grete
pace
and
toke
it
fro
hym
,
and
than
he
satte
hym
downe
vpon
the
erthe
in
the
myddes
of
the
halle
,
and
began
for
to
ete
it
as
a
famisshed
wolfe
.
Ualentin
apperceyued
it
and
shewed
him
bysygnes
that
he
gouerned
hym
not
wyll
,
wherof
Orson
was
ashamed
,
for
aboue
all
thynges
he
fered
and
redoudted
naturally
Ualentyn
,
&
kynge
Pepin
badde
that
they
sholde
lette
him
alone
,
for
he
toke
pleasure
at
hym
.
Whan
he
had
eten
well
he
toke
a
pot
of
wyne
&
of
he
dronkeit
,
&
after
kest
the
potte
agaynste
the
erthe
and
began
for
to
shake
his
heed
,
wherat
the
kynge
and
all
the
barons
that
were
there
laughed
moche
strongly
And
whan
the
nyght
was
comen
,
there
was
gyuen
a
ryght
fayre
chambre
vnto
Ualentin
,
in
the
whiche
was
ordeyned
a
bedde
for
Orson
,
but
for
nothynge
was
the
bedde
apparaylled
,
for
also
sonne
as
he
entred
in
to
the
chambre
he
layde
hym
downe
vpon
the
erthe
,
and
anone
he
felle
a
slepe
for
he
was
not
accustomed
for
to
slepe
otherwyse
.
¶
Howe
Haufray
and
Henry
toke
counsayll
for
to
●lee
Ualentyne
in
the
chambre
of
Eglantyne
.
Ca.
xv
.
RYght
gladde
and
Ioyous
was
the
excellente
lady
Eglantyne
that
Ualentyne
had
conquered
the
wylde
man
.
So
she
sente
hym
worde
that
he
sholde
brynge
the
wylde
man
vnto
her
.
Than
Ualentyne
called
Orson
&
toke
hym
by
the
hande
and
ledde
hym
in
to
the
chambre
of
Eglantyne
,
in
the
whiche
was
dyuers
ladyes
that
gladly
behelde
Orson
.
And
Orson
in
laughynge
lepte
vpon
the
bedde
,
&
sate
there
makynge
dyuers
sygnes
that
was
ryghe
pleasaunt
vnto
the
ladyes
.
But
that
the
whiche
he
dyd
they
vnderstode
not
,
of
the
whiche
they
were
much
displeasaunt
.
So
they
called
Ualentyn
and
demaunded
hym
what
it
was
that
the
wylde
man
shewed
them
by
sygnes
.
And
Ualentyne
sayd
to
them
.
My
ladyes
knowwe
for
a
trouthe
that
the
wylde
man
sheweth
you
by
his
sygnes
that
he
wolde
gladly
kysse
and
colle
the
damoy
selles
that
be
here
,
wherat
they
began
for
to
laughe
&
to
beholde
eche
other
.
And
thus
as
they
deuysed
togyder
,
and
that
they
played
in
the
chambre
of
Eglantyne
for
the
comynge
of
the
wylde
man
,
Haufray
came
towarde
Henry
and
sayd
to
him
.
Fayre
broder
to
euyl
go
the
our
feate
,
for
you
se
that
this
wretched
foundelynge
Ualentyne
mounteth
and
encreaseth
euery
daye
more
and
more
in
honoure
amonge
the
prynces
and
ladyes
,
and
among
the
other
thynges
the
kynge
is
more
louinge
vnto
hi
than
vnto
eyther
of
vs
two
,
the
whiche
maye
adnychyl
gretely
our
honoure
.
Haufray
sayd
,
Henry
ye
saye
trouthe
and
speketh
wysely
.
And
as
for
me
I
fere
not
but
that
we
shal
haue
ones
and
euil
reproche
by
hym
yf
he
endure
longe
.
Broder
sayd
Haufray
herken
What
I
shall
tell
you
.
Ualentyne
is
now
in
the
chambre
of
our
syster
Eglantyne
,
the
whiche
thinge
we
haue
defended
hym
so
longe
ago
,
wherfore
we
haue
good
occasyon
for
to
take
hym
and
moue
stryfe
&
debate
agaynst
hym
.
And
therfore
yf
you
wyll
byleue
me
we
shal
go
in
to
the
chambre
,
&
by
vs
shall
be
put
to
dethe
.
And
than
we
shal
make
the
kynge
byleue
that
we
dyd
fynde
him
with
our
syster
doynge
his
wyll
with
her
.
Thus
spake
the
two
traytours
false
and
dysloy
all
.
And
euen
so
as
the
Iewes
by
theyr
enuye
crucyfyed
&
ymagyned
that
dethe
of
our
lorde
with
wronge
and
without
cause
.
Euen
so
dyde
Haufray
&
Henry
to
Ualentyne
that
was
so
swete
and
so
amyable
,
obeyenge
vnto
euery
body
,
and
out
of
his
mouthe
neuer
yssued
a
vylaynous
worde
.
And
after
that
they
had
accorded
theyr
vnhappye
enterpryse
,
they
wente
in
to
the
chambre
of
the
fayre
and
pleasaunt
Eglantyne
,
And
also
soone
as
Haufray
was
entred
,
he
said
vnto
Ualentin
.
Euyll
and
dysloyall
man
nowe
knowe
we
that
yf
thy
folye
and
outragyous
volente
thou
wylte
not
cefrayne
nor
absteine
the
,
but
in
perseuerynge
in
thy
malyce
and
folysshe
oppynyon
,
purcha
synge
from
daye
to
daye
the
dyshonoure
of
our
fader
that
kynge
Pepyn
,
by
the
meane
and
accorde
of
our
fals
and
dysloyall
syster
Eglantyne
,
of
the
whiche
you
do
your
pleasure
and
wyll
,
euen
so
as
of
a
woman
vnhappy
and
habandoned
,
wherfore
it
is
well
ryght
and
reason
that
euyll
come
to
you
.
And
syth
that
the
kynge
setteth
nought
therby
,
it
is
force
that
we
take
vengeaunce
on
you
▪
and
in
saynge
these
wordes
the
traytour
.
Haufray
lyfte
vp
his
hande
and
smote
Ualentyne
vpon
the
vysage
in
suche
maner
,
that
he
made
the
clere
bloode
yssue
oute
of
his
mouthe
haboundauntlye
.
And
than
Henry
the
other
traytour
approched
nere
hym
,
and
with
a
glayue
that
was
bothe
sharpe
&
longe
he
wende
to
haue
smite
Ualentyne
much
outragyously
.
And
whan
Orson
sawe
that
they
wolde
outrage
valentyne
/
he
lepte
forthe
&
gaue
Haufray
so
grete
a
stroke
with
his
rough
hande
that
he
felled
hym
vnto
the
earthe
.
And
after
he
ran
towarde
Henrye
,
and
streyned
hym
so
bytwene
his
armes
that
yf
the
ladyes
had
not
ben
that
appeased
hym
he
had
dystroyed
hym
at
that
tyme
.
Than
arose
the
cry
in
the
chambre
so
great
/
that
the
moost
parte
of
the
barons
came
into
the
chambre
.
And
whan
they
apperceyned
that
Orson
dealt
so
euyl
with
the
kings
sons
/
they
wolde
haue
smyten
hym
with
glayues
and
swerdes
,
&
put
them
all
in
defence
agaynste
hym
,
for
to
haue
put
hym
to
death
.
¶
Than
Ualentine
for
to
socour
Orson
drewe
his
swerd
.
And
swore
by
god
almyghty
,
if
ony
of
them
touched
Orson
with
swerd
or
knyfe
,
he
should
be
his
preest
what
someuer
myght
happen
therfore
.
And
than
he
made
sygne
vnto
Orson
that
he
shulde
be
styll
without
doynge
any
outrage
.
And
Haufray
&
henry
went
towarde
theyr
father
kinge
Pepin
sorowfull
and
heuy
,
and
haufray
said
vnto
him
.
Ha
syr
in
an
euil
houre
was
euer
Ualentin
borne
the
which
you
hold
so
dere
.
For
he
hath
broughte
the
wylde
man
hether
,
that
hathe
almooste
dystroyed
vs
.
Syr
you
shal
do
tyght
euyll
yf
you
let
hym
lyue
any
lenger
,
for
dommage
&
dishonour
he
wyl
bere
you
shortly
.
For
god
make
that
he
be
drowned
or
hanged
,
for
the
garde
of
him
is
nought
nor
his
company
.
Whan
the
kynge
Pepyn
vnderstode
this
tidinges
,
he
was
much
sorowful
.
And
sayd
that
he
wolde
make
Orson
the
sauage
to
be
put
in
a
toure
where
as
he
shoulde
neuer
come
out
but
by
licence
.
So
kinge
Pepyn
sente
for
Ualentine
for
to
demaunde
hym
the
case
.
And
Ualentine
recounted
vnto
him
the
enter
pryse
as
it
had
ben
done
by
Haufray
&
Henrye
sayinge
Syr
I
was
in
the
chambre
of
my
ladye
your
doughter
Eglantyne
,
in
the
company
of
dyuers
ladyes
and
gentyll
women
,
that
desyred
strongly
,
for
to
se
Orson
,
and
pryncypally
I
had
brought
hym
vnto
my
lady
Eglantyne
.
So
I
can
not
tel
you
wherfore
nor
by
what
title
my
lordes
your
two
sones
Haufray
and
Henry
dyd
entre
into
the
chambre
/
in
sayinge
vnto
me
that
I
dydde
my
pleasure
with
your
doughter
,
and
that
they
knewe
it
longe
agone
.
And
in
spekyng
vnto
me
fyerse
&
proude
wordes
,
Haufraye
by
an
outragious
volente
smote
me
vpon
my
vysage
with
his
hande
,
and
Henrye
with
his
sweard
wend
for
to
haue
slayne
me
Orson
beynge
that
my
body
was
in
daunger
,
wente
towarde
theym
and
smote
them
bothe
down
,
so
that
the
bruyte
and
the
noyse
arose
therfore
as
you
may
here
.
¶
And
is
it
true
sayd
the
kynge
Pepyn
so
as
you
tell
me
.
If
syr
sayd
va
lentyne
vpon
the
payne
of
my
lyfe
,
other
thynge
nor
other
cause
knowe
I
not
.
Nowe
by
god
sayd
the
kynge
Pepyn
Orson
hathe
done
his
deuoyr
and
that
whyche
he
ought
to
do
.
And
you
Haufray
&
Henry
ful
of
enuye
and
cursed
malyce
/
ye
be
to
blame
.
I
se
and
know
clerelye
that
wythall
your
puyssaunce
ye
seke
from
daye
to
daye
to
noye
Ualentyne
.
ye
be
wel
of
an
euill
nature
to
purchase
his
euyl
whan
you
se
that
I
loue
hym
and
that
he
serueth
me
truelye
.
I
defende
you
to
wyll
hym
ony
hurt
,
wherefore
let
hym
alone
.
For
I
wyll
not
for
goo
hym
for
none
other
.
And
I
am
wel
certayne
that
he
wolde
neuer
thynke
nor
serch
my
dyshonoure
.
Euen
so
departed
Haufray
and
Henry
that
were
much
soroweful
and
displeasaunt
.
And
Ualentine
abode
at
that
houre
in
the
hal
with
all
the
other
lordes
and
barons
of
the
court
.
And
Orson
wente
thorowe
the
palays
here
and
there
.
At
the
laste
he
entred
in
to
the
kechyn
,
and
sawe
the
meet
that
the
coke
made
redy
for
souper
,
soo
he
approched
nere
hym
and
toke
two
capons
all
rawe
and
ete
them
as
a
dogge
.
Whan
the
coke
sawe
that
,
he
toke
a
pestel
and
gaue
Orson
soo
grete
a
stroke
that
he
made
hym
for
to
bowe
.
Than
Orson
stouped
downe
and
toke
the
coke
and
threwe
hym
downe
in
the
place
,
and
gaue
hym
so
many
strokes
that
he
had
almoost
slayne
hym
.
The
tydynges
came
vnto
kynge
Pepyn
that
orson
doewe
the
coke
,
and
that
none
durste
approche
▪
nere
hym
.
Wherat
the
kynge
was
angry
,
and
made
Orson
to
be
brought
before
hym
,
and
made
hym
sygnes
that
he
wolde
make
hym
be
hanged
.
But
Orson
wente
anone
and
fetched
the
pestell
,
and
shewed
the
kynge
howe
the
coke
had
smyten
hym
.
And
whan
the
kynge
vnder
stode
the
case
,
he
pardoned
orson
entyerly
,
&
commaunded
that
none
s●
,
olde
touche
hym
ony
more
.
And
valentyne
shewed
hym
the
guyse
and
manere
how
he
sholde
behaue
hym
in
the
palays
for
the
tyme
to
come
,
and
toke
totally
the
charge
of
hym
.
And
he
taught
hym
so
well
that
he
dyde
neuer
after
euyll
nor
dyspleasure
,
but
yf
that
they
began
fyrste
.
And
in
this
maner
they
abode
longe
with
the
noble
kynge
Pepin
that
was
bothe
theyr
vn●●es
.
But
they
knewe
it
not
.
¶
How
the
duke
Sauary
sente
towarde
the
kynge
Pepyn
for
to
haue
socoure
agaynst
the
grene
knyght
,
that
by
force
wolde
haue
hadde
his
doughter
Fezonne
vnto
wyfe
and
spouse
.
Capitulo
.
xvi
.
VAlentyne
and
Orson
were
at
that
same
tyme
in
the
kynges
courte
whan
that
from
the
duke
Sauary
there
came
aknyght
vnto
the
kynge
Pepyn
,
the
whiche
after
all
due
reuerence
spake
vnto
hym
in
this
maner
.
Free
kynge
,
and
of
almoost
redoubted
,
the
good
duke
Sauary
to
whom
I
am
seruaunt
hathe
sente
me
hether
to
you
,
requiringe
you
for
to
socoure
hym
agaynst
a
fals
and
a
cursed
painym
that
hathe
assyeged
hym
,
and
he
nameth
hym self
the
grene
knyght
,
the
whiche
wyll
haue
his
doughter
by
force
of
armes
agaynst
his
wyll
,
the
whiche
is
as
fayre
as
can
be
founde
,
and
she
hath
thre
hardy
brederne
,
that
is
to
wyte
.
Garin
.
Anselme
.
And
Garyn
the
yongest
.
Mylordes
sayd
the
kynge
,
we
wyll
socoure
the
good
duke
Sauary
with
a
good
wyll
at
his
nede
with
all
your
puyssaunce
.
Syr
sayd
the
messenger
god
yelde
it
you
,
for
ye
shall
do
a
grete
almesse
,
and
I
thanke
you
thanke
you
a
hondred
tymes
on
my
maysters
behalfe
In
saynge
these
wordes
there
entred
another
messenger
in
to
the
palays
,
the
whiche
after
that
he
had
salued
the
kynge
as
he
ought
for
to
do
,
he
sayd
vnto
him
thus
Ryght
excellent
kynge
,
and
aboue
al
other
redoubted
▪
assemble
your
hoost
&
men
of
warre
in
all
the
haste
that
you
maye
,
and
sende
them
vnto
the
cyte
of
Lyon
.
For
there
is
comen
and
yssued
out
of
Almayne
moo
than
a
hondreth
thousande
fyghtyngemen
,
that
wyll
dystroy
your
realme
and
put
it
in
subgeceyon
whan
kynge
Pepyn
had
vnderstonden
these
tydynges
he
was
much
a
basshed
,
&
made
to
come
before
hym
the
Archebysshop
of
Reyns
,
and
the
duke
Myllon
dangler
▪
Geruais
and
Sampson
.
And
after
he
tolde
them
the
wordes
of
the
messenger
,
and
demaunded
them
counsayll
yf
that
he
sholde
go
towarde
Acquytaine
for
to
socoure
the
good
duke
Sauary
▪
or
towarde
Lyon
to
defende
his
countre
To
the
whiche
thynge
answered
Myllon
dangler
.
Syr
vpon
this
mater
you
must
be
counsaylled
,
for
your
shyrte
is
more
nerer
your
body
than
your
gowne
,
yo●
oughte
not
for
to
defende
the
countree
of
another
,
and
lette
your
owne
be
dystroyed
.
Wherfore
without
takynge
ony●ore
counsayl
you
shal
go
towarde
Lyon
for
to
kepe
and
defende
your
countree
.
And
whan
you
haue
chaced
your
enemyes
,
and
casten
them
out
of
your
countree
than
maye
ye
go
sureli
and
socoure
the
good
duke
Sauary
that
demaundeth
helpe
of
you
.
He
byleueth
his
counsayle
and
accepted
it
▪
and
after
sayd
vnto
the
messenger
of
the
good
duke
Sauary
,
that
at
that
tyme
he
myght
not
socoure
his
mayster
,
for
it
behoued
hym
to
lede
his
hoost
toward
Lyon
.
But
tell
your
lorde
that
he
kepe
hym
wel
tyll
that
I
haue
done
here
,
&
that
than
I
shal
so
coure
hym
with
so
grete
a
nombre
of
folke
that
he
shal
be
contente
.
Syr
sayd
the
messenger
to
euyll
it
happeneth
hym
that
you
maye
not
come
nowe
,
for
he
hathe
gretenede
.
But
syth
that
it
can
not
be
none
otherwyse
I
thanke
you
for
your
god
wyll
.
And
with
the
leue
of
your
hyghe
maieste
I
wyll
departe
from
you
.
At
these
wordes
the
messenger
of
the
duke
Sauary
retorned
in
to
Acquytayne
and
tolde
the
tydynges
and
the
lettyng
of
the
kynge
Pepyn
.
And
whan
the
duke
Sauary
vnderstode
that
he
might
haue
no
socoure
of
the
kynge
Pepyn
,
he
was
moche
sorowful
.
For
the
grene
knyght
made
hym
grete
warre
,
&
had
assyeged
hym
to
nere
.
And
you
ought
for
to
knowe
that
this
same
grene
knyghte
was
broder
vnto
Ferragus
the
gyaunt
,
that
kepte
the
lady
Bellyssant
in
his
castell
,
the
whiche
was
Ualentines
moder
,
and
the
wylde
Orsons
,
as
you
haue
herde
declared
before
.
¶
Now
is
the
duke
Sauary
within
Acquitayne
right
pensyf
and
sorowfull
for
the
grene
knyghte
that
made
hym
suche
warre
for
his
doughter
.
He
made
to
be
cryed
and
commaunded
that
all
they
of
his
hoost
sholde
be
in
harneys
as
vnto
suche
a
case
apperteyned
.
And
that
on
the
morowe
in
mornynge
he
wolde
yssue
out
vpon
the
grene
knyght
for
to
fyght
with
him
Euery
body
put
himselfe
in
poynt
and
dyde
theyr
dylygence
for
to
arme
them
.
And
whan
the
daye
was
clere
the
trompettes
and
clarons
dyde
so
wne
,
and
than
the
men
of
armes
on
euery
syde
as
well
on
horsbacke
as
on
fote
put
hem
vpon
the
waye
to
yssue
oute
of
the
cyte
Grete
haste
had
the
duke
Sauary
to
assayll
the
grene
knyght
.
But
suche
weneth
to
auaunce
hymself
that
oftentymes
do
the
his
owne
dommage
.
And
so
it
happened
vnto
the
duke
as
you
shal
here
.
The
duke
Sauary
yssued
out
of
Acquytaine
with
a
great
company
.
And
whan
he
was
vpon
the
feld
he
made
to
sown
his
trompettes
and
clarons
as
a
valyaunt
champyon
for
to
assayll
his
enemyes
,
and
smote
in
amongest
theym
.
The
sarazyns
and
painims
that
were
in
grete
nombre
,
did
rynne
vnto
armes
,
and
than
began
a
meruayllous
and
a
fyerse
batayll
.
And
the
grene
knyght
sinote
wyth
his
axe
of
armes
myghtye
strokes
,
for
at
his
fyrste
entre
he
slewe
two
knyghtes
.
Than
the
Duke
Sauary
drewe
to
ward
hym
/
and
they
assaylled
ech
other
ryght
fiersely
,
for
the
good
duke
was
much
valyaunt
.
But
not
for
that
▪
he
did
to
grete
a
foly
when
he
enterprised
to
fight
with
the
grene
knyght
/
for
the
predestynacyon
of
hym
was
suche
that
he
shuld
neuer
be
conquered
,
nor
vamquysshed
but
of
a
man
that
shoulde
be
a
kynges
sonne
and
that
had
neuer
bene
nourysshed
of
womanne
,
nor
souked
theyr
brestes
.
So
he
thought
that
suche
a
man
myght
neuer
be
founden
.
But
such
a
child
is
vpon
the
earth
that
shal
fyght
wyth
hym
and
vaynquyssh
hym
that
is
Orson
the
sauage
as
you
shal
here
afterwarde
The
duke
Sauary
and
the
grene
knight
fought
longe
togyder
.
But
the
good
duke
Sauary
entred
to
ferre
in
for
whan
he
wend
to
haue
withdrawn
him
to
his
hoste
he
was
enclosed
wyth
painyms
and
sarazyns
,
that
toke
hym
prysoner
and
led
hym
vnto
the
grene
knighte
,
the
whiche
was
so
ryght
gladde
of
hym
,
that
he
wolde
not
haue
let
him
go
for
no
treasure
.
And
the
good
duke
Sauery
reclaymed
God
and
the
virgin
Marye
in
hys
herte
.
Whan
the
chrystan
men
knew
that
the
duke
was
taken
,
they
retorned
into
Acquitayne
heuy
and
sorowfull
.
Than
began
the
people
for
to
make
greate
dole
&
sorowe
in
the
cytie
of
Acquytayne
/
wepynge
bytterlye
for
theyr
good
Duke
that
they
loued
so
muche
.
There
was
his
thre
sones
.
Garyn
▪
Anseline
▪
and
Garyn
the
yongest
,
that
made
grete
dole
for
theyr
fader
.
But
aboue
al
other
the
sorowe
and
lamentacions
of
Fezonne
passed
the
which
teared
her
here
that
was
shining
as
the
golde
,
and
wepte
full
bytterly
with
her
pleasaunt
eyen
and
sayd
.
Alas
in
an
euyl
houre
was
I
borne
,
whan
that
so
many
noble
knyghtes
and
vassalles
must
suffre
so
hydeous
deathes
,
and
pyteous
lamentacyons
for
me
.
And
yet
there
is
a
thyng
in
my
hert
that
greueth
m●
muche
more
,
that
is
for
the
good
Duke
my
father
,
that
is
in
the
handes
of
hys
mortal
ennemyes
for
my
sake
,
where
as
it
behoueth
hym
for
to
fynyshe
his
dayes
in
sorowe
and
dystresse
.
Alas
my
ryght
dere
fader
to
muche
haue
you
loued
me
,
whan
that
my
loue
is
sold
you
so
derely
that
you
must
suffre
death
therfore
.
Thus
complained
Fezonne
full
soore
wepyng
,
the
which
had
the
wil
and
courage
to
haue
slayne
her self
,
but
the
ladies
letted
her
And
the
grene
knyght
in
hys
pauyllyon
that
made
the
good
duke
to
be
brought
before
him
,
&
sayde
vnto
hym
ryght
fyersly
.
Now
seest
thou
that
thou
art
in
my
subgeccyon
at
this
tyme
and
that
I
haue
puysaunce
for
to
saue
the
or
spyll
the.
I
shall
tell
the
what
thou
shalte
do
gyue
me
thy
doughter
Fezonne
vnto
wife
,
and
in
thys
doynge
thy
lyfe
shal
be
saued
,
and
I
shal
leade
her
into
thy
greane
mountayne
where
as
I
shal
make
her
to
be
rychely
crowned
.
Sarazin
said
the
Duke
I
shal
tel
the
my
wyl
.
Know
that
thou
shalt
neuer
haue
my
Doughter
if
that
thou
make
the
not
be
Baptyzed
,
and
byleue
in
Jhesu
Christ
.
Sauary
sayd
the
greane
knighte
neuer
speke
vnto
me
of
suche
a
thynge
/
for
neuer
the
dayes
of
my
life
wyl
I
byleue
in
thy
god
.
And
yet
I
tel
the
more
that
and
thou
wil
not
beleue
my
counsall
I
shal
make
the
dye
and
fynysshe
thy
dayes
vyllaynouslye
.
And
yet
I
tel
the
that
I
shal
make
Acquitaine
to
be
brente
/
and
to
be
putte
to
execucyon
.
And
all
menne
and
womenne
and
chyldren
lytle
and
great
I
shall
make
suffer
deathe
Paynym
sayde
the
Duke
Sauary
god
of
his
inestimable
grace
kepe
me
from
thy
furour
and
great
cruelnesse
for
in
hym
is
all
my
trust
,
and
in
hym
is
onely
my
conforte
.
For
longe
were
they
speakyng
of
this
mater
,
bothe
the
grene
knyght
and
the
Duke
Sauary
,
that
in
reclaymynge
god
syghed
full
tenderlye
.
And
the
greane
knyght
beheld
hym
.
And
whan
he
saw
the
great
lamentacyons
that
hee
made
▪
and
the
pyteous
teares
that
hee
wept
he
sayd
vnto
him
,
Free
duke
,
leue
thy
wepyng
,
for
I
am
so
esprysed
with
the
loue
of
thy
doughter
.
and
so
ardauntly
enbraced
,
that
for
the
loue
of
her
I
haue
no
talent
nor
courage
for
to
put
the
vnto
deth
,
but
am
to
tally
delibered
for
to
let
the
go
vnder
this
condicion
that
thou
shalt
finde
me
a
knight
wythin
thys
syxe
monethes
that
by
strength
of
armes
maye
wyn
thy
doughter
agaynst
me
,
and
thou
do
I
shall
retorne
home
into
my
countre
agayne
wythal
myne
host
,
wythout
was
tynge
or
destroyinge
of
the
lande
.
And
yf
it
happen
so
that
I
be
not
conquered
&
ouer
comen
within
the
sayd
terame
I
shal
haue
thy
Doughter
vnto
wyfe
,
and
leade
her
into
my
countre
without
makyng
ony
other
warre
And
the
Duke
accorded
thereto
.
And
than
the
trewes
was
cryed
for
the
space
of
syxe
monethes
.
¶
After
that
the
crye
was
made
,
the
grene
knyght
gaue
the
duke
sauary
lycence
for
to
go
,
and
made
hym
for
to
swere
that
he
shuld
hold
the
sayde
couenaunt
truely
.
Thus
the
appoyntment
was
made
bytwene
theim
twayne
for
euer
.
And
after
came
in
to
Acquytayne
&
made
it
to
be
knowen
and
publysshed
al
aboute
the
forme
of
the
appointemen
.
And
whan
he
had
made
the
trewes
for
syxe
monethes
to
be
cryed
.
He
sente
for
his
counsayll
&
declared
vnto
them
the
maner
how
he
had
done
with
the
grene
knyght
.
So
they
aduysed
and
concluded
amongest
them
the
the
duke
sholde
sende
messengers
in
euery
countree
there
aboute
,
for
to
serche
and
enquyre
yf
there
were
ony
knyght
that
wold
fyght
with
the
grene
knyght
for
the
fayre
lady
Fezonne
.
¶
And
after
they
sente
out
messengers
vnto
all
the
crysten
realmes
,
and
gaue
vnto
them
letters
,
wherin
was
contayned
the
beaute
of
his
doughter
,
and
the
enterpryse
of
the
grene
knyghte
.
¶
And
the
duke
sayd
in
his
letters
that
he
the
whiche
myght
conquere
the
grene
knyght
,
sholde
haue
his
doughter
in
maryage
.
The
letters
were
gyuen
vnto
twelue
messengers
that
had
the
charge
for
to
bere
them
vnto
twelue
crysten
realmes
,
and
there
to
publysshe
and
manyfeste
the
forsayd
tydynges
.
¶
How
dyuers
knyghtes
came
in
to
Acquytayne
,
for
to
wynne
the
fayre
lady
Fezonne
.
Capitulo
.
xvii
.
IN
that
same
tyme
durynge
the
trewes
kyng
Pepin
was
gone
against
his
enemies
towarde
Lion
,
acompanyed
with
thre
score
thousande
men
.
He
dyde
so
moche
that
he
chaced
and
put
to
flyght
a
kynge
named
Lampatris
the
whiche
kynge
had
a
grete
hoost
.
This
Lampatris
was
kynge
of
the
S●ynes
,
of
Hollande
,
and
Fryse
.
And
with
this
he
helde
the
countree
of
Monemarche
,
in
the
whiche
was
a
stronge
cyte
,
where
as
they
with
drowe
them
for
fere
of
the
kynge
Pepyn
.
And
whan
they
were
all
entred
in
to
the
sayd
cyre
,
kynge
Pepyn
assyeged
theym
in
suche
maner
that
he
famysshed
them
.
And
he
oppressed
them
so
that
they
yelded
them
vnto
his
grace
whan
he
had
taken
the
cyte
,
he
made
the
paynyms
to
be
crystened
,
&
byleue
in
Jhesu
cryste
.
And
gaue
the
cyte
vnto
the
Marshal
of
Fraunce
that
was
called
Guy
.
¶
After
all
these
thinges
kynge
Pepyn
retorned
in
to
Fraunce
with
all
his
hoost
,
and
a
yued
at
Parys
,
and
hadde
tydynges
anone
of
the
duke
Sauary
howe
he
had
taken
trewes
with
the
grene
knyght
.
And
whan
he
knewe
the
maner
how
they
were
appoynted
.
He
said
before
al
his
barons
laughynge
.
who
that
wolde
haue
a
fa●●●l●ue
,
it
is
tyme
that
he
shewe
hymselfe
valyaunt
,
for
he
that
mayeconquere
the
grene
knyght
by
dedes
of
armes
,
he
shall
haue
in
maryage
the
fayre
Fezoune
,
doughter
vnto
the
duke
Sauary
.
And
yet
he
shall
haue
with
her
halfe
his
londes
and
possessyon
,
and
that
it
is
true
lo
here
the
lettres
,
holde
and
rede
the
contenue
of
the
same
.
Euery
body
behelde
these
letters
gladly
,
but
there
was
none
so
hardy
nor
so
valyaunt
that
durste
vndertake
the
enter
pryse
saue
Ualentine
that
sayd
before
them
all
vnto
the
kynge
Pepyn
▪
Ryght
dere
syr
yf
it
please
your
maieste
for
to
gyue
me
leue
,
and
lycence
for
to
preue
my
strengthe
in
Acquytayne
against
the
grene
knight
.
I
shal
go
gladly
.
Syr
gyue
me
leue
to
go
oute
of
Fraunce
,
for
I
haue
grete
desyre
for
to
leue
the
countree
.
And
I
shall
ryde
so
moche
that
I
shal
neuer
reste
vnto
the
tyme
that
I
haue
founde
my
moder
that
bare
me
.
For
it
greueth
me
full
sore
that
I
haue
ben
so
longe
without
knowynge
what
I
am
▪
Ualentyne
sayd
the
kynge
care
you
not
what
you
be
.
For
I
am
puyssaunte
ynoughe
for
to
gyue
the
goodes
largely
,
and
mounte
the
in
honoure
,
and
all
them
of
my
courte
.
And
I
shall
holde
you
also
dere
as
yf
you
were
of
min
owne
bloode
.
Syr
sayd
Ualentine
for
god
pardon
me
,
for
it
hathe
ben
my
wyll
longe
.
Whan
kynge
Pepyn
sawe
that
Ualentyne
was
totally
delybered
for
to
go
in
to
Acquitaine
he
gaue
hym
leue
by
this
couenaunt
that
he
sholde
retorne
vnto
hym
agayne
also
soone
as
he
hadde
foughten
with
the
grene
knyght
,
yf
god
gaue
him
lyfe
and
hele
.
And
valentyne
promysed
hym
.
In
departynge
he
toke
leue
for
to
go
in
to
Acquitayne
.
Than
Eglantyne
was
more
sorowfuller
than
euer
she
was
before
,
&
more
replete
with
bytter
teres
.
She
sente
for
valentyne
that
came
vnto
her
anone
.
And
than
she
sayd
vnto
hym
wepynge
full
tenderely
.
I
se
well
that
of
you
I
shall
neuer
haue
Ioye
nor
consolacion
and
that
you
haue
entencion
for
to
leue
the
countrey
of
Fraunce
.
Alas
nowe
pleased
it
God
that
it
were
myne
honoure
for
to
goo
with
you
,
for
euen
soo
God
helpe
me
if
euer
I
would
haue
other
husbande
but
you
.
But
sythe
that
it
is
so
that
I
cannot
be
maistet
after
my
will
,
and
that
my
lyberall
arbytre
is
kepte
by
other
puyssaunce
and
that
it
is
force
that
the
body
abyde
behynde
,
my
harte
and
my
wil
shal
be
with
you
for
euer
without
any
other
intencion
saue
of
true
loue
and
iust
without
villanye
I
shall
loue
you
.
And
to
the
ende
that
at
your
necessities
ye
maye
sucoute
your
indigence
when
tyme
is
,
lo
here
the
keye
of
my
treasure
that
I
presente
vnto
you
,
take
golde
and
siluer
at
your
owne
pleasure
,
for
there
is
ynough
.
My
lady
sayde
valentyne
,
of
gold
and
syluer
I
haue
no
kept
,
but
it
greueth
me
full
sore
that
I
can
not
wyte
what
I
am
.
And
knowe
that
of
one
thynge
I
am
muche
abasshed
,
that
is
that
I
bere
a
crosse
vpon
my
shoulde●
,
the
whiche
is
also
yelowe
as
the
fyne
golde
.
I
can
not
tell
from
whence
cometh
to
me
suche
a
sygne
,
wherfore
I
am
purposed
neuer
for
to
reste
vnto
the
time
that
I
haue
knowledge
of
my
natiuitie
.
I
bydde
you
fare
well
my
lady
and
wepe
n●
more
for
me
.
For
by
the
fayth
of
my
body
if
God
will
that
I
be
of
a
place
come
that
is
any
thyng
worth
or
of
valoure
of
ex●●action
for
to
haue
you
.
I
shall
neuer
haue
to
spouse
nor
wyfe
other
than
you
.
And
also
my
tyght
deare
Lady
if
I
fynde
that
I
am
not
worthy
for
to
haue
you
vnto
wyfe
by
lacke
of
hyghnes
of
lynnage
,
I
would
not
be
your
husbande
in
no
maner
of
wyse
for
in
the
time
to
come
the
cursed
and
malicious
men
woulde
saye
,
where
is
all
the
brethren
and
sistren
,
and
cosynes
of
this
vnhappye
renegate
,
that
hathe
abused
the
kyng
Pepyn
so
much
that
he
hath
geuen
him
his
doughter
vnto
wyfe
and
spouse
.
And
therfore
I
desyre
●aboue
all
chinges
to
witte
of
what
estate
I
am
of
.
And
at
these
wordes
departed
Ualentyne
,
and
left
Eglantyne
in
her
chambre
wepyng
full
tenderly
,
and
then
he
began
to
consider
that
the
loue
of
a
woman
is
a
great
thyng
and
marueylous
.
For
he
sawe
well
that
,
and
if
it
pleased
him
Egiantine
king
Pepins
doughter
wold
go
with
hym
whether
someuer
he
woulde
,
but
the
witte
and
the
reason
that
was
in
him
,
domined
so
at
euery
reason
that
he
would
doo
no
vyllaynous
thynge
that
myght
tourne
him
to
reproche
and
dyshonoure
afterwarde
.
And
so
he
left
Eglantyne
and
put
hym
on
the
waye
.
And
when
it
came
to
the
departyng
he
was
conuayed
of
diuers
great
lordes
of
the
courte
.
Whe●fore
Haufray
and
Henty
were
right
gladde
and
ioyous
of
their
departynge
,
because
of
their
great
enuyes
that
of
long
tyme
had
remayned
in
them
,
yet
they
ymagyned
and
aduised
that
they
should
make
Ualentyne
to
be
taken
by
the
waye
and
orson
that
he
ledde
with
him
and
make
them
dye
and
fynysshe
their
dayes
shamefully
to
the
ende
that
he
myght
be
auenged
of
the
thing
that
they
desyred
most●
in
the
worlde
.
Howe
Hawftay
and
Henry
made
to
watche
Ualentyne
and
Orson
vpon
the
waye
,
for
to
make
them
dye
.
¶
Cap.
xviii
.
AS
Ualentyne
&
Orson
were
departed
from
the
courte
of
kyng
Pepyn
for
too
go
in
to
Acquytayne
,
enuy
deceiuable
,
and
cursed
treason
entred
more
then
before
in
to
the
hartes
and
courages
of
the
two
false
and
cursed
traytouts
the
kynges
sonnes
Haufray
&
Henry
,
in
suche
wise
that
for
to
come
vnto
their
false
enterpryse
they
spake
vnto
a
cosyn
germayn
of
theirs
,
&
so
muche
abused
him
that
it
was
aduised
amongest
them
th●●
xxx
.
men
puyssaunt
and
strong
shoulde
watche
theym
,
and
take
good
kepe
vnto
the
chylde
Ualentine
and
also
Orson
,
so
that
where
someuer
they
founde
them
▪
that
they
should
be
destroyed
and
put
vnto
death
.
After
this
counsaill
he
made
to
assemble
thirty
men
of
the
moste
redoubted
that
he
might
finde
.
And
after
he
sent
them
armed
and
made
them
go
in
to
a
forest
that
was
both
great
and
large
,
by
the
whiche
Ualentyne
and
Orson
shoulde
passe
.
God
it
was
not
longe
after
that
valentyne
and
Orson
that
ranne
on
foote
before
hym
more
faster
then
a
horse
entred
into
the
forest
.
Than
they
were
apperceyued
of
Grygar
and
his
●elowes
that
were
in
an
enbulshement
,
when
Grygar
sawe
valentyne
he
yssued
out
against
him
with
his
or●wen
sworde
in
his
hande
for
to
haue
slayne
valentyn
,
and
suche
a
strooke
he
gaue
vnto
the
noble
knyght
valentyne
,
that
he
cut
his
fleshe
through
his
harneis
and
made
the
bloud
to
yssue
out
,
and
after
said
vnto
him
.
Ualentine
here
must
you
dye
,
for
to
longe
haue
you
lyued
.
When
valentyne
saw
:
that
he
was
wounded
and
assayled
on
euery
syde
with
enemies
,
he
recommaunded
him
vnto
God
and
vnto
the
glorious
vyrgyn
Mary
,
and
after
saide
vntoo
them
.
My
lordes
you
haue
s●oren
my
death
,
and
I
see
well
nowe
that
with
wronge
and
withoute
cause
here
must
I
fynishe
my
dayes
,
but
and
it
please
god
to
dai●
I
shall
sell
you
my
death
so
dere
that
you
shall
not
retourne
all
together
in
hele
agayne
.
And
then
he
drewe
out
his
sworde
and
gaue
the
first
so
great
a
stroke
vpon
the
head
that
he
cloue
him
to
the
teeth
,
and
so
he
dyed
.
After
he
went
towarde
the
other
by
so
great
fiersnes
that
or
euer
he
stynte
he
slewe
foure
or
fiue
.
And
Orson
sterte
forche
as
halfe
aftayde
with
his
rough
handes
,
and
●ore
and
rent
all
them
that
he
founde
in
his
waye
,
soo
that
with
his
sharpe
nayles
he
pullee
them
in
peces
,
&
bote
and
strang●ed
them
with
his
teeth
.
He
threw
them
to
the
ground
one
vpon
another
,
and
after
passed
ouer
them
in
smiting
them
with
his
fete
muche
vylay●osly
.
Ualentyne
was
on
the
other
syde
that
helde
his
bloudy
sworde
in
his
hand●
,
defendyng
hym
so
valiauntly
that
none
durst
approche
nere
the
two
noble
brethren
.
And
when
Grygar
sawe
that
none
durste
approche
nere
them
he
was
muche
sorowfull
and
cryed
vnto
valentyne
saying
.
Ualentine
yelde
you
to
me
for
here
it
behoueth
you
to
dye
.
Then
the
chylde
valentyne
recommended
hym
vnto
God
,
besechyng
him
that
he
would
kepe
him
from
euill
and
sucoure
him
at
his
nede
.
And
after
he
went
to
warde
Grygar
and
began
batayll
with
him
againe
muche
fyerlly
.
Of
Grygar
and
his
men
it
is
a
pyteous
thing
to
recounte
,
for
they
had
longe
speeres
wherwith
,
they
kepte
Orson
of
:
and
anone
they
had
enclosed
valentyne
rounde
aboute
,
the
whiche
defended
hym
so
valiauntly
that
the
hardyest
of
them
all
durste
not
come
within
his
rea●he
,
for
them
that
he
hitte
the
throue
neuer
after
.
But
for
all
that
in
valentyne
and
Orson
were
great
prowesses
and
valiauntnes
corporal
not
for
that
by
the
great
nombre
of
the
other
the
which
were
thyrey
strong
and
puyssaunt
,
valentyne
myght
not
●esiste
,
for
they
preased
vpon
hym
soo
sore
that
he
myght
not
welde
his
sworde
,
and
then
they
toke
hym
and
bounde
hym
strayghtly
and
rode
away
with
hym
also
fast
as
they
might
.
when
Orson
sawe
that
the
which
had
newely
slayne
one
of
them
,
he
ranne
after
them
houlyng
right
hydeosly
,
but
nothyng
auailed
his
pursuite
for
they
rode
awaye
so
faste
that
Orson
hadde
loste
the
syght
of
them
anone
,
and
wyste
not
whether
to
goo
.
Then
Grygar
commaunded
them
for
to
pursue
Orson
and
that
they
should
take
hym
quycke
or
dead
,
but
for
nothyng
go
they
after
,
for
he
ranne
so
impe●ueusly
thorowe
the
forest
that
the
moste
hardiest
of
theim
durste
not
come
in
his
syght
,
&
so
Orson
escaped
fro
the
traytours
.
And
they
led
valentyne
to
a
castell
that
was
in
the
forest
,
whiche
a
these
kept
that
was
cosyn
to
Grygar
.
And
the
false
tray
tours
bare
al
their
buty●s
together
.
But
the
king
Pepin
knew
nothing
therof
,
for
he
wende
verely
that
there
had
bene
no
better
men
in
al
Fraunce
when
Ualentyne
was
entred
into
the
castell
they
toke
him
rudely
,
&
led
him
into
a
tower
obscure
and
darke
,
and
after
put
hym
in
a
profunde
dongeon
.
When
Ualentyne
was
closed
in
the
sayd
dongeon
,
he
began
for
to
wepe
right
pyteously
,
in
praying
and
reclaymynge
god
and
the
virgyn
Mary
that
they
woulde
geue
hym
grace
for
to
escape
from
that
place
.
Alas
sayd
Ualentyne
nowe
am
I
come
to
the
thynge
that
I
moste
doubted
.
That
is
for
to
were
into
the
handes
of
mine
enemies
and
of
them
that
desired
my
death
from
daye
to
daye
longe
agone
.
Wherfore
I
beseche
God
deuoutly
that
he
will
sucoure
me
in
this
great
daunger
.
Alas
good
king
Pepyn
neuer
the
daies
of
my
lyfe
shal
I
se
you
,
nor
of
my
death
you
shall
knowe
nothyng
.
For
in
this
pyt
obscure
and
foule
behoueth
me
to
fynisshe
my
dayes
.
Farewel
Orson
,
for
thou
hast
suffreth
death
for
my
loue
.
And
if
thou
loued
me
with
perfit●
loue
,
so
did
I
the
as
muche
,
and
more
than
if
thou
had
bene
my
propre
brother
.
Alas
my
swete
mother
that
I
haue
so
muche
desyred
for
to
se
,
I
shall
neuer
haue
knowledge
of
you
wherfore
my
poore
hart
sygheth
,
&
myne
eyen
melteth
in
teeres
,
aboue
all
the
moste
sorowfulness
,
when
it
behoueth
me
to
dye
without
knowing
what
I
am
,
but
sith
that
it
pleaseth
God
that
I
muste
dye
thus
I
thanke
hym
,
and
committe
my
soule
in
his
garde
.
In
this
maner
complayneth
Ualentyne
in
the
obscure
pyt
,
and
his
enemies
is
in
the
castell
that
amongest
them
holdeth
ple●e
what
they
shoulde
do
with
him
.
Than
some
of
them
sayde
.
Lordes
the
moste
expedient
that
is
,
is
to
make
Valentyne
dye
without
ony
other
deliberacion
Lordes
sayd
Grygar
to
that
thyng
I
am
not
consenting
but
am
of
the
oppynyon
that
we
shal
kepe
Valentine
in
prison
,
the
whiche
can
not
escape
vs
,
and
that
we
go
toward
Haufray
and
Henry
,
for
●o
tell
and
recount
vnto
them
this
dede
,
and
they
shal
geue
vs
counsayl
vpon
this
mater
.
To
this
counsail
the●
accorded
al
,
&
were
delybered
for
to
goo
vnto
Parys
,
where
as
king
Pepin
soiurned
at
that
present
time
.
Grigar
after
thys
counsayl
toke
his
way
towarde
Parys
.
And
Orson
was
within
the
wode
pyteously
ve
wept
,
that
al
that
nyght
had
rested
him
at
the
fote
of
a
tre
.
And
as
the
day
was
light
he
put
him
on
the
waye
,
&
thoughte
within
him selfe
that
he
wold
neuer
reast
tyll
that
he
had
done
the
kynge
to
wyte
of
that
treason
,
and
how
Valentine
was
taken
and
led
awaye
.
He
toke
the
hys
waye
and
ranne
faster
to
Parys
than
a
hors
,
but
grigar
the
traytour
was
soner
there
.
And
as
he
was
entred
into
the
palays
he
went
toward
haufray
&
henry
,
&
recounted
vnto
hym
how
Ualentyne
was
taken
and
enprysoned
,
wherof
he
was
ryghte
glad
,
but
it
dyspleased
hym
much
whan
it
was
told
hym
that
Orson
was
escaped
.
Not
withstondyng
he
recomforted
hym
in
that
,
that
Orson
coud
not
retorn
vnto
Paris
again
and
more
ouer
of
this
that
he
coud
not
speke
and
that
he
coude
not
reco●t
the
maner
of
the
enterprise
,
but
their
entencion
was
wel
torned
backward
for
Orson
abod
not
longe
whan
he
arryued
at
paris
.
And
at
the
same
daye
that
he
arryued
the
two
traytours
hadde
taken
counsayl
betwene
them
that
Grygar
sholde
retorne
vppon
the
morowe
vnto
the
castell
for
to
put
Valentyne
to
death
without
ony
remyssyon
.
In
a
good
hour
aryned
Orson
at
that
time
,
the
which
also
sone
as
he
was
in
the
palays
he
entred
into
the
great
hall
wheras
the
good
kynge
Pepyn
was
,
the
which
at
that
same
tyme
was
set
at
the
table
for
to
dyue
,
accompanied
with
dyuers
noble
knyghtes
and
barons
.
whan
kyng
Pepyn
saw
Orson
he
wende
verely
that
Valentyne
had
ben
recorned
.
Orson
went
thorow
the
haile
pyteously
trying
and
beting
his
breast
,
for
the
whiche
thinge
the
kynge
and
al
the
other
beheld
him
sore
.
And
whan
Or
son
sawe
the
knightes
set
at
table
hee
behelde
thei●
muche
horriblye
in
makyng
hydeous
signes
.
Than
he
aduised
and
knew
Grigar
amongst
the
other
that
he●●
his
heed
inclyned
downe
to
warde
the
tabell
,
for
feare
that
he
shuld
be
espyed
.
❧
whan
Orson
sawe
him
he
ran
thederwarde
and
gaue
him
soo
greate
a
stroke
that
he
smote
one
of
his
●res
away
.
And
after
he
smote
him
agayne
vpon
the
vysage
so
mightely
that
he
broke
his
teth
and
put
out
one
of
his
eyen
,
wherfore
Grygar
began
for
to
crye
so
hye
that
all
they
in
the
hal
ap●●●ceyueo
the
noyse
and
debate
.
And
Orson
retorned
againe
and
gaue
hym
so
sore
a
strooke
that
he
felled
hym
,
and
caste
downe
the
table
and
al
that
was
vpon●●
,
wherat
all
the
company
me●ualled
,
and
were
much
stronglye
troubled
.
And
Grigar
had
ben
slayne
therby
orson
the
sauage
yf
▪
a
valyaunt
prince
had
not
taken
him
from
hym
,
and
sayde
al
on
hye
.
Alas
syr
kynge
se
and
consyder
the
pyteous
case
in
which
orson
the
sauage
hathe
put
this
good
knight
,
for
god
syr
make
that
his
life
be
taken
from
him
,
for
it
is
to
peryllous
a
thing
to
kepe
such
a
man
,
Lordes
sayd
the
king
we
must
taste
auisemente
on
this
mater
.
Make
him
come
heather
and
we
shal
know
what
is
his
entencyon
&
wherfor
he
did
it
and
the
cause
of
his
debate
.
Orson
was
brought
before
the
kynge
.
Than
the
kinge
demaunded
him
wherfore
he
had
done
so
great
outrage
before
his
maiestie
.
And
Orson
made
him
signe
that
he
had
slayne
&
murdred
Valentyne
in
the
forest
.
And
after
he
went
shewyng
meruaylous
sygnes
that
he
wolde
fyght
wyth
Grigar
for
that
thynge
by
the
lawe
of
champion
,
&
make
hym
confesse
his
cursed
enterpryse
and
dampnable
treason
After
he
toke
his
hode
and
kest
it
by
great
fyernes
vnto
Grigar
in
maner
of
wage
&
dyffyaunce
▪
And
whan
kinge
Pepyn
sawe
that
he
called
his
lordes
and
the
other
barons
of
the
courte
and
sayd
to
them
al
on
hie
,
Lordes
nowe
haue
you
sene
how
this
wilde
man
hath
casten
his
gage
of
batayle
before
vs
al
vnto
Grigar
,
&
how
he
wyl
fight
with
him
.
Wherfore
tell
me
all
your
oppinions
vpon
this
mater
,
and
what
is
for
to
be
done
in
this
case
,
for
muche
I
meruayle
me
in
my
hearte
of
this
that
Orson
the
sauage
amongest
al
the
knightes
elles
of
my
courte
hathe
▪
smyten
Grygar
so
furiouslye
Lordes
saye
on
your
oppynyons
,
for
I
doubte
me
to
muche
of
some
fal
shede
,
what
part
someuer
it
cometh
on
.
And
as
for
my
part
wythout
your
counsayl
or
delyberacyon
I
shall
be
of
the
oppynyon
that
the
bataile
were
iudged
betwene
them
both
.
Whan
the
kynge
had
spoken
in
thys
maner
the
barons
were
of
one
accord
and
oppynyon
that
Grygar
and
Orson
should
fyghte
for
thys
quarel
.
Than
the
batayle
was
ordeyned
.
And
kynge
Pepyn
made
Grygar
to
be
brought
before
hym
and
sayd
to
him
that
behoueth
him
to
fight
with
Orson
.
Whan
Grygar
knew
and
vnderstode
that
it
behoned
him
to
fight
with
Orson
,
he
was
ryght
sorowfull
and
not
wythout
a
cause
,
for
the
time
is
come
that
the
treason
that
hathe
ben
hydde
so
longe
,
shal
be
knowne
manifestly
before
eueri
body
.
Grigar
beheld
Haufray
withan
vnstedfast
semblaunce
&
afrayde
hearte
▪
than
Henry
called
him
and
sayd
▪
Grygar
haue
no
fere
of
nothynge
,
for
I
promyse
you
and
let
you
wytte
that
wee
shall
make
your
peas
toward
the
king
oure
father
,
in
such
wyse
that
your
persone
shal
haue
no
domage
nor
vyllany
in
no
maner
of
the
worlde
,
by
this
condycyon
that
you
shal
sweare
neuer
to
confesse
this
dede
what
someuer
come
vnto
you
.
Alas
sayde
Grygar
to
euyll
goth
my
cause
,
for
I
se
wel
that
I
must
suffre
dethe
for
your
sakes
.
And
whan
he
had
sayd
this
he
went
toward
the
king
saying
.
Syr
I
requyre
you
of
a
gift
that
is
that
of
your
grace
I
fyght
not
with
the
wilde
man
.
For
syr
you
know
wel
ynough
that
it
is
not
man
against
man
that
a
knyght
may
wynne
honoure
of
,
and
also
he
is
no
natural
man
,
but
is
vnreasonable
and
without
on●
spyce
of
mercye
.
Grygar
sayd
the
kynge
there
is
none
excusacyon
,
for
the
battayl
is
iudged
by
the
counsail
of
all
the
court
,
treason
condampneth
you
,
and
right
wil
that
it
be
so
.
Of
this
answer
was
Grigar
right
pensi●
&
dysconforted
.
Than
Haufray
sayd
vnto
hym
▪
haue
no
doubte
,
for
yf
you
haue
good
ryght
god
shal
healpe
you
and
be
your
shelde
and
defence
in
this
quarel
.
And
as
for
my
part
I
shal
make
you
to
be
armed
wel
and
sufficiently
as
it
apperteyneth
vnto
such
a
case
.
And
whan
Orson
vnderstode
that
he
shuld
fyght
he
made
grete
Joye
.
Many
grete
signes
made
Orson
vnto
the
kyng
that
Ualentine
was
deed
and
destroyed
.
Of
the
whiche
signes
king
Pepin
meruayled
sore
.
Euer
was
Orson
redy
for
to
smyte
Grygar
the
fals
traytour
,
but
the
king
Pepin
made
him
to
be
taken
,
and
to
bee
kepte
in
his
presence
,
in
making
him
signes
that
he
shoulde
smyte
hym
no
more
vntyl
the
time
that
he
wer
in
the
felde
.
After
he
sayd
vnto
Grigar
,
go
and
arm
you
,
and
thynke
for
to
defend
your
quarel
wel
.
Ha
syr
sayd
Grigar
I
haue
serued
you
longe
time
,
&
withall
my
puissaunce
haue
enforced
me
for
to
obey
you
in
al
thinges
as
wel
in
batayl
as
wythoute
,
but
euyll
rewarde
you
yelde
me
,
whan
that
you
wyll
make
me
fyght
agaynst
this
wylde
man
that
hathe
neyther
wytte
nor
reason
.
Grygar
sayd
kyng
Pepyn
if
you
haue
good
right
you
ought
not
to
be
dysmayed
of
nothynge
,
for
I
promyse
you
that
you
shal
be
wel
armed
,
and
Orson
shal
be
put
into
the
felde
al
naked
and
without
armour
.
You
shall
be
on
horsback
,
and
he
shal
be
on
fote
without
bering
ony
wepen
,
wherby
you
shal
haue
no
cause
for
recule
a
backe
from
defendyng
of
your
ryghte
.
I
can
not
tell
how
it
shal
befal
you
,
but
you
shewe
wel
the
semblaunt
that
there
is
somwhat
to
say
in
you
,
do
your
deuoyre
and
defend
your
ryght
,
for
you
shall
haue
none
other
thynge
of
me
,
the
cause
is
consumed
,
and
the
conclusy
on
made
and
taken
of
my
counsayll
.
¶
How
Orson
and
Grigar
fought
togyder
before
kinge
Pepyn
and
how
Orson
vaynquyshed
him
,
&
made
him
confesse
the
treason
openly
and
after
was
hanged
And
how
Valentine
was
delyuered
.
Ca.
xix
.
AFter
that
Grygar
had
made
dyuers
excusscyons
and
apposycyons
that
he
sholde
not
fyght
wyth
Orson
and
that
it
was
delybered
by
the
counsail
to
fight
▪
the
kinge
commaū●ed
to
make
the
feld
afore
his
palais
.
And
when
he
was
ready
Orson
that
was
abidyng
e●●ered
in
for
to
abyde
Grygar
that
was
armed
by
Haufray
&
Henry
,
the
which
armed
him
also
well
as
they
could
And
when
he
was
armed
he
tooke
his
leue
of
them
,
in
saying
.
Lordes
I
go
dye
for
you
.
Euill
was
the
daye
for
me
when
I
enterprysed
suche
a
thyug
.
Holde
your
peace
sayd
Henry
and
take
no
thought
,
for
I
haue
promysed
you
to
make
your
peace
to
wathe
my
father
the
whiche
I
will
holde
,
so
that
and
you
be
vanquished
by
Orson
,
your
body
shall
haue
no
harme
.
And
if
that
he
would
domage
you
in
any
maner
,
there
should
rather
dye
an
hundred
thousande
men
then
we
should
faile
on
out
syde
,
be
euer
secrete
and
knowledge
neuer
nothyng
of
the
deede
that
is
done
,
nor
of
the
enterpryse
.
Grygar
was
armed
and
mounted
on
horsebacke
,
and
so
he
rode
towarde
the
fielde
that
was
ordeined
before
the
palais
.
And
when
the
houre
was
come
that
they
should
fight
,
the
kyng
came
to
the
wyndowes
for
to
beholde
the
batayle
.
When
al
the
court
was
assembled
and
the
iudges
ordayned
for
to
iudge
the
bataill
,
it
was
commaunded
to
both
the
parties
that
they
shoulde
do
their
deuoyre
.
Than
Grygar
entred
into
the
fielde
with
muche
pryde
mounted
at
auauntage
,
wherfore
it
befell
hym
euill
at
the
ende
.
He
sporred
his
horse
and
drewe
towarde
Orson
saying
.
Rybaude
thou
hast
done
me
to
great
outrage
whan
thou
put
out
one
of
min
eien
through
thy
cruelnes
,
but
I
shall
shewe
the
that
with
wronge
and
without
cause
thou
haste
assayled
me
.
¶
And
when
Orson
sawe
him
come
,
he
vnderstode
hym
well
,
and
stratched
forth
his
armes
,
and
she
wed
his
nayles
and
his
teeth
,
grennyng
full
hugely
.
Then
Grygar
couched
his
spere
and
ranne
towarde
Orson
.
When
Orson
sawe
the
spere
come
he
gaue
a
lepe
backward
.
And
Grygar
that
had
fayled
of
his
stroke
fixed
his
speere
in
the
fielde
.
Whan
Orson
sawe
that
he
retourned
to
him
and
tooke
the
spere
,
and
when
that
Orson
hadde
the
spere
in
his
hande
,
he
gaue
hym
so
great
a
stroke
that
he
loste
witte
and
understanding
in
such
wyse
that
he
wist
not
where
he
was
.
When
Grygar
was
smyten
he
sporred
horse
and
fledde
about
the
fielde
,
and
Orson
ranne
after
makyng
a
grymly
countenaunce
,
and
shewyng
the
kyng
that
he
woulde
yelde
hym
matte
anone
.
And
when
Grygar
apperceyued
the
great
daunger
that
he
was
in
,
he
sayde
within
himselfe
.
A
Haufray
I
muste
dye
for
you
.
I
had
well
sayde
it
euyll
is
the
thing
begon
and
euill
shal
it
finishe
.
In
this
maner
Grygar
could
not
wounde
Orson
in
no
wyse
.
And
when
Orson
sawe
this
he
●ast
the
spere
downe
and
after
came
against
Grygar
and
so
st●ait●he
kept
him
that
he
caught
his
horse
by
the
necke
and
he
made
him
turne
so
often
about
that
he
made
him
fall
,
but
when
he
felte
his
horse
fal
he
would
haue
lept
out
of
his
sadle
,
and
at
the
lepe
he
lost
his
shelde
,
for
it
fell
down
and
Orson
ranne
to
it
and
anone
put
it
vpon
hym
,
and
went
towarde
the
horse
and
mounted
vpon
hym
,
and
in
makyng
marueylous
sygnes
he
roode
after
Grygar
that
fled
about
in
the
fielde
.
To
se
the
countenaunce
of
Orson
euery
body
was
abasshed
.
And
the
kyng
Pepyn
amongest
the
other
was
muche
pensyfe
for
this
case
,
and
sayde
before
them
all
.
By
God
almi●hey
lordes
I
marueyle
me
muche
of
this
feate
,
and
I
can
tell
what
to
thynke
,
nor
to
what
ende
it
wil
come
but
whatsoeuer
it
be
,
or
what
may
happen
it
is
myne
opinion
that
there
is
treason
ryght
greate
somwhere
:
The
kyng
was
pensyfe
vpon
this
enterpryse
.
And
Orson
that
was
mounted
on
horsebacke
for
to
pursue
Grygar
descended
of
the
horse
and
wente
vnto
him
on
fote
,
and
he
gaue
suche
a
stroke
that
he
smote
him
down
to
the
grounde
,
and
after
he
lepte
vpon
him
and
tooke
his
sworde
and
his
dagger
from
him
,
after
he
gaue
him
so
mighty
a
stroke
that
he
smote
of
his
arme
and
hys
shoulder
.
And
then
he
gaue
hym
another
marueylous
stroke
in
the
body
so
that
he
cut
his
reynes
of
his
back
in
two
.
And
Grygar
escryed
soo
hye
that
euerye
body
herde
it
in
demaundyng
a
priest
for
to
be
confessed
of
his
synnes
and
to
haue
absolucion
of
them
.
And
when
the
gardes
of
the
fielde
vndrstode
hym
a
muche
notable
knyght
that
had
the
charge
went
to
ward
him
and
demaunded
hym
what
he
woulde
,
and
then
Grygar
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Syr
make
the
kyng
Pepyn
descende
,
for
I
will
before
all
the
worlde
tell
and
confesse
the
falsnes
and
treason
of
my
case
.
¶
Then
this
thyng
was
sygnifyed
to
the
kyng
Pepyn
all
clearely
what
he
had
sayde
.
¶
How
Grygar
after
that
he
was
ouercome
and
vanquyshed
by
Orson
confessed
before
the
king
▪
Pepyn
the
treason
that
Haufray
and
Henry
had
done
against
the
noble
Ualentyne
.
¶
Cap.
xx
.
WHen
Grygar
sawe
the
kynge
he
cryed
hym
mercye
.
And
recounted
vnto
him
howe
that
by
the
commaundement
of
Haufray
and
Henry
he
had
taken
Ualentyne
&
put
hym
in
pryson
tyll
lye
be
iudged
to
deathe
,
Whan
kynge
Pepyn
knew
the
trouth
of
the
mater
,
he
commaunded
to
hang
Grygar
.
Sith
he
mounted
on
horsbacke
for
to
go
vnto
the
pryson
that
valentyne
was
in
.
whan
Orson
vnberstode
that
the
kinge
wold
go
,
he
ranne
before
hym
makyng
grete
chere
to
hym
shewynge
hym
the
waye
.
And
the
kynge
sayd
often
.
Lordes
it
is
a
great
thyng
of
thys
wyld
man
that
loueth
Valentine
thus
,
&
know
that
his
manners
styreth
me
much
for
to
do
hym
some
good
.
The
kynge
loued
hym
moche
and
wel
he
oughte
to
do
so
,
for
he
was
his
propre
neuew
but
he
knew
it
not
.
Nor
yet
he
shal
not
knowe
it
tyll
that
by
Clerymonde
syster
vnto
the
gyaunre
Ferragus
it
be
shewed
.
For
that
same
Clerimonde
had
a
castell
wherin
was
a
heed
of
brasse
composed
by
Nygromancye
that
tolde
her
all
the
thynges
that
shuld
happen
her
in
the
time
to
come
,
and
also
the
whyche
was
passed
.
And
yet
this
same
heed
was
composed
of
suche
arte
that
it
shuld
neuer
finishe
tyl
that
the
moost
hardyest
knyght
of
the
world
entred
into
the
castell
,
for
than
it
shold
lease
the
speche
and
all
the
vertue
.
Now
there
shal
come
one
that
shal
make
it
finish
.
And
that
shall
be
Ualentyne
,
that
the
fayre
ladye
Cleremonde
that
take
,
for
the
whiche
he
shal
endure
and
suffre
great
peryls
&
daungers
,
as
you
shal
here
more
playnly
afterward
.
So
I
wyl
leaue
to
speake
of
thys
mater
and
wyll
retorne
vnto
kynge
Pepyn
that
goth
toward
the
forest
for
to
saue
Ualentyne
and
preserue
him
from
death
.
He
hath
done
so
muche
that
he
is
entred
in
to
the
forest
and
gothe
folowynge
Orson
that
ledde
hym
vnto
the
castell
.
But
whan
they
wer
comen
vnto
the
castel
the
porters
that
knewe
the
kyng
shytte
the
gates
incontynent
,
for
so
they
were
commaunded
of
them
within
the
castell
vpon
payne
of
their
liue
.
The●●
when
the
kyng
sawe
that
he
might
not
enter
in
to
the
castell
but
by
force
.
He
commaunded
his
men
that
the
place
should
be
assayled
.
So
it
was
not
long
after
that
the
dytches
were
fylled
with
wodde
.
And
after
they
ap
proched
nere
the
walles
and
entred
in
to
the
castell
by
force
of
armes
.
When
they
were
within
the
castell
they
toke
all
the
traytours
and
bounde
them
streighly
.
And
after
they
went
into
the
depe
prysons
where
as
Ualentyne
was
and
toke
him
out
and
brought
him
vnto
the
kyng
Pepyn
.
When
Ualentyne
sawe
the
kyng
he
●ett●
him
on
his
knees
and
thanked
him
for
his
payne
that
he
had
taken
for
to
delyuer
hym
out
of
his
aduersytie
.
Then
the
barons
toke
hym
makyng
hym
great
ioye
&
gladnes
.
And
tolde
him
the
case
how
it
went
,
and
how
Orson
hadde
fought
with
Grygar
for
hym
to
the
vt●taunce
.
And
when
Ualentyne
herde
these
tidynges
he
embrared
Orson
muche
swetely
,
&
he
hym
.
So
ye
nede
not
demaunde
if
the
Joye
was
greate
betwene
them
twayne
.
After
that
this
was
done
the
kyng
commaunded
that
the
traytours
should
be
lead
into
the
wodde
,
and
there
to
be
hanged
and
strangled
on
one
tree
with
out
any
remission
.
Then
kyng
Pepyn
spake
vnto
valentyne
and
sayde
.
Ualentyne
my
frende
sythe
that
god
hath
geuen
you
the
grace
to
be
thus
Joyously
escaped
from
the
handes
of
your
enemies
.
I
counsayl
you
that
you
retourne
agayne
with
me
.
Syr
sayde
valentyne
,
for
goddes
sake
pardon
me
,
for
I
shall
neuer
retourne
vnto
the
tyme
that
I
knowe
what
I
am
,
and
of
what
place
extraught
.
Wherfore
I
take
hehe
leue
of
you
as
he
that
woulde
serue
you
to
my
power
.
At
these
woordes
they
departed
.
Here
leue
I
to
speake
of
the
kynge
and
●●ll
speake
of
Ualentine
and
Orson
that
is
going
into
Acquitaine
for
to
fyght
with
the
grene
knyghte
that
feareth
no
man
,
for
as
I
have
tolde
you
before
he
shall
neuer
be
vanquysshed
but
of
a
kynges
sonne
that
neuer
had
souked
womans
breastes
.
Thus
goeth
Ualentine
and
Orson
together
toward
the
countrey
of
Acquitayne
.
All
the
worlde
ran
for
to
se
Orson
that
was
all
naked
and
rough
as
a
beer
.
Euery
body
did
laughe
at
him
but
he
set
not
therby
.
Then
Ualentine
made
for
to
make
him
a
●aceran
of
fyne
stele
,
which
was
of
such
a
fasion
that
it
had
a
hode
that
was
fastened
to
it
.
And
when
Orson
had
it
on
him
he
thought
him
much
wilde
and
would
haue
put
it
of
gladly
,
but
he
feared
Ualentyne
muche
,
for
all
that
he
commaunded
him
he
did
without
contradiction
.
When
Orson
was
clothed
in
the
●●ceran
of
stele
he
behelde
himselfe
strongly
,
and
kepte
a
proude
countenaunce
.
Now
it
happened
that
as
they
passed
vpon
their
waye
Ualentine
espied
a
right
faire
squyer
that
passed
therby
,
the
whiche
wepte
full
tenderly
.
When
Ualentyne
sawe
that
he
sayd
vnto
him
frend
what
ayled
you
for
to
wepe
,
haue
you
founde
any
euil
men
,
or
haue
you
feare
of
the
wylde
beastes
,
tell
me
for
I
shall
helpe
you
after
my
power
.
Alas
sayd
the
squier
of
all
this
I
haue
no
doubte
,
but
knowe
that
the
thyng
that
causeth
me
for
to
wepe
is
my
maister
that
I
haue
lost
,
the
whiche
was
the
moste
courteous
the
moste
amiable
,
and
the
moste
valiaunt
that
was
vpon
the
earth
.
Ualentyne
sayde
howe
haue
you
lost
him
.
¶
Syr
said
the
squyer
he
went
into
Acquitayne
for
to
fyght
with
the
grene
knight
,
for
to
haue
one
of
the
fayrest
ladyes
in
the
worlde
,
that
is
the
pleasaunt
lady
Fezonne
that
hath
her
harte
so
gracious
and
noble
,
but
there
shall
neuer
none
haue
her
if
the
grene
knyght
be
not
ouercome
in
cleane
batayle
.
Nowe
there
is
dyuers
valyaunte
knyghtes
dead
.
And
when
he
hath
conquered
them
he
maketh
them
to
be
hanged
on
a
tree
that
is
in
the
place
on
the
whiche
tree
is
hanged
dyuers
knyghtes
to
the
nombre
of
two
&
thyrty
.
He
taketh
no
mercy
of
none
he
is
so
truell
a
●elon
.
Holy
vyrgyn
Mary
sayd
Ualentyne
I
thynke
he
is
some
deuell
when
he
doeth
suche
thynges
but
and
it
please
Ihesus
I
shall
go
in
to
Acquytayne
,
and
shall
proue
my
body
against
hym
,
for
I
haue
hearde
so
muche
speakyng
of
the
fayre
lady
Fezoune
that
if
I
dye
not
shortly
I
shall
know
the
truth
.
Ha
syr
sayde
the
squyer
for
God
goo
not
thether
,
for
yf
you
fyght
with
him
you
shall
lese
your
payne
,
and
you
are
so
fayre
a
knyght
that
I
neuer
sawe
none
such
.
Lese
not
your
lyfe
for
to
fyght
with
that
deuill
,
for
I
haue
sene
hym
put
so
many
noble
men
vnto
death
that
I
haue
great
doubte
of
you
if
you
fyght
with
hym
.
Squyer
sayde
Ualentyne
in
to
Acquytayne
will
I
goo
,
and
of
the
grene
knight
I
shall
knowe
the
truthe
,
&
if
he
haue
euill
cause
agaynst
hym
wyll
I
fyght
,
but
if
I
may
I
wyll
speake
fyrst
with
the
fayre
lady
Fezonne
,
and
doo
after
her
counsayle
.
And
when
Orson
vnderstode
him
he
made
sygnes
vnto
Ualentyne
that
he
longed
for
to
fyght
with
the
grene
knyght
,
and
that
he
wold
loue
the
fayre
Fezonne
.
When
valentyne
vnderstoode
hym
for
great
ioye
he
laughed
.
Thus
go
the
two
brethren
walkyng
through
the
countrey
for
to
go
vnto
Acquytayne
So
they
haue
ryden
so
muche
that
they
are
aryued
besyde
the
tyrie
.
Ualentine
sawe
it
from
farre
for
it
stode
onhye
.
Then
he
called
an
olde
man
that
passed
by
and
demaunded
him
what
〈◊〉
it
was
that
he
sawe
before
hym
.
Syr
sayde
the
goodman
it
is
Acquitayne
.
Nowe
tell
me
saybe
valentyne
where
doth
the
grene
knyght
holde
hym
.
Syr
sayde
he
besyde
the
cytie
,
I
thynke
you
go
for
to
fyght
with
him
.
Yea
truly
saide
Ualentine
.
A
sir
you
vndertake
a
great
foly
,
for
you
shal
neuer
haue
victory
on
him
.
Mounte
vpon
this
litle
hyland
be
hold
where
as
hangeth
vpon
a
tree
moo
then
forty
that
he
hath
put
to
death
.
There
is
no
more
then
fiftene
dayes
of
respyte
that
the
duke
of
Acquitayne
shal
be
constrained
for
to
geue
vnto
him
his
doughter
the
fayrest
of
the
worlde
,
the
whiche
shall
be
great
dommage
.
Frend
sayd
Ualentine
God
shal
helpe
her
.
Thus
as
valentine
spake
vnto
this
man
an
auncient
man
came
to
warde
him
in
the
habyte
of
a
pylgrym
euill
clothed
the
which
had
a
great
whyte
bearde
,
and
was
of
the
aege
of
four
score
yeare
.
This
man
was
Blandymayn
the
squyer
of
Bellyssant
that
ledde
herinto
the
castell
where
as
the
gyaunt
Ferragus
was
as
it
is
made
mencion
of
before
.
Ualentine
salued
the
pylgrym
and
demaunded
hym
from
whence
he
came
.
And
he
aunswered
hym
.
Syr
I
come
from
Constantinoble
,
but
I
myght
not
entre
in
to
the
cytie
for
a
paynim
Soudan
that
hathe
assyeged
it
.
I
might
not
do
there
my
message
,
wherefore
I
retourne
me
.
Pylgrym
sayd
Ualentyne
telme
yf
the
grene
knyght
haue
none
ende
.
No
sayde
the
pilgrym
I
wa●raunt
you
and
I
counsayl
you
that
ye
coueyte
not
to
fyght
with
hym
.
For
and
you
were
a
hondred
he
would
make
you
all
dye
.
To
God
I
commaunde
you
,
for
I
muste
departe
.
Th●
sayd
Ualentyne
tel
vs
whether
you
go
.
Syr
sayde
Blandimayn
I
goo
streyght
to
Parys
,
for
I
muste
doo
a
message
to
kynge
Pepyn
of
Fraunce
from
a
sister
of
his
named
Bellyssant
that
of
long
time
was
banyshed
out
of
Constantynoble
,
with
wronge
,
and
without
hauyng
deserued
it
.
Nowe
is
the
good
lady
in
the
house
of
a
gyaunt
that
kept
her
ful
swetely
,
the
whiche
wyll
go
into
Fraunce
for
to
wyte
if
kyng
Pepyn
be
consentyng
,
For
so
well
he
knoweth
the
lady
of
good
maners
and
condicions
that
he
wyll
fyght
in
a
fyelde
of
batayle
against
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
that
he
hath
falsly
&
euilly
expulsed
her
:
Frend●
sayde
Ualentyne
to
him
.
I
praye
the
in
the
name
of
God
almyghty
that
thou
retourne
againe
with
vs
into
Acquytayne
.
And
when
I
shall
haue
foughten
with
the
grene
knyght
,
if
God
my
creature
geue
me
victory
against
hym
I
shall
retourne
in
to
Fraunce
with
you
.
And
for
the
loue
of
kyng
Pepyn
I
vndertake
this
battayle
for
I
am
more
beholden
vnto
hym
then
vnto
any
man
liuing
.
It
is
he
that
hath
bene
my
father
,
and
hath
nourysshed
me
so
well
,
that
I
ought
well
to
haue
the
courage
and
will
for
to
doo
his
commaundement
and
pleasure
.
Syr
sayde
Blandimain
I
will
neuer
consent
vnto
this
.
For
I
will
goo
and
do
my
message
for
the
noble
lady
Bellyssant
,
for
she
hath
geuen
me
the
charge
and
I
will
serue
her
truely
.
God
be
with
you
both
the
whiche
kepe
you
from
all
euill
.
So
Blandymayne
departed
and
toke
his
waye
towarde
Parys
.
And
Ualentyne
behelde
him
right
strongly
.
Alas
it
was
not
with
out
a
cause
.
He
had
good
right
if
his
harte
drew
to
him
for
it
was
he
that
of
longe
time
had
saued
and
kept
his
mother
,
but
he
knewe
it
not
.
They
tooke
their
waye
.
And
went
so
longe
that
they
aryued
besyde
the
cytie
of
Acquitayne
.
Ualentyne
behelde
the
cytie
sore
that
was
ryght
pleasaunt
to
se.
After
valentyne
espyed
a
fountayne
and
went
the●her
and
alyght
of
his
horse
,
&
after
he
layde
hym
downe
vnder
a
tre
that
was
besyde
it
for
to
refreshe
hym
for
he
had
greate
heate
,
he
reposed
hym
a
lytell
and
slepte
and
Orson
kept
him
.
And
whan
he
had
reposed
hym
and
was
awakened
he
rose
vp
vpon
his
fete
for
to
mount
on
horsback
,
but
there
came
and
arryued
ther
a
knight
that
was
fyerse
and
proud
,
and
that
for
his
grete
pryde
was
called
the
proud
knyght
,
For
he
was
so
fyerse
that
neuer
the
dayes
of
his
lyfe
he
had
salued
no
man
.
And
yet
he
was
of
such
a
condicion
that
he
that
salued
hym
not
shuld
haue
bataill
against
hym
,
wher
throughe
he
had
made
dyuers
dye
.
He
came
toward
the
fountayne
and
set
fote
on
ground
,
and
Ualentyne
behelde
hym
and
sayd
neuer
a
worde
,
and
than
he
aduysed
Orson
that
beheld
hym
fiersly
.
The
proud
knight
had
dyspyte
in
his
hearte
and
approched
neare
Orson
,
and
gaue
hym
suche
a
stroke
that
he
made
the
bloode
yssue
out
of
his
mouth
.
And
whan
Orson
felt
hym self
smiten
he
toke
the
knight
betwene
his
armes
so
rudely
that
he
thre
we
hym
downe
vnder
him
,
&
sith
he
toke
a
knife
that
hanged
at
the
knightes
gyrdle
and
smote
hym
in
to
the
body
so
that
the
bloode
yssued
oute
by
grete
habundaunce
.
And
the
knyghte
that
felde
hym selfe
wounded
cryed
right
hye
.
Than
Valentyne
approched
and
toke
the
knight
out
of
Orsons
handes
,
&
said
to
him
.
Fayre
syr
you
haue
wrong
for
to
smite
this
pore
man
that
can
not
speke
a
word
.
Than
sayd
the
proud
knyghts
vnto
Valentyne
.
Proude
ryvaude
wherefore
dost
thou
not
salue
me
.
The
he
drewe
out
a
glaiue
for
to
haue
smiten
hym
and
Valentyne
drewe
his
swerde
and
gaue
hym
so
grete
a
stroke
that
he
smot
him
doun
deed
to
the
erthe
.
And
syth
sayd
to
hym
.
I
shall
●●ar●e
you
to
salue
the
folkes
.
Whan
the
proude
knyght
was
●eed
his
men
began
for
to
flee
to
warde
the
eyte
of
Acquytayn
,
and
entred
in
ryghte
sorowfull
,
and
tolde
the
tydynges
that
theyr
maister
was
deede
.
Of
the
which
tydynges
was
moche
angrye
and
dyspleasaunt
the
duke
Sauary
,
for
he
was
his
cosin
.
Ualentyne
herde
the
sorowe
that
the
proude
knightes
men
made
,
that
had
ben
put
to
dethe
besyde
the
fountayne
.
So
he
mounted
on
horsbacke
&
entred
into
the
cyte
.
And
whan
he
was
within
he
lodged
him
in
the
house
of
a
much
ryche
burgeys
,
but
whan
they
wer
lodged
it
was
not
long
after
but
that
the
tidinges
came
vnto
〈◊〉
duke
Sauari
that
they
that
had
slayne
hys
cosyn
were
lodged
in
the
cyte
He
commaunded
that
they
shuld
be
brought
vnto
him
,
whan
he
had
commaunded
it
the
messengers
departed
incontynent
for
to
go
fetche
Valentyne
and
Orson
the
whiche
came
toward
hym
anone
.
Than
spake
the
duke
Sauary
in
this
manner
.
Frendes
tell
me
what
ye
be●
and
yf
you
be
knyghtes
or
no
,
of
what
countre
you
be
●
what
prynce
you
serue
.
Syr
sayd
Valentine
a
knight
I
am
▪
and
am
seruaunte
vnto
the
good
kynge
Pepyn
that
holdeth
Fraunce
.
Knyght
sayd
the
duke
you
haue
slayne
my
cosyn
and
put
hym
vnto
death
.
It
is
trewe
sayde
the
noble
knyghte
Valentyne
,
I
saye
not
the
contrary
,
and
yf
that
he
hadde
bene
of
my
propre
lignage
I
woulde
haue
done
as
muche
,
for
he
was
proude
and
fyerse
of
courage
,
he
dayned
not
speke
to
grete
nor
litel
by
his
pryde
he
hathe
smyten
my
felowe
soo
that
he
felled
hym
,
and
whan
I
sawe
that
I
drewe
my
swearde
and
slewe
hym
.
I
am
a
straunger
that
are
comen
in
to
this
cyte
for
to
fyght
with
the
grene
knyght
,
&
for
tose
the
pleasant
Lady
Fezonne
that
is
so
muche
renowne
you
haue
made
the
waies
that
euery
knight
shal
come
So
it
semeth
me
ryghte
and
iuste
equitie
that
throughe
at
your
lande
one
ought
to
go
in
surete
in
the
hye
way
And
whan
the
duke
Sauary
herd
Ualentine
speke
so
he
sayd
vnto
him
Knight
wel
haste
thou
answered
,
yf
my
cosin
be
deed
,
it
is
by
his
Pride
and
fyerse
courage
,
of
his
death
I
am
sorowfull
,
but
there
is
no
remedye
,
wherefore
I
pardone
the
that
deede
,
and
I
wyll
be
pardoned
.
But
for
the
surplus
of
your
enterpryse
of
the
grene
knight
,
you
shal
come
into
my
palays
,
and
shall
se
the
lady
for
whom
you
are
comen
into
these
quarters
And
with
her
you
shal
find
.
xiiii
.
knights
of
straunge
countrees
newlye
comen
,
that
for
the
loue
of
her
will
right
againste
the
grene
knight
.
Go
theder
&
salue
my
doughter
as
the
custom
is
.
For
so
it
is
ordeined
that
al
knightes
that
cometh
hether
for
the
loue
of
her
,
before
that
they
do
ony
batayl
with
the
grene
knight
,
they
present
them
to
her
.
And
in
signe
of
loue
they
take
a
ringe
of
goulde
of
her
.
Sir
saide
Ualentine
I
am
readye
to
do
as
the
ordinaunce
biddeth
.
And
of
the
other
syde
I
am
your
litle
seruaunt
,
as
he
that
wold
obey
vnto
all
your
good
commaundementes
after
my
puyssaunce
.
Than
the
duke
Sauarye
mounted
into
the
castell
,
and
Ualentine
and
orson
accompanyed
him
much
honourably
.
They
entred
into
the
halle
whereas
the
knights
wer
that
accompanyed
the
fayre
Fezonne
.
And
whan
valentine
sawe
her
,
he
went
toward
her
in
grete
reuerence
,
and
salued
her
sayinge
before
them
al.
Ladye
of
whome
the
bruyte
and
renowne
of
beaute
corporell
is
spredde
so
ferre
aboute
God
saue
you
and
defende
you
from
all
Vyllanye
and
euyl
reproche
,
and
preserue
you
from
the
grene
knight
that
is
not
worthi
for
to
touch
your
excellent
body
.
My
right
dere
&
honourable
lady
please
it
you
for
to
wyte
that
Pepyn
the
ryght
puissas●e
kyng
of
Fraunce
hath
sent
vs
towarde
you
,
and
here
I
make
you
a
present
of
the
moste
valyaunte
and
hardy
man
that
is
vpon
the
earthe
.
Lady
beholde
hym
,
for
he
doubteth
no
man
,
&
yet
he
hath
no
feare
of
no
glayue
be
it
neuer
so
sharpe
.
If
he
coulde
speake
well
in
all
the
worlde
might
not
be
founde
his
make
.
Wherfore
you
may
be
sure
and
beleue
stedfastly
that
the
grene
knyght
may
not
resist
against
him
for
he
shal
yelde
him
matte
and
ouercome
also
soone
as
he
shall
fyght
with
hym
.
Syr
sayde
the
pu●el
,
vnto
the
puyssaunt
kyng
of
Fraunce
I
yelde
a
hundred
thousande
thankes
,
and
to
you
that
hath
taken
so
muche
payne
for
me
.
But
tell
me
I
praye
you
wherfore
you
clothe
not
this
valyaunt
man
no
better
that
you
haue
brought
to
me
.
For
he
is
marueylusly
well
made
of
his
membres
,
and
well
formed
,
streight
and
hardy
of
countenaunce
,
&
I
beleue
that
&
he
were
bayned
in
a
hoote
house
,
his
flesshe
woulde
be
whyte
and
softe
.
Lady
sayd
Ualentyne
,
he
neuer
ware
no
gowne
tyll
the
other
daye
that
I
made
hym
this
●aceran
that
is
vpon
him
,
for
to
se
his
countenaunce
for
it
is
the
first
gowne
that
euer
he
ware
.
And
knowe
that
also
naked
as
he
was
borne
he
came
vnto
parys
when
he
was
borne
,
and
his
flesshe
is
so
harde
that
he
feareth
nother
wynde
nor
colde
.
Alwayes
in
speakynge
these
wordes
the
excellent
Fezonne
behelde
stronly
Orson
&
so
as
it
was
goddes
pleasure
,
she
was
eu●●noured
on
Orson
,
and
stryken
at
the
harte
more
ardauntly
then
euer
she
was
before
of
any
other
,
howe
well
that
he
was
not
pycked
nor
gorgyously
clothed
as
dyuers
other
were
for
all
that
it
is
sayde
commonly
that
there
is
no
foule
loues
whan
the
hartes
geueth
them
therto
Then
when
Ualentyne
had
spoken
so
to
the
mayden
,
he
sayde
yet
agayne
vnto
her
.
Lady
as
touchyng
me
I
shall
tell
you
my
case
,
knowe
that
for
the
loue
of
you
I
am
come
into
this
countrey
for
to
conquere
you
valyauntly
by
force
of
armes
.
And
yet
I
haue
made
an
othe
that
I
shal
neuer
retourne
into
Fraunce
vnto
the
time
that
I
haue
foughte
and
proued
my
body
agaynst
the
grene
knyght
.
¶
For
knowe
that
for
the
loue
of
you
I
wyll
suffer
death
,
or
yelde
you
the
grene
knyghte
ouercome
in
to
your
handes
.
Alas
syr
sayde
the
fayre
Fezonne
for
me
haue
not
the
courage
to
put
your
lyfe
in
suche
au●ture
.
For
who
that
loueth
another
better
then
hymselfe
in
a
thynge
that
his
lyfe
hanged
on
,
such
loue
is
me
thynke
is
not
●●is●e
but
by
sordynate
.
Alas
to
many
noble
and
valiaunt
knyghtes
haue
bene
stayne
for
me
,
wherfore
it
is
a
great
dammage
that
I
haue
lyued
thus
longe
.
Lady
sayd
valentyne
of
this
you
shall
pardon
me
,
for
thus
I
haue
promysed
it
.
Knyght
said
Fezonne
well
maye
it
take
you
.
Than
drewe
she
out
two
rynges
of
golde
,
and
gaue
valentyne
one
&
Orson
the
other
,
after
they
sat
them
downe
at
the
table
with
the
other
fortene
knyghtes
,
where
as
ryght
nobly
the
duke
Sauary
made
them
to
be
serued
.
But
amongest
al
them
that
were
at
the
table
,
Fezonne
had
her
regarde
moste
vpon
Orson
.
And
Orson
beheld
her
by
a
desyre
of
loue
embraced
and
inspyred
with
an
ardaunt
and
gracious
apppetyte
.
Nowe
it
happened
that
as
the
knightes
were
syttyng
at
the
table
,
the
grene
knyght
came
smytyng
at
the
gate
for
to
se
the
fayre
Fezonne
that
he
loued
soo
muche
.
For
the
duke
Sauaray
and
he
had
made
suche
a
contracte
together
that
he
might
come
once
a
daye
and
se
her
at
his
pleasure
.
And
then
when
he
was
entred
he
cryed
all
on
hygh
saying
.
Valyaunt
duke
of
Acquitain
haue
you
a
champyon
that
wil
fyghte
wyth
my
body
for
the
fayre
lady
Fezonne
.
Ye
sayd
the
Duke
,
yet
haue
I
syxtene
within
my
halle
,
that
for
to
she
we
theyr
prowesse
agaynst
euery
body
and
you
bene
comen
from
dyuers
realmes
into
this
countre
.
Now
said
the
grene
knyght
make
that
I
maye
se
them
,
and
that
I
entre
in
to
the
hal
for
to
se
the
faire
lady
Fezonne
.
Enter
in
said
the
duke
for
you
haue
lycence
.
The
greene
knyghte
entred
into
the
halle
and
behealde
all
the
knyghtes
that
were
there
.
And
whan
he
had
beholden
them
he
sayd
to
them
thus
,
Lordes
ete
and
drynke
and
make
good
the
re
,
for
to
moro
we
shall
be
youre
laste
daye
.
And
knowe
that
I
shall
make
you
all
to
bee
hanged
on
the
hygheste
of
all
my
tree
.
Than
Valentyne
that
herd
him
was
euyl
contente
and
answered
hym
.
Knyghte
of
that
same
vaunt
you
might
haue
hold
your
tongue
.
For
to
dayis
comen
a
knyght
that
shal
fyght
with
you
more
asprely
than
euer
dyd
onye
heare
before
,
you
haue
delyuered
many
vnto
deathe
,
but
he
is
commen
that
shall
vaynequisshe
you
in
a
felde
by
force
of
armes
.
¶
Now
Orson
vnderstode
that
they
spake
of
him
,
and
knewe
that
the
grene
knight
was
he
by
whom
the
Justes
were
begon
nen
,
&
that
it
was
he
by
whome
so
mani
noble
knights
had
suffred
dethe
.
So
he
beheld
hym
fyetsly
,
and
after
lept
from
the
table
,
and
in
whettinge
his
tethe
he
toke
the
grene
knight
by
the
midle
and
charged
him
vpōhis
necke
,
as
a
lytell
chyld
.
And
whan
he
hadde
him
vppon
his
necke
he
espyed
a
wall
and
caste
the
grene
knyghte
agaynst
it
so
rudely
,
that
all
they
that
were
in
the
pi●te
wende
that
he
hadde
broken
his
necke
.
For
he
remeued
not
.
And
wan
he
had
done
so
he
sat
him
down
againe
amongest
his
felowes
,
and
in
laughyng
made
theim
signes
that
he
would
bere
vpon
his
necke
such
thre
as
the
grene
knight
.
Then
began
all
the
knightes
of
the
halle
for
to
laughe
strongly
,
&
said
the
one
to
the
other
.
Nowe
is
he
come
that
shall
discomfite
and
ouercome
the
grene
knyght
.
And
Fezonne
shall
haue
to
greate
a
losse
whan
he
can
not
speake
.
For
he
is
well
worthy
to
haue
honour
amongest
the
valiauntmen
.
When
Fezonne
had
well
beholden
the
maners
and
countenasi●e
of
Orson
,
she
was
smiten
to
the
harte
with
the
darte
of
loue
by
the
pleasure
of
God
&
of
the
virgin
Mary
,
that
yllumyned
both
their
two
hartes
in
suche
a
facion
that
she
gaue
vnto
him
al
her
courage
and
wil
,
and
she
had
euer
her
regarde
fyxed
vpon
Orson
,
and
began
for
to
loue
hym
so
ardauntly
that
she
forgate
al
the
other
for
to
haue
him
to
her
louer
.
And
it
was
not
without
a
cause
if
she
were
so
taken
with
his
loue
.
For
he
had
taken
the
grene
knight
vp
so
valiauntly
that
at
that
same
houre
he
might
haue
slayne
hym
if
he
had
woulde
,
but
howe
well
that
he
had
puyssaunce
ouer
hym
yet
he
would
do
him
no
harme
.
For
it
is
commonly
sayde
that
a
noble
courage
can
not
lye
.
Notwithstanding
the
grene
knight
reputed
this
dede
for
a
great
outrage
.
And
sayd
all
on
hyghe
before
al
the
company
.
¶
Lordes
this
same
wilde
man
hath
deceyued
and
betrayed
me
,
for
he
came
to
me
without
saying
any
worde
.
I
promise
and
let
you
wyte
that
to
morowe
in
the
mornyng
I
shall
be
a
man
for
hym
.
