¶
The
fyrst
partye
of
the
second
book
conteyneth
xvj
chapytres
and
speketh
of
the
bitayll
doon
by
Olyuer
/
&
Fyerabras
a
meruayllous
geaunte
/
¶
How
in
a
place
which
was
called
mormyonde
charles
abode
folowyng
the
warre
ayenst
the
paynems
/
after
a
lytel
prologue
¶
The
fyrst
chapytre
I
Haue
spoken
tofore
in
the
fyrst
book
superfycyally
of
the
first
kyng
of
fraunce
baptysed
/
in
descendyng
after
my
purpoos
vnto
Kynge
charles
/
of
whome
may
not
wel
be
recounted
the
valyaunce
of
hym
and
of
hys
barons
/
whych
were
named
&
called
pyeres
of
fraunce
Of
whome
&
of
their
behauyng
I
shal
make
mencion
after
that
I
shal
mowe
conceyue
by
trouthe
but
thys
that
I
haue
tofore
wryton
/
I
haue
taken
it
oute
of
an
autentyke
book
named
myrrour
hystoryal
/
and
in
auncyent
cronycles
/
And
haue
onelye
translated
them
oute
of
latyn
in
to
frensshe
/
And
the
mater
folowyng
whyche
shal
be
the
second
book
is
of
a
Romaunce
maad
of
th
auncyent
facyon
wythoute
grete
ordynaunce
in
frensshe
/
wherof
I
haue
been
encyted
for
to
reduce
in
profe
by
chapytres
ordeyned
/
which
book
after
some
and
moost
comunely
is
called
Fyerabras
/
by
cause
that
thys
Fyerabras
was
so
meruayllous
a
geaunte
as
I
shal
make
mencyon
/
whyche
was
vaynquysshed
by
Olyuer
/
And
at
the
laste
baptysed
/
&
was
after
a
Saynt
in
heuen
/
And
in
effect
it
speketh
of
that
bataylle
/
and
of
the
relyques
conquered
whiche
had
ben
taken
at
rome
/
and
were
in
the
puyssaunce
of
the
admyrall
whyche
was
fader
of
fyerabras
wherfore
in
thys
book
folowyng
I
ne
entende
but
onely
to
reduce
th
auncyent
ryme
in
to
profe
/
&
to
deuyde
the
mater
by
chapytres
in
the
best
ordynaunce
that
I
shal
conne
/
wythoute
to
adiouste
ony
thynge
that
I
haue
not
founde
in
the
book
competent
/
&
in
lyke
wyse
as
I
shal
fynde
/
I
shal
reduce
/
And
thys
book
is
applyed
to
t
honour
of
Olyuer
one
partye
/
Not
wythstondyng
that
there
been
many
other
maters
/
For
I
suppose
that
of
eueriche
of
the
barons
pryncypal
of
th
emperour
Charles
/
whyche
been
sayd
comynly
in
nombre
xjj
or
xiij
/
and
pyeres
of
Fraunce
whyche
were
capytaynes
of
th
excercyte
and
moche
stronge
and
valyaunte
of
theyr
persones
/
&
were
grete
lordes
and
noble
/
But
of
the
lordes
valyaunte
capytaynes
were
more
than
xiii
after
that
I
fynde
/
Fyrst
there
was
rolland
Erle
of
Cenonia
sone
of
myllon
erle
/
and
of
dame
berthe
proper
syster
of
kyng
Charles
/
After
hym
was
Olyuer
Erle
/
sone
of
Reyner
of
gennes
/
which
Reyner
was
also
at
th
excersyte
of
kyng
charles
/
After
hym
Rychard
of
Normandye
/
Garyn
duck
of
Lorayn
/
Geffroy
lord
of
bourdeloys
/
Hoel
Erle
of
Nauntes
/
Ogyer
the
danois
kyng
of
denmarke
/
Lamberd
prynce
of
bruxellys
/
Naymes
Duke
of
bauyer
/
Thiery
duc
of
ardanne
Basyn
of
beneuoys
/
Guye
of
bourgoyne
/
Caudeboy
kyng
of
Fryse
/
Ganellon
whych
dyd
the
treson
at
the
ende
of
the
iij
book
at
rouncyuale
/
Sampson
duk
of
bourgoyne
/
Also
there
was
Ryol
du
mauns
Alory
&
guyllermet
the
soot
/
and
many
other
that
were
subgettes
to
Charles
/
And
not
wythstondyng
that
they
were
not
alwaye
w●●h
hym
They
that
I
haue
tofore
●amed
were
alwaye
redy
for
to
●o
his
commaundement
/
And
the
moost
parte
of
them
that
I
haue
tofore
named
were
wyth
hym
●●●ynuelly
/
¶
Of
Fyerabras
how
〈◊〉
to
excyte
th
excersyte
of
C●●rles
capitulo
THe
admyral
of
spayne
named
ballan
a
p●●nym
moche
grete
&
pu●ssaūt
of
body
and
of
peple
had
a
sone
named
Fyerabras
/
the
moost
meruayllous
geaunt
that
euer
was
seen
borne
of
moder
/
for
of
the
gretenes
&
hugenes
of
hys
body
/
and
also
of
his
strengthe
to
hym
was
none
like
/
the
whyche
was
kyng
of
Alexandrye
&
helde
vnder
hym
the
contree
of
babylone
vnto
the
rede
see
/
and
he
was
lord
of
roussye
&
of
coulleygne
/
&
more
ouer
vnder
hym
was
Iherusalem
/
&
reteyned
the
holy
sepulcre
of
our
lord
Ihesu
Cryst
a
by
hys
grete
puyssaunce
entred
on
a
tyme
in
to
Rome
/
where
he
dyd
moche
euyl
/
&
bare
awaye
the
holy
crowne
of
our
lord
/
&
the
holy
naylles
&
other
relyques
ynoughe
/
Of
whome
thys
book
shal
in
th
ende
recounte
how
they
were
recouerd
/
And
he
was
called
Fyerabras
of
alexandrye
/
whyche
after
that
many
warres
&
bataylles
were
maad
in
Mormyonde
bytwene
the
paynyms
and
th
excersyte
of
Charles
/
Thys
fyerabras
moche
dyssolute
came
rydyng
by
grete
furour
for
to
fynde
some
cristen
man
for
to
fyght
ayenst
hym
/
&
came
vnto
the
lyces
of
Kynge
Charles
moche
furyous
and
eschauffed
/
as
he
shold
fyght
al
armed
and
wel
fournysshed
of
wepen
/
&
was
ryght
euyl
contente
/
that
he
fonde
no
persone
to
whome
he
myght
fyght
/
&
nygh
vnto
the
lyces
he
went
to
beholde
the
armes
af
th
emperour
charles
whyche
were
of
the
aygle
shynyng
/
And
he
sware
by
Mahommet
his
god
&
by
his
myght
that
he
wold
neuer
departe
/
tyll
he
had
foughten
&
made
batayll
to
somme
crysten
man
/
And
he
seeyng
that
no
man
cam
to
hym
began
to
crpe
with
an
hye
voys
O
kyng
of
Parys
coward
with
oute
hardynesse
sende
to
Iuste
ayenst
me
somme
of
thy
barons
of
fraunce
/
the
moost
stronge
&
the
moste
hardy
/
as
Rolland
olyuer
Thyer●y
or
ogyer
the
danoys
/
&
I
swere
to
the
by
my
god
Mahon
that
I
shal
not
refuse
vnto
the
nombre
of
vj
or
vij
/
that
they
shal
be
receyued
of
me
/
and
yf
thou
make
to
me
reffuse
of
thys
that
I
of
the
demaunde
/
I
promyse
the
/
that
tofore
or
it
be
nyght
thou
shalt
of
me
be
assaylled
&
dyscomfyted
/
&
I
shal
smyte
of
thy
heed
as
meschaunt
withoute
ony
fayllyng
/
and
after
I
shal
lede
with
me
Rolland
&
Olyuer
vnhappy
meschaunt
&
caytyfs
/
For
oultragyously
&
folyly
as
euyl
and
olde
/
hast
enprysed
to
come
iij
to
thys
contreye
/
wherfro
thou
shalt
haue
cause
hastely
to