And
to
the
ende
that
all
other
take
ensample
by
hym
,
in
dyspyte
I
shall
make
a
gy●ette
to
be
reysed
vp
aboue
all
the
other
that
hath
ben
vanquyshed
by
me
,
&
there
shall
I
make
hym
to
be
henged
and
strangled
.
¶
How
Orson
waged
batas●
against
the
grene
knight
and
howe
Ualentyne
fought
with
hym
and
myght
not
ouercome
hym
.
¶
Cap.
xxi
.
ORson
apperceyued
well
that
the
grene
knight
was
not
well
content
with
hym
,
and
that
he
menaced
hym
.
So
he
began
for
to
momble
a
peace
and
makyng
sygnes
that
vpon
the
morowe
he
woulde
fyghte
with
hym
,
and
in
token
of
wage
the
cast
the
grene
knight
his
hod
Then
spake
Ualentyne
vnto
the
grene
knight
and
said
.
Syr
beholde
the
gage
that
the
wylde
man
casteth
to
you
,
if
you
haue
any
power
against
hym
thynke
for
to
take
it
vp
.
Than
was
the
grene
knyght
so
taken
with
pryde
&
dispyte
that
he
aunswered
neuer
a
worde
.
And
the
duke
Sauary
that
was
there
present
said
vnto
him
Free
knight
there
wyll
be
a
strong
batayll
betwene
the
wylde
man
and
you
,
and
I
feare
me
sore
that
you
shal
haue
muche
a
do
with
hym
.
And
if
that
you
may
do
so
much
as
to
haue
victory
ouer
him
,
you
may
wel
vaunt
you
that
of
all
knightes
you
are
the
moste
doughty
&
valiaunt
,
and
that
of
none
you
ought
to
haue
feare
nor
dreade
.
And
that
it
be
true
he
hath
shewed
you
before
al
that
he
is
hardy
of
harte
&
of
courage
.
By
my
god
sayde
the
grene
knyght
to
morowe
shall
you
all
se
and
know
what
his
puissaunce
is
,
for
neuer
in
this
lyfe
shall
he
retourne
from
the
fielde
till
I
make
hym
to
be
hanged
aboue
al
the
other
.
At
these
wordes
he
yssued
out
of
the
castell
and
went
vnto
his
rest
in
his
pauilion
.
And
the
other
lordes
and
knyghtes
remayned
with
the
fayre
la
dy
Fezonne
,
the
which
made
great
ioye
and
solace
,
and
sayd
the
one
to
the
other
that
the
daye
was
come
that
the
grene
knyght
should
fynde
his
maister
.
Great
noyse
was
thorough
the
cytie
of
Orson
the
sauage
,
euery
body
desyred
for
to
se
hym
,
ye
in
suche
maner
that
so
great
nombre
of
folke
came
into
the
palais
,
that
for
the
prese
that
was
there
the
duke
commaunded
that
the
gates
should
be
shytte
.
¶
whan
Orson
harde
the
noyse
hel●pt
vp
vpon
a
baye
wyndowe
for
to
beholde
the
people
that
were
without
.
Than
the
folkes
apperceyued
hym
and
shewed
hym
one
to
another
in
speakyng
and
deuysyng
of
him
in
diuers
maners
&
facions
.
The
nyght
was
come
so
that
it
was
time
to
go
to
souper
,
tho
was
euery
body
set
and
serued
.
So
when
the
duke
was
rysen
from
the
table
anone
after
came
in
playes
,
and
after
euery
body
went
into
their
chambres
.
When
Ualen
tyne
was
in
bedde
he
made
sygnes
to
Orson
that
he
should
lye
downe
by
hym
,
but
Orson
set
not
therby
,
for
he
layde
hym
downe
platte
to
the
earth
as
he
was
accustomed
to
do
in
the
forest
,
and
so
he
passed
the
nyght
,
when
the
daye
was
come
.
Ualentyne
and
Orson
went
into
the
hall
where
as
they
founde
the
fayre
lady
Fezonne
with
the
other
knightes
.
There
they
helde
counsayll
together
for
to
fyght
with
the
grene
knight
.
For
that
same
daye
the
duke
had
promysed
hym
to
delyuer
hym
a
champion
to
fyght
with
him
.
So
there
spake
among
them
a
ryght
noble
knyght
that
was
extraught
out
of
a
gentle
bloud
and
said
in
this
maner
.
Lordes
if
it
please
you
all
I
am
purposed
for
to
fyght
first
with
the
grene
knight
.
This
requeste
was
a●oorded
to
him
by
the
assistentes
of
all
chyualty
,
and
the
knyght
went
for
to
arme
hym
,
the
whiche
was
called
Galetam
,
and
was
come
out
of
the
realme
of
Fraunce
.
And
when
he
was
arm●●
he
came
before
the
pleasaunt
lady
Fezonne
,
and
toke
his
leue
of
her
ioyously
with
great
reuerence
,
and
she
that
was
garnyshed
with
all
honour
and
good
condicions
vttred
hym
leue
in
saiyng
.
Fre
knyght
I
pray
to
god
of
paradyse
,
and
to
the
blyssed
and
glorious
virgyn
Mary
that
they
conduyte
you
,
and
kepe
you
and
preserue
you
from
damage
,
in
suche
maner
and
facion
that
with
ioye
and
honoure
ye
may
retourne
vnto
me
agayne
.
And
he
thanked
her
with
all
his
harte
,
and
then
he
toke
leue
of
his
felowes
.
When
he
hadde
taken
leue
of
the
fayre
Fezonne
he
mounted
on
horsbacke
&
went
to
warde
the
tente
of
the
grene
knighte
.
O●
as
ferro
as
he
saw
him
he
smote
his
hors
with
the
sporres
&
with
a
fyerse
courage
rannt
to
the
knyght
Galeram
,
and
so
grete
a
stroke
he
gaue
hym
that
he
smote
hym
do
wne
to
the
grounde
than
he
discended
of
his
hors
,
and
toke
his
helm
of
his
hed
.
Wherfore
Galeram
that
fered
the
death
yelded
him
vnto
the
mercy
of
the
grene
knyghte
,
but
it
profyted
hym
lytel
.
For
without
ony
pite
he
dispoyled
him
of
his
harneis
,
&
hanged
him
on
the
height
of
the
tre
so
as
he
hadde
done
the
other
before
.
For
the
dethe
of
the
same
Galeram
was
greate
bruyt
throughe
the
cyte
of
Acquitaine
,
for
he
was
a
much
fayre
knight
and
gretely
praised
among
his
felowes
.
Now
Orson
knewe
wel
that
the
grene
knight
had
put
to
deathe
galeram
.
He
made
sygnes
with
his
handes
that
he
wold
go
fight
with
him
at
the
same
houre
without
ony
more
delay
,
but
Valentine
made
hym
syne
that
he
shoulde
withdrawe
him
,
for
he
wold
go
fyrste
.
As
than
Orson
helde
hym
styll
,
for
he
fered
Valentyne
alwayes
.
:
,
Than
the
noble
and
hardy
Ualentyne
armed
him
and
after
went
toward
the
fayre
Fezonne
for
to
take
loue
of
her
.
Soo
it
is
not
to
be
demaunded
yf
she
bewayled
him
muche
and
yf
she
caste
mani
couered
sighes
with
in
her
ryght
noble
herte
.
Alas
sayde
the
fayre
and
pleasaunt
lady
Fezonne
.
My
god
please
▪
it
the
to
defende
&
preserue
this
noble
,
fayre
,
and
gracyous
knighte
,
that
for
the
loue
of
me
wyl
put
hys
lyfe
in
daunger
.
Much
be
waylled
Fezonne
the
amyable
knighte
Valentyne
,
but
aboue
all
other
her
mynde
was
vpon
Orson
,
and
she
had
a
good
cause
,
for
god
had
put
hym
on
the
earth
for
to
be
her
husband
.
After
the
leue
taken
of
the
Lady
and
of
al
the
knyghts
Ualentyne
mounted
on
horsback
for
to
go
fyght
with
the
grene
knyght
.
But
euen
so
as
he
put
hym
on
the
way
came
to
him
a
knight
that
was
enbraced
with
the
loue
of
the
fayre
Lady
Fezonne
,
and
sayde
to
hym
.
Syr
haue
a
lytel
pacyence
and
let
me
go
the
fyrste
.
Frende
sayd
Ualentyne
I
gyue
the
leaue
,
goo
in
the
name
of
Jesus
why
she
gyue
the
puyssaunce
and
vyctorye
for
to
conquere
him
.
That
same
knight
hadde
to
name
Tyrys
,
and
was
borne
in
the
countre
of
Sauoye
,
but
so
muche
greate
pyte
was
in
his
case
,
that
for
to
put
hym
in
that
auenture
he
had
spended
all
hys
,
so
that
he
had
no
more
lefte
.
He
toke
leaue
of
thee
Lordes
,
and
syth
mounted
on
horsbacke
,
&
wythout
ony
soiour
nynge
he
rode
to
the
pauilion
of
the
grene
knight
.
And
whan
he
sawe
Tyrys
approche
he
lept'out
of
hys
tente
muche
fyersly
and
proudlye
.
And
Tyrys
escryed
hym
,
sayinge
.
Syr
grene
knyght
nowe
mount
on
horsbacke
and
thynke
to
defend
you
.
For
on
goddes
behalue
I
defy
you
that
hathe
made
all
the
world
,
and
for
vs
suffred
deathe
and
passyon
.
The
greene
knyghte
that
Tyrys
vnderstode
called
for
to
haue
hys
hors
,
&
one
of
hys
seruauntes
brought
hym
anone
,
than
he
set
his
fote
in
the
styroye
and
lept
vpon
his
backe
.
He
toke
his
grene
sheld
and
his
speare
,
and
after
they
wythdrewe
theym
for
to
fetche
theyr
course
,
and
they
encountred
so
impetuously
that
the
grene
knyght
smote
hym
throughe
the
bodye
with
his
spere
and
so
he
fell
downe
deade
.
And
incontinent
the
grene
knyght
dyscended
and
toke
a
corde
and
put
it
about
his
neck
and
hanged
him
vp
with
the
other
wherfore
the
Painims
and
Sarasins
made
grete
Joye
And
whan
Ualentyne
saw
that
Tyrys
was
deed
and
hanged
on
the
tre
,
he
was
sorye
for
his
deathe
and
dyspleasaunt
.
He
made
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
before
hym
,
and
recommaunded
hym
vnto
god
,
in
desyrynge
aboue
all
thynges
that
he
wolde
do
so
much
that
of
his
fader
&
moder
he
might
haue
perfyte
knowledge
.
And
whan
he
had
made
his
prayer
vnto
god
he
smote
his
hors
with
the
sporres
and
rode
to
the
tente
of
the
grene
knyghte
,
that
for
the
semblaunt
of
Orson
knew
hym
well
,
and
of
hym
he
had
more
doubte
than
euer
he
had
of
ony
before
.
He
called
Ualentyne
and
sayd
to
him
.
Knyght
vnderstande
that
I
shall
tell
the
,
feest
thou
●onder
vpon
that
tree
a
grene
shelde
go
and
fetche
it
me
and
I
shal
deserue
it
.
Syr
sayd
Ualentyne
you
haue
seruauntes
ynoughe
mo
than
me
,
wherfore
make
that
they
serue
you
,
for
by
me
you
shall
not
haue
that
shelde
.
By
my
lawe
sayd
the
grene
knyght
you
shall
fetche
me
the
shelde
,
or
I
let
you
knowe
that
neuer
agaynst
my
body
shall
you
haue
batayll
.
Whan
valentyn
sawe
that
the
grene
knyghte
wolde
take
excusacion
for
fetchynge
of
the
shelde
as
a
hardy
and
valyaunt
knyght
he
rode
towarde
the
tre
where
as
the
shelde
hanged
(
but
he
loste
his
payne
)
for
he
myght
not
haue
it
wherfore
he
was
ryght
sorowful
.
Than
he
came
vnto
the
grene
knyght
and
sayd
to
him
fyersly
.
To
fetche
thy
shelde
,
for
I
can
not
haue
it
Cursed
be
he
of
god
that
fastened
it
so
,
and
hanged
may
he
be
that
sente
me
theder
.
Frende
sayd
the
grene
knyghte
I
shall
tel
the
wherfore
I
sente
the
theder
.
Knowe
for
certaynte
that
this
same
shelde
came
whylom
out
of
the
faree
,
&
by
a
fare
it
was
gyuen
me
.
Now
it
hathe
suche
vertue
that
neuer
none
be
he
neuer
so
valyaunt
nor
stronge
maye
take
it
out
of
the
place
where
as
it
is
fastened
,
saue
he
alonely
by
whome
I
ought
to
be
conquered
and
vanquysshed
.
Therfore
I
haue
sente
the
therder
warde
,
for
of
the
I
hadde
doubte
,
but
nowe
I
am
sure
whan
that
the
shelde
thou
mayst
not
brynge
.
Wherfore
retorne
the
to
the
place
that
thou
came
fro
,
and
so
thou
shalte
saue
thy
lyfe
.
For
I
se
the
so
fayre
a
knyght
that
I
haue
none
enuye
of
thy
dethe
,
from
the
whiche
thou
can
not
escape
yf
thou
take
batayll
agaynst
me
.
And
to
the
ende
that
thou
thynke
not
that
I
tell
the
these
wordes
by
fayntyse
or
folysshe
abusyon
,
knowe
that
of
none
I
shall
be
vaynquysshed
be
he
neuer
soo
vyctoryous
saue
but
of
a
man
that
shal
be
a
kynges
sone
and
that
shall
haue
be
nourysshed
●out
womans
mylke
,
wherby
thou
mayst
knowe
yf
thou
be
suche
or
not
.
Of
these
tydynges
Ualentyne
was
sorowfull
and
dyspleasaunt
at
his
herte
and
sayd
.
Alas
good
lorde
god
almyghty
to
euyll
go
the
my
feate
yf
that
of
youre
benygne
grace
I
haue
no
socoure
and
conforte
.
For
I
knowe
well
that
I
am
not
suche
one
as
the
paynym
sayeth
.
But
syth
that
I
haue
done
soo
moche
that
I
am
comen
heder
for
to
encheue
this
enterpryse
,
I
shall
neuer
retorne
vnto
the
tyme
that
I
haue
assayed
my
body
agaynst
hym
that
hathe
done
so
many
noble
knyghtes
vnto
dethe
.
Than
Ualentyne
called
the
grene
knyght
and
sayd
to
hym
in
this
maner
.
Favregrene
knyght
I
se
and
knowe
that
I
am
not
he
by
whome
you
ought
to
be
conquered
,
but
not
for
that
what
someuer
I
am
I
shal
neuer
departe
from
hens
tyll
that
I
haue
foughten
agaynst
you
.
By
Mahoune
sayd
the
paynyms
grete
folye
ledeth
the
,
and
semeth
that
thou
wylll
conquere
me
by
treason
,
but
I
shal
shewe
the
a
none
that
thyn
ouerwenynge
shal
torne
the
vnto
grete
dommage
and
shame
.
Than
he
lepte
on
his
hors
&
badde
his
seruaunt
.
Gobert
bryng
his
boxe
with
baume
of
our
lorde
Ihesu
cryst
the
whiche
baume
as
we
finde
by
wrytynge
is
of
so
grete
vertue
and
meryte
that
there
is
no
mortall
wounde
,
nor
so
daungerous
that
whan
it
shall
be
enoynted
with
the
same
baume
,
but
that
it
shall
behole
anone
.
This
same
oyntemente
had
the
paynym
with
hym
of
longe
tyme
surely
kepte
,
the
whiche
had
saued
him
in
diuers
places
.
After
that
he
had
done
this
,
he
sporred
his
hors
with
the
spere
on
his
thye
,
and
are
comen
the
one
agaynst
the
other
,
and
so
fyersly
they
recountred
the
one
the
other
with
theyr
speres
,
that
the
peces
flewe
on
euery
syde
,
the
horses
passed
forthe
.
And
whan
they
had
fetched
theyr
cours
they
drewe
out
theyr
bryghte
swerdes
for
to
assayll
the
one
the
other
.
Ualentine
was
dylygente
&
hardy
in
armes
so
moche
that
with
his
sooerde
he
gaue
the
grene
knyghte
so
grete
a
stroke
that
he
cut
his
harneys
and
broke
it
so
that
he
made
the
blodde
renne
oute
of
his
body
by
grete
haboundaunce
.
And
whan
the
grene
knyght
felt
hymselfe
smyten
and
wounded
,
he
lyfte
vp
his
arme
on
heyght
,
and
with
the
swerde
that
he
bare
he
smote
Ualentyne
vpon
the
thyghe
so
grete
a
stroke
,
that
of
his
flesshe
he
smote
awaye
a
grete
pece
,
syth
he
sayd
to
hym
you
may
knowe
yf
that
I
can
playe
with
the
swerde
,
I
haue
tolde
you
ynoughe
before
that
&
you
wolde
vndertake
the
felde
agaynst
me
that
thrughe
my
handes
it
sholde
behoue
you
to
fynysshe
your
dayes
.
In
to
soone
a
tyme
came
you
towarde
me
▪
and
to
late
you
shall
retorne
,
for
I
haue
hope
that
anone
I
shall
take
you
,
and
hange
you
on
the
hyghest
braunche
of
my
tree
for
to
prepayre
the
place
,
&
to
kepe
company
with
the
other
vnhappy
that
by
theyr
pryde
&
foly
haue
suffred
dethe
Paynym
sayd
Ualentyn
of
this
thou
mayst
not
a●a●te
the
to
moche
,
for
yet
thou
hast
me
not
,
thynke
for
to
defend
the
And
valentyn
smote
so
grete
a
stroke
that
of
his
shelde
he
smote
downe
a
grete
quarter
.
And
the
grene
knyghte
smote
vpon
Ualentyn
with
so
gret
strengthe
that
he
broke
his
swerde
vpon
his
helme
,
&
of
the
grete
stroke
that
he
had
gyuen
hymhe
was
al
astonyed
,
and
felle
downa
of
his
hors
to
the
grounde
,
but
he
was
so
valyaunte
of
courage
that
he
rose
vp
anone
.
And
whan
the
paynym
sawe
that
he
rose
vp
he
drewe
out
a
grete
pointed
knyfe
and
keste
●tagaynste
hym
.
But
Ualentyne
sawe
the
knyfe
comyng
and
sterte
a
syde
.
Than
the
grene
knyght
that
founde
hymselfe
withoute
wepen
torned
his
hors
for
to
haue
recouered
a
wepen
,
but
Ualeytyne
was
nere
him
that
with
his
swerde
cut
one
of
his
hors
fete
of
,
so
that
paynym
and
hors
fell
vnto
the
erth
And
than
whan
he
was
downe
he
arose
vp
quyckely
,
&
came
vnto
Ualentyn
,
and
with
strengthe
of
armes
they
helde
the
one
the
other
.
So
it
is
not
to
be
demaunded
yf
eyther
of
them
enployed
his
strengthe
and
puyssaunce
.
And
to
make
shorte
speche
the
wa●re
bytwene
the
two
knyghtes
was
so
fyerse
and
so
meruayllous
that
the
one
and
the
other
were
sore
wounded
.
But
for
all
that
Ualentyne
by
his
force
of
armes
gaue
the
paynym
dyuers
grete
woundes
it
profyted
hym
nothynge
.
For
with
the
balme
that
he
bare
he
was
heled
also
sounde
as
he
was
before
.
In
this
wyse
they
were
fyghtynge
so
long
that
the
daye
faylled
them
and
they
felte
them selfe
ryght
wery
,
and
not
without
acause
.
Sorowfull
&
right
dyspleasaunt
was
the
grene
knyght
bycause
he
myght
not
ouercome
valentyne
.
And
for
all
that
he
was
wery
yet
he
shewed
not
the
semblaunt
,
but
sayd
vnto
valentyne
.
Knyght
from
hens
forth
it
behoueth
for
to
cea
se
the
batayll
,
for
I
se
that
you
are
moche
trauaylled
&
wery
.
And
on
the
other
side
the
sone
declineth
,
&
the
night
approcheth
,
so
it
shulde
be
lytell
honoure
to
me
yf
thus
I
conquered
the
,
wherefore
retourne
into
Acquytayne
and
reste
the
this
night
.
For
thou
mayste
well
auaunte
the
before
euery
body
that
there
Iusted
neuer
agaynst
me
a
more
valyaunter
knyght
than
thou
arte
.
But
too
moro
we
in
the
mornynge
retorne
into
this
felde
agayn
and
thou
mayste
well
bydde
al
thy
frendes
fare
wel
,
for
thou
shalte
neuer
escape
wythouten
deathe
.
Ualentyne
was
ryghte
gladde
for
to
leaue
the
greane
knyghte
,
for
he
was
wery
and
sore
wounded
.
So
he
went
toward
his
hors
that
was
entred
into
a
greane
fielde
,
he
tooke
hym
by
the
brydell
and
mounted
vppon
hym
for
too
retorne
into
Acquitaine
.
And
whan
they
of
the
city
sawe
that
he
was
retorned
.
They
made
grete
Ioy
.
The
duke
sauary
and
the
other
barons
yssued
out
of
the
gate
and
receiued
Ualentine
with
grete
honour
,
among
the
whiche
was
Orson
that
tooke
him
in
his
armes
and
made
hym
greate
cheare
.
And
whan
he
was
in
the
palays
the
Duke
Sauarye
demaunded
him
tidmges
of
the
Grene
knyght
.
Syr
sayd
Ualentyne
he
is
in
his
repayre
with
in
his
grene
Pauilion
where
as
he
reasteth
hym
.
He
is
so
puyssaunt
and
so
stronge
that
I
thynke
that
there
is
none
be
he
neuer
so
stronge
that
maye
conqueare
hym
,
but
yf
that
God
by
his
grace
shew
an
euydent
myracle
Ualentyne
sayd
the
Duke
well
haue
you
wroughte
,
for
neuer
none
retourned
but
that
they
dyed
shamfully
by
the
handes
of
the
grene
knyghte
,
well
haue
you
shewed
that
aboue
al
the
other
you
are
a
knyght
ful
of
prowesse
&
hardynes
.
Free
duke
sayd
▪
Ualentyne
of
my
prowesse
agaynst
hym
I
can
not
yet
vaunt
me
.
For
to
moro
we
in
the
mornynge
muste
be
a
newe
batayll
bytwene
vs
agayne
.
Now
god
be
myn
ayde
and
con●orde
.
For
with
out
hym
none
maye
haue
agaynste
the
grene
knyghte
bodyly
vyctorye
.
After
that
vyctorye
Ualentyne
was
dysarmed
,
and
than
he
wente
in
to
the
chambre
of
the
fayre
Fezonne
,
it
nedeth
not
to
aske
yf
she
was
gladde
and
Ioyous
that
Ualentyne
was
retorned
safe
&
sounde
/
euery
body
made
moche
of
him
for
his
grete
prowes
He
was
praysed
of
lytell
and
grete
.
And
whan
it
came
vnto
souper
the
duke
wolde
do
him
so
moche
honoure
that
he
made
hym
sytte
besyde
hym
at
his
owne
table
,
The
souper
passed
in
deuysynge
of
diuers
thynges
.
After
souper
valentyne
with
drewe
him
after
the
leue
taken
of
the
duke
&
of
the
other
lordes
,
and
entred
into
a
secrete
chambre
for
to
dresse
his
wundes
,
for
he
was
greuously
wounded
.
And
whan
he
was
dressed
he
entred
into
his
bedde
for
to
reste
hym
.
And
the
grene
knyghte
is
in
his
pauylyon
that
with
his
baume
maketh
his
woū●es
to
be
noynted
.
For
he
hadde
not
so
grete
a
wounde
but
that
it
was
heled
anone
,
and
clene
as
euer
it
was
before
.
So
I
shall
leue
here
to
speke
of
hym
&
wyl
speke
of
Ualentyne
that
is
in
his
chambre
makynge
pyteous
complayntes
and
lamentacyons
.
¶
How
valentyne
by
the
grace
of
god
aduysed
him
for
to
sende
Orson
vpon
morowe
for
to
fyght
with
the
grene
knyghte
,
and
how
Orson
ouercame
him
in
cleue
batayll
.
Capitulo
.
xxii
.
AL
that
same
nyghte
the
chylde
valentyne
slepe
not
in
his
bedde
,
but
wepte
&
syghed
ful
pyteously
without
ony
restesaynge
.
Alas
veray
god
almyghtye
nowe
se
I
well
the
I
shall
neuer
come
to
the
ende
of
myn
enterpryse
,
but
yf
that
of
thyne
inestymable
grace
and
bounte
thou
haue
pyte
on
me
.
In
gyuyng
me
ayde
and
conforte
agaynst
this
false
paynym
that
hathe
sworne
my
dethe
Alas
myn
entencyon
and
purpose
was
stedfastlye
concluded
that
my
bodye
should
neuer
haue
reast
vnto
the
tyme
that
I
might
haue
acknowledge
of
the
fader
that
engendred
me
,
and
of
what
moder
I
was
borne
,
and
delyuered
on
the
earthe
,
but
I
knowe
that
the
thinge
the
which
a
man
purposeth
cometh
notal
waies
to
effect
but
remayneth
vndone
.
For
me
I
may
well
saye
it
,
for
whan
I
enterprysed
the
batayll
agaynste
the
Greane
knyght
,
fortune
was
to
peruers
vnto
me
sythe
that
he
is
suche
that
he
maye
neuer
bee
vainequished
saue
of
a
knyght
that
is
a
kinges
sonne
and
that
in
such
maner
he
shuld
haue
bene
nourished
so
in
his
youthe
that
neuer
of
woman
he
shuld
fele
the
milke
.
Now
am
I
not
he
that
may
be
so
worthy
for
to
be
a
kings
sone
,
&
that
in
such
maner
I
haue
ben
nouryshed
in
my
youthe
,
so
I
se
no
confort
in
my
feare
that
may
preserue
me
from
deathe
,
saue
alonelye
to
inuoke
and
requyre
the
ayde
of
my
creatoure
Iesus
and
his
swete
mother
Marye
,
so
that
they
preserue
me
from
his
daunger
,
and
suffre
me
not
to
fynysshe
my
dayes
here
thus
pyteously
,
In
thys
contempla●ion
abode
Ualentine
al
the
nyght
wythout
ony
reast
saue
for
to
wepe
his
fortune
and
his
ferefull
aduenture
.
And
whan
he
had
euerye
where
thoughte
by
dyuyne
operacyon
he
bethought
hym
on
Orson
the
sauage
that
he
had
conquered
in
the
wodde
,
and
soo
hee
thought
that
by
him
he
might
be
socoured
,
for
he
thoughte
well
that
he
had
neuer
souked
no
womans
breste
.
And
that
by
auenture
it
myghte
haue
fallen
that
some
Quene
had
chylded
hym
in
the
forest
.
And
these
thynges
consyderynge
the
nyght
toke
an
ende
,
and
the
day
began
to
cleare
.
Than
Ualentine
arose
charged
wyth
thought
and
melancoli
and
came
toward
Orson
,
and
by
euident
signs
shewed
him
that
he
shuld
put
on
his
harneys
and
take
his
hors
for
to
go
fyght
with
the
grene
knyghte
.
Of
these
tydynges
was
Orson
ryght
Joyous
and
lepte
and
daunced
aboute
the
halle
for
gladnes
.
Soo
he
made
sygne
that
the
grene
knyght
sholde
neuer
escape
his
handes
.
And
in
makynge
these
signes
he
aduysed
a
grete
clubbe
of
wodde
,
the
whiche
he
toke
vpon
his
necke
in
shakynge
his
heed
,
and
made
sygnes
with
his
heed
and
his
armes
that
he
wolde
bere
none
other
harneys
against
the
false
paynym
,
or
hors
nor
spere
at
all
for
to
fyght
with
the
gyaunt
.
Frende
sayd
Ualentyn
you
shal
not
do
so
.
But
with
myne
armoure
I
wyll
that
you
be
armed
,
in
berynge
the
blason
that
was
gyuen
me
by
the
kynge
Pepyn
,
and
you
shall
ryde
on
the
stede
that
I
brought
out
of
Fraunce
with
me
.
To
the
wyll
of
valentyne
Orson
agreed
and
accorded
,
for
aboue
all
thynges
he
wolde
obeye
vnto
valentyne
and
his
commaundementes
,
as
his
subgecte
and
seruaunte
,
Than
valentyne
commaunded
that
they
sholde
brige
hym
his
harneys
,
and
that
Orson
sholde
be
armed
in
the
same
maner
that
he
was
whan
he
wente
for
to
fyghte
with
the
grene
knyght
.
The
thynge
was
done
and
accomplysshed
for
the
duke
Sauary
that
was
there
present
helped
for
to
arme
Orson
with
his
propre
handes
with
the
armoure
of
valentyne
,
with
dyuers
barons
that
were
there
.
And
whan
Orson
was
armed
he
was
moche
loked
on
of
the
lordes
and
barons
that
was
there
presente
,
for
he
semed
ryght
well
to
be
a
man
of
grete
prowesse
and
hardynesse
▪
replete
with
all
beaute
hye
and
well
formed
in
all
his
membres
by
ryghte
mesure
compassed
.
He
behelde
the
harneys
that
sh●one
aboute
hym
,
and
syth
he
made
synes
with
his
handes
that
he
wolde
strangle
the
grene
knyght
or
that
myddaye
were
paste
before
all
the
courte
,
without
hauyng
ony
mereye
or
pyte
on
hym
.
At
the
g●astes
and
maners
that
Orson
dydde
make
all
they
of
the
company
beganne
for
to
laughe
muche
heartelye
.
And
whan
Orson
hadde
taken
leaue
of
the
duke
Sauarye
he
enbraced
Ualentyne
and
toke
leue
of
hym
in
makynge
hym
sygne
that
he
shuld
haue
no
doubte
of
nothynge
.
And
that
afore
his
retornynge
he
wolde
brynge
the
grene
knyght
wyth
hym
either
quycke
or
deede
.
And
Ualentine
in
weapynge
and
lamentynge
commaunded
hym
to
God
in
prayinge
deuoutly
that
he
myght
haue
victory
against
the
painim
And
euen
so
departed
Orson
,
but
or
he
mounted
on
hors
backe
he
aduysed
hym
on
the
fayre
Fezonne
of
the
whiche
he
had
not
taken
leue
,
so
he
mounted
into
the
palais
and
entred
into
the
halle
whereas
was
the
fayre
ladye
Fezonne
and
dyuers
other
Ladyes
well
accompanyed
,
He
ranne
toward
her
and
wolde
haue
kyssed
her
,
where
at
the
Lady
and
dyuers
other
began
for
to
laugh
ryghte
strongly
.
For
he
made
her
sygne
that
for
to
haue
her
loue
he
wente
for
to
fyght
wyth
the
grene
knyghte
.
And
Fezonne
that
was
replete
wythal
graciousnes
in
●●●●ling
made
hym
sygne
that
he
sholde
beare
hym
valyauntlye
,
and
than
whan
he
retorned
from
the
batayll
she
woulde
gyue
hym
her
loue
.
Thus
departed
Orson
and
mounted
on
horsbacke
the
which
was
ryght
nobly
conuayed
by
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
,
and
dyuerse
other
barones
and
knyghtes
vnto
the
gate
.
Whan
he
was
oute
of
the
cyte
euerybody
retorned
in
praying
God
that
he
wolde
gyue
hym
vyctorye
.
The
noyse
was
throughe
the
cytye
that
the
wild
man
went
to
f●ght
with
the
grene
knight
wherat
they
wondred
muche
.
Nowe
rydeth
Orson
in
Ualentynes
armour
bycause
he
sholde
not
be
knowne
He
taryed
not
longe
tyl
that
he
came
vnto
the
pauilion
of
the
grene
knyght
.
And
without
saying
onye
wordde
he
touched
it
with
the
heade
of
his
spere
in
signyfy●ige
that
he
defyed
him
,
of
the
which
thing
the
grene
knight
had
great
dispyte
in
hys
courage
.
And
swore
by
hys
greate
God
that
he
woulde
abate
hys
pryde
or
it
were
nyght
.
He
was
armed
anone
and
after
mounted
on
hors●
backe
and
toke
his
speare
in
his
hande
and
entred
into
the
felde
for
to
renne
agaynste
Orson
.
And
semblablye
Orson
withdrew
hym
from
hym
,
and
than
they
began
to
couche
theyr
speres
and
in
suche
wyse
encountred
to
gyder
that
both
men
and
horses
fel
vnto
the
earth
.
And
whan
they
were
both
downe
they
arose
vp
agayne
lyghtly
and
drew
out
theyr
swerdes
for
to
assayl
the
one
the
other
right
vigorously
.
The
grene
knight
that
was
moche
prydefull
and
full
of
Ire
smote
Orson
fyrst
with
so
great
myght
that
he
cut
the
cercle
of
golde
vpon
hys
helme
/
and
smote
downe
a
greate
quarter
of
his
●●ylde
/
and
wounded
Orson
ryght
sore
▪
and
with
that
strooke
his
swerd
was
heauy
and
fell
oute
of
hys
hande
.
Whan
Orson
sawe
his
bloode
renne
down
alonge
hys
harme
he
was
more
fyerser
than
a
Leoparde
,
and
more
courageous
than
a
lyon
.
He
rolled
his
eyen
and
shaked
his
head
,
and
with
his
bright
swearde
he
gaue
the
Gyaunte
so
grete
a
stroke
vpon
his
head
that
he
touched
his
naked
flesh
/
and
bare
away
a
grete
quantyte
of
the
flesh
&
heer
withall
,
and
the
stroke
slyded
downe
and
hyt
hym
on
the
arme
so
that
the
bloud
ranne
down
haboundaunt
ly
.
But
the
grene
knyght
set
lytell
by
that
wounde
,
for
he
tooke
of
the
baume
that
I
haue
made
you
mencyon
of
before
,
and
also
soone
as
he
touched
the
wounde
/
it
was
also
hole
as
it
was
before
,
of
the
which
Orson
was
moche
abasssed
,
and
he
thought
well
within
hymselfe
that
with
wepen
he
myght
not
haue
his
body
,
whan
that
so
soone
he
hadde
heled
the
wounde
that
was
so
grete
,
and
so
profounde
.
Upon
this
mater
was
Orson
subtyl
and
w●ll
auysed
,
and
caste
bothe
swerde
and
harneys
frome
hym
,
and
then
he
ranne
to
the
grene
knyght
and
helde
hym
so
strongly
bytwene
his
armes
,
that
he
caste
hym
to
the
grounde
vnderneth
hym
.
And
whan
he
had
hym
vnderneth
hym
,
he
toke
his
helme
of
his
heed
,
for
to
haue
smyten
it
of
.
There
was
the
grene
knight
kepte
in
suche
subgeccon
that
by
force
he
was
constrayned
for
to
yelde
hym
vnto
Orson
,
and
to
crye
hym
mercye
but
Orson
that
vnderstode
nothynge
his
crienge
sette
not
therby
in
no
maner
.
And
so
straytly
he
helde
him
that
at
that
same
houre
he
wolde
haue
taken
his
lyfe
from
hym
yf
that
it
had
not
ben
valentyne
that
sawe
&
knewe
the
gestes
of
Orson
,
that
came
rydynge
towarde
〈◊〉
also
faste
as
he
myght
dryue
.
And
whan
he
was
comen
theder
he
made
sygne
vnto
Orson
that
he
sholde
not
sle
hym
Then
Orson
reculed
hym
abake
whan
he
herde
valentyne
,
but
alwayes
he
helde
the
grene
knyght
in
subgeccyon
,
to
whome
valentyn
spake
&
sayde
Knyght
at
this
houre
you
may
knowe
that
you
haue
neyther
force
nor
strenghte
for
to
auenge
you
nor
kepe
you
from
dethe
agaynst
this
man
,
wherfore
it
is
for●e
that
you
suffre
be●●e
,
and
to
fynysshe
your
dayes
,
shamefully
.
For
euen
soo
as
the
other
knyghtes
haue
ben
dysconfyte
by
you
,
and
hanged
on
yonder
same
hye
tre
,
in
lykewyse
shall
you
be
hanged
vpon
the
mook
hyghest
braunche
aboue
them
al.
Alas
sayd
the
grene
knyght
you
re●ēble
wel
to
be
a
man
of
grete
curtesye
▪
and
garnysshed
with
noblenes
,
for
the
whiche
thinge
I
praye
you
that
you
wyll
haue
pyte
on
me
and
saue
my
lyfe
.
Paynym
sayd
valentyne
that
shall
I
not
do
,
saue
that
by
suche
a
couenaunt
,
that
you
shall
renounce
the
paynyms
lawe
&
the
false
goddes
that
you
worshyppe
,
in
takynge
the
law
and
byleue
of
Jesu
chryst
the
god
almyghty
,
and
in
receyuynge
the
holy
baptym
,
withoute
the
whiche
none
can
haue
the
glorye
pardurable
.
And
whan
you
shal
haue
done
that
,
you
shall
goo
in
to
Fraunce
to
the
kynge
Pepyn
&
shall
tell
hym
that
Ualentin
and
Orson
sendethe
you
towarde
him
as
knyght
ouercomen
by
them
and
so
haue
aduyse
and
aspecte
on
this
feate
in
gyuynge
me
an
answer
vpon
your
entencion
that
is
sure
and
certayn
.
Frende
sayd
the
greue
knyght
I
gyue
you
suche
an
answer
.
From
this
houre
I
denye
and
renunce
all
the
false
goddes
,
and
take
for
the
remenaunt
of
my
lyfe
for
mayster
and
lorde
the
true
god
in
whiche
you
by
leue
,
and
in
that
same
fayth
wyll
I
lyue
and
dye
.
And
also
I
promyse
you
that
I
shall
go
towarde
the
kyng
Pepyn
and
yelde
me
also
soone
as
I
maye
,
as
your
pore
subgecte
and
prysoner
.
Whan
the
grene
knyght
had
made
the
othe
,
and
promyse
to
accomplysshe
the
thynges
aboue
sayd
.
Ualentin
made
signe
vnto
Orson
that
he
sholde
let
hym
ryse
.
And
Orson
that
was
wyse
and
well
auysed
toke
his
armoure
frome
hym
to
the
ende
that
he
myght
do
hym
no
dommage
.
And
whan
the
grene
knyght
was
vpon
his
fete
he
spake
to
valentyne
and
sayd
.
Syr
knyght
me
thynke
that
you
are
he
that
had
batayll
agaynst
me
yesterdaye
,
and
that
sholde
haue
retorned
agayne
to
day
.
And
he
that
hathe
conquered
me
is
the
same
that
in
the
palays
of
the
duke
Sauary
keste
me
agaynste
the
erthe
.
It
is
true
sayd
valentyne
,
that
is
well
knowen
of
you
,
the
thynge
is
verytable
I
wyll
not
lye
to
you
.
Now
I
shall
tel
you
one
thinge
sayd
the
grene
knyght
the
whiche
I
praye
you
to
accomplysshe
Sende
me
this
knyghte
that
hathe
conquered
me
to
yonder
grete
tree
,
and
yf
he
maye
take
awaye
the
shelde
that
hangeth
there
,
I
shall
knowe
well
yf
it
be
he
that
shall
conquere
me
,
for
of
none
other
I
maye
not
be
ouercomen
in
no
batayll
.
Than
valentyne
made
sygne
vnto
Orson
that
he
sholde
go
towarde
the
tree
for
to
fetche
the
shelde
that
hanged
there
.
Orson
wente
theder
,
and
also
soone
as
he
came
to
the
shelde
he
stratched
for
the
his
arme
and
the
shelde
lepte
in
to
his
hande
,
the
whiche
he
brought
to
the
grene
knyght
.
And
whan
he
sawe
that
Orson
had
brought
the
shelde
frome
the
tree
without
enforcynge
of
hym
,
he
knewe
that
it
was
he
that
was
predestyned
for
to
conquere
hym
,
he
cast
hym selfe
to
the
erthe
&
wolde
haue
kyssed
his
fete
,
but
Orson
was
wyse
and
well
taught
by
the
sygnes
of
valentyn
and
wolde
not
let
hym
,
but
toke
him
by
the
armes
and
lyfte
hym
vp
.
Alas
sayd
the
grene
knight
Iought
well
to
do
you
honoure
and
reuerence
,
more
than
to
ony
man
on
lyue
for
I
knowe
well
that
of
all
hardy
and
valyaunt
knyghtes
you
ought
to
bere
the
name
&
fame
.
And
amonge
the
other
I
afferine
you
and
let
you
wyte
that
he
that
hathe
conquered
me
is
the
moost
hardyest
and
valyauntest
that
is
in
the
worlde
.
And
you
ought
to
bileue
stedfastly
that
he
is
a
kynges
sone
and
a
quenes
,
&
is
suche
one
that
he
was
neuer
nourysshed
of
woman
.
And
that
this
is
true
I
maye
proue
it
you
by
my
syster
Clerimonde
.
For
she
hathe
a
heed
of
brasse
that
telleth
and
declareth
vnto
her
the
aduentures
and
fortunes
that
to
her
and
al
them
of
her
generacyon
may
happen
and
befall
.
And
the
same
heed
shal
endure
vnto
the
tyme
that
the
moost
worthy
of
the
worlde
entre
in
to
the
chambre
where
as
it
is
in
.
And
whan
he
shal
be
entred
at
that
saine
houre
it
shall
lese
his
strengthe
&
vertue
.
And
that
saine
knyght
ought
to
haue
my
syster
Clerymonde
vnto
wyfe
the
whiche
is
so
pleasaunt
and
fayre
.
Wherfore
noble
knyghte
go
thederwarde
,
for
I
haue
grete
desyre
that
you
haue
her
vnto
wyfe
as
the
moost
hardyest
knyght
of
the
worlde
,
for
so
ye
maye
well
be
called
and
renowned
.
¶
How
after
that
Orson
had
conquered
the
grene
knyghte
valentyne
made
hym
be
crystened
and
sente
hym
vnto
kynge
Pepyn
and
how
he
had
knowledge
of
his
fader
&
moder
throughe
the
grene
knyght
.
Ca.
xxiii
.
As
they
had
spoken
thus
,
the
grene
knyght
sayd
vnto
Ualentine
.
Syr
I
shal
giue
you
a
ryng
to
be
the
better
acquainted
with
her
the
whiche
she
gaue
me
at
my
departynge
and
bere
it
her
.
And
I
shal
go
towarde
the
kynge
Pepyn
into
Fraunce
as
I
haue
promysed
you
and
yelde
me
prysoner
in
acquytynge
my
fayth
,
and
at
my
retornynge
I
shall
come
vnto
you
to
the
castell
of
my
syster
.
And
from
hensforth
yf
it
please
you
we
shall
be
perfyte
frendes
and
fellowes
.
For
I
will
neuer
departe
out
of
your
company
.
And
whan
the
knight
〈◊〉
le●tine
vnderstode
that
the
greane
knight
had
a
sister
that
was
so
faire
,
by
the
will
of
God
almighty
,
and
by
the
inclinacion
of
naturall
loue
,
he
was
smitten
at
the
heart
with
her
beaute
right
●roauntlie
.
So
he
madea
vowe
vnto
God
that
he
wold
neuer
rest
til
that
he
had
sene
the
lady
that
was
so
gretely
commended
.
And
after
these
things
the
grene
knight
that
was
crowned
king
of
the
greene
Mountaine
,
and
that
helde
grete
Lordeshippes
vnder
him
made
to
crie
through
his
host
that
all
Painims
and
Sarazins
that
were
comen
at
his
conmaundement
for
to
serue
him
before
Acquitaine
sholde
recorne
againe
into
their
Countrees
without
dommagynge
of
the
duke
.
Sauaries
countre
in
ony
manner
.
So
departed
Paynims
and
sarazins
makyng
grete
sorowe
for
the
takynge
of
the
grene
knyghte
.
And
Ua
lentyne
and
Orson
tooke
hym
and
ledde
hym
as
prysoner
towarde
the
cyty
of
Acquytayne
.
Ye
nede
not
to
demaunde
of
the
grete
noyse
and
the
grete
solace
and
the
grete
Ioye
that
was
made
of
lytell
and
greate
in
the
cyte
of
Acquytayne
.
And
the
duke
Sauarye
wyth
all
hys
baronnage
receyued
them
in
grete
tryumphe
wythoute
the
cyte
.
And
whan
the
grene
knight
was
before
the
noble
duke
of
Acquitaine
and
all
his
baronage
he
said
to
them
in
this
maner
.
Lordes
wel
ought
you
to
bere
honoure
and
reuerence
vnto
this
Knighte
that
hathe
conquered
me
by
force
of
armes
.
And
knowe
certainly
that
this
man
is
a
kynges
sonne
and
a
Quenes
,
and
he
neuer
souked
no
woman
in
his
life
for
if
it
were
not
soo
he
shuld
neuer
haue
had
strength
nor
nuyssaunce
for
to
haue
vaynquysshed
me
,
for
so
it
was
sayde
by
the
head
of
brasse
that
my
sister
Clerymonde
hathe
in
her
cham
bre.
By
my
fayth
sayd
the
duke
of
Acquitain
wel
may
ye
be
byleued
,
for
he
hath
wel
shewed
againste
you
the
grete
prowesse
and
hardynes
that
is
in
hym
.
And
syth
that
it
is
so
that
I
knowe
the
greate
valyauntnes
that
is
in
hym
,
I
wil
bere
him
honour
and
reuerence
with
all
my
puyssaunce
.
In
sayinge
these
worddes
the
duke
of
Acquitaine
with
all
his
court
and
the
grene
knighte
that
Orson
ledde
prysoner
bene
entred
into
the
towne
,
and
mounted
vp
into
the
palays
.
And
whan
they
were
within
the
duke
maunded
his
doughter
,
&
after
said
to
her
.
My
doughter
se
here
the
grene
knight
the
whiche
for
to
conquere
your
body
and
haue
your
loue
hath
longe
time
kept
the
most
part
of
my
londe
in
his
subgeccyon
.
And
how
wel
that
he
is
not
of
our
byleue
.
yet
fortune
was
too
me
contrarye
and
aboue
my
wyll
maystresse
in
such
manner
that
stronge
and
longe
abyding
too
haue
soucoure
of
some
other
badye
,
hadde
constrayned
my
hear●e
to
accorde
vnto
suche
thynges
/
but
god
that
is
true
Iudge
hathe
wylled
remedye
this
dede
,
in
suche
a
maner
that
of
myne
enemye
I
am
auenged
and
comen
to
the
aboue
by
this
same
knyght
that
Ualentyne
hath
brought
vnto
you
by
the
lycence
of
kynge
Pepyn
for
to
socour
your
body
.
Now
may
you
knowe
that
aboue
all
other
he
is
hardy
and
valyaunt
.
And
I
byleue
that
god
hathe
transmysed
hym
for
to
conquere
you
.
Wherfore
my
doughter
&
myn
onely
hope
in
whome
remayneth
all
my
Ioye
and
comforte
of
my
lyfe
,
auyse
and
haue
aspecte
and
consyderacyon
vpon
this
case
,
for
it
is
my
wyl
that
you
sholde
haue
hym
vnto
husbande
,
yf
your
consentynge
and
wyl
were
accordynge
vnto
myne
,
for
none
ought
to
constrayne
a
body
to
take
one
in
mariage
agaynst
theyr
wyll
.
¶
My
redoubted
lorde
sayd
the
noble
mayden
that
was
ryght
wel
endoctryned
&
puruayed
of
answer
.
You
knowe
that
you
are
my
fader
,
&
I
am
your
doughter
,
it
is
no
reason
and
ryght
that
I
that
am
after
god
&
nature
subgecte
vnto
you
doo
ony
thynge
after
my
wyll
,
but
am
redy
and
preste
for
to
do
all
your
pleasure
and
yf
I
wolde
do
other
wyse
I
sholde
not
shewe
that
I
were
your
naturall
doughter
,
for
you
knowe
wel
that
you
haue
promysed
for
to
gyue
me
in
maryage
vnto
hym
that
by
force
of
armes
myghte
conquere
the
grene
knyght
.
Now
is
he
comen
by
whome
the
thynge
is
accomplysshed
thorowe
oute
.
And
the
whiche
hathe
accomplysshed
&
perfourmed
the
tenour
of
your
crye
,
and
denouncynge
that
you
haue
made
and
publysshed
thorugh
euery
crysten
reg●on
,
soo
it
is
well
reason
that
I
take
hym
,
and
that
vnto
hym
I
be
gyuen
And
yf
in
ony
wyse
I
wolde
not
take
hym
,
I
wolde
cause
your
entencyon
to
be
aduychyled
,
whiche
for
euer
sholde
be
reproche
vnto
me
.
Doughter
sayd
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
ye
haue
spoked
〈◊〉
the
hyghlye
,
and
your
answer
pleaseth
me
ryght
well
,
and
all
them
that
be
he
represente
to
my
demynge
.
Now
muste
it
be
knowen
of
the
knyght
yf
that
he
wyll
take
you
vnto
wyfe
&
spouse
and
yf
he
be
contente
.
I
shal
gyue
him
with
the
maria
ge
of
you
half
Acquytayne
.
There
was
presente
valentyne
that
by
sygnes
demaunded
Orson
his
wyl
and
intente
.
And
he
made
hym
sygne
that
he
wolde
neuer
haue
other
than
the
Fayre
Fezonne
,
thus
were
these
two
partyes
of
accorde
,
of
the
whiche
thynge
they
that
knewe
it
were
ryght
Ioyous
.
The
duke
Sauary
made
to
come
a
bysshoppe
for
to
handfeste
Orson
and
the
faire
lady
Fezonne
,
and
to
make
them
promesse
that
the
one
sholde
take
the
other
for
loyal
spouse
the
terme
of
theyr
ly●es
.
At
that
presente
tyme
there
was
none
other
thige
made
hytwene
them
vnto
the
daye
of
the
spousaylles
.
And
it
nedeth
not
to
aske
yf
the
Ioye
and
myrthe
was
grete
thorughe
the
cyte
of
Acquytaine
bothe
of
litell
and
grete
,
and
the
grete
nombre
of
dysportes
and
playes
that
there
was
made
,
for
the
rehersynge
wolde
be
to
longe
.
But
how
well
that
Orson
had
sworne
and
made
promyse
to
take
the
fayre
Fezonne
,
yet
shall
he
not
wedde
her
,
nor
neuer
lye
by
hersydes
tyll
the
by
the
wyll
of
god
he
shall
speke
good
language
.
And
that
Ualentyne
had
conquered
the
fayre
Clerymonds
,
of
the
whiche
thynges
I
wyll
make
mencyon
here
after
as
well
as
I
maye
.
¶
How
on
the
nyght
that
Orson
was
made
sure
to
the
fayre
Fezonne
,
the
aungell
of
god
appered
vnto
valentyne
.
And
of
the
commaundement
that
he
gaue
hym
.
Capitulo
.
xxiiii
AFter
that
Orson
hadde
handfeste
the
fayre
Fezonne
,
on
that
same
daye
was
made
grete
solace
thorughe
all
the
countree
aboute
,
for
all
the
lordes
of
the
longe
were
gladde
of
that
assemble
.
In
ioye
and
solace
passed
that
daye
tyll
the
nyght
came
that
it
was
tyme
to
go
to
reste
.
The
duke
of
Acquytayne
dyde
withdrawe
hym
in
to
his
chambre
for
to
rest
hym
.
And
euery
body
wente
in
to
theyr
chambres
as
they
were
ordeyned
.
Ualentyne
and
Orson
wente
in
to
a
fayre
chambre
that
was
apparaylled
of
them
,
&
wente
to
reste
in
o
ryche
bedde
bothe
Orson
and
he
for
that
nyght
.
And
whan
it
came
towarde
mydnyght
by
the
wyll
of
god
almyghty
a
aungell
appered
vnto
Ualentyne
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Ualentyne
knowe
that
god
sendeth
the
worde
by
me
that
to
morowe
in
the
mornynge
thou
departe
out
of
this
lond
and
bede
with
the
Orson
by
whome
the
grene
knyghte
hathe
ben
conquered
.
And
without
soiournynge
or
delaye
go
vnto
the
castell
of
Ferragus
,
and
there
thou
shalt
fynde
the
fayre
lady
Clery●onde
by
whome
thou
shall
knowe
of
what
lynnage
thou
art
extraught
,
&
of
what
fader
,
thou
was
engendred
,
and
of
what
moder
thou
was
borne
and
chylded
.
And
this
I
commaunde
the
in
the
name
of
god
that
or
euer
thy
felowe
wedde
the
fayre
fezonne
thou
perfourme
this
vyage
.
Of
this
vysyon
valentyne
was
in
grete
thought
,
and
in
grete
melancoly
,
and
so
passed
the
nyght
vnto
the
tyme
that
it
was
clere
daye
without
takynge
ony
reste
.
And
whan
the
day
was
comen
he
made
Orson
foryse
,
and
wente
into
the
plalays
where
as
the
grene
knyght
was
with
the
other
barons
and
knyghtes
abydynge
the
good
duke
Sauary
,
So
it
was
not
longe
after
that
the
duke
entred
in
to
the
halle
.
And
also
soone
as
he
was
entred
the
grene
knyght
toke
the
wordes
in
saluynge
hym
with
all
due
reuerence
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Free
duke
it
is
true
and
certayne
that
within
the
terme
assygned
bytwene
vs
two
I
haue
ben
vaynquysshed
,
for
the
whiche
thynge
I
haue
none
occasyon
nor
ryghte
to
aske
youre
doughter
ony
thynge
,
but
at
this
houre
I
quyte
her
,
and
wyll
leue
your
lande
in
reste
and
peas
as
I
haue
promysed
in
acquytaine
of
myn
othe
.
And
I
praye
you
that
ye
make
me
haue
the
sacrament
of
baptym
,
to
the
ende
that
I
maye
be
to
god
more
agreable
.
Knyght
sayd
the
duke
wel
haue
you
spoken
,
and
to
your
requeste
wyl
I
obeye
in
euery
thynge
for
at
this
presente
houre
you
shal
be
baptized
The
noble
duke
commaunded
that
they
sholde
make
a
preest
to
come
and
baptyze
the
grene
knyghte
.
Whan
it
came
that
he
was
at
the
fonte
for
to
receyue
baptim
.
Ualentyne
that
was
there
presente
spake
before
them
all
and
sayd
in
this
maner
.
Lordes
the
whiche
be
here
assembled
yf
it
please
the
valyaunt
duke
for
to
gyue
me
a
gifte
,
that
is
that
I
praye
hym
that
this
same
knyght
be
named
Pepyn
,
for
it
is
the
propre
name
of
the
noble
&
valyaunt
kynge
of
Fraunce
that
hathe
nourysshed
me
ryght
swetely
,
and
that
aboue
all
prynces
is
the
moost
puyssaunt
and
hardy
,
for
the
whiche
I
desyre
that
this
knyght
maye
bere
the
name
.
To
the
demaunde
of
Ualentyne
dyde
consente
&
accorde
al
they
that
were
there
presente
.
And
at
the
requeste
of
Ualentyne
he
was
called
Pepyn
,
the
whiche
name
he
bare
frome
that
houre
vnto
the
laste
ende
of
his
dayes
.
And
after
that
he
was
baptyzed
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
made
Ualentyne
and
Orson
come
for
to
wedde
his
doughter
the
fayre
Fezonne
.
But
valentyne
sayd
to
hym
in
maner
of
excusacion
that
bothe
he
and
Orson
had
vowed
and
promysed
for
to
go
vnto
Iherusalem
afore
they
dyde
ony
other
thinge
,
after
that
they
hadde
conquered
the
grene
knyght
.
And
vnder
the
vmbre
of
this
excusacyon
the
duke
gaue
them
leue
by
this
condycon
that
Orson
sholde
swere
and
promyse
for
to
retorne
in
to
Acquytayne
after
that
he
sholde
haue
accomplyshed
and
perfourmed
his
vyage
,
and
that
also
soone
as
he
sholde
be
retorned
that
he
sholde
take
his
doughter
Fezonne
vnto
wyfe
.
And
valentyne
and
Orson
swore
that
they
sholde
do
so
,
&
than
he
vttred
it
them
Ioyously
.
And
the
grene
knyght
at
the
same
houre
toke
leue
of
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
for
to
go
in
to
Fraunce
to
the
kynge
Pepyn
and
yelde
him
in
acquytayne
of
his
promyse
.
And
valentyne
before
his
departynge
asked
him
the
rynge
that
he
had
promysed
him
&
he
gaue
it
hi
saynge
.
Who
that
bereth
it
on
hi
maye
not
be
drowned
,
nor
by
salse
Iugement
condampned
.
Ualentyn
toke
the
rynge
&
put
it
on
his
fynger
.
And
than
Orson
and
he
toke
leue
for
to
acheue
theyr
vyage
.
And
the
grene
knyght
toke
leue
for
to
go
in
to
Fraunce
.
So
departed
the
thre
knyghtes
out
of
Acquytayne
and
toke
theyr
wayes
towarde
theyr
Iourneys
.
Ualentyne
and
Orson
mounted
vpon
the
see
,
and
with
strength
of
saylles
anone
they
hadde
gone
a
grete
waye
,
for
the
see
was
peasyble
and
the
wynde
agreable
.
They
demaunded
the
maryners
the
waye
for
to
drawe
towarde
the
castell
of
Ferragus
the
gyaunt
.
And
the
maryuers
shewed
them
,
for
they
knewe
it
well
bycause
that
for
to
passe
that
passage
it
was
of
custome
for
to
paye
a
trybute
.
Now
is
valentyne
and
Orson
vpon
the
see
that
desyreth
strongly
for
to
fynde
the
castell
of
Ferragus
.
And
the
grene
knyght
rydeth
thorughte
the
countree
towarde
the
realme
of
Fraunce
for
to
yelde
him
vnto
the
knyge
.
But
or
that
he
arryued
before
the
kynge
Pepyn
Blandymayn
the
squyer
of
the
Empresse
Bellyssant
of
who
me
I
haue
made
mencyon
before
,
that
was
mette
by
Ualentyne
in
the
habyte
of
a
pylgrym
,
salued
the
good
kynge
Pepyn
in
grete
honoure
&
reuerence
.
And
whan
that
kynge
Pepyn
sawe
him
in
suche
habyte
,
&
with
so
story
sshed
a
berde
,
hedemaunded
hym
yf
he
came
from
the
holy
sepulcre
or
of
what
vyage
he
was
pylgrym
.
Free
kynge
sayd
Blandymayn
a
pylgrym
am
I
not
,
but
for
to
encheue
more
surely
myn
enterpryse
I
haue
put
my selfe
in
the
habyte
of
a
pylgrym
.
And
knowe
that
I
am
messenger
of
a
hyghe
and
puyssaunt
lady
that
by
treason
hathe
bendeiecte
from
her
countree
,
and
put
pyteously
in
exyle
.
Alas
syr
the
lady
that
I
speke
to
you
of
is
your
syster
,
that
is
to
wyte
Bellyssant
the
free
lady
,
the
whiche
hath
bene
chaced
shamefully
awaye
by
the
Emperoure
Alexander
,
and
lyueth
in
great
pouerte
&
calamyte
for
defaulte
of
succoure
.
well
haue
you
your
harte
harde
when
that
for
her
deliueraunce
ye
will
not
employe
you
none
other
wyse
.
¶
Howe
kyng
Pepyn
hadde
knowledge
that
valentine
and
Orson
were
his
neuewes
by
Blandimayn
and
the
grene
knight
that
came
and
yelded
him
to
the
king
as
he
had
promysed
valentyne
.
Cap.
xxv
.
WHen
kyng
Pepyn
hearde
speake
of
his
Syster
,
he
began
for
to
syghe
hartely
,
and
asked
hym
where
she
was
.
Syr
sayde
Blandymayn
,
I
know
the
truthe
but
I
haue
promysed
her
that
I
shall
no
body
ensygne
to
the
place
where
she
is
.
But
and
ye
be
in
doubte
of
her
loyalte
.
I
shal
bring
you
a
man
that
wil
fyght
for
her
quarell
.
Alas
sayd
the
kyng
I
haue
seene
probacion
ynough
of
her
loyalte
by
the
false
Archebysshop
that
the
marchaunce
ouercame
.
I
haue
made
her
to
be
sought
long
tyme
,
but
I
can
haue
no
tydynges
of
her
in
no
maner
.
And
that
whiche
greueth
my
harte
moste
,
is
that
my
syster
Bellyssant
was
great
with
childe
when
she
was
expulsed
from
the
Emperour
.
And
I
wote
not
what
chylde
she
hath
borne
,
nor
also
howe
she
escaped
that
great
daunger
,
for
I
knowe
well
that
she
hath
not
had
suche
helpe
at
her
nede
as
vnto
her
apperteyned
.
Syr
said
Blandimayn
for
to
speake
of
this
matter
.
knowe
that
my
lady
Bellyssant
your
syster
,
felte
the
paynes
of
chylding
in
the
forest
of
Orleaunce
.
And
when
the
euyll
had
taken
her
,
she
sente
me
vnto
a
vyllage
there
besyde
,
for
to
fetche
her
a
woman
for
to
helpe
and
sucoure
her
.
Then
I
made
the
moste
dyligence
that
was
possible
for
me
,
but
or
euer
I
was
retourned
the
noble
lady
had
delyuered
two
fayre
sonnes
,
of
the
whiche
a
wylde
beere
muche
furiously
bare
away
one
of
the
children
into
the
wodde
,
in
suche
maner
that
the
Empresse
Bellyssant
after
her
power
wende
for
to
haue
saued
and
sucouredit
,
but
she
wiste
not
where
it
became
,
she
had
folowed
so
long
that
I
founde
her
lying
vpon
the
grasse
in
a
swowne
piteously
aourned
,
the
whiche
semed
better
dead
then
on
lyue
.
I
tooke
her
vp
betwene
myne
armes
and
comforted
her
as
wel
as
I
myght
.
And
when
she
was
come
to
herselfe
and
that
she
myght
speake
in
syghyng
muche
pyteously
she
recounted
vnto
me
the
maner
howe
she
had
lost
her
childe
by
the
wylde
beaste
,
and
howe
she
had
lefte
the
other
vnder
a
tree
.
And
when
I
vnderstode
those
wordes
I
ledde
her
vnto
the
tree
whereas
I
had
left
her
,
and
there
doubled
her
sorowe
,
for
she
founde
not
the
other
chylde
that
she
had
lefte
there
.
And
thus
were
the
two
children
of
your
syster
loste
in
the
foreste
.
And
other
tydynges
knowe
I
not
.
And
if
you
doubte
you
of
this
thynge
for
to
haue
the
more
greater
knowledge
knowe
syr
that
I
am
Blandymayn
that
was
geuen
all
alone
for
to
conduyte
your
syster
Bellissant
,
when
she
was
sent
in
exile
by
the
Emperoure
Alexander
.
Alas
Blandymayn
sayde
the
kinge
youre
woordes
geueth
me
distresse
and
displeasaunce
when
that
I
maye
not
knowe
the
place
where
as
my
Syster
is
,
nor
of
her
twoo
chyldren
haue
certayne
knowledge
,
but
sythe
that
I
can
knowe
none
other
thynge
tell
me
if
that
it
be
long
ago
sythe
that
she
was
delyuered
within
the
forest
of
the
twoo
chyldren
.
Syr
sayd
Blandymayn
it
was
vpon
the
propre
daye
that
you
mette
me
in
the
forest
of
Orleaunce
,
and
that
I
tolde
you
the
pyteous
tydynges
of
the
exyle
and
vytuperable
blame
of
my
lady
Bellyssant
your
syster
.
As
the
kyng
Pepyn
vnderstode
these
wordes
of
Blandymayn
,
he
was
ryght
pensyfe
in
his
courage
.
And
euen
so
as
he
was
in
that
thought
he
be
thought
hym
of
Ualentyne
that
he
founde
in
the
forest
that
same
daie
,
and
on
Orson
that
had
bene
conquered
by
him
in
that
same
wodde
.
For
this
thing
he
was
in
great
melancoly
.
And
when
he
had
al
considered
he
knew
by
the
sayinges
of
Blandimain
that
they
were
sonnes
of
his
syster
Bellissant
.
He
sent
for
the
quene
Berth
his
wife
&
dyuerse
other
lordes
and
ladyes
of
his
courte
for
to
tell
and
declare
it
theim
.
Alas
lordes
sayd
he
I
haue
holden
and
nouryshed
longe
tyme
in
my
house
as
poore
chyldren
and
vnpu●uayed
,
they
that
be
sonnes
to
an
Emperour
and
an
Empresse
,
and
my
propre
neuewes
,
that
is
vnlentine
that
I
founde
in
the
forest
of
Orleaunce
,
that
was
by
my
syster
Bellyssant
in
the
tyme
of
her
misfor
tune
chylded
within
the
wodde
.
And
I
let
you
to
wyte
that
Orson
the
sauage
that
hath
ben
conquered
by
valentyne
as
I
may
vnderstand
is
his
propre
brother
naturall
,
and
they
both
are
sonnes
vnto
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
.
¶
Of
these
tidinges
was
the
quene
Berthe
muche
ioyous
,
and
all
the
lordes
barons
and
knightes
of
the
court
.
There
was
present
the
two
enemies
mortal
of
Ualentine
,
that
is
to
wyte
Haufray
and
Henty
,
that
with
semblaunt
made
tyght
ioyous
chere
,
but
at
their
hartes
and
courages
they
were
tryste
and
sorowful
.
For
aboue
al
thi●ges
they
desyred
the
death
of
the
noble
Ualentyne
,
for
and
to
the
ende
that
with
Charlemayn
their
lytell
brother
they
might
do
their
wil
disordinate
,
to
whome
they
were
muche
contrary
as
you
shall
heare
afterwarde
recounted
.
Now
was
Blandy
main
right
sore
abashed
when
he
harde
the
kyng
speke
thus
of
the
dedes
of
the
twoo
chyldren
,
and
demaunded
hym
.
Syr
know
you
in
what
lande
these
two
children
may
be
founde
that
you
make
mencion
of
.
Frende
sayd
the
kyng
I
haue
nouryshed
one
in
my
house
right
longe
,
in
suche
maner
that
he
is
become
great
haroye
and
stronge
,
and
hath
conquered
the
other
that
lyued
in
the
forest
of
Orleaunce
as
a
beaste
,
and
dyd●e
greate
dammage
in
the
countrey
aboute
.
And
after
that
he
had
conquered
hym
,
and
that
they
hadde
bene
longe
in
my
courte
,
they
departed
from
me
,
and
toke
leue
of
me
for
to
go
in
to
Acquytayne
to
fyght
with
a
hardy
and
a
valyaunt
champyon
that
the
grene
knight
maketh
him
to
be
called
.
And
syth
theyr
departynge
I
myght
neuer
haue
tydynges
of
them
.
Syr
sayd
Blandymayn
after
that
the
whyche
you
tell
me
I
let
you
wyte
that
I
mette
the
two
chyldren
besyde
the
cyte
of
Acquytayne
,
wherfore
I
am
ryght
dyspleasaunt
that
I
myght
not
know
them
,
for
of
all
my
dolours
I
sholde
haue
had
than
alegement
.
Of
this
mater
they
deuysed
longe
tyme
.
And
after
these
thynges
the
king
commaunded
that
Blandymayn
shuld
be
fested
and
serued
honourablye
in
all
thyngs
that
was
necessary
for
hym
.
Than
was
Blandymayn
taken
by
the
officers
of
the
palays
and
was
ledde
amonge
the
barons
and
knyghtes
of
hys
courte
,
the
whiche
receiued
him
in
grete
honoure
and
reuerence
in
festynge
hym
.
Nowe
it
happened
that
on
that
same
daye
the
grene
knyghte
that
I
haue
made
mencyon
of
before
arryued
at
the
courte
of
kinge
Pepin
that
was
at
Parys
.
And
soone
as
he
was
dyscended
he
went
into
the
halle
ryall
,
in
the
whyche
kynge
Pepyn
was
with
his
batous
&
knyghts
muche
notable
.
He
salued
the
king
right
reuerentlye
.
And
whan
the
kinge
sawe
hym
armed
wyth
gre●e
armour
he
meruaylled
muche
and
demaunded
hym
before
all
his
barons
&
knights
.
Tell
vs
whome
you
are
and
also
what
is
the
cause
of
your
commynge
hether
and
wherefore
you
●ere
suche
greue
armoure
.
Noble
and
honourable
kyng
sayde
the
grene
knyght
knowe
that
I
am
extraught
out
of
sarazyns
londe
,
and
borne
,
and
of
a
fader
sarazyn
I
am
engendred
,
and
of
a
moder
painime
I
haue
bene
childed
,
So
it
is
true
that
for
to
haue
to
wife
the
doughter
of
the
duke
of
Acquitaine
named
Fezonne
I
haue
by
a
whole
yere
holden
the
londe
of
the
duke
in
my
subgeccyon
.
And
haue
doone
so
muche
that
at
the
laste
I
dyd
gyue
hym
syx
monethes
of
trewes
,
by
such
a
couenant
that
yt
he
gaue
me
not
a
knyght
that
by
force
of
armes
myghte
conquere
me
duryng
that
same
tyme
that
I
shold
haue
his
Doughter
Fezonne
vnto
wyfe
.
And
in
case
that
I
were
conquered
and
vainquisshed
I
shold
make
myne
host
to
departe
out
of
his
countree
wythoute
●armynge
or
hurtynge
it
.
Now
I
haue
ben
ryght
longe
before
the
cyte
of
Acquitaine
in
abidinge
euery
day
batayll
,
so
there
came
to
me
many
valyaunt
knightes
of
dyuers
countrees
and
regeons
,
the
whiche
I
haue
put
al
to
death
and
hanged
on
a
tree
▪
saue
alonely
two
worthy
knyghtes
wherof
the
one
is
named
Ualentine
and
the
other
Orson
,
that
same
Ualentine
fought
wit
me
the
space
of
a
hole
day
,
and
we
dyd
so
many
feates
of
armes
bytwene
vs
twayne
that
the
nyght
constrayned
vs
to
leue
and
depart
as
wery
and
trauaylled
.
And
whan
it
came
on
thee
moro
we
that
thee
battayle
sholde
haue
begonne
agayne
bytwene
vs
twayne
,
his
felowe
Orson
armed
with
his
propreharneis
,
entred
in
to
the
felde
for
to
fight
with
me
,
wening
to
me
that
it
had
ben
Ualentine
.
And
whan
that
same
Orson
was
entred
into
the
fielde
muche
fierslye
he
made
me
sygne
of
dyffyaunce
.
Than
I
lepte
out
agaynst
hym
,
but
littell
auailed
my
strengthe
,
for
I
abode
not
longe
or
that
I
was
vainquished
by
hym
.
And
he
woulde
haue
taken
my
lyfe
from
me
yf
Ualentyne
had
not
come
rennynge
vnto
vs
,
whyche
made
meswere
to
receiue
bap
●ym
and
byleue
in
Ihesu
Christ
,
and
to
submit
my
life
entirely
vnto
your
commaundement
and
ordenaunce
.
And
therfore
in
acquitinge
my
faythe
and
promyse
by
the
knyghte
Ualentine
I
am
comen
to
yealde
me
vnto
you
,
as
to
hym
that
may
do
with
me
your
plesure
,
and
to
whom
after
God
apperteyneth
to
approch
my
dethe
or
to
prolong
my
lyfe
.
Not
for
that
my
redoubted
lord
I
yelde
me
before
your
maiestye
ryal
in
demaundynge
and
trustynge
to
haue
grace
for
the
honoure
of
that
same
god
that
I
haue
taken
the
byleue
of
,
for
know
that
I
am
crystened
and
byleue
in
Ihesu
Christe
,
and
frome
hens
forthe
wyl
obserue
it
wyth
true
mind
.
And
whan
I
was
baptysed
at
the
holy
font
stoone
,
in
the
honoure
of
your
hygh
and
puyssaunte
name
I
was
called
Pepyn
,
and
Pepyn
I
am
called
▪
whan
the
kynge
vnderstode
the
wordes
of
the
grene
knyght
he
answered
him
swetely
before
all
the
barons
and
knyghtes
sayenge
.
Welcome
be
you
vnto
vs
.
for
of
youre
comynge
we
be
tyghte
Ioyous
more
than
of
onye
other
thynge
.
Make
good
chere
for
the
loue
of
hym
that
sente
you
to
vs
,
for
I
assure
you
of
your
lyfe
.
And
yet
I
tell
you
before
all
that
within
short
tyme
I
shal
gyue
you
in
my
realme
grete
londes
&
possessyons
if
that
it
plese
you
to
abyde
in
my
seruice
.
But
tell
vs
where
the
two
knyghtes
is
that
hathe
conquered
you
.
Syr
said
the
grene
knyghte
I
lefte
them
in
the
cyte
of
Acquytayne
with
the
duke
Sauary
the
whiche
holdeth
them
more
deater
then
all
the
other
of
hys
court
.
By
the
tidinges
of
Blandimayn
and
by
the
grene
knighte
kinge
Pepin
hadde
tidinges
of
his
sister
and
of
his
two
neuewes
▪
the
which
she
chileded
in
the
foreste
of
Orleaunce
.
Wherefore
he
promised
God
that
he
shuld
go
into
grece
for
to
tell
th
emperoure
this
tidinges
,
and
for
to
make
his
sister
to
bee
sought
in
such
maner
that
she
myght
be
found
in
some
place
,
for
aboue
all
creatures
hee
desyred
ryghte
ardantly
to
se
his
sister
Bellissant
that
was
sogracious
▪
when
he
bethought
hym
on
the
great
iniury
that
had
bene
doue
vnto
her
,
he
wepte
ful
bitterly
with
both
his
●yen
,
and
was
ryght
sorowfull
at
his
harte
.
¶
How
the
good
kyng
Pepyn
departed
out
of
Fraunce
for
to
go
to
wa●de
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
to
beare
him
tidinges
of
his
sister
Bell●ssāt
.
And
how
afore
his
retorning
he
made
warre
to
the
Soudan
that
had
besyeged
Constantinoble
.
Cap.
xxvi
.
IN
that
same
tyme
that
kyng
Pepyn
had
rydynges
of
his
syster
Bellyssant
,
he
made
redy
his
hoost
without
delay
and
departed
from
Parys
for
to
go
to
Constantinoble
towarde
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
for
to
beare
hym
tydynges
of
his
syster
Bellyssant
as
you
haue
heard
.
The
kynge
made
suche
diligence
that
within
short
time
he
arriued
at
Rome
.
There
he
was
receyued
of
the
Pope
with
great
honoure
,
for
of
the
christen
fayth
he
was
the
chief
defendoure
.
He
dyned
that
daye
with
the
pope
in
his
palays
apostolyke
the
which
tolde
him
tydinges
of
the
Soudan
that
had
besyeged
the
cytie
of
Constantynoble
.
And
thus
as
they
spake
and
deuysed
of
that
matter
there
arryued
a
knyght
of
Grece
the
whiche
after
that
he
had
salued
the
pope
and
the
kynge
and
all
the
assista●ntes
in
muche
great
reuerence
he
sayd
to
him
.
Holy
father
that
arte
god
in
earth
know
that
the
sarazins
with
great
puissaunce
and
strengthe
of
armes
haue
assieged
and
put
in
subiection
the
lande
and
countrey
of
Consta●tinoble
.
So
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
sendeth
you
worde
by
me
that
for
to
kepe
the
christen
fayth
soo
as
you
ought
to
do
ye
sende
hym
sucoure
thether
,
or
els
you
shal
be
cause
to
let
the
countrey
be
lost
,
&
the
christen
fayth
to
diminishe
,
for
without
your
helpe
and
sucour
at
this
nede
there
is
no
remedy
.
when
the
pope
vnderstoode
these
tydynges
,
he
was
muche
displeasaunt
but
the
kyng
Pepyn
that
was
there
present
,
comforted
him
greately
sayenge
to
hym
.
Holy
father
take
in
you
coutage
and
comforte
for
if
you
wyl
geue
me
your
folkes
Romayne
●utyll
a
nombre
sufficient
I
shal
conduite
them
and
leade
them
towarde
Constantinoble
wyth
myne
hoost
,
and
I
shall
do
so
muche
by
the
helpe
of
god
for
the
susten●●cyon
of
the
Christen
faythe
,
that
the
Soudane
and
hys
armye
I
shall
put
too
vytuperable
confusyon
for
of
none
other
thing
I
haue
not
so
gret
desyre
as
to
sus●ein
the
christen
faithe
againste
the
paynims
.
whan
the
pope
heard
the
kyng
Pepyn
speke
so
and
knewe
his
courage
he
thanked
him
with
all
his
hert
,
and
sayd
to
him
.
Fre
king
right
thristen
of
god
be
thou
blyssed
,
for
of
al
other
kynges
thou
arte
the
most
puyssaunt
in
wordde
and
dede
,
and
syth
that
you
wyll
vndertake
such
a
thinge
,
I
shall
make
so
greate
nombre
of
Romayns
come
hether
for
to
accompany
you
,
that
you
maye
surely
arryue
in
grece
against
the
infydeles
and
enemyes
of
the
fayth
.
The
pope
in
that
same
time
of
al
the
londe
Romayne
assembled
so
great
a
nombre
of
folke
that
it
was
meruayll
,
&
made
to
ctye
the
croysee
,
that
is
to
knowe
that
all
that
wolde
go
in
that
batayll
in
the
honoure
of
the
passyon
of
Jhesu
christ
,
and
were
a
crosse
takynge
of
the
pope
his
blessinge
,
shuld
haue
pardon
of
al
their
sinnes
.
In
the
cyte
of
Rome
with
in
a
lyttell
tyme
assembled
greate
multitude
of
people
,
for
to
go
ouer
the
see
with
the
king
Pepin
.
And
the
pope
at
their
departing
gaue
them
his
blessinge
,
and
absolucion
of
al
their
sinnes
.
Thus
the
king
Pepin
toke
leue
of
the
pope
and
of
the
cardinalles
in
recommaundinge
him
vnto
the
Praiers
of
holy
chyrche
.
And
wyth
thirty
thousande
Romaines
beside
his
owne
hooste
he
mounted
vpon
the
sea
.
And
so
muche
the
time
was
agreable
vnto
him
that
with
in
fewe
daies
he
came
and
ariued
at
Constantinoble
.
And
there
he
sawe
that
the
soudan
Moradyn
hadde
besyeged
it
on
al
sydes
.
And
this
soudan
had
brought
with
him
.
xx
.
knigs
the
whithe
for
to
distroy
christen
dome
with
two
hundred
thou
sande
paynyms
had
passed
the
sea
.
And
so
muche
was
this
soudan
fered
and
redoubted
for
his
puyssaune
,
that
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
with
dyuers
other
christians
accompanied
hadde
withdrawen
hym
into
Constantinoble
,
and
so
well
he
kepte
the
cytie
that
it
myghte
not
be
taken
of
the
paynym
.
Alwayes
in
his
courage
he
bewaylled
his
wyfe
Bellyssant
,
and
he
bethought
of
the
shame
that
he
hadde
delyuered
her
to
without
cause
,
&
thought
well
within
his
sorowful
harte
that
she
was
decessed
out
of
this
worlde
for
it
was
twenty
yere
past
syth
he
harde
any
tydinges
of
her
,
but
anone
he
shall
heresome
by
kyng
Pepyn
that
toweth
so
much
vpon
the
sea
that
within
two
myle
of
Constantynoble
he
is
arriued
and
descended
.
And
made
his
tentes
and
pauilions
to
be
pyght
vp
in
the
fielde
,
and
made
his
foolke
to
be
put
in
right
faire
ordinaunce
.
Then
was
the
cutrouts
and
tyders
of
the
soudan
.
Moradyn
muche
agast
,
that
in
great
diligence
retourned
towarde
his
pauilion
and
said
to
hym
as
men
afrayed
and
full
of
fere
.
Sir
soudan
be
ryght
certayne
that
to
daye
there
is
arriued
vpon
this
grounde
mo
then
two
hundred
thousand
Romaynes
all
armed
for
to
put
vs
vnto
confusion
.
wherfore
auyse
you
vpon
this
matter
,
for
the
thyngis
doubtfull
and
peryllous
.
Holde
your
peace
sayd
the
Soudan
&
of
them
haue
no
drede
,
for
it
is
not
possyble
that
out
of
the
Empyre
of
Rome
there
be
descended
so
many
folke
we
be
puyssaunt
ynough
for
to
abyde
then
in
batayll
renged
.
For
I
haue
hope
that
within
short
time
I
shall
put
in
my
subiection
both
Rome
and
Fraunce
.
¶
He
commaunded
the
capitaines
to
put
his
hoost
in
point
for
to
receyue
them
.
when
the
morowe
was
come
,
the
king
made
ready
his
hoost
for
to
assayle
the
paynims
fiersly
Than
kinge
Pepyn
sent
a
lettre
secretely
into
the
cyty
to
the
Emperoure
whythe
specified
to
him
his
comming
for
to
socourhym
.
And
that
he
shold
make
al
his
men
be
armed
through
the
cite
in
al
diligence
,
and
that
they
sholde
yssue
out
vpon
the
painims
and
sarazyns
for
at
that
day
they
shuld
be
socoured
by
the
Romaines
and
Frenshmen
.
The
Emperoure
was
much
Joious
of
the
comming
of
king
Pepin
,
and
after
the
tenour
of
the
letter
made
his
hooste
too
be
assembled
and
armed
and
after
yssued
oute
of
the
cyte
of
Constantynoble
for
to
go
agaynst
the
paynyms
and
sarazyns
that
aboode
batayll
.
And
also
sone
as
they
were
in
the
felde
they
apperceyued
the
standardes
and
banners
of
the
hooste
of
kynge
Pepin
that
came
thederwarde
wyth
so
greate
nombre
of
trumpettes
and
clarons
making
noisethat
it
was
meruayll
.
Well
sawe
the
Painimes
that
there
came
against
them
gret
puyssaunce
of
men
.
The
Sowdan
called
two
Sarasins
of
the
most
hardiest
and
commaunded
them
that
they
shuld
goo
secretelye
and
nombre
the
host
of
the
christiens
that
came
against
them
.
And
that
whan
they
shuld
haue
done
so
that
they
sholde
retorne
to
hym
again
and
tel
him
.
The
two
sarasins
that
was
named
Claryan
and
Uaudu
mounted
on
horsbacke
and
●ode
towarde
the
hooste
of
the
noble
kyng
Pepin
.
But
they
had
not
riden
longe
whan
that
the
grene
knighte
espied
them
vpon
a
litell
mountaine
.
And
incontinente
as
he
had
apperceiued
them
hee
knewe
well
that
they
were
sarazins
.
Then
he
smote
his
hors
with
the
sportes
and
al
alone
●ode
towarde
them
with
his
spere
on
his
thighe
like
a
hardy
knight
.
And
whan
the
two
sarazins
saw
him
approch
to
them
bicause
that
he
was
all
alone
they
had
shame
for
to
flefor
him
,
and
said
by
Mahoune
it
shal
be
great
shame
to
vs
if
this
christian
escape
from
vs
twayne
.
¶
Howe
the
grene
knyght
Justed
against
two
Sarazins
and
howe
he
slewe
the
one
and
the
other
fledde
,
&
howe
kyng
Pepyn
with
his
hoost
was
enclosed
within
Constantinoble
.
Cap.
xxvii
.
WHen
the
two
sarazing
had
said
so
their
an
against
the
grene
knyght
,
and
he
hit
one
of
them
so
that
he
neuer
arose
,
&
the
other
fled
sore
wounded
.
Well
sawe
kyng
Pepyn
that
valiaunt
dede
.
Then
he
made
to
assayll
the
Soudan
Moradyns
hoost
.
And
there
Myllon
dangler
slewe
the
kyng
of
Acquyle
at
one
strooke
,
and
thre
more
or
euer
he
rested
.
And
he
dyd
so
great
dedes
of
of
armes
that
the
soudan
Moradin
apperceiued
him
,
so
he
cried
〈◊〉
highe
to
his
folke
that
they
shoulde
assaile
Myllon
Dangler
that
made
so
greate
slaughter
of
sarazins
.
At
the
commaundement
of
the
Soudan
Millon
dangler
was
assayled
on
all
sydes
by
the
paynyms
&
sarazyns
.
And
he
was
put
in
suche
subiection
that
they
cut
of
one
of
his
horses
thyes
,
by
the
which
he
was
constrayned
to
fall
vnto
the
earth
,
&
at
that
tyme
had
bene
taken
or
slayne
if
the
grene
knight
hadde
not
bene
that
maugte
the
sarazins
put
himselfe
in
the
prese
and
slewe
&
smote
down
so
many
that
he
approched
vnto
Myllon
dangler
and
gaue
him
a
horse
and
mounted
him
vpon
him
.
At
that
houre
did
the
grene
knyght
and
Myllon
dangler
so
great
dedes
of
armes
agaynste
the
paynyms
that
it
should
be
to
great
a
thyng
to
recounte
it
,
for
all
that
founde
themselfe
before
them
neuer
went
out
of
that
place
.
Great
was
the
battayll
and
endured
long
.
Kyng
Pepyn
and
his
men
that
daye
made
great
slaughter
of
the
paynims
.
But
not
withstanding
their
hardynes
they
should
haue
lost
the
fyelde
if
the
Emperoure
of
grece
had
not
bene
,
that
with
all
his
hoost
valyauntly
accompanied
assayled
the
paynims
on
the
other
syde
ryght
hardely
,
and
put
great
nombre
to
death
well
knewe
the
kyng
that
the
Emperoure
didde
greate
deades
of
armes
.
Then
he
toke
force
and
courage
,
&
assembled
his
men
agayne
▪
and
entred
into
the
battayll
more
ardauntly
then
before
,
&
thus
the
paynims
were
assayied
on
both
sydes
.
And
as
soone
as
the
kyng
sawe
the
Emperoure
he
sayde
vnto
hym
.
¶
Free
prince
now
shewe
your selfe
valiaunt
,
for
to
daye
by
me
you
shall
haue
tydynges
of
youre
wyfe
Bellyssant
.
At
these
wordes
the
Emperoure
was
ioyous
and
double
hys
courage
.
And
cryed
Constantynoble
to
his
men
,
in
promysyng
them
great
gyftes
if
they
bate
them
valiaunt
.
At
these
wordes
he
entted
into
the
batayl
with
so
marueilous
a
courage
that
he
was
to
hardy
that
abode
him
And
kyng
Pepyn
and
the
grene
knight
entred
in
on
the
other
syde
in
smytyng
vpon
the
paynyms
so
impetuously
,
that
wheresoeuer
they
passed
they
made
a
large
waye
thorough
the
prowesse
of
the
grene
knyght
.
Wel
wende
the
Soudan
Moradyn
to
haue
knowen
hym
that
behelde
his
armes
,
for
he
was
of
a
hygh
lynage
because
that
he
was
brother
vnto
Ferragus
.
But
because
that
he
knewe
that
the
grene
knyght
was
a
paynim
he
would
neuer
haue
thought
that
he
had
bene
come
on
that
syde
.
Nowe
was
the
paynyms
and
Saraszyns
at
that
houre
put
in
such
necessite
that
they
wende
neuer
to
haue
escaped
death
,
and
toke
the
flyght
.
And
then
the
kyng
of
S●●auayne
that
had
the
soudans
regarde
accompanied
with
fifty
thousand
fighting
men
yssued
out
on
the
christen
men
in
makyng
soo
greate
a
shoute
that
it
semed
that
all
should
founde
.
And
when
the
Emperour
and
the
kyng
Pepyn
knew
o●
their
comyng
,
they
saweand
considered
that
their
men
were
trauayled
,
and
the
men
of
the
kyng
of
Scl●uonye
freshe
,
wherfore
it
was
delivered
amonges
them
not
to
abyde
them
.
And
after
the
counsayll
taken
,
they
made
too
sowne
trompettes
and
clarons
for
to
withdrawe
them
in
to
Constantinoble
.
When
the
Soudan
sawe
that
the
christen
men
were
entred
,
he
made
too
assyege
the
cytie
ryght
nece
.
And
there
was
soo
great
nombre
of
paynyms
about
the
cytie
vpon
euery
syde
that
the
emperoure
and
the
kyng
▪
Pepyn
myght
not
yssue
out
of
it
.
¶
Thus
they
abode
long
tyme
in
the
subiection
of
their
enemies
that
kepte
them
streyghte
in
desiring
of
their
death
▪
and
purchasyng
the
dostruccion
of
the
christen
faith
So
I
shall
leue
you
to
speake
of
this
matter
and
will
tell
you
of
valentine
and
Orson
that
for
the
loue
of
Cleremonde
bene
entred
in
to
the
sea
,
as
ye
haue
heard
before
.
¶
Howe
Ualentyne
and
Orson
arryued
at
the
strong
castell
,
where
as
the
fayre
Clerymonde
was
,
and
how
by
the
head
of
brasse
they
had
knowledge
of
their
generacion
,
and
howe
Ualentyne
iusted
with
the
Seneshal
of
the
castell
for
the
entre
and
slewe
hym
.
Cap.
xxviii
.
AFter
that
valentine
and
Orson
hadde
long
tyme
abyden
vpon
the
hye
Sea
,
they
aduysed
an
yle
in
the
whiche
was
a
castell
right
stronge
and
puyssaunte
,
and
full
of
greate
beautie
,
that
same
Castell
was
all
couered
with
laten
right
clere
and
shynynge
,
and
for
the
greate
beaute
of
it
Ualentine
thought
wel
within
him selfe
that
it
was
that
there
as
the
greane
knyghte
had
sente
hym
to
for
to
fynde
his
syster
Clerymonde
.
He
wente
anone
thederwarde
and
dyscended
at
one
of
the
portes
of
the
I
.
And
whan
he
was
dyscended
he
enquyred
and
demaunded
who
ought
that
castell
that
was
so
faire
and
so
ryche
.
And
it
was
answered
hym
that
the
castel
was
in
the
kepynge
of
the
fayre
Clerymonde
syster
vnto
the
gyaunte
Ferragus
,
and
that
by
a
ryche
sarazyn
it
was
ed●fyed
,
the
which
Sarazyn
amonge
all
the
other
excellent
thynges
that
are
in
that
castell
,
made
to
make
and
compose
a
chambre
ryghte
fayre
and
ryche
,
of
the
whyche
chambre
the
rychesses
shall
be
declared
to
you
afterwarde
.
And
more
ouer
it
was
sayde
vnto
Ualentyne
that
within
that
same
chambre
there
was
a
moche
rych
Pyller
and
excellente
,
vppon
the
whiche
was
a
heade
of
brasse
that
of
olde
antiquite
had
bene
composed
muche
subtyllye
by
Nygromancye
of
a
Face
,
the
whyche
head
was
of
suche
nature
that
it
gaue
answer
of
al
thynges
that
was
asked
it
.
And
whan
Ualentine
vnderstoode
the
declar●cyon
of
the
Castell
,
he
was
ryghte
Ioyous
in
his
heart
,
for
he
thought
wel
that
it
was
the
place
that
the
grene
knyghte
had
tolde
hym
that
he
shoulde
fynde
hys
syster
in
,
that
was
so
gretely
commended
aboue
all
other
of
lytel
and
grete
for
her
great
beaute
.
He
demaunded
no
ferder
for
the
for
that
presente
time
,
but
put
hym
vppon
the
waye
wyth
Orson
for
to
goo
into
that
same
castel
and
so
muche
they
haue
gone
that
they
are
comen
before
the
gate
for
to
entre
in
,
but
they
did
fynde
.
x.
knyghtes
stronge
and
hardye
there
that
dyd
keepe
the
gate
nyght
and
daye
.
And
whan
they
sawe
Ualentyne
and
Orson
that
wolde
haue
entred
in
they
sayd
to
theym
.
Lordes
with
drawe
you
abacke
,
for
within
this
castell
entreth
no
body
be
he
neuer
of
so
hyghe
a
lygnage
without
the
leue
and
lycence
of
a
mayden
to
whome
y●
garde
appertayneth
,
the
whiche
aboue
all
them
of
the
world
is
garnysshed
with
beaute
.
Frende
sayd
Ualentyne
go
towarde
the
mayden
and
demaunde
her
yf
it
be
her
pleasure
to
gyue
me
entre
in
to
her
castel
.
Than
the
porter
mounted
vpon
hye
,
&
entred
in
to
the
chambre
where
as
the
fayre
Clerymonde
was
.
After
he
set
his
knee
on
the
grounde
and
sayd
to
her
.
Lady
before
the
gate
of
your
castell
in
two
men
that
wolde
entre
,
and
they
seme
men
of
ryght
fyers
courage
and
full
of
grete
pryde
and
it
semeth
by
theyr
maners
that
they
are
men
of
euyll
courare
&
dede
,
and
contrary
to
oure
lawe
.
Nowe
tell
your
wyl
and
answere
to
the
gardes
of
the
gate
that
hathe
sente
me
towarde
you
,
yf
it
please
you
that
they
shall
entre
or
not
.
Frende
sayd
the
mayden
dyscende
adowne
,
and
I
wyll
goo
vnto
a
wyndome
for
to
wytte
what
men
they
be
,
and
make
the
gates
for
to
be
kepte
well
,
for
I
wyll
speke
to
them
▪
The
porter
wente
downe
and
sayd
to
his
felowes
that
the
gate
sholde
be
well
kepte
,
tyl
that
the
lady
were
at
the
wyndowe
so
●o
gyue
them
theyr
answere
.
Than
Clerymonde
that
was
well
taught
lened
vpon
a
quysshynge
of
golde
a●●
wyndowe
and
sayd
vnto
Ualentyne
.
What
are
you
that
by
so
grete
hardynes
wyll
entre
in
to
my
cas●ol
withoute
demaundynge
lycence
.
Lady
sayd
Ualentyne
that
spake
hardyly
.
I
am
a
knyght
that
passeth
my
waye
,
So
I
wolde
gladly
speke
vnto
the
heed
of
brasse
yf
it
pleased
you
▪
that
gyueth
answer
vnto
euery
body
.
Knyght
sayd
the
lady
so
maye
ye
not
speke
therto
▪
but
yf
that
you
brynge
mee
certayne
sygnes
from
one
of
my
bretheren
/
that
is
from
the
kynge
▪
Ferragus
▪
or
from
the
grene
knight
that
of
Tartarye
hathe
the
lordshyp
and
●o●ynaci
on
.
And
yf
that
you
brynge
me
from
onye
of
them
bothe
tokenne
or
certificacion
I
shal
lette
you
entre
into
the
castel
at
your
owne
pleasure
and
wyll
.
And
know
that
by
none
other
manner
ye
maye
entre
into
this
castel
saue
alonely
by
one
point
that
I
shal
tel
you
,
that
is
that
you
take
leue
of
the
Seneshall
of
thys
place
the
which
I
shal
gyue
you
by
suche
a
condicion
that
before
or
you
entre
you
shall
Just
with
him
fiue
or
syxe
strokes
wyth
a
spere
.
Wherefore
auyse
you
whether
you
loue
better
to
goo
fetche
me
certayne
sygnes
of
one
of
my
brederen
,
or
doo
as
I
haue
tolde
you
.
Ladye
sayde
Ualentyne
make
doo
come
your
Seneshal
,
for
I
haue
leauer
fyght
agaynste
hym
and
wynne
and
deserue
to
entre
into
your
castell
,
than
I
goo
by
prayers
,
requestes
and
flaterynges
.
Thus
spake
Ualentine
vnto
the
fayre
Clerimond
that
had
hys
courage
so
valyaunt
and
hardy
/
not
withstondyng
that
he
brought
from
the
Grene
Knyght
certain
signes
by
the
ring
of
golde
,
that
he
loued
better
for
too
Iuste
for
to
proue
his
bodye
than
for
to
shewe
the
rynge
the
which
he
should
present
vnto
the
fayre
Clerimonde
.
And
whan
the
Lady
sawe
the
wyll
and
hardye
courage
wherwith
he
was
repleate
,
from
that
same
houre
shee
was
espyred
and
taken
wyth
hys
loue
ryght
ardauntly
at
the
hart
.
Thanne
in
contynente
she
mounted
in
too
the
chambre
where
as
the
head
of
brasse
was
and
sayd
vnto
it
,
what
is
that
knight
that
hath
so
gre●e
courage
for
to
enter
in
to
thys
castell
.
Lady
sayd
the
head
/
Of
the
knyght
nor
of
hys
estate
shall
you
k●ow
nothynge
.
vntyll
the
tyme
that
you
haue
brought
hym
before
me
for
that
answer
was
the
fayre
Clerymond
for
the
loue
of
Ualentyne
in
grete
thoughte
.
¶
How
as
Ualentyne
was
before
the
castell
speakynge
to
the
gardes
Clerymonde
made
her
complaynte
all
alone
of
Ualentyne
,
and
howe
he
Justed
for
the
entre
of
the
castell
and
wanne
it
.
Ca.
xxix
.
WHen
she
had
consydered
by
her self
the
maitene
and
the
fayre
speche
and
hardynes
of
Ualentyne
she
was
enbraced
with
his
loue
more
than
of
ony
other
that
euer
she
had
sene
and
sayd
Ueray
God
what
maye
be
befor
aboue
al
lyuynge
he
is
worthy
to
be
loued
,
for
he
●i
pleasaunt
&
streyght
▪
and
of
beaute
corporall
passing
all
other
,
and
yf
the
heed
of
brasse
do
after
my
wyll
.
I
shall
neuer
take
other
than
hym
.
whan
the
fayre
clerymonde
had
sayd
al
these
thynges
and
thought
in
her
courage
,
she
sente
for
the
Seneshall
and
tolde
hym
the
tydynges
of
the
knyght
that
wolde
entre
into
the
castel
By
my
god
sayd
the
Seneshall
he
dothe
procurea
grete
folye
,
for
he
shall
not
entre
without
prouynge
of
his
body
agaynst
myne
.
And
yf
he
be
soo
hardy
for
to
take
batayll
agaynst
me
I
shall
shewe
him
clerely
before
al
that
for
to
haue
your
loue
he
is
comen
to
late
.
Seneshall
sayd
the
lady
,
sythe
that
ye
wyll
not
gyue
him
lycence
for
to
entre
in
to
the
castell
go
and
arme
you
anone
for
I
let
you
wyte
that
you
shal
haue
batayll
of
hym
,
and
I
am
in
grete
doubte
that
you
shall
repente
you
to
late
wherfore
I
counsayll
you
that
ye
put
not
youre
body
in
this
daunger
.
Lady
sayd
the
Seneshall
that
was
tyghte
proude
leue
in
peas
suche
wordes
,
for
or
euer
that
he
entre
his
body
shall
abye
it
.
At
these
wordes
the
Seneshall
departed
▪
and
wente
to
arme
hym
,
and
after
mounted
on
horsbacke
.
And
whan
he
was
mounted
be
yssued
out
of
the
gate
with
a
grete
spere
in
his
hande
well
heded
.
And
the
lady
was
at
the
wyudowe
for
to
beholde
the
batayll
of
the
two
champyons
.
Whan
Ualentyne
sawe
the
Seneshall
come
towarde
hym
with
afyer
se
courage
,
he
couched
his
spere
and
smote
his
hors
with
the
sporres
.
Than
they
encountred
the
one
the
other
so
euen
that
bothe
theyr
speres
flewe
in
peces
.
After
they
toke
newe
speres
incontynnente
,
and
met
sotyersly
togyder
that
bothe
champyons
and
horses
fell
vnto
the
erthe
,
but
anone
Ualentynes
hors
recouered
that
was
fyetse
and
stronge
without
settynge
his
mayster
on
the
grounde
.
And
whan
the
noble
knyght
valentyne
was
rysen
vp
he
sayd
vnto
the
Seneshall
moche
swetely
▪
Now
ryse
you
vp
and
mounte
vppon
your
hors
all●a●
your
ease
,
for
it
th
olde
be
ly●ell
honoure
vnto
me
yf
I
●yde
fyght
with
you
thus
.
The
Seneshall
was
moche
Joyous
and
pray
see
gretely
the
curtey
sye
of
Ualentyne
,
so
he
mounted
on
his
hors
and
after
toke
a
spere
,
and
came
agaynst
Ualentyne
ryght
impetuously
,
But
the
noble
valentine
that
at
that
tyme
coude
playe
well
with
a
spere
gaue
hym
so
grete
a
stroke
that
he
smote
of
his
helme
from
his
heed
,
and
made
hors
and
man
fall
vnto
the
erthe
.
And
whan
he
sawe
hym selfe
smyten
downe
and
in
so
greate
daunger
he
sayd
vnto
Ualentyne
.
Knyght
I
can
not
tel
of
whens
you
are
nor
of
what
countree
,
but
neuer
the
dayes
of
my
lyfe
founde
I
a
knyght
that
was
so
valyaunt
as
you
.
I
wyll
yelde
me
vnto
you
and
shallet
you
entre
in
to
the
castel
at
your
owne
pleasure
the
whiche
is
soo
fayre
and
sumptuous
on
suche
a
condycyon
that
without
my
leue
you
shal
not
speke
vnto
the
fayre
Clerymonde
by
no
manere
.
By
my
faythe
sayd
valentyne
you
are
full
of
grete
folye
to
saye
suche
wordes
,
for
specyally
for
the
loue
of
her
haue
I
passed
the
see
,
and
am
comen
this
waye
,
and
how
well
that
I
neuer
sawe
her
,
yet
am
I
enamoured
on
her
more
than
on
ony
other
lady
.
And
I
let
you
wytte
that
I
shall
neuer
departe
from
hens
tyll
that
I
haue
spoken
with
her
and
with
the
heed
of
brasse
at
my
pleasure
.
Thus
as
Ualentyne
and
the
Seneshall
spake
togyder
the
fayre
Clerymonde
that
was
at
the
wyndowe
meruaylled
,
moche
of
the
graciousnes
of
valentyne
.
Alas
sayd
she
vnto
her
maydens
that
were
with
her
se
how
this
Seneshall
is
folys
she
for
to
fyght
with
so
valyaunt
a
knyght
whiche
myght
haue
slayne
hym
longe
ago
yf
his
gentylnes
had
not
refrayned
hym
.
Daughters
by
the
god
almyghty
I
meruayle
me
moche
what
he
may
be
that
hathe
so
greate
desyre
for
to
entre
in
to
my
stronge
and
puyssaunt
castell
.
In
ryght
grete
thought
was
the
noble
lady
Clerymonde
,
and
sayd
that
she
wolde
haue
ones
that
knyghte
for
her
loue
.
For
euer
the
more
that
she
sawe
hym
the
more
was
her
loue
fured
vpon
hym
▪
Whan
valentyn
sawe
the
grete
pryde
of
the
Seneshal
and
his
grete
ouerweninge
he
smote
his
hors
with
the
sporres
and
gaue
hym
so
grete
a
stroke
in
the
myddes
of
his
body
that
he
smote
hym
through
the
lyuer
&
the
longes
and
felled
hym
downe
deed
to
the
erthe
,
wherof
the
gracious
lady
Clerymonde
was
ryght
Joyous
Than
she
commaunded
the
porters
for
to
open
the
gates
&
that
Ualentyne
sholde
be
brought
vnto
her
in
to
her
halle
prepayred
.
The
porters
dyde
the
commaundement
of
the
lady
Clerymonde
,
and
ledde
towarde
her
the
noble
valentyne
and
Orson
his
broder
.
And
whan
the
excellente
lady
Clerymonde
sawe
Ualentyne
she
wente
agaynst
hym
&
sayd
to
hym
.
Knyght
well
be
ye
comen
for
I
sawe
neuer
so
valyaunt
nor
so
hardy
a
knyght
entre
in
to
my
castell
;
well
shewe
you
by
your
dedes
that
you
are
extraught
oute
of
a
gentyll
bloode
Lady
sayde
Ualentyne
knowe
that
by
my
propre
name
I
am
called
Ualentyne
and
am
a
poore
aduenturer
that
of
my
generacyon
and
lygnage
had
neuer
knowlege
and
yet
I
sawe
,
neuer
the
fader
by
whome
I
was
engendred
nor
the
moder
that
bare
me
,
nor
also
dyde
my
felowe
that
you
se
here
,
for
he
was
nourysshed
in
a
forest
lyke
a
wilde
beest
,
where
as
I
conquered
him
with
the
swerde
moche
valyauntly
.
And
knowe
for
a
certaynte
that
he
neuer
spake
noo
more
than
you
se
him
doo
at
this
tyme
,
Now
haue
I
gone
so
moche
for
to
haue
knowledge
of
my
frendes
that
I
haue
passed
the
see
for
to
come
hether
for
the
loue
of
your
grete
beaute
.
¶
How
valentyne
shewed
the
rynge
vnto
Clerymonde
that
her
broder
the
grene
knyght
haddde
gyuen
him
and
how
he
spake
vnto
the
head
of
brasse
,
whiche
tolde
hym
all
his
generacyon
.
Capitulo
.
xxx
IN
sayinge
those
wordes
Ualentyne
drew
out
the
rynge
that
the
grene
knyghte
hadde
gyuen
hym
,
and
in
smylynge
gaue
it
vnto
the
fayre
Clerymonde
,
the
whiche
incontynent
knewe
it
well
.
And
thanne
she
sayde
vnto
Ualentine
.
Knyghte
fayre
syr
yf
you
hadde
shewed
me
that
rynge
whan
you
arryued
before
my
Gates
,
wythoute
abydynge
onye
Iustes
or
putting
your
bodye
in
daunger
,
at
that
same
houre
you
shoulde
haue
entred
into
my
castell
wythout
contradiccion
.
But
you
haue
shewed
the
greate
noblenes
that
is
in
you
,
whan
that
by
your
hardynes
you
haue
loued
better
to
enter
in
to
mi
castel
and
come
toward
me
than
to
seke
onye
other
meanes
.
Soone
after
that
Ualentyne
and
the
fayre
Clerimonde
had
spoken
thus
togyder
the
tables
were
spredde
and
the
Mayden
sette
.
And
Ualentine
was
set
before
her
that
toke
none
other
solace
nor
plesure
saue
alonely
to
behold
her
that
was
set
before
him
.
Alas
veray
God
sayd
Ualentine
in
hys
courage
please
it
you
to
take
my
heart
out
of
thys
dolorous
dystresse
shortly
,
which
and
for
the
loue
of
thys
lady
so
profoundlye
wounded
at
the
harte
that
neuer
the
daies
of
my
life
I
was
in
such
melancoly
.
Alas
god
she
is
so
muche
garnyshed
wyth
beaute
,
and
so
full
of
grete
bounte
,
the
eyen
grene
in
laughynge
stedfaste
,
the
foreheade
cleare
and
polyshed
,
and
the
face
ruddye
.
And
all
the
other
membres
of
her
body
by
ryght
measure
naturally
composed
.
Now
am
I
soo
ardauntly
taken
wyth
her
loue
that
the
death
shuld
be
more
agreable
vnto
me
than
for
to
fayll
too
perfourme
and
accomplysshe
,
this
thinge
.
In
thys
manner
complayned
the
noble
knyght
Ualentine
for
the
loue
of
the
excellent
Clerymonde
.
¶
And
she
vppon
the
other
syde
in
beholdyng
hym
loste
bothe
maners
and
countenaunce
.
In
this
grete
melancoly
the
moost
honestly
that
they
might
kepe
their
countenaunces
passed
the
knyght
&
the
lady
the
dynner
.
And
whan
the
tables
were
taken
vp
Clerymonde
toke
Ualentyne
by
the
hande
and
sayde
to
hym
.
Frende
so
moche
haue
you
doone
that
you
haue
deserued
for
to
entre
into
my
secrete
chambre
,
where
as
you
shall
see
the
heade
of
brasse
,
the
whyche
of
your
lygnage
shall
tell
you
good
and
certayne
tydynges
.
Nowe
come
your
waye
wyth
me
and
brynge
your
felow
with
you
,
for
I
haue
a
grete
desyre
to
heare
the
answere
that
shall
be
gyuen
you
by
the
heade
of
brasse
.
The
noble
knyght
Ualentyne
was
muche
Ioyous
whan
he
hearde
the
amerous
lady
Clerimonde
speke
so
.
They
yssued
out
of
the
halle
and
wende
towarde
the
chambre
where
as
the
heade
of
brasse
was
rychlye
aourned
.
And
anone
as
they
were
at
the
doore
for
to
haue
entred
in
,
they
found
on
the
one
syde
a
meruayllous
,
ferefull
and
a
stronge
vyllayne
ryghte
greate
and
croked
,
that
bare
a
clubbe
of
yron
vpon
his
necke
,
the
which
was
right
heauye
.
The
which
villaine
semed
to
be
rebell
and
full
of
great
outrage
.
And
on
the
other
syde
of
the
dore
was
a
lyon
right
great
fierse
&
proud
.
These
twayne
were
ordeyned
at
all
ceasones
for
to
defend
and
kepe
that
none
should
entre
into
the
chambre
wythoute
the
ladies
leue
,
and
without
fightinge
wyth
the
vyllayn
and
the
lyon
.
And
whan
Ualentine
apperceiued
the
villa●
and
the
lion
that
dressed
them
against
theym
for
to
defende
the
dore
.
He
demaunded
the
fayre
Clerymonde
what
suche
thinges
signified
and
woulde
say
.
Lordes
sayd
Clerymonde
the
set
wayne
that
you
se
here
are
for
to
kepe
the
doore
and
there
inaye
none
enter
withoute
fightynge
wyth
them
▪
wherby
dyuers
beno
deade
without
passynge
ony
fer●er
.
And
to
the
regarde
of
the
lyon
he
is
of
suche
a
nature
that
he
wyl
neuer
doo
a
kings
son
harmnor
dommage
.
Lady
sayd
Ualentine
I
canne
not
tell
what
shall
happen
,
but
at
auenture
I
shal
put
me
in
the
garde
of
God
hauyng
confydence
to
ouer
come
the
lyon
.
Than
he
aproched
him
to
the
proud
beaste
and
by
strength
of
armes
enbraced
him
about
the
bodye
,
but
also
soone
as
he
smelled
Ualentines
cloothes
and
fleshe
he
let
hym
goo
and
was
curteis
and
humble
withoute
doynge
hym
hurte
or
dommage
.
And
Orson
was
on
the
other
syde
that
assaylled
the
vyllayn
and
or
euer
he
myght
lyfte
vp
his
clubbe
of
yron
he
tooke
hym
by
the
mydle
so
rudely
that
he
threwe
hym
agaynst
the
walle
,
and
than
toke
his
clubbe
from
him
and
gaue
him
so
great
a
stroke
that
he
felled
hym
to
the
earth
in
suche
facyon
that
yf
it
hadde
not
ben
the
fayre
Clerymond
he
would
haue
slayne
the
villayne
in
the
place
.
And
thus
was
the
vyllayne
vaynquysshed
&
the
Lyon
by
the
two
knyghtes
.
After
the
gate
was
opened
and
they
entred
in
to
the
chambre
that
wyth
all
rychesse
mondayn
was
dressed
.
For
it
was
painted
with
fine
golde
and
azure
poudred
with
in
with
rubyes
and
saphyrs
,
and
man●
other
stones
,
it
was
hanged
wyth
fyne
clothe
of
golde
,
set
with
dyamondes
and
grete
pearles
.
In
the
chambre
was
foure
pyllers
of
Iasper
meruaylous
rich
and
with
subtyll
werke
edefy●●
of
whych
the
fyrst
twain
were
yelower
thanne
fine
goulde
.
The
thirde
more
grean●●
than
the
grasse
in
May
.
The
fourth
more
redder
than
a
flam
binge
cole
.
Betwene
these
pillers
was
an
amery
more
richer
than
I
can
deuise
or
say
,
in
the
whiche
the
head
of
brasse
was
that
gaue
answer
to
euery
body
set
vpon
a
rich
piller
right
sumptuously
ao●r●ed
&
closed
Ualentyne
opened
the
amarye
and
behelde
the
heed
in
coniurynge
it
for
to
tell
him
the
trouthe
of
his
estate
&
natyuyte
.
Than
spake
the
heed
so
hye
and
so
clere
that
euery
body
herde
it
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Knyght
of
grete
renowne
I
tel
the
that
thou
arte
named
valentine
the
inoost
hardy
and
valyaunt
that
euer
syth
the
worlde
began
entred
here
in
,
&
arte
that
same
to
whome
the
fayre
Clerymonde
hathe
ben
gyuen
,
and
ought
to
be
,
nor
neuer
shall
she
haue
other
than
you
.
Thou
arte
sone
of
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
and
of
the
fayre
Bellyssant
syster
vnto
kynge
Pepyn
,
the
whiche
with
wronge
hath
ben
chased
out
of
his
Em●yre
thy
moder
is
in
Portyngale
in
the
castell
of
Ferragus
,
the
whiche
hathe
kepte
her
by
the
space
of
.xx.
yere
,
the
kynge
Pepin
is
thin
vncle
,
and
this
felowe
that
thou
ledest
shith
the
is
thy
propre
broder
naturall
.
You
twayne
was
chylded
of
the
gracyous
Empresse
Bellyssant
in
the
forest
of
Orleaunce
,
in
grete
pyte
and
dolorous
dystresse
.
And
whan
the
empresse
had
put
you
vpon
the
erthe
,
thy
felowe
was
borne
awaye
from
her
by
a
beer
,
and
by
her
hathe
ben
nourysshed
in
the
wodde
without
helpe
or
comforte
of
ony
natural
woman
.
And
thou
was
founde
that
same
daye
in
the
forest
by
kynge
Pepin
and
borne
awaye
,
the
whiche
with
out
hauynge
ony
knowledge
of
the
hathe
swetely
nourysshed
and
brought
the
vp
,
And
also
I
the
tell
that
thy
broder
that
is
hera
presente
shall
neuer
speke
vnto
the
tyme
that
thou
make
a
threde
to
be
cut
that
he
hath
vnder
his
tongue
.
And
whan
thou
shalte
haue
made
it
to
be
cut
he
shal
sp●ke
also
playnly
as
ony
body
.
Now
thike
to
do
well
as
thou
haste
begonne
and
all
good
shall
happen
the
,
for
syth
that
thou
ar●e
entred
in
to
this
chambre
my
tyme
is
past
&
than
it
stouped
downe
sodaynly
&
neuer
syth
was
there
by
it
ony
worde
spoken
.
Than
Ualentyne
that
was
rauysshed
for
Ioye
came
to
Orson
and
in
wepynge
moche
tenderly
kyssed
his
mouthe
And
Orson
on
the
other
syde
enbrased
hym
and
called
hym
in
castynge
onte
grete
syghes
anguysshous
.
Alas
sayd
Clerymonde
to
Ualentine
Free
curteyse
knyght
I
oughte
to
be
ryghte
Ioyous
of
your
comynge
,
for
by
you
I
am
out
of
grete
thought
and
melancolye
,
in
the
whiche
by
the
space
of
ten
yere
I
haue
passed
my
tyme
languysshynge
in
doloure
,
abydynge
hym
that
I
oughte
to
be
gyuen
to
.
Now
you
are
he
I
se
it
clerely
,
for
by
no
ne
other
the
heede
of
brasse
sholde
lese
the
speche
.
And
syth
that
it
is
thus
that
by
your
comynge
it
hathe
loste
the
speche
.
I
gyue
me
and
habandone
me
vnto
you
as
to
my
parfyte
loue
,
and
to
hym
that
by
ryghte
and
reason
I
ought
to
be
vttred
and
gyuen
.
And
from
hensforthe
I
promyse
you
and
swere
to
you
with
herthe
,
body
,
and
godes
that
I
shal
serue
you
loyally
after
my
lytell
puyssaunce
&
encheue
your
good
pleasure
.
Lady
sayd
Ualentyne
of
your
good
wyll
I
thanke
you
hertely
,
it
is
well
ryght
and
reason
that
I
loue
you
aboue
all
the
thynges
of
the
worlde
and
holde
dere
,
for
frome
before
Acquytayne
you
were
gyuen
me
by
the
grene
knyght
your
broder
,
the
whiche
by
the
helpe
of
me
&
of
my
broder
Orson
was
conquered
and
vaynquysshed
,
&
whan
it
shall
be
your
pleasure
for
to
take
the
lawe
and
the
bileue
that
the
grene
knyght
hathe
taken
I
am
contente
for
to
wedde
you
.
That
is
for
to
wyte
the
lawe
of
Ihesu
chryste
withoute
the
whiche
none
can
haue
the
Ioye
eternall
.
Syr
sayd
the
mayden
suche
thynge
wyll
I
do
gladly
.
For
with
all
my
courage
I
am
redy
and
apparaylled
to
fulfyll
your
mynde
&
obeye
to
your
commaundementes
more
than
to
ony
other
lyuynge
.
On
that
same
daye
was
demeaned
grete
Ioye
thorughe
al
the
castell
,
for
they
knewe
well
by
the
heede
of
brasse
that
it
was
he
that
sholde
haue
the
fayre
Clerymonde
.
Soo
grete
was
the
renowne
of
the
knyght
Ualentyn
that
al
they
of
the
countree
aboute
made
grete
Ioye
,
but
the
grete
Ioye
of
Ualentine
&
the
fayre
Clerymonde
was
soone
torned
in
to
sorowe
&
dystresse
by
the
false
treason
of
her
broder
Ferragus
▪
as
it
shal
be
declared
vnto
you
here
afterwarde
.
¶
How
by
an
enchauntour
named
Pacolet
the
giaunt
Ferragus
had
tydynges
of
his
syster
and
of
Ualentyne
.
And
of
the
answer
that
he
gaue
Pacolet
.
Ca.
xxxi
.
IN
the
castell
of
pleasaunce
of
the
fayre
lady
Clerymonde
was
a
dwerfe
that
she
had
nourysshed
from
his
chyldhode
&
sette
vnto
the
scole
.
That
same
dwerfe
was
called
Pacolet
He
was
full
of
grete
wytte
and
vnderstondynge
,
the
whiche
at
the
scole
of
tollette
had
lerned
so
muche
of
the
arte
of
Nygromancye
that
aboue
all
other
he
was
perfyte
,
in
suche
manere
that
by
enchauntemente
he
had
made
and
composed
a
lytell
hors
of
wodde
,
and
in
the
heed
there
was
artyfycyelly
a
pynne
that
was
in
suche
wyse
set
,
that
euery
tyme
that
he
mounted
vpon
the
horse
for
to
goo
somwhere
,
he
torned
the
pynne
towarde
the
place
that
he
wolde
go
to
,
and
anone
he
founde
him
in
the
place
without
harme
or
daunger
,
for
the
hors
was
of
suche
facyon
that
he
wente
thorughe
the
ayre
more
faster
than
ony
byrde
coude
flee
.
That
same
Pacolet
that
had
ben
nourysshed
in
the
castell
of
Clerymonde
,
all
the
daye
he
be
helde
and
consydered
the
maners
and
facyons
of
the
noble
Ualentyn
.
Than
he
thoughte
that
he
wolde
go
in
to
Portyngale
&
recount
vnto
hym
the
enterpryse
of
Ualentyne
and
the
manere
of
his
comynge
.
He
wente
vnto
his
hors
of
wodde
&
mo●ted
vpon
hym
,
after
he
torned
the
pynne
towarde
Portyngale
,
and
incontynent
the
hors
of
wodde
mounted
in
to
the
ayre
&
so
moche
he
wente
that
that
same
nyghte
he
arryued
in
Portyngale
,
and
to
the
kynge
Ferragus
tolde
the
tydinges
.
whan
Ferragus
vnderstode
the
speche
of
Pacolet
the
enchauntoure
he
was
moche
angrye
and
sorowfull
at
his
herte
agaynste
Ualentyne
the
noble
knyghte
that
sholde
haue
his
syster
Clerymonde
and
also
agaynst
her
bicause
she
had
gyuen
her
herte
&
her
loue
to
a
chrysten
knyght
for
the
whiche
he
was
sory
,
And
swore
by
his
grete
god
that
he
wolde
take
vengeaunce
on
him
,
but
before
Pacolet
he
shewed
not
his
furoure
nor
the
wyll
of
his
courage
,
for
the
man
that
thynketh
treason
holdeth
alwayes
his
mouthe
secrete
for
to
come
the
better
vnto
his
entencyon
.
Ryght
so
dyde
Ferragus
that
sayd
vnto
Pacolet
the
enchauntour
.
Frende
retourne
vnto
my
syster
Clerymonde
and
saye
vnto
the
knyght
that
shall
haue
her
in
maryage
that
I
am
ryght
gladde
of
his
comynge
,
and
that
I
shall
se
hym
ryght
shortely
accompanyed
with
my
baronage
to
be
at
his
weddynge
.
Syr
sayd
Pacolet
I
shall
do
gladly
youre
message
,
and
than
he
mounted
on
his
hors
&
was
there
in
an
instaunt
.
And
whan
he
was
before
Clerymonde
he
sayd
vnto
her
.
Madame
I
come
from
Portyngale
,
and
haue
sene
your
broder
Ferragus
,
the
whiche
is
ryghte
Ioyous
of
the
noble
Ualentyne
that
shal
be
your
husbande
,
and
knowe
that
with
in
shorte
tyme
he
wyll
se
you
in
greate
tryumphe
to
make
your
maryage
.
Ha
Pacolet
sayd
the
lady
I
wo●e
neuer
what
shall
happen
but
I
fere
me
gretely
that
my
broder
thynke
not
some
treason
,
for
I
knowe
well
that
he
wyll
neuer
loue
noo
knyght
of
Fraunce
,
nor
man
that
holdeth
the
lawe
of
Ihesu
chryste
.
And
on
that
other
syde
I
am
ryght
dysple
asaunt
that
I
knewe
not
of
thy
goynge
,
for
thou
sholde
haue
enquyred
after
a
chysten
woman
that
of
longe
time
hathe
ben
abydinge
with
my
broder
Ferragus
wyfe
in
his
castell
.
¶
How
Pocolet
retorned
in
to
Portyngale
for
to
seke
Bellyssant
Ualentynes
moder
,
and
howe
he
sawe
her
in
Ferragus
castell
.
Capitulo
.
xxxii
.
LAdy
sayd
Pacolet
I
shal
besone
retorned
a
gayne
,
●
to
morowe
before
myddaye
I
shall
brynge
you
tydynges
.
By
god
sayd
Ualentyne
that
maye
you
not
do
without
the
arte
of
the
enemye
.
Ualentyne
sayd
Clerymōdelet
hym
werke
and
do
his
crafte
,
for
he
is
so
well
faughte
that
he
wyll
go
more
than
a
thousande
myle
on
a
daye
whan
Ualentyne
knewe
that
Pacolet
coude
suche
and
arte
he
meruaylled
moche
.
Than
he
called
Orson
and
cut
and
toke
awaye
the
threde
that
was
vnder
his
tongue
.
And
after
the
it
was
out
he
began
for
to
speke
veray
ryght
and
pleasauntly
,
and
that
same
houre
recounted
vnto
them
all
his
lyfe
that
he
haddeledde
in
the
forest
.
So
they
were
herkenynge
hym
the
moost
parte
of
the
nyght
.
And
on
the
moro
we
Pacolet
found
hym self
in
the
halle
before
Ualentine
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
I
come
from
Portyngale
where
as
I
haue
seene
your
moder
that
is
in
good
he●le
.
Frende
sayd
Ualentine
thou
arte
welcome
,
for
it
is
the
thinge
that
I
desyre
mooste
to
here
good
tidinges
of
her
and
se
her
.
Loue
said
Clerymonde
take
comforte
to
you
,
if
my
brother
comme
not
hecher
we
shal
go
into
Portyngale
and
se
her
there
Ladye
sayde
Pacolet
knowe
for
a
certainte
that
your
brother
wyll
be
here
shortiye
,
for
so
he
dyd
promyse
me
.
Alas
sayd
the
pleasaunce
Ladye
Clerymonde
I
am
to
sore
a
ferde
in
my
hearte
that
my
brother
Ferragus
do
not
some
thinge
whereby
our
ioyous
enterpryse
maye
be
tourned
in
to
harde
discomfort
,
for
I
haue
drenied
a
dreme
muche
meruayilous
which
put●eth
me
in
grete
thought
and
fere
.
The
night
whan
I
shold
haue
taken
my
rest
I
dremed
that
I
was
in
a
great
and
a
meruailous
water
profounde
,
in
the
which
I
should
haue
be
drowned
yf
it
had
not
bene
a
face
that
drew
me
out
of
the
water
.
And
than
me
thought
I
sawe
a
Gryffon
yssue
out
of
a
cloude
,
the
whiche
with
his
nayles
sharpe
and
longe
tooke
me
and
bare
me
soo
farre
that
I
wyste
not
where
I
was
artyued
.
Ha
my
loue
said
Ualentine
take
no
thoughte
for
your
dreame
,
for
who
that
wolde
byleue
in
dremes
shoulde
haue
to
much
to
suffre
.
It
is
true
sayd
the
fayre
lady
Clerymonde
but
I
can
not
kepe
my selfe
therfro
.
At
these
wordes
the
lady
&
Ualeutine
entred
into
a
fayre
arbour
that
was
garnyshed
with
al
maner
of
floures
,
and
therin
they
were
a
grete
while
talkinge
of
their
secreate
loue
.
Nowe
it
happened
that
the
same
day
Ferragus
the
traytour
arriued
there
and
whan
the
lady
knewe
that
he
was
comen
she
wente
to
warde
hym
for
to
welcom
him
.
And
he
sayd
to
her
moche
swetely
.
My
syster
aboue
all
worldly
creatures
I
hadde
desyre
for
to
se
you
.
Nowe
tell
me
I
praye
you
whiche
is
the
knyght
that
shal
wedde
you
,
fayre
broder
here
may
you
sehy●n
.
Than
valentyne
approched
and
salue
the
one
the
other
with
grete
reuerence
.
Knyghte
sayd
Ferragus
ye
be
welcome
in
to
these
quarters
for
to
wedde
my
syster
Clerymonde
.
For
ryght
soo
as
my
broder
the
grene
knyght
the
whiche
hathe
sente
you
hether
after
that
he
hadde
ben
conquered
by
you
dyde
taken
the
fayth
of
Ihesu
christe
,
euen
so
haue
I
my
wyll
and
synguler
desyre
to
receyue
baptim
and
take
youre
byleue
.
Syr
sayd
Ualentyne
of
your
wyll
be
Iesus
thanked
,
for
he
for
your
redemptyon
suffred
dethe
and
passyon
,
without
the
whiche
none
can
be
saued
.
Alas
Ualentyne
thought
well
that
the
traytoure
Ferragus
had
sayd
those
wordes
by
greate
deuocyon
,
but
vnder
the
shadowe
of
swete
and
fayre
wordes
he
ymagyned
mortall
treason
.
And
whan
the
gyaunt
Feragus
had
sayd
so
Ualentyne
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
it
hathe
ben
tolde
and
recounted
vnto
me
that
within
your
hous
syth
the
space
of
twenty
yere
or
there
aboute
you
holde
a
christenwoman
the
whiche
I
desyre
for
to
se
with
al
my
herte
whiche
is
my
moder
,
and
is
named
Bellyssante
syster
vnto
the
kynge
Pepyn
,
and
wyfe
vnto
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
.
By
mahoune
sayd
Ferragus
you
say
trouthe
but
to
the
ende
that
you
be
the
better
enfourmed
of
her
you
shall
come
in
to
Portyngale
and
se
the
lady
.
And
whan
you
shall
haue
spoken
to
heryou
maye
knowe
yf
she
be
suche
as
you
demaunde
or
not
,
grameryce
sayd
Ualentyne
,
than
he
lefte
hym
and
sayd
vnto
his
syster
,
the
fayre
Clerymonde
in
maner
of
good
&
perfyte
loue
.
My
syster
and
inyne
onelye
esperaunce
,
I
desyre
aboue
all
thynges
your
honoure
,
and
auauncemente
,
and
am
ryght
Ioyous
that
you
haue
founde
so
valyaunt
a
knyght
to
your
husbande
and
spouse
,
and
for
his
greate
valyauntnesse
I
wyll
that
you
and
he
come
with
me
into
portyngale
,
to
the
ende
that
with
the
greater
tryumph
you
maye
be
maryed
togyder
.
¶
Howe
Ualentyne
and
Orson
were
betrayed
by
Ferragus
,
and
howe
he
put
them
in
an
obscure
prison
,
wher
as
they
made
pyteous
complayntes
.
Ca.
xxxiii
.
WHan
Ferragus
had
spoken
so
to
his
sister
Clerimonde
,
he
made
his
shippes
and
hys
galees
to
be
apparaylled
,
and
his
men
for
to
mount
vppon
the
sea
.
After
he
sent
for
Ualentine
the
which
was
ryght
Ioyous
for
to
goo
into
portyngale
with
his
loue
Clerymonde
.
For
he
wend
wel
that
the
gyaunt
Ferragus
ledde
them
ouer
for
to
do
them
honoure
/
for
he
had
promysed
them
that
he
wold
be
christened
and
al
thei
of
his
court
,
wher
by
Ualentine
was
betrayed
and
his
broder
Orson
.
For
also
soone
as
the
cursed
sarazyne
was
mounted
vppon
the
sea
,
and
that
he
had
Ualentine
in
his
subgeccion
with
in
his
shippe
,
he
thoughte
that
he
shoulde
neuer
escape
his
handes
wythout
death
,
but
at
the
entre
of
the
sea
he
made
him
fayre
semblaunte
,
and
by
false
worddes
and
promyses
he
made
them
come
with
hym
,
but
whanne
it
came
towarde
midnighte
that
the
two
knyghtes
were
gone
to
reast
them
,
the
traytour
Ferragus
made
them
to
be
taken
secretely
in
theyr
beddes
and
be
bounden
surely
,
and
made
theyr
eyen
to
be
bended
as
man
that
were
openly
condempned
to
death
by
faute
crymynell
.
And
whan
the
fayre
Clerymonde
sa
we
her
louer
Ualentine
taken
and
bounden
,
she
made
so
greate
sorowe
that
hee
had
a
harde
harte
that
wepte
not
.
Alas
said
she
knight
Ualentyne
our
Ioye
and
solace
is
soone
torued
into
dolour
and
dystresse
,
you
haue
boughte
my
loue
to
deare
,
whan
that
for
my
sake
you
muste
suffre
death
,
I
wolde
that
I
had
neuer
bene
borne
for
your
sake
,
for
in
payne
and
in
trauayll
you
haue
conquered
me
,
and
in
doole
and
in
sorowe
I
shall
be
taken
from
you
,
to
sore
is
the
loue
bought
whan
one
muste
suffre
deathe
for
louynge
trewlye
wythoute
to
haue
deserued
it
.
Alas
alas
nowe
oughte
I
wel
to
syghe
with
my
herte
and
tenderly
wepe
with
myn
eyen
,
whan
it
behoueth
that
for
my
loue
the
moost
valyaunt
,
the
moost
hardy
,
and
the
moost
noble
of
the
worlde
be
delyuered
vnto
shameful
dethe
,
ha●
Ferragus
my
fayre
broder
to
euyll
do
you
werke
.
For
of
all
the
worlde
you
haue
betrayed
and
deceyued
the
moost
valyaunt
knyght
,
and
yf
it
be
soo
that
he
muste
suffre
dethe
for
me
I
shall
neuer
the
dayes
of
my
lyfe
haue
Ioye
at
my
herte
,
but
the
moost
sonest
that
I
may
I
shall
procure
my
dethe
by
some
waye
.
And
I
do
you
to
wytte
that
yf
you
put
the
two
knyghtes
to
dethe
,
ye
shall
haue
ones
a
vyllaynous
reproche
,
and
therfore
let
them
alone
.
For
in
purchasynge
theyr
dethe
you
can
haue
no
prouffyte
.
And
yf
you
wyll
put
them
to
dethe
,
make
me
be
caste
fyrste
in
to
the
see
,
for
I
wolde
not
lyue
to
se
suche
two
valyaunt
knyghtes
dye
before
me
with
out
hauynge
deserued
it
.
So
moche
was
the
lady
Clerimonde
smyten
profoundly
at
herte
with
sorowe
that
at
that
same
houre
she
wolde
haue
slayne
herselfe
,
or
lepte
in
to
the
see
yf
she
had
not
ben
letted
.
Than
Ferragus
her
brober
made
her
to
be
kepte
by
his
barons
,
and
commaunded
the
kepers
that
they
sholde
not
let
her
speke
one
worde
to
the
prysoners
,
and
so
abode
Clerymonde
in
teres
and
pyteous
syghes
,
and
Ualentyne
&
Orson
were
bounde
ryght
faste
by
the
sarazyns
and
paynyms
.
They
reclaymed
god
moche
deuoutely
praynge
hym
that
he
wolde
delyuer
them
out
of
that
daunger
.
Alas
sayd
Ualentine
nowe
is
fortune
moche
contrary
to
me
and
at
my
dede
peruerse
and
dysloyall
.
Now
haue
I
all
my
lyfe
in
payne
and
trauayll
vsed
my
youthe
for
to
seke
and
fynde
the
place
that
I
was
extraughte
oute
of
,
and
the
fader
and
moder
that
hathe
broughte
me
into
this
worlde
,
and
now
whan
I
am
almoost
at
the
ende
of
my
doloure
,
in
conuertynge
it
into
Joye
,
&
that
of
my
dere
moder
the
I
haue
desyred
so
muche
I
hoped
to
haue
had
tydynges
shortly
,
and
certayne
knowledge
,
and
in
thynkynge
to
haue
ben
assured
to
perfour
me
myn
enterpryse
,
but
in
the
places
dysloyall
I
am
vnhappely
comen
and
fallen
into
the
handes
of
myn
enemyes
that
of
my
lyfe
are
enuyous
and
desyreth
my
dethe
.
Alas
my
fayre
broder
Orson
well
is
our
thoughte
and
our
entencyon
in
a
shorte
time
chaunged
and
reuer
▪
sed
for
we
shall
neuer
se
frendes
nor
kynnesmen
.
In
this
wyse
complayned
Ualentine
&
Orson
in
lykewyse
and
the
sarazyns
demeaned
grete
Ioye
,
and
so
moche
they
rowed
vpon
the
see
that
they
arryued
in
Portyngale
at
the
castell
of
Ferragus
.
And
also
soone
as
the
empresse
Bellyssant
herde
saye
that
Ferragus
had
broughte
with
hym
two
christen
men
prisoners
she
lepte
oute
of
her
chambre
for
to
go
se
them
.
Whan
she
sawe
valentyne
and
Orson
the
whiche
she
knewe
not
she
demaunded
them
.
Chyldren
of
what
countree
be
you
&
in
what
londe
were
you
borne
.
Lady
sayd
valentyne
we
be
of
the
countre
of
Fraunce
and
borne
besyde
Parys
.
Also
sone
as
Ferragus
sawe
the
Empresse
Bellyssant
that
spake
vnto
the
chyldren
,
he
sayd
vnto
her
fyersly
,
lady
leue
me
this
language
,
for
I
shall
make
them
dye
in
my
prison
with
grete
sorowe
but
yf
they
byleue
in
mahoune
,
He
called
the
gayler
and
commaunded
hym
to
put
the
two
prysoners
in
the
moost
depest
pryson
and
the
moost
derkeste
,
&
that
they
sholde
haue
none
other
meet
nor
drynke
but
brede
and
water
.
There
was
the
cursed
sarazins
that
with
grete
staues
and
with
theyr
●ystes
smote
vppon
the
two
chyldren
without
hauynge
ony
pyte
more
than
of
dogges
,
and
in
a
dongeon
full
of
fylthe
and
●r●ure
caste
them
and
lete
them
downe
.
Whan
they
were
in
pryson
they
sette
them
on
theyr
knees
cry●ge
god
mercy
,
and
in
praynge
him
that
he
wolde
forgyue
them
theyr
synnes
,
for
they
neuer
wende
to
haue
comen
oute
of
that
place
.
And
after
that
Ferragus
hadde
thus
enprysoned
Uale●tyne
and
Orson
,
he
mounted
vp
into
his
palais
,
and
made
to
be
brought
before
hym
the
fayre
Clerymonde
that
wepte
so
pyteously
that
with
the
teres
that
yssued
out
of
her
eyen
all
her
face
was
be
wepte
.
My
syster
said
Ferragus
leue
your
wepinge
&
chaunge
your
courage
,
for
by
mahowne
my
god
you
haue
to
longe
byleued
the
hed
of
brasse
whan
that
you
wyll
wed
and
take
in
maryage
a
straunger
and
oute
of
our
byleue
.
To
whome
haue
you
your
herte
varyable
and
wyll
of
a
woman
whan
you
wyll
loue
him
that
hathe
shewed
himselfe
mortal
enemye
of
your
broder
the
grene
knyghte
,
well
appertayneth
you
to
haue
a
man
more
worthy
and
of
more
hygher
lygnage
.
And
yf
you
wyl
bileue
me
and
do
after
my
wyll
,
I
shall
gyue
you
to
husbande
the
puyssaunt
kinge
Tromparte
▪
by
the
whiche
you
maye
be
at
all
seasons
of
hyghelyfe
and
rychely
honoured
.
And
therfore
forgete
the
two
chrysten
Frenshmen
,
and
haue
no
more
truste
on
them
,
for
I
shal
make
them
dye
and
be
hanged
by
the
necke
.
Broder
said
Clerymonde
it
behoueth
me
to
obeye
vnto
your
commaundement
for
one
muste
for●ere
and
passe
lyghtly
of
the
thige
that
they
maye
not
haue
,
the
force
constrayneth
,
ryght
hath
no
vertue
,
for
necessyte
maketh
oftentymes
a
man
●ell
good
chene
.
After
these
wordes
fynysshed
Ferragus
dyde
departe
,
and
the
quene
his
wyfe
entred
into
the
hall
the
whiche
in
grete
honoure
and
reuerence
hath
receyued
the
fayre
Clerimonde
in
sayinge
to
her
.
My
Syster
you
be
ryght
welcome
hether
,
for
I
hadde
ryght
greate
desyre
for
to
se
you
.
Lady
sayd
Clerimonde
I
thancke
you
a
hondred
tymes
,
but
knowe
that
I
am
ryghte
sorowful
and
dyspleasaunt
of
two
christen
knights
the
whiche
my
broder
Ferragus
vnder
the
vmbre
of
surenes
and
loyalte
hathe
made
to
passe
the
sea
,
and
after
hathe
put
them
into
an
obscare
prysone
vyle
and
abhomynable
,
and
in
grete
dispite
hathe
sworne
their
dethe
yf
they
forsake
not
,
theyr
lawe
and
byleue
.
Alasse
my
dere
syster
it
is
true
that
I
shoulde
haue
had
one
of
the
knightes
in
mariages
,
the
which
among
al
the
liuing
menne
is
the
mooste
fayrest
,
the
mooste
valyaunt
,
and
the
moost
hardy
,
and
that
by
force
of
armes
hathe
conquered
my
loue
,
wherfore
lady
I
beseche
you
counsayl
me
,
for
I
haue
grete
nede
,
and
also
that
you
shewe
me
the
christen
woman
the
whych
you
haue
kepte
so
longe
in
this
castell
Fayre
syster
said
the
quene
here
may
you
se
her
.
Than
spake
Bellyssant
and
sayd
.
Ladye
what
is
your
wil
speke
on
hardely
,
for
I
haue
grete
desire
for
to
here
you
speke
.
Alas
lady
I
bring
you
tidings
that
wyll
make
you
gladde
and
after
sorowful
and
dysplesaunt
.
Know
for
a
certainte
that
of
your
estate
and
of
your
lyfe
I
knowe
the
veray
treuth
,
for
pebe
sister
vnto
king
Pepin
,
and
wyfe
vnto
the
Emperour
of
grece
,
the
which
with
wronge
and
againste
righte
hathe
banysshed
you
out
of
his
Empyre
,
and
soone
after
you
were
deliuered
of
two
fayre
sonnes
in
a
forest
,
wherof
the
one
was
taken
away
from
you
by
a
wild
bere
,
and
the
other
was
lost
you
can
not
tell
how
.
Now
is
your
chyldren
yet
on
lyue
,
and
I
knowe
the
place
whereas
you
may
fynde
theym
.
At
these
wordes
the
quene
Bellyssant
fel
vnto
the
earth
in
a
swowne
for
ioye
and
pyte
that
she
hadde
,
and
Clerymonde
toke
her
vp
muche
swetely
betwene
her
armes
.
And
when
she
was
rysen
vp
,
the
demaunded
the
mayden
howe
she
myght
know
suche
thinges
.
Then
Cleremonde
recounted
vnto
her
the
●●a●e
and
the
maner
how
Ferragus
her
brother
by
false
and
cursed
treason
had
put
them
in
pryson
.
And
when
the
Empresse
Bellissant
vnderstode
that
her
two
chyldren
was
in
pryson
demaunde
not
if
she
made
great
sorowe
,
for
she
began
to
wepe
so
pyteously
that
Ferragus
wyfe
entred
into
the
hall
and
demaunded
wherefore
she
made
so
great
sorowe
,
and
the
fayre
lady
Clerymonde
told●
her
from
poynte
to
poynte
the
cause
and
●eason
▪
n●we
sayde
the
wyfe
of
Ferragus
appease
you
and
make
not
of
this
thynge
no
semblaunt
,
for
if
the
kyng
Ferragus
knewe
it
pa●auenture
the
king
should
rather
e●payre
then
amende
.
❧
How
Pacolet
conforted
the
two
ladies
.
Cap.
xxxiii●
Ryght
so
as
the
thre
ladies
spake
of
this
matter
Pacolet
entred
in
to
the
chambre
,
that
was
come
on
his
horse
of
wodde
.
And
when
Clerymonde
sawe
hym
she
sayde
vnto
him
pyteously
wepyng
.
Alas
Pacolet
what
haue
I
doone
vnto
the
that
thou
seperate
me
from
all
my
ioye
,
and
betraye
me
for
thou
myght
haue
aduertised
me
of
the
euill
wyll
of
my
brother
Ferragus
,
well
tolde
me
my
harte
that
I
should
haue
sorow
by
the
when
thou
went
so
soone
into
Portyngale
without
my
lycence
for
to
beare
hym
tydynges
.
Lady
sayd
Pacolet
be
not
so
angry
againste
me
,
for
by
the
God
of
whome
I
beleue
I
knewe
not
the
treason
of
your
brother
Ferragus
.
but
sythe
that
he
hath
wylled
for
to
worke
treason
,
I
promyse
you
by
my
lawe
that
I
shall
finde
a
remedy
,
and
auenge
you
tyght
shortly
.
And
here
I
sweare
vnto
you
that
I
shall
serue
Ualentyne
and
you
truely
also
long
as
I
lyue
.
Frende
sayd
Bellyssant
if
thou
mayest
do
so
muche
as
delyuer
my
two
chyldren
out
of
pryson
.
I
shall
neuer
fayle
the
whyles
that
I
lyue
.
Lady
sayde
Pacolet
be
ioyous
and
take
comforte
vnto
you
▪
for
or
that
it
be
longe
I
shall
worke
soo
craftely
and
soo
subtylly
with
myne
arte
that
of
my
persone
you
shall
bee
ryght
well
content
and
pleased
.
¶
How
Pacolet
by
his
arte
deliuered
Ualentyne
and
Orson
out
of
kynge
Ferragus
pryson
,
and
conduyted
them
oute
of
his
countrey
with
their
mother
and
the
fayre
Clerymonde
.
Cap.
xxxv
.
By
the
enchauntour
Pacolet
the
fayre
Clery
monde
and
the
Empresse
Bellyssant
were
recomforted
of
their
great
sorow
,
and
made
great
dyligence
,
whyles
that
the
kyng
Ferragus
and
his
barons
daunced
and
made
great
chere
,
and
when
they
had
trauayled
sore
they
went
to
bedde
and
slepte
.
Pacolet
slepte
not
,
but
was
ryght
dylygent
about
his
gere
for
to
playe
his
crafte
with
.
And
then
he
came
to
a
great
towre
whereof
the
gates
were
of
tyne
stele
great
and
thycke
and
surely
locked
.
But
also
soone
as
he
had
casten
his
sorte
the
gates
opened
,
and
the
lockes
broke
,
then
he
entred
vntyll
he
came
to
the
doore
of
the
pryson
that
the
thyldren
were
in
,
and
also
soone
as
he
touched
the
dore
it
opeded
and
brake
as
the
other
gate
dydde
.
When
the
two
chyldren
that
were
in
the
darke
pytharde
the
dore
open
,
with
ioyned
handes
deuoutly
they
kneled
downe
to
the
earth
and
cryed
god
mercye
,
for
they
wende
well
that
the
Gyaunt
Ferragus
hadde
sent
for
them
to
make
them
dye
.
Ualentyne
began
for
to
wepe
tenderly
,
and
Orson
sayde
to
hym
.
Take
in
you
comforte
and
pacience
for
it
behoueth
vs
to
die
and
finishe
our
daies
I
se
it
clerely
,
but
syth
that
it
is
soo
that
I
se
none
other
remedy
,
I
thynke
for
too
venge
me
or
I
dye
on
hym
that
setteth
fyrst
handes
on
me
.
Than
Orson
toke
vp
a
great
barre
that
laye
beside
hym
.
And
when
Pacolet
aduysed
theim
he
sayde
vnto
them
thus
.
Lordes
for
me
haue
no
doubte
,
for
I
am
come
hether
for
your
delyueraunce
.
Come
lyghtly
after
me
for
or
the
daye
be
cleare
I
shall
shew
you
the
mother
that
bare
you
.
Ualentyne
was
muche
ioyous
when
he
harde
Pacoler
speake
soo
,
but
Orson
that
behelde
hym
fyersly
▪
would
not
truste
therein
.
¶
And
when
Pacolet
sawe
Orson
beholde
hym
so
fyersly
he
withdrewe
hym
abacke
for
great
feare
that
he
had
but
Ualentyne
recōfor●e●
him
muche
●wet●ly
,
and
assured
hym
of
his
brother
Orson
.
Then
Pacolet
ledde
theym
and
conduyted
them
vnto
the
chambre
whereas
the
sorowfull
ladyes
were
wepyng
.
The
dores
were
locked
but
he
could
ouen
them
well
.
After
they
entred
in
to
the
house
where
as
Pacolet
threwe
so
his
charme
that
he
made
al
them
of
the
place
to
slepe
so
strongly
that
they
knew
:
nothing
of
their
comyng
.
And
when
they
were
entred
in
to
the
chambre
where
as
the
twoo
sorowefull
ladies
was
,
they
went
to
warde
their
mother
that
myght
not
speake
one
worde
but
fel
vnto
the
earth
in
a
swowne
,
and
the
fayre
Clerymonde
sayde
vnto
Ualentyne
pyteouslye
.
Alas
knyght
it
is
your
in
other
that
for
the
loue
of
you
is
fallen
in
a
swowne
.
Then
valentyne
embraced
her
and
toke
her
vp
,
and
Orson
colled
her
betwene
his
armes
in
saying
to
her
.
Swete
mother
alas
speake
vnto
me
,
and
then
kissed
her
whiche
myght
speake
neuer
a
worde
,
and
they
were
all
●hre
so
profoundly
smyten
to
the
●arce
with
pyte
that
they
fel
vnto
the
earth
in
a
swowne
and
lay
there
a
great
whyle
.
For
their
pyte
Clerymond
wept
full
bytterly
.
And
when
the
lady
Bellyssant
and
the
chyldren
were
rysen
their
mother
sayd
vnto
them
al
weping
.
Alas
my
children
for
your
sakes
I
haue
suffred
and
enduted
more
greater
payne
&
anguy
she
then
euer
poore
woman
suffred
.
And
of
all
my
lamentacions
you
were
the
cause
,
but
sythe
that
God
of
his
diuine
grace
and
puyssaunre
hath
saued
you
in
suche
maner
that
once
in
my
lyfe
I
may
se
you
betwene
myne
armes
,
of
all
my
colours
I
am
recomforted
.
But
tel
me
and
declare
me
howe
and
by
what
manner
sythe
the
tyme
that
I
chylded
you
you
haue
bene
noutysshed
and
gouerned
,
&
in
what
countrey
,
and
with
what
men
you
haue
ben
retayned
,
for
I
haue
ryght
great
desire
to
know
the
truthe
.
Then
Ualentyne
beholdyng
his
mother
●ygh
pyteously
tolde
and
recounted
vnto
her
the
truthe
of
their
deades
and
gouernyng
and
howe
they
were
founde
in
the
●orest
in
declaryng
her
the
fortunes
and
perpllous
aduentures
that
they
had
ben
in
al
the
tyme
of
theyr
lyues
vnto
that
present
houre
.
¶
And
whan
Ualentine
had
finisshed
his
wordes
the
Empresse
Bellissant
that
knewe
clerely
that
they
were
her
propre
children
was
with
a
naturall
loue
so
asperly
taken
that
with
greter
haboundaunce
of
teres
than
before
●he
wolde
haue
fallen
in
swowne
.
Than
Pacolet
that
was
in
the
chambre
sayd
vnto
her
in
this
maner
.
Lady
leue
this
wepynge
and
thynke
for
to
departe
from
this
place
,
for
it
is
tyme
that
we
go
out
of
Portyngale
,
yf
you
wyll
be
delyuered
out
of
the
subgeccion
of
kinge
Fetragus
,
Alasse
sayd
Clerymonde
my
loue
Ualentyne
wel
ought
you
to
remembre
the
othe
and
promise
that
you
haue
made
me
.
Hold
your
couenant
and
take
me
vnto
wyfe
as
you
haue
promysed
me
.
Lady
sayd
Valentyne
of
my
loyalte
haue
noo
doubte
,
for
that
whiche
I
haue
promysed
you
with
good
hart
I
wyl
▪
truely
kepe
,
but
for
this
presente
tyme
the
naturall
loue
of
my
moder
toucheth
me
more
at
the
hart
that
I
haue
soughte
so
longe
than
all
the
other
pleasures
of
the
world
.
Not
for
that
my
loue
doubte
you
not
,
for
I
truste
neuer
nor
haue
un
volente
to
haue
other
than
you
to
wyfe
and
spouse
.
Upon
these
wordes
came
Orson
&
said
vnto
Pacolet
that
he
shold
go
and
open
Ferragus
chambre
doore
,
and
that
wyth
his
handes
he
wolde
●le
hym
.
Orson
sayd
Pacolet
com
with
me
,
for
I
shal
open
it
at
your
own
plesure
,
Lordes
sayd
Clerymonde
leue
that
enterpryse
,
for
▪
I
wyl●
neuer
consent
vnto
his
death
.
And
I
let
you
wit
if
you
s●e
him
you
shal
lese
the
loue
of
my
broder
the
grene
knight
,
the
which
may
healpe
you
in
diuers
thinges
.
By
my
fayth
sayde
Ualentine
you
saye
the
●era●e
trouthe
and
you
haue
spoken
more
wis●lyer
than
we
haue
don
for
of
the
dethe
of
your
broder
you
ought
not
to
be
culpable
.
I●
that
houre
they
departed
out
of
the
cyte
,
and
Pacolet
wente
before
that
opened
them
the
gates
.
So
they
folowed
hym
tyll
that
they
came
too
a
porte
of
the
see
and
there
entred
into
a
galee
that
Pacolecte
hadde
made
redy
for
them
.
They
had
wynde
at
wyland
saylled
so
longe
that
they
arryued
at
Clerymondes
castell
whereas
they
toke
lande
for
to
refreshe
them
.
¶
How
Valentine
and
Orson
concluded
for
to
depart
out
of
the
castel
for
fere
of
Ferragus
,
and
how
they
and
the
Ladies
sayled
into
Acquitaine
.
Ca.
xxxvi
.
ALso
soone
as
they
hadde
taken
londe
,
they
wente
vnto
the
strongè
Castell
,
but
Ualentyne
that
euer
hadde
feare
of
Ferragus
soiourned
not
longe
there
,
but
retourned
vnto
the
port
and
badde
the
Maryners
too
stuffe
theyr
galee
with
vytaylles
and
artyllerye
,
and
that
they
shold
be
redy
to
depart
whan
he
called
vpon
them
.
And
than
he
retorned
vnto
the
castel
without
makyng
onye
semblaunt
.
After
he
sayd
vnto
hys
moder
Bellissant
and
to
the
lady
Clerimonde
that
he
woulde
goo
into
Grece
towarde
Constantinoble
,
for
to
se
his
father
Th
emperoure
Alexander
that
wyth
wronge
and
agaynst
ryghte
had
expulsed
hys
mother
from
him
.
To
his
wylobeyed
the
ladies
&
also
Orson
and
Pacolet
.
Than
they
mounted
on
the
sea
for
too
perfourme
their
vyage
.
The
daye
was
cleare
,
and
the
houre
approched
that
the
Gayler
of
kynge
Ferragus
was
accustomed
for
to
go
se
hys
prysoners
.
He
wente
toward
the
greate
toure
and
bare
bread
and
water
with
him
for
to
gyue
them
to
eate
.
Whan
he
was
at
the
gates
of
the
prysone
that
were
all
open
,
he
saw
wel
that
the
prysoners
were
gone
.
Than
he
retorned
hastely
toward
kynge
Ferragus
and
sayde
to
hym
in
great
feare
.
Syr
I
aske
you
mercy
,
for
thys
nyght
I
haue
lost
the
two
christen
knyghtes
prisoners
that
you
had
gyuen
me
to
kepe
.
In
saying
these
wordes
there
aryued
an
other
messenger
that
sayd
all
on
hye
before
all
the
assistentes
.
Puyssaunt
king
Ferragus
to
greate
a
mischefe
is
hapned
tonight
in
this
place
,
for
you
haue
lost
the
christen
woman
that
you
haue
kepte
so
longe
,
and
holden
so
dere
.
And
that
wors
is
she
leadeth
wyth
her
your
fayre
syster
Clerymonde
that
you
loued
soo
.
Whan
Ferragus
vnderstode
these
tidynges
as
all
enraged
he
began
for
to
crye
and
rente
his
cloothes
furyously
,
and
in
great
Ire
made
his
men
to
arme
them
and
yssue
out
of
the
gates
.
Than
he
toke
a
clubbe
that
was
great
and
heauy
,
and
before
theym
all
yssued
oute
of
the
gates
without
a
hors
,
for
he
was
soo
great
and
so
heuy
that
with
payne
myght
he
fynde
ony
hors
that
woulde
beare
him
.
He
had
a
great
head
and
black
hear
,
styffe
as
wylde
hogges
br●st●lles
and
hys
armes
greate
and
boned
,
and
the
shoulders
large
,
of
legges
and
of
bodye
he
bare
the
stature
of
thyrten
fore
of
length
.
Whan
he
was
oute
of
the
towne
he
called
hys
men
for
to
accompanye
hym
,
and
put
hym
on
the
waye
for
to
fynde
theym
that
ledde
awaye
his
syster
,
and
hee
demaunded
tydynges
of
all
them
that
he
mette
by
the
waye
/
but
none
coude
not
tell
hym
nothynge
,
for
Pacolet
coude
play
so
well
wyth
hys
arte
whan
he
wolde
,
that
where
someuer
hee
passed
he
made
his
folkes
to
slepe
.
And
whan
Ferra●us
sawe
that
he
might
haue
no
tidinges
,
he
swore
mahoune
that
he
would
assiege
Clerimond●s
Castell
for
he
wend
wel
to
haue
founde
them
there
.
Than
he
made
suche
dylygence
that
on
the
morowe
he
was
at
the
stronge
castel
but
there
he
founde
them
not
for
they
were
departed
or
he
came
.
Whan
he
vnderstoode
that
they
were
departed
fro
that
place
,
he
swore
by
al
hys
goddes
that
he
wolde
●●nde
Clerymonde
and
al
her
company
,
or
christendome
should
haue
much
to
suffre
.
¶
How
the
kyng
Ferragus
for
to
haue
vengeaunce
on
Ualentyne
and
on
hys
s●ster
Clerimonde
made
assemble
hys
hoost
▪
and
howe
he
dyscended
in
Acquytayne
.
Capitulo
.
xxxvii
.
WHan
Ferragus
the
gyaunte
sawe
that
he
might
not
find
Ualentine
and
Orson
the
whych
had
taken
hys
syster
and
their
moder
from
him
,
and
ledde
out
of
hys
londe
,
he
swore
and
promysed
hys
gods
that
he
wolde
take
vengeaunce
on
the
christen
men
.
¶
And
for
thys
cause
he
sent
throughe
all
hys
realme
that
all
they
that
were
holden
to
do
hym
obe●saunce
without
soiour
nynge
or
delaye
should
come
vnto
hym
and
appeare
before
hym
for
to
mounte
vpon
the
sea
and
goo
agaynste
the
christen
men
for
to
take
vengeaunce
vpon
Ualentine
The
crye
was
made
a●●●e
thrughe
al
the
londe
of
Fer
ragus
,
and
by
his
heraudes
&
messengers
were
assembled
grete
multytude
of
men
of
armes
,
whiche
made
a
huge
hoost
.
They
mounted
vpon
the
see
and
set
the
failles
in
the
wynde
that
was
right
good
to
them
.
And
as
they
were
mounted
vpon
the
see
,
the
kynge
Ferragus
commaunded
the
marryners
that
they
sholde
drawe
towarde
the
cyte
of
Acquytayne
,
for
he
thought
wel
to
finde
in
that
place
them
that
he
was
departed
for
.
And
so
the
patrons
dyde
,
and
they
exployted
so
moche
that
they
aryued
in
the
countre
of
Acquytayne
.
¶
Ualentyne
and
Orson
that
were
vpon
the
see
as
you
haue
herde
entred
in
to
the
cyte
of
Acquytayne
▪
and
without
makynge
o●
ny
mencyon
of
they
estate
vnto
ony
persone
as
straunge
men
lodged
them
with
a
burgeys
,
and
Ualentyne
wolde
haue
gone
gladly
in
to
the
duke
Sauaryes
palays
,
but
Orson
that
aduysed
hym
of
a
grete
subtylyte
sayd
vnto
his
broder
Ualentyne
in
this
maner
of
wyse
Broder
I
haue
aduysed
me
in
thynkynge
by
my selfe
,
that
the
nature
and
wyll
of
women
is
varyable
and
lightely
chaunged
,
and
for
this
cause
I
am
delibered
that
no
mencyon
shall
be
made
of
our
comynge
vnto
the
tyme
that
I
maye
knowe
by
some
euydente
sygne
of
the
fayre
Fezonne
that
reclamed
me
soo
muche
her
dere
louer
yf
she
haue
chaunged
her
courage
.
Broder
sayd
valentyne
it
shall
be
but
well
done
,
and
yf
you
can
do
it
,
it
shall
be
subtylly
wrought
.
Than
Orson
clothed
him
in
the
habyte
of
a
knyght
that
sought
auentures
,
and
toke
the
lytell
Pacolet
for
his
squyer
.
Than
he
wente
towarde
the
palays
and
entred
in
to
the
halle
of
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
by
the
lycence
of
the
gardes
.
Whan
he
was
before
hym
he
salued
hym
and
made
hym
reuerence
suche
as
appertayned
vnto
hym
,
for
to
dó
suche
a
thinge
he
was
wyse
and
well
lerned
.
And
whan
he
had
salued
him
the
duke
behelde
hym
moche
,
and
well
hym
thought
he
was
Orson
,
but
bycause
he
spake
he
knewe
him
not
,
and
studyed
no
more
,
but
sayd
to
hym
knyght
tell
me
what
bryngeth
you
hether
.
Free
duke
sayd
Orson
I
am
a
knyght
aduenturous
that
gladly
wolde
fide
maner
to
auenture
me
for
to
do
good
and
loyall
seruyce
with
my
body
,
knyght
sayd
the
duke
you
be
grete
and
fayre
,
and
me
thynketh
you
sholde
be
valyaunte
and
hardy
in
armes
.
And
therfore
yf
you
wyll
serue
me
.
I
shall
gyue
you
suche
wages
that
you
shall
be
contente
/
and
you
may
do
so
muche
to
my
wyl
and
pleasure
that
or
you
departe
from
me
I
shal
make
you
the
rychest
of
your
kynne
.
Gramercy
sayd
Orson
I
shall
deserue
it
,
an
shall
do
so
moche
that
you
maye
knowe
the
laya●te
of
me
and
my
poore
puyssaunce
.
Knyght
sayd
the
duke
I
reteyne
you
of
my
courte
,
and
for
the
grete
trust
that
I
haue
in
your
seruyce
a
hondred
pounde
Parysii
or
ye
serue
me
ony
ferder
I
shall
make
to
delyuer
you
.
Soo
moche
was
Orson
wyse
and
well
taught
in
maners
&
countenaunce
,
that
for
his
prudence
and
mayntene
he
reteyned
hym
in
his
palays
and
made
hym
dyne
with
his
knyghtes
.
And
whan
he
was
at
the
table
his
maners
and
countenaunce
was
soo
pleasaunt
and
agreable
to
euery
body
,
that
of
the
barons
and
knyghtes
he
was
moche
beholden
.
And
aboue
all
thynges
of
ladyes
and
damoy
selles
he
was
aduysed
.
There
was
the
fayre
Fezonne
that
was
his
sworne
wyfe
,
the
whiche
was
in
grete
melancolye
for
his
grete
beaute
,
but
she
wolde
neuer
haue
wenue
that
it
had
ben
Orson
for
his
habyte
&
language
.
In
this
maner
dyned
Orson
in
the
dukes
courte
And
whan
it
came
after
dyner
the
duke
called
his
tresorer
&
made
to
be
delyuered
vnto
hym
a
hondred
pounde
parisu
as
he
hadde
promysed
hym
.
And
Orson
toke
leue
of
him
for
that
tyme
in
thankynge
him
for
his
noble
largesse
,
in
promy
singe
hym
his
faith
that
he
wolde
serue
hym
truely
in
his
necessyte
.
And
than
he
retorned
vnto
the
lodgynge
where
as
the
noble
ladyes
were
that
abode
hym
.
And
whan
he
was
comen
vnto
them
he
tolde
them
and
recountred
vnto
them
how
the
duke
in
grete
honoure
hadde
reteyned
hym
for
a
soudyoure
,
at
his
wages
,
wherat
they
laughed
moche
and
made
grete
Ioye
.
Now
it
happened
that
same
weke
that
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
had
certaine
fydinges
of
the
kynge
Ferragus
that
was
dyscended
for
to
make
hym
warre
He
sent
for
all
his
subgectes
,
barons
and
knyghtes
byddynge
they
in
come
to
socoure
hym
in
redy
harneys
for
to
abyde
batayll
yf
nede
were
.
Syth
he
made
the
cyte
to
be
vytaylled
haboundauntly
bothe
with
flesshe
and
whete
for
to
defende
his
countree
&
kepe
the
cyte
of
Acquytayne
againste
the
kynge
Ferragus
,
the
whiche
in
that
same
weke
set
his
syege
before
Acquytayne
,
in
the
propre
place
where
as
his
broder
the
grene
knyght
had
pyght
his
pauylyon
whan
he
was
vaynquysshed
by
orson
.
Orete
and
large
meruaylously
was
the
siege
of
the
paynyms
and
sarazyas
and
they
dyde
ryght
grete
dommage
in
the
countree
of
Acquytayne
at
theyr
arryuay
▪
And
kepte
the
countre
in
greate
subgec●yon
where
as
they
had
domynacy
on
,
and
they
thought
wel
for
to
haue
conquered
all
the
countree
,
and
to
haue
dystroyed
all
the
christen
men
.
But
the
noble
duke
of
Acquytayne
that
was
moche
hardy
&
valyaunt
made
anone
to
arme
his
men
,
and
in
grete
and
notable
company
of
barons
and
knyghtes
yssued
out
of
the
cyte
of
Acquytaine
for
to
fyghte
agaynste
the
paynyms
and
reyse
vp
theyr
syege
,
&
amongest
the
other
Ualentyn
and
Orson
and
the
lytel
Pacolet
without
makynge
grete
noyse
or
knowledge
to
ony
body
put
themselfe
amongest
the
hoost
of
Acquitayne
,
Now
there
was
that
same
daye
of
the
cyte
of
acquytaine
diuers
noble
knyghtes
on
the
felde
in
armes
for
to
fyght
agaynst
the
kynge
Ferragus
.
¶
Haw
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
was
taken
in
the
batayll
by
Feragus
,
and
How
Orson
delpuered
hym
by
the
ayde
of
Pacolet
.
Capitulo
.
xxxviii
.
WHan
the
good
duke
of
Acquitayne
sawe
the
hoost
of
the
sarazins
that
was
moche
grete
&
large
he
recommaunded
hym
vnto
god
with
all
his
herte
,
praynge
hym
to
be
his
defender
that
day
,
After
he
made
to
ordeyne
his
bataylles
and
blowe
trompettes
and
Clarons
,
and
ranne
vpon
the
sarazyns
couragyously
,
the
whiche
stalked
agaynste
them
in
grete
pryde
.
On
that
daye
was
before
Acquytayne
a
moche
pyteous
batayll
,
and
there
dyed
valyaunt
knyghtes
and
men
of
eche
estate
,
so
many
that
the
bloode
ranne
in
the
felde
lyke
a
lytell
ryuer
.
The
gyaunt
Ferragus
entred
in
to
the
batayll
also
nere
his
neuewe
Dromadyan
that
bare
his
bancre
as
he
myght
,
aboute
hym
was
grete
puyssaunce
of
sarazyns
for
to
defende
him
that
smote
vpon
the
christen
men
so
impetuously
that
at
that
same
houre
they
slewe
syxe
valyaunt
knyghtes
,
that
is
to
wyte
.
B●udumayn
,
Bondry
.
Wyllyam
.
Galeram
.
Anthony
the
good
marshall
,
and
the
hardy
Gloryam
the
whiche
were
all
next
the
good
duke
of
Acquytain
.
The
christen
men
were
so
asprely
assaylled
of
the
cursed
sarazyns
that
they
were
constrained
to
recole
abacke
.
And
the
good
duke
of
Acquytayne
was
enclosed
with
his
enemyes
that
abode
all
alone
without
ony
helpe
or
socoure
,
the
whiche
dide
suche
feates
of
armes
that
none
durste
abyde
before
him
he
cryed
Acquytayne
agaynste
the
cursed
and
false
sarazyns
,
but
nothynge
auaylled
his
prowesse
,
for
also
so●e
as
kynge
Ferragus
aspyed
hym
and
knewe
hym
he
wente
towarde
him
and
toke
him
&
ledde
him
awaye
And
whan
he
had
bounde
hym
surely
he
made
hym
be
ledde
to
his
pauylyon
,
the
whiche
was
moche
ryche
and
pleasaunt
.
Than
Ferragus
retorned
in
to
the
batayll
,
vpon
the
christians
,
but
the
Iournay
was
so
euyl
for
the
christen
men
that
for
the
losse
of
theyr
good
maister
they
wolde
all
haue
taken
the
flight
.
Than
Ualentine
and
Orson
came
before
them
in
cryinge
to
them
righte
hyghe
.
Ualyaunte
knyghtes
of
Acquytayne
shewe
your
chyualry
,
for
and
you
faylled
at
this
nede
it
shuld
be
a
greate
reproche
to
you
,
haue
a
hardy
courage
and
a
good
heart
and
God
shal
healpe
you
.
Thus
recomforted
the
two
knightes
the
people
of
Acquitaine
that
for
fete
hadde
almoost
fledde
,
in
such
manner
that
they
retorned
vpon
the
sarasins
agayn
,
and
began
the
batayl
more
stronger
than
befoore
.
The
tidinges
was
befoore
Acquytayne
of
the
duke
that
was
taken
prysoner
,
and
bothe
litel
and
great
wepte
for
his
takynge
,
but
aboue
all
other
dolorus
was
incomparable
and
piteous
the
complaynt
of
the
fayre
Fezonne
that
in
wryngyng
her
handes
,
and
pullynge
her
heer
more
bryghter
than
golde
wyre
saying
in
syghinge
with
hearte
,
and
wepynge
tenderly
with
her
eyen
.
Alas
poore
sorowful
what
is
happened
the
,
now
thou
art
the
moste
vnfortuned
that
is
vpon
the
erth
.
Alasse
my
dere
fader
nowe
muste
you
dye
,
for
from
the
handes
of
the
false
sarazyns
you
can
neuer
departe
nor
escape
.
I
bydde
you
fare
wel
my
ryght
swete
fader
,
for
I
shal
neuer
se
you
.
I
shall
abyde
here
vnpu●uayed
as
a
poore
Orphelin
ferre
from
all
plesaunce
,
nere
dyscomfort
bytter
and
dolorous
.
Alas
Orson
my
good
louer
your
longe
abyding
ought
well
to
noye
me
at
the
herte
,
for
yf
you
were
here
present
,
ye
wold
deliuer
my
father
that
is
so
sorowfull
.
¶
And
in
this
maner
weapte
and
lamented
the
fayre
and
pleasaunt
Fezonne
.
And
the
christen
men
&
sarazius
fought
vpon
the
feld
much
impetuously
one
against
another
The
batayll
endured
so
longe
that
wyth
deed
and
wyth
wounded
al
the
earth
was
couered
.
There
was
the
noble
and
valyaunte
Knyghte
Ualentyne
that
with
his
sharp
swerd
made
so
greate
occysyon
of
sarazyns
that
ther
was
none
so
hardy
that
durst
byde
before
him
.
And
Orson
was
on
the
other
side
that
swore
by
god
and
his
Saintes
that
he
should
finish
hys
dayes
in
the
batrayll
or
he
wold
go
fetch
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
wythin
the
tent
of
the
gyaunt
Ferragus
.
Pacolet
was
beside
hym
that
gaue
him
good
comfort
and
promysed
hym
socour
in
sweryng
by
hys
God
that
he
would
not
fayll
hym
at
hys
nede
.
Than
Orson
smote
his
hors
with
the
sporres
and
entred
in
to
the
batayll
soo
fyersly
that
or
euer
here
sted
he
brooke
the
batayll
and
passed
for
the.
And
whan
Orson
and
pacolet
were
passed
the
batayll
they
hurled
theyr
shieldes
dobone
,
and
hanged
at
theyr
neckes
sarazyns
sheldes
wherin
the
ymage
of
mahoune
was
paynted
,
and
after
they
wente
vnto
the
pauylyon
of
the
Gyaunt
Ferragus
without
that
ony
said
the
contrari
,
for
pacolet
coude
speke
theyr
language
ryghte
well
.
Than
entred
in
to
the
tentes
for
to
ha●e
the
good
duke
again
But
whanne
Pacolet
sawe
that
there
was
too
manye
sarazyns
that
kept
hym
,
he
wente
and
played
wyth
hys
charmes
so
well
and
so
subtyllye
that
he
made
them
all
lye
dawne
and
slepe
.
And
whan
they
were
all
on
sleap●
Orson
came
vnto
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
and
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Fre
duke
come
with
me
and
mount
vppon
thys
hors
wythout
ony
taryinge
for
from
the
handes
of
Ferragus
I
shall
delyuer●ou
.
I
am
the
knight
that
in
your
halle
asked
you
wages
the
daye
that
you
gaue
me
a.
¶
▪
pounde
hauen
●ere
of
the
painims
for
without
dauger
I
shall
leade
you
into
your
hoost
.
Knyghte
sayd
the
duke
you
●e
ryght
welcome
that
casteth
me
oute
of
seruage
,
and
delyuereth
me
from
my
mortall
enemyes
,
&
for
the
good
seruyce
that
you
haue
done
me
to
daye
,
for
rewarde
and
guerdon
I
shal
gyue
you
my
doughter
the
fayre
Fezonne
in
maryage
.
I
hadde
gyuen
her
not
louge
a
go
vnto
a
knyght
that
was
moche
wylde
and
coude
speke
no
language
,
but
syth
that
he
is
not
comen
agayne
towarde
me
,
his
longe
abydynge
shall
bere
hym
dommage
.
I
gyue
you
my
doughter
for
you
haue
well
wonne
her
,
&
you
shall
haue
with
her
in
maryage
halfe
the
countre
of
Acquytayne
.
Gramercy
sayd
the
knyght
suche
a
gyfte
is
not
to
be
refused
,
but
thynke
we
for
to
make
dylygence
for
to
escape
out
of
this
place
,
and
retorne
vnto
your
hoost
.
Than
the
thre
champyons
,
both
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
,
Orson
,
and
Pacolet
toke
the
armes
of
sarazyns
and
passed
on
theyr
waye
without
contradyccion
of
ony
body
,
for
to
goo
vnto
the
christen
hoost
.
¶
Durynge
this
same
tyme
that
Orson
wente
towarde
the
duke
of
Acquitayne
Ualentyne
that
was
in
the
batayll
demaunded
dyuers
where
his
broder
Orson
was
.
But
none
coude
tell
tydynges
nor
knowledge
of
hym
,
wherfore
Ualentyne
was
ryght
sorowful
and
angrye
at
his
herte
,
for
he
wende
that
he
had
ben
slayne
in
the
batayll
,
wherfore
he
made
many
pyteous
cryes
saynge
.
Alas
now
am
I
vsurped
by
bytter
fortune
on
all
sydes
,
and
all
my
Ioyes
are
well
chaunged
in
to
sorowe
and
dystresse
whan
I
haue
loste
my
pryncipall
frende
the
floure
of
all
my
comforte
,
and
the
hope
of
all
my
lyfe
.
Alas
my
fayre
broder
Orson
now
haue
I
loste
you
by
the
false
sarazyns
,
for
I
knowe
well
that
youre
valyauntes
and
hardynes
is
cause
of
your
dethe
shortynge
.
For
I
knowe
so
moche
by
you
that
you
wyll
ra
ther
dye
valyauntly
,
than
lyue
in
reproche
and
shame
,
Alas
valyaunt
broder
Orson
in
payne
and
in
trauayl
I
conquered
you
in
the
wodde
and
syth
I
haue
kepte
you
in
peryll
and
in
daunger
.
And
nowe
whan
I
purposed
and
thought
to
haue
solace
and
myrthe
of
you
ye
be
separed
and
gone
from
me
but
syth
that
it
is
so
that
I
can
haue
no
tydynges
of
you
in
no
maner
of
wyse
.
I
swere
and
promyse
to
god
that
I
shall
knowe
shortlye
where
you
are
,
and
fynde
you
quycke
or
deed
,
or
youre
loue
shal
because
of
my
dethe
anone
.
At
these
dolorous
wordes
entred
the
noble
knyght
valentyn
in
to
the
batayll
,
and
as
a
man
dyscomforted
and
charged
with
melancoly
,
helde
his
swerde
of
fyne
stele
in
his
hande
,
and
shewed
suche
knyghthode
with
his
body
that
or
euer
he
rested
ony
where
slewe
syxe
or
seuen
paynyms
deed
to
the
erthe
,
and
in
doynge
this
prowesse
the
gyaunte
Ferragus
knewe
him
,
and
wente
to
warde
Ualentyne
and
kepte
hym
so
nere
that
he
constrayned
hym
in
suche
wyse
that
he
bare
hym
away
before
euery
body
,
for
his
hors
was
deed
vnder
him
.
Ferragus
the
gyaunte
made
to
bynde
Ualentyne
straytly
,
&
swore
all
his
goddes
that
he
wolde
take
vengeaunce
,
but
he
dyde
not
al
his
wyl
,
for
ryght
so
as
he
bare
hym
thorughe
the
felde
Orson
Pacolet
and
the
duke
Sauary
recountred
hym
Than
sayd
the
valyaunte
duke
,
for
god
se
yonder
false
paynym
that
wolde
put
our
lawe
and
our
men
to
dystructyon
he
bereth
with
hi
one
of
our
knyghtes
straytly
bounden
.
By
god
sayd
Orson
yf
we
be
valyaunte
he
ought
not
to
escape
vs
.
Than
he
smote
his
hors
with
the
sporres
and
ranne
towarde
the
paynym
,
to
whome
he
gaue
so
grete
a
stroke
with
his
spere
that
he
and
valentyne
fell
to
the
erthe
.
The
gyaunte
arose
vpon
his
fete
and
lefte
valentyne
that
for
grete
fere
began
for
to
●●e
And
Orson
cryed
vnto
him
broder
retorne
agayne
and
haue
no
doubte
.
Thanne
Ualentine
retorned
towarde
hym
the
whiche
conquered
hym
ahors
&
mounted
him
vpon
hym
.
And
Pacolet
that
was
amongest
the
hoost
of
the
sarazyns
cryed
ryght
hyghe
,
Portingale
the
more
.
And
in
makynge
that
crye
he
passed
the
batayl
and
came
vnto
the
hoost
of
the
christen
men
.
And
so
they
were
delyuered
all
out
of
the
handes
of
theyr
enemyes
.
And
whan
the
christen
men
sawe
that
the
duke
was
delyuered
theyr
courages
grewe
and
theyr
force
doubled
,
and
they
were
so
Joyous
that
they
cryed
all
with
one
voyce
lyue
Acquytayne
.
And
in
makynge
that
noyse
they
ranne
vpon
the
sarazyns
by
suche
a
vygoure
and
force
that
they
giaunt
Ferragus
after
that
he
had
loste
many
of
his
men
by
force
of
armes
was
constrayned
for
too
flee
and
with
drawe
hym
,
and
to
reyse
his
syege
&
drawe
abacke
.
They
made
to
sowne
trompettes
and
Clarons
and
the
men
of
armes
retorned
in
to
Acquytayne
for
to
refresshed
them
and
reste
them
.
On
that
same
daye
that
the
crysten
men
and
the
sarazyns
fought
togyder
there
was
so
grete
slaughter
that
for
to
nombre
the
bodyes
it
sholde
be
a
pyteous
thinge
.
At
the
retornyng
from
the
batayll
Ualentyn
and
Pacolet
retorned
vnto
theyr
lodges
,
and
Orson
wente
in
to
the
palays
with
the
duke
Sauary
and
the
other
barons
and
knyghtes
whan
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
was
retorned
in
to
his
palays
,
he
sente
for
all
the
lordes
and
knyghtes
of
his
con●te
and
his
doughter
the
fayre
Fezunne
.
Syth
he
called
Orson
and
asked
him
what
was
his
name
.
And
orson
was
subtyll
&
sayd
syr
I
am
called
Rycharde
,
than
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
sayd
before
them
all
.
Lordes
knowe
for
a
trouthe
that
aboue
all
thynges
I
am
beholden
and
wyll
that
honoure
be
done
vnto
this
same
knyght
here
in
presence
,
for
by
hym
I
am
retorned
into
Acquytayne
,
and
haue
ben
delyuered
from
myn
aduersary
and
mortall
enemye
.
And
you
my
doughter
it
is
my
wyll
and
desyre
that
you
haue
in
maryage
this
same
valyaunte
knyghte
,
for
aboue
all
the
other
I
holde
hym
and
may
holde
hym
the
moost
valaunt
and
excellente
.
And
for
the
grete
prowesse
that
he
hathe
shewed
towerde
me
,
I
haue
promysed
him
in
guerdond
and
rewarde
your
gentyll
body
,
and
that
by
lawe
of
mariage
you
shall
be
wedded
vnto
him
.
Well
oughte
you
for
to
ue
hym
whan
he
hathe
loued
your
fader
so
moche
that
he
hathe
saued
his
lyfe
.
¶
To
the
oppynyon
of
the
duke
was
consentynge
all
the
barons
and
noble
knyghtes
of
the
courte
,
and
sayd
by
a
comyn
accorde
that
the
knyghte
was
well
worthy
to
haue
the
fayre
lady
in
mariage
that
hadde
done
so
grete
prowesse
for
her
fade●s
sake
,
But
Orson
that
was
in
presence
wolde
not
declare
vppon
that
dead
his
oppynyon
vntyll
the
tyme
that
he
had
assayed
the
courage
and
the
wyll
of
the
fayre
Fezonne
euen
so
as
he
had
enterprysed
before
,
and
tolde
his
broder
Ualentyne
.
¶
How
Orson
wolde
assaye
the
wyl
and
loyalte
of
the
fayre
Fezonne
or
that
he
wedded
her
.
Capitulo
.
xxxix
.
ORson
was
wyse
and
subtyl
or
that
he
wedded
the
fayre
Fezone
:
for
he
wolde
knowe
&
assaye
yf
she
were
for
to
kepe
her
fayth
sted
faste
and
loyal
for
oftentymes
he
had
herde
saye
that
women
were
of
suche
a
nature
that
for
a
lytell
thynge
they
chaunged
theyr
thoughtes
and
promyses
,
and
broke
theym
falsly
,
but
how
well
that
dyuers
of
them
ben
of
suche
nature
,
for
all
that
the
vyces
of
the
shrewed
ought
not
to
be
taken
nor
aleged
for
to
corrumpe
the
loyalte
of
the
good
ones
,
for
amongest
abuswe
of
thornes
is
oftentymes
founde
a
florysshed
rose
.
And
also
amonge
a
grete
sorte
of
euyl
women
maye
well
be
founden
one
good
one
,
and
happe
be
Euen
so
as
Fezonne
was
the
whiche
Orson
founde
loyall
,
for
he
sayd
vnto
the
duke
in
this
maner
for
to
assaye
her
.
Syr
for
the
honoure
that
you
do
me
I
am
bounden
for
to
thanke
you
,
but
to
the
regarde
of
your
doughter
I
wolde
well
knowe
her
wyll
,
for
it
apperteyneth
her
well
to
haue
a
man
of
more
hygher
estate
than
I.
And
therfore
before
that
I
take
her
I
wyll
speke
to
her
for
to
knowe
her
wyll
and
courage
.
For
maryage
done
agaynst
the
wyll
cometh
not
lyghtly
vnto
perfeccyon
,
Knyghte
sayd
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
you
haue
good
reason
,
and
I
accorde
it
you
.
Now
go
in
to
her
chaumbre
and
speke
with
her
,
to
the
ende
that
you
be
the
better
enfourmed
of
her
case
.
At
these
wordes
he
entred
in
to
the
chambre
of
the
fayre
Fezonne
and
sat
hym
downe
besyde
her
.
And
syth
he
toke
her
by
the
hande
&
sayd
vnto
her
muche
swetely
.
Lady
the
grete
beaute
of
you
hathe
taken
me
so
sore
in
loue
that
withoute
you
I
can
haue
none
alegemente
.
Nowe
thanked
be
god
whan
it
hathe
pleased
hym
to
doo
me
suche
grace
that
for
wyfe
you
be
gyuen
me
for
I
may
well
vaunte
me
that
of
al
other
I
haue
the
fayrest
loue
.
And
syth
that
it
pleaseth
the
good
duke
your
fader
that
you
haue
me
for
husbande
,
ye
oughte
well
by
reason
to
be
contente
,
for
I
shall
serue
you
and
holde
you
parfyte
loyalte
durynge
all
the
tyme
of
my
lyfe
.
Wherfore
I
praye
you
ryghte
dere
lady
the
for
to
haue
more
remembraunce
the
one
vpon
the
other
ye
wyll
enbrace
me
and
kysse
me
at
this
presente
tyne
,
and
refuse
not
my
louynge
requeste
I
praye
you
For
syth
that
for
the
tyme
to
come
we
muste
be
assembled
you
ought
not
to
refuse
me
to
do
my
wyll
▪
Knyght
answered
the
lady
that
was
wel
taught
for
to
demaūbe
suche
thynges
you
ought
to
refrayne
you
,
for
you
lese
your
payne
.
I
loue
all
knyghtes
and
men
of
good
dedes
in
all
goodnes
and
honoure
,
but
aboue
al
other
I
loue
one
and
hym
wil
I
loue
and
kepe
faith
and
loyalte
as
I
haue
sworne
vnto
hym
,
nor
neuer
for
other
wil
I
chaunge
him
nor
forget
him
.
Lady
said
Orson
it
ought
by
reason
to
please
you
whan
it
pleaseth
your
father
.
Syr
sayde
the
mayden
.
It
is
well
reason
that
I
obeye
vnto
my
lorde
my
father
,
but
if
it
happen
that
he
constrayne
me
vnto
suche
a
thyng
,
and
that
he
would
gyue
me
vnto
other
then
hym
that
conquered
the
grene
knyght
.
I
shall
rather
departe
from
hym
without
beryng
any
thyng
with
me
saue
my
fayth
.
By
God
lady
sayd
Orson
I
ma●u●yll
me
muche
how
you
be
so
sore
●n
amoured
on
that
knyght
,
for
you
knowe
that
he
is
of
a
wylde
nature
,
and
that
he
cannot
speake
nor
saye
one
worde
wherby
he
myght
reioyce
you
and
tell
you
his
wil.
Syr
said
the
lady
true
loue
learneth
me
to
loue
him
naturally
.