departe
/
These
wordes
or
semblable
spoken
Fyerabras
wente
hym
vnto
the
shadowe
of
a
tree
and
laye
there
&
dysarmed
hym
of
the
armes
of
whyche
he
was
cladde
/
and
bonde
his
hors
vnto
a
tree
/
and
whan
he
was
thus
at
his
ease
/
he
began
to
crye
with
an
hye
voys
/
o
charlemayn
kyng
of
Parys
where
art
thou
now
/
whome
I
haue
thys
day
so
ofte
called
/
wythoute
more
lenger
delaye
/
sende
to
Iuste
ayenst
me
rolland
or
Olyuer
/
of
whom
thou
makest
so
grete
counte
and
been
so
valyaunte
/
or
ogyer
the
danoys
whom
I
haue
herde
preysed
/
And
yf
perauenture
one
of
them
dare
not
come
allone
/
hardyly
late
come
the
two
or
thre
or
foure
of
the
moost
valyauntest
and
that
they
be
courageous
hardy
and
wel
armed
/
And
yf
the
four
dare
not
come
late
come
fyue
/
For
vnto
the
nombre
of
vi
of
the
moost
valyauntest
of
thyn
excersyte
I
shal
not
refuse
And
I
thynke
not
to
retorne
tyl
they
be
confused
and
destroyed
by
me
/
for
be
ye
sure
that
it
shal
neuer
be
to
me
reproche
that
I
be
fugytyf
for
ony
frensshe
man
lyuyng
I
haue
here
tofore
put
to
deth
by
the
valyaunce
of
my
persone
ten
kynges
of
grete
puyssaunce
/
and
that
they
coude
not
resyste
ageynst
my
strengthe
in
no
wyse
/
¶
How
Rychard
if
Normandye
sayd
to
Charles
what
maner
man
Fyerabras
was
ca
iij
Assone
as
fyerabras
had
fynysshed
hys
wordes
the
Emperour
Charles
/
whyche
wel
had
herde
hym
/
meruaylled
moche
of
hys
langage
/
And
demaunded
Rychard
of
Normandye
what
was
that
Turke
that
so
had
cryed
wyth
soo
hye
a
voys
vpon
the
valyaunce
of
hys
persone
/
For
kyng
Charles
sayd
I
haue
wel
herkened
what
he
hath
said
that
he
shal
not
fayle
to
fyght
ayenst
vj
of
the
moost
valyauntest
of
myn
excersyte
/
To
whome
Rychard
Duke
of
normandye
ansuerd
/
Syr
kyng
thys
is
a
man
meruayllous
/
ryche
/
and
one
of
the
strengest
borne
of
moder
/
And
he
is
a
sarasyn
of
so
grete
fyerste
/
that
he
ne
preyseth
kyng
ne
erle
ne
none
other
persone
of
the
worl●
/
¶
Whan
Charles
vnderstood
hym
he
began
to
clawe
his
●eed
And
sware
by
Saynt
De●ys
of
fraunce
that
he
shold
not
ete
ne
neuer
drynke
tyl
one
of
the
pyeres
of
fraunce
shold
goo
Iuste
ageynst
hym
/
And
demaunded
of
Rychard
of
Normandye
how
thys
Popnyt
/
was
named
/
¶
Rychard
answerd
syr
Emperour
his
paynym
nameth
hym self
Fyerabras
/
Which
is
moche
to
redoubte
/
and
hath
done
moche
harme
or
crysten
men
/
He
hath
slayn
the
Pope
/
hanged
abbottes
monkes
and
nonnes
/
and
hath
deffuled
chyrches
/
¶
And
he
hath
robbed
&
taken
awaye
the
holy
crowne
of
but
lord
and
many
other
rely●ues
for
whome
ye
take
grete
payne
And
he
holdeth
Iherusalem
in
grete
subgectyon
/
And
the
holy
sepulcre
wherin
god
was
buryed
/
wherupon
Charles
ansuerd
of
thys
that
thou
hast
sayd
to
me
I
am
more
angry
than
I
was
but
knowe
thou
for
certayn
I
shalle
neuer
haue
Ioye
tyll
that
my
desyre
be
accomplysshed
and
that
he
be
vaynquysshed
/
And
of
that
fayt
al
the
frensshe
men
were
commoeued
and
troubled
And
ther
was
not
one
that
presented
hym
for
to
goo
to
hym
/
And
whan
charles
sawe
that
noo
persone
was
of
courage
for
to
goo
and
fyght
ageynst
thys
geaunt
Fyerabras
/
He
sayd
to
Rolland
/
My
dere
neuewe
I
praye
the
that
thou
dyspose
the
for
tassaylle
thys
turke
/
&
that
thou
doo
there
thy
deuoyr
/
¶
Of
the
answer
of
Roulland
to
the
Emperour
sodeynlye
/
and
what
it
was
capitulo
iiij
WHan
th
emperour
Charles
had
spoken
thus
curtoysly
vnto
his
neuewe
Rolland
/
Folyly
&
wythoute
reason
Rolland
answerd
hym
thus
/
Fayt
vncle
speke
neuer
to
me
therof
/
For
I
had
leuer
that
ye
were
confused
and
dysmembred
/
than
I
shold
take
armes
or
hors
for
to
Iuste
lyke
as
ye
say
/
For
on
the
last
day
that
we
were
so
nyghe
taken
of
the
paynyms
/
that
is
to
say
of
moo
than
fyfty
thousand
/
we
yonge
knyghtes
bare
the
burthen
/
and
suffred
many
mortal
strokes
/
of
whych
olyuer
my
felowe
is
quasi
hurt
vnto
the
deth
/
For
yf
ye
had
not
be
socoured
of
vs
the
hole
destructyon
had
been
of
vs
and
th
ende
/
&
whan
we
repayred
and
were
in
our
lodgys
for
to
take
reste
at
euen
/
whan
ye
were
wel
dronken
ye
maad
auaunte
openlye
/
that
the
olde
and
auncyent
knygytes
whyche
ye
had
brought
wyth
you
for
to
ayde
vs
had
moche
better
borne
them
in
the
fayt
of
armes
/
and
had
more
stronge
bataylle
than
the
yonge
knyghtes
/
¶
And
euery
man
knoweth
wel
/
how
I
was
that
euenyng
affebled
and
wery
of
trauaylle
that
I
took
in
that
day
/
And
by
my
faders
soule
that
was
euyll
sayd
of
you
/
¶
And
now
it
shal
be
knowen
how
the
olde
&
auncient
knyghtes
shal
bere
them
/
for
by
god
whyche
ought
to
haue
al
in
his
subgectyon
there
is
noo
yonge
man
in
my
companye
that
euer
shal
be
in
my
fauour
and
loue
yf
he
take
vpon
hym
to
Iuste
ageynst
the
Paynym
/
Also
sone
as
Roulland
had
spoken
that
worde
/
Th
emperour
hys
vncle
hauyng
moche
Iudignacion
therat
smote
hym
thwarte
the
vysage
wyth
hys
ryght
gannteto●
that
hys
nose
breste
a
blood
habundauntly
of
the
stroke
/
Thenne
Roulland
in
a
grete
furye
sette
honde
on
hys
swerde
whan
he
sawe
hys
blood
/
and
had
smeton
hys
vncle
yf
he
had
not
be
lette
by
them
that
were
presente
And
whan
Charles
sawe
then
tencyon
of
Roullaud
he
was
meruayllously
abasshed
&
sayd
O
god
of
heuen
who
wold
haue
thought
that
I
shold
haue
had
vylonye
of
Rolland
my
neuew
whyche
been
knytte
to
gyder
in
one
fayth
ayenst
our
aduersaryes
/
And
he
cometh
rennyng
ageynst
me
wyth
affectyon
mortal
/
He
that
is
moost
nexte
of
my
blood
and
lignage
that
here
is
present
/
And
that
more
sonner
shold
s●coure
me
than
ony
other
/
¶
Now
I
beseche
God
that
on
the
crosse
suffred
passyon
/
that
this
day
he
be
punysshed
as
he
is
worthy
/
And
this
said
in
a
grete