For
it
is
said
comonly
that
the
thing
that
pleased
one
is
halfe
solde
.
Wherfore
fre
knight
in
me
haue
no
more
trust
,
for
neuer
in
my
life
wil
I
●ha●ge
hym
that
I
haue
promysed
my
fayth
to
.
Orson
was
muche
ioyous
of
the
wysdome
of
Fezonne
that
gaue
him
such
an
aunswere
,
not
for
that
he
made
semblaune
that
he
was
ill
contente
,
and
departed
out
of
the
chambre
without
takyng
leue
of
her
,
&
wente
towarde
the
duke
and
sayde
to
hym
.
Free
duke
knowe
that
I
come
from
speakyng
with
your
doughter
,
but
she
hath
geuen
me
for
a
●ynall
aunswere
,
that
neuer
in
her
lyfe
for
no
man
that
speaketh
she
wyl
haue
other
vnto
her
husband
than
him
that
conquered
the
grene
knight
.
Knyght
said
the
duke
of
her
aunswere
care
you
not
,
for
in
her
lyeth
not
to
do
her
wyll
,
be
a
lytell
pacient
and
ano●e
you
of
nothynge
,
for
to
daye
I
shal
speke
with
my
Doughter
more
ferder
on
this
mater
.
Gramercye
sayd
Orson
I
am
beholden
vnto
you
.
Than
Orson
yssued
out
of
the
palays
and
went
vnto
the
lodging
of
his
brother
Ualentyne
,
to
whome
he
tolde
and
recounted
the
answere
that
had
bene
gyuen
hym
by
the
fayre
Fezonne
.
Broder
you
haue
wrought
well
,
and
thys
ought
to
suffise
you
for
you
may
wel
know
the
great
loyalte
and
loue
that
she
loueth
you
with
.
But
I
wyl
that
you
and
I
go
toward
the
palays
togider
,
for
also
sone
as
the
duke
shal
se
me
I
am
certayne
that
we
shall
be
ryght
well
receyued
.
Syr
sayd
Orson
your
wyl
bee
done
.
Than
Ualentyne
arayed
hym
in
precyous
clothes
,
and
Orson
toke
the
●ace●an
that
he
had
fyrst
whan
he
came
into
Acquitaine
,
and
so
he
went
vnto
the
palais
with
the
litel
Pacolet
that
in
al
thynges
folowed
theim
,
They
entred
in
to
the
hal
in
the
which
the
duke
of
Acquitaine
was
spekinge
to
his
doughter
before
diuers
barons
and
noble
knyghtes
.
❧
Doughter
saide
the
Duke
of
Acquitaine
from
whens
cometh
to
you
this
courage
that
you
wil
not
accomplysshe
my
wyll
,
and
take
my
mariage
this
noble
knyght
that
I
woulde
gyue
you
,
in
whome
is
so
muche
prowesse
and
renowne
,
for
by
the
valyantnes
of
hym
I
haue
bene
delyuered
and
my
lyfe
saued
.
Alas
father
sayd
the
mayden
wherfore
speke
you
to
me
ther
of
,
for
you
knowe
well
that
I
haue
gyuen
my
faith
vn
to
him
that
deliuered
you
from
the
grene
knight
.
Now
there
is
not
a
greter
reproch
to
a
liuinge
creature
than
to
fals
his
fayth
and
breke
his
oth
.
And
if
it
hapen
that
I
be
constrayned
to
suche
a
thynge
by
you
,
you
shall
be
the
cause
to
put
my
soule
in
daunger
,
whych
shall
be
a
reproche
to
you
before
God
and
the
world
.
And
as
the
duke
of
Acquitaine
spake
so
to
his
Doughter
he
sawe
Ualentine
and
Orson
comminge
,
whych
he
receyued
in
grete
honour
and
enbraced
them
.
And
whan
Orson
had
salued
the
duke
he
wend
to
ward
the
fayre
Fezonne
that
for
grete
●oy
began
for
to
smyle
.
Alas
sayde
she
you
be
hertely
welcome
,
for
your
longe
abydinge
hathe
greued
me
sore
.
And
yf
you
had
not
commen
my
father
wold
haue
maryed
me
vnto
an
other
knight
than
you
,
that
for
to
haue
me
hath
taken
much
great
payne
,
and
much
wel
he
resembleth
you
of
nose
and
mouthe
.
My
loue
sith
that
I
was
here
I
haue
learned
to
speke
,
and
am
the
same
that
pra●ed
you
of
loue
to
day
in
your
chambre
.
Than
was
the
lady
so
Joious
that
I
canne
not
recount
it
.
and
Orson
entred
into
a
chambre
and
chamged
that
habite
,
and
put
on
right
precious
robes
that
he
had
made
the
litle
Pacolet
bringe
with
him
,
and
after
entred
into
the
hall
.
And
whan
the
Duke
aduysed
him
he
went
and
enbraced
him
swetel●
and
said
to
him
Faire
sonne
pardon
me
of
that
I
wold
haue
geuen
my
doughter
to
another
than
you
,
for
I
wende
well
that
you
wolde
neuer
haue
retorned
.
Sit
saide
Orson
with
good
hert
I
pardon
you
.
Than
the
Duke
demaunded
them
how
they
had
done
sith
theyr
departinge
.
And
orson
recounted
before
them
all
the
fortune
and
auenture
that
they
had
ben
in
,
and
how
thei
wer
sonnes
to
the
Emperoure
of
Constantinoble
named
Alexander
,
and
of
kynge
Pepins
sister
named
Bellessant
,
the
whyche
they
had
founden
in
Portyngale
.
Whan
the
duke
of
Acquitaine
vnderstode
that
the
two
valyaunte
knightes
were
of
so
hye
a
bloude
extraught
he
had
so
greate
Joye
at
his
heart
that
tel
it
I
can
not
.
Than
he
said
knyghtes
you
be
wo
,
thy
for
to
haue
grete
honoure
and
reuerence
whan
of
al
the
cristiens
you
are
the
noblest
extraught
and
dyscended
.
But
of
one
thing
I
am
sorowfull
and
dyspleasaunte
that
is
of
your
fader
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
,
and
of
your
vncle
the
kynge
Pepin
that
are
assyeged
in
Constatinoble
by
the
painims
and
sarazyns
and
theyr
warre
hath
endured
so
long
that
if
god
helpe
them
not
shortly
with
socoure
they
muste
yealde
theim
vnto
theyr
enmies
,
whiche
is
a
thinge
muche
pyteous
whan
Ualentine
hearde
that
his
fader
and
hys
vncle
were
in
daunger
he
made
such
dole
that
none
might
appease
hym
and
complained
more
his
vncle
Kinge
Pepin
than
his
fader
.
Than
Pacolet
said
vnto
hym
.
Sir
leaue
this
sorowe
,
for
yf
you
wyll
byleue
me
I
shal
set
you
or
to
morow
at
nyght
with
in
Constanty
noble
,
by
God
sayd
Ualentine
he
is
folyshe
that
byleueth
the
,
or
the
deuyl
must
bere
th●
▪
Syr
sayd
Pacolet
yf
you
wyll
mounte
vpon
my
hors
and
do
that
whiche
I
shall
tell
you
,
we
shall
be
in
Grece
or
the
day
fayl
.
Pacolet
sayde
Ualentine
I
accord
me
vnto
thy
sayinges
,
for
I
desire
nothynge
soo
muche
as
to
see
my
father
that
I
neuer
sawe
.
At
that
houre
the
knyght
Ualentine
was
delivered
for
to
departe
on
the
●noro
we
to
go
vnto
Constantynoble
,
and
for
the
loue
of
his
departynge
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
made
fyrst
Orson
to
be
wedded
vnto
his
doughter
Fezonne
.
And
made
theyr
weddynge
so
richely
that
there
had
ben
neuer
none
such
sene
in
that
citye
.
They
made
so
grete
noyse
with
trompettes
and
claryons
that
the
painims
heard
it
in
theyr
pauilions
.
The
duke
of
Acquitaine
made
Bellissant
and
Clarymono
to
be
brought
in
his
palais
with
grete
honoure
.
Than
was
there
a
spye
that
sawe
al
this
and
went
and
tolde
〈◊〉
to
Ferragus
,
how
he
had
sene
them
wich
the
traitour
Pacolet
.
By
mahoune
sayd
the
gyaunt
Ferragus
I
ought
well
to
be
d●lent
of
the
traycour
Pacolet
that
hath
so
falsly
deceyued
me
,
and
led
away
my
syster
Clerymonde
that
I
loued
so
muche
,
with
the
christians
.
But
I
swere
my
god
Mahoune
that
within
short
space
I
shal
take
vengeaunce
on
him
and
on
al
his
other
complices
and
helpers
,
for
I
shall
make
them
all
dye
an
euill
death
.
¶
How
the
gyaunt
Ferragus
for
to
haue
sucoure
sent
for
the
kyng
Tromparte
,
and
the
enchauntour
Adramayne
.
¶
Cap.
x●
.
FErragus
the
false
Sarazyn
was
muche
angrye
and
ful
of
Ire
whan
he
sa
we
that
of
his
syster
Clerymonde
and
the
two
knyghtes
he
myght
not
take
vengeaunce
.
Then
he
called
a
heraude
and
toke
hym
a
letter
that
he
had
made
to
be
wrytten
,
by
the
whiche
letter
he
sente
worde
to●
kynge
Tromparte
that
in
continent
and
without
delaye
also
soone
as
he
hadde
sene
the
letter
that
he
would
come
towarde
hym
well
accompanied
and
with
a
greate
puyssaunce
of
men
of
armes
as
well
as
he
myght
.
And
yf
so
were
that
he
would
geue
hym
sucoure
he
should
geue
hym
to
wyfe
his
syster
clerymonde
.
And
with
this
he
●●aunded
hym
that
he
shoulde
bryng
the
enchauntour
.
Adramayne
with
hym
that
had
learned
so
wel
the
●●t●
of
tollecre
,
that
for
to
playe
with
Nygromancy
he
〈◊〉
passed
mayster
,
thus
were
the
letters
made
and
geue●
to
the
messenger
.
the
whiche
put
hym
vpon
the
waye
for
to
do
his
message
.
So
will
I
leaue
to
speake
of
the
gyaunt
Ferragus
and
shal
speake
of
valentyne
that
is
within
Acquitayne
where
as
he
taketh
leue
of
lordes
and
of
ladies
and
of
the
fayre
Clerymonde
,
the
whiche
for
his
departyng
was
muche
sorowfull
,
and
demaunded
hym
.
Loue
when
will
you
wedde
me
,
holde
me
loyal
couenaunt
,
for
in
you
is
al
my
truste
.
Lady
said
valentyne
haue
no
doubte
of
me
▪
for
I
shal
be
true
to
you
and
I
swere
to
you
and
promyse
you
that
also
sone
as
it
shall
please
God
almighty
that
I
returne
from
Constantinoble
,
without
so●ou●nyng
or
delacion
I
shall
wedde
you
.
Then
he
sayd
to
the
duke
of
Acquitayne
●
to
his
brother
Orson
.
Lordes
I
shall
leue
you
my
loue
Clerymonde
to
kepe
as
to
my
pryncypall
frendes
that
I
trust
my
moost
in
.
In
praying
you
that
also
soone
as
it
ma●●e
possible
to
you
that
you
make
to
be
minist●ed
vnto
her
the
sacrament
of
baptisme
,
and
chaunge
not
her
name
for
none
other
,
for
it
is
my
will
that
she
●ere
that
name
.
Ualentyne
sayde
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
take
no
thought
for
her
,
for
also
derely
shall
the
fayre
Clerymonde
be
kept
as
my
propre
doughter
Fe●onne
.
Then
valentine
toke
leue
of
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
,
that
for
his
departing
had
his
harte
sorowfull
,
&
syth
he
embraced
the
fayre
Clerymonde
and
in
takynge
leue
of
her
he
kissed
her
swetely
,
but
the
noble
lady
was
so
sorowfull
that
she
myght
speke
neuer
a
worde
.
Ualentine
lefte
her
and
began
to
wepe
.
And
Orson
tooke
leue
of
hym
the
whiche
sayde
vnto
him
ryght
swetely
.
Brother
I
praye
to
Iesu
christ
that
he
kepe
you
&
saue
you
▪
and
among
all
other
thinges
I
beseche
you
humbly
that
you
wil
recommaunde
me
vnto
my
father
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
and
to
myne
vncle
the
kynge
Pepyn
,
for
an
it
pleased
god
I
shall
se
them
within
shorte
tyme
.
Brother
sayde
valentyne
I
shal
doo
the
message
for
you
as
I
would
do
for
my selfe
.
At
these
wordes
departed
the
two
brethren
from
together
that
for
to
leue
eche
other
had
their
hartes
sorowfull
.
Orson
abode
in
the
palays
,
and
valentyne
retourned
towarde
his
lodgyng
for
to
speke
with
his
mother
Bellissant
that
for
his
departyng
was
muche
troubled
at
the
harte
.
And
when
she
sawe
that
he
was
redy
to
departe
,
she
embraced
him
wening
to
haue
take
leue
of
hym
,
but
the
noble
lady
had
her
harte
so
full
of
distresse
that
she
myght
not
speke
one
worde
to
her
sone
.
Ualentine
helde
her
betwene
his
armes
in
recomfortyng
her
swetely
,
for
how
wel
that
he
was
ryght
sorowful
and
displeasaunt
yet
for
all
that
he
bare
his
doloure
and
great
dystresse
the
best
wyse
that
he
myght
for
to
recomforte
his
mother
and
reioyce
her
.
¶
Of
the
pytcous
complayntes
that
the
Empresse
Bellissant
made
vnto
her
sonne
Valentyne
or
he
went
vnto
constantynoble
and
howe
he
spake
vnto
the
Emperoure
his
father
before
his
vncle
kyng
Pepyn
.
¶
Cap.
xli
.
WHen
Valentyne
sawe
his
mother
make
suche
sorowe
he
sayde
vnto
her
.
My
mother
haue
no
feare
of
my
doloure
nor
thought
,
for
if
it
please
god
my
creatur
I
shall
retourne
agayne
shortly
.
Thynke
and
haue
euer
your
harte
in
God
,
and
praye
for
me
,
for
in
al
my
deedes
and
prayers
I
shall
thynke
on
you
.
And
aboue
all
other
thynges
I
recommaunde
vnto
you
the
fayre
Clerymonde
that
putteth
all
her
confydence
in
me
,
and
wyll
kepe
my
loyalte
.
Alas
my
sonne
sayd
the
Empresse
Bellyssant
I
ought
well
to
syghe
with
my
harte
and
bere
dolorous
anguysshe
,
but
by
the
&
by
thy
hardynes
thou
haste
done
so
muche
that
the
daye
shall
come
by
the
pleasure
of
Jhesus
that
mine
occasion
and
blame
I
shall
be
founde
innocent
and
pure
.
And
when
thou
shalt
be
within
the
cytie
of
Constantinoble
,
salue
from
me
thy
father
the
Emperoure
Alexander
,
&
thyne
vncle
the
valyaunt
kyng
Pepyn
my
brother
,
and
saye
to
hym
on
my
behalue
that
I
take
vpon
the
dampnacion
of
my
soule
that
neuer
the
dayes
of
my
lyfe
of
the
great
blame
and
vytupere
that
I
haue
bene
accused
with
,
I
was
neuer
culpable
.
And
if
that
there
be
any
,
be
he
neuer
so
hardy
that
wil
take
batayl
for
it
,
or
say
the
contrary
fyght
you
for
me
and
take
the
quarell
,
for
if
you
be
ouercome
I
offre
my
body
to
be
brente
shamefully
before
al
the
worlde
.
My
mother
sayde
the
noble
Valentyne
dyscomfort
you
not
,
for
if
it
please
God
almighty
and
the
virgyn
mary
,
in
whome
I
haue
all
my
truste
I
shall
do
so
muche
for
you
that
shortly
you
shal
be
yelded
and
accorded
to
the
Emperoure
Alexander
my
father
,
and
that
of
the
wronge
that
he
hathe
done
you
,
he
shall
aske
you
mercy
and
pardon
.
At
these
wordes
they
departed
in
sonore
makyng
great
sorow
,
and
weping
full
sore
.
And
at
theyr
departynge
the
Ladye
enquyred
her
sonne
Ualentine
that
also
sone
as
he
might
he
shol
desende
Pacolet
agayne
for
to
brynge
her
tydynges
.
And
Ualentine
promysed
her
that
he
wolde
do
so
.
After
he
entred
in
to
the
chambre
where
as
he
founde
the
lytell
Pacolet
,
the
whythe
in
abydynge
hym
had
made
tedy
his
hors
of
wodde
.
Nowe
vp
sayd
Pacolet
it
is
time
to
go
mounte
vp
behynde
me
,
and
without
hauynge
ony
drede
holde
you
fast
by
me
.
Frend
sayde
Ualentyne
that
shal
I
do
well
.
Than
he
lept
vpon
the
hors
and
Pacolet
corned
the
pynne
so
well
in
deede
that
he
hors
rose
vp
in
the
ayre
,
and
in
that
same
nyghte
they
made
so
muche
waye
that
they
passed
ouer
these
,
and
ouer
dyuers
wodes
,
roches
,
townes
,
castels
and
grete
●y●ees
.
And
they
wente
so
faste
that
on
the
morow
before
mydday
they
apperceyued
Constantinoble
.
He
demaunded
Pacolet
what
place
it
was
,
and
he
answered
hym
that
it
was
the
cyte
of
Constancynoble
in
the
whiche
he
had
so
grete
desyre
to
be
.
Much
Joious
was
the
noble
knyght
Ualentyne
whan
he
sawe
hym self
so
nere
,
for
Pacolet
had
conduyted
him
so
wel
that
oreuen
longtime
he
was
within
the
cite
.
And
at
the
houre
that
the
Emperoure
and
the
kynge
Pepyn
were
in
the
hall
imperyall
sette
for
to
soupe
.
Pacolet
that
ledde
Valentyne
entred
in
to
the
halle
,
wherof
Valentine
was
moche
abasshed
whan
he
saw
him self
before
such
a
company
.
Than
the
grene
knight
that
was
in
the
hal
knewe
Ualentine
and
ranne
anone
vnto
hym
.
And
the
h●nge
Pepin
that
aduysed
Ualentyne
sayd
vnto
the
Emperoure
.
Syr
yet
is
not
your
lygnage
faylled
,
for
you
may
se
here
a
much
valiaunt
knight
that
is
your
own
sonne
.
Whan
the
Emperoure
heard
those
tydynges
hee
chaunged
coloure
and
rose
vp
from
the
table
for
to
go
kisse
his
sonne
,
But
the
grene
knight
was
the
firste
at
him
,
whiche
toke
him
in
his
armes
and
welcomed
him
.
After
came
kyng
Pepyn
and
Embraced
him
.
And
then
the
Emperour
his
father
toke
him
betwene
his
armes
and
kissed
him
swetely
,
half
ioyful
and
half
sorowful
ioyfull
for
his
comyng
and
sorowfull
for
the
thought
of
his
wyfe
.
The
olde
Blandymayn
knewe
Pacolet
,
for
he
had
sene
hym
in
portyngale
so
he
came
towarde
him
and
asked
him
tydinges
of
the
Lady
Bellyssant
,
&
he
tolde
him
the
maner
howe
all
had
bene
done
,
&
how
valentine
had
bene
in
diuerse
great
perfiles
for
to
haue
knowledge
of
the
Emperour
and
of
his
mother
.
Great
ioye
was
made
thorough
all
the
cytie
for
the
comynge
of
the
Emperour
Alexanders
sonne
valentyne
.
Knightes
and
barons
came
from
euery
syde
for
to
se
Ualentyne
and
do
hym
reuerence
.
And
so
as
there
aryued
dyuers
great
lordes
in
the
Emperours
halle
,
valentyne
that
was
full
of
great
hardynes
spake
in
this
maner
before
all
the
company
.
Lordes
,
and
knyghtes
that
are
here
presente
of
the
honoure
and
reuerence
that
it
pleaseth
you
to
do
me
.
I
yelde
you
graces
with
my
puissaunce
and
thanke
you
,
and
aboue
al
the
other
I
thanke
myne
vncle
the
kyng
Pepyn
,
the
whiche
hath
nouryshed
me
vnto
this
houre
,
for
I
am
more
beholden
vnto
hym
then
vnto
any
man
on
lyue
.
Notwithstandyng
that
it
is
sayde
oftentymes
that
neuer
one
maye
be
soo
subiecte
as
to
father
and
mother
,
but
I
maye
name
myself
poore
orphelyn
as
for
my
father
that
is
here
present
,
for
I
had
ben
dead
dolorously
had
not
myne
vncle
bene
that
founde
me
when
my
mother
was
banyshed
falsly
from
the
Emperour
by
the
dede
of
the
false
Archebysshop
wherfore
to
shewe
that
she
is
innocente
and
replete
with
truthe
I
as
her
naturall
sonne
legytyme
off●eth
my
body
for
to
fyght
agaynst
the
false
tray●our
Archebysshop
that
hath
accused
her
falsly
▪
and
also
agaynst
all
them
that
wyll
presente
them
for
to
accuse
my
mother
in
any
maner
of
wyse
.
¶
Howe
Ualentyne
and
the
grene
knyght
were
taken
prysoners
in
the
battayll
before
Constantynoble
by
the
Soudan
Moradyn
and
his
men
.
Cap.
xlii
.
WHen
the
Emperour
vnderstode
his
sone
Ualentyne
speke
so
for
the
greate
●ishonoure
of
his
dolorous
mother
,
he
began
for
to
wepe
right
piteously
,
&
said
with
piteous
wordes
vnto
his
sonne
walentine
Alas
my
deare
sonne
I
knowe
clerely
that
thou
art
my
sonne
legytime
,
&
that
with
good
right
thou
wilt
fight
for
thy
mother
,
the
whiche
by
a
false
&
an
euill
reporte
and
light
beleue
▪
I
haue
put
and
sent
thy
mother
in
exile
▪
but
as
for
to
vndertake
too
fight
for
her
deade
in
a
field
it
is
no
nede
.
For
the
false
●
coursed
Archebisshop
that
had
accused
her
hath
bene
foughten
with
,
and
shamefully
vanquyshed
and
put
vnto
villaynous
deathe
by
a
valiaunt
marchaunt
,
the
which
in
the
presen●t
o●
the
kyng
Pepyn
thyne
vncle
,
and
of
me
,
and
before
all
the
congregacion
of
diuers
princes
,
barons
&
knyghtes
hath
●olde
and
confessed
how
with
wrong
&
euyll
cause
by
enuye
and
dyabolyke
temptacion
he
had
accused
the
good
lady
towarde
me
.
When
I
vnderstode
his
confession
I
was
wounded
so
bitterly
at
the
hart
that
of
my
dolour
it
should
be
to
great
a
thyng
to
recounte
And
syth
that
same
tyme
I
haue
sent
diuers
messengers
into
dyuers
countreys
and
regyons
,
in
trustyng
to
haue
had
of
my
wyfe
some
cer●ayne
●ydynges
,
but
I
myght
not
do
so
muche
as
to
haue
some
knowledge
of
her
.
And
therfore
my
childe
and
myne
only
hope
if
thou
knowe
any
thyng
of
thy
mother
hyde
it
not
from
me
,
for
aboue
all
my
desyres
I
haue
a
syngul●●
desyre
for
to
here
some
●ydinges
.
Syr
sayd
valentyne
for
to
speke
of
my
mother
knowe
for
all
certayne
that
yestemyght
about
mydnyght
I
sawe
her
and
spake
to
her
within
acquytaine
,
&
tolde
him
that
Pacole●
brought
him
so
sone
of
the
whiche
thynge
the
Emperoure
his
father
was
muche
ameruayled
.
For
the
comyng
of
valentine
was
made
great
ioye
through
all
the
cytie
of
Constancynoble
.
And
soo
muche
was
the
emperoure
Alexander
reioysed
that
he
commaunded
to
rynge
all
the
b●lles
of
the
cytye
.
And
when
the
paynyens
and
sarazyns
heard
the
great
ioye
that
they
of
the
cytye
made
,
they
ranue
vnto
armes
and
in
great
dylygence
were
armed
●
〈◊〉
poynt
.
And
when
they
were
all
ready
&
armed
the
soudan
●oradyn
accompanied
with
.
xxx
.
kynges
stronge
&
puyssaunt
made
to
assayle
the
cytie
of
Constantinoble
,
the
whiche
was
so
full
of
people
that
manye
horses
were
dead
for
hongre
.
And
also
dyuers
men
and
women
and
lytell
chyloren
from
day
to
day
by
faute
of
natural
substaunce
fyn●●●ed
their
daies
piteously
in
the
stretes
.
And
when
the
noble
Dalentine
aduised
and
knew
the
great
multytude
of
paynims
and
sarazins
,
and
the
necessite
of
the
cytie
of
Constantynoble
,
he
spake
before
all
the
lordes
and
captaynes
saying
in
this
maner
.
Lord●s
&
knyghtes
you
knowe
and
se
that
within
this
cytie
you
are
in
great
necessitie
of
vitayles
,
and
yet
you
maye
recouer
none
but
by
your
valiauntnes
vpon
your
enemies
.
Wherfore
I
am
of
the
opinion
that
there
should
yss●e
out
a
certayne
nombre
of
men
for
too
conquere
some
vitaylles
.
And
I
al
the
first
am
ready
and
apparaylled
to
conduy●e
with
my
litell
power
and
as
well
as
I
maye
all
them
of
the
cytie
that
wyll
yssut
out
with
me
.
To
that
counsayle
was
consentyng
all
the
capitaines
of
the
armye
.
So
there
issued
out
of
the
cytie
with
the
valiaunt
knyght
Ualentyne
.
xx
.
thousande
men
of
armes
,
and
there
yssued
out
also
a
great
multitude
of
small
people
that
for
the
indygence
and
the
greate
necessite
that
they
were
in
folowed
hym
gladly
.
When
they
were
out
of
the
gates
they
ran
vpon
the
sarazins
so
fiersly
&
so
valiauntly
that
within
a
short
space
they
toke
and
wonne
thre
hondred
charyottes
with
vytaylles
,
but
as
they
led
them
towarde
the
citie
of
Constantynoble
the
soudan
that
for
this
losse
was
sorowefull
with
a
great
company
of
sarazyns
and
painims
put
himselfe
betwene
them
and
the
cytie
of
Constantinoble
for
to
recouer
the
vytaylles
agayne
that
they
had
lost
.
And
when
the
kyng
Pepyn
sawe
that
they
had
stopped
the
passage
he
smote
his
horse
with
the
sporres
and
set
his
spete
in
the
reste
and
dyd
so
valiaunt
that
he
smote
dead
vnto
the
earthe
the
proude
Maragon
,
the
which●
was
kyng
of
Lapharnā
.
Then
he
drew
out
his
sworde
and
smote
Arcillon
that
was
tyght
strong
and
paussaunt
▪
in
suche
wyse
that
he
smote
hym
out
of
his
sadle
vnto
the
earth
.
And
when
valentine
&
the
grene
knight
sawe
the
great
deades
of
armes
that
kyng
Pepyn
dyd
they
entred
in
to
the
batayll
.
and
without
ceasyng
they
dyd
so
muche
by
force
of
armes
that
before
the
Soudan
they
hewe●
downe
the
chefe
standarde
of
the
false
paynims
and
sarazyns
.
And
when
the
standarde
was
downe
,
Ualentyne
passed
forth
agaynst
the
false
soudan
,
and
gaue
hym
so
great
a
stroke
with
his
spe●e
that
he
s●ote
him
of
the
Olyphaunt
that
he
was
mounted
on
,
muche
rudely
and
valiauntly
.
¶
At
that
houre
was
done
so
many
feates
of
armes
by
Ualentyne
and
the
grene
knyght
that
Moraldos
was
dead
and
the
admyrall
taken
by
the
grene
knight
,
And
valentine
maugre
all
the
pain●●●s
and
sarazins
did
cast
vnto
the
grounde
foure
kynges
sarazyns
▪
&
smote
of
bothe
the
armes
of
the
Admyrall
of
Ombrye
.
But
the
two
good
knightes
that
same
daye
for
to
wynne
honoure
and
fame
were
to
ardaunt
,
and
entred
to
ferre
wythin
the
hoste
of
the
painims
and
sarasins
,
for
whan
they
thought
to
hau
retorned
they
wer
enclosed
with
Painims
and
taken
and
after
bounde
straytly
as
prysoners
and
led
before
the
Soudan
,
the
whyche
also
soone
as
he
sawe
theym
he
swore
his
grete
God
mahoun
that
thei
shuld
neuer
retorne
vnto
the
christen
men
agayn
,
but
should
make
a
gy●et
to
be
reysed
vp
before
the
cyte
of
Constantynoble
,
and
make
them
be
hanged
so
hye
that
al
their
frendes
myght
se
them
.
Thus
was
Ualentine
and
the
greue
knight
in
grece
fere
of
their
liues
,
thynckynge
neuer
to
escape
from
theyr
cursed
handes
.
And
the
christen
men
did
retorne
maugre
painims
&
sarazins
,
for
ther
was
with
theym
vytaylles
in
grete
haboundance
so
that
al
the
people
of
the
cyte
wee●
refreshed
and
comforted
.
But
or
they
arryued
with
in
the
cyte
they
had
a
pyteous
recountre
of
paynyms
and
Sarazyns
,
and
ledde
a
pyteous
recountre
and
strong
batayl
,
so
that
the
christen
men
wend
neuer
to
haue
retorned
into
the
cytie
of
Constantynoble
.
Than
they
of
the
cyte
that
sawe
wel
the
necessite
of
their
men
made
to
cry
throughe
the
cyte
that
vpon
payne
of
deathe
all
manner
of
men
,
prestes
clerkes
,
Chanons
,
monkes
,
Freers
,
and
women
,
shuld
bere
the
crosse
before
them
in
the
honour
of
the
passion
of
our
Lord
Ihesu
Christ
and
yssue
oute
againste
the
painims
.
Than
was
the
nombre
so
gret
of
the
people
that
yssued
out
of
the
cytie
of
Constantynoble
that
the
estimac●on
was
forty
thousand
.
And
whan
the
painims
and
sarazins
saw
the
great
nombre
of
people
that
came
out
against
them
,
they
reculed
a
backe
in
to
their
●en●s
,
&
●et
the
christen
men
bere
a
way
the
vitailles
.
But
or
the
paynims
was
in
their
tentes
the
batayll
was
to
great
that
foure
thousande
christen
men
were
slayne
,
whiche
was
a
pyteous
thyng
to
them
of
the
cytie
.
Ryght
sorowful
and
displeasaunt
was
the
Emperour
of
Grece
for
many
noble
barons
and
knyghtes
that
he
had
losse
●n
the
batayll
but
aboue
al
the
other
he
was
sorowful
in
his
harte
,
and
bitterly
displeasaunt
for
his
valyaunt
sonne
valentine
and
the
grene
knight
that
had
done
so
great
dedes
of
armes
,
and
in
lyke
wyse
was
the
kyng
Pepyn
of
Fraunce
.
Those
twaine
made
great
dole
and
lamentacion
casting
out
great
cryes
and
syghes
for
the
chylde
Ualentyne
that
they
had
lost
so
soone
.
But
the
lytel
Pacolet
recomforted
theim
muche
saying
.
Lordes
leue
your
wepyng
and
discomforte
,
for
of
Ualentyne
you
shall
be
ioyous
,
and
of
hym
haue
good
tydynges
sooner
then
you
wenefore
.
Frende
sayde
he
God
here
the
and
geue
the
suche
puyssaunce
,
for
an
thou
maye
do
so
muche
as
to
bryng
hym
vnto
me
,
and
delyuer
hym
from
the
handes
of
th●
souda●
that
hathe
sworen
his
death
,
thou
maist
say
surely
that
aboue
the
other
●
shal
mounte
the
in
honoure
and
rychesse
.
Syr
said
Pacolet
put
your
trust
in
me
,
for
shortly
you
shall
knowe
with
what
loue
I
loue
you
and
your
sonne
valentine
.
Then
Pacolet
toke
his
horse
of
wodde
,
and
without
any
mo
wordes
departed
for
to
go
in
to
the
sondans
hoost
.
And
the
soudan
is
in
his
pauyl●on
that
for
to
iudge
Ualentyne
and
the
grene
knyght
had
assembled
all
the
greate
lordes
of
his
hoost
.
But
his
enterpryse
was
all
turned
contrary
as
it
shall
be
shewed
you
more
playnly
here
afterwarde
.
¶
Howe
the
enchauntoure
Pacolet
delyuered
Valentyne
and
the
grene
knyght
out
of
the
pryson
of
the
soudan
Morady●
.
Ca.
xliiii
.
WHan
the
Soudan
Moradin
was
wythdrawn
in
to
his
pauilon
,
he
made
to
be
brought
before
him
the
child
Valentine
&
the
grene
knight
in
the
pres●ce
of
all
the
most
greatest
barons
and
knights
of
his
court
and
sayd
in
thys
maner
.
Lordes
at
this
hour
you
may
well
se
and
knowe
the
twayne
of
the
worlde
that
doth
moost
●●spleasure
and
outrage
vnto
the
kynge
Ferragus
.
And
amonge
the
other
thynges
this
knyght
hath
lefte
out
law
and
made
hym
to
be
christened
to
here
vs
the
more
domage
,
wherfore
me
thyncketh
it
were
well
none
to
sende
them
vnto
kynge
Ferragus
,
for
I
wot●e
wel
that
he
wil
take
vengeaunce
on
them
,
and
that
he
shal
make
them
dye
a
shameful
death
as
thei
haue
wel
deserued
.
Syr
sayd
the
sarazyns
and
paynims
that
of
theyr
deathes
had
great
enuy
.
It
is
no
nede
to
so●ouru
so
muche
but
make
forkes
to
be
reyse●
〈◊〉
in
the
felde
for
to
hange
the
two
false
caitifes
on
tomorow
in
the
umornyug
that
hathe
borne
vs
so
great
dommage
,
and
harme
.
Lordes
sayde
the
soudan
●oradyn
your
counsayll
is
fayre
and
good
,
and
soo
wyll
I
vse
it
,
for
by
the
god
mahowne
I
sweare
you
and
promyse
you
that
tomorowe
in
the
mornynge
I
shall
make
theym
to
be
hanged
so
hye
that
all
they
of
the
cyte
of
Constantinoble
may
se
them
,
and
take
ensample
at
theyr
death
.
After
these
wordes
sayde
as
the
Soudan
entred
into
hys
●ent
for
to
go
to
souper
the
litel
Pacolet
found
himself
before
hym
the
which
salued
him
by
mahoune
highly
Pacolet
sayd
the
paynym
thou
arte
welcom
.
Now
tel
me
lyghtly
howe
doth
the
feate
of
the
kynge
Ferragus
that
aboue
all
the
other
is
my
parfyte
frende
.
Sir
said
Pacolet
he
fareth
right
well
,
and
aboue
al
recommaundeth
him
vnto
you
,
and
by
me
●e
sendeth
you
tydynges
good
that
are
muche
secrete
the
whiche
I
shal
tel
you
yf
it
please
you
to
here
me
.
Fr●ede
sayd
the
souden
ryghte
voluntaryly
&
with
good
herte
I
wyll
here
youre
message
.
Than
he
drewe
him
apa●●e
for
to
tel
hym
his
secrete
.
And
Pacolet
sayd
to
him
all
softly
.
Syr
wy●e
that
I
come
from
Portyngale
and
am
sente
hether
by
my
redoubted
lady
the
wyfe
of
Ferragus
,
the
whiche
wyth
all
her
heart
recommaundeth
her
vnto
you
,
moche
more
hardely
than
I
can
recounte
,
and
that
it
be
true
I
do
you
to
wyte
that
aboue
all
the
men
of
the
worlde
she
loueth
you
best
,
for
she
is
so
esprised
and
taken
with
your
loue
that
she
maye
neyther
slepe
nor
reaste
in
noo
place
.
Nowe
it
is
true
that
she
the
which
in
all
trusteth
her
in
me
hath
sente
me
towarde
you
,
and
sendeth
you
worde
by
me
expressely
vpon
the
loue
that
maye
be
bytwene
two
true
louers
that
without
soiourning
or
deferrynge
you
come
and
se
her
.
For
the
kyng
Ferragus
is
at
this
presente
tyme
gone
towarde
Acquytayne
,
so
maye
you
at
your
owne
pleasure
and
wyll
of
the
pleasaunt
lady
that
aboue
al
the
other
shineth
in
beaute
do
your
pleasure
&
wyl
.
And
therfore
syr
come
your
waye
with
me
,
for
vpon
my
hors
I
shal
co●duy●
you
so
well
and
in
suche
manner
that
tomorowe
in
the
mornynge
,
I
shall
set
you
in
Portyngale
before
the
noble
and
fair
lady
by
the
pleasure
of
my
God
mahoun
.
Ha
Pacolet
sayd
the
soudan
Moradyn
thou
gynest
me
at
my
heart
more
greater
Ioye
and
comfort
than
ony
other
person
dydde
euer
before
this
.
For
aboue
all
the
wemen
of
the
worlde
I
am
and
haue
bene
longe
tyme
of
the
wyfe
of
kynge
ferragus
enamoured
but
so
much
there
is
that
neuer
no
day
I
myghte
fynde
my selfe
before
her
in
no
maner
that
I
myght
accomplysshe
my
wyll
,
or
cell
my
secrete
,
but
at
thys
tyme
I
shall
accomplysh
the
desire
of
my
heart
,
that
so
muche
and
so
louge
I
haue
abyden
For
I
promyse
the
that
tomorowe
in
the
mornynge
I
shall
goo
wyth
the
and
accomply
me
my
well
and
my
desyre
.
It
that
houre
that
I
recount
vnto
you
the
soudan
Moradyn
satte
hym
down
at
the
table
and
made
the
enchauntoure
Pacolet
too
bee
serued
also
honestlye
as
he
myght
,
for
he
was
so
ryght
▪
Ioyous
of
the
●●oinges
that
the
enchauntour
Pacolet
had
broughte
hym
,
that
the
heart
lept
in
hys
bely
for
Ioy
,
and
made
grete
cheare
.
And
Pacolet
that
sa
we
wel
that
the
Sowdan
was
in
greate
ioy
sayde
all
softelye
to
hym selfe
.
I
am
feasted
and
kept
wel
at
ease
,
but
or
that
it
be
to
morow
at
nyght
such
gyueth
me
of
hys
bread
to
eate
that
shall
curse
the
tyme
that
euer
I
was
boorne
.
Now
Ualentine
and
the
grene
knyght
was
in
the
tente
and
pauilyon
of
the
soudan
Moradin
that
were
wel
and
straytly
bounden
,
well
knewe
they
Pacolet
whereof
they
were
ryghte
Ioyous
in
their
courages
in
sayinge
and
thynking
in
their
hertes
that
for
their
deliueraunce
he
was
comen
theder
,
but
they
made
no
semblaunt
.
And
Pacolet
in
she
wynge
grete
chere
and
fayre
semblaunt
vnto
the
soudan
Moradin
in
beholdynge
the
prisoners
said
all
on
heyght
.
Syr
how
be
you
so
curteis
for
to
kepe
the
grene
knight
in
your
prisons
withoute
makinge
him
dye
,
for
aboue
all
liuinge
men
he
hath
borne
dommage
vnto
his
brother
Ferragus
.
And
for
to
greue
him
that
mohe
hathe
renounced
Mahounde
,
and
founde
the
wayes
and
manere
to
take
frome
him
his
syster
.
Clerymonde
for
to
geue
her
vnto
a
christen
knyght
.
Wherfore
me
semeth
you
are
to
symple
whan
him
and
all
the
other
of
his
sorte
and
company
you
make
not
dye
without
hauinge
on
●hem
ony
mercy
or
pyte
.
Frende
said
the
soudan
Moradin
it
is
well
my
wyll
and
intencyon
,
for
I
am
entyerly
delybered
to
make
them
be
hanged
by
the
neckes
tomorowe
in
the
morning
.
Pacolet
was
so
wise
and
soo
well
taught
that
vntyl
the
hour
to
sl●p●he
kept
the
soudan
with
sportes
and
playes
.
And
whan
the
houre
was
comen
that
they
shold
go
to
reaste
,
the
soudan
commaunded
that
the
prysoners
shuld
be
kep●●o
wel●nd
so
straytly
that
vpon
the
pain
of
their
liues
they
myght
yelde
hym
acountes
.
And
so
he
wythdrew
him
into
hys
chambre
,
and
left
Ualentyne
&
the
grene
knight
in
keping
of
a
great
sorte
of
sarazyns
and
paynyms
that
aboue
all
thinges
were
couetous
of
theyr
deathes
.
¶
Howe
pacolet
deceyued
the
soudan
Moradin
,
&
made
hym
mounte
vpon
his
hors
of
wodde
,
and
broughte
hym
in
to
the
cyte
of
Constantynoble
,
wenynge
to
hym
that
he
had
brought
hym
into
portyngale
.
Ca.
xliiii
.
NOwe
the
houre
was
comen
that
euery
body
was
withdrawn
saue
pacolet
that
made
all
the
watche
sleape
.
Than
he
came
vnto
valentyne
and
the
grene
knight
and
vnbound
them
,
and
led
them
out
of
the
hooste
so
that
none
knew
of
it
.
Than
whan
it
came
towardes
the
dawnynge
of
the
day
he
entred
into
the
tente
of
the
soudan
and
escryed
vnto
hym
on
hye
sayinge
.
Ha
sit
to
euyll
gothe
oure
feate
,
and
euyl
shewe
you
that
you
loue
the
wyfe
of
Ferragus
whan
you
make
no
more
dyligence
to
accomplyshe
hee
wyll
.
Whan
the
soudan
herde
Pacolet
crye
so
he
wakened
sodaynly
and
sayde
vnto
Pacolet
.
Frende
by
Mahoune
almyghtye
thou
haste
done
well
to
haue
wakened
me
,
for
thou
hast
taken
me
oute
of
a
greate
payne
,
for
I
dremed
a
meruaylous
dreme
.
And
in
dreminge
me
thoughte
that
a
Crowe
dydde
beare
me
farre
awaye
in
the
ayre
,
and
in
flyenge
in
the
ayre
there
came
vnto
me
a
greate
byrd
that
with
his
bil
stroke
me
so
sore
that
the
bloude
ranne
out
in
great
haboundaunce
so
I
wote
neuer
what
thys
wyll
saye
,
and
am
in
drede
that
the
kynge
Ferragus
knoweth
this
dede
.
Syr
sayde
Pacolet
you
haue
a
slouthfull
courage
whan
for
a
dreme
you
wyl
leue
the
Ioyous
enterprise
of
her
that
desyreth
you
so
muche
,
by
mahoune
said
he
thou
sayst
trouthe
.
Than
he
called
her
chamberlain
to
make
hym
redy
,
and
after
sayd
to
him
.
Frende
be
secre●e
,
&
if
myne
vncle
Bruyant
demaunde
for
me
,
tel
hym
that
I
am
gone
to
sporte
me
a
lytel
with
pacolet
,
Syr
sayd
he
it
shal
be
done
.
Than
pacolet
made
the
soudan
to
mounce
vp
behynde
hym
and
torned
the
pynne
and
the
horse
rose
vp
in
the
ayre
so
impetuously
that
also
sone
they
were
in
the
cyte
of
Constantinoble
in
the
Emperours
palais
.
And
whan
the
soudan
moradin
saw
that
pacolet
was
abiden
,
he
saide
vnto
him
,
frende
muste
we
lodge
here
.
Ye
said
pacolet
haue
no
fere
nor
doubt
of
nothinge
,
for
we
are
wi●l
,
in
portyngale
in
the
ryche
palays
of
the
puyssaunt
and
myghty
kynge
Ferragus
By
mahoune
in
whome
I
beleue
sayd
the
soudan
Moradyn
I
am
muche
ameruayled
howe
the
deuyll
hathe
borne
the
so
soone
.
Now
hye
you
sayd
Pacolet
and
entre
in
to
this
halle
,
and
I
wyll
go
in
to
the
chambre
of
the
pleasaunt
lady
the
wyfe
of
Ferragus
,
and
as
this
same
houre
I
shall
make
the
chambre
to
be
opened
too
you
and
to
lye
wyth
her
.
Frende
sayde
the
Soudan
of
great
ioye
thou
makest
me
to
laughe
.
No
we
go
in
the
name
of
Mahoune
the
whiche
conduyte
the.
¶
Howe
the
soudan
Moradyn
was
taken
and
bounde
and
after
was
hanged
.
Cap.
xlv
.
PAcolet
the
enchauntour
lefte
▪
the
soudan
Moradyn
within
the
halle
,
the
whiche
was
well
loocked
on
euerye
syde
,
so
that
he
myght
not
yssue
oute
.
Then
he
wente
towarde
the
chambre
of
the
Emperoure
and
gaue
so
great
a
stroke
against
the
dore
that
the
chamberlayne
harde
is
and
cryed
on
hyghe
in
demaunding
what
are
you
that
at
this
houre
in
the
chambre
imperyal
cometh
smiting
and
makyng
suche
noyse
.
Frende
sayd
Pacolet
doubte
you
not
of
nothing
,
for
I
am
Pacolet
that
is
come
from
the
hoost
of
the
soudan
Moradyn
,
where
as
I
haue
deliuered
Ualentyne
&
the
grene
knight
from
the
handes
of
the
sarazins
that
had
iuged
&
condā●ned
them
to
death
.
And
more
ouer
say
vnto
the
emperour
the
I
haue
brought
with
me
in
to
this
palays
the
soudan
Moradyn
,
the
whiche
beleueth
stedfastly
to
be
in
Portingale
.
Nowe
he
must
be
taken
without
any
so
iourning
&
flayne
al
quicke
,
for
he
hath
well
deserued
it
.
when
the
chamberlayn
vnderstode
the
tidinges
,
he
went
toward
the
Emperoure
&
the
kyng
Pepyn
,
the
which
for
to
se
the
soudan
with
a
great
nombre
of
knyghtes
armed
them
.
And
the
Soudan
was
in
the
hal
that
cryed
hydeously
sayinge
.
Ha
false
traytoure
Pacolet
mahoune
curse
the.
For
I
haue
well
hard
the
&
vnderstand
the
speke
,
thou
haste
betrayed
me
by
thy
false
deceit
cursedly
&
shamefully
,
but
by
the
fayth
that
I
holde
yet
shall
I
make
the
repent
it
.
Than
he
drewe
oute
hys
swearde
and
as
a
madde
than
that
were
out
of
hys
wytte
began
for
to
renne
about
the
halle
in
smytynge
the
walles
and
the
stoones
soo
rudely
that
he
made
the
fyre
to
sprynge
out
of
the
marbyl
stones
▪
And
so
as
he
fought
alone
in
the
halle
,
the
Emperoure
and
kyng
Pepyn
with
torches
and
tresettes
came
toward
hym
well
accompanyed
.
And
when
he
apperceiued
them
he
pat
hymselfe
in
defence
muche
outragyously
,
and
slewe
a
squyer
before
kyng
Pepyn
that
woulde
haue
taken
hym
,
and
the
kyng
that
was
right
displeasaunt
auaunced
hym
and
gaue
hym
so
great
a
stroke
that
he
felled
hym
vnto
the
earth
.
Then
he
was
taken
a
bound
muche
streyghtly
by
that
it
was
daylight
.
Ualentyne
and
the
greue
knyght
entred
in
to
the
palays
whiche
was
come
from
the
hoost
of
the
soudan
,
and
when
thei
founde
hym
thers
they
were
muche
ioyous
.
Then
the
Emperoure
and
kyng
Pepyn
made
great
ioye
for
the
delyuecaunce
of
Ualentine
,
and
also
of
the
grene
knight
for
he
was
muche
praysed
and
loued
.
The
Emperour
thanked
muche
Pacolet
for
the
delynetaunce
of
hys
sonne
valentyne
,
and
the
kyng
Pepyn
said
vnto
him
.
Pacolet
fayre
syr
thou
must
shewe
one
gambaude
with
thy
horse
.
Syr
sayde
Pacolet
mounte
vp
be
hynde
〈◊〉
,
and
I
shall
brynge
you
without
testynge
into
helle
,
trende
sayde
the
kyng
Pepyn
,
God
kepe
me
t●●me
it
.
Then
sayd
Pacolet
▪
lordes
make
diligence
to
put
this
false
Soudan
to
death
for
if
euer
he
escape
you
,
thinke
that
euyll
shall
happen
therby
.
At
that
houre
was
assembled
within
the
palays
dyners
great
lordes
for
to
se
the
soudan
,
by
the
counsaill
&
deliberacion
of
whome
he
was
iudged
&
condempned
to
be
hanged
on
the
great
●oure
of
the
palays
,
to
the
ende
that
hemyght
be
seene
of
the
paynims
,
and
so
it
was
don
.
And
when
the
paynyms
sawe
the
soudan
hanged
there
they
were
fore
amarueiled
how
he
was
brought
in
to
the
citie
.
Bruyant
tolde
them
howe
he
had
bene
deceyned
by
Pacolet
.
Then
was
there
great
sorowe
through
al
the
hoost
for
the
death
of
the
〈◊〉
,
for
he
was
a
valiaunt
man
&
a
great
persecutour
of
christen
people
.
And
after
that
they
had
made
great
cryes
and
grete
lamentacious
they
assembled
theyr
counsayl
and
those
for
their
soudan
Bru
yant
that
was
the
vucle
of
Moradyn
.
That
daye
was
sorowful
paiuims
and
sarasins
,
and
the
christen
men
within
the
cyte
made
great
Joy
and
solace
for
the
dothe
of
the
soudan
,
and
also
for
the
vytaylles
that
they
hadde
recouered
and
wanne
.
And
than
after
all
these
thyngs
thus
doue
Pacolet
coke
leue
of
the
Emperour
and
of
al
his
court
for
to
retourne
in
to
Acquytain
towarde
the
fayre
Clerimonde
as
he
had
promysed
her
.
Than
Ualentyne
came
to
him
and
said
.
Frend
Pacolet
syth
that
you
go
in
to
Acquitaine
salue
me
swetely
my
moder
the
Empresse
Bellyssant
,
and
my
loue
clerimonde
,
and
my
fayre
brother
Orson
,
and
the
good
duke
of
Acquitaine
with
all
the
other
harons
and
knyghtes
,
and
geue
this
letter
vnto
my
▪
Lady
my
moder
,
by
the
which
she
may
know
clerely
the
tidings
from
hence
Syr
sayd
pacolet
I
shal
do
your
message
gladlye
,
than
he
take
his
hors
and
bare
him
in
to
a
greate
windowe
of
marbill
,
and
after
lepte
vpon
his
backe
and
tourned
the
p●●ne
and
the
horse
rose
vp
in
the
aire
as
tempest
The
Emperoure
and
the
kinge
pepin
were
at
the
windowes
that
beheld
him
strongly
.
By
god
saide
the
kinge
pepin
for
all
the
gold
of
the
world
I
woulde
not
be
there
.
Nowe
goth
parolet
by
soo
greate
diligence
that
vpon
the
moro
we
in
the
morninge
he
arriued
in
Acquitaine
,
and
found
there
the
good
duke
that
kept
the
cite
,
and
also
the
Empresse
Bellissant
,
Orson
,
and
the
faire
Clerimond
,
the
which
he
salued
on
Ualentines
behalue
muche
honourably
as
it
appertayned
to
them
Frende
sayde
Orson
how
fareth
the
feate
of
my
father
,
Syr
sayd
pacolet
he
fareth
ryght
well
,
but
for
to
know
rydynges
here
is
a
letter
that
I
brynge
vnto
my
Ladye
Bellyssant
from
your
brother
Ualentine
.
The
Lady
toke
the
letter
with
grete
Joye
,
and
called
a
secretarye
for
to
rede
it
.
Lady
sayd
the
secretarye
that
behelde
the
lettre
.
Knowe
that
the
valyaunt
knyght
your
sonne
Ualentine
sendeth
you
worde
by
this
letter
that
the
myghtye
Emperour
the
which
woulde
se
you
gladlye
salueth
you
humbly
wyth
all
his
harte
,
the
whiche
from
the
tyme
of
your
departynge
in
payne
and
in
trauayll
longe
tyme
hath
made
you
to
be
sought
.
And
sendeth
you
word
that
sone
after
that
he
had
expulsed
you
he
had
cleare
knowledge
of
your
loyalte
,
and
of
the
false
treason
and
enter
pryse
of
the
false
Acchebysshyp
,
the
whyche
hathe
bene
foughten
with
by
a
marchaunt
and
put
in
such
subgeccyon
that
before
hys
death
before
all
the
worlde
he
confessed
hys
false
treason
.
For
the
whyche
thynge
the
Emperoure
your
husbande
desyreth
from
daye
too
daye
for
to
se
you
,
and
tyll
he
haue
you
agayne
he
wyll
neuer
●ee
gladde
at
hys
hearte
.
And
knowe
that
also
soone
as
hee
shall
be
rydded
of
the
false
sarazyns
he
will
come
nether
to
you
with
the
grene
knyghte
that
your
sonne
Orson
dyd
conquere
before
this
citie
.
Thus
your
noble
sonne
Ualentine
sendeth
you
word
by
the
tenour
of
this
lettre
whan
the
lady
heard
those
tidinges
for
greate
Joye
she
fell
in
a
swowne
.
And
Orson
toke
her
vp
betwene
hys
armes
muche
swetely
.
My
childe
saide
the
Empresse
I
ought
well
to
thanke
God
,
and
to
be
Joious
whan
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
hathe
certaine
tidinges
that
I
am
innocente
and
cleane
of
the
dissamynge
and
cryme
abhomynable
that
by
false
treason
had
bene
conspired
agaynst
me
.
Now
God
gyue
me
the
grace
for
to
fynde
my selfe
before
the
Emperoure
shortly
,
for
yf
I
myght
se
hym
ones
in
my
lyfe
I
wolde
desyre
no
more
of
God
nor
for
to
lyue
lenger
in
this
worlde
whan
he
hathe
done
me
suche
grace
that
to
myne
honoure
and
to
all
the
bloud
of
Fraunce
he
hath
shewed
the
treason
of
the
false
irreguler
Archebysshope
the
whiche
hathe
knowledged
hys
greate
malyce
and
trecherye
.
¶
How
the
kynge
Trömpart
came
before
Acquitaine
for
to
socoure
the
gyaunt
Ferragus
,
and
brought
with
hym
Adramayne
the
enchauntoure
,
by
whome
Pacolet
was
deceyued
and
betrayed
falsly
.
Ca
▪
xlvi
.
ON
that
same
daye
that
Pacolette
arryued
within
Acquytayne
the
kynge
Trompart
came
in
to
the
hoost
of
Ferragus
with
grete
puyssaunce
of
men
of
armes
too
socoure
hym
agaynst
the
christen
men
,
and
in
gret
honoure
receyued
hym
the
kynge
Ferragus
,
whyche
for
hys
comyng
made
great
feast
through
al
his
hoste
Free
kynge
sayd
the
giaunt
Ferragus
of
your
coming
I
oughte
to
be
Joyous
for
I
haue
esperaunce
that
by
you
I
shall
be
auenged
on
them
that
haue
deceiued
my
syster
the
fayre
Clerymonde
.
Now
I
know
well
that
she
is
within
Acquytaine
for
she
hathe
bensene
,
wherfore
I
prayse
littell
my
puyssaunce
if
I
maye
not
haue
her
agayne
.
And
yf
that
it
be
so
that
by
your
puyssaunce
and
healpe
she
may
be
conquered
from
this
hour
I
gyue
you
her
to
wyfe
.
Ferragus
sayd
the
king
Tromparte
of
thys
doubte
you
nothyng
,
for
I
haue
brought
with
me
Adramayne
the
enchauntour
the
which
shal
soone
haue
deceyued
Pacolet
,
for
he
knoweth
more
of
the
arte
of
Nygromancye
than
all
the
liuynge
creatures
.
By
mahoune
sayd
Ferragus
I
am
ryghte
glad
of
his
comynge
,
and
yf
he
maye
do
so
much
as
to
yeld
me
Pacolet
I
shall
make
him
of
al
the
most
ryche
and
puyssaunt
.
Syr
sayd
Adramayne
haue
trust
in
me
,
for
I
shall
serue
you
so
well
that
shortly
you
shal
know
it
Than
deparded
Adramayne
and
made
redy
his
chat
me
for
to
playe
wyth
his
crafte
,
and
syth
went
towarde
Acquytayne
.
And
to
the
ende
that
he
myght
enterin
to
it
more
surely
he
made
hym
to
be
laden
with
vytall
so
he
dyd
so
muche
by
his
engyn
that
he
came
befoore
the
gates
,
and
asked
entre
for
to
selle
his
vytayls
,
He
coude
speke
well
to
them
of
the
cytye
,
wherefore
they
opened
hym
the
gates
and
he
entred
in
for
to
sel
his
bytaylles
.
Then
after
he
had
solde
them
he
wente
vnto
the
palays
where
as
he
founde
Pacolet
that
knewe
hym
well
,
for
he
had
sene
him
other
tymes
.
Adramayne
sayd
Pacolet
you
be
welcome
.
Nowe
tel
me
if
it
please
you
from
what
place
you
come
,
and
what
thynge
dryueth
you
hether
at
this
houre
.
Pacolet
sayde
Adrymayn
you
knowe
well
that
I
haue
serued
long
tyme
kyng
Tromparte
.
So
it
happened
the
other
daye
that
by
one
of
his
courte
I
was
smyten
&
outraged
muche
vyllaynously
because
that
I
would
not
learne
him
&
shewe
hym
the
secretes
of
my
craft
and
when
I
sawe
my selfe
smyten
I
had
dyspyte
in
my
harte
,
and
with
a
knyfe
I
slewe
hym
.
when
I
had
done
that
dede
,
for
feare
of
deathe
I
yssued
out
of
the
cource
.
And
thus
expulsed
from
the
seruyce
of
kyng
Trompart
I
am
come
towarde
you
for
the
truste
that
I
thynke
to
fynde
in
you
.
And
from
henceforth
I
will
abyde
with
you
as
loyall
and
true
felowe
if
it
please
you
that
it
be
so
.
Adramayne
sayde
Pacolet
I
am
contente
,
make
good
cheare
and
ca●e
not
for
noothynge
.
Than
Pacolet
made
hym
to
be
serued
and
honestly
receyued
as
his
felowe
▪
that
of
his
coming
was
ioyous
.
And
in
makynge
chere
together
Adramayne
sawe
the
fayre
Clerymonde
passe
through
the
halle
,
so
he
demaunded
Pacolet
what
lady
that
was
that
was
so
fayre
and
gracious
.
Frende
sayde
Pacolet
it
is
the
faire
Clerymond
sister
vnto
king
Ferragus
the
which
muste
be
ryght
hyghly
maryed
vnto
a
much
tyche
and
valyaunt
knyght
.
At
that
houre
arryued
Orson
before
the
two
felowes
and
sayde
vnto
them
.
Lordes
playe
a
lytell
betwene
you
both
of
your
craft
,
and
scyence
for
to
reioyce
all
the
company
.
¶
How
Adramayne
and
Pacolet
played
before
the
barons
,
&
how
Adramayne
stole
a
way
Pacolettes
horse
of
wodde
and
the
fayre
Clerymonde
.
Cap.
xlvii
.
THan
Adramayne
lift
vp
a
cup
a
aboue
a
piller
,
in
such
wise
that
it
semet
vnto
as
them
that
were
there
present
that
thorowe
that
place
ran
a
great
ryuer
&
an
horryble
,
&
in
that
same
ryuer
them
thoughte
they
sawe
all
maner
of
fysshes
hothe
lytell
&
great
.
And
when
they
of
the
palays
sawe
the
wa●e●
so
great
,
they
began
al
for
to
lift
vp
their
gownes
&
to
crye
strongly
as
they
that
had
fere
to
be
drowned
.
And
Pacolet
that
behelde
the
enchauntement
began
for
to
sing
and
made
a
charme
so
subtyl
in
his
songe
that
it
semed
vnto
all
them
of
the
place
that
throughe
the
ryuer
ran
a
great
herte
,
that
caste
and
hurled
to
the
earthe
al
that
he
founde
before
hym
.
Then
them
thought
that
they
sawe
hunters
folowe
hym
wyth
many
greyhoundes
and
brachettes
.
Then
there
was
dyuers
of
the
company
that
lepte
for
the
and
wolde
haue
taken
the
harte
,
but
Pakolet
made
the
hart
to
lepe
incontinent
.
By
my
fayth
sayd
Orson
you
haue
played
ryght
well
and
you
can
vse
ryghte
well
your
arte
.
At
these
wordes
rose
vp
the
two
enchauntours
,
and
Pacolet
that
thought
but
all
well
led
Adramayne
into
hys
chambre
for
to
slepe
&
repose
hym
that
nyght
,
wherof
he
was
ryght
sorowfull
and
angry
afterwarde
,
for
whan
it
came
towarde
mydnyght
Adramayne
kest
a
charme
throughe
all
the
palays
,
that
bothe
lytle
and
great
slepte
so
strongly
that
for
cryenge
nor
brayenge
they
myght
not
waken
vnto
the
morowe
that
the
sunne
was
vp
,
and
made
Pacolet
to
slepe
also
well
as
the
other
.
After
he
went
towarde
the
hors
that
he
hadde
sene
in
the
chambre
,
but
he
had
made
no
semblaunte
.
And
whan
he
had
the
hors
he
wente
in
to
the
chambre
of
Clerymonde
and
by
hys
subtyll
arte
in
slepynge
he
made
her
to
ryse
and
clothe
her
,
and
sette
her
on
the
hors
wyth
hym
,
and
came
vnto
a
wyndowe
and
torned
the
pynne
,
for
he
knewe
well
the
guyse
,
and
dyd
soo
muche
that
wythout
soiournynge
he
arryued
in
the
pauylyon
of
kyng
Trompart
with
the
fayre
Clerymonde
.
Then
Adramayne
cryed
.
Syr
kynge
Trompart
slepe
not
,
but
ryse
vp
incontynent
,
for
heare
maye
you
see
the
pleasaunt
lady
Clerymonde
,
the
whyche
I
haue
stolen
within
acquytayne
.
And
I
haue
done
so
muche
&
wroughte
so
subtylly
that
I
haue
stolen
Pacolettes
hors
.
Adramayne
sayd
kynge
Trompart
at
this
houre
I
know
that
thou
arte
a
true
frende
,
and
that
aboue
all
other
I
am
be
holden
vnto
the.
Is
it
not
the
doughter
of
the
great
kynge
Justamon
that
is
syster
vnto
kynge
Ferragus
.
Yes
sayd
Adramayne
I
haue
ryght
subtylly
stolen
her
awaye
,
and
betrayed
Pacolet
the
enchauntoure
for
of
his
hors
he
shall
neuer
haue
the
gouernynge
.
Adramayne
sayd
the
kynge
Trompate
can
thou
playe
also
well
as
he
yes
sayd
Adramayne
I
learned
it
longe
ago
.
Then
he
shewed
hym
the
maner
and
the
facyon
to
forne
the
pynne
and
to
gouerne
the
hors
.
And
whan
kyng
Trompart
had
sene
the
subtylte
,
he
thought
within
hym selfe
that
he
wolde
lede
the
fayre
lady
Clerymonde
in
to
hys
countre
vpon
the
hors
of
wodde
▪
and
there
take
her
vnto
wyfe
.
Then
he
enbraced
the
fayre
Clerymonde
that
slepte
yet
for
the
charme
of
Adramayne
,
and
wyth
hym
sette
her
surely
vpon
the
hors
of
wodde
.
And
Adramayne
behelde
hym
and
sayd
to
hym
.
My
lorde
yf
you
fayle
for
to
play
with
the
hors
you
put
your self
in
great
daunger
and
peryll
,
and
the
lady
also
.
No
sayd
Trompart
of
that
haue
no
doubte
,
and
then
he
turned
the
pyn
ryght
in
hys
course
and
went
through
a
cloude
so
ferre
that
he
went
more
than
two
hundred
myle
before
daye
And
at
that
houre
awakened
the
fayre
lady
Clerimond
that
was
so
dolent
&
sorowfull
for
to
se
herselfe
in
that
estate
that
she
fell
in
swowne
,
wherof
the
kyng
Trompart
was
muche
abasshed
,
and
afrayd
at
his
hert
,
for
he
wende
that
she
hadde
ben
dead
▪
He
torned
the
pyn
and
stopped
the
hors
in
a
fayre
grene
felde
besyde
a
fountayne
that
was
ryght
fayre
and
clere
.
And
whan
he
hadde
discended
the
lady
vpon
the
grasse
,
he
toke
of
the
water
and
cast
it
in
her
face
to
make
her
●●●yue
agayne
,
and
the
lady
for
the
coldnes
of
the
water
began
for
to
remoue
a
lytell
and
open
her
eyen
,
and
began
for
to
make
so
pyteous
cryes
and
lamentacious
that
the
kyng
Trompart
wende
verely
that
at
that
houre
her
hatte
woulde
haue
brosten
,
wherfore
great
sorowe
toke
hym
.
And
he
founde
no
maner
how
he
myght
succoure
her
saue
by
a
shepeharde
that
was
there
besyde
them
,
of
whiche
he
demaunded
some
bread
.
And
the
shepeherde
gaue
hym
a
quarter
of
a
lofe
which
he
brought
vnto
the
fayre
Clerymonde
,
and
put
of
it
in
her
mouthe
.
The
mayden
ete
a
lytell
,
and
with
the
fountaine
she
wasshed
her
thro●e
.
And
when
her
harte
was
a
litell
come
agayne
and
her
speche
strengthed
she
began
for
to
wepe
in
sayinge
.
Alas
vnhappy
&
aboue
all
dolorous
what
is
happened
me
,
no
we
haue
I
loste
all
my
solace
&
my
Joye
vy
vnhappy
fortune
and
cursed
treason
.
Alas
my
loue
Ualentine
nowe
haue
I
lost
you
▪
of
god
be
he
cursed
that
hath
departed
vs
.
When
the
kynge
Tromparte
hearde
the
great
lamentacions
that
the
fayre
Clerymonde
made
for
her
loue
Ualentyne
,
he
sayd
vnto
her
muche
rudely
Lady
leue
suche
wordes
,
and
of
the
christen
boye
neuer
speake
more
before
me
,
or
by
my
God
mahoune
I
shall
take
thy
lyfe
from
thy
body
.
It
is
more
ryght
and
reason
that
I
wedde
you
,
and
that
you
be
geuen
me
that
haue
my
realme
vnder
my
dominacion
and
lordshyp
,
than
for
to
take
that
same
vnhappy
knaue
that
hathe
neyther
lande
nor
lordshyp
.
In
saying
these
woordes
he
enclyned
him
towarde
the
lady
and
would
haue
kissed
her
,
but
the
noble
lady
that
of
his
loue
was
lytel
curyous
gaue
him
vpon
the
mouthe
with
her
●iste
so
that
the
bloude
came
out
for
the
whiche
the
kynge
Tromparte
was
muche
angry
&
set
her
on
the
horse
furiously
But
it
is
sayde
commonly
that
it
is
euyll
thinking
to
be
mayster
of
the
crafte
that
they
can
nothyng
of
.
Euen
so
dyd
it
to
kynge
Cromparte
that
wende
well
too
haue
played
with
Pacolettes
horse
,
but
he
torned
the
pynne
so
euill
that
he
faylled
of
his
waye
more
than
two
hondred
myle
.
¶
And
as
he
thought
to
haue
aryued
in
his
lande
he
arryued
in
Ynde
the
great
a
great
place
wher
as
market
was
kept
that
daye
.
And
seynge
all
the
people
he
descended
on
the
grounde
with
the
fayre
lady
Clerymonde
.
Of
the
whiche
thyng
they
were
muche
ameruayled
that
sawe
it
.
And
at
that
houre
the
lady
Clerymonde
knewe
the
horse
.
For
she
myght
not
knowe
him
the
nyght
before
for
the
great
doloure
that
she
was
in
.
Alas
Pacolet
sayde
the
noble
lady
nowe
am
falsly
betrayed
,
and
you
the
fyrst
of
all
robbed
.
Alas
now
maye
I
well
say
fare
well
my
loue
Ualentyne
,
aboue
al
the
other
moost
curteys
and
amiable
.
By
my
god
mahoune
sayd
the
kyng
Crompart
that
wende
well
to
haue
ben
in
his
countrey
if
euer
you
speke
to
me
of
that
christen
boye
ryght
shortly
you
shall
se
&
knowe
with
what
loue
I
loue
hym
,
for
with
my
cutting
sworde
I
shall
make
your
head
to
fle
of
your
shoulders
.
Now
is
Crompart
well
deceyued
that
thinketh
to
be
in
his
countrey
,
and
that
for
the
fayre
Clerymonde
hathe
wylled
too
playe
Nygromancy
for
he
is
arryued
in
the
place
where
as
it
behoueth
hym
to
fynyshe
his
dayes
.
For
after
that
he
had
bene
sene
of
dyuers
in
the
place
,
some
saide
among
them
that
it
was
the
great
god
mahoune
that
in
fleshe
and
bloude
for
to
vysite
his
people
was
descended
from
heauen
.
The
tydynges
of
this
vysion
came
vnto
the
kyng
of
Ynde
,
the
whiche
commaunded
that
they
should
be
brought
before
hym
.
Nowe
in
an
euill
houre
ariued
the
kyng
Crompart
,
for
also
sone
as
the
kyng
of
Ynde
sawe
hym
he
knewe
hym
.
❧
Howe
the
kyng
of
Ynde
made
kyng
Crompartes
head
to
be
smytten
of
,
because
he
had
slayne
his
brother
and
howe
he
would
haue
hadde
the
fayre
Clerymonde
vnto
his
wyfe
.
Capit.
xlviii
.
I
Rompart
sayd
the
kynge
of
Ynde
,
ye
be
welcome
,
for
nowe
is
come
the
tyme
that
of
the
death
of
my
brother
I
shal
take
vengeaunce
to
whiche
by
your
fyerse
courage
you
haue
made
warre
by
the
space
of
seuen
yeare
,
and
after
at
the
last
in
tormente
and
mar●it
you
haue
made
hym
dye
shamefully
.
So
wyll
I
shewe
vnto
my
brother
that
in
his
lyfe
I
loued
hym
truely
,
and
that
after
his
death
I
haue
auenged
him
on
his
enemies
.
Than
the
kyng
of
Ynde
without
any
other
delyberacion
at
that
same
houre
made
his
head
to
be
smyten
of
.
And
after
the
Justice
was
done
he
made
the
fayre
lady
Clerymonde
to
be
taken
with
the
horse
of
wodde
,
and
for
the
beaute
of
the
lady
he
made
her
to
beledde
in
to
his
palays
muche
honourably
,
and
well
serued
and
kept
.
After
he
entred
into
his
halle
and
made
her
to
be
brought
before
hym
by
them
that
were
the
moost
nerest
his
persone
.
when
she
was
come
before
hym
he
behelde
her
gladly
for
her
maners
and
countenaunce
,
that
of
beaute
corporal
passed
all
the
other
and
sayd
vnto
her
much
swetely
.
Lady
I
can
not
tell
what
you
are
▪
nor
from
whence
you
become
,
but
the
prudence
and
beaute
that
is
in
you
maketh
me
to
be
so
taken
with
your
loue
that
neuer
the
dayes
of
my
lyfe
I
was
so
embraced
with
no
womans
loue
.
wherfore
I
am
delivered
for
to
take
you
vnto
wyfe
and
spouse
,
and
make
you
quene
and
maystresse
of
all
the
lande
of
Ynde
the
greate
.
Syr
sayde
the
fayre
Clerimonde
that
could
answer
ful
wel
.
You
speke
graciouslye
,
and
promyseth
and
presenteth
me
more
goodes
&
ryche●●●s
than
I
am
worthy
for
to
haue
,
but
as
to
the
regarde
for
to
take
you
vnto
husbande
&
spouse
for
this
presente
houre
yf
it
please
you
,
you
shall
pardon
me
,
for
within
this
lytell
whyle
I
haue
made
an
othe
and
auowe
before
the
ymage
of
God
mah●une
for
certaine
necessities
that
I
haue
founde
my selfe
in
that
from
this
daye
come
a
tweluemoneth
.
I
shall
take
noo
man
vnto
husbande
nor
spouse
.
And
therfore
syr
yf
it
please
you
let
me
holde
and
accomplysshe
myne
auowe
vnto
the
yeare
be
fynyshed
,
and
when
the
terme
shal
be
passed
and
accomplisshed
,
that
take
me
vnto
wyfe
and
spouse
,
and
do
with
me
your
pleasure
.
¶
By
mahoune
sayd
the
kyng
you
says
but
well
,
and
sythe
that
you
haue
so
a●cerprysed
and
vowed
to
oure
God
mahoune
,
I
am
of
accorde
and
contente
to
abide
vnto
the
time
that
the
ende
of
your
auowe
become
.
So
abode
the
noble
lady
in
the
palays
of
the
kynge
of
Ynde
the
greate
,
the
whiche
thought
well
to
haue
had
his
desyre
of
her
or
the
yer●
had
bene
passed
.
And
cōmasi●ed
that
the
fare
Clerymonde
shoulde
be
well
kept
and
serued
aboue
all
the
other
.
And
make
too
delyner
vnto
her
a
fayre
chambre
that
was
muche
richely
aourned
,
in
the
whiche
the
pleasaunt
lady
made
to
bere
the
horse
of
wodde
,
and
in
the
moost
secretest
place
put
hym
vnder
her
warde●ope
,
&
whan
the
noble
lady
Clerymonde
sawe
the
horse
in
bewaylyng
Pacolet
with
her
eyen
she
wept
tenderly
,
in
praying
God
deuoutly
that
he
would
delyuer
her
out
of
that
daunger
.
Alas
sayd
the
noble
lady
,
veray
god
al
myghty
in
whome
is
myne
onely
beleue
,
resplendysshe
your
grace
vpon
this
poore
woman
or
elles
I
am
and
shall
remayn●a
poore
strayed
woman
separed
from
all
my
frendes
,
and
among
the
other
the
moost
sorowful
.
And
in
the
handes
of
mine
enemies
it
behoueth
me
to
vse
the
remenaunt
of
my
lyfe
.
Alas
true
redemproure
do
by
thy
puissaunce
so
much
afore
the
ende
of
my
daies
that
I
maye
see
with
both
myne
eyen
the
pleasaunt
Ualentyne
to
whome
I
am
geuen
.
For
I
loue
better
to
bee
dead
and
suffer
greuous
tormentes
than
to
habandone
my
body
to
other
than
hym
.
The
lady
is
in
Ynde
the
great
the
whiche
is
nyght
and
daye
in
syghes
and
in
teares
,
praying
God
deuoutly
that
he
wold
put
her
out
of
the
daunger
and
yelde
her
safe
&
sounde
to
the
noble
knyght
Ualentyne
,
to
whiche
she
had
geuen
her
fayth
,
and
her
courage
before
any
other
man
lyuyng
.
Nowe
wyll
I
leue
to
speake
of
her
&
of
the
kyng
of
Ynde
,
&
to
folowe
my
mater
I
shall
speke
to
you
of
Pacolet
&
of
the
sorowe
that
was
made
for
Clerymonde
within
Acquitain
.
❧
Howe
Pacolet
in
a
madens
clothyng
auenged
him
on
the
false
Adramayne
.
Cap.
xlix
.
AFter
that
the
nyght
was
passed
in
the
whyche
Adramayne
had
betrayed
pacolet
:
and
ledde
away
the
fayre
Clerymonde
,
through
the
cyte
of
Acquytayne
was
made
great
lamentacyons
for
the
losse
of
the
lady
,
for
the
gardes
of
the
palays
that
myssed
her
made
so
great
lamentacyons
and
soo
great
noyse
in
the
mornynge
that
throughe
out
all
the
cyte
was
the
tydynges
.
And
whan
Pacolet
knewe
that
he
was
departed
/
he
doubted
hym
of
some
treason
.
Then
he
loked
aboute
the
chambre
and
sa
we
anone
that
his
hors
was
loste
,
soo
he
wronge
his
handes
and
drewe
his
heere
in
cryenge
hyghely
.
A
fals
Adramayne
by
the
I
am
deceyued
.
For
falsly
thou
hast
stolen
my
hors
and
my
lady
Clerymonde
hathe
borne
away
vpon
hym
.
Well
ought
I
to
hate
my
lyfe
whan
by
the
I
am
thus
betrayed
and
vnpuruayed
of
the
thin
ge
that
I
moost
loued
.
Now
death
come
vnto
me
for
to
take
me
out
of
thys
worlde
,
for
I
haue
no
more
hope
to
haue
comforte
nor
consolacyon
.
So
pensyfe
and
sorowfull
was
Pacolet
for
the
fayre
Clerymonde
that
yf
it
had
not
ben
Orson
that
came
towarde
hym
he
wolde
haue
slayne
hymselfe
wyth
a
knyfe
.
On
euery
syde
of
the
palays
was
herde
pyteous
cryes
,
and
wofull
complayntes
.
Bellyssaunt
the
Empresse
wepte
and
cryed
sore
.
And
the
fayre
Fezonne
made
suche
dole
that
she
rent
her
ryche
clothes
for
the
loue
of
Clerymonde
that
was
stolen
awaye
so
falsly
.
And
all
they
of
the
cyte
made
innumerable
complayntes
&
be
waylynges
.
And
amonge
all
the
other
it
was
a
pyteous
thynge
to
here
the
complaynt
and
lamentacyon
of
the
good
Duke
of
Acquytayne
.
And
whan
pacolet
sawe
the
great
sorowe
that
e●ry
body
made
he
sayd
vnto
them
.
Lordes
I
swere
vnto
god
that
hath
fourme
all
the
world
that
I
shal
neuer
haue
Ioye
of
my
lyfe
nor
comforte
vnto
the
tyme
that
I
haue
taken
vengeaunce
of
the
traytoure
Adramayne
by
the
whyche
we
are
betrayed
and
deceyued
.
At
these
wordes
he
departed
heuy
and
sorowfull
and
put
of
hys
gowne
,
and
toke
the
habyte
of
a
woman
,
in
clothynge
him
ryght
gentylly
as
a
younge
mayden
.
And
in
that
estate
departed
out
of
of
the
cyte
of
Acquytayne
,
and
went
in
to
the
hoost
of
the
kynge
Ferragus
.
And
also
soone
as
he
was
in
the
hoost
of
the
paynyms
there
came
out
towarde
hym
that
prayed
hym
muche
of
loue
,
bycause
hym
thought
he
was
soo
fayre
a
mayden
.
For
Pacolet
had
wasshed
hys
face
wyth
a
water
ryght
subtyl
made
by
hys
charme
in
suche
maner
that
all
they
that
beheld
hym
sayd
amongest
theym
that
they
had
neuer
sene
a
more
fayrer
woman
nor
a
more
gracyous
.
Of
dyuers
paynyms
and
sarazyns
he
was
beholden
and
requyred
but
euer
he
excused
hym
and
sayd
.
My
lordes
pardone
me
,
for
at
thys
tyme
I
am
promysed
and
haue
made
couenaunt
wyth
the
enchauntour
Adramayne
,
the
which
hathe
reteyned
me
.
Mayden
sayd
the
other
go
on
your
waye
.
And
so
Pacolet
toke
the
way
to
go
vnto
the
enchauntour
.
Adramayne
that
was
in
the
tente
.
And
whan
Adramayne
sawe
hym
he
was
so
enchaunted
that
Pacolet
semed
hym
the
moost
fayrest
woman
that
euer
god
created
.
And
he
was
so
muche
enamoured
on
hym
that
for
to
slepe
wyth
hym
that
nyght
he
reteyned
hym
,
and
Pacolet
accorded
therto
ryght
gladly
and
sayd
to
hym
My
lorde
knowe
that
I
haue
bene
requyred
of
manye
,
but
aboue
all
the
other
me
thynke
you
are
worthyest
to
be
seruyd
.
Doughter
sayd
Adramayne
doubte
you
of
nothynge
,
but
make
good
chere
,
for
I
haue
a
good
wyl
for
to
serue
you
,
and
do
you
good
tyght
largely
.
Than
Adramayn
commaunded
one
of
his
seruauntes
that
he
shoulde
kepe
the
mayde
,
and
that
she
shoulde
be
serued
at
souper
with
all
maner
of
meates
&
wyne
at
her
plea
saunce
.
Nowe
is
the
enchauntout
Pacolet
in
the
tente
of
Adramayn
well
and
honestly
serued
.
And
Adramayn
is
in
the
hoost
of
kyng
Ferragus
seruyng
.
Frende
said
Pacolet
to
the
varlet
of
Adramayne
where
is
the
kyng
Trompart
that
is
so
puyssaunt
and
well
renowmed
.
By
mahoune
sayd
he
my
lady
I
thynke
he
is
retourned
in
to
his
countrey
,
and
leadeth
with
hym
the
fayre
lady
Clerymonde
vpon
a
horse
of
wodde
that
my
mayster
hathe
geuen
him
.
When
Pacolet
harde
those
tidinges
demaunde
not
if
he
was
sorowful
,
but
he
made
no
semblaunt
.
Than
entred
Adramayne
in
to
the
tente
,
and
presented
wyne
and
spyces
vnto
Pacolet
,
&
after
sayde
to
hym
.
My
doughter
it
is
tyme
to
go
to
reste
,
se
here
the
bedde
that
you
and
I
shall
slepe
in
and
do
our
pleasures
.
Lorde
sayde
Pacolet
your
wyll
be
done
.
And
then
Adramayne
the
enchauntour
vnclothed
hym
&
entred
in
to
the
bedde
,
thynking
that
the
mayden
would
come
and
lye
with
hym
.
But
also
soone
as
he
was
in
the
bedde
Pacolet
enchaunted
him
in
suche
wyse
,
and
made
hym
slepe
so
strongly
that
for
any
thynge
that
myghte
be
done
vnto
the
morowe
in
the
mornynge
he
myghte
not
a
wake
.
And
when
he
hadde
made
hym
slepe
so
,
he
made
all
there
aboute
to
slepe
.
Than
he
put
of
his
womans
clothyng
,
and
put
vpon
hym
the
rychest
clothes
of
Adramayne
,
after
he
toke
a
sworde
that
hanged
in
the
●hambre
and
smote
of
Adramaynes
head
,
and
bare
it
with
hym
.
When
he
had
done
so
he
wente
vnto
Fertagus
p●u●●ion
the
whiche
was
wel
kept
with
sarazins
.
and
so
well
he
coulde
playe
with
his
arte
that
he
made
all
fall
vnto
the
earth
&
slepe
.
Then
he
entred
into
the
tence
whereas
Ferragus
slepte
,
the
whiche
he
enchaunteth
so
muche
that
he
made
hym
lepe
out
of
his
bedde
,
&
clothe
him
.
Then
Pacolet
toke
his
gyrdle
and
tied
it
aboute
his
necke
in
suche
wyse
that
as
a
beaste
he
ledde
hym
and
made
renne
after
hym
vnto
the
gates
of
the
cytie
of
Acquytayne
.
when
Pacolet
was
at
the
gares
of
Acquytayne
he
founde
the
duke
Sauary
accompanied
with
dyuers
lordes
and
barons
that
hadde
muche
desyre
to
knowe
of
that
enterpryse
.
And
also
soone
as
they
sawe
Pacolet
they
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Frende
where
is
Clerymonde
that
you
bryng
not
her
agayne
.
Lordes
sayd
Pacolet
haue
a
litel
pacience
for
at
the
first
stroke
with
an
axe
the
tree
is
not
smyten
downe
.
Knowe
that
of
Adramaine
I
am
auenged
,
forse
here
his
head
,
and
yet
I
haue
done
soo
muche
by
myne
arte
that
I
haue
brought
Ferragus
with
me
,
the
whiche
all
in
slepynge
I
haue
made
renne
after
me
through
the
fyeldes
.
By
my
fayth
sayd
Orson
well
haue
you
wrought
.
Lordes
sayd
Pacolet
yet
haue
I
done
more
maystrye
,
for
in
al
the
hoost
of
kynge
Ferragus
there
is
neyther
paynym
nor
sarazyn
but
that
they
slepe
vnder
the
trees
muche
strongly
.
And
therfore
if
you
will
haue
victory
vpon
them
at
this
houre
you
maye
confounde
theym
euery●hon●
.
My
lordes
sayd
Orson
Pacolet
telleth
vs
good
tydynges
,
and
me
thinketh
it
were
good
to
yssue
out
of
the
cytie
and
tenne
vpon
the
paynyms
that
are
on
slepe
.
Thus
was
the
counsayll
ordeyned
,
and
the
thynge
delybered
.
Then
they
made
Ferragus
to
be
put
in
a
darke
pryson
vnto
their
retournyng
.
¶
Howe
kyng
Ferragus
hoost
was
all
dyscomfited
,
&
put
all
to
death
,
and
how
Ferragus
was
slayne
afterward
within
Acquytayne
.
Capit.
l.
THen
fiftene
or
sixtene
thousand
men
yssued
out
of
the
cytie
of
Acquitaine
,
and
they
entred
so
pryuely
into
the
hoost
of
the
sarazyns
that
or
the
sunne
was
vp
they
had
vanquyshed
them
&
put
them
al
to
death
.
At
that
houre
was
so
great
slaughter
of
paynyms
that
all
the
earth
was
couered
with
their
bodies
.
After
the
batayll
they
wente
in
to
their
tentes
and
toke
all
their
rychesses
and
Iewelles
.
They
retorned
in
to
acquitayne
with
right
great
●oye
.
So
when
the
duke
was
in
his
palays
with
all
his
barons
he
made
to
be
brought
before
hym
the
gyaunte
Ferragus
.
Than
the
kyng
Ferragus
that
was
awakened
was
so
sorowfull
that
with
the
cryes
he
semed
madde
.
Tho
sayde
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
to
him
.
Tho
dyspayre
auayleth
you
nothynge
.
But
&
you
wyll
be
baptyzed
,
and
take
the
lawe
of
Ihesu
christe
,
I
shall
saue
your
lyfe
,
and
make
you
be
honoured
in
my
palays
.
By
mahoune
sayde
Ferragus
yet
hadde
I
rather
be
dead
,
and
then
he
was
beheaded
incontynent
.
¶
After
all
these
thynges
,
Orson
woulde
take
leue
of
the
duke
of
acquytayne
for
to
go
in
to
Constantynoble
to
succoure
his
father
and
the
king
Pepyn
his
vncle
that
were
besyeged
by
the
false
sarazyns
,
and
tolde
the
duke
all
his
entencion
.
¶
How
Orson
and
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
went
in
to
Constantynoble
with
a
great
hoost
,
for
to
succoure
the
Emperoure
.
And
howe
Orson
ledde
the
Empresse
Bellyssant
with
hym
.
Capit.
li.
ORson
sayd
the
duke
you
speake
reasonably
and
syth
that
you
are
delybered
for
to
do
so●
I
wyll
goo
in
your
companye
,
and
mounte
vpon
the
see
with
force
and
strength
of
men
of
armes
,
for
to
go
and
socoure
your
father
The
Emperoure
of
Grece
,
and
your
●●●te
the
kyng
Pepyn
.
Muche
Ioyous
was
Orson
and
thanken
▪
the
duke
a
thousand
tymes
.
Soo
it
was
not
longe
after
that
the
duke
assembled
hys
men
.
And
after
that
he
had
gyuen
the
cyte
to
kepe
to
a
noble
knyght
they
entred
vpon
the
see
for
to
accompany
Orson
▪
the
whyche
ledde
wyth
hem
hys
mother
&
hys
wyfe
Fezonne
.
They
were
much
well
garnysshed
wyth
men
and
vyttaylles
,
and
rowed
so
muche
vpon
the
Grekysshe
se●
,
that
in
shorte
space
they
sawe
the
cyte
of
Constantynoble
,
wherof
they
were
ryght
Ioyous
,
and
amonge
the
other
the
lady
Bellissant
began
for
to
wepe
muche
pyteouslye
,
in
makynge
lamentacyons
whan
she
thought
on
her
husbande
and
on
her
fortune
.
Mother
sayd
Orson
take
comforte
vnto
you
,
for
yf
it
please
god
you
shal
se
him
shortly
that
you
desyre
soo
muche
,
and
of
the
treason
by
the
whyche
you
were
accused
you
shall
haue
tydynges
to
your
honoure
but
I
am
pensyshow
we
shall
entre
in
to
Constanstynoble
.
Syr
sayd
Pacolet
of
thys
haue
no
doubte
,
for
I
shall
shortely
fynde
the
maner
howe
we
shal
entre
into
the
cyte
.
For
I
wyll
go
in
to
the
cyte
and
tell
theym
of
your
comynge
.
Frende
sayd
Orson
of
that
I
praye
you
And
declare
vnto
Ualentine
the
pyteous
fortune
of
Clerymonde
.
By
my
fayth
sayd
Pacolet
of
that
you
shall
pardon
me
for
to
sone
cometh
he
that
bryngeth
euil
tydynges
After
these
wordes
pacolet
went
into
the
sarazyns
hoost
for
to
delyuer
Ualentine
&
the
grene
knight
but
of
the
prysons
of
the
soudan
that
hadde
bene
taken
that
daye
by
the
sarazyns
afore
Constantinoble
as
you
shall
here
afterwarde
.
¶
Howe
the
christen
men
for
to
haue
vytayles
yssued
out
of
Constantynoble
.
And
howe
Ualentyne
and
the
grene
knyght
were
taken
prysoners
by
the
false
sarazyns
and
paynyms
.
Capit.
xxxiii
.
KYng
Pepyn
and
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
that
were
besyeged
within
Constantinoble
by
the
false
enemyes
of
our
fayth
,
and
that
knewe
nothyng
of
the
commyng
of
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
that
came
for
to
succour
hym
were
in
great
indygence
and
necessyte
.
For
them
;
peroure
and
the
kyng
Pepyn
with
dyuerse
vallaunte
and
noble
knyghtes
were
within
the
cytye
of
Constantinoble
in
ryght
great
scarcenes
of
vytaylles
,
and
they
might
get
none
in
no
maner
of
waies
but
with
the
sworde
vpon
their
enemies
.
Then
Ualentyne
knewe
their
great
necessite
,
for
the
whiche
thyng
he
that
was
full
of
hardynes
accompanied
with
the
grene
knyght
and
twenty
thousande
fyghtyng
men
for
to
conquere
some
vytaylles
yssued
out
of
Constantinoble
,
and
of
the
vytaylles
of
the
sarazins
and
paynims
thei
charged
two
hondred
charyottes
,
and
slewe
and
put
vnto
death
all
them
that
kepte
the
vytaylles
.
But
as
they
retourned
to
ward
the
cy●le
thynking
to
lede
away
the
vytaylles
there
came
agaynst
them
the
soudan
on
one
syde
,
and
the
kyng
of
Arabye
,
and
the
kyng
Afficion
on
the
other
syde
.
There
was
ryght
great
destruction
of
the
paynims
,
and
muche
pyteous
slaughter
of
the
christen
men
.
Of
the
prowesse
and
valiauntnes
of
the
noble
Valentyne
it
is
not
to
be
spoken
of
,
for
at
that
assau●e
he
slew
the
kyng
Pramagan
,
with
the
knight
Clarian
,
and
diuers
other
of
whome
the
names
be
vnknowen
.
And
the
grene
knyght
with
one
stroke
smote
of
the
arme
of
the
kyng
of
Moryenne
with
the
shelde
,
and
before
hym
he
slewe
his
brother
Abyll●n
with
ten
other
knyghtes
ryght
stronge
.
But
not
with
standyng
their
strenghte
&
hardynes
they
were
euylly
sucoured
,
and
had
euyll
aduenture
,
wherof
it
was
great
pytie
,
for
of
their
mortal
enemies
they
were
taken
prisoners
and
sedde
vnto
the
cursed
soudan
,
the
whiche
for
their
takyng
made
ryght
greatioye
and
feaste
.
And
for
to
iudge
them
vnto
death
he
made
to
assemble
.
xv
.
kinges
paynims
.
And
the
christen
men
that
retorned
in
to
the
cyte
fleyng
told
euery
body
that
they
were
deed
in
the
batayl
.
How
was
Ualentine
&
the
grene
knyght
in
the
pauilion
of
the
soudan
straytly
vounden
and
rygorously
detayned
,
wherfore
Ualentyne
wepte
sayenge
.