furour
he
comaunded
the
frensshe
men
&
sayd
to
them
anone
take
ye
hym
/
for
I
shall
neuer
ete
tyl
he
be
delyuerd
to
deth
/
whan
the
frensshe
men
vnderstood
the
commaundemnt
of
Charles
for
to
haue
accomplysshed
it
/
that
one
loked
vpon
that
other
for
to
see
who
wold
sette
fyrst
honde
vpon
hym
/
And
whan
Roulland
sawe
the
fayt
he
withdrewe
hym
a
litel
a
parte
wyth
hys
swerde
in
hys
honde
cryeng
with
an
hyghe
voys
and
sayenge
to
theym
/
yf
ye
be
wyse
/
holde
you
stylle
/
For
I
make
a
vowe
to
god
/
that
yf
ony
of
you
moeue
to
come
to
me
I
shal
make
of
hys
heed
two
partes
/
wherfore
there
was
not
one
that
durst
ne
that
was
soo
hardy
to
meue
ageynst
hym
in
malyce
/
but
were
ryght
sory
&
euyll
contente
of
theyr
debate
/
and
there
vpon
the
noble
Ogier
came
swetelye
to
Roulland
and
sayd
to
hym
/
Syr
Roulland
me
semeth
ye
doo
not
wel
for
to
angre
thus
your
vncle
the
emperour
/
who●●
by
reason
ye
ought
aboue
alle
other
to
loue
and
defende
/
&
also
supporte
/
Roulland
answerd
whyche
thenne
was
refrayned
of
hys
Ire
/
Syr
Ogyer
I
promyse
you
for
a
lytel
fayt
I
was
determyned
to
a
grete
oultrage
wythoute
aduys
and
enclyned
wherof
now
I
am
sory
and
me
repenteth
/
¶
How
the
kyng
charles
and
Roulland
been
repreued
by
the
anctour
and
somwhat
excused
vpon
the
debate
aforesayd
ca
v
VPon
the
debate
of
th
emperour
and
Rolland
hys
neuewe
I
wyll
a
lytyl
tarye
and
spelle
fyrst
to
the
kyng
Charles
/
whyche
haste
be
Iustuicte
syth
thyn
Infancye
in
alle
seyences
ful
of
maners
digne
of
commemoracyon
/
whiche
knewest
the
constaunce
of
the
auncyents
and
the
mutabylyte
of
the
yonge
peple
/
why
/
saydest
thou
on
the
euene
/
that
the
auncyent
and
olde
knyghtes
in
the
warre
of
that
day
had
borne
them
better
than
the
yonge
knyghtes
/
And
thou
knewest
well
that
Olyuer
was
gretely
hurte
by
hys
valyaunce
in
suche
wyse
that
he
kepeth
hys
bedde
/
And
also
Rolland
thy
neuewe
had
borne
the
grete
burthen
of
the
bataylle
/
And
yf
he
had
spoken
folily
/
thou
oughtest
to
haue
supported
hys
fyrst
moeuyng
/
whiche
is
not
in
the
puyssaunce
of
a
man
/
yf
thou
haddest
taken
aduys
at
the
word
that
sayth
/
Vindictam
differ
donec
pertranscat
furor
/
That
is
to
say
thou
oughtest
to
dylate
thy
vengeaunce
/
tyll
the
furour
be
passed
Thou
sholdest
not
haue
smyton
Rolland
/
Sythe
whan
he
sayd
euyl
it
was
wythout
aduys
of
grete
dyscrescyon
/
thou
smotest
hym
/
semblably
wythout
aduys
he
drewe
hys
swerde
ayenst
the
And
though
thou
haddest
not
smeton
hym
thou
myghtest
well
haue
reprehended
hym
of
his
offence
Thou
oughtest
to
remembre
ecclesyastes
whyche
sayth
/
Richilagas
in
operibus
iniurie
/
whan
a
man
receyueth
wronge
&
Iniurye
/
it
is
not
good
that
he
doo
that
whyche
he
may
doo
/
And
also
it
is
whan
a
persone
hath
wel
doon
hys
deuoyr
/
And
of
hym
of
whome
he
ought
to
haue
hys
thanke
and
preysyng
/
is
blamed
/
of
soo
moche
the
more
is
he
euyll
contente
and
wrothe
For
hys
fayt
is
reputed
for
nought
/
In
lyke
wyse
was
it
of
Rolland
whyche
thought
more
to
haue
be
alowed
&
preysed
for
the
grete
deuoyr
that
he
dyd
/
than
to
here
that
the
Emperour
sayd
/
that
th
olde
knyghtes
had
doon
better
than
the
yonge
/
but
now
I
wyl
retorne
to
the
/
O
Rolland
whiche
hast
been
so
noble
/
Fro
whens
cometh
in
the
suche
audacyte
to
speke
ageynst
thyn
vncle
whyche
hath
allwaye
doon
so
wel
to
the
/
that
hys
werkes
been
worthy
to
be
remembred
/
To
hym
which
is
emperour
/
Kynge
of
Fraunce
and
lord
of
so
grete
cremeur
/
and
to
thyn
vncle
as
taken
debate
/
and
ansuerd
outrageously
/
was
it
not
reason
that
thou
oughtest
to
suffer
hym
/
and
he
not
the
/
yf
he
smote
the
wyth
hys
gauntelet
by
maner
of
correctyon
/
oughtest
thou
to
drawe
thy
swerde
to
hym
/
Thou
hast
not
in
rememberaunce
the
obeyssaunce
of
ysaac
whyche
he
had
to
hys
fader
/
thou
were
not
aduysed
of
thys
that
th
appostle
saith
/
ye
yonge
men
kepe
your
courage
/
And
put
not
the
furour
therof
in
exersi●e
yf
the
Emperour
for
hys
dysporte
preysed
th
auncyent
knyghtes
/
yet
sayd
he
not
/
that
thou
haddest
not
doon
wel
/
¶
And
Saynt
Poule
sayth
in
hys
epystle
/
that
a
man
shold
not
repreue
hym
that
is
more
auncyent
than
hym self
/
but
a
man
ought
to
entretene
and
supporte
hym
as
his
fader
/
but
the
dede
is
suche
that
a
persone
reputeth
not
an
Iniurye
to
hym
sayd
to
be
lytel
/
ne
yf
he
be
hurte
that
he
be
pacyent
/
wherfore
it
is
good
to
thynke
to
for
or
he
speke
it
/
And
gladly
to
doo
ne
say
thynge
but
yf
it
be
good
/
¶
How
Olyuer
was
dysposed
to
fyght
ageynst
Fyerabras
not
wythstondyng
that
he
was
hurt
after
many
woedes
capitulo
vj
MOche
wroth
was
Charles
wyth
Rolland
hys
neuewe
/
And
sayd
to
hys
Peres
of
Fraunce
/
Lordes
O
how
I
am
in
dyuers
thoughtes
of
my
neuewe
Rolland
/
whyche
wold
haue
Iniuryed
my
persone
/
To
whome
I
had
more
affyaunce
than
to
ony
man
lyuyng
/
I
wote
neuer
whome
I
ought
to
loue
/
Ne
whome
I
ought
to
hate
/
And
yet
furthermore
I
haue
noo
man
now
present
for
to
Iuste
ageynst
thys
Paynym
/
that
hath
chalenged
me
/
¶
Thenne
aroos
vp
tofore
hym
Naymes
the
Duc
of
bauyers
whych
sayd
to
the
kyng
Syr
Emperour
I
praye
you
&
requyre
that
ye
leue
these
wordes
noyouses
/
Alle
shal
be
wel
And
another
shal
goo
Iuste
ageynst
the
sarasyn
/
But
neuertheles
the
kyng
was
in
grete
thought
/
For
there
was
none
that
wold
goo
ne
take
it
on
hym
/
¶
Incontynente
the
tydynges
of
the
debate
of
charles
and
Rolland
were
brought
to
Olyuer
/
whyche
was
in
another
place
seek
in
hys
bedde
/
And
also
how
Fyerabras
was
comen
And
that
there
was
no
persone
present
wyth
the
kynge
for
to
Iuste
ayenst
hym
/
And
hereupon
the
noble
erle
Olyuer
replenysshed
wyth
a
noble
courage
and
wyth
an
ardaunt
desyre
for
to
playse
the
kynge
whan
he
had
herde
these
tydynges
aroos
oute
of
hys
bedde
/
and
began
for
to
stratche
and
strayne
hys
armes
and
to
fele
yf
it
were
possyble
to
hym
to
bere
armes
/
And
he
thus
dooyng
his
woundes
began
newely
to
opene
/
that
the
blood
sprange
oute
of
the
dystresse
/
¶
And
not
wythstondyng
alle
that
as
he
that
sette
not
moche
therby
/
For
the
grete
loue
and
desyre
that
he
had
to
the
kyng
dyd
do
bynde
hys
woundes
the
beste
wyse
he
myght
/
and
after
sayd
to
garin
his
squyer
that
he
shold
brynge
hym
hys
armes
/
For
he
wold
arme
hym
for
to
goo
Iust
ayenst
the
saresyn
/
To
whome
Garyn
sayd
syr
Olyuer
in
t
honour
of
god
take
pyte
of
your
owne
persone
/
For
me
thynketh
ye
wil
willyngly
slee
your self
Olyuer
sayd
to
hym
to
my
commaundement
/
no
man
ought
to
tarye
to
seche
hys
honour
and
auauncement
and
renommee
/
And
wyth
good
ryght
I
may
employe
my self
for
to
serue
my
prynce
and
synguler
lord
/
and
sythe
that
I
see
that
noo
frensshe
man
auaunceth
hym
/
I
shall
not
faylle
at
the
poynte
for
the
comyn
prouerbe
sayth
/
At
nede
a
man
knoweth
hys
frende
/
Now
anone
brynge
to
me
myn
armes
wythoute
more
taryeng
And
so
Olyuer
dyd
doo
arme
hym
by
the
sayd
Garyn
hys
squyer
/
whiche
sette
on
his
legge
harnays
/
hys
hawberke
/
hys
helme
and
harnays
necessarye
And
whan
he
was
alle
furnyshed
he
took
hys
swerde
named
hautrelere
/
the
whyche
swerde
he
moche
loued
After
brought
he
hym
hys
hors
the
moost
specyall
that
he
loved
whyche
was
named
Ferraunt
despaygne
/
And
whan
he
was
brought
tofore
hym
alle
sadled
and
brydled
/
The
Ioly
and
gentyl
Olyuer
sprange
in
to
the
sadle
/
wythoute
settyng
foot
in
the
styrop
/
and
sette
hys
shelde
at
hys
ease
/
and
in
hys
honde
a
myghty
spere
&
sharpe
/
whych
garyn
took
to
hym
/
And
after
smote
the
hors
wyth
the
spores
so
harde
that
in
the
leepyng
he
maad
hys
hors
to
bowe
vnder
hym
/
It
was
a
good
syght
to
see
Olyuer
on
horsback
wyth
a
moche
fyers
countenaunce
/
And
they
that
were
presente
bysought
Ihesu
Cryst
our
redemar
that
he
shold
take
hym
in
hys
kepyng
For
in
that
day
he
shold
fyght
ageynst
the
moost
strong
and
moost
fyers
paynym
that
euer
was
born
of
moder
/
or
euer
was
in
thys
world
/
That
is
Fyerabras
of
Alexandrye
sone
of
the
admyral
Ballant
of
spayne
/
of
whome
we
shalle
see
by
the
playsyr
of
god
the
termynacyon
after
/
¶
He
beyng
thus
on
horsback
in
grete
poynt
vpon
hys
vysage
and
vpon
his
body
he
maad
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
in
the
name
of
Ihesus
/
and
commaunded
hym self
to
the
wylle
of
god
/
whyche
that
day
shold
be
to
hym
in
comforte
and
ayde
after
hys
good
entencyon
/
And
of
euery
man
he
was
byseen
and
knowen
that
he
had
first
hole
in
hys
body
for
to
do
grete
feat
of
armes
/
&
so
rode
forth
vnto
the
lyces
of
th
emperour
Charles
with
whom
was
the
Duc
naymes
/
guyllam
de
scot
/
Gerard
de
mondydyer
and
Ogyer
the
danoys
wyth
other
barons
of
freunce
/
&
emonge
alle
other
there
was
Rolland
moche
sorouful
of
the
wordes
that
he
had
ayenst
his
vncle
the
kyng
/
for
gladly
he
wolde
haue
doo
the
bataylle
/
yf
he
had
not
wythsayed
if
tofore
the
kyng
whan
he
was
requyred
/
Thus
Olyuer
beyng
seen
tofore
Charles
was
moche
alowed
&
preysed
of
one
and
other
/
&
moche
affectuously
byholden
/
And
the
said
olyuer
put
doun
his
helme
and
byhelde
the
lodgyce
of
the
kyng
/
And
reuerently
came
&
salewed
hym
/
and
after
sayd
to
hym
/
Noble
emperour
puyssaunt
redoubted
and
my
synguler
lord
I
beseche
you
to
here
me
/
ye
know
Wel
that
there
ben
iij
yeres
past
that
I
haue
been
in
your
seruyce
and
haue
had
of
you
no
rewarde
ne
wages
/
I
you
supplye
with
al
myn
herte
/
that
now
ye
wyll
rewarde
me
wyth
a
yefte
that
I
shal
desyre
/
To
whom
the
kyng
ansuerd
/
Olyuer
noble
erle
I
assure
to
you
by
my
fayth
that
I
shal
do
it
wyth
a
good
wylle
And
assone
as
we
shall
be
in
fraunce
/
there
is
neyther
cyte
to
nigh
ne
castel
that
ye
wyl
haue
ne
none
other
thyng
that
to
me
is
possyble
&
faysyble
that
shal
be
denyed
to
you
/
Syr
kyng
said
Olyuer
I
am
not
comen
to
you
for
to
demaunde
suche
thynge
/
But
I
demaunde
and
requyre
of
you
the
bataylle
ayenste
the
paynym
so
oute
of
mesure
/
And
at
thys
houce
I
graunte
to
you
alle
my
goodes
and
seruyces
/
&
for
this
yefte
to
be
quyte
of
them
whan
the
frensshe
men
had
herde
Olyuer
/
they
were
all
abasshed
of
hys
prowesse
/
&
eche
of
them
loked
on
other
and
said
emonge
them
/
A
saynt
marie
what
hath
Olyuer
founden
wyyche
is
hurt
quasi
to
deth
/
&
wyl
now
goo
to
fyght
and
bataylle
/
O
Olyuer
answerd
charles
thou
hast
loste
thy
wytte
/
For
thou
knowest
wel
that
wyth
a
spere
heed
square
and
sharpe
thou
hast
be
hurte
and
wounded
mortally
and
now
thou
wylt
abandon●●
thy self
to
a
gretter
daunger
mortall
/
beware
/
Retorne
and
take
thy
reste
/
For
〈◊〉
well
that
for
noo
thynge
I
shall
suffre
the
to
do
that
fayte
/
sythen
that
thou
arte
not
presently
in
helthe
of
the
body
/
Vpon
thys
poynte
aroos
ganellon
and
Andrewe
the
traytres
that
dyd
the
〈◊〉
as
the
laste
look
shall
make
mencyon
/
¶
And
Oanellon
sayd
/
Syr
Kyng
ye
haue
ordeygned
in
Fraunce
/
that
it
whyche
by
ij
of
vs
is
Iug●d
ought
to
be
holden
/
and
so
is
it
that
we
ij
Iuge
&
ordeyne
that
Olyuer
shalle
goo
and
doo
the
bataylle
/
wherfore
the
kyng
ful
of
maltalente
wyth
coloure
chaunged
answerd
/
Ganellon
thou
arte
of
euyl
dysposycyon
Wythoute
spekyng
that
whyche
is
honourable
/
Sythe
it
so
is
/
he
shal
doo
the
bataylle
/
&
it
may
none
otherwyse
be
/
but
that
he
be
dede
/
But
I
swere
to
the
my
trouth
that
yf
he
be
taken
or
put
to
deth
/
al
gold
of