Alas
fayre
Clerymonde
I
shal
neuer
se
you
,
wherof
I
haue
my
hert
tryst
and
sorowful
,
By
longe
tyme
you
haue
a
hyden
me
,
and
in
payne
and
trauayll
of
my
body
I
haue
sought
you
longe
tyme
as
she
that
by
the
wyl
of
god
was
elect
for
to
be
my
spouse
and
wyfe
.
And
whan
the
tyme
was
comen
that
of
〈◊〉
euylles
I
sholde
haue
had
alledgement
,
and
of
my
dolours
recomforte
and
consolacyou
.
I
am
of
all
pleasure
vnwrapped
and
separed
from
my
friendes
and
am
in
the
handes
of
myne
enemies
.
Farewel
my
fader
noble
emperour
of
Grece
,
for
in
me
you
shal
haue
no
more
a
chylde
.
Fare
well
the
noble
Bellyssant
my
mother
,
for
you
had
neuer
for
me
but
a
lytle
pleasure
nor
comforte
,
and
you
shal
neuer
haue
more
but
sorow
and
distresse
.
Fare
well
my
valyaunt
broder
Orson
that
hath
loued
me
with
so
good
hert
.
For
we
hadde
purposed
to
haue
passed
and
fynysshed
our
dayes
with
our
fader
&
moder
,
and
no
we
by
a
case
vnfortunate
it
is
sodainly
reuersed
,
whan
the
grene
knyghte
sawe
that
Ualentyne
complayned
him
in
be
waylynge
his
frends
,
he
said
vnto
hym
.
Syr
for
god
forgete
fader
&
moder
frendes
and
kynnesmen
,
and
make
we
prayes
vnto
God
that
he
wyl
haue
mercy
on
vs
,
and
receyue
our
soules
into
his
paradise
.
Take
we
our
leue
of
this
life
and
in
worthe
the
dethe
for
to
susteyne
the
fayth
,
&
haue
we
trust
in
God
that
for
vs
wold
suffer
death
.
How
was
y●
soudan
set
in
a
chayre
prepayred
in
great
pryde
rythly
clothed
,
the
which
sayd
Lordes
I
haue
made
an
othe
vnto
god
mahowne
that
these
two
crysten
knyghtes
the
whyche
at
this
present
tyme
and
other
tymes
haue
enforsed
them
for
to
bere
vs
domage
shall
dye
vylanously
wherfore
aduyse
you
amonge
you
of
what
death
they
shall
dye
.
In
saynge
these
wordes
Pacolet
keste
hymselfe
in
the
prece
,
the
which
threwe
suche
a
charme
that
for
all
that
they
had
sene
hym
befoore
in
the
tyme
that
the
Soudan
Moradyn
was
taken
,
yet
at
that
houre
he
was
not
known
of
no
body
.
He
entred
into
the
pauilion
where
as
the
iudgemente
was
gyuen
on
the
two
chrysten
knyghtes
,
and
also
soone
as
he
apperceyued
Ualentyne
and
the
grene
knight
he
set
him
on
bothe
his
knees
,
and
in
sarasyns
language
by
mahoune
he
salued
the
soudan
/
&
syth
sayd
vnto
hym
thus
.
Ryght
dere
syr
vnderstonde
my
message
.
Knowe
that
I
am
messengere
vnto
your
broder
Groart
the
puyssaunt
kynge
of
Argy
ere
,
the
whych
for
to
soucour
you
and
for
to
confounde
the
christen
men
cometh
toward
you
accompanied
with
foure
kynges
stronge
and
puyssaunt
and
a
grete
nombre
of
capptaynes
that
haue
valyaunte
knyghtes
for
to
helpe
you
.
And
by
me
he
sendeth
you
wordde
to
wete
on
what
syde
you
syl
that
he
set
hys
syege
.
And
yf
you
haue
ony
christen
prisoners
that
you
sende
hym
them
and
he
wyll
make
them
be
led
into
his
contrie
for
to
drawe
the
ploughe
as
dombe
beastes
.
So
me
thynketh
that
I
see
heare
twayne
that
shoulde
be
muche
propre
for
to
do
suche
payne
,
of
whome
your
father
shall
be
Joyous
.
In
sayinge
these
wordes
Pacolet
blewe
agaynste
the
Son
dan
and
made
a
charme
so
subtyll
that
of
all
that
why
the
he
sayd
was
byleued
.
The
Soudan
was
moche
ioyous
of
thoose
tydynges
,
and
made
hym
too
be
well
serued
that
nyghte
,
for
he
wende
that
he
hadde
sayd
trouthe
Great
ioye
demeaned
Ualentyne
&
the
grene
knyght
in
their
hartes
when
they
sawe
Pacolet
,
but
they
made
no
semblaunt
.
Nowe
the
nyght
was
come
that
euery
body
withdrawe
them
vnto
reste
saue
two
hundred
sarazyns
that
were
in
armes
,
the
which
were
committed
for
to
kepe
the
prysoners
that
nyght
.
But
they
made
euyll
watche
for
theim
.
For
whem
it
came
towarde
mydnyght
Pacolet
wente
vnto
them
,
and
in
speaking
vnto
the
sarazins
by
mahowne
he
kaste
his
charme
by
so
subtyll
a
mater
that
they
fell
all
vnto
the
earthe
on
slepe
.
Then
he
toke
two
good
horses
&
came
vnto
the
prysoners
that
were
bounde
against
a
pyller
.
And
after
that
he
had
vnbounde
them
,
in
continent
&
without
any
delay
he
made
them
for
to
mounte
on
horsbacke
.
And
in
this
wyse
he
did
deliuer
them
,
and
caste
them
out
of
their
enemies
handes
▪
when
they
were
in
the
fielde
out
of
the
hoost
Pacolet
said
vnto
them
.
Lordes
make
good
there
and
take
comfort
vnto
you
.
For
know
that
vpon
this
lande
is
descended
the
good
duke
of
Acquitayne
,
and
the
knyght
Orson
for
to
sucour
you
,
and
diuers
capitaines
with
a
great
nonbre
of
fyghting
men
.
And
there
is
come
also
in
their
company
,
the
noble
Empresse
Bellyssant
,
and
the
fayre
Fezonne
.
Frende
sayde
Ualentyne
,
wherfore
commeth
not
the
fayre
Clerymonde
.
By
my
faythe
sayde
Pacolet
she
woulde
haue
come
ryght
gladly
,
but
also
sone
as
she
was
mounted
vpon
the
sea
,
for
the
odoure
of
the
water
she
was
so
seke
at
her
harte
that
it
was
force
to
leade
her
agayne
in
to
Acquytayne
.
Ualentyne
beleued
hym
and
for
that
tyme
he
questyoned
him
no
forder
,
for
Ualentyne
wende
verely
that
he
had
said
truthe
.
Then
sayd
Pacolet
lordes
goo
in
to
Constantinoble
and
make
to
morowe
in
the
mornyng
in
suche
wyse
that
you
yssue
oute
of
the
cytie
with
the
greatest
nombre
of
men
of
armes
that
you
can
make
for
to
go
against
your
mortal
enemies
.
And
I
shall
do
so
muche
on
the
other
syde
that
all
the
h●est
of
the
duke
of
Acquitayne
that
is
come
shall
geue
assaulte
.
An●●t
that
houre
the
soudan
shal
beleue
that
it
is
sucoure
that
cometh
to
hym
.
For
I
haue
made
hym
to
vnderstande
that
the
kyng
of
Argy
his
brother
is
a
tyued
,
accompanied
with
foure
kynges
,
the
whiche
to
morowe
in
the
mornyng
oughte
to
fynde
them
in
his
hoost
,
Pacolet
sayde
Valentine
you
speake
wysely
&
so
it
shall
be
done
.
At
these
wordis
they
toke
leue
the
one
to
the
other
.
Pacolet
retourned
towarde
the
duke
of
Acquytayne
that
was
vpon
the
sea
syde
with
his
hoost
,
&
told●
hym
how
he
had
bene
within
the
soudans
hoost
,
&
how
he
had
deliuered
Ualentyne
and
the
grene
knight
.
And
after
he
tolde
hym
how
by
his
sorte
he
had
made
the
soudan
beleue
that
his
brother
the
kyng
Gro●●
would
come
and
sucour
on
him
the
morowe
,
Parcolet
said
Orson
you
are
much
to
be
praysed
when
you
can
do
such
thynges
.
Syr
sayd
Pacolet
there
is
an
other
thynge
,
that
is
that
to
morowe
in
the
morning
we
go
and
assail
the
hoost
of
the
sarazins
.
For
they
of
Constantynoble
with
great
puyssaunce
of
men
of
armes
ought
to
assayll
them
on
their
syde
.
And
by
this
maner
they
shall
be
al
discomfyted
.
For
of
all
the
armye
on
this
syde
the
soudan
shal
thynke
that
we
be
paynyms
by
the
subtyll
language
that
I
haue
enchaunted
him
with
.
Of
this
enterprise
was
Ioyous
and
muche
ameruayled
the
duke
and
they
of
his
courte
.
He
made
his
men
to
be
armed
and
appointed
for
to
perfourme
the
dede
and
al
the
nyght
he
made
to
make
good
watche
aboute
hym
.
¶
The
tydynges
were
anone
throughe
the
citie
of
Cónstantinoble
of
the
deliueringe
of
Ualentine
and
the
grene
knight
.
The
Emperour
and
kinge
Pepin
made
great
Joye
for
their
deliueraunce
.
And
Ualentine
recouted
to
them
all
the
maner
of
his
takinge
.
And
howe
that
he
and
the
grene
knight
hadde
ben
deliuered
bi
Pacolet
out
of
the
handes
of
the
Soudan
Bruiant
.
And
tolde
vnto
them
also
the
comminge
of
the
duke
of
Acquitaine
and
of
his
brother
Orson
,
whiche
for
to
come
and
succour
them
hadde
passed
the
see
with
a
great
nauie
of
men
of
armes
,
and
finablie
he
tolde
them
all
the
enterprise
that
was
made
for
to
assaill
the
painims
and
sarazins
,
euen
so
as
it
had
ben
delibered
bi
Pacolet
.
❧
How
die
the
succoure
of
the
duke
of
Acquitaine
all
the
painims
and
sarazins
were
slaine
before
the
citie
of
Constantinoble
.
Ca.
liii
.
WHan
the
Emperour
&
king
Pepyn
heard
those
tydynges
dylygently
and
wythoute
ony
soiournyng
they
made
to
arme
theyr
men
all
the
nyght
and
put
them
in
poynt
.
And
of
theyr
hoost
thei
made
to
make
fyue
bataylles
.
The
fyrst
was
gyuen
vnto
Ualentyne
,
the
seconde
to
the
grene
knyghte
.
The
thirde
to
the
kynge
Pepyn
.
The
fourthe
to
Myllon
dangler
.
The
fift
was
gyuen
vnto
Sampson
of
Orleaunce
that
bare
in
his
baner
a
bere
of
syluer
.
Thus
ordeyned
the
Emperour
hys
bataylles
.
And
whan
it
came
to
the
brekyng
of
thys
day
the
yssued
out
of
the
cyte
for
to
go
assayll
the
sarazyns
So
whan
they
were
vpon
the
felde
they
made
to
blowe
vp
trumpettes
and
clarons
,
wherof
the
nyse
was
soo
great
that
the
sarazyns
at
that
houre
cryed
alarme
and
lepte
out
of
theyr
tentes
.
At
that
houre
the
paynyms
&
sarazins
were
sore
assaylled
by
the
chrysten
men
.
The
batayll
was
piteous
for
the
christens
that
daye
,
and
for
the
painims
and
sarazins
cruell
discomfiture
,
for
at
that
assaute
was
slaine
fifty
thousande
sarazins
and
paynims
.
There
was
the
kinge
Pepin
that
in
giuinge
courage
vnto
his
men
cried
with
a
highe
voyce
monte
toye
saint
De●is
.
Than
there
was
a
sarazin
that
with
a
highe
voyce
cried
saienge
vnto
the
Sowdan
.
Ha
six
recule
abacke
and
thinke
for
to
saue
oure
liues
.
For
to
nyghte
we
haue
loste
our
two
prisoners
,
and
also
we
haue
sene
comminge
against
vs
a
great
armye
.
My
mahoune
saide
the
Soudan
I
knowe
well
we
are
betraied
,
but
for
all
that
haue
good
truste
in
our
goddes
,
and
thinke
we
for
to
defende
vs
.
A●
that
houre
the
sarazins
toke
soo
greate
courage
for
to
fight
,
that
bi
force
of
annes
thei
constreined
the
cristen
men
for
to
go
abacke
againe
but
lytell
auayled
their
pryde
,
for
there
came
smytyng
vpon
them
the
duke
of
Acquitayne
&
Orson
,
the
which
assayled
them
so
asperly
that
without
any
remission
they
fynysshed
their
dayes
,
soo
that
of
all
their
hoost
there
escaped
but.
xxxiii
.
And
soo
by
the
wyll
of
Jhesu
christ
,
and
by
the
great
prowesse
of
the
valyaunt
prynces
the
cursed
sarazyns
were
dyscomfyted
.
❧
Howe
the
Emperour
receiued
his
sone
Orson
with
great
ioye
,
and
his
wyfe
Bellyssant
.
Cap.
liiii
.
ANd
when
the
bacayll
had
taken
an
ende
&
that
the
christen
men
were
gathered
together
ogayne
.
Ualentyne
&
his
brother
Orson
that
knewe
eche
other
came
before
the
Emperoure
in
muche
great
reuerence
.
Father
sayd
Ualentyne
here
may
you
se
my
brother
.
Orson
the
whiche
you
neuer
sawe
,
by
whome
you
haue
bene
sucoured
in
this
iouruey
.
When
the
Emperour
embraced
his
son
Orson
pyteouysly
wepyng
,
and
also
did
the
kyng
Pepyn
.
Fayre
sonne
said
the
Emperoure
will
be
you
come
for
by
you
my
ioye
is
doubled
and
my
hope
fortefyed
.
Orson
sayde
the
kyng
Pepyn
do
you
not
remembre
howe
ye
smote
me
downe
of
my
horse
in
the
wodde
when
I
thased
you
.
Fayre
vncle
or
this
I
ought
well
to
be
remembred
on
and
of
diuers
other
thyng
is
done
by
me
.
But
at
this
presed
time
we
ought
to
thinke
none
other
thynge
but
to
thanke
god
of
the
victory
that
he
hath
geuen
vs
agaynst
the
enemies
of
the
fayth
,
for
with
all
our
puyssaunce
we
ought
to
study
in
our
hattes
how
we
myght
auenge
Jesu
Christe
.
For
to
heare
those
wordes
all
the
company
was
greatly
resoyled
,
and
praysed
muche
the
wysoome
of
Orson
.
Then
assembled
the
Emperoure
and
kyng
Pepyn
Ualentyne
and
Orson
and
the
grene
knyght
,
Blandymayn
and
Guydarde
the
marchaunte
that
had
vanquysshed
the
false
Archebysihop
.
And
in
greate
honoure
and
tryumphe
wence
for
to
se
the
tentes
of
the
noble
Empresse
Bellyssant
and
of
the
fayre
Fezonne
,
the
which
in
abiding
the
dyscomfyture
of
the
sarazyns
were
in
a
fayre
pauylion
honestly
accompanied
,
and
there
they
prayed
deuoutly
vnto
God
that
it
would
please
him
to
kepe
the
Emperoure
and
his
men
from
the
dannger
of
the
paynyms
,
whan
the
Empresse
Bellyssant
knewe
that
the
batayle
was
wonne
she
sayd
duty
Fezonne
.
My
doughter
make
good
chere
for
you
shal
se
the
Emperour
anone
the
whiche
is
Orsons
father
that
hath
taken
you
vnto
wyfe
.
Mother
sayd
Fezonne
god
be
thanked
,
for
to
se
suche
a
thynge
I
haue
great
desyre
.
In
sayenge
these
wordes
the
Emperour
arryued
before
the
pauylyon
of
the
ladies
and
all
hys
companye
.
And
whan
the
ladies
apperceyued
hym
they
went
out
agaynst
hym
.
Than
whan
the
Emperour
apperceiued
his
Wyfe
Bellyssant
he
lepte
of
his
hors
in
wepynge
and
syghinge
tenderly
And
wythout
that
he
might
speke
ony
worde
he
enbraced
the
lady
the
whyche
set
her
vpon
both
her
knees
.
In
that
place
assembled
the
Emperoure
and
the
good
lady
that
by
the
space
of
twenty
yere
and
more
hadde
ben
separate
in
sondre
.
Now
it
is
not
to
be
demaunded
yf
for
to
fynd
the
one
the
other
they
were
Ioyous
,
and
if
that
by
profounde
pyte
they
had
theyr
heartes
touched
&
oppressed
so
that
by
naturall
loue
they
fell
vnto
the
earth
in
arme
togyther
in
a
swowne
.
And
whan
valentyne
and
Orson
sawe
the
greate
pyte
of
thir
father
and
mother
moche
tenderly
and
pyteyusly
they
beganne
for
to
wepe
and
harde
besyde
them
they
fel
bothe
in
a
swowne
.
The
kinge
Pepyn
and
dyuers
other
barons
&
knyghtes
that
behelde
that
thynge
beganne
moche
tenderly
lor
to
wepe
.
And
after
that
the
Emperoure
and
hys
wyfe
Bellyssant
had
aswaged
theyr
dolours
,
and
that
they
were
awakened
out
of
theyr
swowne
the
emperour
sayd
vnto
his
wife
.
Alas
my
loue
muche
ought
it
to
displease
me
at
the
heart
the
doloure
and
payne
that
your
body
hath
suffred
sith
your
exyle
.
But
and
yf
it
please
you
I
praye
you
pardon
me
for
my
great
faute
,
for
with
greate
payne
maye
ony
kepe
them
frome
treason
.
My
lorde
sayd
the
good
lady
of
the
trybulacion
that
I
haue
bene
in
,
haue
you
no
thought
.
For
syth
the
houre
that
I
sawe
you
of
all
my
dolours
I
haue
had
aledgemente
&
comforte
.
But
of
one
thyng
I
praye
you
that
is
that
it
wil
please
you
to
shewe
me
the
good
marchaunt
by
the
whyche
the
treason
hath
ben
knowen
,
and
the
false
archebysshop
ouercomen
.
My
loue
sayd
the
Emperoure
here
may
you
se
hym
for
it
is
the
good
guydarde
by
the
whiche
the
thynge
hath
ben
knowen
and
your
honoure
saued
.
Frende
sayde
the
lady
vnto
the
marchaunte
well
are
you
worthy
to
be
byloued
and
holden
dere
amonge
all
the
other
,
for
the
great
prouffyte
that
you
haue
done
to
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
and
to
the
noble
bloode
of
Fraunce
.
Wherfore
frome
hens
forwarde
I
reteyne
you
for
my
chamber
layne
,
&
with
that
I
wyl
that
you
haue
for
your
payne
a
thousande
marke
of
fyne
golde
.
Ladye
sayd
the
marchaunt
I
thanke
you
and
al
my
lyfe
I
shal
serue
you
truely
.
Than
spake
Ualentyne
vnto
his
moder
and
sayd
.
My
lady
mother
please
it
you
to
speke
to
〈…〉
nd
tell
me
tydynges
of
my
good
loue
Clerymonde
▪
〈…〉
yre
sone
sayd
the
lady
take
comforte
vnto
you
For
〈…〉
ymond
hathe
ben
falsly
stolen
awaye
in
the
cyte
of
Acquytayne
and
deliuered
vnto
kyng
Tromparte
that
was
comen
for
to
socoure
the
paynyms
before
the
cyte
.
Whan
Ualentine
herde
those
wordes
he
beheld
Pacolet
thynkynge
that
by
hym
he
had
ben
deceyued
,
and
by
a
dyspytefull
courage
wolde
haue
smytten
hym
wyth
a
glayue
.
And
than
pacolet
that
knewe
his
furour
keste
hymselfe
vpon
his
knees
and
sayd
that
for
god
he
wold
not
be
hangrye
with
hym
.
For
I
my selfe
haue
ben
hetrayed
by
a
false
enchauntour
,
and
me
hors
stolen
,
but
that
notwithstandyng
I
haue
cut
of
his
head
.
When
Ual●tyne
vnderstode
that
he
had
lost
the
faire
Clerimond
by
treason
.
And
that
Pacolet
and
all
the
other
were
innocentes
,
he
caste
out
a
●rye
so
pyteous
and
soo
greate
that
all
they
that
behelde
hym
were
constrayned
for
to
w●pe
.
At
that
houre
both
prynces
barons
and
knyghtes
toke
their
waye
for
to
go
in
to
Constantynoble
.
And
the
priestes
and
clerkes
in
greate
deuocion
wente
in
a
generall
procession
,
in
the
▪
whiche
they
made
to
goo
wyues
and
children
against
the
valiaunt
princes
that
had
destroyed
the
paynyms
in
syngyng
hymnes
and
laudes
,
vnto
God
tyll
that
they
came
vnto
the
greate
churche
of
saynt
Sophye
accompanyeng
them
,
and
for
great
ioye
and
pytie
wept
tenderly
.
And
after
that
they
had
made
their
prayers
in
the
saide
churche
,
and
geuen
thankes
vnto
God
,
the
Emperoure
and
kyng
Pepyn
en●r●●
into
the
Palays
,
the
whiche
demeaned
so
great
Ioye
the
syxe
dayes
they
kept
table
rou●de
.
Soo
it
nedeth
not
to
be
demaunded
of
it
there
was
great
triumphe
and
noble
seruyce
▪
for
euery
body
was
Ibcunde
&
made
great
there
and
feaste
,
for
the
gracious
vy●
〈…〉
that
God
had
geuen
them
agaynst
their
enemies
.
〈…〉
After
certayne
dayes
dyuers
prynces
and
barons
〈…〉
leue
of
the
Emperoure
for
to
retourne
into
their
countreys
,
of
whome
I
thynke
not
to
make
you
any
more
mencion
,
saue
alonely
of
kyng
Pepyn
.
❧
Howe
the
kyng
Pepyn
toke
leue
of
the
Emperour
of
Grece
for
to
retourne
in
to
Fraunce
.
Cap.
lv
.
AFter
the
destruction
of
the
enemyes
of
the
christen
fayth
,
the
whiche
for
to
demynyshe
the
faith
&
destroye
the
christen
men
had
besyeged
Constantynoble
,
the
kynge
Pepyn
toke
leue
of
the
Emperoure
for
to
retourne
into
Fraunce
▪
When
Orson
sawe
that
the
kyng
dyd
retourne
he
said
vnto
him
.
Syr
I
haue
great
desyre
to
go
with
you
into
Fraunce
,
and
to
passe
and
vse
my
dayes
in
your
seruyce
without
euer
for
to
chaunge
you
for
to
serue
any
other
.
¶
Orson
sayd
kyng
Pepyn
of
that
I
am
contente
.
And
sythe
that
you
haue
so
good
courage
for
to
serue
me
loyally
know
that
I
shal
leade
you
into
Fraunce
,
and
aboue
al
for
to
gouerne
my
realme
I
shal
make
you
my
conestable
.
And
if
it
happened
that
by
the
wyll
of
God
my
litell
sone
Charles
finished
his
dayes
duryng
my
tyme
I
shall
make
you
kyng
of
Fraunce
Syr
sayd
Orson
I
thanke
you
a
thousand
tymes
,
for
syth
that
it
is
your
wyll
for
to
receye
mee
into
youre
seruyce
I
wil
lede
wyth
me
my
wyfe
Fezoune
,
&
vnto
you
be
euer
true
and
loyall
,
and
with
my
sharpe
swear
●e
defende
your
good
ryght
.
So
they
departed
fro
Constantynoble
with
muche
great
chiualry
.
For
the
departynge
of
kynge
Pepyn
the
Emperoure
&
the
Empresse
Bellyssant
wept
bytterly
,
and
also
dydde
all
the
other
as
well
lytell
as
grete
,
Orson
kyssed
his
broder
Valentine
in
recommaundynge
hym
vnto
God
,
and
wepynge
bytter
teres
.
O
this
moder
Bellissant
he
might
not
take
leue
for
the
great
sorow
that
he
hadde
to
leue
her
saue
alonely
that
he
enbraced
her
and
kyssed
her
swetely
After
the
leue
taken
of
lytle
and
grete
the
kyng
mounted
vpon
the
see
with
his
compani
.
And
the
Emperoure
and
them
of
his
courte
retorned
in
to
the
cyte
of
Constantynoble
wepinge
haboundauntly
.
But
with
the
departinge
of
king
Pepin
more
than
●ny
other
the
child
Ualentine
was
displeasaunte
.
And
for
the
loue
of
clerimonde
the
whiche
he
had
loste
he
said
vnto
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
wepinge
piteously
.
Dere
and
redouted
fader
please
it
you
pardon
me
yf
I
take
leue
of
you
for
I
shall
neuer
in
my
lyfe
haue
Ioye
nor
rest
tyll
that
I
knowe
certaine
tidinges
where
my
loue
is
become
.
For
in
daunger
of
my
body
I
haue
conquered
and
won
her
,
for
the
whiche
I
oughte
well
for
too
desyre
her
and
bewayle
her
.
Whan
the
Empresse
his
mother
vnderstode
that
her
chylde
wolde
go
her
way
,
she
fel
in
a
swown
Mother
sayde
Valentine
leaue
your
wepinge
,
for
vnto
the
deathe
I
wyll
seeke
her
that
I
loue
so
muche
.
And
if
it
happen
that
I
cannot
fynde
her
,
neuer
the
dayes
of
my
lyfe
shall
I
haue
Joye
,
but
shall
desire
the
death
for
to
abredge
my
dayes
,
and
my
dolorous
dyscomfortes
.
Than
he
called
Pacolet
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Frend
if
it
please
the
to
serue
me
,
in
this
necessytie
,
&
come
wyth
me
thou
shall
neuer
haue
worse
than
I.
Sir
saide
Pacolet
as
for
that
it
shall
not
stycke
,
for
I
am
ready
and
apparaylled
for
to
go
with
you
and
folowe
you
▪
in
euery
place
,
and
do
your
good
pleasure
,
thus
was
Pacolet
delibered
for
to
go
with
Valentine
.
¶
And
Ualentine
was
so
taken
with
the
loue
of
the
fair
lady
Clerimond
that
he
lefte
father
and
Mother
,
and
withoute
soiourninge
he
made
him
ready
and
so
departed
out
of
Constantinoble
with
thre
seruauntes
alonelye
,
for
to
finde
her
that
hys
heart
was
so
sor●wful
fore
.
Of
the
sorow
of
the
Emperoure
and
of
the
Empresse
Bellissant
it
cannot
be
recounted
.
For
they
were
in
suche
paine
that
with
oute
spekinge
ony
worde
they
entred
in
to
theyr
chambre
piteously
discomforted
.
And
Ualentyne
that
hadde
his
courage
constaunt
for
to
acheue
his
enterprise
mounted
on
horsbacke
for
to
go
toward
the
hauen
,
and
ther
entred
into
a
ship
and
his
company
.
❧
Nowe
I
shall
leue
to
speke
of
him
and
wil
speke
of
king
Pepin
,
that
whiche
arriued
in
Paris
and
was
receiued
honourably
.
For
out
of
euery
churche
issued
processyons
,
&
prestes
and
clerkes
and
men
of
euerye
estate
wente
a
greate
waye
oute
of
the
citye
againste
him
.
And
amonge
the
other
ther
was
the
quene
Berthe
the
whiche
kissed
hym
moche
sweteli
.
Charles
his
litel
sonne
that
was
wise
&
wel
taught
salued
his
fader
the
which
tooke
him
in
his
Armes
and
kissed
him
,
and
after
entred
in
to
the
palays
with
grete
honoure
muche
richlye
accompanyed
.
And
for
the
loue
of
his
cominge
there
was
made
a
grete
fe●st
,
and
diuers
grete
offices
was
gyuen
that
daye
but
aboue
all
the
other
the
valiaunt
knyght
Orson
was
mounted
in
honoure
,
so
muche
and
in
suche
maner
that
all
that
the
which
he
wolde
saye
and
commaunde
it
was
done
and
holden
.
He
was
so
prudent
and
so
wyse
that
by
him
was
all
the
courte
gouerned
,
the
male
factours
punysshed
,
and
the
good
eleuate
in
honoure
.
❧
How
Haufray
and
Henry
ymagined
great
treason
against
Orson
by
the
ayde
and
consentynge
of
twayne
of
their
neuewes
.
Ca.
lvi
.
THere
was
none
that
had
to
doo
wyth
the
kinge
that
sought
other
meane
than
Orson
,
for
the
whiche
thinge
Haufray
and
Henrye
that
I
haue
made
mencyon
of
to fore
hadde
soo
greate
enuye
agaynst
the
good
Orson
,
soo
greate
that
they
ymagyned
mortall
treason
against
him
with
all
their
puyssaunce
.
And
sayd
the
one
to
the
other
it
was
to
great
a
reproche
vnto
them
and
to
greaous
whan
that
Orson
was
eleuate
more
in
honoure
then
thei
.
By
god
sayd
Haufray
vnto
his
brother
Henry
,
well
ought
we
to
praise
our
puyssaunce
litell
whan
we
can
not
take
vengeaunce
of
Orson
for
if
he
reygne
long
we
shall
se
the
time
that
by
him
we
shal
be
casten
out
of
the
realme
of
Fraunce
,
brother
sayd
Henry
you
haue
sayd
truthe
.
Now
we
be
but
two
brethren
germaynes
and
now
to
comforte
the
one
the
other
and
helpe
agaynst
our
enemies
,
but
vpon
this
mater
I
can
not
tel
what
to
thinke
Henry
sayd
Haufray
vnderstande
my
reason
,
we
haue
two
nenewes
that
are
the
sonnes
of
our
eldest
syster
,
that
is
for
to
wyte
Florente
and
Garniere
,
the
whiche
are
muche
hardye
and
fyerse
.
And
me
thinketh
that
by
them
twayne
a
treason
should
be
sone
conspyred
and
made
soner
then
by
vs
,
for
they
knewe
well
for
a
truthe
that
the
kyng
loued
them
not
,
and
that
he
would
geue
soner
credence
vnto
other
then
them
.
On
the
other
part
the
one
is
botyller
of
the
kyng
,
and
the
other
is
vssher
of
the
chambre
that
he
slepeth
in
.
And
by
the
meanes
of
theym
twayne
we
may
entre
in
to
the
chambre
of
king
Pepyn
oure
father
and
slee
hym
in
his
bedde
,
and
euery
body
wyll
saye
that
it
hath
bene
Orson
,
for
aboue
al
the
other
he
is
the
chiefe
garde
of
his
body
,
and
trusteth
moost
in
hym
.
And
by
this
meane
the
sayd
Orson
shall
be
condampned
to
death
,
and
the
realme
shall
be
holly
in
our
handes
,
for
our
brother
Charles
is
not
yet
puyssaunt
ynough
for
to
gouerne
vs
.
Haufray
sayd
Henry
you
haue
ryght
well
deuysed
▪
but
for
to
accomplysshe
this
thyng
it
is
expedient
to
make
great
dylygence
,
in
this
wyse
ymagyned
the
two
false
traytours
the
deth
of
the
noble
and
puyssaunte
kyng
Pepyn
,
the
whyche
was
their
naturall
father
.
And
in
soo
euyl
an
hour
he
had
engendred
them
that
for
the
sauynge
of
theyr
soules
they
cared
ful
lyttell
.
They
sente
for
ther
two
cursed
traytours
,
that
is
for
to
wyte
Florent
and
Garnyere
the
whiche
were
right
valyaunt
&
hardy
.
And
whan
they
were
comen
before
them
Haufray
toke
the
wordes
and
sayd
in
this
maner
.
Lordes
vnderstonde
our
entē●yon
for
we
are
delivered
my
brother
and
I
for
to
do
a
thynge
that
we
may
haue
all
prouffyte
by
,
&
shal
reyse
you
and
mounte
you
in
honoure
more
than
euer
you
were
,
the
whiche
thinge
I
desyre
because
that
you
are
my
propre
neuewes
and
of
my
propre
bloode
,
and
owe
more
to
desyre
your
good
than
any
other
,
dan
for
to
come
to
an
ende
I
wyl
tel
you
myne
entēcyon
.
You
know
that
the
kyng
Pepyn
how
well
that
he
is
our
father
neuer
loued
vs
in
his
life
with
good
hert
.
Euer
with
his
puyssaunce
he
hath
reysed
vp
the
straungers
and
exalted
them
in
honoure
and
in
all
offices
and
dignyties
,
more
than
vs
,
wherfore
all
these
thynges
consydered
my
brother
Henry
and
I
that
are
youres
vncle
legyty
mes
(
wyll
and
consent
)
and
are
delybered
for
to
make
kyng
Pepyn
dye
.
And
after
his
death
we
foh●e
shal
gouerne
&
holde
his
londe
at
our
owne
wyll
.
But
it
be
houed
that
the
thinge
be
accomplysshed
by
one
of
you
twayne
.
And
me
thinketh
that
you
Garnyete
are
the
most
proprest
for
to
vndertake
this
thyng
for
you
haue
a
couenable
offyce
for
to
do
it
more
than
ony
other
seynge
that
you
are
mayster
vssher
and
pryncipall
garde
of
the
kyng
is
chambre
.
And
maye
knowe
bothe
nyghte
and
daye
who
entreth
in
to
the
sayd
chambre
,
for
the
whiche
thynge
you
maye
hyde
you
in
some
secrete
place
,
and
when
the
kyng
shall
be
in
his
bedde
on
slepe
you
shall
slee
hym
without
makyng
any
noyse
.
And
on
the
moro
we
in
the
morning
when
the
tidinges
shal
be
that
the
kyng
is
dead
,
the
charge
and
the
blame
shall
be
gyuen
vnto
Orson
,
because
that
euery
nyght
he
slepeth
and
resteth
moost
nerest
his
body
,
and
so
he
shall
be
iudged
and
condempned
vnto
death
.
And
after
these
thynges
we
shall
take
the
lyfe
sone
from
the
lytel
Charles
.
And
by
this
meane
the
realme
shall
abyde
vnto
vs
for
to
departe
it
after
our
pleasures
.
Uncle
sayde
Garnyere
of
this
feate
doubte
you
nothynge
,
for
kynge
Pepyn
your
father
shall
lese
his
lyfe
.
Now
was
the
treason
ordeyned
agaynst
kyng
Pepyn
that
thought
none
yll
,
by
the
two
cursed
children
that
had
no
pite
to
make
their
father
dye
.
In
an
euill
houre
is
the
chylde
borne
that
would
purchase
suche
a
death
agaynst
his
father
.
And
in
an
euill
houre
was
euer
engendred
Haufray
&
Henry
when
by
them
treason
was
done
,
&
many
countreys
marred
.
By
theym
was
their
neuewe
Garnyete
full
of
so
euill
will
that
sone
after
that
the
treason
was
made
he
espyed
a
nyght
as
the
kyng
souped
and
tooke
a
sharpe
poynted
knyfe
&
subtylly
entred
in
to
the
chambre
tyall
,
and
behynde
the
hangyng
he
hydde
hym
soo
secretely
that
he
myght
not
be
apperceyued
of
no
body
.
And
when
the
houre
was
come
that
the
kyng
shoulde
go
vnto
reste
,
by
the
gardes
and
chaberlaynes
he
was
brought
vnto
bedde
as
the
custome
was
.
The
king
entred
into
the
bedde
,
the
whiche
recommaunded
him
vnto
God
muche
deuoutly
,
and
all
yssued
out
of
the
chambre
saue
Orson
that
deuysed
with
the
kynge
to
slepyng
time
.
And
when
Orson
sawe
that
the
king
would
slepe
without
makyng
any
more
noyse
he
left
hym
,
and
the
nerest
hym
that
he
myght
he
layde
hym
downe
vpon
a
couche
bedde
.
¶
Howe
Garnyere
entred
in
to
kyng
Pepyns
chambre
for
to
accomplysshe
his
cursed
enterpryse
,
and
how
he
left
the
knyfe
within
the
kynges
bedstrawe
.
❧
Capitulo
.
lvii
.
WHen
it
came
to
watdemydnyght
the
traytoure
Garniereyssued
out
of
this
place
,
and
in
bering
the
knyfe
in
his
hande
he
went
vnto
the
bedde
of
king
Pepyn
for
to
acheue
his
enterpryse
,
but
when
he
was
besyde
hym
,
and
that
helyfte
by
his
arme
for
too
haue
put
hym
to
death
,
hym
thoughte
that
the
kyng
woulde
haue
wakened
,
wherfore
so
great
feare
toke
hym
that
he
let
hymselfe
slyde
downe
by
the
bedde
syde
,
where
as
he
was
a
great
whyle
and
durste
not
remeue
hym
.
After
he
woulde
haue
sinytten
secondly
,
but
so
great
fere
toke
hym
as
he
woulde
haue
smyten
hym
,
that
all
hys
body
fayled
,
and
began
for
too
tremble
in
suche
wyse
that
he
myght
not
acheue
his
enterpryse
,
and
put
the
knyfe
within
the
bedde
.
After
he
tetourned
in
to
hys
place
all
tremblyng
for
to
hyde
hym
in
abydynge
the
day
,
so
strongly
afrayd
that
he
would
haue
bene
a
thou
sand
myle
beyond
the
sea
.
And
Orson
was
in
his
bedde
that
of
that
dede
doubted
nothing
,
and
dreamed
a
mar
ueilous
dreame
.
For
it
semeth
him
in
sleping
that
they
would
haue
taken
awaye
the
honoure
of
his
wyfe
Feronue
.
And
that
besyde
her
was
two
theues
that
conspyred
treason
agaynst
him
.
After
hym
thought
that
be
syde
a
ponde
he
sawe
two
great
herons
that
foughte
with
a
hawke
,
and
with
all
their
puyssaunce
enforced
them
for
to
slee
hym
.
But
the
hawke
defended
hym
so
valiauntly
that
he
trauayled
the
two
herons
in
suche
wyse
that
they
had
bene
both
dead
if
it
hadde
not
bene
a
great
multytude
of
lytell
byrdes
that
descended
vpon
the
hawke
,
and
would
haue
slayne
hym
anone
if
there
had
not
come
an
.
Egle
that
succoured
hym
.
In
this
dreame
Orsou
awakened
that
of
this
dreame
was
much
amat
ueyled
and
began
for
too
saye
.
Ha
veray
God
kepe
me
from
treason
,
and
comforce
my
brother
Ualentyne
in
suche
maner
that
of
the
noble
lady
Clerymonde
he
may
haue
certayne
tydinges
.
At
that
houre
the
daye
appeted
and
Orson
yssued
softly
out
of
the
chambre
for
was
kenynge
of
the
kynge
.
Whan
Garnyere
sawe
that
Orson
was
gone
out
of
the
chambre
,
also
sone
as
he
might
he
yssued
out
and
wente
vnto
hys
lodgynge
rennynge
ful
taste
.
And
there
he
founde
the
two
brethren
Haufray
and
Henry
&
wyth
them
Florent
the
whyche
had
great
desyre
and
lust
to
knowe
some
tydynges
of
theyr
cursed
and
dysloyall
treason
.
Beware
Garnyete
that
you
tell
vs
the
trouthe
howe
our
enterpryse
gothe
.
Lordes
sayd
Garnyere
by
the
god
almyghty
that
hath
created
al
the
worlde
for
all
the
rychesse
of
Fraunce
I
wolde
not
doo
so
muche
agayne
as
I
haue
done
.
And
as
to
the
regarde
of
kynge
Pepyn
knowe
that
he
is
yet
on
lyue
,
for
euen
so
as
I
thought
for
to
haue
slayne
hym
I
was
soo
afrayed
that
my
hearte
faylled
me
,
and
wolde
not
haue
had
the
courage
for
to
haue
dommaged
hys
body
for
all
the
golde
in
the
worlde
.
But
of
another
treason
I
aduy
sed
me
,
for
I
haue
left
the
knyfe
that
I
bare
in
the
kinges
bedde
.
So
I
haue
thought
that
we
shall
accuse
Orson
of
treason
and
shall
tell
the
kynge
that
they
are
.
iiii
.
of
one
appoyntment
that
are
delibered
for
to
sle
the
king
,
of
whome
Orson
is
the
pryncypall
,
and
shall
saye
also
that
they
wyl
make
the
lytle
Charles
to
dyefor
to
haue
bytwene
them
foure
the
realme
of
Fraunce
wyth
the
apperrenauntes
.
And
for
to
preue
oure
feate
the
better
and
be
byleued
of
thys
thynge
we
shall
tell
how
Orson
hathe
made
redy
hys
geare
,
and
lefte
the
knyfe
wyth
in
the
bedde
.
And
yf
ony
body
demaunde
vs
howe
we
doo
knowe
it
,
we
shal
say
that
they
were
in
the
chambre
spe
kynge
of
thys
matter
,
&
how
one
of
vs
was
besyde
the
d●●e
and
vnderstode
there
secrets
.
Garnyere
sayd
Hausray
you
are
muche
subtyll
and
speketh
wysely
.
And
yf
it
happened
that
Orson
would
saye
the
contrary
,
you
&
your
brother
shall
take
batayll
agaynst
hym
,
&
I
know
well
for
a
certainte
that
he
hath
not
the
power
for
too
vanquyshed
you
.
And
if
that
it
happened
by
a
benture
that
the
worst
turned
vpon
you
my
brother
Henry
&
I
shall
be
wel
garntshed
of
men
for
to
succour
you
.
Lordes
sayd
Garnyere
and
Florent
your
delyberacion
is
right
good
,
and
we
haue
wel
the
courage
for
to
acheue
the
enterprise
.
Thus
was
the
treason
the
seconde
time
conspired
against
the
noble
knyght
Orson
,
the
whiche
of
all
this
dede
was
pure
and
innocent
.
The
day
was
clere
and
the
houre
was
come
after
that
the
kyng
had
herde
masse
that
he
entred
in
to
the
halle
tyal
and
was
sette
at
dyner
.
There
was
Haufray
and
Henry
that
serued
at
the
cable
,
the
whiche
she
wed
good
semblaunt
vn
to
Orson
,
but
with
their
hartes
thei
purchaced
himmortall
treason
with
all
their
puyssaunce
.
And
whan
Garniere
sawe
that
it
was
tyme
for
to
speake
,
he
entred
in
to
the
halle
and
came
before
the
kyng
,
the
whiche
he
salued
with
great
reuerence
&
sayd
to
him
.
Redoubted
sit
it
is
true
that
of
your
benigne
grace
you
haue
made
me
knyght
and
geuen
me
office
in
your
courte
more
honester
than
vnto
me
appertayueth
.
And
because
that
you
haue
done
me
so
muche
honour
to
vpholde
me
in
your
seruyce
I
ought
not
to
be
in
place
by
treason
where
as
your
dammage
is
purchased
or
mortal
treason
conspired
.
Wherfore
I
am
come
to
warde
youre
noble
grace
as
a
true
setuaunt
ought
for
to
doo
for
to
declare
vnto
you
a
treason
that
of
late
hath
bene
conspyred
agaynst
your
ryall
maieste
.
And
to
the
ende
that
you
maye
kepe
your
persone
out
of
the
daunger
Iaduertyse
you
,
and
that
you
may
punyshe
the
male
factours
as
reason
is
Garuyere
sayde
the
kyng
tel
on
your
courage
;
for
with
a
good
wyll
I
shall
here
you
.
¶
Howe
Garnyere
accused
Orson
fas●y
of
treason
vn
to
kyng
Pepyn
,
and
how
the
knyfe
was
founde
in
the
kynges
bedde
.
Cap.
●viii
.
SYr
sayd
Garuyere
make
Orson
to
be
holden
least
that
he
re●ne
awaye
,
for
vpon
hym
shal
tourne
the
losse
and
dommage
.
He
is
the
trai
toure
by
whome
the
thynge
is
begonne
and
ought
to
be
brought
vnto
an
ende
.
And
i●
that
you
wyll
knowe
the
maner
,
wyte
that
they
are
foure
of
the
moost
greatest
of
your
courte
▪
that
are
delyb●red
for
to
make
you
dye
,
of
the
whiche
Orson
is
the
pryncypall
that
ought
to
make
you
dye
in
your
bedde
,
and
smyte
you
to
the
harte
with
a
knyfe
whan
you
shall
be
on
slepe
,
and
to
the
ende
that
you
beleue
me
the
better
to
daye
as
they
made
their
accorde
together
I
was
in
a
certayne
place
where
as
they
knewe
me
not
,
and
haue
vnderstanden
how
Orson
sayd
vnto
the
other
that
the
knyfe
that
you
shall
be
slayne
withall
is
hydde
within
your
bedde
,
and
if
it
please
you
for
to
go●
,
or
for
to
sende
any
bodye
you
shall
finde
the
thyng
veritable
.
Syr
sayde
Florent
that
was
on
the
other
syde
,
my
brother
sayeth
trouth
wherof
I
am
ryght
sorowfull
that
they
to
whome
you
haue
done
so
muche
good
will
purchase
your
death
.
¶
The
kyng
was
muche
ama●ueyled
of
those
wordes
,
and
in
dyuers
maners
and
countenaunces
he
behelde
Orson
in
●ayeng
.
False
and
dysloyall
man
haue
you
had
suche
a
thoughte
for
to
desyre
my
death
▪
I
that
all
the
tyme
of
my
lyue
haue
holden
you
more
derer
than
the
chyldren
that
I
haue
engendred
.
Ha
syr
sayde
Orson
beleue
not
so
lyghtly
againste
me
,
for
I
thought
neuer
treason
in
my
dayes
,
but
am
accused
of
this
dede
by
their
false
enuye
.
Nowe
speake
no
more
said
the
king
,
for
&
the
knife
be
founde
in
the
bedde
I
holde
you
culpable
of
the
dede
and
demaunde
none
other
profe
.
Then
he
called
barons
and
sayde
to
them
.
Lordes
by
Ihesus
christe
I
was
neuer
soo
muche
amatue●led
as
I
am
of
this
treason
.
Syr
sayd
My●●on
dangler
I
can
not
tell
howe
it
goeth
but
with
payne
may
I
beleue
that
Orson
woulde
enterpryse
suche
a
thynge
agaynste
your
royall
mayestie
,
seynge
that
he
is
your
neuewe
.
Yea
sayde
the
kynge
but
and
we
fynde
a
knyfe
within
the
bedde
it
is
an
euident
sygne
that
the
thyng
ought
to
be
beleued
.
Nowe
for
god
sayd
Mylion
dang●er
let
vs
go
and
se
this
experience
▪
Then
the
kyng
went
in
to
the
chambre
with
dyuers
of
his
barons
and
knightes
.
And
as
they
were
before
the
bedde
they
founde
▪
the
knyfe
as
the
traytoure
Garnyere
had
tolde
th●
.
Alas
sayd
the
kyng
in
whome
may
one
haue
truste
,
when
my
propre
neuewe
that
I
haue
holden
so
dere
is
couetous
of
my
death
,
and
of
my
lyfe
enuyous
.
But
syth
that
the
dedes
is
suche
I
swere
and
promyse
vnto
God
that
there
shall
neuer
be
a
daye
of
respyte
tyll
that
he
be
hanged
and
strangled
.
Than
a
valyaunt
knyght
the
whiche
was
called
Symon
,
ran
towarde
Orson
for
he
loued
hym
much
&
sayd
to
hym
Alas
fayre
syr
flye
anone
from
hence
and
thynke
for
to
escape
,
for
the
kyng
hathe
founde
the
knyfe
within
the
●edde
▪
as
Garnyere
had
tolde
hym
,
wherfore
the
kyng
hath
sworne
that
he
shall
make
you
be
hanged
&
strangled
also
soone
as
he
shall
become
.
Care
you
not
sayde
Orson
for
I
haue
good
truste
,
in
God
that
he
wil
kep●
my
good
ryght
.
Then
the
kynge
entred
in
to
the
halle
where
as
Orson
was
kepte
strayghtly
with
fyftene
strong
knyghtes
,
syth
he
made
to
cal●
lordes
and
aduocates
for
to
iudge
Orson
.
But
God
that
forgetteth
not
his
good
frendes
,
saued
him
from
the
false
traytours
and
gaue
hym
the
victory
agaynst
them
.
¶
Howe
Orson
when
they
would
haue
iudged
hym
,
put
opposycion
and
demaunded
batayll
agaynste
his
accusers
,
the
whiche
was
vttred
him
by
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunces
.
Capit.
lix
.
WHen
Orson
was
before
the
kyng
and
before
the
Iudges
of
his
palays
▪
he
sayde
before
theym
al
thus
.
Ryght
redoubted
syr
,
and
you
my
lordes
and
batons
that
be
here
assembled
,
you
knowe
that
no
man
can
kepe
him
from
treason
nor
fliethe
fortune
whan
i●
cometh
.
And
syth
that
it
is
so
that
I
am
accused
of
cryme
against
the
maiestieryall
▪
that
is
of
the
kinges
death
,
and
that
you
be
here
assembled
for
to
iudge
me
and
my
wordes
may
not
be
harde
nor
beleued
agaynste
myne
enemyes
I
demaunde
ryght
before
euery
body
,
&
the
law
of
your
londe
that
is
suche
that
whan
a
knyght
is
accused
of
murdre
and
treason
,
&
he
wyll
defende
hym
in
batayll
he
ought
to
be
receiued
.
Now
I
am
a
knyght
that
holdeth
my selfe
without
reproche
and
innocent
of
the
dede
,
so
I
wyll
by
the
ordenaunce
aboue
sayd
be
receyued
in
my
defences
,
yf
by
the
assystens
of
your
courte
it
be
ordeyned
and
iudged
me
.
And
for
to
make
my selfe
crele
lo
here
my
gloue
that
I
present
before
you
all
to
abyde
batayll
.
And
yf
I
he
ouercomen
in
batayll
do
Justyce
with
my
body
euen
as
muche
a
case
requyreth
.
Orson
sayd
Garnyere
of
suche
a
thynge
you
may
wel
holde
your
peace
,
for
neuer
pleaseth
it
god
that
for
a
thing
proued
I
take
batayll
agaynst
you
.
Ha
traytoure
sayd
Orson
it
is
nothing
proued
,
yf
it
●e
not
some
man
that
doubteth
not
his
dampnynge
/
and
loueth
his
honoure
that
for
suche
a
case
maye
not
Judge
to
death
whan
I
wyl
haue
the
felde
in
deniyng
the
case
wythout
confessinge
it
,
he
ought
not
to
be
condāpued
.
Upon
these
wordes
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
made
to
haue
Orson
out
of
the
place
wyth
histwo
aduersaryes
for
to
dispute
the
reasons
of
bothe
partyes
.
Soo
it
was
Judged
by
them
that
the
demaunded
of
Orson
was
reasonable
,
&
that
he
ought
to
be
herde
and
receyued
in
hys
reasons
,
And
than
they
made
Garnyere
and
his
brother
to
come
before
the
kynges
presence
.
And
the
duke
Myllon
dangler
demaunded
Garnyere
whyche
were
the
foure
persones
that
were
consentynge
to
the
kinges
death
.
Lordes
sayd
Garnyere
of
that
enquyre
no
more
,
For
I
wyl
not
t●l
it
you
for
all
the
golde
of
Fraunce
.
Garnyere
sayd
the
Judge
that
was
ordeyned
,
therfore
I
condampne
you
and
your
brother
to
receyue
Orsons
gloue
,
&
fyght
agaynst
hym
,
for
sythe
that
you
wyll
not
declare
them
that
are
culpable
of
the
thyng
,
it
is
lightly
to
be
beleued
that
in
your
feate
is
malyce
.
Joyous
was
Orson
of
that
appoyntement
,
and
keste
his
gloue
vnto
the
twoo
traytours
saying
.
Lordes
se
here
my
gloue
that
I
deliuer
vnto
the
two
traytours
Garnyere
and
Florente
in
suche
a
coucnaunt
that
i●
I
may
not
conquere
them
.
I
offre
my
body
to
be
hanged
shamefully
.
Now
auaunte
sayd
the
kyng
the
thyng
is
accorded
and
the
Jugement
is
geuen
.
But
for
to
bryng
vnto
an
ende
the
enterpryse
it
behoueth
you
too
geue
hostage
and
surete
,
for
to
bee
forth
comyng
at
the
daye
assigned
.
Then
Haufray
and
Henry
abode
and
offred
their
bodyes
for
Florente
and
Garnyere
.
And
the
duke
Myllon
,
and
the
duke
Sampson
Galeram
and
Geruays
offred
their
bodyes
and
abode
for
Orson
.
And
ꝓmised
to
yelde
hym
agayne
at
the
monethes
ende
that
was
assygned
.
Soo
when
the
ende
of
the
monethe
was
come
,
and
the
day
that
they
shold
fyght
,
the
duke
Myllon
dangler
.
Sampson
Galeram
,
and
Geruays
brought
forth
Orson
,
for
he
was
well
beloued
of
them
.
And
when
he
was
armed
and
mounted
on
horsebacke
,
he
rode
thoroughe
the
cytie
muche
noblye
accompanyed
towarde
the
place
ordeyned
.
So
he
hadde
not
longe
bene
there
when
Haufray
and
Henry
entred
in
to
the
fielde
with
their
twoo
neuewes
rychely
armed
.
Muche
redoubted
Garnyere
and
Florent
theyr
aduersarie
Orson
.
But
Haufray
and
Henry
euer
comforted
them
,
and
promised
them
succour
.
And
euen
so
as
they
were
entred
into
the
fielde
for
to
do
their
deuoure
,
the
bysshop
of
Parys
went
towarde
theim
and
made
them
al
thre
for
to
swere
vpon
a
boke
as
the
custome
is
.
And
after
the
bysshop
wente
out
of
the
fielde
After
came
the
heraudes
&
the
kepers
of
the
fielde
that
made
all
to
yssue
out
that
were
within
saue
the.
iii.
champions
.
Now
Haufray
had
appointed
thre
hondred
men
that
he
had
put
within
a
great
place
the
nerest
the
field
that
he
myght
.
and
sayde
and
commaunded
vnto
them
that
also
sone
as
they
should
here
him
blowe
his
horn
that
they
should
come
to
warde
hym
.
wel
thought
the
traytours
to
haue
bene
succoured
and
defended
in
theyr
necessitte
,
but
lytell
auayled
all
their
enterpryse
,
for
also
sone
as
the
gardes
commaunded
the
champeons
to
do
their
deuoure
,
Orson
couched
his
speare
and
smote
his
horse
with
the
sporres
&
came
against
his
enemies
by
muche
great
courage
and
he
gaue
garniere
so
great
a
stroke
that
he
persed
his
shelde
&
his
harneis
through
out
.
And
Florent
was
on
the
other
syde
that
gaue
Orson
a
muche
matueylous
stroke
,
but
he
set
as
muche
by
it
as
it
he
had
smytten
agaynst
a
toure
.
False
cursed
traytout
and
disloyal
thou
hast
accused
me
with
wrong
,
but
to
daye
I
shall
shewe
the
where
loyalte
doth
reste
.
¶
At
these
woordes
with
his
bryght
swoorde
he
gaue
Garniere
so
great
a
stroke
that
he
smote
him
out
of
his
sadle
vnto
the
earth
,
and
subtylly
there
withall
he
pulled
his
helme
of
his
head
,
and
after
would
haue
cut
of
his
head
if
it
had
not
ben
his
brother
Florent
that
smote
Orson
muche
rudely
.
Then
Orson
retourned
&
smote
Garnyere
in
suche
wise
that
he
cut
of
his
lefte
eare
,
and
syth
sayd
vnto
him
,
fayre
maister
that
purchaceth
trea
son
you
ought
not
to
lose
by
the
bergayne
.
There
began
a
strong
batayll
betwene
the
thre
champions
.
Garnyere
conquered
his
helme
agayne
and
put
it
on
his
head
and
came
to
warde
Orson
for
to
dammage
him
with
al
his
might
.
But
he
had
bene
discomfited
anone
if
it
had
not
bene
Florent
that
oftentymes
socoured
hym
.
❧
How
Orson
slewe
Florent
in
the
fielde
,
&
banquyshed
Gatnyere
,
and
howe
Haufray
cut
of
his
head
as
he
would
haue
confessed
the
treason
.
Cap.
lx
.
ORson
had
muche
payne
and
trauayll
for
to
confounde
the
two
traitours
for
they
were
strongly
armed
and
also
toke
courage
,
for
Haufray
and
Henry
that
hadde
promysed
them
succoure
and
helpe
,
and
Orson
dydde
so
about
Garniere
that
he
wounded
him
right
sore
.
So
whan
he
felt
himself
wounded
he
descended
to
the
earth
&
habandoned
his
horse
.
After
he
came
agaynst
Orson
and
smote
his
horse
in
suche
maner
that
he
cut
of
one
of
his
legges
and
felled
hym
vnto
the
earthe
.
But
Orson
was
dyligent
and
strong
,
for
when
he
felt
the
horse
fall
he
auoyded
the
styropes
and
lept
vpon
the
earthe
.
And
syth
came
vnto
Garnyere
and
toke
hym
betwene
his
armes
so
mightely
that
he
toke
his
shelde
from
him
and
threwe
him
to
the
earth
,
but
as
he
would
haue
gyuen
hym
a
●oyne
in
the
belly
.
Florente
sported
his
horse
for
to
surour
his
brother
,
and
gaue
Orson
so
great
a
stroke
vpon
the
helme
that
he
made
hym
for
too
rele
.
Orson
ran
vnto
hym
that
had
dispyte
and
smote
hym
with
so
great
a
courage
that
he
ouerthrewe
the
horse
dead
too
the
earth
,
and
toke
of
Florentes
helme
from
his
head
,
of
the
whiche
he
was
sore
abasihed
,
and
founde
none
other
remedy
saue
for
to
flee
and
renne
about
the
fielde
in
coueryng
his
head
with
his
shelde
.
And
Orson
ran
after
hym
with
a
fyerse
courage
that
for
to
se
hym
flee
had
great
pleasure
.
Ha
Florent
sayd
Garnyere
wherfore
flee
you
so
much
,
retourne
you
agayne
and
thinke
for
to
defende
you
,
for
if
you
haue
good
courage
to
day
he
shall
be
vanquyshed
.
At
these
wordes
the
two
traytours
assayled
the
valiaunt
Orson
muche
asperly
,
and
with
their
trenchyng
swordes
gaue
hym
so
many
strokes
that
through
his
harneys
the
strokes
entred
,
and
made
the
bloud
to
yssue
out
by
greate
haboundaunce
.
Then
Orson
that
felte
hymselfe
wounded
reclaymed
God
and
the
virgyn
Mary
muche
deuoutely
,
and
gaue
Florent
so
great
a
stroke
that
he
smote
of
his
arme
with
the
sword
.
During
this
batail
Fezone
was
in
a
church
in
prayinge
god
deuoutly
that
it
wolde
please
hym
for
to
kepe
her
good
loue
Orson
&
defende
hym
in
gyuyng
him
victorye
agaynst
hys
enemyes
.
The
people
was
moche
abasshed
of
the
great
dedes
of
armes
that
Orson
dyde
.
Dolente
and
sorowful
was
Florent
whan
he
had
loste
his
arme
,
and
not
for
that
he
left
not
for
to
assayl
Orson
wyth
all
his
puyssaunce
.
¶
And
whan
Orson
sawe
him
come
he
made
semblaunte
for
to
smyte
Garnyere
and
after
drewe
his
stroke
agayne
sodaynly
and
smote
Florent
in
suche
maner
that
he
smote
him
downe
deed
to
the
erthe
,
after
he
sayd
vnto
Garnyere
.
Traytoure
thou
muste
go
after
or
elles
knowledge
before
euery
body
the
treason
that
you
haue
braced
.
¶
Orson
said
Garnyere
it
shal
go
other
wyse
,
for
if
you
haue
slayne
my
brother
,
to
day
I
shal
take
vengeaunce
.
¶
Haufray
sayd
Henry
our
feate
goeth
euyll
for
Orson
hath
alredy
slayne
and
vndone
our
neuewe
Florent
,
&
you
shall
se
anone
that
he
wyll
vaynquysshe
Garnyere
&
make
him
confesse
the
treason
,
by
the
whiche
we
shall
be
for
euer
dyshonoured
and
in
daunger
of
deathe
yf
we
fynde
not
maner
for
to
fle
&
escape
.
Brother
sayd
Haufray
that
was
full
of
treason
.
I
shal
tel
you
what
we
shal
do
Also
so
one
as
we
shall
se
that
Garnyere
is
ouercomen
or
that
he
confesse
the
treason
we
shall
entre
into
the
felde
and
in
signe
for
to
maynteine
Orson
we
shal
cut
of
our
neuewes
head
.
And
so
the
treason
may
neuer
be
knowen
.
By
God
sayd
Henry
none
can
say
nor
deuyse
better
.
Thus
thought
the
two
cursed
&
dysloyall
traytours
newe
treasons
for
to
hyde
the
olde
.
And
the
two
champions
are
within
the
felde
that
assaylleth
eche
other
moche
asprely
.
Garnyere
sayd
Orson
you
se
wel
that
you
maye
not
defende
you
agaynste
me
.
And
therfore
thynke
for
to
yelde
you
&
confesse
your
cursed
treason
,
and
I
promyse
you
for
to
saue
your
lyfe
and
make
your
peas
towarde
kynge
Pepyn
,
and
shall
sende
you
vnto
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
my
father
that
for
the
loue
of
me
shall
reteyne
you
of
hys
courte
and
gyue
you
great
wages
.
Boye
sayd
Garnyere
thy
promyse
serueth
me
of
nothynge
,
for
syth
that
I
haue
lost
one
of
myne
eres
I
shall
neuer
be
praysed
nor
honoured
in
no
place
.
So
Had
I
rather
dye
valyauntly
agaynste
the
,
or
conquere
thy
body
&
delyuered
the
vnto
shamefull
death
than
for
to
defylemyne
honoure
.
By
my
fayth
sayd
Orson
right
gladly
I
accordeth
you
.
And
syth
that
you
haue
enuy
for
to
dye
,
you
shall
haue
founde
in
me
a
good
mayster
Thynke
for
to
defende
you
,
for
here
is
your
laste
daye
,
At
these
wordes
he
went
towarde
Garnyere
and
wyth
strengthe
of
armes
throwe
hym
vnder
hym
,
and
pulled
hys
helme
from
hys
head
.
And
Haufray
whyche
sawe
that
there
was
no
more
remedye
,
cryed
right
hye
Orson
slee
him
not
for
we
knowe
right
well
that
wyth
great
wronge
he
hath
accused
you
,
so
we
wyll
do
the
Justyce
as
to
the
traytour
apperteyneth
,
we
wyl
neuer
let
hym
lyue
nor
holde
hym
of
our
parentage
.
He
entred
into
the
felde
and
sayd
vnto
Garnyere
.
Fayre
mayster
confesse
your
dede
and
the
maner
of
the
treason
,
and
we
shall
do
so
muche
to
the
kynge
that
of
your
fautes
ye
shal
haue
pardon
.
Lordes
sayde
the
traytour
Garnyere
I
haue
done
the
treason
and
put
the
knyfe
in
the
kinges
bed
In
sayenge
these
wordes
Haufray
that
was
subtyll
and
cautelous
drewe
hys
swerde
,
&
to
the
end
that
he
shuld
speke
no
ferther
forthe
of
that
thynge
he
slewe
hym
in
the
same
place
and
after
sayd
.
❧
Lordes
nowe
let
thys
traytour
be
taken
and
hanged
on
the
galowes
,
for
he
hath
well
deserued
it
.
Then
he
sayde
vnto
Orson
.
Losyn
I
am
tyght
Joyous
of
the
vyctory
that
you
haue
had
,
for
God
hath
wel
shewed
that
you
are
true
and
loyal
.
And
for
al
that
Garnyer
was
my
neuewe
,
yet
shal
I
neuer
clayme
hym
for
my
bloud
syth
he
hath
wylled
to
medle
with
treason
.
anone
came
thether
the
fayre
lady
Fezonne
that
colled
and
kyssed
Orson
ryght
swetely
.
And
than
kyng
Pepyn
demaunde
hym
.
Fayre
neue
we
haue
you
any
daungerous
wound
vpon
your
body
.
Uncle
sayd
Orson
no
thanked
be
God
.
I
haue
vanquyshed
the
two
traytours
&
Haufray
as
a
good
man
hath
made
Garnyere
confesse
the
treason
and
taken
his
lyfe
from
him
.
Ha
fayre
neuewe
beleue
it
not
to
lightly
for
what
semblaunt
that
euer
he
make
you
he
is
partysypyng
of
the
treason
,
but
for
this
present
tyme
I
wyll
holde
my
peace
.
The
king
and
the
barons
retourned
in
to
the
cytie
of
Parys
and
made
great
ioye
for
the
victory
that
Orson
had
wonne
and
the
honoure
.
And
Haufray
and
Henry
that
same
day
said
muche
good
of
him
with
their
mouthes
,
and
with
their
hartes
desyred
his
death
.
But
anone
after
came
the
tyme
that
their
cursed
treason
was
knowen
,
and
that
they
were
punished
for
their
euylles
as
they
had
wel
deserued
.
So
I
shal
leue
to
speake
of
this
mater
and
will
tell
you
of
the
knyght
Ualentyne
that
rode
through
the
countrey
right
sorowful
for
his
loue
the
fayre
Llery
monde
,
the
which
was
in
Jnde
the
more
where
the
kyng
made
her
to
be
kept
for
to
wedde
her
and
toke
her
vnto
wyfe
by
the
waye
of
mariage
as
I
haue
made
mencion
vnto
you
here
before
.
❧
How
Ualentyne
in
sekyng
the
fayre
Clerymonde
a
tyued
in
Antioche
and
how
he
fought
with
a
marueylous
dragon
.
❧
Cap.
lxi
.
UAlentine
that
was
mounted
vpon
the
sea
for
to
seke
the
fayre
Clerymonde
his
loue
dyd
so
much
by
the
grace
of
god
that
he
arriued
in
the
cytie
of
Antioche
.
So
when
he
was
within
Pacolet
that
spake
their
language
toke
lodges
in
a
great
and
a
riche
house
.
But
the
hoost
of
the
house
was
right
ca●tellous
,
for
when
thei
were
in
their
chambre
he
went
and
herkened
them
,
so
he
vnderstode
by
their
language
that
they
were
christen
men
wherfore
he
went
to
the
kyng
of
Antyoche
and
sayde
.
Dere
syr
,
know
that
there
is
in
my
house
foute
christen
men
that
are
entred
into
your
londe
without
payinge
any
trybute
,
wherfore
I
am
come
to
you
for
to
aduertyse
you
therof
.
Frende
sayde
the
kyng
thou
haste
done
well
.
Nowe
goo
sayde
the
kyng
and
fetche
them
vnto
me
.
Then
departed
dyuers
offycers
with
the
hoost
for
to
go
and
fetche
Ualentine
the
whiche
thei
brought
with
his
seruauntes
before
the
kyng
of
Antioche
.
And
when
Ualentine
sawe
the
king
he
salued
him
highly
saying
.
¶
Syr
kynge
mahoune
in
whome
you
beleue
kepe
you
with
suche
power
as
he
hath
.
And
that
same
God
that
dyed
for
vs
on
the
crosse
succout
and
helpe
me
in
mine
aduersyte
.
Christian
sayde
the
kyng
thou
shewest
thy selfe
well
hardy
,
when
before
my
presence
thou
makest
memorye
of
thy
Jhesus
that
I
neuer
loued
nor
neuer
shall
.
So
I
let
the
Wy●e
that
of
two
thynges
it
behoueth
the
to
chose
one
or
els
suffre
death
.
Kyng
sayd
Ualentyne
saye
on
your
wyll
,
for
I
would
do
dyuers
thinges
or
I
suffre
deathe
,
notwithstandyng
that
I
haue
heard
say
that
the
christen
men
should
be
safe
in
youre
realme
for
paying
of
theyr
trybute
.
By
my
fayth
sayde
the
kyng
the
contrary
is
true
.
For
you
are
entred
without
my
lycence
,
wherfore
yf
you
wyll
escape
death
it
be
houeth
you
to
renounce
your
God
Jhesus
,
and
yf
that
you
wyll
not
do
it
you
must
fyght
with
an
horryble
serpente
,
that
by
the
espace
of
seuen
yeare
hath
bene
before
the
cytie
and
deuouted
so
manye
men
that
the
nombre
is
in
e●ymable
and
vnknowen
,
aduyse
you
of
the
two
thynges
whych
you
wyll
do
,
for
you
can
not
saue
your
lyfe
by
none
other
waye
,
and
valentyne
sayd
to
hym
.
Whan
I
must
do
it
by
force
the
playe
is
euyll
for
me
at
departynge
.
Not
for
that
tell
me
yf
it
please
you
yf
you
haue
sene
the
beest
,
and
of
what
fourme
and
stature
she
is
of
,
and
what
is
her
maners
and
facyons
.
Chrystyen
sayd
the
kyng
of
Antyoche
I
tell
the
that
I
haue
sene
the
beest
,
and
wyte
that
she
is
muche
hedyous
and
more
gretter
of
body
than
a
horse
,
and
she
hathe
also
wynges
ryght
great
,
and
fethered
lyke
a
Gryffon
,
and
hath
the
head
of
a
serpent
,
wyth
a
maruaylous
loke
,
the
skyn
couered
wyth
scales
muche
harde
&
thycke
as
fysshe
that
swymme
in
the
see
.
And
she
hath
also
the
fete
of
a
lyon
muche
great
and
sharper
than
any
kynfe
of
stele
.
¶
By
my
god
sayd
valentyne
by
this
that
you
tel
me
the
best
is
muche
ferefull
and
horryble
,
but
not
wythstandyng
all
her
force
and
strengthe
yf
you
wyll
bylene
in
Jhesu
chryst
that
for
vs
suffred
death
vpon
the
crosse
,
and
promyse
me
for
to
receyue
baptym
in
suche
case
that
I
conquere
the
beest
and
put
her
vnto
death
I
shall
goo
and
assaye
me
agaynst
her
,
&
put
my
body
in
daunger
wyth
out
ledynge
any
erthely
creature
wyth
me
by
the
grace
of
Jhesu
christ
,
Chrysten
sayd
the
kyng
I
swere
the
by
my
lawe
that
yf
thou
mayst
dystroye
her
I
and
all
my
men
shall
renounce
mahoune
and
doo
all
thy
pleasure
,
but
so
muche
dare
I
saye
that
thou
shalt
haue
no
puyssaunce
therto
,
for
there
wente
neuer
none
thether
yet
that
escaped
deuourynge
.
¶
Syr
sayd
valentyne
lette
me
dele
wyth
her
.
For
I
truste
me
so
muche
in
the
swete
Jesus
that
he
shall
be
my
swerde
and
defence
agaynst
the
false
beest
,
vpon
suche
a
touenaunt
that
you
shall
holde
me
promesse
.
Yes
sayde
the
kyng
thynke
for
to
worke
well
,
for
and
thou
mayste
delyuer
vs
from
the
beast
I
swere
to
the
by
my
God
mahoune
that
we
shall
take
thy
lawe
and
lene
our
.
Well
sayd
Ualentyne
I
shall
do
my
besy
payne
.
Then
he
demaunded
the
worke
men
of
the
cytie
and
made
them
make
a
shelde
ryght
subtylly
composed
.
And
in
that
same
shelde
he
made
to
fasten
a
great
sorte
of
longe
pryckes
of
fyne
stele
more
sharped
then
nedles
,
strong
and
surely
put
in
,
and
they
were
of
a
fote
length
.
And
when
the
shelde
was
thus
made
valentyne
put
on
his
harneis
and
his
helme
also
bokeled
to
his
head
,
after
he
toke
his
sworde
and
in
the
honoure
of
Jhesu
christe
kyssed
the
hylces
many
tymes
.
And
he
toke
his
leue
of
his
men
and
mounted
on
horsebacke
,
&
for
to
go
fyght
with
the
beast
yssued
of
the
cytie
.
Lytell
and
great
mounted
vpon
the
walles
toures
&
garettes
for
to
beholde
valentyne
.
And
when
he
was
out
of
the
cytie
,
the
portets
shytte
the
gates
after
hym
,
for
they
wende
well
for
a
truthe
that
he
shoulde
neuer
haue
retourned
.
Nowe
the
beast
is
of
suche
a
condycion
that
it
behoueth
them
to
deliuer
to
her
euery
daye
for
her
pray
a
beast
or
a
manne
,
and
if
they
fayled
for
to
geue
it
her
,
there
dutst
no
body
yssue
out
of
the
cytie
.
And
also
sone
as
they
had
delyuered
hym
his
praye
oute
of
the
cytie
she
retourned
into
her
place
and
there
kept
her
without
doyng
any
harme
to
any
body
.
And
therfore
it
was
of
custome
through
all
the
countrey
there
aboute
that
theues
and
murderers
and
all
euyll
folkes
that
by
sentence
and
iudgemente
were
condempned
to
deth
,
they
were
yelded
and
brought
into
the
cytie
of
Antyoche
,
for
to
be
geu●h
and
delyuered
vnto
the
cursed
and
vengeable
beast
to
be
deuoured
as
the
custome
of
the
said
city
was
And
with
this
there
was
certayne
men
that
rode
and
wente
vnto
the
portes
and
hauens
of
the
sea
for
to
gete
and
seke
good
christen
men
,
and
brought
them
vnto
the
forsayd
rytie
of
Antyoche
for
to
make
them
be
deuouted
of
the
serpente
.
And
when
the
serpent
apperceyued
Ualentyne
commyng
towarde
hym
he
closed
his
wynges
muche
fyerlly
in
castyng
out
of
his
mouth
by
great
haboundaunce
smoke
and
fyre
.
Ha
God
saide
Valentyne
helpe
me
and
preserue
me
from
entring
in
to
that
foule
passage
,
and
gyue
me
strengthe
and
puyssaunce
for
too
exalte
and
encrease
youre
lawe
.
Then
he
descended
of
his
hors
and
left
his
sharpe
axe
at
his
sadle
bowe
:
and
went
towarde
the
serpent
that
was
muche
proude
,
&
also
soone
as
he
approched
nere
hym
for
to
smyte
him
the
serpent
lyfte
vp
his
pawe
that
was
great
and
large
and
marueylously
sharpe
for
to
smyte
Ualentyne
,
but
he
cast
his
shelde
before
it
,
in
suche
maner
that
the
beast
smote
vpon
the
broches
that
were
sharpe
,
and
dyd
her selfe
great
hurte
,
in
castyng
out
a
hydeous
crye
and
drawyng
hymselfe
abacke
.
And
Ualentyne
pursued
her
that
had
a
hardy
courage
,
but
when
the
beast
sawe
hym
approche
she
rose
streight
vp
vpon
her
hinder
free
,
and
with
her
fore
fete
wende
for
to
haue
beten
downe
Valentyne
vnder
her
,
the
whiche
was
couered
with
the
shelde
,
and
for
the
doubte
of
the
shelde
she
withdrewe
her
abacke
.
¶
By
mahowne
and
termagaut
sayd
the
kyng
of
An
●●●che
that
was
within
his
palays
vpon
a
greate
and
a
hie
toure
,
se
yonder
a
knight
that
is
muche
valiaunt
and
hardy
,
the
whiche
ought
wel
to
be
praysed
and
honoured
.
And
vpon
the
other
syde
was
the
quene
that
hadde
to
name
Rozemonde
that
for
the
loue
of
Ualentyne
and
his
hardynes
was
profoundly
smyten
to
the
harte
with
an
ardaunt
desyre
of
loue
.
❧
Howe
the
serpente
toke
of
Ualentynes
helme
,
and
howe
Pacolet
armed
hym
and
brought
hym
another
helme
and
of
the
complayntes
that
the
Quene
Rozemonde
made
for
Ualentyne
.
Cap.
lxii
.
THe
batayll
was
ryght
tyers
without
the
cytie
betwene
Ualentyne
and
the
serpente
,
for
if
it
had
not
ben
the
prycked
sheld
that
the
beast
doubted
he
would
haue
casten
Ualentyne
vnto
the
earth
muche
quickely
,
but
he
helde
his
shelde
with
the
which
he
could
well
helpe
hym selfe
.
And
in
the
other
hande
he
helde
his
sworde
wherewith
he
gaue
the
serpente
a
marueylous
stroke
vnder
the
eare
,
but
the
stroke
was
soo
harde
that
he
brake
his
sworde
.
Ueray
God
sayde
Ualentine
helpe
me
and
succoure
me
agaynst
this
fende
that
is
so
hortyble
and
fyerse
.
Ualentyne
was
in
great
daunger
when
his
sworde
was
broken
,
for
the
beast
began
for
to
chaufe
her
,
and
smote
Ualentine
in
suche
maner
with
one
of
her
pawes
that
she
all
to
rente
his
harneis
with
her
nayles
.
Then
Ualentyne
drewe
out
a
sharpe
glayue
and
haste
it
soo
euen
at
the
beaste
that
it
entted
halfe
a
fote
in
to
her
throte
but
she
set
not
therby
.
Ualentyne
seyng
that
,
ranne
vnto
his
horse
and
tooke
the
axe
that
hanged
at
his
sadle
bowe
,
and
retourned
vnto
the
beast
in
makyng
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
before
hym
,
and
demaundyng
comforte
of
God
,
so
he
approched
nere
the
beaste
that
watched
hym
strongly
and
with
his
cuttyng
axe
smote
her
vpon
the
tayle
so
rudely
that
he
cut
the
skynne
vnto
the
bone
,
and
made
the
bloude
to
yssue
out
by
the
great
stremes
.
The
sarazyns
and
paynims
were
muche
abasshed
that
were
vpon
the
walles
of
the
great
prowesse
of
Ualentyne
.
And
the
quene
Rozemonde
that
behelde
hym
muche
gladly
sayde
vnto
herselfe
all
alone
.
Ha
knyght
fayre
syr
mahoune
helde
the
and
bryng
the
agayne
with
Joye
,
for
by
mahoune
in
whome
I
beleue
,
of
all
the
knyghtes
that
euer
I
sawe
my
harte
is
moost
taken
with
thy
loue
.
Thus
sayd
the
quene
Rozemonde
that
loued
hym
ardauntly
.
And
Valentyne
fyghteth
with
the
dragon
that
caste
her
heuy
tayle
oftentymes
at
hym
and
trauayled
hym
so
sore
that
she
had
all
mo
ost
smyten
him
downe
,
but
he
helde
his
axe
surely
,
with
the
whiche
he
coulde
well
playe
,
&
he
gaue
the
serpent
suche
a
stroke
that
he
cut
of
a
quarter
of
her
tayle
,
and
then
she
made
so
great
a
crie
that
al
the
cytie
sowned
therof
,
after
she
flewe
ouer
Valentins
head
and
pulled
of
his
helme
and
smote
hym
too
the
grounde
,
but
by
his
diligence
he
rose
vp
quickely
sorow
full
and
displeasaunt
that
his
head
was
bare
.
He
began
for
to
reclayme
God
and
the
virgyn
Marye
in
bewayllyng
oftentymes
the
tayre
Clerymonde
.
When
they
of
the
cytie
sawe
that
he
had
lost
his
helme
they
thought
well
that
he
should
neuer
escape
.
By
my
God
saide
the
Kyng
nowe
may
we
well
say
that
the
christen
knyght
shall
neuer
come
hether
agayne
.
Than
was
Pacolet
muche
sorowfull
&
pyteously
began
for
to
wepe
for
the
loue
of
Valentyne
.
Halas
said
he
make
the
gates
to
be
opened
to
me
,
and
delyuer
me
a
harneys
,
for
I
wil
this
daye
lyue
and
dye
with
my
maister
,
and
also
make
me
to
be
deliuered
a
helme
,
for
I
will
bere
it
hym
for
to
couer
his
head
,
Pacolet
was
armed
anone
and
a
helme
geuen
him
,
and
also
the
gates
opened
.
He
recommaunded
hym
vnto
God
and
went
rennyng
vnto
the
fielde
.
Ualentyne
sawe
hym
come
well
but
he
knewe
hym
not
,
&
Pacolet
cryed
vnto
hym
saying
,
syr.
I
am
your
seruaū●
that
by
long
tyme
hath
serued
you
,
and
that
for
to
succoure
your
body
agaynste
the
false
enemy
am
come
hether
.
Alas
frende
sayde
valentyne
,
here
it
behaueth
me
for
to
dye
,
for
of
all
my
fortunes
and
aduentures
I
haue
to
day
the
moost
daungerous
,
for
God
salue
my
father
and
my
mother
,
with
my
brother
Orson
that
I
haue
loued
so
derely
,
and
the
fayre
Clerymonde
also
if
euer
thou
mayst
se
her
.
And
for
Goddes
sake
my
frende
go
thy
waye
hence
&
come
no
more
agayne
.
For
when
you
shold
dye
with
me
I
should
haue
neuer
more
pfite
Euen
so
as
Pacolet
approached
to
Ualentine
for
to
giu●
hym
hys
helme
the
serpente
apperceyued
well
that
he
bare
not
the
shelde
as
he
other
dyd
/
the
came
to
Pacolet
and
toke
hym
by
the
lyfte
legge
and
pulled
hym
vnder
hym
gyuynge
hym
so
greate
a
stroke
wyth
hys
sharpe
pawe
that
he
wounded
him
through
hys
harneys
much
rudely
.
And
there
wolde
haue
slayne
hym
yf
it
had
not
bene
Ualentyne
that
wyth
hys
axe
smote
her
so
muche
that
he
smote
of
her
nose
and
putte
out
one
of
her
eyen
.
The
serpente
cryed
and
brayed
lyke
a
madde
beest
,
he
opened
hys
wynges
and
arose
vp
in
the
ayre
and
flewe
vp
vnto
a
highe
roche
.
Than
Ualentine
came
vnto
his
helme
for
to
haue
put
it
vpon
hys
head
,
but
as
he
thoughte
for
to
haue
taken
it
he
sawe
the
beest
comynge
,
soo
he
toke
hys
shelde
for
to
couer
hys
head
,
and
the
dragon
returned
agayne
vnto
the
ro●he
.
Than
Pacolet
put
the
helme
vpon
Ualentynes
head
.
¶
Syr
sayd
Pacolet
I
am
ryght
sore
wounded
on
my
body
,
wherfore
I
must
returne
into
the
cyte
for
to
hele
my
wounde
,
for
I
haue
loste
so
muche
bloode
that
my
heart
faylleth
me
.
Thus
they
toke
leue
,
but
also
soone
as
the
serpente
sawe
hym
a
good
way
of
she
opened
her
greare
wynges
and
flewe
to
warde
hym
.
And
Pacolet
that
apperceyued
her
commynge
returned
anone
vnto
hys
ma●ster
▪
&
the
dragon
went
and
assaylled
Ualentyne
,
and
in
fleyng
ouer
hym
wende
for
to
haue
cat●hed
hym
by
the
head
.
But
Ualentyne
threwe
hys
axe
so
well
in
poynt
that
he
cut
of
one
of
her
Wynges
,
for
the
whyche
the
beest
cast
ou●
so
horryble
a
cry
that
all
they
that
herde
●t
were
sore
abasshed
Sor●wful
was
the
serpent
whan
●●e
had
lost
her
wynge
for
she
myght
not
tha●
flee
Ualentyne
smote
of
the
other
wynge
also
,
●
the
batayl
was
so
great
be●●enc●●
.
that
Ualentyne
mygh
not
tourne
hym
about
the
beast
nor
lyft
vp
his
axe
he
was
so
wery
and
soo
trauaylled
.
He
did
so
muche
that
he
mounted
vpon
a
tree
for
to
rest
hym
.
And
the
beast
that
myght
not
flee
no
more
,
behelde
hym
muche
cruelly
▪
in
castynge
out
at
his
mouche
the
horrible
stynkyng
venym
and
great
smoke
.
❧
How
Ualentine
slew
the
dragon
through
the
grace
of
God
almyghty
.
And
howe
the
kyng
of
Antioche
receyued
hym
with
great
honoure
.
Cap.
lxiii
.
Syr
sayd
Pacolet
lenne
me
your
shelde
and
I
shal
go
towarde
the
beast
and
auenture
me
.
Frende
said
Ualentine
recorne
in
to
the
citie
&
hele
your
woundes
.
¶
For
if
it
please
God
the
beast
shall
not
be
ouercome
by
none
other
but
by
me
so
I
requyre
God
by
hys
grace
that
he
will
geue
me
the
puyssaunce
shortlye
for
to
conquere
her
.
And
that
I
may
doo
so
muche
that
the
kyng
of
Antioche
and
all
the
people
incredule
leue
the
lawe
dampnable
of
mahowne
,
&
take
the
lawe
catholyke
of
Ihesu
christe
.
After
that
he
h●d
sayd
these
wordes
he
descended
of
the
tree
in
makyng
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
,
and
went
to
warde
the
serpente
that
ran
against
hym
in
castyng
fyre
and
flambe
muche
dyspy●eouslye
.
Ualentyne
put
the
shelde
before
hym
that
the
serp●nce
doubted
&
with
the
axe
of
stele
smote
her
in
suche
wyse
that
he
cut
of
her
lefte
thygh
and
felled
it
to
the
earthe
.
The
serpent
cryed
more
hydeously
than
before
and
valentyne
that
was
hardy
to
pursue
his
stroke
came
too
her
,
and
thryste
his
axe
so
farforth
within
her
throte
that
at
that
houre
he
smote
her
downe
dead
,
in
castyng
oute
suche
a
smoke
that
all
they
that
behelde
it
were
muche
ama●ueyled
.
And
at
the
houre
that
the
serpente
was
dead
fell
downe
within
Antioche
a
great
squated
toure
,
and
the
turret●es
a
bowe
shot
about
it
fell
downe
also
.
The
paynyms
were
abasshed
of
that
greate
auenture
and
sayde
the
one
to
the
other
that
it
was
the
soule
of
the
deuyl
that
was
passed
that
waie
.
¶
when
the
kyng
was
besyde
hym
he
colled
hym
m●che
swetely
in
saying
vnto
hym
.
Free
knyght
of
all
the
other
moost
valyaunt
and
hardy
well
hath
your
God
shewed
that
he
wyll
loue
you
whan
by
your
great
prowesse
you
haue
deliuered
vs
from
the
enemy
that
dommaged
oure
lande
soo
muche
.
At
these
wordes
they
entred
in
to
the
cytie
,
and
mounted
in
to
the
palays
ryall
where
as
all
the
nyght
and
all
the
daye
folowyng
they
made
great
feaste
and
there
bothe
paynyms
and
sarazyns
for
the
victory
of
the
serpente
.
The
kynge
made
Ualentyne
to
bee
kepte
ryght
derely
and
heale
his
woundes
lytell
and
greate
▪
and
the
quene
Rozemonde
bare
hym
greate
honoure
&
reuerence
,
and
had
ryght
great
affection
for
to
speake
vnto
hym
,
for
she
was
so
enamoured
on
hym
from
the
fyrst
houre
that
she
sawe
hym
that
he
hadde
her
harte
entyerly
.
And
for
the
breunyng
of
her
loue
would
purchace
the
death
of
the
kyng
of
Antyoche
her
husbande
,
as
you
shall
heare
afterwarde
.
¶
Howe
Ualentyne
after
that
he
had
dyscomfyted
he
dragon
,
made
the
kyng
of
Antyoche
to
be
baptyzed
,
und
all
they
of
his
lande
,
and
of
the
quene
Roezmonde
that
was
enamoured
on
hym
.
¶
Capitulo
.
lxiiii
.
WHen
y●
good
knight
Ualentine
had
rested
him
a
litel
within
the
cytie
of
Antioche
,
&
healed
his
waundes
,
he
went
toward
the
kyng
&
said
to
hym
.
Sir
you
kn●we
that
you
haue
promysed
me
to
beleue
in
Jesu
christe
and
your
people
also
if
it
happened
soo
that
I
myght
deliuer
you
from
the
serpente
.
Nowe
God
hath
geuen
me
the
grace
that
I
haue
slayne
hym
,
and
therefore
syr
kepe
me
your
promyse
,
for
the
myracle
is
great
and
euydent
that
my
God
had
shewed
before
euery
body
,
for
you
knowe
that
by
corporall
strength
I
conquered
her
not
,
but
hath
bene
by
the
vertue
of
Jesu
christe
.
Free
knyght
sayd
the
kinge
knowe
that
I
wyll
holde
that
whiche
I
haue
promysed
you
,
and
my
wyl
is
to
renounce
mahoune
and
to
beleue
in
Jhesu
Christ
.
Than
he
made
to
crie
throughe
all
his
●ond
that
lytle
&
great
shoulde
beleue
in
Jesu
chryst
,
and
leue
the
lawe
of
mahommet
vpon
paine
of
death
.
Than
was
paynyms
&
sarazyns
baptised
and
cōuer●er
through
the
noble
Ual●ntyne
.
And
also
so
one
as
the
quene
myghte
she
sente
for
Ualentyne
into
her
secrete
chambre
,
the
whiche
went
towarde
her
in
contynent
.
Lady
sayd
Ualentyne
that
was
well
taught
you
haue
sente
for
me
,
and
I
am
comen
towarde
you
as
he
that
is
redy
and
apparaylled
for
to
accomplysshe
your
goodwyll
.
H●
said
the
lady
the
honoure
,
the
wysdome
,
the
strengthe
,
the
valyauntnes
●he
beaute
,
&
the
hardines
that
is
in
you
maketh
your
great
noblenes
to
be
praysed
and
honoured
aboue
al
the
lyuynge
creatures
,
and
for
the
vertues
that
are
in
you
tho
lady
that
sholde
be
byloued
of
you
myght
well
saye
that
of
all
the
knyghtes
she
had
the
moste
valyaunte
the
moost
noble
,
and
●he
moost
fayrest
.
Now
pleased
it
god
that
I
myght
do
my
wyll
,
and
that
I
were
not
subi●ete
to
no
bodye
,
for
I
take
it
vppon
my
soule
that
my
hearte
should
neuer
loue
other
than
you
,
yf
it
pleased
you
to
do
me
so
muche
g●ace
as
to
accepte
my
loue
.
¶
Lady
sayd
U●lentyne
of
as
muche
.
I
thanko
you
/
for
you
haue
wedded
a
kynge
muche
valyaunte
and
hardy
,
the
whyche
aboue
al
other
you
ought
to
loue
,
and
holde
dere
.
Knyght
sayd
the
lady
I
haue
loued
hym
longe
tyme
,
but
sythe
the
daye
that
I
sawe
you
my
hea●●
departed
not
f●ome
you
▪
whan
Ualentyne
apperceyued
that
the
lady
had●e
suche
a
courage
,
the
moost
swe●est
that
he
myght
he
excused
hym
towarde
the
●u●ne
of
hys
loue
.
¶
Ladye
sayd
Ualentyne
yf
the
kynge
knewe
it
he
wolde
neuer
rest
a
daye
tyll
that
he
had
put
me
vnto
death
,
now
he
is
olde
and
aun●yen●
and
you
are
a
●ayre
younge
lady
mo●he
I●cun●e
,
soo
you
muste
abyde
a
lytell
vnto
the
●●●turne
of
my
vyage
that
I
haue
enterprysed
to
go
vnto
the
holy
cyte
of
Jherusalem
for
to
vysyte
the
●●pul●●●
of
our●
lorde
Jhesu
christ
that
was
put
vpon
the
t●e
of
the
t●●fse
for
vs
.
And
at
my
retorny●ge
yf
it
happen
that
the
kyng●
be
deed
than
shall
I
accomplysshe
all
your
wyll
The
Qu●ne
Rozemonde
ansewred
neuer
a
worde
,
but
was
smytten
a●
the
heart
so
proudely
wyth
the
loue
of
valentyne
that
she
was
couetous
of
the
dethe
of
the
king
▪
and
of
hys
lyfe
enemye
,
as
it
happeneth
oftentymes
tha●●y
folysshe
loue
one
man
murdreth
another
,
and
dyuers
wyues
purchaseth
the
deth
of
theyr
husbandes
for
to
acheue
theyr
wyll
.