the
world
shal
not
saue
the
/
but
that
thou
shalt
dye
a
vylaynous
deth
/
&
I
shall
destroye
thy
lygnage
/
Syr
Emperour
sayd
Ganellon
god
and
our
lady
kepe
me
/
&
after
the
trayter
sayd
to
hym self
secretly
/
God
forbede
that
euer
Olyuer
retorne
/
but
that
he
haue
hys
heed
smyton
of
/
and
whan
th
emperour
sawe
that
he
myght
not
gaynsaye
but
that
olyuer
shold
goo
and
the
bataylle
ayenst
Fyerabras
/
he
sayd
I
praye
god
of
the
fyrmamente
gyue
the
grace
to
do
wel
/
&
that
thou
mayst
retorne
wyth
Ioye
/
And
took
hys
ryght
gloue
and
threwe
it
to
Olyuer
/
the
which
he
receyued
wyth
grete
desyre
&
wylle
in
thankyng
hym
ryght
humbly
/
and
takyng
leue
of
al
moche
swetely
/
¶
Hoth
Olyuer
was
requyred
by
his
fader
reyner
that
he
shold
not
fyght
wyth
the
geaunt
/
but
for
al
that
he
went
forth
ca
vij
WHan
that
Olyuer
was
lycenced
for
to
goo
doo
hys
bataylle
and
was
redy
to
departe
Reyner
of
genes
hys
fader
came
to
the
kyng
and
by
grete
compassyon
kneled
doun
at
hys
feet
and
sayd
/
Syr
kyng
I
crye
you
mercy
hane
pyte
of
my
sotte
and
me
/
I
say
as
for
me
/
ye
wyl
al
dyscomforte
me
whan
I
see
that
my
sone
gooth
to
perdycyon
seeyng
the
daunger
that
hys
persone
is
in
/
I
say
also
that
ye
take
pyte
of
his
presumptuous
yongthe
/
of
hys
desyre
ouer
couetous
/
and
of
his
body
wounded
daungerously
/
ye
knowe
wel
that
a
man
that
is
hurte
so
sore
and
that
hath
loste
of
hys
blood
may
not
wel
endure
bataylle
/
But
Reyner
loste
hys
payne
/
For
the
kyng
had
gyuen
to
hym
hys
gloue
in
sygne
of
lycence
/
And
not
wythstondyng
these
wordes
doubted
no
thyng
but
that
he
shold
wel
do
hys
deuoyr
and
valyauntly
/
And
yet
ageyn
reyner
requyred
the
kyng
and
sayd
/
Syr
kyng
in
t
honour
of
hym
that
for
vs
deyed
on
the
crosse
/
suffre
not
my
sone
to
Iust
Alas
whan
I
shal
haue
lost
my
sone
/
where
shal
I
become
/
and
ye
may
wel
fynde
other
for
to
take
thys
bataylle
in
honde
/
Thempero
ur
Charles
answerd
Reyner
ye
knowe
wel
that
I
may
not
gaynsaye
that
I
haue
to
hym
graunted
/
For
in
sygne
of
lycence
I
haue
gyuen
hym
my
gloue
wherof
Olyuer
was
contente
/
&
thenne
Olyuer
sayd
wyth
an
hye
voys
tofore
alle
the
people
/
Syr
kyng
/
and
alle
ye
barons
I
beseche
you
alle
of
a
yefte
/
that
is
that
I
requyre
you
yf
I
haue
mesprysed
or
mysdoon
in
dede
or
in
worde
ony
ayenst
you
/
that
in
the
name
of
god
ye
pardonne
me
whan
the
frenssh
men
herde
hym
so
speke
/
there
was
none
but
that
he
wepte
tenderly
/
and
soo
takyng
hys
leue
wyth
his
standard
reysed
/
The
kyng
blessyd
hym
in
makyng
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
/
And
wepyng
comaunded
hym
in
the
kepyng
of
the
fader
of
the
sone
&
of
the
holy
ghost
/
¶
How
Olyuer
spake
to
Fyerabras
/
Whyche
sette
noo
thynge
by
hym
with
other
disputacions
capitulo
viij
OLyuer
departed
&
rode
forth
on
hys
waye
&
taryed
not
tyl
that
he
cam
where
as
fyerabras
was
/
which
was
al
vnarmed
and
laye
in
the
shadowe
/
and
whan
Olyuer
had
aresonned
hym
/
The
paynym
torned
his
heed
ayenst
hym
and
dayned
vnnethe
to
loke
on
hym
/
For
he
setted
nought
by
hym
/
by
cause
he
was
so
lytel
of
stature
to
the
regarde
of
Fyerabras
/
And
thenne
Olyuer
said
to
the
sarasyn
/
Awake
thou
/
thou
hast
thys
day
so
ofte
called
vs
that
I
am
come
hyther
/
And
I
praye
the
that
thou
telle
to
me
thy
name
/
Fyerabras
ansuerd
to
hym
/
by
Mahoun
my
god
to
whome
I
owe
honour
/
I
am
the
moost
ryche
man
that
is
in
the
world
borne
/
Fyerabras
of
alexandrye
am
I
named
/
I
am
be
that
thou
knowe
that
dyd
doo
destroye
rome
your
cyte
/
&
shewe
the
Pope
and
many
other
/
and
bare
awaye
the
relyques
that
I
there
founde
/
For
which
ye
take
grete
payne
and
laboure
to
receuer
them
/
And
furthermore
&
holde
Iherusalem
that
fayre
〈◊〉
and
the
sepulere
in
whych
your
god
rested
/
Olyuer
ansuerd
by
my
fayth
I
haue
gladl●
herde
the
say
that
whyche
thou
hast
sayd
/
And
yf
it
be
trouth
that
thou
hast
sayd
/
for
certayn
now
thou
mayst
repute
thy self
well
vnhappy
and
myschaunt
/
Now
wythout
more
●●●kyng
make
the
redy
and
〈◊〉
the
/
seest
thou
yonder
the
frensshe
men
that
doo
no
thynge
but
byholde
vs
/
wherfore
depess●e
the
/
For
by
the
god
on
whome
I
byleue
/
I
shalle
smyte
the
〈◊〉
as
thou
lye●●
/
whan
Fyerabras
herde
that
he
spake
soo
hardyly
he
began
to
lawhe
/
and
sayd
I
am
wel
admeruaylled
fro
whens
that
cometh
to
the
suche
presum●on
to
speke
so
has●yly
/
but
for
touche
I
shal
not
remeue
fro
hens
tyll
I
knowe
who
thou
arte
and
of
what
lygnage
/
And
whan
thou
hast
tolde
to
me
thy
name
/
thou
shalt
see
me
armed
/
Olyuer
an
suerd
to
hym
/
O
paynem
know
thou
for
trouthe
/
that
or
it
be
nyght
thou
shalt
knowe
what
I
am
/
by
me
sendeth
to
the
charles
the
Emperour
my
redoubted
lord
that
for
the
consecracion
of
thy
body
and
the
saluacyon
of
thy
soule
/
thou
leue
the
creaunce
of
thy
god
Mahoun
&
of
other
ydolles
whyche
ben
but
abusyon
and
decrepcyon
/
whych
haue
neyther
wyt●●
ne
reason
/
ne
feelyng
ne
good
vnderstondyng
/
wherfore
that
thou
enclyne
the
to
consente
and
thynke
fro
hens
forth
to
byleue
in
god
almyghty
the
holy
Trynyte
the
fader
the
sone
and
the
holy
ghoost
iij
persones
in
one
essence
/
&
of
one
wylle
whyche
hath
made
heuen
&
erthe
and
al
that
there
in
dwelleth
/
whyche
for
our
saluacion
wold
be
borne
of
the
vyrgyn
marie
/
&
whan
thou
shalt
haue
this
byleue
/
wyth
the
holy
sacrament
of
baptesme
/
which
is
vpon
this
establysshed
thou
mayst
come
to
the
glorye
eternal
/
and
yf
thou
do
not
lyke
as
I
haue
taught
the
I
am
here
redy
to
doo
bataylle
ayenst
the
/
and
of
two
thynges
thou
must
doo
that
one
/
Fyrst
that
thou
departe
oute
of
thys
contree
as
ouercomen
&
to
here
no
thyng
with
the
/
or
thou
must
come
and
fyght
ayenst
me
/
For
t
enhaunce
thy
body
&
to
susteyne
thy
fals
la●de
/
Fyerabras
answerd
/
what
someuer
thou
art●thon
arte
ouer
presumptuous
to
haue
intencyon
for
to
fyght
ageynst
me
/
For
surely
yf
thou
see
me
on
fote
wythoute
armes
thou
shalt
be
wel
hardy
yf
thou
tremble
not
for
drede
to
approche
me
/
But
by
the
god
in
whome
thou
byleuest
/
Say
to
me
what
man
is
Charlemayn
/
For
it
is
long
sythe
I
herde
hym
fyrst
preysed
and
redoubted
in
many
contrees
/
and
also
that
I
may
haue
tydynges
of
rolland
&
Olyuer
of
Ogyer
the
danoys
/
and
of
gerarde
de
mondydyer
/
For
by
my
trouthe
I
wold
fayn
be
acqueynted
with
them
/
Olyuer
ansuerd
Paynym
vpon
that
thou
me
demaundest
/
A
telle
to
the
that
Charles
th
emperour
is
so
grete
a
maystre
that
there
is
no
man
in
the
world
may
compare
to
hym
/
as
wel
for
the
baluer
of
hys
persone
/
of
hys
counceyl
/
&
of
hys
maners
/
as
of
hys
puyssaunce
and
rychesses
Innumerable
of
regarde
/
Of
hys
neuewe
Rolland
he
is
wythoute
pere
/
Olyuer
lytel
lasse
than
he
/
and
as
for
the
other
frensshe
men
/
emonge
al
people
humayn
/
they
be
balyaunte
men
/
but
thyse
wordes
haue
noo
place
here
/
depesshe
the
and
arme
the
/
For
by
the
god
on
whom
I
byleue
/
yf
thou
auaunce
the
not
I
shalle
smyte
the
wyth
thys
swerde
of
stele
/
Fyerabras
began
too
lyfte
vp
hys
heed
and
sayd
/
By
my
god
mahommet
/
yf
I
thought
not
that
it
shold
be
my
dyshonour
I
shold
now
smyte
of
thy
heed
Olyuer
ansuerd
I
praye
the
leue
thys
pletyng
/
For
or
it
be
euen
thou
shalt
knowe
what
I
am
/
For
certeyn
I
haue
entencyon
to
plunge
my
swerde
in
thy
bely
/
where
vpon
Fyerabras
was
not
wroth
/
so
moche
noble
was
he
/
and
rested
hys
heed
vpon
hys
sheld
/
and
sayd
to
Olyuer
I
se●●te
not
therby
/
but
I
praye
the
bell
to
me
thy
name
&
thy
lygnage
/
Olyuer
sayd
to
hym
my
name
is
garyn
and
can
borne
in
perrogort
sone
of
a
man
called
Aosue
/
whyche
came
that
other
day
in
to
fraunce
/
where
I
was
adouted
knyght
by
the
noble
kyng
Charles
/
and
am
ordryned
for
to
defende
hys
ryght
/
&
also
to
fyght
ayenst
the
/
wherfor
conclude
wythoute
more
taryeng
&
arme
the
&
take
thy
hors
/
for
I
am
redy
to
doo
the
bataylle
/
yf
thou
be
soo
hardy
to
abyde
me
/
Fyerabras
wold
not
consente
to
the
bataylle
/
For
hym
thought
that
olyuer
was
to
litel
to
Iuste
ayenst
hym
/
and
sayd
to
hym
/
Garyn
I
demaunde
of
the
wherfore
is
not
comen
hyther
rolland
ne
Olyuer
/
or
Gerard
or
Ogyer
whyche
been
of
so
grede
renommee
as
I
haue
herd
say
/
Olyuer
ansuerd
/
The
cause
wherfore
they
be
not
comen
to
the
/
is
for
they
sette
nought
by
the
/
&
they
haue
desdayn
to
come
/
but
I
am
comen
to
the
as
he
that
taketh
noo
regarde
to
theyr
intencyon
/
and
shal
do
the
bataylle
ageynst
the
yf
thou
wylt
abyde
it
/
But
I
swere
to
the
by
saynt
Petre
the
appostle
of
Ihesu
Cryst
/
that
yf
thou
arme
the
not
I
shal
smyte
the
to
the
deth
wyth
thys
darte
that
A
holde
in
my
honde
/
Garyn
answerd
Fyerabras
I
shal
say
to
the
that
sythe
I
was
adoubed
knyght
A
Iusted
neuer
but
ayenst
a
kyng
an
erle
on
a
baron
of
grete
valure
/
and
thou
art
departed
of
a
bow
hous
/
for
to
say
that
I
shold
haue
aded
wyth
the
/
it
shold
be
to
me
ouer
grete
dyshonour
yf
thou
were
put
to
deth
by
me
/
but
for
the
good
wylle
that
I
knowe
in
the
whych
is
moche
noble
/
I
am
contente
that
thou
smyte
me
and
I
shal
falle
doun
to
th
erthe
/
and
take
thou
my
hors
&
my
shelde
and
goo
thou
to
kyng
Charles
and
say
to
hym
that
thou
hast
vaynquysshed
me
/
And
yf
I
do
thys
for
the
I
do
to
the
grete
amytye
/
And
thou
oughtese
for
thye
tyme
to
be
contente
/
¶
On
whiche
woodes
Olyuer
coude
not
haue
pacyence
but
that
he
sayd
to
hym
/
Thy
sa
yt
lyeth
in
noothynge
but
in
wordes
full
of
folysshe
presumpsyon
/
I
am
of
thys
intencion
/
that
byfore
euensonge
tyme
I
shal
make
thy
hede
free
from
thy
sholdres
/
I
am
none
hare
ne
wylde
beest
for
to
be
aferde
/
And
thou
knowest
the
comyn
▪
prouerbe
that
sayth
/
that
there
is
tyme
of
spekyng
/
and
tyme
of
beyng
stylle
/
And
of
one
and
that
other
/
one
may
be
reputed
a
fool
/
now
come
of
&
depesshe
the
/
of
that
I
haue
sayd
to
the
/
or
ellys
I
shal
slee
the
/
Frrwbras
answerd
I
desyre
ne
praye
the
of
no
thynge
but
that
thou
sende
to
me
Rolland
or
olyuer
/
or
one
of
thother
knyghtes
of
the
rounde
table
/
And
yf
one
of
them
be
not
hardy
for
to
come
late
come
ij
or
iij
or
iiij
attones
For
by
me
they
shal
not
be
refused
/
In
makyng
these
desputacyōs
/
Olyuer
which
sore
was
hurte
the
day
to fore
/
his
woundes
opened
by
force
of
rydyng
and
of
chauffyng
&
bledde
sore
so
that
fyerabras
sawe
the
blood
renne
doun
by
is
knee
/
And
demaunded
of
hym
fro
whens
came
that
blood
that
soo
renneth
doun
to
th
erthe
/
I
trowe
thou
be
hurte
Olyuer
sayd
I
am
not
hurte
/
but
my
hors
is
harde
atte
spore
wherof
he
is
blody
/
Fyerabras
behelde
&
sawe
it
was
not
of
the
hors
and
answerd
/
Certes
garyn
thou
sayst
not
sooth
/
for
thou
art
hurte
in
thy
body
&
I
know
it
wel
by
the
blood
that
cometh
doun
by
thy
knee
/
but
see
what
I
shal
do
for
the
/
there
been
two
flagons
hangyng
on
the
sadle
of
my
hors
/
whyche
been
full
of
the
bawme
that
I
conquered
iij
Iherusalem
/
&
it
is
the
same
of
whyche
your
god
was
enbawmed
wyth
whan
he
was
taken
doun
fro
the
crosse
and
layed
in
hys
graue
/
hye
the
and
goo
drynke
therof
/
&
I
promyse
to
the
that
Incontynent
thou
shalte
be
hole
/
and
thene
thou
shalt
mowe
defende
the
wel
wythoute
daunger
/
¶
Olyuer
ansuerd
that
he
wold
not
/
&
that
he
sayd
was
folye
/
Thenne
fyerabras
ansuerd
that
he
was
a
fool
wythoute
reason
/
And
that
it
myght
happe
to
repente
hym
!