And
therfore
there
is
a
greate
daunger
to
loue
a
thynge
so
folysshly
by
the
whyche
so
many
euylles
maye
procede
,
as
the
Quene
Rozemonde
dyd
whyche
for
to
haue
valentyne
at
her
pleasure
,
the
nyght
whan
the
kynge
should
go
to
bedde
and
that
the
wyne
was
brought
by
a●
,
the
ladye
toke
the
cuppe
and
put
suche
venym
within
it
that
who
someuer
dyd
drinke
of
it
shuld
not
escape
death
,
after
in
signe
of
loue
she
presented
it
vnto
the
kynge
that
was
muche
●euoute
▪
and
in
makyng
a
●xosse
vpon
the
wyne
he
ap●erc●yued
the
poyson
.
By
my
fayth
sayd
the
kynge
lady
you
haue
faylled
but
I
promyse
to
god
that
hath
fourmed
all
the
worlde
that
suche
drynke
as
you
haue
brewed
I
shall
make
you
drynke
at
thys
houre
,
or
you
shall
tel
me
the
reason
wherfore
you
haue
enterprysed
suche
a
thynge
.
Alas
syr
sayd
the
lady
that
kneled
downe
vpon
her
kn●es
.
I
requyre
you
of
pardon
,
knowe
that
valentyne
for
to
haue
my
loue
hath
made
me
to
enterprise
thys
thing
.
By
god
lady
sayd
the
kynge
I
byleue
you
well
,
but
by
my
cepter
ryall
syth
that
you
haue
done
thys
thyng
by
euyll
counsell
I
pardon
you
.
That
nyghte
the
kynge
slepte
wyth
Rozemonde
,
the
which
in
kyssyng
and
collynge
hym
all
the
nyght
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Syr
I
requyre
you
that
you
wyl
put
valentyne
vnto
death
that
thus
wolde
haue
betrayed
me
.
Doubte
you
not
sayd
the
kinge
for
I
haue
wel
thought
it
.
Whan
the
quene
herde
that
she
was
muche
sorowfull
and
dyd
so
muche
that
nyght
that
she
spake
to
a
secrete
mayden
,
and
sent
her
vnto
valentyne
for
to
tel
hym
her
wyll
,
and
the
courage
that
the
kynge
had
agaynst
him
for
her
dede
.
And
whan
valentine
herde
the
tydynges
that
he
was
accused
●f
the
thyng
that
he
was
innocent
of
,
he
blyssed
hym
dyuers
tymes
sayenge
.
Swete
lady
what
is
it
of
the
courage
of
women
,
nowe
muste
I
for
the
loue
of
the
Quene
departe
from
hence
lyke
a
traytour
yf
I
wyll
not
dy
sooner
her
honour
before
euery
body
,
yet
loue
I
better
to
departe
out
of
this
countre
&
leue
all
than
her
dy
shonoure
should
be
knowen
by
me
.
¶
At
that
houre
he
made
hys
men
to
make
them
redy
,
and
before
the
daye
made
to
open
the
gates
.
So
incontynent
he
yssued
out
of
the
cyte
and
rode
so
muche
that
he
arryued
at
a
porte
of
the
see
,
and
founde
there
a
marchauntes
shyp
that
wolde
passe
ouer
the
see
.
He
entred
in
to
it
and
put
hym
amonge
the
other
,
in
prayenge
god
deuoutly
that
he
wolde
sende
hym
some
tydynges
of
the
fayre
Clerymonde
eyther
by
water
or
by
londe
.
¶
vpon
the
morowe
be
tymes
whan
the
kynge
of
Antyoche
was
rysen
vp
he
entred
into
hys
palays
and
myde
hys
barons
to
be
assembled
and
knyghtes
,
and
sayd
vnto
them
in
thys
maner
.
Lordes
I
am
muche
dyspleasaunt
in
my
heart
whan
by
the
man
that
I
moost
trusted
in
of
al
the
world
/
and
that
I
helde
the
derest
I
fynde
me
betrayed
&
deceyued
,
that
is
the
fals
Ualentyne
the
whych
by
hys
molyce
and
dysordynate
wyll
hathe
requyred
the
quene
my
wyfe
of
dyshonoure
And
hathe
put
her
in
courage
for
to
poyson
me
vyllaynously
and
make
me
dye
.
Wherfore
I
pray
you
to
counsayll
me
in
this
matter
,
and
what
Justyce
I
shal
do
on
hym
,
and
also
what
death
I
shall
make
hym
dye
.
Sy●
sayd
amuche
wise
baron
that
was
there
for
to
condempne
hym
in
his
absence
it
is
noo
reason
nor
true
Justyce
.
Nor
there
is
no
maner
of
man
be
he
neuer
soo
euyll
nor
●y●ydus
but
that
he
oughte
to
be
herde
in
hys
reasons
,
who
that
wolde
do
good
&
true
Justyce
to
euery
boby
.
Then
the
kyng
of
Antyoche
commaunded
that
valentyne
shold
be
brought
before
him
.
Then
his
hoost
came
in
to
the
palays
the
whiche
tolde
hym
that
valentyne
was
departed
before
the
breakyng
of
the
daye
from
his
house
wherof
the
kyng
was
ryght
sorowfull
and
made
his
men
to
be
armed
for
too
putsue
hym
,
but
of
asmuche
they
lost
their
payne
,
for
he
was
mounted
vpon
the
sea
as
you
haue
hearde
.
❧
Howe
the
kynge
of
Antyoche
was
put
vnto
death
for
the
renouncynge
of
mahowne
by
Brandyffer
his
wyues
father
.
And
howe
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
&
the
Grece
knyght
were
taken
prysoners
by
Brandyffer
before
the
cycie
of
Cretophe
.
❧
Capitulo
.
lxv
.
SOne
after
that
the
kyng
of
Anticche
was
con
uerted
too
the
holy
faythe
,
the
father
of
his
wyfe
Rozemonde
a
paynym
that
was
called
Brandyffer
,
and
amonge
the
other
princes
of
turkye
the
moost
experte
in
watre
,
and
was
also
tyght
hardye
.
So
he
had
great
dispite
of
the
kyng
that
had
left
their
lawe
.
And
sent
him
worde
that
he
should
sende
hym
his
doughter
Rozemonde
.
Ot
the
whiche
thynge
the
kyng
of
Antioche
gaynesayed
hym
vtterly
.
And
for
that
same
refuse
Brandyster
that
was
lorde
of
falyzee
with
a
hondred
thousande
paynyms
came
and
assyeged
the
kynge
of
Antioche
within
his
cytie
.
And
he
dyd
so
muche
by
his
armes
that
within
foure
monethes
the
cytie
was
delyuered
vnto
hym
by
a
false
traytout
,
and
there
was
the
king
taken
of
his
enemies
the
whiche
made
hym
to
be
put
vnto
death
in
the
myddes
of
the
cytie
because
that
he
would
not
renounce
the
faythe
of
Thesu
christ
after
he
sent
his
doughter
Rozemonde
into
his
countrey
,
and
of
the
realme
of
Antyoche
made
hymselfe
too
be
crowned
kynge
.
After
these
thynges
done
he
put
hymselfe
vpon
the
sea
for
to
retorne
into
his
realme
,
but
by
orage
and
tempest
he
descended
in
the
lande
of
Grece
beside
a
tytie
named
Cretophe
the
which
was
a
great
&
a
large
citie
.
Now
it
happened
that
for
certayne
thinges
the
Emperour
of
Grece
was
newely
atryued
there
,
and
fortune
was
so
peruers
that
he
whiche
knewe
nothyng
of
the
commyng
of
the
paynyms
yssued
out
of
the
cytie
accompanied
of
the
grene
knyght
and
dyuers
other
lordes
strong
and
valyaunt
for
to
take
their
disporde
,
but
in
an
cuill
houre
yssued
they
without
garde
and
watche
,
for
by
the
men
of
bran
dyffer
that
no
body
knewe
of
the
emperoure
&
the
grene
knyght
were
taken
,
and
all
they
of
their
company
were
taken
and
discomfyted
.
And
at
that
same
houre
the
pay
nyms
ronne
vnto
the
gates
of
Cretophe
,
where
as
they
loste
theyr
payne
,
for
the
cytie
was
strong
and
gatny
shed
with
suche
men
that
it
behoued
them
to
returne
sodaynly
agayne
.
Angrye
and
sorowfull
were
they
of
Cretophe
for
the
losse
of
the
Emperoure
and
the
grene
knyght
,
for
the
whiche
they
made
a
letter
and
sente
it
by
a
heraude
to
the
Empresse
Bellyssant
,
in
maundyng
her
tydynges
of
the
taking
of
the
Emperour
and
demaundyng
succour
agaynst
their
enemies
,
to
the
end
that
the
paynyms
should
not
lede
the
Emperoure
in
to
their
countrey
.
¶
Sorowfull
was
the
lady
for
the
takyng
of
her
husbande
and
wept
without
ceasyng
.
She
sent
for
her
captaynes
and
made
to
assemble
men
of
armes
throughe
all
the
Empyre
of
Grece
in
great
dylygence
.
And
on
the
other
syde
she
sent
heraudes
to
warde
the
realme
of
Fraunce
,
for
to
haue
succoure
of
her
brother
kyng
Pepyn
and
of
her
sonne
Orson
,
&
comfort
in
her
aduetsite
.
Within
a
shorte
time
yssued
out
of
the
cytie
of
Constantinoble
a
great
hoost
of
them
of
the
countrey
of
Grece
for
to
go
vnto
Cretophe
to
succoure
the
emperoure
agaynst
Brandiffer
.
But
that
same
Brandiffer
that
was
subtyll
and
malicious
,
had
put
tyders
in
the
countrey
aboute
,
by
the
whiche
he
knewe
the
enterpryse
of
the
Grekes
.
And
for
seare
of
their
puyssaunce
&
to
lese
his
prysoners
,
with
all
his
hoost
entred
in
to
the
sea
,
and
they
rowed
and
sayled
so
muche
that
they
arryued
within
a
lytel
whyle
in
Lize
,
and
in
that
place
they
toke
grounde
and
went
vnto
a
strong
castell
that
was
called
so
,
in
the
whiche
he
made
to
be
kept
prceyouslye
his
two
doughters
Rozemonde
and
Galyze
,
that
passed
al
other
creatures
in
beaute
.
And
for
the
great
beau
te
of
her
she
had
ben
demaunded
of
her
father
Brandiefer
that
same
yeare
by
fourtene
kynges
strong
and
puissaunt
.
And
because
that
Brandyffer
woulde
not
mary
her
yet
he
made
her
to
be
kepte
sumptuously
in
that
castell
,
because
that
it
was
the
strongest
of
all
his
lande
.
That
same
castell
was
hyghe
,
and
had
manye
greate
thycke
squate
coutes
,
and
wel
fortefyed
,
in
the
middes
of
the
castell
was
a
dongeon
of
latyn
which
had
a
double
gate
of
yron
strong
and
thycke
.
The
castell
was
enuyroned
with
deye
dytches
full
of
rennyng
water
,
and
in
the
myddes
of
the
castell
and
of
the
dyche
there
was
a
brydge
composed
so
subtylly
that
there
myght
passe
but
one
man
at
ones
.
For
&
it
twayne
would
haue
passed
they
should
fall
bothe
in
to
the
rennyng
water
and
there
be
drowned
.
And
at
the
ende
of
that
same
brydge
,
there
was
two
horryble
lyons
and
strong
that
kept
the
entre
of
the
castell
.
In
the
dongeon
was
the
mayden
galazye
kepte
.
And
vnder
the
sayde
dongeon
was
a
caue
ryght
profounde
and
depe
,
in
the
whiche
the
Emperour
and
the
grene
knyght
was
put
with
ten
other
christen
men
the
whiche
remayned
there
in
captyuyte
by
the
espace
of
many
yeares
in
great
anguyshe
.
So
I
shall
leue
you
to
speake
of
this
matter
and
shall
tel
you
hereafter
ensewyng
of
the
fayre
lady
Clerymonde
the
which
the
kynge
of
ynde
the
great
helde
in
his
house
as
I
haue
made
you
mencion
of
before
.
¶
Howe
the
fayre
Clerimonde
after
that
the
yere
was
complete
did
counterfet
the
seeke
woman
too
the
ende
that
the
kyng
of
Ynde
should
not
wedde
her
.
And
of
the
kyng
Lucar
that
woulde
auenge
the
death
of
Tromparte
his
father
agaynst
the
kyng
of
ynde
❧
Capitulo
.
lxvi
▪
NOwe
you
haue
well
harde
recyted
●
tolde
howe
the
kyng
of
Inde
after
that
he
had
put
kyng
Trompat●e
vnto
death
that
on
the
horse
of
Pacolet
had
ledde
awaye
the
fayre
Clerymonde
.
the
same
kyng
of
Inde
would
take
vnto
wyfe
the
forsayd
Clerymonde
the
whiche
●s
subtyll
and
wise
and
wel
●aught
made
him
beleue
that
she
had
made
an
othe
and
auowe
vnto
the
goddes
that
she
should
neuer
haue
habitacion
with
man
tyl
a
yere
were
●inished
.
And
that
same
terme
the
king
gaue
her
,
duryng
the
whiche
tyme
the
kynge
made
her
to
be
sumptuously
kepte
in
great
honoure
.
Nowe
the
lady
had
purpensed
this
thyng
by
dyssymulacion
for
to
prolonge
the
tyme
,
tau●tyng
that
she
shoul●e
haue
succoure
in
that
time
of
her
dolorous
fortune
and
my
sauenture
.
But
of
her
hope
she
was
ryght
ferre
and
deceiued
for
duryng
that
tyme
she
had
no
comforte
of
no
body
.
And
so
the
terme
was
fayled
and
the
yeare
fynyshed
.
I
shall
tell
you
wheron
she
aduysed
her
for
too
kepe
her
fayth
and
her
promyse
vnto
the
noble
knyght
Ualentyne
▪
¶
When
the
fayre
lady
Clerymonde
sawe
and
ap
perceyued
that
the
terme
was
passed
,
&
that
she
coulde
lynde
no
more
excusacion
to
the
kyng
of
Ynde
,
she
was
●yght
sorowfull
and
displeasaunt
in
her●e
.
Euet
●●e
desyred
Ualentyne
in
bewaylyng
hym
with
pyteous
syghes
,
and
bytter
teates
.
And
when
she
had
thought
&
consydered
her
pyteous
fortune
,
for
to
maynteyne
her
honoure
the
more
honestlyet
,
and
flee
and
●lshe
we
shame
and
blame
one
morning
she
abode
in
her
bedde
and
rose
not
,
and
sayde
that
she
was
syke
in
complaynyng
her
head
muche
pyteously
.
The
tidinges
came
vnto
the
kyng
of
ynde
anone
that
the
fayre
Clerymonde
was
syke
,
wherof
he
was
ryght
displeasaunt
,
and
inc●ntynent
came
in
to
the
chambre
for
to
vysyte
her
.
But
soo
as
he
woulde
haue
set
his
hande
vpon
her
head
for
to
haue
comforted
her
,
she
toke
his
arme
and
lifte
vp
her
head
a
hie
makyng
sygnes
that
she
woulde
hyte
him
,
of
the
whiche
he
was
muche
ameruayled
,
after
the
lady
turned
her
eyen
in
her
head
,
in
frouncynge
her
face
demeanynge
a
foule
lyfe
in
suche
wyse
that
the
kynge
of
ynde
was
to
muche
abas●●●
for
to
beholde
her
,
and
yssued
out
of
the
chambre
for
great
fere
,
and
made
the
ladyes
to
goo
and
vysyte
the
fayre
lady
Clerymonde
sayenge
vnto
them
.
For
god
kepe
wel
my
loue
Clerymonde
for
by
mahoune
I
doubte
me
sore
that
she
wyll
be
mad
and
out
of
her
wytte
.
In
thys
wyse
dyd
the
lady
abyde
longe
tyme
,
and
she
made
it
so
well
that
wythin
fyftene
dayes
she
semed
morel●kely
a
veest
than
a
resonable
woman
.
She
was
of
so
cruell
and
folysshe
maners
that
all
the
seruauntes
lytie
and
greate
,
ladyes
and
dameyselles
habandoned
her
,
and
abode
wythout
companye
.
Wyth
her
teth
and
nayles
she
bote
and
scratched
all
them
that
wolde
approche
nere
her
.
And
by
her
greate
crudelyte
she
was
locked
all
alone
in
her
chambre
,
and
by
a
wynd●we
they
gaue
her
meat
and
drynke
as
to
a
beest
.
On
the
daye
the
made
the
semblaunt
that
her
maladye
●ncreased
,
and
al
to
rente
her
clothes
,
she
put
her
smoch
vpon
her
gowne
somtyme
and
another
tyme
that
aboue
bynethe
,
●●e
rubbed
her
handes
in
a
chymneye
and
after
stryked
her
face
wythall
in
suche
manere
that
her
pleasaunt
face
well
coloured
was
becomen
blacke
and
smoked
.
In
that
estate
the
kynge
came
and
sawe
her
/
the
whiche
was
right
sorowful
at
hys
heart
for
her
demeanour
.
Halas
lady
sayd
he
it
gothe
to
euyl
wyth
me
whan
I
se
you
in
thys
case
,
for
now
was
comen
the
tyme
that
I
should
haue
had
all
sola●e
and
al
pleasure
of
you
.
Lady
take
vnto
you
some
comforte
and
be
not
soo
vnpacyent
in
your
aduersyte
.
¶
whan
the
fayre
Clery
monde
vnderstode
hys
la●guage
she
made
to
semblaunte
for
to
here
hym
,
but
,
more
than
before
counterfet
the
madde
woman
,
in
lepynge
agaynst
the
chymney
,
and
with
her
handes
made
her
face
blacke
,
one
tyme
she
laughed
gracyously
,
&
another
tyme
made
pyteous
syghes
Thus
wyth
laughynge
,
wepynge
,
&
syghynge
her
countenaunce
was
medled
,
for
to
kepe
her
en●e●pryse
moost
secretly
and
her
honoure
.
By
mahoune
sayd
the
kynge
of
ynde
of
al
the
thynges
that
euer
I
sawe
this
passeth
Now
I
shall
tell
you
what
you
shal
do
.
I
wyl
that
the
lady
be
●edde
into
the
maho●merye
before
our
goddes
and
that
we
make
all
prayers
for
her
that
they
wyll
helpe
her
and
socoure
her
of
her
malady
.
Euen
so
as
the
kynge
had
sayd
the
thyng
was
done
,
and
the
lady
ledde
vnto
the
temple
,
but
the
more
nerer
that
they
set
her
to
they
●age
of
mahoune
and
of
hys
auter
,
soo
muche
the
more
she
made
semblaunt
that
her
maladye
encreased
.
And
whan
the
kynge
sawe
that
there
was
no
remedye
for
to
aswage
her
maladye
,
he
made
her
to
be
ledde
in
to
her
chambre
agayne
as
she
was
before
,
where
as
she
contynued
her
enterpryse
vpon
a
stedfast
hope
to
fynde
valentyne
of
the
whyche
I
wyll
speke
to
you
.
That
same
knyght
valentyne
wyth
an
ardaunt
desyre
rode
in
the
countre
wyth
Pacolet
for
to
seke
the
fayre
lady
clerymonde
,
the
whyche
wolde
not
habandone
hym
no
day
nowe
they
rode
soo
muche
that
they
arryued
in
Escla●
▪
dye
,
whyche
was
the
londe
of
kynge
Tromparte
,
that
had
caryed
awaye
the
fayre
Clerymonde
vpon
the
hors
of
wodde
that
was
Pacolettes
as
sayd
is
.
They
demaunded
in
that
same
cyte
tydynges
of
kynge
Trompart
,
&
they
recounted
vnto
them
the
maner
how
he
was
slayne
before
ynde
the
great
.
And
how
hys
sone
Lucar
wold●
aueuge
hys
death
vpon
the
kynge
of
ynde
the
greter
and
howe
that
for
to
accomplysi●e
it
he
had
assembled
fyftene
kynges
▪
wyth
many
knightes
&
soudy●urs
that
wolde
serue
hym
for
money
and
go
in
the
warre
.
Than
spake
Pacolet
that
could
well
the
language
of
the
countree
and
demaunded
hys
hoost
moore
playnly
tydynges
of
the
estate
of
that
same
kynge
Lucar
.
And
hys
hoost
recounted
vnto
hym
howe
he
had
handfast
and
promysed
and
take
vnto
wyfe
the
doughter
of
Brandyffer
that
had
bene
wedded
before
to
the
kynge
of
Antyoche
,
the
whych
had
ben
dyscomfyted
by
the
sayd
Brandyffer
because
that
he
dyd
renounce
the
lawe
of
mahoune
.
For
to
here
suche
tydynges
Ualentyne
was
muche
abas●hed
.
And
vpon
the
fortunes
of
the
worlde
he
began
strongly
to
thynke
by
hym selfe
/
consyderynge
the
great
inconuenyentes
and
debates
that
had
befallen
,
and
contynually
do
from
day
to
daye
.
Whan
he
had
studyed
a
lyttell
vpon
that
thynge
he
sayd
vnto
his
hoost
.
Hoost
tell
me
what
is
becomen
of
a
lady
ryght
fayre
that
kynge
Tromparde
brought
wyth
hym
.
By
mahoune
sayd
the
hoost
we
haue
hadde
no
tydynges
therofhere
.
Nowe
tell
me
sayd
Ualentyne
where
is
kynge
Lucar
at
this
present
tyme
,
for
I
haue
great
courage
for
to
go
and
take
wages
vnder
hym
,
bycause
that
my
moneye
is
faylled
,
and
on
the
other
syde
I
haue
greate
desyre
for
to
folowe
the
warre
.
Lorde
sayd
the
hoost
the
kynge
Lucar
is
in
Esclardye
&
there
you
shall
fynde
hym
accompanyed
wyth
a
hondred
thousadd
sarazyns
.
For
he
abydeth
Brandiffer
that
should
brynge
hys
doughter
into
that
same
place
for
to
wedde
her
to
hym
.
Whan
Ualentyne
vnderstode
all
these
thynges
that
he
tolde
hym
,
he
hadde
ryghte
great
truste
for
to
here
some
tydynges
of
the
fayre
Clerymonde
.
Than
he
departed
from
the
cyte
and
roode
to
warde
Esclardye
faynynge
for
to
haue
great
desyre
to
serue
king
Lucar
,
but
more
greatly
touched
him
the
maner
at
the
harte
howe
he
myght
haue
the
fayre
Clerymonde
vnto
wyfe
.
❧
Howe
the
kyng
Lucar
in
the
fayre
and
great
cytie
of
Esclardie
wedded
and
toke
vnto
wife
the
fayre
and
gracious
Rozemonde
.
Capit.
lxvii
.
RYght
so
as
the
king
Lucar
highly
and
puyssauntly
accompanied
in
great
and
sumptuous
estate
in
the
citie
of
Esclardy
,
Blandiffer
arriued
that
brought
his
doughter
with
hym
.
And
when
kyng
Lucar
knewe
the
tydynges
he
yssued
out
of
the
cytie
with
a
tryumphaunt
companye
agaynst
hym
.
For
to
se
Rozemonde
kyng
Lucar
was
muche
ioyous
,
but
of
as
muche
as
he
▪
was
ioyous
the
Ladye
was
dyspleasaunt
,
for
of
all
the
other
she
wolde
his
moost
euyll
,
and
loued
hym
not
,
but
euer
bewayled
Ualentyne
.
The
lady
was
ledde
in
to
the
halle
ryall
conueyed
with
dyuers
greate
kynges
.
And
before
the
ymage
of
mahoune
she
was
wedded
vnto
the
kyng
Lucar
.
Nowe
it
nedeth
not
to
demaunde
of
the
feaste
nor
of
the
estates
that
was
there
,
nor
of
the
riche
giftes
that
was
geuen
.
¶
Ualentyne
to●de
in
the
fieldes
ardaun●
for
to
come
vnto
his
entencion
.
It
happened
soo
as
he
arryued
at
the
entre
of
a
wodde
that
was
ryght
grene
and
plesaunt
,
he
harde
and
vnderstoode
the
voyce
of
a
pleasaunt
lady
ryght
fayre
and
gracious
,
the
whiche
●
sarazyn
helde
by
force
vnder
a
tree
▪
&
would
haue
done
his
pleasure
.
And
when
Ualentyne
vnderstoode
it
,
he
sayd
vnto
Pacolet
.
Frende
ride
we
●aste
and
make
dilygence
,
for
I
haue
hear
a
woman
in
this
wodde
that
cryed
ryght
hyghe
and
demeaneth
great
sorowe
▪
so
we
shall
do
great
almesse
for
to
succour
her
.
Syr
sayd
Pacolet
leue
the
lady
and
medle
not
so
muche
of
her
feate
▪
for
you
wo●e
not
what
it
is
,
parauen●ure
she
doth
it
for
a
gyle
,
and
it
may
turne
you
soner
vnto
euil
than
good
Pacolet
sayde
Ualeytyne
▪
you
speake
folyshely
,
for
the
man
is
not
noble
that
helpeth
not
the
ladyes
in
their
necessities
,
and
putteth
his
body
in
auenture
for
to
saue
their
honoure
▪
Than
he
sporred
his
horse
and
entred
in
to
the
wodde
,
so
he
apperceyued
the
lady
that
the
sarazyn
helde
vnder
him
.
Syr
sayd
Ualentyne
leue
your
enterpryse
,
for
if
you
wyll
haue
the
lady
at
your
wyll
,
it
behoueth
you
to
proue
your
body
agaynst
mine
,
you
may
wel
knowe
that
she
setteth
not
by
your
loue
,
so
it
behoueth
you
to
leue
her
or
els
to
haue
warre
agaynst
me
.
By
mahoune
sayde
the
paynym
I
vtter
you
the
warre
at
your
own
wil.
But
I
tell
the
hyghly
and
let
the
wyt
that
in
an
euyll
houre
art
thou
arriued
here
for
to
come
and
let
me
of
my
pleasure
without
hauyng
anye
occasyon
.
At
these
wordes
he
left
the
lady
and
mounted
vpon
his
horse
that
was
besyde
hym
tyed
vnto
a
tree
,
&
with
his
shelde
couered
hym
,
and
tooke
his
spere
,
after
they
fetched
their
course
,
but
the
noble
and
valiaunt
knight
valentyne
came
with
so
great
a
courage
agaynste
the
paynym
and
sarazyn
that
he
passed
hym
clene
throughout
halue
a
yerde
,
so
that
he
fel
downe
dead
to
the
earth
.
And
when
he
had
done
soo
he
wente
vnto
the
mayden
and
sayde
vnto
her
.
Damoysell
nowe
are
you
auenged
of
your
enemye
at
this
presente
houre
,
soo
I
praye
you
that
you
wyll
tell
me
howe
and
in
what
maner
this
coursed
man
hath
brought
you
into
this
wodde
.
Alas
syr
sayd
she
I
shall
tel
you
all
the
truthe
.
Knowe
that
yesternight
late
he
came
into
my
fathers
house
for
to
lodge
him
,
and
for
to
haue
my
body
the
better
at
his
will
and
leade
me
at
his
pleasure
,
this
nighte
he
went
into
the
chambre
of
my
father
and
there
slewe
him
and
murdred
hym
falsly
.
After
he
hath
brought
me
hether
by
force
for
to
deflore
me
of
myne
honoure
vytuperablye
from
the
whiche
thyng
by
your
valiauntnes
&
prowes
I
am
deliuered
&
kept
to
daye
,
and
saued
mine
honour
.
●o
maye
you
at
this
time
doo
and
accomplysshe
youre
good
pleasure
,
for
as
a
hardy
champion
in
the
daunger
of
your
body
you
haue
conquered
me
&
wonne
the
Dam●ysell
sayd
the
valyaun●e
knyght
Valentyne
by
me
your
gentyl
body
shal
haue
no
dommage
nor
vylany
.
Returne
into
your
house
and
thinke
to
dwel
and
kepe
well
your
honour
.
Than
Ualentine
lefte
the
mayden
and
toke
his
way
towarde
Esclardye
,
and
the
men
of
the
sarazin
came
towerde
their
mayster
,
but
also
soone
as
they
founde
him
deed
vpon
the
grasse
,
without
ony
so●ouminge
they
smote
theyr
horses
with
the
sportes
for
to
go
vnto
Esclardye
to
tell
the
tydinges
.
They
en●red
into
the
●yce
and
wente
vn●o
kinge
Lucat
muche
discomforted
,
and
sayd
vnto
him
.
Redoubted
s●●
right
euill
gothe
oure
fe●te
,
for
our
good
mayster
the
Marshall
that
you
haue
loued
so
muche
hath
ben
presently
slayne
in
a
wodde
by
theues
.
The
kyng
was
ryght
sorowfull
therfore
and
wyth
a
great
quanty●e
of
men
yssued
out
of
the
cyte
.
And
whan
they
were
wythout
they
sawe
valentyne
comynge
and
sayd
to
the
kynge
.
Syr
se
hym
here
that
hath
slayne
and
murdred
your
Marshall
.
Than
v●lentyne
was
taken
and
all
they
of
hys
company
by
the
sarazyns
,
and
were
straytely
bounden
in
betynge
and
strykynge
them
by
the
comaundement
of
the
kynge
.
Nowe
Ro●emonde
was
in
the
same
castel
the
wh●ch
knewe
valentyne
incontinent
,
for
the
which
thyng
she
was
ryght
sore
taken
at
the
heart
,
and
for
the
great
loue
that
we
loued
hym
she
wente
anone
towarde
the
kynge
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Alas
syr
kepe
you
well
from
makynge
this
valyaunt
knyght
dye
that
for
your
prysoner
hath
bene
brought
he●her
for
I
swere
&
promise
you
that
of
all
the
valiaunt
courages
he
is
the
moost
hardy
,
he
is
the
souerayne
&
ought
to
bere
away
the
excellence
.
Syr
it
is
the
same
knyght
Ualentyne
of
the
countrey
of
Fraunce
that
by
his
valyauntnes
before
the
cytie
of
Antyoche
slewe
the
horryble
dragon
,
keepe
hym
derely
and
retayne
hym
in
your
wages
,
for
in
the
worlde
there
is
not
so
vyctorious
a
man
,
yf
you
keepe
hym
and
haue
some
great
batall
against
your
enemyes
by
hym
you
may
haue
vyctory
.
Lady
sayde
the
kynge
dyuers
tymes
I
haue
heard
speake
of
his
great
prowesse
▪
and
I
haue
desyred
muche
to
se
him
in
my
court
.
Syth
he
called
Ualentyne
and
sayd
to
him
.
Knyght
haue
no
feare
for
to
dye
,
for
knowe
that
aboue
all
other
I
wyll
loue
you
and
holde
you
dere
,
and
all
your
men
receyue
vnto
my
wages
,
but
there
is
so
muche
that
you
muste
do
a
message
for
me
that
is
that
you
shall
goo
in
to
Yndy
the
great
and
saye
vnto
the
kyng
that
I
defye
him
,
&
that
I
am
redy
and
apparayled
with
my
puyssaunce
for
to
go
and
auenge
the
death
of
my
father
the
kyng
Trompart
,
the
whiche
he
hath
made
to
dye
cruelly
.
And
tell
hym
that
I
somone
hym
to
come
towarde
me
within
my
palays
before
all
the
baronnye
with
the
corde
about
his
necke
,
redy
and
apparayled
for
to
receiue
suche
death
as
by
the
assystentes
of
my
courte
ryall
shall
be
Judged
and
condampned
.
And
if
he
wyll
not
come
you
shall
tell
hym
that
within
short
tyme
I
shall
go
and
se
hym
and
vysyte
with
so
great
a
companye
that
there
shall
not
be
left
hym
castell
to
wne
nor
cytie
but
that
I
shall
destroye
theym
.
And
I
shall
neyther
leue
man
woman
nor
chylde
on
lyue
.
¶
Syr
sayd
Ualentyne
I
shall
do
the
message
well
and
sufficiently
soo
that
you
shall
be
contente
.
I
knowe
well
sayde
Valentyne
that
you
wyll
sende
me
in
a
daungerous
place
,
but
I
haue
●●●●te
in
Jhesu
chryste
and
in
the
blessed
vyrgynmary
the
whyche
haue
kepte
me
from
dyuers
greate
perylles
to
spede
ryght
well
.
¶
How
the
noble
knyght
Ualentyne
departed
from
Esclardye
for
to
go
in
to
the
myghty
and
puyssaunte
cytie
of
Ynde
the
great
for
to
bere
the
defyaunce
of
the
kyng
Lucar
.
Ca.
lxviii
.
AS
the
quene
Rozemónde
sawe
that
Ualentyne
was
redy
for
to
go
in
to
ynde
the
more
for
to
defye
the
kynge
/
she
entred
into
her
chambre
,
and
by
adamoysell
she
sente
for
Ualentyne
secretly
,
the
whyche
came
gladly
towarde
her
,
and
salued
her
in
great
reuerence
.
Knyght
sayd
the
lady
you
are
welcome
,
for
aboue
all
other
I
had
great
d●syre
vnto
you
▪
Lady
sayd
Ualentyne
yf
you
had
greate
acyffecon
for
to
se
me
,
so
hadde
I
to
se
you
,
Sith
that
I
sawe
you
the
thynge
is
well
chaunged
,
for
I
haue
vnderstanden
that
your
husband
the
kyng
of
Antyoche
is
dead
syth
my
departynge
,
and
of
late
you
are
maryed
vnto
another
.
Nowe
ye
myght
well
knowe
that
for
the
loue
of
you
wythin
Antyoche
I
was
charged
wyth
dyshonoure
in
peryll
and
daunger
to
lose
my
lyfe
.
It
is
true
sayd
the
lady
of
that
I
knowledge
my selfe
gyltye
for
the
great
loue
that
I
hadde
vnto
you
made
me
to
do
that
thynge
,
but
knowe
that
to
day
I
shall
recomp●nce
you
of
the
faute
that
I
dyd
to
you
than
.
For
howe
well
that
my
father
and
my
mother
haue
gyuen
me
vnto
the
kynge
Lucar
the
whyche
is
pleasaunte
and
ryche
aboue
all
other
yet
shal
my
heart
neuer
loue
hym
(
and
not
with
out
a
cause
)
for
not
wythstandynge
hys
rychesse
&
great
parentage
,
knowe
that
of
all
the
other
he
is
the
moost
false
traytoure
.
And
yet
I
tell
you
that
sythe
you
haue
ben
in
thys
palays
,
he
is
entred
into
so
greate
a
I
〈…〉
usy
that
he
may
not
endure
it
,
nor
wyth
good
heart
beholde
you
.
And
to
the
ende
that
he
maye
be
the
more
honestlye
rydded
of
you
he
sendeth
you
into
ynde
trustynge
that
you
shall
neuer
retorne
,
for
he
hadde
neuer
tydynges
of
none
yet
that
he
hath
sent
thether
,
for
the
kynge
of
yn●●
hath
put
them
all
to
death
.
But
of
hys
ent●ncyon
by
me
he
shall
be
deceyued
and
begyled
,
for
from
that
same
daunger
and
great
peryll
I
shall
kepe
you
and
saue
you
and
I
shall
tell
you
by
what
manerof
wyse
.
Free
knyghte
knowe
that
it
is
not
longe
ago
sythe
that
thys
same
kynge
of
ynde
made
me
to
be
demaunded
for
wyfe
▪
And
that
it
is
true
I
loued
hym
muche
more
dere●
then
the
kyng
Lucar
that
is
a
traytour
,
and
of
vgly
facyon
and
dyspleasaunt
for
to
beholde
and
in
speking
vngra
cious
&
lytell
curtesy
.
But
with
the
will
of
my
father
that
was
vnto
myne
contrary
I
was
refused
vnto
the
kyng
ynde
,
and
gyuen
vnto
the
kyng
Lucar
.
Nowe
it
is
true
that
the
same
kyng
of
ynde
for
acquayntaunce
of
loue
sende
me
a
ringe
ryght
ryche
that
which
I
haue
derely
kept
with
all
my
harte
for
the
loue
of
hym
,
and
knowe
that
I
neuer
tolde
it
to
no
man
lyuyng
saue
too
you
.
But
for
as
muche
as
I
haue
sene
the
falsnes
&
ma
ladiccion
of
Lucar
the
whiche
sendeth
you
in
to
ynde
for
to
be
delyuered
of
you
I
shall
geue
you
comforte
with
all
my
puyssaunce
that
shall
kepe
you
from
perill
,
and
shall
acheue
your
message
and
retourne
hether
agayne
as
a
hardy
and
a
valyaunt
knyght
.
And
howe
wel
that
I
wote
and
knowe
for
certayn
that
of
my
loue
you
haue
no
nede
,
and
that
you
are
promised
vnto
another
la
dy
more
hyghe
more
fayrer
,
and
more
excellenter
then
I
am
,
yet
wyll
I
not
forget
the
loue
that
my
harte
was
taken
with
for
you
when
I
sawe
you
within
the
cytie
of
Antyoche
as
you
conquered
and
vanquished
the
horryble
dragon
.
And
for
the
thynges
aboue
sayd
for
to
encrease
your
honoure
I
shall
tell
you
what
you
shall
do
when
you
shall
be
afore
the
kyng
of
ynde
arryued
after
the
reuerence
made
and
the
salute
geuen
fro
the
kynge
Lucar
that
sendeth
you
to
warde
hym
,
without
longe
abydyng
greate
him
from
meas
my
loue
and
secrete
frende
and
saye
vnto
him
that
how
be
it
that
my
father
gaue
me
vnto
kyng
Lucar
yet
haue
I
not
put
his
loue
out
of
mynde
,
but
haue
stedfast
purpose
and
good
wyll
that
once
in
my
lyfe
I
shall
drawe
me
towarde
hym
,
and
of
me
he
may
do
his
wyll
and
good
pleasure
.
And
tell
hym
also
that
I
shall
fynde
the
meanes
to
go
with
the
kyng
Lucar
when
he
ledeth
his
hoost
into
ynde
,
and
then
maye
he
haue
me
yf
he
haue
any
prowesse
in
him
and
leade
me
a
way
.
And
to
the
ende
that
the
king
of
ynde
thynke
not
that
your
woordes
is
fayned
you
shall
bere
him
this
rynge
.
Lady
sayd
Ualentyne
of
the
good
wyll
that
you
haue
for
to
succoure
me
and
giue
aledgemente
I
thanke
you
humbly
,
and
haue
you
noo
doubte
of
the
remnaunte
,
for
I
shall
do
youre
message
so
well
by
the
grace
of
God
to
the
kyng
of
ynde
,
that
in
shorte
space
you
shall
haue
tydynges
.
At
these
wordes
Ualentyne
toke
leue
of
the
lady
Rozemonde
and
went
towarde
kyng
Lucar
that
for
too
conduyte
hym
,
gaue
him
ten
maryners
,
the
whiche
passed
him
ouer
a
great
arme
of
the
sea
that
is
betwene
Esclardye
and
ynde
,
&
also
they
mounted
vpon
the
sea
and
had
wynde
agreable
,
so
good
that
they
departed
from
Esclardye
at
none
and
vpon
the
moro
we
they
arryued
at
a
porte
that
is
but
two
myle
from
the
cytie
of
ynde
the
great
.
In
that
same
place
descended
Ualentyne
&
drewe
his
horse
out
of
the
shyppe
,
after
he
mounted
vpon
him
and
said
vnto
the
maryners
.
Lordes
abyde
me
here
til
that
I
come
agayne
and
my
message
be
accomplysshed
,
for
if
it
please
God
I
shal
not
make
long
soiournyng
or
I
retourne
agayne
.
By
mahoune
sayde
a
maryner
to
the
other
all
alowe
,
you
shall
neuer
retourne
but
if
the
deuyll
bryng
you
for
of
fyfty
messengers
that
the
kyng
of
Esclardy
hath
sent
thether
,
there
is
not
one
retourned
agayne
.
Ualentyne
harde
him
ryght
well
but
he
made
no
semblaunt
but
he
sayd
vnto
himselfe
,
suche
speaketh
of
the
affayres
that
can
not
tel
howe
they
go
.
So
he
toke
his
waye
and
it
was
not
longe
but
that
he
arryued
within
ynde
,
for
he
was
nere
the
gate
.
And
when
he
was
pas
sed
a
brydge
he
wende
for
to
haue
bene
within
the
cytie
,
but
or
euer
that
he
entred
it
behoued
him
for
to
passe
fiue
gates
,
whereof
he
was
muche
amarueylled
.
And
by
himselfe
he
began
for
to
consyder
the
fortification
of
that
same
place
,
iudgyng
by
estymacion
in
his
vnderstandyng
that
the
same
cytie
was
the
moost
strongest
place
that
euer
he
hadde
sene
.
And
when
he
was
in
the
market
place
he
sawe
a
great
toure
muche
hye
and
faire
vpon
the
which
stode
a
crosse
,
so
Valentyne
marueyled
muche
what
it
myght
sygnifie
,
for
he
knewe
well
that
the
paynims
vsed
not
suche
sygne
nor
suffred
none
.
In
that
place
the
noble
Ualentyne
founde
a
Sarazyn
too
whome
he
demaunded
the
cause
and
the
reason
wherfore
that
crosse
stode
vpon
that
hye
toure
.
Frende
sayde
the
sarazyn
knowe
that
the
same
toure
that
you
se
yonder
is
named
the
toure
of
saynt
Thomas
,
&
is
the
tour
that
he
was
stoned
and
put
to
death
in
.
Nowe
it
is
true
that
the
christen
men
in
the
honour
of
the
same
that
thei
name
to
be
a
saint
in
this
same
place
did
found
a
church
by
the
licence
of
the
king
,
in
the
whiche
churche
is
a
patriarke
and
a
hondred
christen
men
,
that
in
the
maner
of
their
lawe
synge
their
seruyce
euery
day
,
and
celebre
masse
.
And
in
this
wyse
they
are
suffred
to
doo
suche
thynges
;
for
they
paye
great
trybute
euery
yeare
vnto
the
kynge
of
ynde
.
¶
When
Valentyne
vnderstode
that
in
that
toure
there
was
mynister
and
habytacion
of
christen
men
,
he
descended
of
his
horse
for
to
go
in
to
it
and
saye
his
prayers
.
So
Ualentyne
demaunded
after
the
Patryarke
the
whiche
came
too
hym
incontynente
and
demaunded
hym
of
whence
he
was
,
and
on
whom
he
beleue
.
Syr
sayd
Ualentyne
I
beleue
in
Iesu
christ
Alas
syr
said
the
patriarke
how
haue
you
taken
the
hardynes
for
to
come
hether
,
for
and
the
kyng
of
ynde
had
knowledge
of
you
he
would
make
you
dye
shamefully
.
Father
sayde
Ualentine
of
that
haue
you
no
doubt
,
for
I
bryng
him
suche
tydinges
and
sygnes
that
he
wyll
not
doo
nor
thynke
me
no
harme
,
but
of
one
thynge
I
praye
you
,
that
is
that
you
declare
vnto
me
how
and
in
what
maner
you
abyde
in
this
place
and
be
founded
.
Certes
sayd
the
patriarke
we
are
founded
in
the
honour
of
god
&
of
the
holy
saint
Thomas
the
martyr
,
of
whom
the
body
is
in
this
churche
.
And
there
may
no
christen
men
come
hether
but
if
thei
be
pilgrims
,
but
such
folke
may
come
surely
▪
because
that
the
offrynges
and
oblacions
that
they
gyue
are
the
kynges
.
And
more
ouer
it
behoueth
eche
of
vs
to
paye
a
great
trybute
.
And
then
Ualentyne
demaunded
and
required
to
se
the
holy
body
glorious
,
and
it
was
shewed
him
in
great
reuerence
and
solempnite
.
¶
Ualentyne
kneled
downe
vpon
his
knees
and
made
his
prayers
muche
deuoutly
vnto
god
&
vnto
the
holy
ma●tir
saint
Thomas
after
the
whiche
thyng
done
he
mounted
on
horse
backe
and
wente
towarde
the
palays
,
in
the
whiche
the
kyng
of
ynde
kept
resydence
for
to
accomplyshe
his
message
,
in
takynge
leue
of
the
good
patryarke
,
and
demaunded
hym
if
he
had
heard
any
tydinges
of
a
christen
woman
that
was
come
thether
of
late
.
By
my
fayth
sayde
the
patriarke
I
haue
hearde
no
tydinges
of
none
.
Then
Ualentyne
departed
and
enquyred
no
more
for
without
makynge
any
noyse
he
would
fynde
some
maner
to
heare
tydynges
of
the
fayre
Clerymonde
.
Nowe
it
was
not
longe
after
that
the
noble
Ualentyne
descended
,
and
came
before
the
gate
of
the
Palays
and
dyd
his
message
in
the
maner
that
you
shall
here
recoun●ed
.
¶
Howe
Ualentyne
dyd
his
message
to
the
kynge
of
Ynde
from
the
kyng
Lucar
,
and
of
the
aunswere
that
was
geuen
hym
.
Capit.
lxix
.
AFter
that
the
noble
Ualentyne
was
aryued
before
that
palays
of
the
kyng
of
Ynde
,
and
that
he
was
descended
of
his
horse
,
with
a
hardy
harte
and
without
any
fere
he
went●
towarde
the
kynge
,
the
whiche
was
in
a
hall
muche
ryche
hanged
and
apparaylled
▪
accompanyed
with
thre
kynges
strong
and
●uyssaunt
,
and
also
of
diuers
knightes
and
barons
.
And
euen
so
as
valentyne
entred
in
to
the
hall●
the
king
of
Ynde
behelde
him
muche
fyersly
,
&
he
thought
well
that
he
was
of
kyng
Lucars
,
and
sayde
to
hym
all
on
hyghe
.
By
mahowne
the
deuyll
hath
well
made
you
for
to
come
hether
so
sone
,
arte
thou
not
seruaunt
of
the
kynge
of
Ynde
hyde
it
not
from
me
.
¶
Syr
sayd
Ualentyne
the
truthe
shall
not
be
hydde
for
me
.
And
wyte
from
hym
I
brynge
you
tydynges
,
wherof
you
shall
be
ryght
angry
at
the
hart
.
And
on
the
other
syde
I
brynge
you
certayne
sygnes
from
the
fayre
Rozemonde
wherof
you
shall
be
ryght
Joyous
and
contente
with
me
.
¶
Messenger
sayde
the
kyng
I
lette
the
for
to
wyte
that
in
despyte
of
kyng
Lucar
that
is
so
fyerse
and
proude
.
I
was
delybered
for
to
haue
put
you
vnto
deathe
,
but
for
the
loue
of
the
lady
that
you
haue
spoken
to
me
of
,
you
shall
haue
no
hurte
nor
vyllanye
no
more
then
my
propre
bodye
,
if
it
be
soo
that
you
can
shewe
me
some
token
or
sygne
from
her
.
Syr
sayde
Valentyne
that
shall
I
do
well
and
shall
tel
you
my
message
in
suche
manere
that
I
shall
not
lye
one
worde
for
to
dye
for
it
.
It
is
true
certayne
that
I
belonge
vnto
kyng
Lucar
,
the
whiche
hath
sente
me
to
warde
you
and
by
me
sendeth
you
worde
that
for
recribu●ion
and
vengeaunce
of
the
death
of
his
father
king
Tromparte
you
go
and
yelde
you
in
his
palays
of
Esclardye
all
naked
with
a
rope
abou●e
youre
necke
,
as
an
vntrue
these
and
traytour
,
and
open
murderer
.
And
in
this
estate
he
wyll
that
you
come
before
his
tyal
ma●estie
and
all
baronage
of
his
courte
,
and
as
a
man
cul
pable
yelde
you
to
suffre
suche
deathe
as
shal
be
geuen
and
Judged
by
his
counsaill
.
And
if
that
you
be
not
contente
with
suche
thynge
and
wyll
refuse
me
,
as
a
messenger
therto
cominised
and
sent
by
him
I
defie
you
&
let
you
were
that
within
shorte
tyme
he
will
come
and
waste
your
lande
.
Suche
is
his
e●ten●ion
and
hath
vowed
and
sworne
vnto
god
Jupin
&
●ahoune
that
in
all
your
lande
shall
notabyde
cytie
,
towne
,
nor
castell
boroughe
nor
vyllage
,
but
that
they
shall
be
all
set
on
fyre
and
destroyed
men
women
and
children
shall
be
put
vnto
death
so
that
you
shall
knowe
ryght
well
that
in
an
euyll
houre
you
put
the
kyng
Tromparte
to
death
,
the
whiche
was
his
propre
father
naturall
.
Messenger
saide
the
kyng
of
Ynde
I
haue
ryght
well
vnderstande
and
herde
you
,
and
knowe
that
I
set
litell
store
by
the
menares
of
the
king
Lucar
,
nor
by
his
proude
diffiaunce
,
for
it
is
sayd
comonly
that
suche
menaceth
that
haue
great
drede
.
And
for
to
geue
an
aunswere
vpon
this
mater
I
shall
make
a
letter
to
bee
made
that
you
shall
bere
to
hym
,
and
in
the
le●ter
shall
be
conteyned
how
I
hauebene
desyed
by
him
.
To
the
regard●
of
you
messenger
your
message
is
accomplysshed
.
And
also
I
shall
maunde
him
what
good
wil
I
haue
for
to
receiue
him
and
al
his
puissaunce
also
often
as
he
will
destroye
my
lande
.
But
as
for
the
surplus
of
thyne
enterprise
that
is
of
the
fayre
Rozemonde
declare
me
all
〈◊〉
whiche
she
maundeth
me
.
For
amonge
the
other
thynges
I
haue
an
ardaunt
desyre
to
here
tydinges
from
her
.
Syr
sayd
the
knyght
Ualentyne
vpon
the
feate
of
the
lady
I
salue
you
from
her
as
her
perfi●e
and
secrete
loue
.
And
she
sendeth
you
worde
that
she
is
maried
of
late
vnto
the
kyng
Lucar
,
but
knowe
that
it
is
agaynst
her
will
and
agaynst
her
courage
.
For
she
neuer
loued
the
kyng
Lucar
nor
neuer
wyll
.
And
the
free
lady
that
hath
so
beauteous
a
body
is
so
smyten
to
the
harte
with
your
loue
,
that
she
wyl
neuer
haue
other
than
you
,
yf
it
be
so
that
you
wyl
receyue
her
for
lady
.
For
to
come
vnto
the
ende
of
thys
enterpryse
she
hath
tolde
me
that
she
wyl
come
hether
in
the
company
of
Kynge
Lucar
her
husbande
whan
he
departeth
from
Esclardye
for
to
come
hether
in
armes
agaynst
you
.
And
by
thys
meanes
you
maye
soone
fynde
the
maner
for
to
haue
the
fayre
lady
Rozemonde
and
led
her
awaye
at
your
owne
wyll
and
pleasure
.
By
mahowue
sayd
the
kynge
of
Ynde
these
tydynges
pleaseth
me
ryght
well
and
am
muche
Joyous
yf
the
thyng
be
suche
as
you
haue
made
relacyon
of
.
Syr
sayd
Ualentine
if
the
thynge
be
true
or
fals
I
cannot
saye
,
but
for
●etayne
sygnes
and
tokens
verytable
here
is
the
rynge
that
was
gyuen
vnto
her
by
you
,
the
whyche
she
sendeth
you
.
And
not
withstandyng
that
women
be
of
ryght
light
courage
,
and
abyde
lyttell
in
one
purpose
,
yet
me
thynketh
well
that
she
aboue
all
other
desyreth
your
loue
&
that
her
enterpryse
is
not
fayned
,
Frende
sayd
the
kynge
of
Ynde
that
knewe
the
rynge
,
of
thy
comynge
I
am
ryght
Joyous
.
Now
go
eat
and
drynke
&
take
thy
repaste
,
and
the
meane
whyle
I
shall
make
a
letter
to
be
wryten
that
you
shal
bere
vnto
king
Lucar
for
the
answe●●
of
your
dyfyaunce
.
Ualentyne
by
the
commaundemente
of
the
kynge
of
Ynde
was
at
that
houre
hyghly
feested
of
diuers
knyghtes
that
kept
hym
companye
.
He
demaunded
dyuers
secretely
for
the
fayre
lady
Clerymonde
in
●nquyrynge
yf
theyr
were
any
tydynges
of
any
christen
woman
that
were
in
y●
countree
.
And
it
was
answered
hym
naye
soo
he
helde
hym
contente
.
Now
the
kyng
of
Ynde
came
anone
and
gaue
hym
the
lettre
.
And
Ualentyne
receyued
it
in
takynge
leue
of
hym
.
He
knewe
not
that
hys
loue
was
there
,
the
whiche
lady
lyued
ryght
poorely
in
the
cytie
for
the
loue
of
hym
,
in
praying
God
deuoutly
that
it
woulde
please
hym
to
delyuer
her
out
of
that
place
,
and
to
send
her
tydinges
shortly
of
her
loue
Ualentyne
.
Nowe
approcheth
the
tyme
that
she
shall
fynde
hym
,
but
the
noble
knight
Ualentyne
shall
fyrst
suffre
&
endure
much
pyteous
aduentures
,
the
whiche
shal
be
recounted
vnto
you
here
afterwarde
.
❧
How
Ualentyne
retourned
into
the
cytie
of
Esclardye
.
And
of
the
aunswere
that
he
hadde
of
the
kynge
of
Ynde
to
bere
to
kyng
Lutar
.
Cap.
lxx
.
GReate
Joye
and
great
solace
made
the
free
knyghte
Ualentyne
for
too
departe
out
of
ynde
,
and
to
be
out
of
the
handes
of
the
fellō
kyng
of
ynde
that
had
slayne
so
many
messengers
.
He
mounted
on
horsbacke
&
anon
arryued
at
the
hauen
where
as
the
mariners
abode
him
,
the
whyche
were
muche
abasshed
of
hys
comynge
and
thought
betwene
them selfe
that
he
had
not
done
hys
message
.
Lordes
sayd
Ualentyne
returne
we
into
Esclardy
for
I
haue
accomplysshed
myn
enterpryse
,
wherof
I
ought
well
to
thanke
god
.
By
my
f●●th
sayd
one
of
the
maryners
we
are
muche
ameruaylled
,
for
neuer
the
dayes
of
our
lyues
we
sawe
none
returne
agayne
.
Frende
sayde
Ualentyne
who
that
god
wyl
helpe
none
can
hurte
them
.
At
these
wordes
Ualentyne
mounted
vpon
the
see
and
they
rowed
so
muche
that
anone
they
aryued
at
Esclardye
.
Ualentyne
made
no
soiournyng
but
also
soone
as
he
was
dyscended
of
hys
hors
he
mounted
vp
into
the
palays
and
founde
there
the
kynge
Lucar
accompanyed
of
kyng
Brandyffer
and
of
fourtene
stronge
and
puyssaunt
kynges
,
that
were
all
comen
in
to
Esclardy
for
to
so
coure
the
kynge
Lucar
agaynst
the
kynge
of
ynde
.
Of
the
returnynge
of
Ualentyne
they
were
muche
al
〈…〉
hed
,
&
amonge
the
other
the
traytour
kynge
Lucar
,
for
wende
that
he
should
neuer
haue
returned
agayne
.
He
made
Ualentyne
to
come
before
all
the
barons
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Frende
tell
me
tydynges
,
and
saye
vnto
me
yf
the
kynge
of
ynde
wyll
come
vnto
me
or
not
in
the
estate
that
I
haue
sente
hym
worde
.
Syr
sayd
valentyne
in
that
haue
you
no
truste
,
for
he
setteth
not
astrawe
by
you
nor
yours
.
He
is
fyers
and
proude
,
and
knowe
yf
you
haue
wyl
for
to
goo
thether
,
yet
hath
he
more
gretter
desyre
for
to
receiue
you
and
to
the
ende
that
you
make
no
doubte
that
there
is
falsnes
in
my
message
I
present
vnto
you
thys
letter
,
the
whiche
he
sendeth
you
,
by
the
whyche
you
may
know
hys
courage
and
hys
wyll
.
The
kyng
Lucar
rceyued
it
and
made
it
to
be
redde
before
all
the
assystenctes
on
hyghe
,
And
than
they
founde
that
the
thyng
was
true
as
valentyne
had
sayd
.
And
whan
kyng
Brandiffer
vnderstode
the
answere
of
the
kyng
of
ynde
,
and
that
he
knewe
and
apperceyued
hys
fyers
courage
,
he
swore
by
ma
hown
and
Appolyn
that
he
would
neuer
returne
in
to
hys
countree
tyll
that
quycke
or
dead
he
had
conquered
the
kyng
of
ynde
.
¶
How
kyng
Lucar
wyth
fyftene
kynges
went
and
assyeged
the
kynge
of
ynde
.
Ca.
lxxi
.
UPon
the
morowe
he
mōunted
vpon
the
see
wyth
two
hundred
thousand
sarazyns
.
As
the
quene
Rozemonde
vnderstode
that
they
wente
in
to
ynde
she
prayed
her
husbande
so
muche
that
she
went
wyth
hym
.
So
they
had
good
wynde
and
arryued
there
anone
.
Than
they
dyscended
and
pyght
theyr
tentes
in
a
pleasaunt
felde
afore
ynde
.
They
of
the
cyte
shytte
the
gates
faste
,
and
the
kyng
mounted
vpon
a
hyghe
toure
for
to
se
hys
enmyes
.
So
he
aduised
vpon
the
ryuer
syde
thre
riche
pauylyons
hanged
aboute
wyth
stremes
tryumphauntly
and
for
to
haue
knowledge
whan
they
were
he
called
a
heraute
of
armes
to
hym
and
asked
hym
whose
tentes
they
were
.
Syr
sayd
he
the
fyrst
is
Brandyffers
,
the
seconde
is
Lucar
your
enemyes
,
and
the
thyrde
is
Rozemondes
wyth
her
ladyes
.
Whan
the
kyng
vnderstode
that
Rozemonde
was
there
hys
heart
lepte
in
hys
bely
for
Joye
,
and
toke
hardynes
vnto
hym
sayenge
to
hym selfe
.
It
is
no
tyme
for
to
slepe
who
wyll
haue
a
fayre
lady
must
put
hym
in
auenture
body
and
goodes
.
And
he
is
not
worthy
for
to
haue
a
fayre
lady
that
wyll
not
take
payne
for
to
conquere
her
.
For
thys
thynge
he
made
to
arme
hys
men
and
wyth
a
goeate
puysaunce
yssued
out
of
the
cyte
vpon
his
enemyes
,
the
which
wyth
payne
had
space
for
to
put
them
in
ordynaunce
and
arme
them
.
For
they
thought
not
that
the
kyng
of
ynde
wold
haue
assaylled
them
so
soone
,
but
loue
made
hym
to
doo
it
the
whych
maketh
many
thynges
to
be
enterprysed
so
daynly
.
Than
was
the
assaute
muche
great
and
the
batayll
ryght
aspro
on
bothe
sydes
.
And
whan
the
kyng
of
ynde
sawe
that
Brandyffer
was
medled
in
the
batayll
for
to
set
his
men
in
ordenaunce
and
to
conduyte
them
he
left
his
company
and
in
muche
great
diligence
rode
towarde
the
pauylion
of
the
ladies
.
And
Rozemonde
sawe
him
well
come
and
by
his
armoures
knewe
him
so
she
yssued
out
of
the
tente
all
alone
without
any
company
,
and
went
rennyng
towarde
hym
.
❧
Howe
the
kyng
of
ynde
caryed
away
the
fayre
Rozemonde
behynde
him
,
and
how
Ualentyne
rescowed
her
and
brought
her
agayne
.
❧
Capitulo
.
lxxii
.
SO
as
the
kyng
of
ynde
appecreyued
her
ardaunt
desyre
he
smote
his
horse
with
the
sporres
&
rode
towarde
the
lady
,
and
without
any
so●ournyng
se●
her
on
his
horse
as
she
that
was
lyght
and
hadde
good
will
to
accomplishe
the
thyng
.
And
after
that
she
was
mounted
she
sayd
vnto
the
kyng
of
Ynde
.
My
perfyte
and
secrete
loue
you
are
ryght
well
founden
,
for
you
are
he
that
I
haue
desyred
so
muche
,
and
that
I
haue
abyden
of
long
tyme
.
And
howe
well
that
syth
the
tyme
that
you
demaunded
me
my
father
hathe
maryed
me
,
notwithstandyng
it
hath
bene
against
my
will
and
against
my
courage
,
for
I
neuer
hated
man
so
muche
as
I
do
the
kyng
Lucar
that
is
my
husbande
,
but
nowe
may
he
well
saye
that
he
hath
had
all
the
pleasure
of
me
that
euer
he
shall
haue
.
And
sythe
that
God
hath
geuen
me
the
grace
for
to
haue
founde
you
I
requyre
to
haue
none
other
and
nowe
is
myne
amerous
will
accomplyshed
entierly
.
Lady
sayde
the
kyng
of
this
doubte
you
not
for
I
shall
neuer
fayle
you
,
and
here
I
swere
to
you
that
or
it
be
thre
dayes
passed
I
shall
make
you
quene
of
Ynde
the
grete
,
and
maistresse
of
all
my
tenementes
.
In
saying
these
wordes
the
kyng
of
Ynde
rode
for
the
leadyng
awaye
the
pleasaunt
lady
Rozemonde
.
Then
the
gardes
and
maydens
of
the
pauylion
in
great
haste
ranne
vnto
the
kyng
Lucar
and
sayde
too
hym
.
Syr
there
is
euyll
tydinges
,
for
too
daye
you
haue
loste
too
great
a
losse
,
for
the
kyng
of
Ynde
your
enemy
leadeth
a
waye
the
pleasaunt
lady
Rozemonde
vpon
his
horse
,
and
presently
hath
stolen
and
taken
her
awaye
.
Wherfore
make
your
men
folowe
hym
for
to
saue
the
ladies
honoure
.
Nowe
holde
your
peace
sayd
the
kyng
Lucar
and
tell
me
no
more
therof
,
for
who
that
hath
an
euyll
wyfe
&
leseth
her
,
he
ought
to
be
lytell
sorowful
.
Thus
aunswered
the
kyng
Lucar
that
had
a
full
sory
harte
,
&
not
without
a
cause
.
And
after
wente
towarde
kynge
Brandyffer
and
sayd
to
hym
in
this
maner
.
Syr
sayde
he
I
ought
to
haue
lytel
Joye
of
your
doughter
whan
she
hath
accorded
her
to
folowe
myne
enemye
for
to
leue
me
&
geue
me
a
reprochable
blame
.
Fayre
sone
sayd
Brandiffer
be
not
euyll
contente
agaynst
me
,
for
to
day
I
shall
auenge
you
on
the
traytour
that
had
lede
away
my
doughter
.
Then
the
kyng
Brandyffer
smote
hys
horse
with
the
sporres
for
too
rydeafter
hym
with
a
great
companye
of
men
,
and
among
the
other
Ualentyne
was
there
that
would
shewe
his
great
promisse
at
that
nede
,
and
sayde
vnto
Pacolet
,
it
is
time
for
to
play
with
thyne
arte
and
shewe
thy
scyence
.
Then
Pacolet
made
such
a
charme
that
it
was
aduyse
vnto
the
kyng
of
Ynde
that
there
was
before
his
horse
a
fyeld
full
of
chycke
wodde
and
busshes
,
&
great
ryuers
.
So
he
had
so
great
feare
for
to
be
taken
that
he
made
the
lady
for
to
descende
for
to
flee
the
lightlier
.
And
when
the
quene
was
on
the
earth
she
wende
for
to
haue
found
the
meanes
to
haue
saued
her
with
the
kynge
,
but
Ualentyne
was
nere
that
escryed
vnto
her
.
Lady
abyde
for
it
behoueth
you
to
come
with
me
,
for
of
longe
tyme
you
haue
promysed
me
for
to
g●ue
me
your
loue
.
Ha
Ualentyne
I
oughte
lytell
for
to
loue
you
&
holde
you
dere
whan
I
requyred
you
of
loue
you
refused
me
.
So
it
hath
be
welforce
to
seke
and
purchase
another
then
you
,
but
syche
that
fortune
hath
bene
so
contrarious
to
me
that
I
hane
fayled
of
mine
enterprise
I
yelde
me
vnto
your
mercy
as
your
poore
subiecte
and
seruaunte
for
●uer
if
it
be
so
that
by
your
meanes
I
maye
make
my
peace
toward
the
kyng
Lucar
.
Lady
sayde
Ualentyne
I
shall
doo
my
besy
payne
so
well
that
you
shall
knowe
that
I
haue
serued
you
truely
.
Then
he
ledde
her
towarde
kyng
Lucar
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Syr
see
here
the
fayre
lady
Rozemonde
your
wyfe
that
the
false
traytoure
kynge
of
Ynde
led
away
agaynst
her
wyl
,
the
whyche
is
ryghte
dyspleasaunt
at
her
heart
therfore
.
Ha
syr
sayd
the
lady
he
telleth
you
trouthe
,
for
euen
so
as
the
batayll
was
begon
I
sawe
hym
come
to
warde
me
,
soo
I
wende
that
it
had
ben
one
of
your
barons
that
dad
comen
for
to
socoure
me
.
So
I
wente
agaynst
hym
thyn
kynge
for
to
saue
my selfe
,
and
wythout
enquyrynge
of
any
thyng
I
mounted
vpon
hys
hors
,
but
alas
,
syr
I
knew
anone
his
euyll
wyll
,
and
apperceyued
well
that
I
was
vetrayed
Than
I
pulled
hym
by
the
here
and
scratched
hys
face
in
suche
wyse
that
the
blode
yssued
out
,
and
that
it
was
force
to
hym
to
let
me
go
downe
,
and
so
by
the
helpe
of
thys
good
knyght
I
haue
saued
me
and
escaped
frome
hym
.
Lady
sayd
kynge
Lucar
you
haue
wrought
wel
,
and
at
this
present
tyme
it
behoueth
to
speake
no
more
therof
,
for
we
haue
the
assaute
by
our
enemyes
that
giueth
vs
to
muche
to
doo
.
So
he
left
the
lady
wythoute
any
more
arguynge
and
returned
into
the
vatayll
.
And
at
that
houre
they
of
Ynde
returned
in
to
the
cyte
,
the
whiche
had
loste
diuers
valyaunt
champions
,
but
aboue
all
the
losses
the
kynge
of
Ynde
complayned
the
losse
of
the
fayre
Rozemonde
.
¶
Alas
lady
sayd
he
I
haue
well
fayled
at
mine
enterpryse
,
but
eu●
so
helpe
me
mahoune
I
knowe
clerely
that
I
was
enchaunted
,
for
me
thoughte
that
I
founde
ryuers
and
wodde
before
me
,
but
also
soone
as
I
hadde
sette
you
downe
I
founde
but
fayre
and
playne
way
.
Ualentyne
had
great
honoure
of
euery
body
bycause
that
he
had
delyuered
the
fayre
Rozemōd
,
and
recouered
her
of
the
kynge
of
Ynde
.
And
she
made
hym
fayre
semblaunte
bycause
that
he
had
socoured
her
but
what
so
meuer
sygne
of
loue
that
she
shewed
hym
,
aboue
all
other
she
hated
hym
and
would
him
euill
,
for
she
had
well
would
that
the
thing
had
bene
otherwyse
but
not
for
all
that
she
helde
her
not
contente
with
the
firste
faute
,
but
watched
and
laboured
soo
muche
that
she
brought
her
entencion
vnto
an
ende
,
and
her
wyll
vnto
execution
.
¶
Howe
Rozemonde
founde
the
maner
and
the
facion
to
make
her selfe
be
ledde
vnto
the
kynge
of
Ynde
the
mor●
,
the
whiche
she
loued
perfytely
,
and
howe
he
ledde
her
in
to
his
cytes
of
Ynde
.
Capit.
lxxiii
.
NOwe
it
is
sayd
comenly
and
it
is
true
that
yf
a
woman
do
not
chastise
her selfe
of
her
owne
propre
wyll
wyth
payne
may
any
other
chastise
her
.
For
some
wolde
rather
dye
than
fayle
of
theyr
enterpryse
,
as
well
shewed
Rozemonde
the
wyfe
of
kyng
Lucar
,
for
it
was
not
foure
dayes
after
that
she
yssued
out
of
her
tente
,
&
in
the
leest
companye
that
she
myght
/
mounted
vpon
a
hakeney
,
and
sayd
that
she
wolde
go
sporte
her
a
lytell
in
the
feldes
for
to
take
the
good
ayre
.
In
thys
manere
the
quene
Rozemonde
wente
towarde
the
cyte
of
Ynde
Nowe
she
had
done
the
kinge
of
Ynde
to
wyte
secretly
that
he
should
be
redy
and
apparaylled
that
same
daye
for
to
come
and
●ake
her
and
lede
her
away
(
and
he
faylled
not
)
for
ryght
soo
as
he
sawe
her
and
apperceyued
her
he
yssued
out
at
a
posterne
mounted
at
a
vauntage
and
ran
towarde
the
lady
and
tooke
the
hakeney
by
the
reyne
in
sayenge
vnto
her
.
My
lady
nowe
maye
I
at
thys
houre
lede
you
surely
at
your
owne
wyll
.
In
this
maner
he
ledde
her
into
the
cyte
of
Ynde
with
great
ioy
Nowe
was
the
crye
amonge
the
hoost
of
kynge
Lucar
that
the
kynge
of
Ynde
ledde
away
Rozemonde
.
Dyuers
mounted
on
horsbacke
for
to
socoure
the
lady
,
but
they
were
anone
entred
into
the
cyte
of
Ynde
.
By
mahowne
sayd
kynge
Lucar
who
that
may
bryng
me
the
lady
agayne
I
shall
make
hym
my
greate
Sene
shall
and
aboue
all
them
of
my
court
mayster
&
gouernoure
Syr
sayd
Pacolet
vnto
Ualentine
yf
it
be
your
pleasure
to
haue
the
lady
I
shall
fynde
an
enchauntement
anone
wherby
you
shall
take
the
lady
.
Frende
sayd
Ualentyne
let
her
go
ones
I
rendred
her
vnto
her
husbande
Lucar
,
trustynge
that
she
wolde
chastyse
her selfe
of
her
great
faute
,
and
syth
that
she
wyll
not
it
is
but
greate
foly
to
go
aboute
it
.
On
that
same
daye
that
the
kynge
of
Ynde
led
away
Rozemonde
,
he
wedded
her
and
laye
wyth
her
,
and
engendren
a
sonne
on
her
that
was
called
Rabastre
,
the
whyth
posseded
Jherusalem
in
his
dayes
To
sorowfull
was
kynge
Lucar
whan
he
had
lost
his
wyfe
soo
,
And
Brandyffer
recomforted
hym
sayenge
.
Fayre
sonne
sayd
he
take
courage
vnto
you
,
for
I
swere
you
mahowne
and
all
my
goddes
that
I
shall
auenge
you
or
I
departe
hence
.
Soo
swore
Brandyffer
but
it
wente
otherwyse
,
for
on
that
propre
day
there
came
a
messenger
vnto
hym
whyche
sayd
.
Syre
I
brynge
you
tydynges
whyche
are
ryght
displeasaunt
to
you
.
Syr
knowe
that
kyng
Pepyn
wyth
the
emperours
sonne
of
grece
is
arryued
in
your
lande
and
hath
dystroyed
castelles
and
townes
,
and
hathe
besyeged
your
fayre
cyte
of
Angorye
,
in
the
whyche
your
wyfe
is
newly
delyuered
of
a
fayre
sonne
.
And
I
am
comen
hether
for
to
demaunde
you
socoure
,
or
elles
it
behoueth
to
yelde
youre
fayre
cyte
of
Angorye
vnto
the
vnhappy
chrysten
men
,
whan
brandyffer
herde
these
tydynges
he
was
muche
sorowfull
in
hys
heart
.
Than
he
wente
towarde
kyng
Lucar
and
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Fayre
sonne
here
is
a
messenger
that
hathe
broughte
me
euyll
tydynges
out
of
my
londe
for
the
Frenchemen
is
entred
in
it
wyth
a
greate
puyssaunce
and
wasteth
and
dystroyeth
my
countree
wherfore
it
is
force
vnto
me
that
I
goo
and
defende
my
countree
,
so
I
shall
tell
you
what
I
shall
doo
.
You
shall
sende
some
knyght
vnto
the
kynge
of
Ynde
and
bydde
hym
that
he
sende
you
agayne
my
doughter
Rozemonde
youre
wyfe
vppon
suche
a
condycyon
that
shall
pardon
hym
the
death
of
your
father
,
and
make
your
hoost
to
departe
out
of
his
countrey
withoute
doynge
it
any
dammage
or
hurt
.
By
mahowne
sayde
the
kyng
Lucar
I
had
thought
the
same
,
and
I
can
not
se
a
better
remedy
nor
a
wyser
counsaill
.
At
these
wordes
he
called
Valentyne
and
sayde
vnto
him
.
Knyght
it
behoueth
you
to
go
towarde
the
kyng
of
Ynde
on
my
behalfe
and
saye
vnto
hym
in
this
maner
,
that
he
sende
me
agayne
the
fayre
Rozemonde
that
he
hathe
taken
frome
me
,
vpon
suche
a
couenaunt
that
I
shall
pardon
him
the
death
of
my
father
without
euer
to
haue
any
question
therfore
,
and
I
shal
make
also
my
men
&
al
mine
hoost
to
auoide
out
of
his
lande
without
doyng
him
any
dammage
.
Syr
sayd
Ualentyne
for
you
I
would
auenture
my
body
more
then
for
any
other
,
so
I
shall
do
your
message
the
best
wyse
that
I
may
,
and
within
a
shorte
space
you
shall
haue
tydinges
agayne
.
Than
he
mounted
on
horsbacke
and
went
towarde
Ynde
,
and
entred
into
the
cytie
like
a
messenger
,
and
went
vnto
the
palais
where
as
he
found
the
kyng
of
Ynde
&
the
quene
Rozemonde
syttyng
besyde
hym
,
the
which
knewe
Ualentyne
right
well
,
so
she
sayde
to
the
kyng
.
Syr
se
you
hym
yonder
,
it
is
the
same
that
toke
me
from
you
the
fyrste
tyme
that
you
would
haue
ledde
me
awaye
.
Lady
sayde
the
king
of
Ynde
at
this
houre
I
shall
auenge
me
,
for
he
shal
neuer
in
his
lyfe
escape
me
.
That
shall
he
sayde
the
lady
,
for
I
knowe
him
of
so
muche
that
yet
you
maye
haue
good
seruice
of
hym
.
Then
Ualentyne
approched
with
a
hardy
ha●te
and
salued
the
kyng
and
the
quene
right
hyghely
.
Syr
sayde
Ualentyne
,
I
am
messenger
vnto
kynge
Lucar
that
sendeth
me
too
you
.
And
maundeth
you
by
me
that
you
sende
hym
his
Lady
Rozemonde
agayne
shortely
that
you
tooke
from
hym
that
is
here
And
if
thou
wyll
do
it
he
will
pardon
you
the
death
of
his
father
,
and
shall
make
his
armye
to
go
out
of
your
lande
without
any
soiournyng
,
but
notwithstandyng
that
I
am
charged
for
to
do
you
this
message
,
if
you
wil
beleue
me
you
shall
neuer
consent
therto
,
but
shall
kepe
the
lady
that
is
so
fayre
and
that
loueth
you
soo
well
.
And
knowe
that
neuer
the
dayes
of
my
lyfe
I
shall
bee
in
no
place
where
as
I
shall
suffer
you
to
be
blanted
&
dishonoured
for
the
loue
of
the
lady
.
And
all
the
terme
of
my
lyfe
I
shall
serue
you
truely
.
Knyght
sayde
the
kyng
of
Ynde
you
speake
as
valiaunt
,
&
your
wordes
pleaseth
me
muche
.
But
for
a
conclusion
you
shall
saye
vnto
kyng
Lucar
that
and
he
haue
to
do
with
wiues
that
he
seke
other
then
my
loue
Rozemande
,
for
he
shall
neuer
the
dayes
of
his
lyfe
sleepe
by
her
sydes
,
nor
haue
pleasure
of
her
body
.
Knyght
sayd
the
lady
salue
my
father
and
tell
hym
that
of
this
dede
he
is
the
cause
,
for
I
had
tolde
himself
that
I
would
not
be
geuen
vnto
Lucar
,
now
my
father
hath
done
agaynst
my
wyll
,
and
I
haue
done
agaynst
his
,
so
tell
vnto
Lucar
that
he
haue
no
more
trust
in
me
.
Lady
sayd
Valentyne
I
shall
doo
your
message
with
good
harte
.
Thus
he
toke
leue
right
ioyous
to
be
escaped
from
the
kyng
of
Ynde
and
retorned
vnto
kyng
Lucar
and
tolde
him
his
aunswere
saying
.
Syr
purchace
you
another
wyfe
,
for
Rozemonde
is
wedded
vnto
the
kyng
of
Ynde
that
slepeth
with
her
euery
nyght
and
doech
his
pleasure
.
When
Lucar
vud●●●tode
those
wordes
,
he
wrong
his
handes
and
pulled
his
heere
saying
.
Ha
my
loue
for
you
it
behoueth
that
Idye
when
I
haue
loste
the
moost
fayrest
,
the
moost
noble
,
and
the
moost
louing
that
is
in
the
worlde
.
Alas
what
hadde
I
done
to
you
that
hath
purchased
me
soo
great
displeasure
.
Fals
kyng
of
Ynde
I
shal
neuer
loue
the
,
for
thou
hast
slayne
my
father
fasly
,
and
taken
my
wyfe
by
treason
from
me
.
Then
Brandiffer
sayde
vno
him
.
My
fayre
sonne
I
am
ryght
sory
for
your
displeasure
but
at
this
tyme
I
can
not
amende
it
,
for
it
●e
houeth
me
to
go
in
to
my
lande
to
chase
away
the
Frenchemen
as
you
haue
heard
the
messenger
saye
,
or
elles
my
lande
shall
be
destroyed
.
Syr
sayde
Lucar
let
vs
assayle
the
cytie
or
you
departe
.
By
mahoune
sayd
Brandyffer
none
ass●ure
can
take
it
,
for
it
must
be
wonne
by
●amyne
,
wherfore
abyde
you
here
vnto
my
retourne
.
❧
Howe
kyng
Lucar
dyd
so
muche
that
kyng
Brandyffer
abode
with
hym
,
and
seute
Valentyne
into
Augorye
agaynst
kyng
Pepyn
.
Cap.
lxxiiii
.
WHen
kyng
Lucar
vnderstode
that
kyng
Brandyffer
would
leue
hym
he
was
tyght
sorowfull
and
sayde
to
hym
.
Syr
it
is
true
that
you
haue
promysed
me
to
auenge
me
on
the
kynge
of
Ynde
that
hathe
done
vs
so
great
an
iniurye
.
¶
That
is
true
sayd
Brandyffer
,
but
I
am
sory
that
I
may
not
accomplyshe
my
promyse
for
the
goyng
to
kepe
my
lande
.
Nowe
I
shall
tell
you
sayde
kynge
Lucar
howe
you
maye
do
for
to
saue
youre
honour
and
mine
.
I
haue
here
a
knyght
named
Valentyne
aboue
all
other
the
moost
valyaunt
so
you
may
geue
hym
youre
men
,
for
I
haue
founde
hym
true
in
all
thynges
.
¶
And
moreouer
you
haue
in
this
hoost
your
vncle
Murgalant
that
of
long
tyme
hathe
folowed
the
warre
and
knoweth
muche
.
And
me
thinke
that
it
sheld
be
good
that
these
twayne
made
the
●iage
and
you
abyde
here
.
To
these
wordes
Brandiffer
accorded
,
and
sent
for
them
both
saying
to
them
.
Lordes
you
are
chosen
of
vs
twayne
to
goo
into
Angorye
too
reyse
vp
the
syege
that
kyng
Pepyn
hath
set
.
So
I
pray
you
that
you
do
so
that
my
londe
maye
be
defended
and
kepte
.
And
you
fayre
vncle
thynke
for
to
doo
well
and
it
shall
be
rendred
you
.
Fayre
neuewe
take
no
more
thought
for
sythe
that
I
leade
with
me
the
noble
Ualentyne
I
make
no
doubte
but
that
all
shall
be
wel
.
after
these
thynges
deuysed
and
ordeyned
,
there
was
geuen
vnto
Ualentyne
and
Murgalant
a
hondred
thousande
paynyms
▪
and
also
many
abode
in
the
hoost
of
kyng
Lucar
.
Ualentyne
and
Murgalant
mounted
vpon
the
sea
and
rowed
soo
muche
that
they
arryued
at
the
hauen
of
Angory
.
But
a
lytell
whyle
afore
they
arryued
Ualentyne
aduysed
a
toure
couered
with
fyne
laten
,
so
he
damaunded
the
maryners
what
place
it
was
.
Sir
sayd
they
it
is
the
stronge
castell
,
and
wyte
that
it
is
a
strong
place
and
so
subtylly
composed
at
the
entre
that
there
can
but
one
man
passe
at
ones
,
for
and
if
twaine
would
passe
at
ones
they
should
fall
in
to
the
sea
that
beteth
against
the
walles
.
And
in
that
same
castel
king
Brandiffer
hath
kept
his
doughter
Galazye
long
time
to
the
ende
that
she
should
not
be
stolen
nor
taken
away
of
no
body
.
For
in
the
worlde
is
not
memorye
of
a
fayrer
than
she
,
but
there
is
so
muche
that
he
wyll
not
geue
her
to
no
liuing
creature
.
When
Ualentyne
harde
those
wordes
,
there
toke
hym
a
ryght
great
desyre
for
to
go
se
the
lady
,
and
sayde
to
hymselfe
that
he
shoulde
neuer
be
Joyous
tyll
that
he
had
sene
her
.
Nowe
are
they
aryued
besyde
Angorye
and
haue
taken
lande
and
sette
forth
their
hoost
in
a
short
tyme
.
They
sawe
right
well
the
tentes
and
pauilions
of
kynge
Pepyn
that
were
muche
glystering
and
pleasaunt
for
to
beholde
.
Great
dyligence
made
the
christen
men
for
to
assayl
the
cytie
.
But
within
was
an
admyrall
named
Bruhans
the
whiche
yssued
out
euery
day
vpon
king
Pepin
and
did
great
prowesse
with
his
men
.
When
Murgalant
aduised
the
hoost
of
the
christen
men
that
helde
a
great
ground
he
called
Ualentyne
and
sayde
to
hym
.
Knyght
counsayll
vs
vpon
this
feate
,
for
I
se
&
know
that
the
christen
men
are
strong
and
a
great
nombre
.
Murgalant
sayde
Ualentyne
I
shall
tell
you
myne
opynion
.
I
counsayll
that
you
sende
a
messenger
a
none
in
to
the
cytie
of
Angorye
to
specyfye
to
our
men
that
we
are
aryued
,
&
that
they
fayle
not
to
morowe
in
the
mornyng
to
yssue
oute
vpon
the
christen
men
and
assaile
them
fyersly
.
And
we
shall
assayll
them
vpon
this
syde
towarde
the
sea
so
me
thinketh
that
they
can
not
escape
vs
by
no
maner
of
wise
By
my
god
sayd
Murgalante
you
haue
well
aduysed
.
Nowe
we
muste
fynde
a
messunger
for
to
accomplysshe
thys
thynge
.
Syr
sayd
Pacolet
that
was
subtyl
seke
none
other
messanger
than
me
for
I
can
speke
all
languages
frende
sayd
Murgalant
thou
spekest
as
valyant
.
Now
go
thy
way
mahowne
conduyte
the.
Pacolet
departed
that
was
muche
Ioyous
for
to
do
that
message
,
a
sayd
to
hym self
.
Murgalant
you
sende
me
to
do
your
message
,
but
by
the
god
almyghty
I
shall
doo
it
in
suche
maner
that
or
to
morowe
at
nyghte
you
shal
knowe
wyth
what
charme
Pacolet
can
playe
.
Thus
he
went
wyth
out
any
hors
towarde
the
cy●e
of
Angory
.
whan
the
cristen
men
sawe
hym
come
so
they
thought
well
that
he
was
a
spye
,
soo
they
came
agaynst
hym
hastely
and
demaunded
hym
sayenge
.
Galant
whether
go
you
thus
,
it
semeth
by
your
maners
that
you
are
a
spye
.
Lordes
sayd
Pacrlet
you
say
trouthe
,
but
I
am
not
a
spye
for
to
bere
you
dommage
.
Now
lede
me
anone
in
to
the
hoost
of
kynge
Pepyn
,
and
make
me
to
speke
wyth
my
lorde
Orson
and
I
shall
tell
hem
a
thynge
wherof
he
shall
be
muche
abasshed
.
Than
the
crysten
men
toke
thelytie
Pacolet
and
leddehy
into
warde
Orson
,
the
whyche
was
ryght
Ioyous
for
to
se
hym
and
made
hym
great
chere
frende
sayd
Orson
howe
doth
my
brother
Ualentyne
.
Than
Pacolet
tolde
hym
all
the
aduentures
that
was
happened
them
syth
they
had
sene
the
one
the
other
,
and
tolde
hym
of
the
serpent
that
Ualentyne
had
slayne
before
Antyoche
.
And
of
the
greate
payne
and
trouayll
that
he
had
or
euer
he
myght
ouer
come
the
serpente
,
and
also
how
he
might
here
no
tydynge
of
the
same
Clerymonde
.
And
syth
tolde
hym
and
declared
vnto
hym
howe
that
they
were
aryued
there
for
to
fyght
agaynst
them
Syr
sayd
Pacolet
it
is
true
that
we
are
aryued
here
besyde
a
hondred
thousande
paynims
,
of
whome
Valentyne
and
Murgalant
are
conductours
.
And
are
come
hetherfor
to
chace
you
out
of
this
countrey
by
the
commaundement
of
kyng
Lucar
&
kyng
Brandiffer
,
but
and
you
will
beleue
me
,
there
shall
not
one
of
them
retourne
agayne
.
Frende
sayde
Orson
for
God
haue
regarde
therto
,
for
and
you
will
do
it
neuer
the
dayes
of
your
lyfe
gate
you
so
muche
honoure
,
and
shall
acquyre
merite
to
warde
God
.
Syr
sayde
Pacolet
,
here
me
speake
a
lytell
if
it
please
you
.
❧
How
Pacolet
by
his
charme
and
crafte
made
al
the
sarazyns
to
be
put
vnto
death
.
And
howe
kyng
Murgalant
was
slayne
.
Cap.
lxxv
.
SYr
sayd
Pacolet
to
Orson
I
am
and
shall
be
all
my
lyfe
subtecte
to
your
brother
Ualentyne
and
you
.
But
and
euer
I
dyd
you
seruyce
that
pleased
you
I
shall
do
one
now
Nowe
herken
how
.
It
behoueth
first
that
you
kepe
you
vpon
your
garde
,
and
that
this
nyght
you
make
youre
men
to
be
armed
and
put
in
point
.
And
to
the
ende
that
none
thynke
that
Ualentyne
hath
wrought
the
creason
I
shall
make
hym
to
abyde
in
his
tente
,
and
shal
make
a
great
nombre
of
Satazyns
to
goo
vnto
the
watche
,
and
when
this
shal
be
thus
done
,
I
shall
caste
my
charme
in
suche
maner
that
they
shall
all
sleepe
,
soo
hadde
that
you
maye
passe
them
and
enter
in
to
the
hoost
surely
in
puttyng
theym
vnto
death
without
any
mercye
.
By
God
sayde
Orson
you
speake
ryght
well
and
subtylly
,
and
shewe
well
that
you
haue
a
good
wil
and
deuocion
for
to
susteyne
and
defende
oure
lawe
.
At
these
wordes
Orson
ledde
hym
towarde
kyng
Pepyn
for
to
recounte
hym
the
enterpryse
.
Ioyous
and
well
content
was
kyng
Pepyn
to
heare
suche
a
thynge
,
and
made
Pacolet
to
be
ryght
hyghly
fested
.
Pacolet
eate
and
dronke
and
after
toke
leue
and
wente
in
to
the
cytie
of
Angorye
to
acheue
his
message
,
too
the
ende
that
none
toke
hede
of
his
dede
,
and
tolde
to
kyng
Murgalant
certayne
sygnes
.
He
entred
in
to
the
cytye
and
wente
in
to
the
palays
where
as
he
founde
the
admyrall
bruhans
and
salued
hym
hyghly
in
great
reuerence
.
After
he
did
his
message
as
he
had
in
charge
and
commaundement
by
Murgalant
.
Syr
sayd
Pacolet
know
that
of
Brandyffers
parte
we
are
arryued
a
hondred
thousand
paynyms
.
So
kynge
Murgalant
sendeth
you
worde
that
hath
charge
of
all
the
paynyms
,
that
to
morowe
be
tymes
you
make
your
men
for
to
be
armed
and
that
you
assayle
the
christen
men
on
the
syde
of
the
cytie
of
Angorye
,
and
Murgalant
shall
assayll
theim
on
the
other
syde
so
that
they
shall
not
escape
.
Joyous
was
the
admyrall
Bruhans
to
here
suche
tydynges
,
but
he
knew
not
how
it
should
happen
him
.
Then
Pacolet
toke
leue
of
hym
in
great
reuerence
and
retourned
vnto
Murgalant
,
the
whiche
he
salued
from
the
Admall
Bruhans
in
the
maner
as
appertained
.
Frende
said
Murgalant
you
are
worthy
for
to
be
praised
when
you
can
do
your
message
so
well
.
After
Pacolet
went
to
warde
Ualentyne
and
sayd
to
hym
secretly
.
Your
brother
Orson
and
your
vncle
the
kyng
Pepyn
salueth
you
,
to
whome
I
haue
lette
wyte
the
enterpryse
of
your
comyng
,
to
the
ende
that
thei
be
not
taken
vnwate
,
for
it
shold
be
great
pytie
and
dammage
.
Frende
sayd
Ualentyne
thou
hast
wrought
tyght
well
.
Nowe
Pacolet
tolde
hym
not
the
dede
of
his
enterpryse
,
for
he
knew
well
that
neuer
the
dayes
of
his
lyfe
he
would
do
nor
consence
to
creason
.
The
nyght
approched
and
behoued
the
watche
to
be
set
and
the
gardes
of
the
hoost
to
be
chosen
&
establysshed
,
wel
would
Ualentyne
haue
had
the
charge
of
the
watche
but
Pacolet
that
knew
well
how
the
thing
would
go
founde
the
meanes
for
to
let
hym
and
made
hym
for
to
abyde
in
the
ten●en
.
And
when
the
nyght
was
come
and
the
watche
set
Pacolet
entred
among
the
paynyms
and
caste
his
charme
in
such
maner
that
he
made
them
all
fall
vnto
the
earth
on
slepe
,
soo
strongly
that
the
lyuynge
creatures
myghte
not
awake
them
.
Nowe
the
good
kyng
Pepyn
slepte
not
nor
his
army
,
for
when
it
came
toward
midnight
hee
entred
into
the
hoost
with
thre
score
thousand
fighting
men
and
the
noble
Orson
and
amonge
the
tentes
and
pauylions
sette
the
fyre
on
euery
syde
,
and
all
the
paynyms
put
vnto
death
without
sparyng
lytle
or
great
.
They
entted
so
ferre
within
the
hoost
or
the
paynyms
a
wakened
that
they
came
to
the
tente
of
Murgalant
that
slepte
in
his
bedde
and
he
was
so
surprysed
that
as
he
lepte
out
of
his
bedde
he
was
smyten
thorough
the
body
with
a
darte
and
so
fel
downe
dead
to
the
earthe
.
❧
Howe
the
Satazyns
were
discomfyted
and
howe
kyng
Pepyn
toke
the
cytie
of
Angorye
.
❧
Capitulo
.
lxxvi
.
AT
the
houre
of
this
assaute
Pacolet
came
vnto
Ualentyne
and
toke
hym
by
the
hand
,
saying
.
My
lorde
thinke
for
to
saue
you
,
for
it
goeth
to
euyll
with
vs
,
knowe
that
the
christen
men
are
passed
the
watche
and
are
entred
into
our
hoost
,
and
haue
also
enuyroned
out
folkes
on
all
sydes
and
putteth
all
vnto
fyre
and
bloude
,
wherfore
thynke
we
for
to
escape
.
¶
Alas
Pacolet
said
Ualentyne
,
I
know
wel
that
thou
hast
wrought
here
and
hathe
enchaunted
the
paynyms
,
soo
I
wote
neuer
what
to
do
for
to
saue
myne
honour
.
For
at
my
departyng
from
Brandyffer
I
promysed
him
and
swore
vnto
hym
that
I
shoule
retourne
to
him
againe
if
I
might
escape
with
my
lyfe
,
nowe
am
I
sure
that
he
wyl
make
me
dye
if
he
haue
tydinges
of
this
thynge
.
Syr
sayde
Pacolet
of
that
haue
you
no
doubte
,
for
you
shall
neuer
haue
euill
nor
displeasure
in
no
place
where
as
I
shall
be
but
shall
delyuer
you
and
if
kyng
Brandyffer
hadde
Judged
you
vnto
death
and
had
the
corde
aboute
your
necke
standing
vpon
the
●●d●re
ready
for
to
be
hanged
,
yet
knowe
I
the
maner
for
too
delyuer
you
and
saue
your
lyfe
.
¶
By
my
sayth
sayd
Valentyne
suche
a
varlet
ought
for
to
be
derely
loued
.
Thus
were
the
paynyms
by
the
arte
of
Pacolet
dyscomfyted
and
put
vnto
death
.
¶
Upon
the
morowe
the
admyral
Bruhans
yssued
out
of
Angorye
with
a
great
multytude
of
paynyms
for
to
renne
vpon
king
Pepyn
and
his
hoost
,
the
whiche
kn●we
nothyng
of
the
mysauenture
.
Within
a
shorte
space
the
two
parties
were
assembled
.
Tho
be
gan
the
batayl
ryght
fyersly
,
muche
great
was
the
nbyse
and
pyteous
for
to
beare
.
There
was
speres
and
dartes
broken
,
&
many
champions
smyten
vnto
the
earth
wyth
swerdes
and
glayues
of
stele
many
hameys
broken
,
and
bembres
cut
,
horses
renne
thorowe
the
felde
many
maners
and
standardes
dyscourted
,
and
smytten
to
the
grounde
.
And
whan
the
Admyrall
bruhans
sawe
that
the
chrysten
men
fared
so
wyth
hys
men
as
all
out
of
hys
wytte
he
put
hymselfe
in
the
prese
.
¶
He
couched
his
spere
and
ranne
agaynst
a
knyght
of
Br●e
in
suche
maner
that
he
persed
hym
throughe
out
,
and
smote
him
downe
dead
to
the
earth
.
After
he
drewe
out
hys
swerde
and
smote
another
knyght
that
was
called
Gyrarde
of
parys
,
soo
myghrelye
that
he
slewe
hym
in
that
place
.
Than
he
came
to
avalyaunt
knyght
named
Roberte
of
Norinandye
that
greued
hys
men
muche
,
soo
he
gaue
hym
so
great
a
stroke
wyth
hys
swerd
that
he
cut
of
his
lefte
legge
.
The
Admyrall
fought
so
valyauntly
that
or
euer
he
rested
he
made
ten
chrysten
knyghtes
to
dye
of
his
handes
.
Now
the
kynge
Pepyn
apperceyued
hym
well
and
sawe
that
he
made
great
slaughter
of
the
crysten
men
.
Than
the
valyaunt
kynge
toke
a
great
spere
in
his
hande
&
smote
the
hors
wyth
hys
sporres
and
came
aga●nst
the
Admyrall
wyth
so
greate
a
myght
that
the
spere
went
throughe
hys
lyuer
and
his
longes
,
and
he
smote
hym
downe
dead
so
softly
that
he
spake
neuer
a
worde
,
nor
remeued
neuer
a
membre
.
And
whan
the
paynyms
sawe
that
the
Admyrall
was
dead
it
is
not
to
be
demaunded
yf
they
were
sorowfull
,
and
had
no
hardynes
for
to
holde
the
felde
/
for
they
wythdrewe
theym
in
to
Angorye
and
mounted
vpon
the
walles
for
to
defende
the
cyte
.
Than
the
christen
men
were
diligent
and
folowed
them
nere
,
but
they
of
the
cyte
defended
theym
so
valyauntly
as
wel
wyth
stones
as
wyth
s●otte
that
they
ledde
the
christen
men
to
euyl
.
Than
the
captaines
made
the
dytches
to
be
filled
with
fagottes
&
logges
&
by
that
means
wan
the
gates
&
the
barres
.
And
at
y
●
●oure
the
assaute
was
ryght
great
&
●ied
many
men
as
well
on
the
one
syde
as
o●
the
other
.
But
notwithstanding
the
defence
of
the
painims
it
profyted
them
but
litell
,
for
at
the
same
assaute
the
tytie
was
taken
&
al
the
sarazins
put
vnto
death
without
any
mercy
.
Then
the
christen
men
entred
in
y●
founde
there
much
great
richesse
and
it
was
on
a
fryday
.
Kyng
Pepyn
made
his
tentes
for
to
be
brought
in
to
the
cytie
.
Here
will
I
leue
to
speake
of
kyng
Pepyn
and
shall
tell
you
of
Ualentyne
.
❧
How
Ualentyne
retourned
in
to
ynde
after
the
batail
and
bare
whim
the
body
of
king
Murgalant
.
Ca.
lxxvii
AFter
that
the
cyte
of
Angory
was
taken
by
the
chrysten
men
,
&
the
paynyms
dead
as
wel
wythout
as
within
.
Ualentyne
that
founde
the
body
of
kinge
Murgalant
dead
vpon
the
felde
called
Pacolet
&
sayd
to
him
.
Frende
I
wyl
that
we
bere
this
body
with
vs
,
so
may
kyng
Brandyffer
sooner
beleue
that
we
were
in
batayll
togyther
.
Syr
sayd
pacolet
you
saye
well
&
it
shall
be
honour
to
you
.
Than
Ualentyne
made
the
body
to
be
taken
and
put
in
a
cofre
muche
honourably
,
and
couered
it
wyth
blacke
.
After
they
went
vnto
the
porte
where
as
theyr
shyppes
lay
and
mounted
vpon
thesee
.
But
of
a
hundred
thousand
paynyms
that
were
comen
out
there
returned
not
ten
thousande
,
and
all
throughe
the
subtyle
of
Pacolet
.
Now
they
are
vpon
thesee
spreding
theyr
saylles
and
rowynge
so
muche
that
they
arryued
streyght
at
the
hauen
where
as
Brandyffer
and
Lucar
had
set
theyr
hoost
.
They
toke
londe
and
dyscended
the
body
and
charged
it
vpon
two
horses
,
and
in
makynge
pyteous
chere
bare
it
vnto
the
pauylyon
of
kyng
Brandyffer
,
the
whyche
played
at
the
chesse
wyth
kynge
Lucar
accompanyed
of
fyftene
kynges
that
behelde
the
play
,
and
also
soone
as
he
sawe
Ualentine
he
sayd
vnto
hym
Knyght
well
be
you
comen
now
tel
me
of
the
batayll
how
it
gothe
,
&
yf
you
haue
slayne
all
the
chrysten
men
and
taken
the
kynge
Pepyn
and
hys
neuewe
Orson
.
Alas
syr
sayd
Ualentyne
it
gothe
well
otherwyse
,
for
we
haue
loste
the
felde
,
and
all
your
men
is
slayne
,
for
the
kyng
Faryn
that
had
the
charge
of
the
watche
lette
hys
men
slepe
,
so
the
christen
men
passed
forthe
and
put
the
fyre
in
the
pauylyons
in
sleynge
bothe
lytle
and
great
wythout
any
remyssyon
.
And
whan
I
sawe
that
the
thynge
wente
so
euyll
I
wakened
also
many
men
as
I
myght
for
to
saue
them
.
And
in
thys
batayll
is
dead
your
vncle
kynge
Murgalant
,
of
whome
I
haue
made
the
body
to
be
brought
to
the
end
that
it
may
be
buryed
as
it
appertayneth
.
And
yf
you
wyll
not
beleue
me
you
maye
demaunde
the
other
that
be
here
howe
the
thynge
wente
.
¶
Syr
sayd
the
other
he
telleth
you
trouthe
.
Than
arose
the
kyng
Brandyffer
,
and
as
all
in
a
rage
hurled
the
chesse
vnto
the
erthe
,
and
was
so
sorowful
that
wyth
payne
he
myght
speke
a
worde
.
Ha
Ualentyne
I
knowe
well
that
thou
haste
made
my
men
to
dye
.
By
god
sayd
valentyne
it
is
euyll
spoken
,
for
I
was
neuer
in
my
lyfe
suche
as
you
saye
.
And
yf
ony
wyll
maynteyne
it
I
wyl
fyght
wyth
him
for
it
in
a
felde
.
By
mahoune
sayd
kynge
Lucar
of
him
it
nedeth
not
to
doubte
,
for
and
he
hadde
wylled
for
to
haue
done
treason
he
wolde
not
haue
returned
to
you
agayne
.
Than
brandyffer
was
styll
and
made
the
body
of
hys
vncle
to
be
honourablye
buryed
.
And
anone
they
of
the
cyte
knewe
the
tydynges
wherof
they
were
muche
Joyous
.
Than
the
kynge
of
Ynde
made
hys
men
to
be
armed
lyghtly
and
wyth
forty
thousande
men
yssued
out
of
the
cyte
of
Ynde
.
Whan
Brandyffer
knewe
that
they
came
agaynst
hym
he
made
his
men
to
arme
them
.
So
it
was
not
longe
but
that
the
bataylles
assembled
that
was
muche
fyerse
on
eche
sayde
.
Ualentine
was
amongest
the
prese
that
on
euery
sayd
smote
and
caste
downe
folkes
,
so
that
none
durste
abyde
afore
hym
.
His
hardynes
was
so
redoubted
that
〈◊〉
knyght
wolde
approche
nere
hym
,
he
entred
into
the
batayll
holdynge
hys
good
swerde
so
ferre
that
he
came
to
the
king
of
Ynde
and
gaue
him
so
great
a
stroke
that
he
smote
hym
of
hys
hors
downe
to
the
earthe
,
so
rudely
that
he
had
no
streyngth
nor
force
for
to
ryse
vp
.
Whan
Pacolet
sawe
that
he
was
downe
he
went
anone
with
dyuers
other
and
toke
the
kynge
of
Ynde
&
yelded
hym
vnto
Ualentyne
the
whyche
ledde
hym
vnto
the
pauylyon
of
kynge
Brandyffer
.
And
whan
he
knew
the
tydynges
that
Ualentyne
had
taken
the
kynge
of
Ynde
,
he
cryed
vpon
hys
men
sayenge
.
Now
to
it
lordes
there
is
but
to
do
well
,
for
to
day
we
shall
haue
vyctorye
vpon
our
enemyes
.
Soo
I
swere
my
god
mahowne
that
neuer
the
dayes
of
my
lyfe
I
shal
fayle
the
knyght
Ualentyne
neyther
wyth
body
nor
wyth
goodes
.
For
these
tydinges
kynge
Lucar
and
all
his
men
toke
great
courage
,
and
put
them
in
the
batayll
more
fyerslye
that
before
,
in
suche
maner
that
there
abode
mo
than
thyrtye
thousande
vpon
the
felde
.
Whan
the
Marshall
of
Ynde
knewe
the
losse
that
they
had
,
he
made
anone
to
blowe
the
retrette
to
wythdrawe
them
and
assemble
hys
men
,
whan
Brandyffer
and
kyng
Lucar
sawe
that
they
wyth
drewe
them
they
pursued
them
so
nere
that
at
the
entre
of
the
cyte
there
dyed
ten
thousande
.
Pacolet
was
moche
Joyous
for
to
se
so
many
paynyms
dye
.
For
he
cared
not
on
what
syde
the
losse
turned
,
so
that
he
&
Ualentyne
myght
escape
out
of
theyr
handes
.
The
batayll
endured
so
longe
that
the
nyght
approched
,
and
Brandyffer
and
kynge
Lucar
returned
into
theyr
tentes
and
pauylyons
and
badde
that
they
should
bryng
them
the
kynge
of
Ynde
,
the
whyche
was
presented
vnto
theim
anone
.
Whan
kyng
Lucar
sawe
hym
he
sayd
vnto
hym
all
on
hye
.
Ha
false
toaytoure
nowe
is
the
tyme
comen
that
thou
shall
rendre
me
acountes
,
thou
mayst
be
well
sure
that
thou
shall
neuer
escape
me
,
for
I
shall
make
the
dye
shamefully
.
The
kynge
of
Ynde
vnderstode
him
well
but
he
aunswered
him
neuer
a
worde
,
but
yet
shal
the
tyme
come
that
he
shall
be
delyuered
by
Pacolet
,
&
after
his
delyueraunce
shall
yelde
vnto
him
the
kynge
Brandyffer
to
be
in
his
subiection
as
you
shall
heare
afterwarde
.
❧
Howe
Ualentyne
harde
tydinges
of
his
father
and
howe
Pacolet
delyuered
the
kyng
of
Ynde
by
his
charme
,
and
delyuered
hym
Brandyffer
at
his
owne
wyll
.
❧
Capitulo
.
lxxviii
.
RYght
so
as
king
Lucar
spake
vnto
the
king
of
Ynde
there
ariued
a
messenger
the
which
after
the
saluce
made
,
sayd
vnto
kyng
Brandyffer
.
Ryght
dere
syr
I
bryng
you
heuy
tydynges
▪
knowe
that
kyng
Pepyn
hath
taken
your
cytie
of
Angorye
and
hathe
put
all
the
men
and
women
and
chyldren
vnto
death
that
were
in
it
,
with
out
hauing
any
pytie
.
By
mahoune
sayde
the
kyng
Brandiffer
here
is
euill
tydinges
,
for
it
was
the
fayrest
cytie
of
all
my
lande
.
But
sythe
that
it
is
happened
soo
that
I
haue
in
my
subiection
the
kyng
of
Ynde
,
I
haue
doope
that
I
shall
haue
vengeaunce
shortly
on
myne
enemies
after
he
sayde
to
kyng
Lucar
.
Fayre
sonne
it
behoueth
s●th
that
we
haue
the
kyng
of
Ynde
in
our
handēs
that
hath
done
vs
so
muche
dāmagē
that
to
morow
in
the
mornyng
he
be
condampned
vnto
a
vylla●●●us
death
.
And
after
we
shall
go
into
Angorye
against
the
Frenchemen
that
wasteth
my
lande
&
shall
take
v●●g●●ūce
.
For
knowe
that
within
the
strong
castell
I
haue
in
my
pryson
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
and
the
grene
knyght
that
hath
lefte
outlawe
▪
the
whiche
shall
neuer
escape
me
but
shall
be
hanged
within
fyftene
dayes
.
Ualentyne
that
was
there
presence
vnderstode
well
the
tydynges
and
was
ryght
Joyous
to
heare
speake
of
his
father
,
so
he
made
sygne
vnto
Pacolet
that
the
time
should
be
shortly
that
he
must
playe
with
his
craf●e
.
After
he
sayd
softely
to
himselfe
I
pray
to
God
of
paradise
that
he
wyll
kepe
you
from
daunger
for
I
shal
neuer
haue
ioye
tyll
that
I
haue
founde
the
meanes
for
to
delyuer
you
out
of
pryson
.
The
kyng
of
Ynde
behelde
Ualentyne
and
sayde
to
himselfe
softly
.
Cursed
be
the
houre
that
euer
thou
escaped
fro
my
handes
that
I
made
the
not
dye
,
for
than
should
I
not
haue
bene
in
suche
daunger
as
I
am
nowe
in
.
After
these
thinges
done
king
Lucar
made
to
come
a
hundred
sarazyus
all
armed
and
sayd
to
them
.
Felowes
I
geue
you
this
false
traytour
king
of
Ynde
,
so
thinke
for
to
kepe
him
well
vpon
the
paine
to
lese
your
lyues
.
And
to
moro
we
in
the
mornyng
I
shall
make
hym
behanged
and
strangled
when
you
geue
me
him
agayne
.
The
paynyms
toke
anone
the
king
of
Ynde
and
put
him
in
a
pauylyon
,
&
there
they
bound
hym
fast
by
the
myddle
vnto
a
poste
,
and
after
they
bendeth
his
eyen
.
He
myght
well
heare
the
playes
,
solace
▪
and
disportes
,
but
he
had
but
sorowe
and
discomforte
in
his
harte
,
as
he
that
neuer
thought
to
escape
the
death
.
¶
Then
Valentyne
called
Pacolet
and
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Frende
I
thinke
not
that
the
kyng
Brandyffer
holdeth
my
father
in
his
pryson
,
for
if
I
had
knowen
it
I
would
not
haue
put
my
body
in
so
great
aduentures
for
to
serue
hym
as
I
haue
done
.
I
haue
bene
true
to
himim
all
his
workes
,
but
syth
that
it
is
so
I
will
neuer
serue
him
more
but
would
fynde
gladly
the
man●t
how
I
might
dammage
him
.
For
I
am
litell
beholden
for
to
do
him
pleasu●e
that
hath
kepte
my
father
in
soo
great
distresse
in
his
darke
pryson
so
longe
.
Syr
sayde
Pacolet
you
haue
good
reason
to
bere
him
dammage
&
if
you
wil
I
shal
fynde
well
the
meanes
to
delyuer
the
kyng
of
Ynde
▪
&
yet
he
shal
lede
Brandyffer
with
him
.
And
me
thynketh
that
whan
he
shall
haue
him
in
Ynde
he
wil
make
him
dye
shamefully
.
And
by
this
meanes
you
shall
be
auenged
on
him
.
So
may
your
vncle
king
Pepyn
holde
Angorye
surely
.
By
my
fayth
sayde
Ualentyne
suche
a
thynge
would
I
well
.
And
I
pray
the
hartely
that
thou
do
some
thynge
at
this
houre
wherby
I
may
helpe
kyng
Pepyn
,
and
delyuer
my
father
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
.
When
it
came
after
souper
the
hundred
sarazing
that
had
the
king
of
Ynde
in
keping
made
a
great
fyre
before
the
pauilion
.
And
Pacolet
that
slepte
not
at
that
houre
entred
into
the
pauilion
as
one
that
would
watche
with
them
.
So
it
was
not
long
after
that
he
caste
a
charme
in
suche
maner
by
the
arte
of
Nygromancye
that
he
made
them
fall
to
the
earth
and
slepe
as
dead
men
.
After
he
wente
to
the
kyng
of
Ynde
and
vnbounde
his
eyen
,
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Noble
kyng
of
Ynde
take
ioye
and
comforte
in
●e
,
for
I
am
thy
god
mahowne
that
is
descended
from
heuen
for
to
su●cour
the.
And
because
that
thou
haste
serued
and
honoured
me
longe
I
wyll
delyuer
the.
Thou
shalt
go
surely
in
to
my
palays
and
leade
with
the
king
Brandiffer
that
shall
knowe
nothyng
therof
.
Alas
my
God
sayde
the
kyng
of
Ynde
I
haue
well
serued
the
when
thou
hast●
wylled
to
descende
ou●
of
thy
holy
paradyse
for
to
●epe
me
from
my
mortall
enemy
.
Now
I
knowe
well
that
thou
art
God
almyghty
.
Kyng
sayd
Pacolet
haue
trust
in
me
,
and
beleue
the
counsayll
of
thy
wife
.
¶
At
these
wordes
Pacolet
ledde
hym
towarde
Brandiffer
▪
and
made
all
his
watche
to
slepe
and
enchaunted
Brandyffer
in
suche
maner
that
he
made
him
ryse
&
clothe
him
saying
to
the
kyng
,
God
is
come
,
for
I
wyll
goo
with
you
in
to
your
palays
and
accomplyshe
all
your
wyll
.
❧
Howe
kyng
Lucar
made
all
the
hundred
sarazyns
to
be
drawen
at
horses
tayles
.
And
howe
Ualentyne
and
Pacolet
departed
out
of
his
ho●st
secretly
for
to
go
vnto
Angorye
.
Capit.
lxxix
.
THen
the
king
of
ynde
kneled
down
saying
.
Souerayne
God
I
thanke
you
for
this
great
myracle
.
So
pacolet
brought
him
a
fayre
horse
&
made
him
to
mounte
vpon
him
with
the
kyng
Brandiffer
,
&
so
they
rode
vnto
Ynde
,
&
Pacolet
toke
his
leue
.
Mahoune
said
the
king
of
ynde
I
thanke
you
with
all
my
harte
&
recommaunde
my
soule
vnto
you
whan
it
shall
departe
from
the
body
.
Kyng
sayd
Pacolet
I
shal
not
fayle
you
,
for
if
it
come
in
to
my
handes
it
shall
not
●ayle
of
a
good
maister
.
And
so
Pacolet
departed
,
&
the
kyng
of
ynde
called
the
porters
that
let
him
in
with
great
ioye
.
When
Rozemonde
apperceyued
hym
she
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Ha
ryght
dere
syr
well
be
you
come
.
Nowe
tell
me
howe
you
haue
brought
my
father
hether
,
is
the
pea●e
made
betwene
you
and
hym
.
No
sayd
the
kyng
it
hath
bene
mine
God
mahoune
that
hath
apper
drome
The
whiche
by
his
diuine
puyssaunce
hathe
delyuered
me
from
the
handes
of
myne
enemyes
and
hether
hath
brought
me
and
geuen
me
your
father
.
And
there
fayled
the
charme
,
and
kyng
Brandyffer
did
awaken
and
began
to
loke
much
ferefully
,
and
after
said
to
the
king
of
Ynde
.
From
whence
maye
come
this
thynge
,
and
howe
am
I
come
hether
.
I
thinke
that
the
deuill
hathe
brought
me
in
so
this
place
.
Nay
sayd
the
king
of
Ynde
but
it
hath
bene
the
puyssaunt
god
mahoune
that
hath
appeared
this
night
,
and
brought
you
and
me
hether
.
So
I
beleue
that
it
is
his
will
that
you
&
I
make
good
peace
and
be
frendes
together
.
By
my
lawe
said
Brandiffer
I
had
rather
dye
,
for
of
your
acquaintaunce
I
wil
none
,
let
me
goo
to
warde
myne
hoost
as
I
was
before
that
you
brought
me
hether
.
Brandyffer
sayd
the
kyng
of
Ynde
that
shall
I
not
doo
for
sythe
that
mahowne
hath
brought
you
hether
,
I
trust
me
in
his
grace
to
perfourme
the
thyng
.
Thus
is
Brandiffer
within
the
cy●te
of
Ynde
in
great
sorowe
because
that
he
sawe
hym selfe
taken
,
and
might
not
retourne
at
his
will
in
to
his
hoost
.
And
the
hundred
sarazyns
that
should
haue
kept
him
,
be
yet
slepyng
vpon
the
earth
.
Nowe
when
it
was
daye
kyng
Lucar
came
into
the
pauylion
where
as
he
hadde
lefte
the
kynge
of
Ynde
in
kepyng
.
And
when
the
paynyms
sawe
hym
they
cryed
hym
mercy
sayinge
that
they
had
loste
the
kyng
of
Ynde
that
nyght
by
enchauncement
.
¶
Ha
false
harlottes
sayde
Lucar
I
knowe
wel
how
it
goeth
,
you
were
al
dronke
and
layde
you
downe
to
slepe
.
But
I
swere
by
mahowne
that
the
wyne
that
you
haue
dronken
shall
bee
derely
bought
.
Then
he
made
them
all
to
be
drawen
at
horses
rayles
,
&
after
hanged
,
for
the
whiche
chynge
Pacolet
laughed
And
Valentine
called
Pacolet
and
saide
to
him
.
Ftende
my
harte
will
neuer
haue
ioye
tyll
that
I
haue
founde
my
father
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
that
Brandyffer
holdeth
in
his
pryson
,
so
I
wyll
not
abyde
here
but
am
delyvered
for
too
leue
this
cursed
folke
that
I
haue
serued
so
long
in
trusting
to
haue
had
tidinges
of
the
faire
Clerymonde
,
and
I
beleue
that
she
is
dead
,
wherefore
I
will
go
to
warde
kyng
Papyn
that
is
in
Angorye
for
to
tell
hym
howe
kyng
Brandyffer
holdeth
my
father
and
the
grene
b●oght
in
pryson
.
It
is
well
sayde
quod
Pacolet
▪
for
we
shall
goo
vnto
the
strong
castell
afterwarde
and
delyuer
your
father
.
Thus
was
the
counsa●l
taken
and
the
thing
done
,
for
Ualentyne
with
his
men
mounted
vpon
the
sea
without
takyng
any
leue
.
❧
Of
the
vysion
of
kyng
Pepyn
.
And
howe
he
wente
in
to
the
holy
lande
with
the
twelue
pere●
.
Cap.
l●xx
.
NOwe
you
haue
heard
say
how
kyng
Pepyn
toke
Angorye
,
so
I
wyl
tell
you
and
declare
vnto
you
the
maner
and
the
facyon
wherfore
the
great
treason
was
made
by
the
two
fals
brethren
Haufray
and
Henry
.
It
happened
one
nyght
as
the
kynge
was
in
Angoryelyenge
in
hys
bedde
,
he
dreamed
a
meruaylous
dreame
.
In
this
slepynge
him
thought
that
he
sawe
the
thre
nayles
that
our
lorde
was
nayled
on
the
crosse
wyth
,
&
the
spere
that
he
hadde
hys
syde
per●ed
wyth
.
And
hym
thoughte
that
he
sawe
a
prees●
that
longe
masse
besyde
the
holy
sepulcre
afore
hym
.
And
thys
aduysyon
happened
to
hym
thryes
,
wherof
he
was
muche
ameruaylled
whan
it
came
toward
the
mornynge
that
kyng
for
that
same
dreame
and
for
that
a●ysion
assembled
his
barons
and
right
so
as
he
had
dreamed
declared
it
to
them
▪
and
after
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
I
wo●e
neuer
what
shall
be
fall
/
but
syth
that
suche
a
vysyon
is
happened
me
three
tymes
I
thynke
not
that
it
is
a
dreame
of
abusyon
,
and
amdelybered
afore
that
I
returne
in
to
Fraunce
to
go
and
vysyte
the
holy
sepulcre
of
our
sauyour
and
●edemp●oure
Iesu
chryst
wyth
the
other
holy
places
as
wel
wythout
the
cyte
of
Jerusalem
as
wythin
.
¶
How
kynge
Pepyn
put
hym
vpon
the
way
in
the
habyte
of
a
pylgr
●n
wyththe
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
,
&
howe
kynge
the
Pepyn
spake
vnto
Haufray
and
Henry
before
all
the
lorddes
of
hys
courte
.
Ca.
lxxxi
.
_●Eresyr
sayd
Orson
I
wil
go
with
you
yf
it
please
you
and
also
sayde
Myllon
dangler
.
Then
in
like
wise
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
promysed
him
to
go
with
him
,
&
the
kyng
thanked
them
hartely
.
And
then
he
called
Haufray
&
Henry
and
sayd
to
them
.
Haufray
you
know
that
you
are
my
naturall
sonne
,
but
in
such
maner
you
were
engendred
that
you
and
your
brother
haue
not
one
fote
of
lande
in
Fraunce
.
So
I
will
that
you
abyde
here
for
to
kepe
this
countrey
and
defende
it
and
●hewe
that
you
are
valtaunt
and
true
.
For
and
you
bere
you
well
I
am
delybered
for
to
geue
you
the
realme
of
Angorye
that
I
haue
wonne
so
truely
.
And
I
shal
conquere
you
Brand●ffers
doughter
to
be
your
wyfe
,
&
I
shall
wynne
Henry
another
.
Syr
sayd
Haufray
gramercy
.
Then
he
sayd
alowe
you
will
dishe●yte
vs
there
But
and
I
should
renounce
God
and
his
holy
mother
I
shall
do
in
suche
maner
that
the
thyng
shall
happen
contrary
to
your
will
.
❧
Howe
Haufray
and
Henry
betrayed
the
kyng
Pepyn
their
father
and
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
.
THen
he
called
Henry
and
sayde
to
hym
:
Fayre
brother
you
haue
well
harde
&
vnderstande
the
wordes
of
kynge
Pepy●
.
He
wyll
geue
vs
and
assygne
vs
ourlyues
vpon
straunge
realmes
after
his
appe●yte
as
they
that
are
not
worthy
to
be
his
chyldren
.
Nowe
I
knowe
well
that
he
hath
〈◊〉
encyon
that
Charles
shall
bee
onely
kynge
of
Fraunce
,
and
that
we
shall
haue
nothynge
.
And
therfore
yf
you
wyll
beleue
me
Pepyn
shall
neuer
returne
in
to
Fraunce
tyll
that
we
haue
made
hym
dye
by
the
handes
of
the
paynyms
.
Than
shall
we
be
kynge●
of
Fraunce
and
Emperoures
of
Rome
wythout
contradyccyon
,
for
there
is
nothyng
in
thys
worlde
that
I
desyre
so
muche
.
Brother
sayd
henry
you
speke
wysely
,
but
it
must
be
well
aduysed
howe
suche
a
thyng
may
be
accomplysshed
and
perfourmed
.
Henry
sayd
Haufray
I
shall
tell
you
how
.
I
muste
go
towarde
the
kyng
Brandyffer
and
accorde
thys
thyng
wyth
hym
,
by
thus
that
he
shall
gyue
me
hys
doughter
Galazye
,
and
I
shall
tell
hym
the
tydynges
how
kyng
Pepyn
and
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
go
vnto
the
holy
sepulcre
,
and
how
they
maye
be
lyghtly
taken
for
they
go
wythouten
armoure
and
wyth
a
small
company
.
And
I
am
well
certayne
that
the
paynyms
shall
be
ryght
Joyous
of
these
tydynges
And
yf
that
they
be
not
thus
taken
they
shall
neuer
be
taken
.
By
god
Haufray
sayd
Henry
you
saye
trouthe-Nowe
you
muste
go
to
warde
Ynde
the
may
our
&
there
you
shal
fynde
kynge
Lucar
and
the
kynge
Brandyffer
the
whyche
holdeth
the
cyte
assyeged
,
so
you
may
saye
&
tell
them
your
courage
,
and
I
shall
go
wyth
the
kyng
on
vyage
,
to
the
ende
that
our
feate
be
the
more
secretely
couered
,
and
that
they
apperceyue
nor
deme
no
treason
.
It
is
well
sayd
quod
Haufray
,
so
let
me
accomplysshe
it
.
For
I
shall
neuer
haue
good
rest
tyll
that
I
haue
accomplysshed
thys
thynge
.
And
thus
was
the
treason
made
and
conspyred
by
the
two
fals
brethren
Haufray
and
Henry
agaynst
theyr
propre
father
kynge
Pepyn
.
Alas
they
shewed
well
that
they
were
euylly
begoten
and
engendred
,
and
comen
of
an
vntrue
generacyon
,
whan
they
wolde
make
hym
dye
that
was
theyr
father
,
and
that
withall
his
puyssaunce
toke
payne
for
to
conquere
them
realmes
.
No
we
the
kyng
Pepyn
and
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
are
entred
in
to
the
sea
that
doubted
of
no
treason
for
to
accomplishe
their
pylgrymage
.
Henry
is
entred
in
with
theim
for
to
hyde
their
treason
the
better
.
And
his
brother
Haufray
wente
towarde
Ynde
for
to
synde
kyng
Brandyffer
that
hadde
set
the
syege
afore
the
cytie
of
Ynde
with
kyng
Lucat
for
his
doughter
Rozemonde
.
❧
How
the
Calyphe
of
Bendas
arryued
in
the
hoost
of
kyng
Brandyffer
,
and
howe
he
gate
trewes
for
a
moneth
duryng
the
whiche
trewes
he
made
the
peace
betwene
the
king
of
Ynde
and
kyng
Lucar
and
Brandyffer
.
Cap.
lxxxiii
.
TRue
it
is
that
the
Calyphe
of
Bendas
ariued
in
the
hoost
of
kyng
Brandyffer
&
Lucar
and
made
them
to
make
trewes
for
a
moneth
,
and
he
that
broke
it
shold
lese
the
halfe
of
his
landes
.
Durynge
the
which
tyme
the
Calyphe
assembled
kyng
Brandiffer
Lucar
and
the
kyng
of
Ynde
.
And
when
they
were
assembled
the
Calyphe
spake
in
this
maner
and
sayde
.
Lordes
you
knowe
that
the
christen
men
haue
wonne
the
realme
of
Angory
▪
and
that
you
can
not
go
thether
duryng
this
warre
.
wherfore
if
you
wyll
beleue
my
counsayll
I
shal
tell
you
what
you
shal
do
.
It
is
true
that
the
kyng
of
Ynde
slewe
your
father
Tromparte
for
sleyng
of
his
vncle
nowe
take
it
that
it
is
death
for
death
,
and
the
kyng
of
Ynde
shall
delyuer
Brandyffer
.
And
as
to
the
regarde
of
your
wyfe
Rozemonde
she
shall
beset
betwene
you
and
hym
that
she
wyll
go
too
shall
haue
her
without
contradyction
.
Unto
this
appoyntment
accordeth
bothe
the
kynges
,
and
Rozemonde
was
brought
before
kyng
Lucar
,
and
before
the
kyng
of
Ynde
,
and
the
thynge
was
declared
vnto
her
by
the
Calyphe
of
Bendas
.
Then
without
takynge
any
aduyse
she
wente
vnto
the
kynge
of
Ynde
,
wherfore
kynge
Lucar
was
ryght
sorowfull
.
So
I
wyll
leue
you
to
speake
of
this
mater
and
shall
tel
you
of
Haufray
that
went
to
warde
Ynde
.
¶
How
Haufray
for
to
accomplysshe
his
treason
artyued
before
Lucar
and
Brandyffer
,
and
howe
he
hym selfe
was
deceyued
by
treason
.
❧
Capitulo
.
lxxxiiii
.
ON
that
same
propre
daye
that
the
peace
was
made
by
the
Calyphe
of
Bendas
as
you
haue
hearde
before
Haufray
perseuerynge
in
his
malice
arryued
in
the
hoost
of
kynge
Lucar
and
of
Brandiffer
and
came
anone
to
warde
their
pauylyons
and
demaunded
the
gardes
whiche
was
kyng
Lucar
and
whiche
was
Brandyffer
.
And
they
●●ewed
them
hym
a none
▪
and
than
he
salued
them
hyghly
,
and
after
Brandyffer
spake
saying
what
deniaunde
you
and
what
dryueth
you
hether
.
Syr
sayde
Haufray
the
thyng
that
bryngeth
me
hether
is
not
to
be
sayde
before
so
many
men
.
Then
they
drew
them
a
syde
bothe
Brandyffer
,
Lucar
,
and
Hau●ray
,
&
with
them
the
Caliphe
of
Bendas
than
Hau●ray
said
vnto
them
.
Lordes
herken
if
it
please
you
,
for
I
am
come
for
your
great
profyte
and
honoure
.
Wyte
that
I
am
sone
vnto
the
myghty
kyng
Pepyn
of
Fraunce
,
soo
I
haue
hearde
saye
that
you
haue
a
doughter
that
surmounteth
all
other
in
beaute
corporall
,
wherfore
I
let
you
wyte
that
and
you
wyll
geue
me
her
vnto
wyfe
.
I
shall
shewe
you
the
maner
howe
that
you
may
haue
in
your
subieccion
the
kyng
Pepyn
and
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
that
haue
done
you
so
much
dammage
.
For
knowe
that
they
are
departed
in
habyte
of
pylgryms
,
poorely
arayed
and
accompanyed
for
to
go
into
Jerusalem
to
vysyte
the
holy
sepulcre
,
and
there
you
shal
finde
them
without
great
company
.
By
mahoune
sayd
Bran
differ
you
speake
notably
,
and
for
your
good
enterprise
I
am
contente
for
to
geue
you
my
doughter
Galazie
,
the
whiche
I
woulde
neuer
promyse
vnto
no
body
,
but
there
is
one
thyng
that
I
shall
tell
you
that
is
that
you
renounce
iesus
.
Yes
sayd
Haufray
Jesus
I
renounce
,
for
I
neuer
loued
hym
to
muche
.
When
the
kyng
knew
the
falsnes
and
the
treason
of
Hauftay
that
would
sell
his
father
,
and
renounce
his
lawe
,
he
wen●e
a
lytell
a
syde
in
counsayll
and
called
Lucar
and
the
Calyphe
of
Bendas
and
sayde
to
them
.
Lordes
nowe
maye
you
knowe
clerely
the
greate
treason
of
this
dys●oyll
man
that
demaundeth
my
doughter
.
Well
ought
I
to
truste
me
litel
in
him
when
he
wil
betraye
his
propre
father
that
begate
hym
,
with
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
,
so
I
loue
better
to
make
my
doughter
dye
,
than
to
geue
her
vnto
suche
a
traytoure
not
for
that
we
muste
fynde
the
meanes
to
go
in
to
Jerusalem
and
too
maynteyne
this
man
,
so
may
we
haue
Iyghtly
the
kyng
Pepyn
&
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
.
¶
Howe
kynge
Brandiffer
wrote
a
letter
vnto
his
doughter
Galazye
and
gaue
it
haufray
for
to
here
vnto
the
strong
castell
.
Capit.
lxxxv
.
AT
these
wordes
he
called
Haufray
and
said
to
hym
.
Fayre
syr
I
am
ryght
glad
of
your
comyng
,
nowe
vnderstande
what
you
shal
do
,
you
shall
go
towarde
my
doughter
and
here
her
this
letter
from
me
,
and
there
you
shall
passe
the
tyme
tyll
that
we
haue
more
euydent
tydynges
of
your
dede
.
Syr
sayd
Haufray
it
is
ryght
well
aduysed
,
soo
he
toke
the
lettre
of
the
kynge
and
put
hym
on
the
way
wyth
a
hundred
sarazyns
that
Brandyffer
had
gyuen
hym
to
conduyte
him
.
And
they
mounted
on
the
see
and
drewe
vp
the
sayll
and
rowed
soo
well
that
wythin
shorte
tyme
they
sawe
the
stronge
castel
where
as
Galazye
was
in
,
that
aboue
all
castelles
was
fayre
stronge
,
and
pleasaunt
for
to
beholde
,
they
aryued
at
the
hauen
and
toke
lande
nere
the
castell
.
Whan
they
were
dyscended
they
put
them
vpon
the
waye
for
to
go
vnto
the
castel
.
And
also
soone
as
they
were
before
the
gates
▪
the
porter
cryed
to
them
on
hyghe
sayenge
.
Lordes
you
shall
not
entre
more
ferther
,
for
here
●ay
none
entre
with
out
certayne
sygnes
.
Porter
sayd
Hau●tay
say
vnto
the
lady
that
we
shall
tell
her
so
good
sygnes
that
she
shall
knowe
vs
anone
.
The
porter
mounted
vp
in
to
the
castell
and
founde
the
lady
at
table
,
and
the
Seneshal
that
serued
her
.
Lady
sayd
the
porter
yond●r
wythout
is
I
can
not
tell
what
men
,
and
wyl
entre
here
in
,
me
thinke
they
be
of
your
fathers
.
Seneshall
sayd
the
lady
goo
anone
,
for
I
haue
greate
desyre
to
here
tydynges
of
my
father
.
The
Senesh
all
dyscended
and
also
soone
as
he
knewe
that
they
came
from
Brandyffer
he
bounde
vp
the
lyons
and
opened
the
gate
,
and
Haufray
entred
in
that
wende
well
that
it
had
ben
for
hys
honour
and
profyte
,
but
it
hadde
ben
better
for
hym
that
he
hadde
kept
the
land
of
Angory
as
kyng
Pepyn
bad
hym
.
For
with
his
treason
he
founde
hym selfe
betrayed
as
it
was
reason
,
for
a
thynge
euyll
begon
can
not
haue
a
good
ende
.
❧
Howe
the
fayre
Galazye
after
that
she
knewe
the
falsnes
and
treason
of
Haufray
,
she
made
hym
to
bee
put
in
a
darke
pryson
muche
strayghtly
.
❧
Capitulo
.
lxxxvi
.
AS
Haufray
was
entred
into
the
castell
,
he
wente
and
presented
hym
an
one
before
the
fayre
Galyzie
.
But
whan
he
sawe
her
great
beaute
and
her
ruddy
chekes
in
fygures
coloured
,
her
gentyll
body
streyght
and
compassed
,
her
eyen
amyable
and
laughyng
,
the
nose
streyght
,
and
the
mouthe
lytell
,
the
brestes
whi●e
as
snowe
the
armes
small
and
the
handes
whyte
&
fyngers
long
his
harte
was
so
embraced
with
her
loue
that
he
loste
the
speche
and
all
countenaunce
.
And
anone
after
that
he
had
taken
hys
refeccyon
he
salued
the
lady
and
sayd
to
her
.
My
sayd
souerayne
aboue
all
the
other
mahoune
the
whyche
made
the
fyrmamentegyue
you
grace
and
strengthe
to
perfourme
al
your
noble
desyres
.
Knowe
ryght
honoured
lady
that
for
the
great
renowne
that
I
haue
herde
of
your
excellent
beaute
.
I
haue
left
the
coutree
that
I
am
of
,
and
for
your
loue
haue
passed
the
sea
Nowe
I
haue
spoken
to
the
puyssaunt
kynge
Brandiffer
your
father
to
whome
I
haue
tolde
suche
tydynges
that
he
and
all
payennye
shall
be
the
better
.
And
for
to
haue
the
more
certaynte
therof
loo
here
a
lettre
that
he
sendeth
you
by
me
.
The
lady
toke
the
lettre
that
coude
rede
full
well
.
And
whan
she
had
aduysed
the
lettre
,
she
behelde
Haufray
muche
hardely
and
after
sayd
to
hym
hyghly
.
Uassayll
I
haue
sene
your
lettre
the
which
sayeth
that
you
that
are
chrysten
men
haue
solde
to
them
of
our
lawe
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
,
and
that
more
is
your
father
the
kynge
Pepyn
soo
my
father
sendeth
me
word
that
I
do
my
wyll
wyth
you
,
and
because
that
I
knowe
that
aboue
all
other
you
are
the
moost
traytoure
,
and
that
there
is
in
you
neyther
fayth
nor
trouth
nor
gentylnesse
whanne
you
wyll
betraye
your
father
,
well
ought
other
to
haue
lytle
truste
in
you
.
So
I
swere
to
you
by
the
lawe
that
I
holde
that
I
shall
haue
no
pyte
nor
mercy
on
you
.
For
who
that
purchaseth
treason
and
is
comforted
in
hys
treason
they
are
wors
than
he
.
After
these
wordes
for
to
saue
her
othe
she
made
hym
be
put
in
a
darke
pryson
.
Alas
lady
sayd
Haufray
here
is
a
pyteous
maryage
for
me
.
Syr
sayd
Galazye
for
wyfe
you
shall
wedde
my
pryson
,
for
you
shall
neuer
haue
me
.
¶
Now
it
is
true
that
in
that
same
pryson
wherin
Haufray
was
put
wyth
the
Emperour
of
Grece
and
the
grene
knyght
,
and
hearde
that
they
put
a
prysoner
in
to
them
.
Than
the
Emperour
sayd
what
are
you
.
Alas
sayd
Haufray
care
you
not
what
I
am
.
I
am
the
vnhappy
Haufray
bastarde
of
kynge
Pepyn
of
all
dolorous
the
moost
euyll
fortuned
.
Ha
sayd
the
Emperour
and
I
am
the
Emperour
of
Grece
.
I
pray
you
tell
me
how
my
sonnes
do
and
kyng
Pepyn
wyth
all
the
lordes
of
Fraunce
Syr
sayd
Haufray
they
are
dyscended
in
thys
countree
and
haue
wonne
the
realme
of
Angorye
.
Thus
deuysed
the
prysoners
.
So
I
wyll
leue
you
to
speke
of
this
mater
and
wyl
tell
you
of
Galentyne
and
Pacolet
.
¶
Howe
Ualentyne
and
Pacolet
arryued
before
the
stronge
castell
,
and
howe
Pacolet
reysed
vp
the
deuyll
for
to
knowe
yf
he
myght
take
it
.
Ca.
lxxxvii
.
UAlentyne
and
Pacolet
rowed
soo
muche
on
the
see
that
they
ariued
at
the
stronge
castell
Ueray
god
sayd
Ualentyne
how
this
place
is
stronge
I
beleue
that
it
is
vnpossyble
for
to
wynne
it
by
force
.
Syr
sayde
Pacolet
I
shall
tel
you
anone
.
Than
he
wente
a
syde
and
began
a
charme
of
Nygromancye
,
and
incontynent
there
came
a
deuyl
vnto
hym
that
sayd
.
Leue
this
enterpryse
for
thou
lesest
thy
payne
this
castell
can
neuer
be
taken
wyth
enchauntement
nor
assaute
,
for
it
is
made
of
suche
mater
that
it
can
neuer
be
taken
but
by
treason
.
At
these
wordes
the
deuyl
vanysshed
awaye
.
And
there
rose
vp
soo
great
a
smoke
aboute
the
castell
that
Ualentyne
sawe
not
Pacolet
,
of
the
whyche
thinge
he
was
muche
abasshed
.
After
that
the
smoke
was
passed
Pacolet
came
vnto
Ualentyne
and
sayd
vnto
hym
.
I
praye
you
that
we
departe
hens
for
we
be
here
to
longe
,
for
this
castel
may
not
be
taken
but
by
treason
.
Than
they
mounted
on
the
see
and
aryued
at
Angory
anone
.
So
Ualentyne
mounted
vp
into
the
palays
,
&
demaunded
tydynges
of
kinge
Pepyn
.
And
they
tolde
hym
that
he
was
gone
vnto
Jerusalem
on
pylgrymage
.
Whan
Ualentyne
herde
those
tydynges
,
he
sayd
god
be
theyr
spede
.
I
wyl
abyde
hym
vnto
his
returne
for
to
lede
hym
vnto
the
stronge
castel
to
helpe
me
to
get
my
father
out
of
pryson
.
Alas
he
abode
hym
for
nought
for
he
was
solde
and
betrayed
by
the
false
Haufray
.
❧
Howe
kyng
Brandiffer
and
king
Lucar
toke
king
Pepyn
and
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
within
the
cytie
of
Jerusalem
.
Capit.
lxxxviii
.
NOwe
is
the
kyng
Pepyn
and
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
came
in
to
Jerusalem
for
to
vysyte
the
holy
sepulcre
.
And
for
to
do
the
more
deuoutly
the
holy
vyages
that
are
in
the
lande
of
promission
,
in
the
which
our
lorde
Jhesus
christe
suffred
death
and
passion
,
they
are
aryued
at
a
good
patriarkes
the
whiche
hadde
the
kepyng
of
the
holy
sepulcre
.
And
he
gaue
them
guydes
for
to
conduyte
them
vnto
al
the
holy
places
,
in
whiche
were
the
indulgences
and
pardons
.
They
made
a
preest
to
synge
masse
afore
them
euery
daye
,
and
in
great
deuocyon
vysyted
the
holy
places
.
Nowe
happened
pyteous
thynges
for
to
recounte
whyles
that
they
were
wyth
in
Jherusalem
,
for
Brandyffer
,
the
kynge
af
ynde
and
the
kynge
Lucar
the
whyche
had
ben
aduertysed
by
the
traytoure
Haufray
arryued
in
the
cytie
of
Jherusalem
puyssauntly
accompanyed
,
and
wente
vnto
the
towre
of
Dauyd
towarde
the
kynge
of
Surye
that
helde
the
countree
and
there
presented
them
.
And
whan
he
sawe
them
he
was
muche
amer●●●yled
of
theyr
commyng
.
And
after
the
salutacyon
made
demaunded
theym
.
Lordes
what
thynge
dryueth
you
hether
,
for
I
thinke
that
you
are
not
comen
hether
wythout
a
great
cause
Than
branyffer
spake
and
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Syr
knowe
that
by
a
christen
man
we
are
aduertysed
and
enformed
that
with
in
this
cyte
is
arryued
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
wyth
the
kynge
pepyn
.
Now
they
are
the
pryncypall
enmyes
of
our
lawe
/
and
they
that
of
all
the
worlde
maye
greue
vs
moost
.
And
haue
alredy
taken
the
cyte
of
Angory
,
and
spylled
a
great
quantyte
of
my
lande
,
my
men
put
vnto
death
and
my
countre
dystroyed
.
And
therfore
we
are
comen
hetherfor
to
take
theym
.
For
whan
we
shall
haue
them
we
may
do
our
wyll
wythall
Fraunce
.
And
of
all
chrystendome
be
lordes
and
maysters
.
By
mahowne
sayd
the
kynge
of
Surye
that
helde
the
temple
of
salamon
you
speke
ryght
wysely
,
&
of
thys
thynge
I
am
muche
contente
.
Nowe
be
it
done
after
your
appetyte
,
for
we
ought
to
be
curyous
for
to
take
&
dystroye
suche
menne
,
and
for
the
loue
of
our
goodes
we
ought
to
wa●e
vpon
that
dede
.
Soo
I
shall
tell
you
what
we
shall
do
for
to
accomplysshe
this
thinge
.
I
shall
sende
worde
vnto
the
patriarke
that
and
he
haue
any
Frenche
pylgryms
that
be
bryng
theim
too
me
anone
,
for
I
wyll
sende
some
letters
in
to
Fraunce
.
¶
Howe
the
kyng
of
Surye
sent
a
messenger
vnto
the
Patryatke
of
Jerusalen
byddyng
hym
brynge
hym
kyng
Pepyn
&
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
the
whiche
he
dydde
.
¶
Capit.
lxxxix
.
SO
the
messenger
of
the
kyng
of
Surye
went
towarde
the
patryarke
and
sayde
vnto
him
The
kyng
of
Sury
sendeth
you
worde
that
and
you
haue
any
Frenche
pyigr●ms
that
you
brynge
them
vnto
hym
.
Then
he
wente
vnto
theyr
lodgynge
where
as
he
founde
them
redy
to
go
vnto
theyr
souper
,
for
they
had
accomplysshe
theyr
pylgrymage
,
and
sayd
vnto
them
.
Frendes
you
muste
come
presently
vnto
the
kyng
of
Sury
.
Alas
sayd
kyng
Pepyn
here
is
pyteous
tydynges
,
for
I
am
certayne
that
he
wyll
put
me
vnto
death
yf
he
knowe
me
.
But
I
shall
tell
you
what
we
shall
doo
.
We
wyll
make
Henry
our
mayster
/
&
I
shall
bere
hys
hatte
and
hys
staffe
.
By
god
syr
sayd
Henry
that
knewe
well
treason
that
shal
I
not
do
,
for
here
is
Orson
&
duke
Myllon
that
are
more
worthyer
to
be
it
than
I.
Syr
sayd
the
duke
Myllon
I
shall
do
all
that
it
shal
please
you
.
Than
they
departed
from
theyr
lodges
to
go
towarde
the
Paynym
that
had
sente
for
them
.
The
duke
Myllon
was
honoured
as
kyng
,
and
Pepyn
bare
hys
staffe
and
hys
hat
poorely
clothed
.
The
good
patriarke
ledde
them
that
thought
none
euyll
,
and
also
soone
as
he
hadde
delyuered
them
he
departed
thens
.
Come
hether
sayd
the
kynge
of
Surye
I
am
well
enfourmed
of
your
case
,
you
are
Frenshemen
that
come
for
to
espye
me
,
and
in
your
company
is
the
kyng
of
Fraunce
.
Syr
sayd
one
of
the
twelue
peres
the
kyng
of
Fraunce
is
not
in
this
company
▪
peas
sayd
the
kyng
of
Sury
for
by
mahoune
yf
the
kyng
of
fraunce
shelve
not
hym selfe
anone
I
shall
make
you
all
dye
wythout
remyssyon
.
¶
Kynge
sayd
anone
the
traytour
Henry
of
me
haue
no
doubte
for
it
is
not
I.
Than
the
duke
Myllon
apperceyued
well
that
there
was
treason
,
So
he
sayd
all
on
hye
.
Syr
I
am
the
kyng
of
Fraunce
but
there
is
one
thynge
that
I
wyll
saye
vnto
you
yf
it
please
you
to
heare
me
.
We
are
coman
vnto
the
holy
sepulcre
,
&
your
lawe
is
suche
that
all
chrysten
men
maye
come
and
go
surely
vpon
your
londe
wythout
any
hurte
to
the
sayde
pylgrymage
in
paying
the
trybute
that
is
establysshed
and
dewe
vnto
you
.
Now
we
haue
al
paid
and
accompiysshed
after
the
ordenaunce
of
his
countrey
.
Whetfore
me
thynke
you
doo
vs
to
great
wronge
if
you
disturbe
vs
for
that
cause
.
By
mahowne
you
may
say
what
you
will
,
but
there
is
neyther
tyme
nor
season
to
you
that
maketh
vs
warre
for
to
come
hether
to
espye
ourlande
.
Than
he
called
Brandiffer
&
Lucar
and
said
to
them
.
Lordes
take
these
false
christians
spies
and
do
with
them
your
wyll
,
for
I
put
theim
entyerly
in
to
your
handes
to
make
theym
dye
of
what
death
it
shall
please
you
.
At
these
wordes
the
pylgryms
were
taken
and
witholden
by
the
painims
.
So
it
is
not
to
be
demaunded
if
they
fared
foule
with
them
,
for
they
had
no
more
pytie
of
the
noble
lordes
than
of
dogges
.
They
were
streyghtly
holdenand
bound
,
and
after
Brandyffer
spake
and
sayd
.
Lordes
I
will
that
these
false
men
be
ledde
vnto
the
stronge
castell
,
and
there
be
put
in
my
depest
pryson
.
Syth
we
shall
go
in
to
Angorye
and
by
force
of
armes
wynne
all
the
countrey
.
After
we
shall
go
in
to
Fraunce
and
take
the
countrey
,
&
put
it
lyghtly
in
our
obeysaunce
,
for
there
we
shal
neyther
fynde
king
lorde
nor
baron
,
that
will
saye
vs
the
centrary
.
And
therfore
you
maye
go
eche
of
you
in
to
your
countrey
til
a
certayne
daye
that
we
shal
mete
at
Faleyze
and
there
departe
the
prysoners
after
reason
.
Lordes
sayde
the
kyng
of
Ynde
as
to
the
regarde
of
the
prysoners
I
demaunde
none
other
thynge
for
my
parte
but
that
you
wyll
geue
me
the
least
,
so
I
shall
make
hym
my
dwerf
.
And
make
hym
ryde
with
me
because
that
he
is
lytell
,
and
me
thynke
he
is
a
man
sure
ynough
.
And
I
shall
doo
hym
good
if
he
will
renounce
the
lawe
of
Jhesus
,
To
this
demaunde
accorded
all
the
other
&
gaue
kyng
Pepyn
to
the
kyng
of
Ynde
that
ledde
hym
in
to
Ynde
with
him
and
loued
hym
muche
afterwarde
notwithstandyng
that
he
suffred
many
trybulacions
.
¶
How
the
kyng
of
Ynde
the
great
ledde
kyng
Pepyn
awaye
for
the
parte
of
his
prysoners
but
he
knewe
not
that
he
was
kyng
of
Fraunce
.
Cap.
lxxxx
.
SO
the
kyng
of
Ynde
ledde
with
him
the
good
kyng
Pepyn
but
he
knewe
it
not
.
The
valiaunt
.
xii
.
beheld
▪
peres
kyng
Pepyn
pyteously
,
but
noue
durste
hyd
hym
farewel
for
doubte
of
knowyng
.
Thus
goeth
the
kyng
of
Ynde
and
kyng
Pepyn
rydeth
after
hym
that
is
not
without
sorowe
.
Alas
sayde
he
all
alowe
veray
God
helpe
me
and
succour
me
,
for
if
you
helpe
me
not
of
youre
grace
of
all
poore
I
am
the
moost
sorowfull
and
vnhappy
.
Alas
Myllon
dangler
Iowe
well
to
loue
you
whan
for
me
you
put
your
body
in
suche
daunger
.
Henry
henry
thou
hast
well
shewed
that
thou
loued
me
not
,
whan
at
my
nede
thou
failed
me
.
Wel
owe
euel
come
vnto
the
childe
that
at
greate
nede
leueth
his
propre
father
.
My
loue
Berthe
I
shall
neuer
see
you
more
,
alas
Charles
my
lytell
sonne
God
helpe
the
,
for
I
knowe
for
a
truthe
that
the
false
traytours
shall
make
the
suffre
payne
ynough
and
thou
arte
yonge
and
lytell
and
maye
not
resyste
agaynst
them
.
Thus
complayned
kyng
Pepyn
and
wepte
pyteously
.
Nowe
the
kyng
of
Ynde
hathe
doone
so
muche
that
he
is
arryued
within
Ynde
.
And
when
the
lady
Rozemonde
knewe
it
she
ranne
against
hym
and
in
makyng
great
Ioye
kyssed
hym
,
and
after
mounted
vp
in
to
the
palays
.
The
lady
behelde
kynge
Pepyn
the
whiche
notwithstandyng
that
he
was
lytell
he
was
well
fourmed
and
made
of
his
membres
and
or
regarde
ryght
plesaunt
,
so
the
lady
demaunded
the
kyng
of
Ynde
.
My
loue
tell
me
who
hath
geuen
you
this
litel
man
▪
for
he
semeth
muche
honest
and
gracious
and
it
may
be
to
se
his
semblaunce
that
he
is
extraught
out
of
a
hyghe
place
.
Lady
sayde
the
kyng
,
he
hath
bene
geuen
me
,
for
he
was
come
with
the
kyng
of
Fraunce
&
the
twelue
peres
in
to
Jerusalem
,
wherfore
he
hathe
bene
taken
,
and
if
he
wyll
renounce
his
God
Jhesus
,
I
shall
do
hym
muche
good
.
Pepyn
aunswered
nothing
whiche
had
wel
another
entencion
.
So
the
houre
was
come
that
the
kyng
shoulde
goo
to
souper
▪
Pepyn
entred
in
to
the
kechyng
,
and
the
kynge
demaunded
hym
if
he
coulde
any
thynge
of
●oke●ye
,
and
that
he
shoulde
make
hym
the
sauce
for
a
pecocke
that
rosted
.
And
Pepyn
dyd
it
so
well
that
after
warde
the
kynge
woulde
haue
no
meate
nor
sauce
but
of
his
dressing
.
Wherof
al
the
other
of
the
kechyn
ryall
hadde
great
dispyte
at
him
and
vpon
Pepyn
hadde
suche
enuye
that
it
happened
one
tyme
that
the
kyng
commaunded
him
for
to
make
ready
a
pecocke
,
so
he
went
towarde
the
coke
by
the
com
maundement
of
the
kynge
.
And
as
he
entred
in
to
the
kechyn
bothe
litell
and
great
began
for
to
mock●
hym
,
and
some
smote
hym
behynde
,
and
he
as
vertuous
toke
all
in
pacience
.
After
he
wente
towarde
the
fyre
for
to
haue
put
the
pecocke
on
the
spytte
.
And
the
mayster
coke
that
had
great
enuye
on
hym
,
aporoched
uere
hym
and
caste
a
great
brennyng
cole
in
his
lappe
and
brent
him
shrewedly
.
And
than
Pepyn
swore
that
he
woulde
auenge
hym
,
and
came
vnto
the
sarazyn
and
gaue
hym
so
great
a
stroke
betwene
the
foreheade
and
the●re
that
be
smote
him
downe
,
and
after
gaue
him
another
stroke
so
great
that
he
made
his
braynes
to
flee
out
.
When
the
var●ettes
and
scolyons
sawe
their
mayster
so
outraged
they
assayled
all
Pepyn
with
slaues
and
knyues
.
And
he
that
was
hardy
and
valyaunt
reculed
not
abacke
,
but
swore
Jhesu
christe
that
he
loued
better
to
dye
then
to
suffer
iniurye
of
suche
●ascalles
.
Soo
he
wente
towarde
a
boye
that
woulde
haue
smyten
hym
with
a
pestel
and
gaue
hym
soo
great
a
strooke
that
he
felled
hym
downe
dead
to
the
earth
.
The
noise
and
the
crye
was
so
great
that
the
kyng
harde
it
.
Soo
he
badde
anone
that
Pepyn
should
be
taken
and
brought
before
hym
.
And
whan
he
was
before
hym
he
sayd
vnto
hym
euyll
boye
How
haste
thou
bene
so
hardy
to
〈◊〉
my
mayster
coke
within
my
palays
.
Nowe
tell
me
anone
how
the
thing
goeth
,
or
by
my
God
mahoune
thou
shal
dye
.
Syr
said
kyng
Pepyn
I
shall
tell
you
the
truthe
.
It
is
true
that
I
was
in
the
kechin
for
to
make
redy
a
pecocke
for
your
super
as
you
commaunded
me
and
than
your
coke
cast
a
hote
cole
vpon
me
and
brent
me
shrewedly
withoute
any
cause
.
And
therfore
I
slewe
hym
.
When
the
kynge
knewe
the
truthe
by
the
other
he
pardoned
hym
.
¶
Howe
the
kyng
Pepyn
beyng
with
the
kyng
of
Ynde
had
knowledge
of
the
fayre
Clerymonde
.
Cap.
xci
.
HEre
wyl
I
make
you
mencion
of
the
fayre
Clerimonde
the
whyche
as
you
haue
herde
before
was
kept
in
the
kyng
of
Yndes
palays
.
Now
the
kynge
of
Ynde
had
a
custome
that
he
wolde
sende
her
of
the
best
meat
that
was
on
hys
table
.
So
it
happened
that
at
a
souper
he
called
Popyn
and
gaue
hym
the
meat
that
was
before
hym
and
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Go
in
to
the
chambre
where
as
is
a
wyndowne
,
&
there
you
shall
fynde
a
folysshe
woman
pyteously
arayed
,
bere
her
thys
from
me
.
Pepyn
toke
the
meat
and
bare
it
,
vnto
the
lady
.
But
whan
he
sawe
her
so
poorely
arayed
he
had
great
pyte
&
sayd
vnto
her
.
Loue
Jhesus
that
suffered
for
vs
death
&
passyon
helpe
you
.
Alas
haue
truste
in
hym
and
serue
hym
wyth
good
heart
,
and
yf
you
do
so
knowe
for
a
certaynte
that
you
,
shall
haue
aledgement
of
your
doloure
/
and
therfore
beleue
stedfastly
in
hym
&
receyue
the
holye
sacrament
of
baptym
.
Whan
the
lady
vnderstode
that
he
spake
of
god
she
approched
nere
hym
and
sayd
.
Frende
haue
noo
doubte
of
me
.
But
tell
me
yf
thou
be
a
christen
man
or
yf
you
saye
these
wordes
by
gyle
Lady
sayd
pepyn
for
a
trouthe
I
am
a
chrysten
man
,
and
am
comen
out
of
the
realme
of
Fraunce
.
Than
the
lady
sayd
al
smylynge
you
ought
well
to
knowe
the
good
kyng
Pepyn
and
his
neuewe
Ualentyne
.
It
is
true
sayd
Pepyn
and
I
knowe
well
hys
brother
Orson
&
his
father
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
also
whan
the
lady
herde
that
she
began
for
to
wepe
and
said
vnto
him
.
Alas
frende
may
I
haue
truste
in
you
.
Ye
sayd
Pepyn
as
muche
as
in
your
propre
father
of
all
that
it
shal
please
you
for
to
say
▪
for
neuer
shall
you
be
accused
by
me
.
¶
Frende
sayd
the
lady
knowe
for
a
certaynte
that
I
counterfee
the
foole
,
and
the
seke
woman
,
but
I
am
also
wyse
and
hole
as
I
was
euer
,
for
I
am
a
chrysten
woman
and
had
the
fayre
Ualentyne
vnto
loue
,
and
vnto
hym
I
was
gyuen
for
wyfe
,
but
by
the
false
traytour
kyng
Trompart
I
was
taken
from
hym
.
Than
the
lady
tolde
hym
all
the
maner
of
her
estate
,
and
how
she
had
ben
stolen
,
and
wherfore
she
made
her selfe
syke
.
Whan
kyng
pypyn
herd
the
pyteous
aduenture
of
the
lady
he
began
for
to
wepe
muche
tenderly
.
After
in
consyderyng
the
fortunes
and
great
aduentures
that
cometh
vpon
the
creature
in
castynge
out
great
teares
he
sayd
softly
to
hymselfe
.
Ha
veray
god
almyghty
what
is
it
of
the
tenebres
of
thys
worlde
nowse
I
thys
poore
sorowfull
for
to
kepe
her
trouthe
myserably
aourned
,
and
in
greate
pacyence
vsynge
her
dayes
.
Alas
Ualentyne
my
fayre
neuewe
at
thys
tyme
it
nedeth
not
to
demaunde
yf
for
this
fayre
lady
you
are
and
haue
ben
syth
in
languysshynge
pacyence
and
in
great
thought
.
Now
pleased
it
god
that
you
knewe
at
this
hour
how
I
fynde
her
that
for
your
heart
languyssheth
.
And
after
these
wordes
he
behelde
the
lady
sayenge
.
Lady
I
knowe
certaynly
what
you
are
&
you
wote
not
what
I
am
,
but
syth
that
you
haue
hadde
soo
muche
truste
in
me
that
you
haue
tolde
me
your
secrete
I
wyll
tell
you
what
I
am
.
¶
Knowe
that
suche
as
you
se
me
I
am
Pepyn
the
kynge
of
Fraunce
to
whome
fortune
hathe
ben
so
contraryous
that
she
hath
made
me
to
fal
into
suche
pouerte
and
seruitude
as
you
see
.
Nowe
I
knowe
well
that
my
neuewe
Ualentyne
in
greate
trauayll
of
his
body
without
reste
sercheth
you
continually
.
But
and
it
please
god
he
shal
haue
tydynges
of
you
shortly
,
and
in
ioye
and
solace
you
shal
assemble
agayn
togyther
.
At
these
wordes
the
lady
●●owned
,
and
kyng
Pepyn
lefte
her
for
too
retourne
to
warde
the
kynge
of
Ynde
the
whiche
was
aesouper
.
Now
will
I
leue
this
mater
and
shall
tell
you
of
kyng
Brandyffer
and
Lucar
that
ledde
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
and
Henry
and
Orson
prysoners
.
¶
Howe
Brandyffer
brought
vnto
the
strong
castell
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
and
put
them
in
pryson
.
¶
Capitulo
.
xcii
.
VOu
haue
heard
of
kynge
Brandyffer
that
had
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
prysoners
,
and
Haufray
and
Henry
,
so
he
dyd
so
much
that
he
came
vnto
the
stronge
castell
.
Brandyffer
founde
there
his
doughter
Galazye
,
that
he
loued
so
muche
.
And
recounted
vnto
her
the
enterpryse
and
maner
,
&
after
put
them
all
in
a
depec●u●
.
where
as
the
Emperour
of
Grece
was
and
the
Grene
knyght
,
so
the
traytour
Haufray
had
bene
put
in
vnto
them
.
Muche
sorowful
was
Henry
when
hemight
not
tell
his
courage
vnto
Brandiffer
,
but
he
was
the
first
that
was
letten
downe
in
to
the
pryson
,
and
after
hym
the
duke
Myllon
that
fel
vpon
Haufray
,
wherof
Haufray
complayned
sore
because
that
he
was
hurt
.
Holde
your
peace
sayd
the
duke
Myllon
and
drawe
you
more
lower
,
for
there
is
many
moo
to
whome
it
behoueth
to
make
place
▪
Haufray
vnderstode
the
duke
Millon
wel
and
demaunded
him
what
brought
him
thether
,
but
you
sayd
the
duke
Myllon
,
for
I
had
lefte
you
within
Angorye
.
Ha
sayd
the
traytour
I
was
taken
at
a
stoure
the
other
daye
and
brought
hether
.
So
the
lordes
be
in
pryson
making
much
sorowe
the
whiche
knew
eche
other
when
Haufray
knew
that
king
Pepyn
was
not
there
he
made
the
semblaunt
to
be
ryght
Joyous
,
but
he
had
well
woulde
that
he
had
bene
hanged
by
the
necke
.
It
is
not
to
be
demaunded
of
the
tetes
and
lamentacions
that
they
made
,
for
there
was
none
but
that
thei
trusted
better
to
dye
then
to
lyue
,
saue
Orson
that
comforted
them
&
sayde
.
Lordes
take
weit
in
pacience
for
it
pleaseth
God
that
it
shall
be
thus
.
And
that
in
this
maner
we
do
our
penaunce
.
But
that
notwithstanding
discomforte
you
not
al
out
,
but
haue
trust
in
god
&
in
our
good
frendes
,
that
is
my
brother
Ualentyne
and
the
noble
Pacolet
that
can
play
so
wel
with
his
art
.
Thus
spake
Orson
,
but
he
knew
not
that
the
castel
was
so
strong
that
it
myght
not
be
taken
by
enchauntemente
.
After
that
Brandyffer
had
put
the
lordes
in
prison
,
he
called
his
doughter
Galazye
and
sayd
vnto
her
.
¶
It
is
true
that
I
wyll
go
in
to
Falezye
for
to
assemble
myne
hoost
And
there
I
ought
to
fynde
the
kynge
of
Ynde
and
Lucar
,
the
whiche
come
with
me
in
to
Angorye
,
that
the
Frenchemen
holde
.
wherfore
gouerne
you
well
,
and
aboue
all
take
kepe
vnto
the
prysoners
.
Father
sayd
the
mayden
of
me
haue
no
doubte
nor
of
the
prysoners
,
for
you
shall
here
but
good
tydynges
.
So
Brandyffer
departed
from
the
strong
castell
and
went
vnto
Faleyze
where
as
he
assembled
his
hoost
.
Theder
came
kynge
Lucar
with
a
great
puyssaunce
but
the
kynge
of
Ynde
sene
his
men
alonely
,
for
his
wyfe
Rozemonde
was
sycke
and
dyed
within
nyne
dayes
after
,
wherfore
the
kyng
toke
suche
soro
we
that
he
laye
twelue
dayes
in
his
bedde
without
speche
,
whereof
kynge
Lucar
was
ryght
gladde
.
¶
How
Brandyffer
after
that
he
hadde
assembled
his
hoost
mounted
on
the
sea
and
wente
and
besyeged
the
cytie
of
Angorye
.
Capit.
xciii
.
AFter
that
Brandiffer
and
Lucar
hadde
assembled
their
hoost
ac
Faleyze
,
without
soiournyng
they
mounted
vpon
the
sea
,
and
had
so
good
wynde
that
they
arryued
anone
at
the
porte
.
And
when
they
were
arryued
,
they
that
sawe
them
take
lande
ranne
towarde
Angotye
and
tolde
it
to
Ualentyne
that
kepte
the
cytye
in
abydyng
the
comyng
of
kyng
Pepyn
and
of
the
twelue
prres
of
Fraunce
.
Alas
he
knewe
not
howe
the
game
went
.
when
he
sawe
the
tentes
and
pauylions
reysed
vp
about
Angorye
,
he
bewaylled
kyng
Pepyn
muche
pyteously
and
called
Pacolet
saying
to
hym
.
Frende
to
euyll
goeth
our
feate
whan
I
can
haue
no
tydynges
of
kyng
Pepyn
.
Nowe
let
me
alone
sayde
Pacolet
for
we
shall
haue
tydynges
anone
.
without
saying
any
other
thynge
vpon
the
moro
we
in
the
mornyng
he
departed
from
Angorye
and
went
thoroughe
the
hoost
of
the
paynyms
tyll
that
he
came
vnto
the
tente
of
kyng
Lucar
.
And
when
kyng
Lucar
sawe
hym
he
demaunded
him
.
Frende
where
is
your
maister
that
serued
me
other
tymes
.
Ha
syr
sayd
Pacolet
he
is
dead
long
a
goo
,
and
I
am
lefte
alone
.
I
would
gladly
fynde
a
maister
.
Uarlet
sayde
kynge
Lucar
I
wyll
well
retayne
you
and
guerdone
you
if
you
serue
me
well
.
Yes
sayd
Pacolet
I
demaunde
none
other
thyng
.
Pacolet
abode
in
the
seruyce
of
Lucar
,
but
he
serued
hym
euyll
,
and
euyll
was
he
rewarded
.
Anone
after
that
it
was
nyghte
he
made
an
enchauntement
that
caused
Lucar
to
sleepe
,
and
mounted
hym
vpon
a
horse
,
and
without
wakening
led
him
in
to
the
cytie
of
Angorye
in
to
the
palayd
.
Ualentyne
was
muche
ioyous
when
he
sawe
Lucar
.
¶
Now
he
was
brought
in
to
the
palays
before
a
fayre
fyre
,
and
at
that
houre
the
charme
fayled
.
So
Lucar
dyd
awaken
all
afrayed
for
to
finde
him
there
,
and
Pacoiet
that
was
euyll
any
sed
put
him
before
hym
and
sayd
.
Fayre
mayster
I
am
your
seruaunt
pleaseth
it
you
to
commaunde
me
any
thynge
.
Than
he
knewe
that
he
was
betrayed
and
tooke
a
poynted
knyfe
and
smote
Pacolet
in
suche
wyse
that
he
fell
downe
dead
.
Soo
it
neth
not
●o
aske
the
great
sorowe
that
Ualentyne
made
than
.
And
sayd
srende
nowe
are
you
fynysshed
.
I
may
well
say
that
I
shal
neuer
haue
suche
a
frende
.
Now
am
I
at
al
poyntes
sorowfull
and
left
alone
in
dystresse
,
ferre
from
my
frendes
and
nere
myne
enemyes
.
Alas
fre
kyng
Pepyn
wherfore
come
you
not
,
your
longe
abydynge
shall
bere
you
great
dommage
.
Ha
false
Lucar
thou
hast
slayne
hym
that
was
my
hope
,
by
Jhesus
thou
shalt
abyedere
.
By
mahowne
sayd
Lucar
I
care
not
for
noo
more
syth
that
I
am
auenged
on
hym
that
hath
betray
me
falsly
.
Than
Ualentyne
wente
towarde
Pacolet
and
tooke
hys
tables
that
were
in
his
bosome
,
in
whych
was
wryten
all
the
secretes
of
hys
arte
.
And
Pacolet
had
tolde
hym
longe
before
that
he
should
take
the
tables
whan
that
he
was
dead
yf
that
he
lyued
after
hym
and
that
all
hys
scyence
was
wrytten
therin
that
he
played
with
and
so
dyd
Ualentyne
,
and
putte
them
vp
,
the
whyche
dyd
him
good
seruyse
afterwarde
.
At
that
hour
wolde
Ualentyne
that
Lucar
hadde
bene
Judged
vnto
death
.
But
it
was
auysed
by
the
lordes
that
was
wyth
hym
that
he
should
be
put
in
a
toure
and
kepte
surely
to
the
ende
that
and
any
noble
man
of
theyr
party
were
taken
prysoner
by
the
paynyms
,
that
he
myght
be
yelded
agayne
for
the
chaunge
of
kynge
Lucar
.
Thus
counsayll
pleased
euery
bodye
and
soo
it
was
accorded
entyerly
.
And
when
Lucar
was
in
pryson
Ualentyne
made
the
body
of
Pacolet
to
be
buried
ryght
honourably
that
of
lytell
and
great
was
muche
be
wayled
.
❧
Howe
Brandiffer
knewe
that
Lucar
was
in
Angory
.
And
sent
vnto
Ualentyne
for
to
make
the
appoyntement
to
bye
hym
agayne
.
Capit.
xciiii
.
ON
the
mornyng
by
tymes
there
was
great
noyse
and
crye
in
the
hoost
of
the
paynyms
for
the
kyng
Lucar
that
they
had
lost
,
and
aboue
al
the
other
.
Brandiffer
made
great
sorowe
,
and
euen
soo
as
he
asked
for
hym
there
aryued
a
spye
that
tolde
hym
how
he
was
in
Angorye
and
that
he
had
slayne
Pacolet
,
Brandiffer
was
ioyous
for
the
death
of
Pacolet
,
and
sorowfull
at
his
harte
for
the
takyng
of
Lucar
.
So
he
called
a
messenger
and
badde
hym
go
vnto
Ualentyne
and
aske
hym
if
he
woulde
geue
him
kyng
Lucar
for
kyng
Pepyn
▪
or
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
or
his
sone
Orson
▪
or
some
of
the
other
twelue
petes
of
Fraunce
,
whiche
he
loueth
beste
.
Syr
sayde
the
messenger
I
shall
do
your
message
well
.
So
he
went
towarde
Angorye
and
entred
in
saying
that
he
would
speake
with
Ualentine
.
And
he
was
brought
unto
hym
anone
.
When
he
was
before
hym
he
salued
hym
highly
,
and
after
tolde
him
his
message
as
Brandiffer
had
bydden
hym
all
alonge
.
When
Ualentyne
harde
that
he
was
muche
amarueyled
&
sayd
vnto
the
messenger
of
Brandiffer
.
¶
God
almyghty
how
maye
that
be
that
kyng
Brandiffer
holdeth
in
pryson
so
many
valyaunt
men
,
and
howe
maye
he
haue
taken
them
prysoners
.
❧
Howe
Ualentyne
demaunded
the
kyng
of
Fraunce
for
chaunge
of
kynge
Lucar
by
the
consence
of
the
lordes
and
barous
.
Capit.
xcv
.
Syr
sayde
the
messenger
it
is
true
that
the
kynge
Pepyn
not
longe
ago
accompanied
of
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
,
of
Orson
and
of
Henry
wente
vnto
Jerusalem
,
so
the
tydynges
by
a
tràytour
came
vnto
the
kynge
Brandyffer
of
whyche
he
was
muche
Ioyous
.
And
he
ledde
suche
a
puyssaunce
thether
that
they
were
taken
wythin
Iherusalem
,
and
hathe
sente
them
into
the
stronge
castell
that
is
the
strongest
place
of
all
the
worlde
.
Sy
gyue
me
an
answere
shortly
yf
you
wyl
chaunge
kyng
Lucar
for
one
of
your
good
trendes
.
Messenger
sayd
Ualentine
you
shal
haue
an
answere
anon
And
than
he
entred
into
a
halle
and
assembled
all
the
lordes
&
sayd
vnto
them
.
Frendes
it
is
true
that
for
the
rendrynge
of
Lucar
I
may
delyuer
of
the
prysoners
of
Brandiffer
my
father
or
my
brother
Orson
,
or
myn
vncle
the
kynge
pepyn
that
are
my
thre
pryncypall
frendes
,
so
counsell
me
whyche
I
ought
to
demaunde
.
Syr
answered
the
barons
here
auayleth
nothynge
the
dreamynge
,
frr
you
knowe
that
none
maye
be
more
beholden
than
vnto
father
and
mother
,
and
by
ryght
reason
and
naturall
loue
you
ought
to
demannde
pout
father
.
Lordes
sayd
Ualentyne
you
speke
wysely
,
but
sauynge
your
reuerences
I
am
delybered
for
to
doo
otherwyse
.
For
to
speake
of
this
thynge
Iustely
and
after
the
true
equyte
you
knowe
al
that
my
mother
Bellyssant
by
my
father
wyth
great
wronge
was
banysshed
shamefully
out
of
hys
countree
.
And
in
suchenecessyte
&
peryl
childed
me
in
the
forest
of
Orleaunce
,
and
there
I
should
haue
ben
deuoured
by
wylde
beastes
yf
myne
vncle
kynge
pepyn
hadde
●●t
ben
,
by
whome
I
was
founden
,
and
haue
ben
nourysshed
and
brought
vp
wythout
knowyn
ge
me
in
suche
maner
that
he
hathe
made
me
knyghte
,
And
all
the
goodes
that
I
haue
are
comen
by
hym
,
not
neuer
of
my
father
I
had
one
only
comforte
nor
socoure
in
my
trybulacyon
.
And
therfore
I
wyl
that
mine
vncle
kyng
Pepyn
be
delyuered
for
the
chaunge
of
kyng
Lucar
the
whiche
hath
brought
me
vp
as
his
own
chylde
without
any
knowlodge
of
any
of
my
frondes
,
and
my
father
abyde
there
.
And
ryght
wortly
by
the
grace
of
almyghty
God
we
shall
do
so
muche
that
my
father
shall
be
delyuered
and
all
the
other
.
When
the
varons
harde
the
wys●ome
and
the
greate
vnderstandyng
of
Ualentyne
they
marueyled
muche
all
of
his
great
proudence
,
and
sayde
with
a
comon
accorde
that
he
had
spoken
noblye
,
so
they
consented
to
his
wyll
because
that
it
was
reasonable
.
Than
Ualentyne
sayd
vnto
the
messenger
Frende
thou
shalt
retourne
towarde
the
kyng
Brandiffer
thy
mayster
,
and
tell
hym
the
aunswere
that
I
shall
geue
the
,
that
is
that
I
shall
yelde
hym
the
kyng
Lucar
vpon
suche
a
condicion
that
he
shall
delyuer
me
kynge
Pepyn
of
Fraunce
,
for
I
wyll
haue
none
other
for
the
chaunge
of
kyng
Lucar
.
Than
departed
the
messenger
and
tolde
his
aunswere
vnto
kyng
Brandiffer
as
Ualentyne
hadde
bydden
hym
.
By
mahoune
sayde
kynge
Brandiffer
euermore
the
moost
puyssaunt
is
the
fyrste
honoured
but
sithe
that
he
demaundeth
that
same
that
same
shall
he
haue
.
¶
Howe
Myllon
danglet
that
was
named
the
kyng
of
Fraunce
for
to
saue
kyng
Pepyn
,
was
delyuered
oute
of
the
pryson
of
Brandyffer
in
chaunge
of
kyng
Lucar
.
Cap.
xcvi
.
Ryght
so
as
the
kyng
Brandyffer
knew
that
Ualentyne
would
haue
the
kyng
of
Fraunce
for
kyng
Lucar
,
he
sent
messengers
anone
vnto
the
strong
castell
towarde
his
doughter
Galazye
,
byddynge
that
she
shoulde
geue
them
the
kynge
of
Fraunce
all
alone
.
The
messengers
mounted
vpon
the
sea
,
and
rowed
so
muche
that
within
a
short
space
they
arryued
at
the
strong
castell
,
and
recounted
vnto
the
fayre
Galyzye
their
message
.
When
the
mayden
knewe
it
she
was
ready
anone
to
fulfyll
the
wyll
of
her
father
.
So
she
called
the
gayler
and
sent
hym
too
the
pryson
to
demaunde
the
kynge
of
Fraunce
.
And
when
he
came
to
the
dore
of
the
pryson
he
cryed
on
hye
Nowe
come
hether
the
kyng
of
Fraunce
for
●
it
behoueth
me
to
delpuer
hym
.
And
whan
the
duke
Myllon
vnderstode
the
gayler
,
he
answered
swetely
.
Alas
frend
I
am
here
,
wherfore
cal
you
me
.
If
I
must
dye
the
first
I
praye
to
God
that
he
wyll
haue
mercye
on
me
,
for
I
wyll
offre
my
body
vnto
death
with
a
good
harte
for
to
susteyne
the
holy
fayth
.
Syr
sayd
the
gayler
haue
no
doubte
,
for
you
shall
be
delyuered
in
the
chaunge
of
a
paynem
kyng
that
they
of
your
lawe
holdeth
.
Whan
Henry
vnderstode
those
wordes
he
repented
hym
that
he
had
gainsayde
the
king
his
father
,
and
that
he
made
hym
not
the
kyng
of
Fraunce
when
he
was
requyred
.
But
the
vntrue
chylde
that
knewe
the
treason
thought
not
that
his
father
should
haue
escaped
,
but
he
knewe
well
his
vnhappy
wil
when
he
sawe
the
duke
Myllon
deliuered
by
suche
meanes
,
the
whiche
in
wepyng
toke
leue
of
the
other
barons
.
Alas
sayde
the
emperoure
of
Grece
salue
me
aboue
all
my
chylde
Valentyne
,
and
me
also
sayd
Orson
and
recommaunde
me
vnto
hym
&
tell
hym
howe
we
are
here
in
mysetable
dystresse
,
and
in
great
pouerte
,
&
if
by
hym
we
haue
not
succour
shortly
,
it
behoueth
vs
to
fynyshe
our
dayes
.
Lordes
sayde
Myllon
take
comfort
vnto
you
,
for
if
it
please
Jhesus
I
shall
neuer
retourne
in
to
Fraunce
til
that
you
be
delyuered
.
Than
he
departed
from
the
pryson
,
and
all
the
other
abode
wepyng
full
tenderly
.
when
he
was
oute
as
wyse
&
well
taught
he
went
towarde
the
fayre
Galazye
and
toke
leue
of
her
in
muche
great
reuerence
,
the
lady
was
curteyse
and
amiable
&
recommaunded
hym
vnto
her
god
mahoune
.
So
departed
the
duke
Myllon
and
the
messengers
that
were
come
for
hym
ledde
him
to
the
hauen
.
After
they
mounted
vpon
the
sea
,
and
in
shorte
tyme
arryued
in
the
hoost
of
Brandyffer
.
Than
when
Brandiffer
sawe
him
he
sayd
vnto
him
.
Freking
well
may
you
be
come
you
knowe
well
ynough
wherfore
I
haue
sente
for
you
.
Go
with
my
men
that
haue
brought
you
hetherin
to
the
cytie
of
Angory
and
saye
vnto
Ualentyne
that
in
chaunge
of
you
he
geue
me
Lucar
as
we
haue
appoynted
.
Syr
sayd
the
ouke
Millon
so
will
I
doo
and
holde
you
suche
loyalte
that
&
for
me
he
wyll
not
geue
you
Lucar
I
shall
come
and
yelde
me
vnto
you
to
do
with
me
as
you
dyd
before
.
By
mahoune
said
Brandyffer
you
speake
rially
,
and
I
demaunde
no
more
of
you
.
Nowe
go
vnto
mahoune
the
whiche
conduyte
you
.
Thus
departed
Myllon
dangler
&
they
that
ledde
hym
.
Soo
they
arryued
at
Angorye
&
entred
in
without
any
refuse
and
went
in
to
the
palays
where
as
they
founde
Valentyne
.
Then
he
and
the
duke
Myllon
embraced
swetely
eche
other
.
And
the
duke
Myllon
toke
hym
asyde
and
recounted
to
hym
howe
they
were
taken
wichin
Jerusalem
,
and
howe
the
kynge
of
ynde
had
ledde
kyng
Pepyn
away
without
knowyng
hym
,
and
also
how
he
had
chaunged
his
name
at
the
request
of
kyng
Pepyn
,
and
tolde
hym
howe
the
other
were
in
pryson
in
the
strong
castell
.
Whan
Valentyne
vnderstoode
hym
he
sayde
vnto
hym
swetely
.
Will
haue
you
wrought
for
I
knowe
that
you
did
it
for
good
,
&
good
is
happened
you
,
for
too
daye
you
are
delyuered
from
your
enemyes
by
the
true
saruyce
that
you
dyd
vnto
king
Pepyn
.
You
shewed
you
a
good
frende
whan
you
dyd
chaunge
your
name
for
to
saue
kyng
Pepyn
.
And
also
so
one
myght
you
haue
hadde
dammage
as
proffyte
for
of
nature
the
false
paynims
desired
the
death
of
kynge
Pepyn
,
because
that
he
susteyneth
the
faythe
of
Jhesu
christe
against
them
,
and
destroyeth
that
of
maboune
.
when
Ualentyne
had
spoken
so
he
made
to
bryng
forth
the
kyng
Lucar
and
sayde
to
hym
.
Lucar
for
this
tyme
you
are
delyuered
,
but
kepe
you
from
me
the
tyme
to
come
,
and
thynke
vpon
my
frende
Pacolet
that
you
haue
slayne
.
For
by
God
if
euer
I
recountre
you
in
batail
or
elles
where
we
shal
se
whiche
of
vs
twayne
shall
be
the
more
valiaunter
.
At
these
wordes
departed
the
kyng
Lucar
that
was
ryght
ioyous
for
to
escape
.
And
whan
he
was
without
the
gates
sarazins
came
against
hym
with
a
great
puyssaunce
makyng
great
ioye
for
his
delyueraunce
.
Thus
was
the
kyng
Lucar
delyuered
,
and
the
duke
Myllon
yelded
vnto
Ualentyne
.
A●
none
as
the
duke
Myllon
was
within
with
Ualentyne
,
they
made
no
great
so
iournyng
,
but
ordeyned
their
bataylles
,
and
with
fyftye
thousand
men
yssued
oute
in
displaying
their
baners
and
standardes
.
And
whan
Brandiffer
vnderstode
those
tidinges
he
made
to
blow
his
trompettes
and
clarons
,
and
ordeyned
his
batailes
too
the
nombre
of
foure
and
twenty
.
And
when
they
were
ordeyned
he
yede
for
the
accompanied
with
foure
and
twenty
kynges
all
holding
of
him
,
and
the
christen
men
approched
nere
for
too
smyte
vpon
them
,
but
they
were
so
thicke
that
they
might
not
entre
.
¶
Howe
Ualentyne
and
the
duke
Myllon
yssued
oute
of
Angorye
vpon
the
satazyns
,
and
howe
the
sarazins
loste
the
batayll
and
were
dyscomfyted
.
¶
Capitulo
.
xcvii
.
THan
Ualentyne
toke
his
spere
in
his
hande
and
cryed
hyghly
christians
take
courage
,
&
than
began
a
harde
batayll
besyde
the
standarde
of
Brandiffer
,
that
nere
him
had
kyng
Lucar
puyssauntly
accompanyed
.
Christians
assaylled
and
sarazyns
defended
them
.
About
their
standarde
was
fyfty
thousande
men
that
helde
before
them
great
targes
,
wherfore
the
christen
men
myght
not
greue
them
.
Than
an
admyrall
lorde
of
cassydoyne
sawe
a
Frencheman
that
put
dyuers
paynyms
vnto
death
,
he
went
thederwarde
&
with
an
axe
he
gaue
him
suche
a
stroke
that
he
smote
his
head
in
two
,
but
before
hys
retorne
a
squyer
of
Normandye
aryued
vpon
the
Admyrall
&
afore
Myllon
dangler
smote
him
down
dead
And
for
that
valiauntnes
Myllon
made
him
knyght
And
sayd
now
thynke
for
to
do
well
,
for
there
shall
not
be
so
poore
a
man
yt
he
beare
hym
valyaunt
but
that
he
shall
be
made
knyght
to
day
.
He
made
so
many
that
day
that
euerybody
toke
payne
for
to
be
made
one
.
And
in
thys
maner
the
batayll
endured
so
longe
that
the
sunne
began
for
to
derken
.
But
for
asmuche
as
the
christen
men
sawe
that
the
paynyms
wolde
wythdrawe
them
.
Ualentyne
wolde
not
wythdrawe
hym
.
Well
wende
the
sarazyns
to
haue
returned
in
to
theyr
pauylyons
,
but
the
christen
men
were
before
them
,
wherof
Brandyffer
&
kynge
Lucar
were
muche
ameruayled
.
Al
the
nyght
dured
the
batayll
ryght
mortall
,
there
was
greate
fyres
on
euery
syde
.
And
the
daye
was
cleare
the
stoure
began
more
stronger
than
before
.
There
was
so
many
slayne
that
the
bloodran
lyke
chanelles
It
nedeth
not
to
demaunde
of
the
prowesse
that
Ualentyne
dyd
,
for
in
the
thyckest
of
the
prese
he
put
hym
maugre
the
sarazyns
,
and
the
duke
Myllon
after
.
¶
Ualentyne
on
euery
syde
smote
downe
horses
and
men
,
so
many
that
there
was
no
paynym
that
durst
abyde
before
hym
.
And
he
entred
in
soo
ferr
that
he
came
nere
the
standarde
of
Brandyffer
,
and
there
he
sawe
the
admyrall
of
Ynde
the
whyche
came
agaynst
hym
so
rudely
that
he
slewe
his
hors
vnder
hym
.
But
Valentyne
that
was
lyght
rose
vpon
his
feete
anone
and
toke
hys
swerde
and
slewe
sarazyns
on
euery
syde
in
cryenge
hyghly
saynt
George
,
and
reclaymynge
God
.
But
he
had
neuer
escaped
yf
it
hadde
not
ben
the
Duke
Myllon
that
departed
paynyms
as
the
wo●ffe
dothe
the
shepe
,
and
smote
all
downe
that
he
founde
before
hym
,
and
soo
socoured
hym
and
gaue
hym
a
hors
.