¶
How
after
many
dysputacyons
Olyuer
ayded
to
arme
Fyerabras
/
and
of
the
ix
meruayllous
swerdes
/
And
how
olyuer
named
his
name
ca
ix
WHan
fyerabras
had
long
abyden
lyeng
wythoute
arysyng
for
Olyer
/
he
salte
vp
and
after
sayd
/
Garyn
A
demaunde
the
wythoute
hydyng
of
what
strengthe
is
Rolland
&
Olyuer
that
been
soo
moche
redoubted
of
paynems
/
&
of
what
gretenes
ben
they
of
/
Olyuer
answerd
as
towchyng
to
rolland
he
is
a
lytel
lasse
of
body
than
I
am
/
but
of
courage
he
is
right
hardy
to
fyght
/
and
so
chyualrous
/
that
there
is
no
man
lyuyng
in
the
world
lyke
to
hym
For
he
neuer
faught
yet
ayenst
ony
man
in
the
world
but
he
vaynquysshed
hym
/
and
as
for
Olyuer
thou
mayst
wel
apperceyue
that
he
is
a
man
moche
semblable
and
lyke
to
me
/
and
of
the
same
gretenes
that
I
am
Thenne
sayd
Fyerabras
/
by
the
fayth
that
I
owe
to
my
god
appollyn
&
to
Termagaunt
thou
tellest
to
me
a
thynge
wherof
I
am
moche
abasshed
/
For
yf
they
were
suche
foure
as
thou
tellest
to
me
/
I
wold
not
refuse
them
ne
leue
them
tyl
I
had
put
them
to
deth
with
my
swerde
/
Olyuer
coude
no
longer
forbere
ne
haue
pacyence
vnto
the
delayes
of
fyerabras
/
but
made
redy
to
smyte
hym
/
wherfore
Fyerabras
sayd
to
hym
/
thou
wyll
haue
no
pycyon
thyn
owne
persone
/
By
mahoun
my
god
yf
I
aryse
&
take
my
hors
/
Charles
thy
kyng
ne
alle
thy
goodes
shal
not
redeme
the
/
but
that
thou
shalt
Incontynente
be
slayn
/
For
onelye
yf
thou
see
me
tofore
the
on
my
feet
thou
shalt
be
moche
corageous
yf
thou
tremble
not
for
fere
/
¶
Olyuer
answerd
thou
hast
haunted
the
ouer
longe
to
doo
thyng
/
whiche
thou
neuer
sawest
in
thy
lyue
/
For
better
it
were
to
speke
by
mesure
/
for
by
ouer
/
moche
spekyng
otherwyse
than
trouthe
/
may
brynge
the
soone
to
myschyef
/
Herof
was
fyerabras
strongely
despyteous
/
And
roos
on
hys
feet
in
a
grete
fyersnes
/
whyche
was
by
comyn
estymacyon
xv
foot
longe
/
And
yf
he
wold
haue
be
bartysed
and
byleue
in
Ihesu
Cryst
/
ther
had
neuer
be
seen
a
man
of
his
valure
/
And
whan
he
was
a
foot
he
had
grete
dysplaysyr
by
cause
he
had
not
a
valyaunte
man
to
Iuste
ageynst
hym
and
sayd
to
Olyuer
/
In
trouthe
I
haue
grete
pyte
of
thyn
affaire
for
the
noblesse
of
the
courage
that
I
see
in
the
/
I
am
yet
contente
for
this
present
tyme
/
that
thou
retorne
And
sende
to
me
Rolland
or
Olyuer
or
Ogyer
or
Gerard
demondydyer
/
and
expressely
say
to
Olyuer
that
I
shall
not
passe
thys
auauntagarde
/
tyl
I
haue
conquerd
hym
/
Olyuer
myght
no
lenger
abyde
the
paynym
/
for
yf
it
had
not
be
for
hys
honour
he
had
symte
hym
dyuers
tymes
vnarmed
/
And
whan
he
must
nedes
fyght
/
Fyerabras
called
Olyuer
and
prayed
hym
that
he
wold
helpe
to
arme
hym
/
Olyuer
demaunded
yf
he
myght
truste
hym
/
Fyerabras
ansuerd
helpe
me
hardyly
/
For
I
●●ere
and
assure
the
that
neuer
whyle
I
lyue
shal
I
be
traytour
to
no
man
lyuyng
/
And
vpon
that
promyse
olyuer
dyd
his
dyligence
to
arme
hym
/
and
he
took
fyrst
lether
of
arabye
and
cladde
hym
therwyth
&
after
hys
cote
&
his
habergeon
of
stele
/
wel
boucled
&
polysshed
/
&
after
sette
on
hys
heed
an
helme
garnysshed
wyth
precyous
stones
rychely
/
But
wel
consydered
the
facyon
of
thys
payny●n
and
of
this
cristen
man
/
there
was
grete
toyalte
&
curtosye
bytwene
them
/
whyche
were
assembled
for
to
make
mortal
warre
and
eche
to
flee
other
and
yet
they
dyd
eche
to
other
synguler
seruyce
/
Fyrst
the
pay
●ym
had
grete
pyte
for
to
destroye
Olyuer
/
For
he
was
not
hys
pere
ne
egal
to
the
regarde
of
hys
persone
/
And
on
that
other
parte
whan
he
sawe
hym
hurte
and
the
blood
descende
to
th
erthe
he
wold
haue
gyuen
to
hym
of
the
precyous
bawme
/
Semblably
Olyuer
whan
he
fonde
hym
dysarmed
he
had
slayne
hym
wythoute
grete
payne
yf
he
had
wold
/
and
after
he
was
soo
curtoys
that
he
ayded
to
arme
hym
that
shold
fyght
ayenst
hym
¶
O
what
grete
loyalte
of
noblesse
was
bytwene
them
whyche
were
of
fayth
and
creaunce
contrarye
/
I
suppose
that
god
shold
be
wel
pleased
/
yf
there
were
suche
confyaunce
emonge
crysten
men
and
so
ful
of
naturel
noblesse
/
But
I
retorne
ageyn
to
my
mater
whan
Fyerabras
was
wel
armed
/
he
thanked
moche
Olyuer
/
And
after
gyrde
hys
swerde
named
plouraunce
/
and
in
the
arson
of
his
sadyl
he
had
tweyne
other
/
of
whom
that
one
was
named
baptysme
/
and
that
other
graba●n
the
whyche
swerdes
were
maad
in
suche
wyse
that
ther
was
none
harnoys
/
but
they
wold
breke
and
cutte
a
sondre
/
And
who
that
wyl
demaunde
the
manyer
how
they
were
made
/
&
by
whom
after
that
whyche
I
haue
founden
by
wrytyng
/
¶
On
a
tyme
there
were
thre
brethern
of
one
fader
engendred
/
of
whome
that
one
was
named
Galaus
/
that
other
munyfyeans
/
&
the