Whan
Valentyne
was
remounted
he
wythdrewe
hym
out
of
the
battayll
for
to
take
ayre
and
dranke
ones
and
after
retourned
into
the
stoure
more
strouger
than
before
.
And
whan
the
Marshall
of
Ynde
sawe
that
they
had
the
worse
,
the
moost
secretly
that
he
might
he
made
his
men
to
withdrawe
them
into
a
lytell
valeye
for
to
stele
awaye
the
better
.
Ualentyne
sawe
it
well
and
shewed
it
vnto
duke
Myllon
.
That
it
was
appoynted
that
Ualentyne
and
his
men
should
go
vpon
the
sayde
Marshall
without
makyng
any
noyse
,
and
too
it
was
done
.
Ualentyne
and
his
man
went
thederwarde
and
smote
vpon
the
Yndyans
in
suche
maner
that
at
their
first
entring
they
broke
their
batayll
.
Then
Ualentyne
espied
the
Marshall
that
thought
for
to
haue
saued
himselfe
;
and
gaue
him
so
great
a
stroke
with
his
spere
that
he
smote
both
horse
and
man
to
the
earth
,
and
the
christen
men
smote
vpon
him
,
but
he
was
soo
well
armed
they
slewe
him
not
at
the
first
brunte
.
And
than
Ualentyne
toke
him
and
gaue
him
to
kepe
to
foute
knightes
,
and
the
Yndians
were
discomfyted
at
that
houre
by
Valentyne
.
And
it
waas
the
first
batayll
that
was
discomfyted
that
daye
.
There
was
many
riche
prisoners
taken
the
whiche
Valentine
sent
in
to
Angory
commaunding
that
they
should
be
well
kept
.
Now
Brandiffer
&
Lucar
knewe
that
they
had
the
worse
.
By
mahoune
saide
Brandiffer
I
can
not
auyse
howe
we
may
resiste
so
I
fere
me
sore
that
we
must
all
dye
here
,
wherfore
I
am
of
the
opinion
that
we
holde
vs
content
for
this
time
,
and
recourne
in
to
our
countreis
,
and
we
maye
retourne
an
other
time
with
greater
strengthe
.
By
mahoune
said
Lucar
you
saye
truthe
,
for
we
haue
loste
already
the
moost
part
of
our
men
retourne
we
without
abiding
any
lenger
here
.
For
it
is
better
to
fle
betymes
than
to
abyde
to
longe
and
dye
.
Thus
was
the
counsail
taken
by
them
,
and
made
the
standarde
and
the
baner
to
be
wounde
vp
,
and
sayde
vnto
their
men
saue
you
&
you
maye
.
The
paynims
toke
their
flighte
towarde
the
hauen
of
the
sea
.
And
the
christen
men
went
after
sleing
and
kylling
without
any
remission
,
for
men
that
are
in
flyght
are
halfe
discomfyted
.
And
there
abode
so
many
paynims
vpon
the
fielde
,
that
there
mounted
with
Brandiffer
&
Lucat
but
a
hondred
at
their
recourning
And
after
the
discomfiture
of
the
paynims
and
sarazyns
the
christen
men
entred
in
to
their
tentes
where
as
they
founde
great
rychesses
,
and
after
they
wente
into
Angory
for
to
reste
them
,
for
they
were
were
and
trauayled
.
Upon
the
morowe
they
made
the
dead
bodyes
to
be
buryed
.
¶
Howe
kyng
Pepyn
was
deliuered
in
chaunge
of
the
kyng
of
Yndies
Marshall
.
Cap.
xcviii
.
AFter
that
the
christen
men
that
had
wonne
the
batrayll
before
Angorye
,
had
buried
the
dead
bodyes
.
Ualentyne
mounted
vp
in
to
the
palays
and
commaunded
that
the
prysoners
should
be
brought
before
hym
.
Than
was
brought
before
hym
the
Marshall
of
the
kyng
of
Ynde
to
whom
he
demaunded
if
he
would
beleue
in
Jhesu
.
By
mahoune
sayde
the
Marshall
I
had
leuer
dye
.
Than
Myllon
dangler
demaunded
him
of
what
countrey
he
was
.
Lordes
sayde
the
paynim
I
am
the
Marshall
of
the
kyng
of
Ynde
that
loueth
me
well
.
Whan
the
duke
Myllon
vnderstode
him
he
drewe
the
noble
vs
lentyne
asyde
&
sayde
vnto
him
.
Well
haue
we
wrought
sythe
that
we
haue
taken
this
paynim
,
for
by
him
we
may
haue
the
kyng
Pepyn
that
the
kyng
of
Ynde
ledde
awaye
for
ad
werfe
whan
we
were
taken
within
Jerusalem
.
Myllon
sayd
Ualentyne
you
saye
trouth
.
Then
he
demaunded
the
paynim
if
the
kynge
of
Ynde
helde
not
in
his
prysons
a
chrysten
man
of
lytell
stature
.
By
mahowne
said
the
Marshall
in
the
pryson
of
the
kynge
of
Ynde
is
no
christen
man
,
but
in
his
courte
there
is
a
lytell
one
that
rydeth
with
him
and
is
not
in
pryson
.
And
he
brought
hym
from
Jerusalem
whan
the
twelue
peres
was
taken
.
Marshall
said
Ualentine
it
is
the
same
that
we
demaunde
,
and
if
you
maie
do
so
muche
that
he
be
brought
vnto
me
,
you
shall
be
delyuered
for
him
without
raunsome
,
for
he
is
my
page
,
and
hath
serued
me
long
tyme
.
Ha
sayde
the
paynim
I
am
agreed
,
and
was
ryght
ioyous
of
those
tydynges
.
So
he
wrote
a
lettre
anone
and
sente
it
vnto
the
kynge
of
Ynde
.
Whan
the
kynge
of
Ynde
hadde
sene
the
lettre
he
was
muche
ioyous
for
to
yelde
king
Pepin
for
his
marshal
For
he
knewe
not
what
man
was
kynge
Pepyn
,
he
made
hym
be
brought
before
hym
and
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Good
frende
it
behoueth
you
too
departe
hence
,
for
my
marshall
shall
be
delyuered
for
you
the
whiche
I
wold
not
leue
for
suche
a
hundreth
as
you
.
Syr
sayde
kynge
Pepyn
of
this
I
am
content
,
and
if
I
haue
serued
you
euyll
please
it
you
to
pardone
me
.
Frende
said
the
kyng
to
mahoune
I
commaunde
the.
¶
How
kyng
Pepyn
toke
his
leue
of
the
fayre
Clerymonde
,
and
howe
he
tolde
Ualentyne
tydynges
where
she
was
.
Capit.
xcix
.
THen
Pepyn
ranne
vnto
Clerymonde
and
sayde
vnto
her
.
Lady
take
comforte
vnto
you
for
I
am
delyuered
,
and
I
shall
shortly
sende
you
your
loue
Valentyne
,
and
I
shall
neuer
cease
tyll
that
you
be
delyuered
.
Thanne
he
departed
from
the
lady
that
fell
in
swowne
for
Joye
.
Pepyn
wente
wyth
the
messenger
&
arryued
in
Angorye
wythin
a
shorte
space
.
Nowe
it
is
not
to
be
demaunded
the
great
ioye
that
than
was
made
Fren●shemen
wente
agaynst
hym
blowynge
tro●pets
and
clarons
and
made
greate
Joye
.
Vncle
sayd
Valentyne
in
a
good
houre
was
he
taken
by
whome
you
are
delyuered
for
aboue
all
the
gooddes
of
the
worlde
I
desyred
your
body
.
Neuewe
sayd
Pepyn
take
vnto
you
to●
for
I
brynge
you
tydynges
of
the
thynge
in
the
worlde
that
you
loue
moost
that
is
the
fayre
lady
Clerymonde
that
you
haue
sought
so
longe
,
nowe
I
haue
founde
her
and
she
recommaundeth
her
vnto
you
.
Than
he
tolde
hym
howe
she
had
ben
taken
,
and
how
she
had
gouerned
her
subtylly
.
And
whan
Valentyne
heard
these
tydynges
he
had
so
greate
Joye
that
with
payne
myght
he
speake
Ha
ladye
sayde
Ualentyne
nowe
oughte
I
to
loue
you
wyth
all
my
heart
,
whan
you
haue
kept
you
so
well
for
my
loue
soo
I
promyse
god
that
I
shal
neuer
fayle
you
,
and
I
shall
lese
my
lyfe
but
yf
I
delyuer
you
.
Than
Valentyne
delyuered
the
marshall
of
Ynde
.
After
he
entred
in
to
hys
secrete
chambre
for
to
preue
the
tables
of
Pacolet
and
founde
that
all
was
true
.
Whan
Valentyne
had
sene
all
those
thynges
he
toke
paper
and
ynke
and
wrote
them
all
in
a
byll
for
feare
to
lese
the
tables
,
and
sewed
it
in
his
doblet
,
so
it
stode
him
in
good
stede
after
warde
for
to
saue
hys
lyfe
as
you
shall
here
.
¶
Howe
kynge
Pepyn
departed
from
Angory
and
retorned
into
Fraunce
for
to
socoure
hys
wyfe
.
Ca.
C.
NOwe
at
that
saine
tyme
that
I
tell
you
of
kynge
Pepyn
was
in
Angory
for
to
fight
with
the
paynims
.
So
there
came
a
message
vnto
hym
from
hys
wyfe
Berthe
,
the
which
after
his
salute
said
vnto
him
.
Syr
vnderstande
the
rydynges
that
I
brynge
vnto
you
fro
my
ryght
dere
lady
Berthe
quene
of
Fraunce
.
Knowe
that
all
they
of
those
quarters
beleue
stedfastly
that
you
and
al
the
twelue
peres
be
dead
,
bycause
that
they
had
tydinges
that
you
were
taken
wythin
Jerasalem
of
the
paynyms
.
So
it
is
true
that
Arthur
kynge
of
Brytayne
trustyng
in
your
death
▪
and
that
the
tydynges
was
true
is
entred
into
your
lande
wyth
a
greate
puyssaunce
of
men
of
armes
,
and
wyll
be
kynge
of
Fraunce
by
force
,
and
wedde
the
quene
Berthe
agaynst
her
wyll
.
Nowe
I
am
comen
hether
for
to
tell
you
the
tydynges
,
wherfore
thynke
vpon
this
feate
for
the
case
toucheth
you
to
muche
.
And
at
thys
houre
the
warre
is
so
great
in
fraunce
that
wallyam
of
Mountglyue
hath
made
Geryn
to
be
slayne
.
And
also
the
kyng
of
Brytayne
hathe
vndertaken
to
●ut
my
lorde
Charles
your
sonne
in
exyle
.
So
rowfull
was
kyng
Pepyn
to
here
suche
wordes
,
&
made
to
assemble
hys
barons
for
to
holde
counsayl
.
So
they
accorded
that
he
should
go
and
defende
his
propre
countree
,
the
whyche
he
dyd
and
toke
hys
l●ue
of
Ualentyne
that
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Frayre
vncle
it
behoueth
me
to
abyde
here
for
to
put
all
my
strengthe
to
delyuer
my
father
and
my
brother
and
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
.
Ualentyne
sayd
Kyng
Pepyn
you
speke
wysely
,
and
yf
it
please
God
that
I
haue
vyctorye
of
myne
enemyes
I
shall
sende
you
helpe
and
socoure
agaynst
the
fals
paynyms
,
in
suche
wyse
that
you
may
delyuer
your
father
lyghtly
The
kynge
Pepyn
mounted
vpon
the
Sea
with
syxe
thousande
fyghtyng
men
.
❧
Howe
Ualentyne
went
in
to
Ynde
the
great
,
and
counterfet
the
physycion
for
to
se
the
fayre
Clerymonde
and
howe
he
spake
with
her
.
Capit.
C.
i.
UAlentyne
that
by
the
king
Pepyn
had
herde
tydynges
of
the
fayre
Clerymonde
put
her
not
oute
of
mynde
,
but
departed
from
Angorye
accompanied
onely
of
a
squyer
,
and
dyd
clothe
hym
in
the
habyte
of
a
physicion
.
He
mounted
vpon
the
sea
with
marchauntes
that
wente
in
to
Ynde
.
And
they
rowed
soo
muche
that
they
artyued
in
Ynde
.
But
or
Ualentine
entred
in
to
the
cytie
he
made
to
make
a
physicians
gowne
▪
and
after
made
a
futred
hoode
,
and
as
a
great
dortour
entred
in
to
the
citie
,
and
lodged
him
in
a
ryche
y●ne
.
Also
soone
as
the
hoost
sawe
hym
he
demaunded
him
of
what
crafte
he
was
of
.
Hoost
sayd
Ualentyne
I
am
a
medecyn
,
&
can
hele
all
maner
of
sycknesses
.
The
hoost
beleued
hym
&
his
squyer
serued
well
as
the
clerke
of
a
doctour
.
¶
In
this
wyse
was
Ualentyne
thre
daies
,
and
then
he
said
Myne
hoost
do
me
a
pleasure
if
it
please
you
,
that
is
that
you
fynde
me
a
man
to
go
about
the
cytie
and
crye
my
●cyence
,
that
and
there
bee
any
seke
men
that
I
vaunte
me
for
to
hele
theim
.
For
I
haue
nede
to
wynne
for
too
paye
you
the
expences
that
I
haue
made
here
in
,
but
not
for
that
&
you
haue
doubte
of
me
I
shall
geue
you
a
gage
.
By
mahoune
sayd
the
hoost
a
gage
will
I
take
gladly
,
for
it
is
euyll
trusting
in
straungers
.
Than
valentyne
gaue
hym
a
fyne
mantell
furted
,
and
sayde
too
hym
▪
Holde
hoost
and
of
me
haue
no
doubte
,
and
make
the
varlet
come
to
me
that
I
spabe
to
you
fore
.
¶
The
hoost
brought
hym
one
that
had
neyther
shone
,
gowne
nor
bonet
,
and
was
almoost
naked
.
Ualentyne
for
the
loue
of
God
clothed
him
all
newe
and
sayd
to
him
.
My
frende
go
thorough
the
cytye
and
crye
hyghly
,
there
is
come
a
mederyne
that
can
hele
all
maladyes
,
and
also
they
that
haue
loste
their
wytte
be
it
man
or
woman
I
shall
make
them
haue
their
vnderstanding
againe
.
Than
departed
the
varlet
that
was
right
ioyous
to
be
clothed
and
cryed
all
the
daye
thorough
the
cytie
as
Ualentyne
had
bydden
hym
.
Now
the
tidinges
came
vnto
the
king
of
Ynde
of
that
mayster
.
And
because
that
he
vaunted
to
he
le
mad
foles
,
for
the
loue
of
Clerymonde
the
kynge
of
Ynde
sent
for
hym
,
not
wythstandyng
that
there
was
alredy
,
crepylles
,
blynde
/
lame
,
and
croked
before
hys
lodgynge
,
but
he
left
them
all
for
to
go
to
the
kynge
of
Ynde
,
for
he
knewe
well
the
ende
where
as
hys
heart
drewe
to
.
He
salued
the
kynge
of
Ynde
by
the
great
god
Jupyter
.
And
the
kynge
sayd
to
hym
,
mayster
you
be
welcome
into
my
courte
,
you
shall
dyne
&
than
I
shall
tell
you
wherfore
I
sent
for
you
.
The
kynge
set
hym
at
the
and
table
made
Ualentyne
to
be
serued
rychely
,
and
than
after
dynner
he
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Mayster
I
haue
a
lady
in
thys
palays
that
is
garnysshed
wyth
beaute
aboue
all
other
.
So
it
is
true
that
whan
I
had
her
fyrst
&
wolde
haue
taken
her
vnto
wyfe
,
but
she
made
me
to
vnderstande
that
she
had
made
auowe
vnto
mahowne
that
she
should
take
no
man
vnto
husband
tyl
a
yere
be
passed
,
nowe
I
haue
her
the
terme
that
she
asked
but
at
the
ende
of
the
yeare
there
toke
her
a
pyteous
maladye
,
so
that
no
body
durst
fynde
them
before
her
.
She
whisteleth
and
cryeth
pyteously
,
one
tyme
she
lagheth
and
another
tyme
she
wepeth
,
so
that
in
her
dede
there
is
none
ordynaunce
,
for
the
whyche
my
heart
is
sorowfull
for
and
she
were
whole
I
wolde
take
her
vnto
wyfe
for
my
wyfe
Rozemonde
is
dead
.
And
therfore
and
you
can
helpe
her
I
shall
gyue
you
more
than
you
wyll
demaunde
.
Ualentyne
sayd
I
shall
doo
it
well
,
but
the
malady
is
euyll
for
to
heale
syth
that
she
hath
had
it
so
longe
.
I
muste
be
in
her
chambre
all
nyght
for
to
se
her
condycyons
.
Mayster
sayd
the
kynge
one
shall
brynge
you
thether
,
but
kepe
you
from
her
that
she
byte
you
not
.
Than
one
that
scrued
her
ledde
valentyne
to
her
,
and
whan
he
was
at
the
wyndow
he
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Beholde
there
and
playe
with
your
crafte
,
the
deuill
shall
make
you
well
hele
her
.
Go
thy
way
saide
Ualentyne
and
let
me
alone
.
Then
the
sarazyn
wente
his
waye
and
Ualentine
behelde
her
piteously
.
Alas
veray
God
sayd
he
how
you
haue
bought
me
dere
,
and
I
you
.
By
god
my
swete
loue
I
shall
neuer
retourne
in
to
Fraunce
tyll
I
haue
you
with
me
,
or
I
shall
lese
my
lyfe
.
The
lady
behelde
him
muche
ferefully
,
and
didde
caste
at
him
all
that
she
founde
in
the
chambre
,
of
the
whiche
Ualentyne
was
muche
amarueyle●
.
Alas
my
God
sayd
he
is
it
fayned
or
a
thing
true
of
the
euyl
that
I
se
you
suffre
.
Dere
loue
alas
withoute
doynge
any
more
be
a
lytell
still
and
here
my
speche
.
¶
I
am
your
loue
Ualentine
for
whom
you
haue
suffred
so
muche
payne
.
Do
you
not
thynke
no
more
of
the
head
of
brasse
that
gaue
you
to
me
,
and
of
my
brother
Orson
that
had
the
stryng
cut
,
and
howe
you
were
stolen
from
me
by
the
enchaū●out
Adramain
in
the
cytie
of
Acquitaine
.
whan
the
lady
hearde
those
wordes
for
pure
Ioye
she
swowned
.
And
when
she
was
reuyued
she
sayde
with
&
feble
voyce
muche
pyteously
.
Alas
my
loue
Ualentyne
how
you
haue
suffred
for
me
many
dolours
and
tribulacious
,
and
I
for
you
▪
beholde
in
what
pouerte
I
haue
byden
without
geuing
my
loue
vnto
any
man
.
Lady
sayde
Ualentyne
one
loueth
gladly
the
thyng
that
is
dere
bought
.
At
these
wordes
Ualentine
vnderstode
that
the
trompettes
and
clarons
blewe
for
to
set
the
kyng
at
souper
.
So
he
said
vnto
the
faire
lady
Clerymonde
,
my
loue
I
goo
in
to
the
palays
but
after
souper
I
shall
retourne
vnto
you
agayne
,
for
I
haue
made
the
kyng
to
vnderstande
that
I
am
a
physician
and
a
good
surgian
,
so
the
kynge
hath
sente
for
me
for
to
come
and
hele
you
of
your
greuous
maladye
The
lady
sayd
my
ryght
dere
loue
go
in
goddes
name
the
whiche
geue
you
grace
to
perfourme
your
enterpry
se.
Thus
departed
Ualentyne
and
wente
into
the
palays
.
And
also
sone
as
the
kyng
sawe
hym
be
demaundeo
hym
.
Mayster
maye
you
he
le
the
lady
,
yes
said
Ualentyne
be
ioyous
for
by
the
wyll
of
Mahoune
you
shal
here
her
speake
to
morowe
also
wysely
as
euer
she
dyd
.
The
kynge
was
so
●oyous
that
he
gaue
hym
a
mauntel
of
beten
golde
set
with
precious
stones
,
&
after
made
hym
be
serued
at
the
table
lyke
his
persoue
.
And
after
souper
Ualentyne
sayd
vnto
the
kyng
.
Syr
it
behoueth
me
to
haue
a
good
fyre
all
the
nyght
in
the
chambre
of
the
pacyente
and
also
defende
that
none
shewe
them
be
fore
her
,
for
she
was
neuer
soo
seke
as
she
shall
be
too
nyght
.
Mayster
sayde
the
kyng
all
shall
be
done
▪
do
but
aske
and
you
shall
be
serued
.
Nowe
goeth
Ualentyne
to
warde
the
fayre
Clerymonde
with
a
great
serge
in
his
hande
,
and
put
it
in
the
chambre
,
and
made
to
make
a
great
fyre
in
commaundyng
euery
body
to
auoyde
saue
his
squyer
.
Than
Ualentyne
shytte
the
doores
and
the
wyndowes
and
sayde
vnto
Clerymonde
.
My
swete
lady
nowe
maye
you
embrace
meat
your
owne
pleasute
,
and
than
Ualentine
espyed
the
horse
of
wodde
,
and
asked
her
if
it
was
Pacolettes
horse
,
and
she
sayde
yes
.
Then
Ualentyne
was
ryght
ioyous
therof
.
Alas
said
she
let
vs
go
hence
if
it
may
be
.
By
God
sayde
Dalentyne
I
had
well
thought
it
.
❧
How
Ualentine
rode
a
way
with
Clerymonde
,
and
how
the
kyng
of
Brytayne
was
yeldd
vnto
kyng
Pepyn
by
treason
.
L●pit
.
C.
ii
.
UAlentyne
open
〈…〉
e
at
midnyght
and
mounted
〈…〉
great
wyndowe
where
as
the
mone
shone
.
After
he
mounted
vpon
the
horse
and
set
the
lady
before
him
and
his
squier
behynde
hym
,
and
tourned
the
pynne
and
the
horse
w●t
ouer
the
sea
roches
,
townes
and
castelles
,
tyll
that
he
was
before
Angory
.
And
there
was
not
one
that
ourste
saye
a
worde
and
euen
there
fayled
the
charme
.
Ualentyne
made
the
gates
to
be
opened
,
for
it
was
day
.
Great
ioye
was
made
through
Angory
for
the
comyng
of
Cicrymonde
.
Ualentyne
made
her
to
be
rychely
clothed
and
on
,
the
moro
we
wet
d●d
her
with
great
solemphite
.
whan
the
kyng
of
ynde
knewe
that
he
had
loste
the
lady
,
he
despy●●d
his
goddes
saying
.
Ha
false
enchauntour
thou
hast
well
deceyued
me
,
but
I
shal
make
the
be
hanged
by
the
necke
.
He
ina●e
Ualentyne
to
be
pursued
ynought
,
but
none
could
tell
hym
tydynges
.
So
wyll
I
tell
you
of
kyng
Pepyn
that
returned
into
Fraunce
for
to
socoure
hys
wyfe
and
his
londe
agaynst
the
kynge
of
Bryt●yne
.
FOor
bycause
that
the
kyng
of
Brytayne
herde
saye
that
the
kyngo
Pepyn
and
the
twelft
peres
had
bene
taken
u●
Iherualem
he
thought
vetayly
that
they
hadde
ben
all
dead
and
sayde
that
he
wolde
be
kynge
of
Fraunce
and
wedde
Berthe
.
So
he
made
alyannce
wyth
the
erle
of
Mount
for
t
with
the
duke
of
Berry
Wyth
the
duke
of
Denemours
,
and
wyth
the
erle
of
Armyngnae
.
So
he
made
to
cry
throughe
all
Brytayne
that
al
that
myght
bere
wepen
should
god
wythhyln
into
Fraunce
.
Whan
the
quene
Berthe
knewe
of
that
tydynges
she
was
muche
sorowfull
,
but
she
myght
not
remedy
it
,
soo
she
tooke
her
sonne
That
les
and
fledde
vnto
Lyon
▪
In
that
same
tyme
there
was
an
Erle
of
Aniou
true
and
of
good
fayth
that
for
to
socoure
the
quene
Berthe
made
hys
●y●e
and
hys
castelles
to
be
well
garnysshed
wythe
men
and
vyttaylles
as
gaynst
the
Brytons
.
Whan
the
quene
knewe
hys
good
wyll
she
sent
hym
foure
thousande
horsmen
to
kepe
the
passage
.
The
kyng
of
Brytaync
had
the
erle
gyue
hym
passage
into
Fraunce
,
and
he
answered
that
he
wolde
not
.
So
it
was
not
longe
that
seuen
Erles
and
thre
dukes
came
before
the
cyte
of
Angyers
and
assyeged
it
And
the
Erle
yssued
not
oute
but
kepte
the
c●●ie
myghtely
.
Now
the
kynge
Pepyn
made
so
greate
dylygeuce
that
durynge
that
syege
he
arryued
at
Pa●●s
,
and
was
receyued
worshypfully
of
all
the
burgey
ses
,
and
for
his
comyng
made
ryght
great
Ioye
.
All
the
relyques
were
borne
thorough
the
cytie
in
procession
.
Whan
the
quene
knewe
that
he
was
at
Parys
she
wente
vnto
hym
,
and
sayde
to
hym
all
weyyng
.
My
dere
lorde
I
besethe
you
to
auenge
me
on
the
kyng
of
Brytayne
.
Lady
sayd
the
kyng
take
you
no
thoughte
for
by
the
plersute
of
God
you
shall
be
auenged
.
Than
he
made
to
assemble
his
men
and
his
hoost
in
great
haste
,
and
sente
for
pyckardes
,
henies
,
brabansons
and
normans
.
Great
was
the
assemble
of
kyng
Pepin
against
the
king
of
Brytayne
Nowe
had
the
enemies
tydinges
of
his
commyng
where
of
they
were
muche
abasshed
,
and
doubted
hym
muche
and
not
without
a
cause
.
So
all
the
alyes
of
kyng
Arthur
toke
a
counsaill
together
that
they
should
take
the
for
sayde
Arthure
and
delyuer
hym
vnto
kynge
Pepyn
for
to
make
their
peace
the
better
,
and
couer
the●●
defautes
,
and
so
they
dyd
.
For
vpon
a
nyght
they
tooke
him
in
his
hoost
in
bedde
and
ledde
him
vnto
kyng
Pepyn
,
the
whiche
made
his
head
to
be
smyten
of
within
Chatelet
of
Parys
.
Wel
thought
the
alyes
that
the
warre
had
bene
ceased
,
but
king
Pepyn
toke
from
th●●andes
and
possessions
as
it
appeareth
more
plainly
in
the
●●o●ycles
vpon
those
thynges
composed
.
❧
Now
Ualentyne
toke
the
strong
castell
,
and
deliuered
his
father
the
Emperoure
of
trece
,
and
all
the
prysoners
that
were
with
hym
.
Cap.
C.
iii.
MUche
was
Ualentyne
in
greate
thought●
nyghte
and
daye
how
he
might
deliuer
his
father
.
¶
For
he
knew
well
that
the
castel
myght
not
be
taken
by
force
of
armes
;
nor
by
enchauntement
,
but
it
might
wel
be
taken
by
treason
.
So
he
aduysed
a
thyng
that
was
much
subtilly
composed
.
He
put
in
twelue
shyppes
two
thousande
men
armed
,
and
laded
theim
with
all
●yche
marchaundyse
as
perles
,
precious
stones
and
sylkes
,
and
mounted
vpon
the
sea
,
and
as
marchauntes
ariued
be
fore
the
stronge
castell
,
and
take
lande
.
Ualentyne
clothed
him
in
marchauntes
wede
and
set
a
ryche
crowne
vpon
his
head
,
and
sayde
vnto
his
men
arme
you
all
and
take
your
glayues
and
hyd●
you
pryuely
within
the
shyppes
so
that
you
be
not
sene
,
and
if
sarazyns
come
towarde
you
put
them
all
vnto
death
,
and
let
none
escape
.
Wh●n
he
had
sayde
this
he
put
him
on
his
waye
and
went
to
the
gate
of
the
castell
the
crowne
vpon
his
head
.
When
the
porter
sawe
him
he
sayde
to
him
,
who
bryngeth
you
hether
.
Frende
sayde
Ualentyne
I
am
a
marchaunt
that
goeth
in
to
spayne
,
so
I
haue
diuers
ryche
marchaundyses
in
my
shyppe
,
and
I
haue
hearde
says
that
no
marchaunt
maye
passe
here
by
withoute
paying
trybute
vpon
payne
of
their
lyues
,
so
I
wil
not
pas
without
paying
it
.
Syr
sayd
the
porter
aby●e
me
.
I
go
vnto
my
lady
for
to
gyue
you
aunswere
.
Soo
he
went
towarde
Galazye
and
tolde
it
vnto
her
.
¶
How
the
Seneshall
went
vnto
Ualentyne
shyppes
&
how
he
was
put
to
death
with
all
his
men
.
Cap.
C.
iiii
WHan
she
vnderstode
that
there
was
so
many
Jewelles
,
she
called
the
Seneshall
and
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Go
towarde
the
porte
and
receiue
the
trybute
of
the
marchauntes
that
passe
/
&
lede
wyth
you
so
many
of
my
men
so
that
they
may
take
nothynge
fro
you
.
¶
The
Seneshall
thought
well
to
haue
wonne
&
ledde
them
towarde
the
porte
vnto
theyr
euyll
aduenture
,
for
anone
as
they
sawe
the
rychesse
that
was
wythin
the
shyppes
they
were
ardaunt
to
beholde
them
,
and
Ualentyne
sayd
.
Lordes
entre
in
and
take
of
the
Jewelles
vnto
the
nombre
of
the
trybute
.
The
paynyms
entred
in
that
wende
to
haue
b●n
ryche
and
the
crysten
men
that
were
hydde
yssued
out
and
stewe
them
all
anone
.
Nowe
vp
sayd
Ualentyne
it
behoueth
vs
to
do
more
for
to
haue
the
castell
Than
he
made
hys
men
to
put
on
fyfty
gownes
of
the
sarazyns
vpon
theyr
harne●s
,
and
laded
them
wyth
stones
and
ryche
●●lkes
,
so
they
wente
towarde
the
castell
And
the
porter
that
wende
that
they
had
ben
hys
felowes
,
bounde
vp
the
lyons
and
auayled
the
brydge
and
thynkynge
for
to
haue
had
some
ryche
Jewell
yssued
out
of
the
barres
,
and
Ualentyne
tooke
hym
and
ledde
hym
towarde
the
shyppes
.
Than
he
shewed
hym
the
dead
men
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Fayre
syr
you
shall
be
suche
as
these
be
but
yf
you
swere
me
by
your
God
to
make
me
entre
thys
day
into
the
stronge
castell
&
ke●e
me
bodye
.
Syr
sayd
the
porter
I
shall
do
your
wyll
/
and
here
I
swere
vnto
you
by
the
great
God
that
I
shall
delyuer
vnto
you
the
castell
at
your
owne
pleasure
.
Porter
sayd
Ualentyne
I
shall
rewarde
the
well
,
but
kepe
the
that
thou
betray
me
not
.
No
sayd
the
porter
come
wyth
me
,
&
make
your
men
that
are
in
habyte
of
sarazyns
entre
in
one
after
a
nother
for
the
daunger
of
the
brydge
,
for
they
resemble
them
of
the
castell
.
So
it
was
done
,
&
the
fyfty
christen
men
entred
in
and
Ualentyne
.
And
whan
they
were
in
the
porter
shewed
them
a
fals
posterne
.
Ualentyne
made
it
to
be
opened
anone
,
&
than
he
blewe
hys
horne
.
So
they
that
were
in
the
shyppes
came
thether
quickly
,
and
Ualentyne
wente
into
Galazyes
chambre
the
whyche
of
hys
comynge
was
●ore
abasshed
.
Lady
sayd
Ualentyne
of
me
haue
no
doubte
for
I
haue
passed
the
see
for
your
gentyll
body
.
Than
the
lady
behelde
hys
countenaunce
&
of
him
was
touched
at
the
heart
,
and
made
hym
great
chere
.
Now
are
the
crysten
men
within
the
castell
the
whyche
made
great
noyse
and
crye
soo
that
the
lady
went
vnto
the
wyndowes
and
sawe
well
that
she
was
betrayed
.
And
returned
her
towarde
Ualentine
and
said
vnto
hym
all
wepynge
.
Free
curteyse
knyght
saue
me
my
mayd●nhed●
,
for
I
se
well
that
I
am
betrayed
.
Lady
sayd
Ualentyne
haue
no
fere
,
for
by
me
nor
by
other
you
shall
haue
no
vyllanye
,
but
as
for
the
surples
of
the
castell
it
shall
be
myne
.
All
the
paynyms
were
put
vnto
deathe
.
Than
Ualentyne
went
towarde
the
prysoners
and
brake
the
pryson
dore
sayenge
on
hye
.
You
that
are
wythin
speke
and
you
be
on
lyue
.
Orson
vnderstode
wel
his
brother
Ualentyne
and
cryed
vnto
hym
.
My
brother
well
be
you
comen
/
what
dryueth
you
hether
in
to
thys
place
.
Lordes
sayd
Ualentyne
make
good
chere
and
be
Joyous
and
gladde
,
for
at
thys
presente
tyme
I
shall
delyuer
you
all
out
of
the
prysons
of
Brandyffer
.
Whan
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
hys
father
hearde
that
for
pure
Joye
he
sowned
,
and
Orson
toke
hym
vp
bytwene
bothe
hys
armes
.
Thanne
came
all
oute
of
the
pryson
the
whyche
were
porely
clothed
and
ryght
euylly
coloured
.
So
it
is
not
to
be
demaunded
the
ioye
that
they
made
.
They
passed
the
nyght
and
dronke
good
wyne
that
recomforted
them
muche
.
The
christen
men
were
seuen
dayes
within
the
strong
castell
leading
a
good
lyfe
,
and
at
that
same
time
Orson
acquainted
him
with
the
faire
Galazye
,
for
he
knewe
not
whether
Fezon
was
dead
or
not
,
not
withstandyng
it
happened
that
he
wedded
her
after
the
death
of
Fezonne
,
and
hadde
a
sonne
of
her
that
was
called
Orsayre
that
helde
the
Empyre
of
Constantynoble
.
¶
How
the
Emperoure
Orson
and
the
grene
knight
abode
in
garnyson
in
the
strong
castel
.
And
how
Haufray
and
Henry
made
their
father
to
dye
.
Capitulo
.
C.
v.
AFter
that
the
strong
castell
was
taken
and
that
the
prysoners
were
a
lytell
refresshed
,
they
toke
counsayll
together
that
it
shoulde
be
good
to
leue
so●●e
to
kepe
the
castell
,
for
that
place
myght
grene
the
paynims
.
Soo
there
was
some
that
sayde
vnder
coloure
that
it
should
be
good
that
Haufray
and
Henry
abode
in
that
place
.
Lordes
sayde
Haufray
speke
no
more
,
for
we
are
delybered
for
to
retorne
in
to
Fraunce
to
serue
our
father
.
By
my
faith
said
Orson
we
ought
not
to
wepe
for
your
departing
,
for
you
were
neuer
yet
good
,
who
that
leseth
euill
company
he
ought
to
thanke
god
,
and
I
know
by
experience
that
you
are
men
that
by
nature
demaundeth
not
but
treason
.
Haufray
&
Henry
had
grea
dispite
of
those
wordes
,
but
force
constrayned
them
to
haue
pacience
,
for
they
were
not
men
to
saye
the
contrary
.
¶
It
was
apointed
at
the
last
that
the
Emperour
that
was
alredy
auncient
and
had
nede
of
reste
with
his
sone
Orson
and
the
grene
knyght
should
abyde
in
garnyson
in
the
strong
castel
,
&
Ualentine
with
all
the
other
should
retourne
in
to
Angorye
.
¶
Here
wyll
I
tell
you
of
the
two
traitours
Haufray
and
Henry
that
retourned
into
Fraunce
,
the
whiche
haue
conspired
the
death
of
their
father
with
that
of
lytell
Charles
and
the
quene
Berthes
.
Now
they
haue
ryden
so
muche
that
they
are
arryued
at
Parys
&
mounted
vp
in
to
the
palays
where
as
they
saluted
the
king
&
al
the
barons
.
The
king
made
them
chere
and
after
demaunded
them
tydinges
of
the
Emperoure
of
Grece
,
of
Ualentyne
and
of
Orson
,
and
of
the
twelue
peres
and
the
other
lordes
.
Syr
sayde
the
traytours
praye
for
them
,
for
they
haue
bene
slayne
in
a
great
batayll
before
Angory
.
whan
the
kynge
vnderstode
these
tydinges
he
wepte
tenderly
in
bewayling
the
lordes
that
he
wende
had
bene
dead
.
But
the
traytours
dyd
it
for
to
angre
the
kyng
,
the
whiche
purchased
his
death
at
the
laste
and
that
of
the
quene
Berthes
fyrst
of
all
.
And
because
that
they
myght
not
well
poyson
her
they
acquainted
them
with
a
damosel
that
was
nyght
and
day
with
the
quene
,
and
they
gaue
her
such
a
gyfte
that
the
false
woman
consented
to
the
death
of
the
quene
that
had
done
her
so
muche
good
,
so
that
with
in
fyftene
dayes
she
dyed
,
wherof
the
kyng
Pepyn
was
so
sorowefull
that
he
abode
in
his
bedde
.
And
the
traytours
dyd
soo
muche
by
poysons
that
he
dyed
,
for
the
whiche
both
lytell
and
great
wepte
and
not
withoute
a
cause
.
The
traytours
shewed
semblaunt
to
be
sorowfull
but
they
were
ryght
●oyus
and
sayde
.
Nowe
maye
we
well
do
our
pleasure
with
Fraunce
,
for
there
is
neyther
dukes
e●les
nor
barons
that
maye
resyste
agaynst
vs
.
¶
Howe
after
the
death
of
kyng
Pepyn
the
duke
Myllon
Dangler
would
haue
made
the
lytell
Charles
to
be
crowned
kyng
of
Fraunce
.
¶
Capitulo
.
C.
vi
.
AFter
the
death
of
the
good
kyng
Pepyn
the
duke
Mylion
dangler
that
was
valyaunt
and
wyse
assembled
the
counsayll
and
wold
haue
made
younge
Charles
to
be
crowned
kyng
.
But
Haufray
and
Henry
by
gyftes
and
●romesses
corrumped
the
lordes
,
and
it
was
sayd
that
Charles
was
to
young
.
And
because
that
the
duke
Myllon
susteyned
the
contrary
.
Haufray
&
Henry
made
him
to
be
taken
&
put
in
pryson
in
Chatelet
at
Parys
,
&
sythe
helde
Charles
as
a
boye
of
the
kechyn
.
It
happened
one
daye
that
Haufray
commaunded
him
to
tourne
a
spi●
but
Charles
that
was
displesaunt
lyft
vp
the
spyt
and
felled
hym
to
the
earth
.
Henry
stepte
forthe
for
to
haue
smiten
Charles
,
but
Charles
that
espied
him
gaue
him
on
the
eare
so
that
the
bloud
yssued
out
,
wherfore
Haufray
●ad
his
men
take
him
.
Than
came
a
knyghte
named
Dauyd
of
Elloys
and
toke
Charles
by
the
hande
.
for
othertymes
he
had
endoctryned
hym
,
so
he
set
hym
on
a
horse
and
ledde
him
out
of
Parys
.
whan
the
traytours
knewe
that
Charles
went
his
waye
they
made
hym
to
be
pursued
,
but
they
that
folowed
woulde
not
fynde
him
,
and
so
retorned
.
Than
Myllon
dangler
sent
the
truth
of
it
to
his
wyfe
Charles
syster
.
when
she
had
sene
the
letter
she
wepte
for
the
loue
of
Charles
▪
so
she
swore
Jhesus
that
they
should
abye
it
dere
.
Than
she
made
a
letter
to
be
wryten
and
sente
it
vnto
Ualentine
and
to
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
that
were
in
Angorye
.
When
Ualentyne
hadde
redde
it
he
began
for
to
wepe
,
and
the
lordes
demaunded
him
wherfore
he
dyd
wepe
.
Alas
my
frendes
there
is
a
good
cause
why
,
for
kyng
Pepyn
is
dead
,
and
the
good
quene
Berthe
also
.
So
Haufray
and
Henry
haue
chased
the
lytell
Charles
out
of
the
countrey
,
and
put
the
duke
Millon
in
pryson
because
that
he
susteyne
him
.
So
the
lady
sendeth
vs
worde
that
we
succoute
her
and
I
wote
neuer
how
for
you
know
wel
that
we
abyde
from
day
to
day
our
mortall
enemy
Brandiffer
.
By
oure
faithes
sayde
the
barons
we
must
fynde
some
maner
for
to
succout
hym
well
sayde
the
noble
Ualentine
or
to
morowe
at
night
I
shall
yelde
you
the
duke
Myllon
.
¶
Of
these
wordes
they
began
for
to
laughe
,
&
Ualentyne
departed
wyth
out
makynge
any
more
delay●
/
&
wyth
hys
hors
played
so
well
that
he
was
at
Parys
before
mydnyght
,
and
was
in
Chatelet
,
and
by
subtyll
arte
opened
the
gates
,
And
gaue
leue
to
all
the
prysoners
,
after
he
demaunded
them
where
the
dake
Myllon
was
,
&
they
shewed
hym
the
chambre
the
whyche
was
opened
anone
.
The
good
duke
that
slepte
wakened
and
sayd
what
are
you
that
entre
so
rudely
.
Nowe
vp
sayd
Ualentyne
and
thynke
for
to
take
youre
clothes
for
I
am
Ualentyne
that
am
comen
from
Angory
for
to
delyuer
you
.
The
good
duke
m●s
muche
Ioyous
and
made
hym
redy
anone
.
So
Ualentyne
made
hym
mounte
vpon
the
hors
wyth
hym
and
sayd
to
hym
,
kepe
you
frome
spekynge
for
we
shall
flee
in
the
ayre
.
Syth
that
we
shal
go
so
fast
I
pray
you
passe
by
the
castell
of
Angler
,
and
there
we
shall
se
and
comforte
my
wyfe
a
lyttell
,
that
for
me
and
for
her
brother
Charles
is
muche
sorowfull
.
They
knocked
at
the
gates
and
the
watche
answered
that
knewe
theyr
lord
,
and
tolde
it
vnto
the
ladye
that
ranne
vnto
the
gate
in
a
syngle
gowne
and
kyssed
and
colled
hym
,
after
she
demaunded
hym
tydynges
.
Ladye
sayd
he
you
knowe
all
but
knowe
that
I
go
in
to
Angorye
where
as
we
abyde
the
batayll
of
the
false
paynyms
▪
and
at
my
retorne
I
shall
brynge
wyth
me
the
twelue
pe●es
of
Fraunce
with
a
great
puyssaunce
for
to
confounde
Haufray
and
Henry
and
socoure
Charles
.
Whan
the
lady
vnderstode
that
they
wolde
make
no
leyger
soiournynge
▪
she
made
meat
to
be
brought
and
there
they
toke
theyr
repaste
,
for
they
had
greate
luste
to
eate
and
drynke
.
After
they
toke
leue
of
the
lady
and
were
in
Angorye
vpon
the
morowe
before
all
the
barons
,
wherof
the
lordes
were
muche
abasshed
,
and
prayed
Ualentine
muche
to
learne
them
that
arte
,
but
he
refused
theym
.
Nowe
it
happened
in
those
dayes
that
Brandyffer
that
was
vpon
the
see
arryued
a
myle
from
Angory
.
And
there
he
made
his
syege
to
be
set
accompanyed
wyth
fyftene
kynges
all
hys
subiectes
They
of
the
cyte
that
herde
the
tydinges
went
&
shytte
the
gates
and
drewe
vp
the
brydges
,
and
after
mounted
vp
on
the
walles
for
to
beholde
the
paynyms
that
dressed
vp
great
nombre
of
tentes
and
pauylyons
.
The
sarazyns
were
in
theyr
syege
the
space
of
a
moneth
wythout
gyuynge
assaute
,
and
wythout
that
any
crysten
men
yssaed
out
on
them
.
¶
How
the
Emperoure
of
grece
,
Orson
and
the
grene
knyght
departed
from
the
stronge
castell
for
to
goo
socoure
Ualentyne
in
Angorye
.
Ca.
Cvii
.
THe
Emperoure
of
Gre●e
that
was
in
the
stronge
castel
herd
say
that
brandyffer
with
a
great
puyssaunce
had
besyeged
Angory
,
so
he
was
moued
in
deuocion
for
to
go
help
the
Aysten
men
.
They
toke
counsayll
togyther
and
accorded
that
a
valyaunt
knyght
should
kepe
the
stronge
castell
wyth
two
men
.
After
they
departed
for
to
go
into
Angory
.
The
Emperour
of
Grece
,
Orson
,
&
the
grene
knyght
accompanyed
wyth
a
thousand
fightynge
men
entred
into
the
see
,
&
pulled
vp
the
saylles
,
but
they
had
not
gone
but
a
lytle
way
whan
they
sawe
a
great
flote
of
shyppes
comynge
towarde
theym
.
It
was
an
Admyrall
paynym
that
went
for
to
socour
the
kyng
Brandyffer
wyth
ten
thousand
men
.
Well
knew
the
chrysten
men
that
they
were
of
theyr
enemyes
,
son
they
put
them
in
armes
,
and
renged
them
in
ba●●yl
on
theyr
shyppes
syde
.
The
saraznus
sawe
well
that
they
were
crysten
men
,
wherfore
they
approched
and
smote
vpon
them
fyersly
.
And
the
cristen
men
that
reclaymed
god
and
our
lady
defended
them
valyauntly
.
Thaune
was
there
a
cruell
batayll
,
the
Emperour
of
grece
,
Or
son
and
the
grene
knyght
shewed
theyr
prowesses
,
and
cryed
hyghly
.
Jhesus
sucoure
vs
.
At
these
wordes
the
crysten
men
toke
suche
courages
that
the
le●st
at
that
houre
had
the
strengthe
of
ten
,
and
for
the
loue
of
Jhesu
christ
were
content
for
to
suffre
death
.
And
the
sarazins
that
were
ten
agaynst
one
enclosed
the
tristen
men
〈◊〉
it
nedeth
not
to
demaunde
the
prowesse
of
Orson
and
of
the
grene
knight
,
for
they
dyd
suche
ded●s
of
armes
that
there
was
no
paynym
that
abode
on
liue
before
them
.
Whan
the
Admitall
paynym
sawe
theyr
prowesses
he
approched
n●re
them
and
smote
a
valyaunte
knyght
in
to
the
sea
beside
Orson
of
the
whiche
he
was
muche
angrye
for
he
loued
hym
,
soo
he
toke
an
axe
and
gaue
the
Admyrall
suche
a
stroke
that
he
ouerthrewe
hym
dead
in
his
shyppe
.
And
whan
the
paynyms
sawe
that
,
they
were
all
discomforted
,
and
lost
their
strength
,
and
wichdre
we
them
in
fleyng
all
that
nyght
.
¶
But
they
loste
fyftene
of
their
shyppes
,
and
foure
thousands
of
their
men
that
was
slayne
.
And
after
the
Emperour
of
Grece
spake
vnto
his
men
and
sayd
.
Lordes
I
counsayll
that
we
take
the
armes
of
these
cursed
paynims
&
armed
vs
with
,
&
araye
vs
like
sarazins
,
for
I
doubte
me
sore
that
we
shall
bee
meete
on
the
sea
by
the
Paynyms
.
The
counsaill
pleased
euery
body
because
that
they
should
not
be
knowen
of
the
sarazins
.
The
Gownes
,
the
armes
,
and
the
harneys
of
the
dead
folke
they
toke
and
caste
the
bodyes
in
to
the
sea
.
In
an
euil
houre
dyd
the
Emperoure
of
grece
aduyse
hym
therof
,
for
by
the
armes
that
he
beareth
he
shall
be
put
vnto
death
by
his
sonne
Ualentine
as
you
shal
here
afterwarde
.
Now
the
christen
men
●te
vpon
the
s●a
that
rowled
●y
al
their
baners
,
and
set
forth
in
the
wynde
them
of
the
sarazyns
and
to
wed
so
wel
that
they
aryued
within
a
lytel
whyle
at
the
hauen
of
Angorye
.
❧
Howe
the
christen
men
yssued
out
of
the
cytie
of
Angorye
,
and
of
the
ordenaunce
,
and
of
their
marueylous
batayles
.
Capit.
C.
viii
.
THe
kynge
Brandyffer
and
the
kynge
Lucar
a
moneth
after
had
assyeged
the
cyte
of
Angorye
wyth
all
theyr
puyssaunce
.
Valentyne
and
the
other
barons
had
taken
counsayl
for
to
yssue
out
vpon
theyr
enemyes
,
so
they
sente
the
defyaunce
vnto
Brandyffer
agaynst
the
mornyng
/
and
Brandyffer
that
was
fyerse
accorded
it
.
Than
the
Chrysten
men
that
were
wythin
the
cyte
of
Angory
ordeyned
theyr
bataylles
in
ten
partyes
,
wherof
the
duke
Myllon
hadde
the
fyrste
.
The
seconde
Sampson
of
orleaunce
.
The
thyrde
had
his
sonne
Geruays
erle
of
Vandosme
.
The
fourth
the
erle
of
champaygne
.
The.
v.
quin
tyn
of
Normandye
.
The.
vi
.
the
duke
of
Burgoyne
.
The
vii
.
the
erle
of
Dampmartyn
.
The
eyght
the
erle
of
Asserue
.
The.
ix
,
the
Marshall
of
Constantynoble
.
And
Valentyne
the
tenthe
,
that
gaue
all
the
othes
oftentymes
courage
to
do
well
.
Than
the
christen
men
yssued
out
of
Angorye
for
to
assayle
Brandiffer
that
had
made
fiftene
strong
batayles
,
and
there
was
in
the
leest
a
king
.
Nowe
it
is
not
too
be
demaunded
the
great
rychesses
that
shyned
on
the
fyelde
as
well
on
one
syde
as
other
.
One
myght
haue
heard
than
trumpettes
and
clarons
,
and
the
great
batayll
begynne
.
About
the
standarde
of
the
paynyms
was
Brandiffer
,
kyng
Lucar
,
the
kynge
of
Ynde
the
kyng
of
salute
,
the
admyrall
of
cordes
,
the
admyrall
of
Orbye
,
the
kynge
Damene
,
the
kynge
Dubyas
,
Josue
of
Pa●erne
,
the
earle
Draymant
,
the
duke
Cor●hyllant
,
and
Croste
of
Or●●nye
.
Whan
it
came
to
the
approchynge
of
the
bataylles
,
a
paynym
of
Surye
that
had
neuer
bene
in
warre
,
the
whiche
for
to
assaye
his
body
passeth
forth
&
came
to
ward
the
christen
men
with
his
spere
cou●●●d
muche
fyersly
.
Ualentyne
sawe
him
wel
the
whiche
smote
his
horse
with
the
spores
&
ranne
agaynst
the
paynim
,
and
with
one
stroke
smote
him
downe
dead
.
At
that
same
houre
the
batayle
began
muche
fyersly
.
But
the
valyauntnes
of
the
paynyms
is
not
to
be
compared
to
that
of
the
christen
men
,
&
specially
of
Ualentyne
,
of
the
duke
Myllon
,
and
of
the.
xi●
peres
.
The
kyng
of
Ynde
entred
in
to
the
barayl
,
&
greued
the
christen
men
sore
.
Whan
Ualentyne
sawe
that
he
ro●e
toward
him
&
gaue
him
so
great
a
stroke
that
he
smote
him
downe
.
Than
the
christen
men
made
the
sarazyns
to
recule
a
backe
a
great
waye
,
for
they
were
dyscomfyte
.
But
a
sarazyn
capitayne
of
the
re●egard
,
came
and
succoured
them
with
thyrty
thousande
paynyms
.
And
there
began
the
batayll
more
stronger
than
before
.
The
kyng
Lucat
found
the
kyng
of
yn●e
that
fought
muche
strongly
&
gaue
hym
succour
.
The
christen
men
were
so
muche
charged
with
the
paynyms
at
that
houre
that
it
was
force
to
them
to
withdrawe
theim
towarde
a
poude
that
was
nere
a
fielde
,
and
they
shold
haue
had
to
muche
to
do
if
it
had
not
bene
two
valiaunt
knyghtes
that
arriued
that
daye
in
Angorye
accompanied
with
seuen
hundred
men
of
armes
.
The.
ii
.
knyghtes
that
I
tell
you
of
,
came
from
the
holy
sepulcre
the
whiche
had
suffred
great
aduersyties
,
as
well
in
pryson
as
otherwise
for
to
do
their
vyage
.
The
one
of
them
brought
in
to
Fraunce
the
daughter
of
a
ryche
admyrall
named
Claradine
,
and
made
her
to
be
baptyzed
.
The
least
of
the
two
knyghtes
was
Reynarde
of
Prouaunce
and
the
other
Myllon
of
Dyion
,
and
they
were
fayre
and
hardy
knyghtes
.
So
they
hadde
tydynges
of
the
batayll
that
was
there
besyde
,
and
made
their
men
to
be
armed
,
and
gaue
them
sygnes
and
standardes
for
to
make
the
paynyms
the
more
af●rde
.
And
so
they
came
out
of
the
cytie
for
to
succoure
the
christen
men
,
and
smote
in
to
the
bataill
muche
fyersly
.
At
the
approchyng
the
paynims
was
muche
abashed
of
this
newe
coming
and
not
without
a
cause
,
for
Myllon
of
Dyion
at
his
entre
smote
downe
dead
the
kyng
Lucar
,
and
the
king
Rubres
,
wherof
Brandiffer
was
muche
abashed
.
And
after
en●red
Reynarde
that
slewe
diuers
of
the
moost
valyauntest
.
Ualentyne
was
muche
amarueiled
whan
he
sawe
those
two
knyghtes
do
suche
dedes
of
armes
,
so
he
rode
towarde
them
and
sayde
to
them
.
Lordes
wel
be
you
come
,
tell
me
if
it
please
you
what
you
are
.
and
What
dryueth
you
hether
.
Frende
sayde
Reynarde
we
are
lordes
of
Fraunce
that
come
from
the
holy
sepulcre
,
so
we
haue
heard
speke
of
this
enterprise
,
and
in
the
honoure
son
by
the
God
in
whome
I
beleue
euer
my
harte
telleth
me
that
this
poore
man
doth
some
penaunce
that
he
hath
promysed
to
god
.
In
this
wyse
was
Ualentyne
a
great
whyle
within
his
palays
without
beyng
knowen
of
any
body
,
so
longe
that
euerye
body
sayde
that
he
was
dead
,
wherfore
the
kyng
Hugon
made
the
faire
Clerymonde
to
be
demaunded
for
wyfe
.
And
after
enter
prysed
and
dyd
a
great
treason
.
¶
Howe
the
kyng
Hugon
made
Clerymonde
to
be
demaunded
for
wyfe
,
and
howe
he
betrayed
Orson
and
the
grene
knyght
.
¶
Capit.
C.
xiii
.
IN
that
same
time
there
was
a
king
in
Hongrye
that
was
named
Hugon
.
That
same
king
herde
speke
of
Ualentine
that
had
left
the
Empire
of
grece
,
&
the
lande
of
●uerpe
So
he
went
in
to
Constantinoble
and
was
receiued
of
Orson
muche
honourably
.
On
a
mornynge
Hugon
called
the
fayre
Clerymonde
&
sayde
to
her
in
fayre
language
.
Lady
knowe
that
I
am
kyng
of
Hongrye
,
&
holde
vnder
me
diuers
▪
greace
lordes
,
but
of
one
thyng
I
am
euill
that
is
that
I
haue
no
wyfe
and
an●
to
mary
,
for
the
whiche
thyng
I
am
come
to
ward
you
.
For
I
haue
vnderstande
that
the
knyghte
Ualentyne
wil
neuer
retourne
,
wherfore
I
require
you
that
you
haue
me
for
your
husbande
,
so
shal
you
be
crowned
quene
of
Hongrye
,
and
be
greately
honoured
,
for
aboue
all
other
you
are
she
that
my
harte
desyreth
so
a●dauntlye
.
Syr
sayn
the
lady
of
the
good
and
the
honour
that
you
present
me
I
thanke
you
humbly
,
but
for
to
aunswere
you
well
seke
you
another
wyfe
for
my
loue
Ualentine
lyueth
yet
soo
I
am
delybreed
for
too
abyde
hym
seuen
yere
.
And
whan
that
it
should
be
so
that
I
would
take
a
husbande
it
behoued
not
to
speke
vnto
me
but
to
the
Emperoure
Orson
and
to
my
brother
the
grene
knight
for
without
their
counsayll
I
will
neuer
con●ente
therto
for
any
thyng
that
maye
be
sayde
vnto
me
.
¶
Lady
sayd
Hugon
you
speake
right
honestly
,
&
your
answere
pleaseth
me
.
Than
he
came
towarde
Orson
&
demaunded
hym
if
he
hadde
any
tydynges
o●
Ualentyne
.
Free
kyng
sayde
the
Emperoure
Orson
that
of
hym
had
no
doubte
▪
I
knowe
none
other
thyng
saue
that
●y
a
●●eter
that
he
lefte
me
with
his
wyfe
,
the
which
telleth
that
he
is
gone
in
exyle
for
to
wepe
his
synnes
,
●
〈◊〉
vpon
hym
he
bereth
halfe
of
the
ring
that
he
wedded
his
wife
wyth
,
and
the
other
he
hathe
lefte
her
▪
and
charged
her
to
beleue
nothinge
of
hym
but
if
she
sawe
the
other
halfe
of
the
ryng
.
Syr
sayd
Hugon
that
noted
well
the
sewordes
▪
god
be
his
spede
,
for
he
is
a
knight
to
be
moche
praysed
.
Nowe
I
wyll
tell
you
one
thynge
that
I
haue
in
my
courage
.
I
am
delyuered
for
to
go
vnto
The
rusalem
for
to
vysyte
the
holy
sepulcre
so
I
wold
gladly
that
you
wolde
bere
me
company
.
Syr
sayde
Orson
I
am
contente
,
and
we
wyll
go
into
Angorye
and
take
the
grene
knyght
with
vs
that
is
kyng
therof
.
It
pleaseth
me
well
sayd
kyng
Hugon
lette
vs
go
where
you
wyll
.
Than
Orson
toke
leue
of
the
fayre
Galazye
▪
and
of
his
moder
and
mounted
vpon
thesee
,
and
came
into
Angory
where
as
they
were
receyued
much
honourably
▪
and
in
greate
ioye
.
They
made
greate
chere
and
after
all
thre
wente
into
Jherusalem
,
and
toke
vp
theyr
lodging
for
to
reste
them
.
And
vpon
the
morowe
they
wente
toward
the
good
patriarke
that
songe
masse
be
fore
them
,
and
made
them
be
guyded
throughe
the
cyte
for
to
vy●●●e
the
holy
sepulcre
and
other
holy
places
in
grete
deuocion
.
They
gate
the
pardons
and
dyde
theyr
pylgrimage
deuoutly
,
saue
the
kinge
Hugon
that
bare
the
treason
in
hys
hearte
,
by
the
whiche
he
made
the
noble
prynces
be
taken
and
enprysoned
that
trusted
in
hym
.
For
right
so
as
they
visited
the
holy
places
that
traitour
kyng
Hugon
stole
oute
of
theyr
company
and
yede
vnto
the
kynge
of
Surye
that
was
the
kynge
of
J●d●s
broder
that
was
slayne
before
Angorye
.
Hugon
salued
hym
by
mahowne
&
sayd
vnto
him
.
Kynge
vnderstondome
and
I
shall
tell
you
a
thynge
for
your
prouffyte
,
Knowe
syr
that
there
is
newly
aryued
here
two
knightes
that
you
ought
to
hate
aboue
al
other
,
for
they
haue
slayne
kynge
Brandyffer
,
kynge
Lucar
,
and
the
puyssaunt
kynge
of
Ynde
your
brother
.
Whan
Rabastre
vnderstode
that
hys
brother
was
dead
he
wepte
much
and
after
sayd
vnto
Hugon
.
Syr
can
you
yelde
me
the
two
knyghtes
.
Yes
sayd
the
traytour
Hugon
so
that
you
wyll
giue
me
theyr
seales
af
golde
.
Syr
sayd
the
kyng
of
Surye
I
should
be
to
ingrate
yf
I
refused
you
soo
lytell
a
thynge
,
you
shall
haue
the
seales
and
other
thynges
ynoughe
yf
you
may
delyuer
me
the
two
knyghtes
.
Yes
sayd
Hugon
and
herken
now
.
Sende
your
messengers
in
to
the
house
of
the
patryarke
,
for
he
can
tel
you
where
they
are
.
Than
the
kynge
of
Sury
dyd
so
and
sent
.
viii
.
hundred
men
armed
to
the
good
patryarke
,
the
whyche
shewed
them
the
lodgys
at
the
kynges
commaundement
.
The
paynyms
went
thyther
anone
and
founde
Orson
and
the
grene
knyght
at
dynner
▪
the
whyche
they
tooke
and
bounde
straytely
,
and
in
betynge
theym
ledde
them
towarde
the
kynge
.
Alas
sayd
Orson
we
are
betrayed
,
for
ryght
so
as
kynge
Pepyn
and
the
twelue
peres
of
Fraunce
were
ones
solde
vnto
the
sarazyns
in
thys
cyte
so
are
we
nowe
.
Whan
the
kynge
of
Sury
sawe
them
he
sayd
vnto
them
.
False
enemyes
of
oure
lawe
I
am
ryght
Joyous
that
I
holde
you
,
now
tel
me
your
names
,
for
I
wyll
knowe
theym
/
and
for
a
cause
.
Syr
sayde
Orson
I
am
called
Orson
,
and
thys
is
the
Grene
knyght
.
By
mahowne
sayd
the
kynge
I
haue
hearde
muche
speke
of
you
,
and
you
haue
a
felowe
named
valentyne
,
the
whiche
if
I
helde
he
shoulde
neuer
escape
my
handes
on
lyue
.
Than
he
made
them
to
be
dyspoyled
and
tooke
theyr
Seales
frome
theym
,
the
whyche
he
gaue
afterwarde
to
kynge
Hugon
.
So
Orson
&
the
grene
knyght
were
put
in
a
depe
dongeon
with
bread
and
water
longe
.
They
thought
that
the
kyng
Hugon
had
b●
slayne
of
the
sarazyns
.
Alas
they
knew
nothing
how
the
mater
did
go
,
for
the
traytoure
Hugon
was
in
the
cytye
that
called
vnto
him
a
disloyall
traytoure
named
Galeran
whiche
had
serued
him
longe
,
for
suche
mayster
suche
seruaunt
▪
Galeran
sayd
Hugon
I
haue
found
the
maner
wherby
I
shall
come
vnto
the
ende
of
myn
entencion
,
And
because
that
you
are
my
neuewe
and
haue
serued
me
long●
,
be
secrete
,
and
I
shall
rewarde
you
soo
well
that
you
shal
be
content
.
Vncle
sayd
Galeran
haue
no
doubte
of
me
,
for
I
know
where
you
pretende
,
that
is
to
haue
the
fayre
clerimonde
vnto
wyfe
.
¶
It
is
true
sayde
kynge
Hugon
it
nedeth
not
to
hyde
it
frome
you
We
must
make
a
letter
subtylly
in
the
name
of
Orson
for
I
haue
his
propre
seale
wyth
the
whiche
it
shall
be
s●ale●
.
And
it
behoueth
that
the
letter
be
made
thus
.
¶
Orson
by
the
grace
of
god
Emperour
of
grece
vnto
you
my
ryght
redoubted
and
souerayne
ladye
and
Moder
,
vnto
you
my
loue
Galazye
,
and
vnto
my
syster
the
fayr
▪
Clerymonde
all
humble
salutation
&
recommendacyon
due
.
Know
that
there
is
happened
vs
piteous
tydynges
and
displeasaunt
in
this
cou●trye
,
the
whyche
I
wryte
vnto
you
in
this
present
letter
,
so
I
require
Jhesus
that
he
gyue
you
pacyence
▪
My
ladyes
knowe
for
certayne
that
I
haue
founde
my
brothe
▪
Valentine
in
Jherusalem
in
his
deathe
bedde
,
so
God
gaue
me
suche
grace
that
I
spake
with
hym
or
he
dyed
.
And
at
his
〈◊〉
he
charged
me
to
sende
you
tydynges
,
&
to
solue
the
fayre
Clerymonde
from
hym
.
To
whome
he
maundeth
that
for
all
the
loue
that
euer
she
loued
hym
wyth
that
also
soone
as
she
may
she
take
some
prynce
to
husband
And
that
for
his
death
she
take
no
discomfort
but
pray
god
for
his
soule
.
And
wyte
that
he
sendeth
not
the
halfe
rynge
as
he
had
promysed
,
for
as
he
was
in
bedde
it
was
stolen
from
hym
.
And
whan
thys
lettre
was
made
thus
Hugon
made
another
lettre
for
to
couer
hys
treason
from
the
grene
knyghte
and
Orson
togyther
sayenge
Ryght
wel
beloued
syster
we
haue
done
you
ynoughe
to
wyte
of
your
true
spouse
and
our
good
brother
Salentyne
,
for
the
whyche
thynge
we
twayne
consyderyng
the
great
beaute
that
is
in
you
,
and
for
to
accomplys●●e
the
desyre
of
the
dead
(
on
whome
Jhesu
haue
mercye
)
and
to
encrease
your
honoure
,
we
wyl
that
you
take
the
puyssaunt
kyng
Hugon
vnto
husband
as
you
wyl
auoyde
our
dyspleasure
.
And
for
the
more
very●y
cacyon
we
haue
s●aled
these
letters
wyth
our
propre
seales
.
Also
wyte
that
we
can
not
come
yet
vnto
you
,
for
bytwene
the
chrysten
men
and
the
sarazyns
is
a
daye
of
batayll
sette
the
whiche
we
abyde
for
to
sustey●e
the
●aythe
of
Jesu
chryste
,
whyche
haue
you
in
his
kepynge
.
Whan
the
letters
of
the
treason
were
made
by
kynge
Hugon
,
he
closed
them
well
and
sealed
them
with
theyr
propre
seales
and
after
gaue
them
vnto
hys
propre
neuewe
Galeran
and
sayd
vnto
hym
that
it
behoued
hym
to
go
in
to
constantynoble
for
to
presente
those
letters
to
Bellyssant
,
and
to
the
fayre
Clerymande
.
And
whan
you
shall
haue
done
so
I
shall
come
after
as
he
that
knoweth
not
there
of
for
to
requyre
Clerymonde
,
and
I
●ou●te
me
not
but
that
she
shall
be
g●uen
me
.
Uncle
sayd
Galeran
I
shall
do
the
message
well
for
I
knowe
well
your
case
.
Thau
he
toke
the
letters
and
put
hym selfe
vpon
the
waye
towarde
Constantynoble
.
¶
How
Galeran
dyd
hys
message
vnto
Bellyssant
,
and
the
fayre
Clerymonde
,
&
of
the
meruayllous
complayntes
that
Clerymonde
made
.
Ca.
Cxiiii
.
NOwe
Galeran
dyd
so
muche
that
he
arryued
in
Constantynoble
at
the
houre
of
dynor
and
salued
the
ladyes
from
the
Emperour
Orson
and
the
grene
knyght
,
and
after
he
gaue
theym
the
letters
.
Messenger
sayd
Bellyssant
what
doth
my
sonne
.
Ladye
sayd
Galeran
I
lefte
hym
in
Jherusalem
safe
and
sounde
,
soo
you
may
knowe
by
this
letters
more
certayuly
of
hys
dedes
The
ladyes
commaunded
that
the
messenger
should
be
feested
.
Now
it
was
of
custome
that
whan
they
wolde
dyne
or
soupe
,
they
made
Ualentyne
to
be
brought
into
the
Halle
for
to
nourysshe
hym
the
better
,
and
because
that
he
knew
that
he
eate
but
leuinges
,
they
gaue
hym
●o
good
that
he
wold
vse
no
more
thereof
,
but
often
toke
that
which
they
cast
vnto
the
dogges
,
and
than
they
cast
the
dogges
largely
.
He
herde
well
the
ridinges
of
the
messengers
so
he
thought
what
he
shold
do
.
The
ladies
rose
vp
from
the
tables
,
&
whan
graces
was
said
Bellyssant
made
a
secret
aye
to
come
that
redde
the
letters
and
tolde
them
the
tenoure
of
them
both
.
And
valentyne
herde
it
well
the
which
was
in
the
halle
but
he
made
no
semblaunt
.
So
it
is
not
to
be
demaunded
the
great
sorowes
and
lamentacions
of
the
ladies
that
was
made
for
Ualentyne
that
they
maunded
was
deed
,
for
they
knew
the
seales
of
the
good
knyghtes
.
The
fayre
Clerimonde
rente
her
clothes
a
pulled
her
heere
saying
Poore
woman
aboue
all
other
moost
colorous
wherfore
cometh
not
the
death
and
take
the.
Alas
Ualentyne
wherfore
am
I
not
gone
with
you
for
to
ese
your
body
Broder
greue
knight
and
you
Emperour
Orson
you
haue
to
harde
courages
that
wyll
marye
me
so
soone
.
Alas
how
ought
she
euer
to
take
a
husband
that
of
the
valyauntes
hathe
loste
his
excellente
of
good
the
beste
,
of
worthy
the
moste
hardy
,
the
rose
of
honour
,
the
floure
of
chyualry
of
noble
the
myrroure
,
the
example
of
curteyse
,
of
trouth
the
patron
,
&
of
wyse
the
chosen
.
False
dethe
what
hast
thou
thought
whan
by
that
I
am
oute
of
all
humayne
Joye
▪
neuer
in
my
lyfe
I
require
to
haue
myrthe
,
but
alwayes
in
languysshynge
be
wayle
hym
that
of
al
the
humaynes
is
worthy
honour
.
I
shal
neuer
in
my
life
haue
other
husband
,
but
in
continuall
sorowes
shall
vse
my
dayes
.
Well
sawe
Valentyne
the
great
doloure
that
Clerymonde
bare
for
hym
,
wherof
he
hadde
great
p●te
,
but
for
doubte
of
knowyng
he
bare
it
in
his
heart
.
¶
And
whan
Bellyssant
sawe
that
Clerymonde
dis●omforted
her
soo
,
she
sayd
vnto
her
.
My
doughter
take
to
you
pa●yen●e
,
you
knowe
that
he
was
my
sonne
so
I
ought
to
be
sorowfull
at
the
heart
,
but
whan
I
consider
that
there
is
no
remedye
,
it
is
better
praye
for
hys
soule
than
wepe
so
muche
,
so
thinke
on
that
which
your
brother
and
the
Emperour
Orson
maundeth
you
.
Alas
sayd
Clerymonde
wherof
speke
you
to
me
,
what
maryage
maye
they
make
of
her
that
trusteth
neuer
to
haue
Joye
.
Lady
for
god
speake
no
more
therof
for
I
wyl
neuer
haue
no
husbande
.
Doughter
sayd
Bellyssant
you
are
euyll
auysed
,
for
syth
that
so
hyghe
a
man
as
kynge
Hugon
wyll
haue
you
,
you
shall
be
neuer
the
more
praysed
.
And
I
tell
you
well
that
there
maye
suche
one
come
ye
that
I
shall
mary
me
.
At
these
wordes
the
fayre
Clerimonde
entred
in
to
her
chambre
sore
wepynge
.
And
Valentyne
is
vnder
the
stayres
that
thinketh
in
hys
heart
from
whens
suche
treason
may
come
.
So
it
happened
at
the
ende
of
foure
dayes
that
kynge
Hugon
arryued
in
Constantynoble
,
and
was
receyued
in
grett
honoure
,
but
the
fayre
clerymonde
made
hym
no
semblaunt
of
loue
.
My
lady
sayd
he
you
haue
wel
heard
how
your
sonne
is
dead
wherof
I
am
sory
.
So
it
is
accorded
that
I
shall
haue
Clerymonde
vnto
wyfe
.
Syr
sayd
Clerymonde
I
haue
no
wyl
to
wedde
you
nor
none
other
.
Ualentyne
heard
all
this
treason
.
So
the
thynge
was
soo
moche
pleded
that
we
accorded
at
the
laste
to
haue
the
kyng
Hugon
,
wherof
he
was
muche
Joyous
but
it
dured
not
longe
.
¶
How
Bellyssant
and
Clerimonde
knew
the
treason
and
false
enterpryse
of
kyng
Hugon
,
and
how
the
prduost
smote
of
the
head
of
Galeran
.
Ca.
Cxv.
UAlentyne
had
greate
pite
on
his
loue
that
they
were
about
to
betraye
,
so
he
entred
into
a
chapel
of
our
lady
where
as
he
was
accustomed
for
to
pray
to
God
,
and
kneled
downe
before
the
ymage
of
the
vyrgyn
Marye
&
sayd
▪
Blessed
vyrgyn
Marye
▪
I
beseche
the
praye
thy
dere
sonne
to
defend
my
loue
clerymond
from
this
treason
that
is
made
agaynst
her
.
And
or
he
had
ended
his
prayer
an
asigell
sayd
vnto
him
.
Ualentyne
God
hathe
herde
thy
prayer
,
go
out
of
the
cyte
and
take
the
habytes
of
a
pylgrym
that
thou
shalt
fynde
there
,
and
after
retourne
in
to
thy
palais
and
recounte
before
all
the
company
pany
the
treason
suche
as
thou
knowest
it
,
for
thou
shalt
not
be
knowen
.
Uetay
God
sayde
Valentyne
I
thanke
you
.
Than
he
departed
and
founde
the
pylgrym
and
toke
his
habytes
,
after
he
retorned
in
to
the
palays
where
as
the
ladyes
were
and
the
traytout
Hugon
that
spake
dyuers
fayned
wordes
vnto
the
fayre
Clerymonde
.
He
salued
all
the
company
and
after
sayd
all
on
hyghe
to
the
Empresse
Bellyssant
.
Lady
I
beseche
you
humbly
that
you
wil
shewe
me
the
wyfe
of
Ualentine
.
Pilgrym
sayd
Hugon
that
chaunged
coloure
,
go
in
to
the
kechyn
and
there
thou
shalt
haue
thyne
almesse
.
Syr
sayd
Ualentyne
I
will
do
a
message
vnto
her
.
Pylgrim
sayd
the
lady
I
am
she
that
you
demaunde
.
My
lady
in
a
good
houre
said
he
.
I
haue
sene
your
loue
that
salueth
you
by
me
,
&
letteth
you
wy●e
that
he
wyll
be
here
with
in
this
thre
daies
.
Pilgrim
said
the
lady
aduise
the
wel
what
thou
sayest
,
for
I
haue
had
certayn
tydinges
that
he
is
dead
.
Lady
sayd
Ualentyne
you
ought
not
to
beleue
it
,
for
I
deliuer
me
vnto
death
if
he
bee
not
yet
on
lyue
,
and
that
thou
shalt
se
him
within
thre
dayes
▪
Whan
Hugon
herde
the
wordes
that
Ualentyne
tolde
vnto
the
ladyes
,
he
yssued
secretly
out
of
the
palays
and
mounted
vpon
the
horse
without
retourning
.
The
ladies
were
to
muche
amarueiled
and
woulde
haue
feasted
the
pylgrym
.
But
he
would
do
nothing
and
said
to
them
.
My
ladyes
pardon
me
,
for
I
haue
my
felowes
in
the
towne
whiche
I
wil
go
se.
Than
Clerimonde
gaue
him
much
money
the
which
he
distrybuted
afterwarde
to
the
poore
folkes
.
Than
she
was
out
they
demaunded
where
the
kyng
Hugon
was
.
By
fayth
sayd
a
damosell
I
sawe
hym
renne
presently
vnto
his
horse
.
And
vpon
these
wordes
Galeran
entred
that
demaunded
after
his
vncle
.
By
God
sayde
Bellyssant
in
a
good
houre
are
you
come
,
for
you
shall
neuer
escape
till
that
you
haue
tolde
the
treason
that
your
vncle
hath
made
.
And
whan
Galeran
herde
these
wordes
be
began
for
to
tremble
.
Was
lady
sayde
he
for
God
haue
mercy
on
me
and
I
shal
tel
you
all
,
saye
on
I
pardon
the.
It
is
true
that
mine
vncle
Kynge
Hugon
hath
d●one
this
treason
,
and
solde
vnto
the
paynims
within
Jherusalem
the
Emperour
Orson
and
the
grene
knight
.
After
he
recounted
to
her
▪
all
alonge
as
you
haue
herde
before
.
There
was
made
a
meruaylous
sorow
,
so
whan
Galeran
had
told
all
,
he
departed
thinking
to
haue
escaped
,
but
the
prouost
made
him
to
be
hanged
and
strangled
.
And
Valentine
lefte
the
pilgrimes
gowne
and
toke
his
clothes
agayne
and
into
the
palays
.
Poore
man
sayd
Clerimonde
where
haue
you
bene
.
I
beleue
that
you
are
displeasaunt
because
that
I
wyll
mary
me
.
Ualentine
enclyned
his
heade
and
left
her
,
and
began
for
to
pray
god
.
Clerimond
had
made
a
quilte
to
be
broughte
vnto
him
,
but
he
lay
vpon
the
earth
,
&
so
he
did
his
penaunce
among
the
dogges
.
¶
Howe
Orson
and
the
grene
knighte
were
deliuered
out
of
the
pryson
of
the
king
of
Surye
,
by
the
appoyntement
of
the
warre
that
they
made
after
to
kynge
Hugon
of
Hongry
▪
Ca.
Cxvi
.
THe
kynge
of
Surye
that
helde
Orson
and
the
grene
knyght
in
pryson
made
them
one
day
be
brought
before
him
and
sayd
to
them
.
Lordes
you
see
that
I
may
hauge
or
drawe
you
,
wherfore
I
sweare
by
my
god
mahowne
that
you
shall
neuer
escape
me
,
but
y●
that
you
tendre
to
me
the
Lyte
of
Angory
,
and
the
stronge
castell
,
wyth
thyrtye
other
stronge
places
that
you
holo
.
Syr
sayd
Orson
we
wyl
not
do
it
but
yf
you
yelde
vs
the
kynge
Hugon
that
you
holde
,
and
the
kynge
of
Surye
sayd
vnto
them
.
Speke
not
to
me
of
hym
for
he
is
gone
and
bereth
wyth
him
your
seales
,
&
wyte
that
by
hym
you
haue
ben
solde
to
me
and
betrayed
.
Whan
the
Emperour
Orson
vnderstode
hym
he
was
muche
ameruaylled
,
and
swore
that
he
wolde
neuer
reste
ty●
that
he
had
taken
vengeaunce
on
the
kynge
Hugon
,
&
the
grene
knyght
sayd
that
he
should
not
fayle
him
.
Now
Orson
and
▪
the
grene
knyght
accorded
the
kynge
of
Su●●e
his
demaunde
for
to
saue
theyr
lyues
,
and
retorned
into
Constantynoble
where
as
they
ceased
great
sorow
After
the
fayre
Clerymonde
tolde
him
how
she
had
her
detydinges
of
Ualentyne
,
wherof
Orson
was
Joyous
for
he
desyred
muche
hys
comynge
.
That
night
Orson
laye
with
Galazye
,
and
engendred
a
sonne
that
was
called
Morant
the
whiche
helde
the
realme
of
Angorye
.
It
was
not
longe
after
that
Orson
reised
his
hoost
for
to
go
into
Angorye
.
And
whan
the
kynge
Hugon
knewe
it
he
sente
a
messenger
vnto
hym
sayenge
that
and
he
wolde
accorde
,
he
wolde
leue
hym
the
Cyte
of
Angory
▪
&
gyue
hym
foure
horses
laden
wyth
golde
.
And
yf
that
any
accused
him
of
treason
▪
he
wolde
fyght
wyth
hym
excepte
Orson
.
Than
after
the
message
was
done
the
grene
knight
waged
a
batayll
against
him
.
And
the
kinge
Hugon
came
out
of
Angory
armed
for
to
fight
wyth
the
grene
knight
as
it
was
accorded
,
but
the
grene
knighte
was
there
fyrst
.
Than
they
smote
theyr
horses
with
the
spores
&
recoū●ted
eche
other
&
broke
theyr
speres
.
After
they
set
theyr
handes
vnto
theyr
swerdes
,
and
god
wote
what
strokes
they
gaue
eche
other
,
so
muche
that
god
helped
the
ryght
,
for
the
grene
knyght
gaue
suche
a
stroke
vnto
the
kyng
Hugon
vpon
the
helme
,
that
he
cut
a
part
of
his
head
to
his
sholdres
,
&
so
he
fell
in
a
sooo●ne
.
Than
the
grene
knyght
was
honoured
,
after
hugon
spake
and
demaunded
a
confessoure
,
and
tolde
hym
all
the
falsnes
and
treason
,
and
dyed
in
that
place
▪
Orson
made
the
body
to
be
taken
and
notably
buryed
in
an
ab
baye
there
besyde
.
And
suche
honoure
was
done
to
him
bycause
that
he
was
kynge
crowned
.
And
in
so
muche
Orson
shewed
the
noblenes
that
was
in
hym
.
Euery
body
was
enfourmed
of
the
treason
of
kynge
Hugon
,
and
by
the
counsayle
of
the
wyse
men
they
rendred
the
cyte
of
Angory
to
the
Emperoure
Orson
,
and
all
the
countree
the
whyche
toke
possessyon
and
also
the
homages
.
Tho
after
he
returned
into
Constantynoble
and
the
Grene
knyght
.
Ualentyne
was
muche
Joyous
of
that
he
saw
them
in
good
prosperyte
Clerymonde
meruaylled
much
bycause
that
Ualentine
came
not
,
and
sayd
.
Ha
false
pilgrym
thou
haste
betrayed
me
whan
thou
toldeme
that
my
loue
Ualentyne
should
come
on
the
thyrde
daye
and
yet
I
haue
no
tydynges
of
hym
.
Alas
she
thought
not
that
he
was
so
nere
her
,
for
he
was
vnder
the
stayres
of
hys
palays
,
where
as
by
the
wyll
of
god
he
shall
finisshe
hys
dayes
shortly
,
and
than
they
shall
knowe
hym
.
¶
How
at
the
ende
of
seuen
yere
Ualentyne
dyed
wyth
in
hys
palays
of
Constantynoble
,
and
howe
he
wrote
a
lettre
that
he
was
knowen
by
.
Ca.
Cxvii
.
AT
the
ende
of
seuen
yeare
a
greuous
maladye
toke
Ualentyne
so
that
he
felte
hymselfe
much
feble
,
whereof
he
thanked
god
deuoutlye
.
Alas
sayde
the
holye
man
my
god
my
creatoure
that
hathe
made
me
to
thy
semblaunce
haue
mercye
on
me
that
am
a
wretched
synner
,
and
please
it
the
for
to
pardon
me
the
deathe
of
my
father
,
and
all
the
sonnes
that
euer
I
dyd
syth
the
tyme
that
I
was
borne
.
Ueray
redemptour
of
all
the
worlde
consyder
not
my
folyshe
youthe
the
which
I
haue
passed
folyshly
in
pleasures
mondaynes
,
and
condampne
me
not
but
by
thy
holy
mercy
receyue
my
poore
souls
into
thy
blessed
handes
,
and
defende
me
from
the
deuyll
.
And
in
sayeng
these
wordes
an
aungell
of
heauen
came
and
appeared
vnto
hym
sayenge
.
❧
Ualentyne
know
for
a
certaynte
that
thou
shalte
departe
oute
of
this
worlde
within
this
foure
dayes
,
for
it
is
the
wyll
of
our
lorde
Jesu
chryst
which
sendeth
me
vnto
the.
Alas
my
lord
god
sayd
Ualentyne
▪
I
owe
well
for
to
thanke
the
whan
by
thy
holy
aungell
thou
doest
me
to
wyte
the
last
ende
of
my
dayes
.
Than
the
holy
man
Ualentyne
made
signe
that
they
should
bryng
him
paper
&
ynke
,
and
whan
he
had
it
Ualentyne
wrote
how
he
him selfe
in
the
habyte
of
a
pylgrym
discouered
the
treason
,
&
all
the
estate
of
hys
lyfe
.
After
he
putte
in
his
name
and
folded
the
halfe
of
the
rynge
in
it
and
helde
it
in
hys
hande
.
And
after
these
thinges
Ualentyne
made
a
pr●este
to
come
,
to
whome
he
confessed
his
synnes
deuoutelye
and
receyued
the
holye
sacramentes
,
and
at
the
houre
he
dyed
.
And
forth
wyth
al
the
belles
of
the
cyte
beganne
for
to
rynge
for
him
,
where
of
the
people
was
much
abashed
and
amerueyled
.
And
the
Emperour
Orson
and
all
the
lordes
and
barons
descended
and
dyd
fynde
the
preest
besyde
the
holy
body
.
Frende
sayd
the
Emperoure
Orson
wherfore
is
it
that
they
rynge
so
fast
in
y●
Cyty
Syr
sayd
▪
the
preest
I
thynke
that
it
is
a
myracle
that
God
wyll
shew
for
this
holy
man
.
For
euen
so
as
he
yelded
vp
the
ghoost
the
belles
began
for
to
rynge
on
euery
syde
.
Whan
Orson
saw
that
the
poore
man
was
deade
in
that
place
▪
he
was
muche
pensife
and
ameruayled
.
By
my
fayth
sayd
he
I
thinke
that
this
same
is
a
holy
body
,
and
that
God
dothe
myracles
for
hym
.
Than
he
aduysed
the
letter
that
he
held
in
hys
hand
,
and
thought
for
to
haue
taken
it
▪
but
he
myght
not
haue
it
in
no
maner
of
wyse
.
So
there
came
the
fayre
clerymonde
and
she
assayed
as
the
other
dyd
and
hadde
it
.
For
also
soone
as
she
touched
it
the
hand
opened
▪
and
she
toke
the
letter
at
her
owne
pleasure
.
Soo
it
was
opened
anone
,
and
than
Clerymonde
saw
and
knew
the
halfe
of
the
ryng
,
wherefore
she
sayde
.
Lordes
we
shall
haue
tydynges
a none
of
my
loue
Ualentyne
.
So
there
was
a
secretary
that
redde
all
the
dedes
of
the
holy
man
.
It
is
not
to
be
demaunded
the
grete
dolours
and
complayntes
of
Orson
of
Bellyssante
,
and
of
Clerimonde
,
for
he
hadde
his
herte
to
harde
that
wepte
not
than
.
The
fayre
Clerimonde
as
halfe
dead
keste
her selfe
vpon
the
body
in
makynge
suche
complayntes
that
they
wende
she
wolde
haue
dyed
.
Alas
sayde
the
ladye
where
maye
I
become
whan
I
haue
loste
my
lyfe
and
my
comforte
,
and
myne
onely
hope
.
Alas
my
loue
Ualentyne
what
haue
you
thoughte
whan
you
are
come
to
dye
so
nere
me
in
pouertye
,
and
in
so
great
myserye
,
wythout
geuyng
me
ony
knowledge
of
you
.
Alas
I
haue
sene
you
often
in
pouertye
▪
colde
,
and
trauayle
wythout
geuyng
you
any
comforte
▪
Nowe
am
I
aboue
all
the
moost
vnfortuned
whan
I
might
not
know
nor
aduyse
him
that
I
ought
to
serue
so
longe
in
bytter
trybulacyon
▪
as
true
and
loyall
spouse
.
After
she
kyssed
hys
face
and
his
handes
by
a
meruyllous
dystresse
.
And
after
the
great
doole
the
holy
body
was
borne
to
be
buryed
in
the
great
church
of
Constantynoble
▪
wyth
so
greate
a
company
,
that
none
myght
passe
through
the
stretes
.
And
it
was
not
longe
after
but
that
the
body
was
canonysed
,
and
put
in
shrine
.
Soo
God
shewed
wel
that
he
was
wel
worthy
for
to
be
called
saynt
,
for
the
daye
that
he
dyed
all
speke
men
were
healed
of
theyr
maladyes
that
vysyted
his
tombe
,
So
it
was
not
longe
after
the
death
of
Ualentyne
that
Clerymonde
dyd
make
her
anonne
,
and
syth
the
story
sayth
that
she
was
abbesse
of
an
abbaye
that
was
founded
in
the
worshyp
and
honour
of
say●●te
Ualentyne
.
Thus
departed
out
of
thys
worlde
the
holy
body
glorious
.
And
Orson
abode
Emperour
seuen
yere
,
the
whych
he
gouerned
well
and
wysely
,
and
no
more
.
And
in
that
same
tyme
he
had
a
chylde
of
Galazye
named
Morant
,
that
same
Morante
in
hys
tyme
posseded
the
realme
of
Angory
.
¶
Of
the
merueylous
vysion
of
Orson
,
&
how
hebe●a
me
an
heremyte
in
a
great
wodde
.
ca.
Cxv●i
MIthin
seuen
yere
Galazyedyed
,
for
whom
the
Emperour
Orson
made
great
sorow
And
after
the
deeth
of
her
he
ete
but
brede
and
rotes
,
and
small
froytes
that
he
founde
in
the
wodde
where
as
he
dyd
remayne
So
it
happened
hym
one
nyght
in
vysyon
that
hym
semed
that
he
sawe
all
the
gates
of
heuen
open
,
and
sawe
the
Joyes
of
the
saued
,
the
syeges
of
the
sayntes
crowned
in
glorye
,
and
the
aungelles
that
songe
melodyously
before
the
sauyour
of
the
world
.
After
he
sawe
betwene
two
hyghe
roches
in
the
botom
of
an
obscure
valeye
the
gulfre
of
helle
,
where
as
was
the
dampned
.
Some
in
a
brennynge
fyre
the
other
in
boylynge
caudrous
,
the
other
hanged
by
theyr
tongues
,
the
other
assaylled
and
enuyronned
wyth
serpentes
,
and
generally
he
sawe
all
the
paynes
of
helle
,
whiche
is
horrible
and
ferefull
for
to
recounte
.
After
the
whyche
vysyon
he
wakened
all
afrayed
and
ameruaylled
of
the
thynges
that
he
had
sene
.
And
in
wepyng
pyteously
came
vnto
the
grene
knyght
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Frende
I
knowe
that
the
worlde
is
of
lytell
valoure
,
and
of
shorte
durynge
,
and
that
all
is
but
vayne
glorye
of
the
pompes
of
this
worlde
,
displeasaunt
vnto
god
and
to
the
salute
of
the
soule
lytle
profytable
.
For
the
whyche
thynge
I
praye
you
that
you
wyll
take
kepe
vpon
my
chyldren
,
and
enfourme
them
so
in
dedes
and
condycyons
that
they
maye
gouerne
the
Empyre
of
grece
to
the
pleasure
of
god
and
the
worlde
,
for
I
leue
you
the
charge
,
as
vnto
hym
that
aboue
all
the
men
of
the
world
I
trust
mooste
.
And
knowe
that
the
remnaunte
of
my
lyfe
I
wyll
lede
solytaryly
,
and
habandone
the
worlde
.
And
at
this
same
houre
I
renounce
all
worldly
honoure
and
take
my
leue
yf
you
.
Whan
the
grene
knyght
heard
these
wrodes
,
he
beganne
for
to
wepe
tenderly
,
and
Orson
recomforted
hym
and
sayd
.
Alas
wepe
no
more
for
me
,
but
praye
vnto
god
that
he
giue
me
strengthe
and
puyssaunce
for
to
accomplysshe
my
wyll
.
After
Orson
departed
in
defendynge
the
grene
knyghte
to
tell
it
anye
body
.
So
he
wente
into
a
greate
wodde
where
as
he
lyued
holyly
,
&
after
his
deathe
god
shewed
for
him
many
myracles
and
was
a
saynt
canonyzed
.
And
the
grene
knyght
gouerned
the
chyldren
so
that
they
finisshed
their
dayes
gloriouslye
and
wente
vnto
the
blysse
that
neuer
shall
haue
ende
,
to
the
which
he
bryng
vs
all
that
suffered
deathe
for
vs
on
the
crosse
Amen
.
¶
Thus
endeth
the
hystorye
of
the
two
valyaunte
brethren
Ualentine
and
Orson
,
sonnes
vnto
the
Emperour
of
Grece
.