thyrd
was
called
Agnisiax
/
These
iij
brethern
made
ix
swerdes
/
eche
of
them
thre
/
Agnisiax
the
thyrd
brother
maad
the
swerde
named
baptesme
whiche
had
the
pomel
of
gold
and
wel
enameld
/
&
also
plourance
/
and
after
Graham
/
whyche
thre
swerdes
fyerabras
had
as
I
haue
sayd
/
Munyficans
that
other
brother
made
another
swerde
whyche
was
named
durandal
whyche
Rolland
had
/
that
other
was
called
sauuagnye
/
and
that
other
Cortan
whyche
Og●er
the
danoys
had
/
¶
And
galaus
that
other
brother
maad
the
swerd
that
was
named
Floberge
/
another
called
haulte
clere
/
and
that
other
Ioyouse
whyche
Charlemayn
had
for
a
grete
specyalte
/
and
these
iij
brethern
aforesayd
were
smythes
&
wrought
the
sayd
swerdes
/
And
in
thys
poynte
Fyerabras
mounted
on
hors
backe
and
took
hys
two
barylles
by
hym
ful
of
bawme
/
And
henge
aboute
his
necke
his
shelde
whiche
was
heuy
and
bended
wyth
yron
and
stele
by
meruayllous
strengthe
/
And
in
the
myddle
of
the
same
shelde
was
paynted
hys
god
Appollyn
/
and
after
that
he
had
commaunded
hym
to
hys
god
/
he
took
his
spere
in
hys
honde
whyche
was
sharpe
&
mortally
heded
with
stele
/
It
was
meruaylle
to
see
the
corpulence
of
the
sayd
Paynym
which
sat
on
hys
hors
named
feraunt
of
spayne
grete
thycke
&
pommellyd
/
whyche
had
a
specyal
condycyon
/
For
whan
his
mayster
in
fyghtyng
put
to
the
grounde
hys
aduersarye
/
this
hors
maad
gretter
warre
wythout
comparyson
than
hys
mayster
/
and
thus
they
beyng
on
horsback
/
Fyerabras
sayd
to
Olyuer
/
O
garyn
gracyous
and
curtoys
/
yet
I
admoneste
the
for
the
gentylnesse
that
thou
hast
doon
to
me
/
that
thou
will
retorne
without
fyghtyng
/
For
I
haue
pyte
of
thy
valyaunte
courage
/
Olyuer
answerde
alwaye
thou
spekest
of
grete
folye
/
for
I
shal
not
departe
for
to
be
in
daunger
to
be
dysmembred
/
For
I
am
not
he
that
thou
wenest
to
make
aferde
/
for
by
the
helpe
of
the
blessyd
Ihesus
thys
day
shalt
thou
be
yelden
or
deed
or
lyuyng
vnto
charles
the
emperour
/
whan
Olyuer
had
so
spoken
Fyerabras
was
meruaylously
abasshed
of
thys
man
that
wold
not
lete
for
menace
that
he
maad
to
hym
but
wold
haue
the
bataylle
ayenst
hym
/
&
sayd
to
hym
/
Thou
art
a
crysten
man
and
hast
grete
fayth
at
the
mysteryes
by
you
ordeyned
/
but
I
coniure
the
that
by
the
fonte
iij
whyche
thou
were
baptysed
/
and
by
the
fayth
that
thou
hast
gyuen
to
the
crosse
wheron
thy
god
henge
and
was
naylled
/
And
by
the
loyalte
that
thou
owest
to
charles
th
emperour
/
to
rolland
and
to
the
other
pyeres
of
fraunce
thou
say
and
telle
to
me
the
veryte
of
thy
ryght
name
and
of
thy
lygnage
/
Olyuer
answerd
Certes
Paynem
he
that
enduced
the
to
speke
to
me
in
suche
wyse
hath
wel
taught
the
/
For
gretter
ne
more
hyely
myghtest
thou
not
adiure
me
/
wherfore
knowe
thou
that
I
am
Olyuer
the
sone
of
Reyner
the
Erle
of
Genes
the
moose
especyal
felowe
of
rolland
/
and
am
one
of
the
twelue
peres
/
In
fayth
sayd
Fyerabras
I
alwaye
thought
wel
/
that
thou
were
another
than
thou
saydest
to
me
/
seen
thyn
ardaunt
courage
/
and
that
I
coude
not
make
the
aferde
vpon
the
fayt
of
bataylle
/
And
how
sir
Oliuer
was
al
blody
/
of
whiche
stroke
olyuer
was
moeued
&
troubled
that
he
had
fallen
he
had
hys
sadel
haue
been
/
For
he
was
bowed
afterward
that
he
was
al
to
broken
/
And
his
hors
began
to
halte
of
the
stroke
/
&
whan
he
was
comen
to
hym self
wyth
an
hye
boys
began
to
〈◊〉
/
¶
O
lord
god
my
creatour
o
what
an
euyl
stroke
haue
I
receyued
/
O
vyrgyn
marye
moder
of
Ihesus
haue
pyte
of
me
/
For
ouer
fyersly
cutteth
the
swerde
of
thys
paynym
/
yeuo
me
grace
that
I
may
ones
haue
hym
/
/
and
made
vpon
hym self
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
/
&
after
fyerabras
sayd
to
hym
/
Olyuer
by
Mahoun
my
god
wyth
thys
stroke
I
maad
the
aferde
/
now
mayst
thou
wel
fele
how
I
can
playe
/
&
I
haue
no
meruaylle
though
thou
commaunde
the
to
thy
god
/
but
I
am
euyl
contente
that
I
haue
hurte
the
ouer
sore
with
the
stroke
¶
Neuertheles
be
sure
that
thou
shalt
not
see
the
sonne
goo
to
reste
for
thou
begynnest
now
to
chaunge
colour
and
thy
fyerce
manere
neuertheles
I
am
contente
that
thou
retorne
/
and
that
shall
be
for
the
the
best
tofore
thou
knowe
more
fully
my
strengthe
/
for
I
warne
the
of
one
thynge
that
whan
I
see
my
blood
yssue
out
of
my
body
/
thenne
doubleth
my
myght
and
my
strengthe
/
And
I
wote
wel
that
charles
loueth
the
not
moche
whan
he
sendeth
the
to
me
/
yf
he
had
lodged
the
in
a
fayre
bedde
&
whyte
shetes
thou
haddest
been
moche
better
/
whan
Olyuer
herde
hym
so
says
he
was
replenysshed
with
a
feruent
courage
&
began
to
lyfte
vp
hys
heed
and
sayd
/
O
Paynym
dysmesured
/
al
day
thou
vanntest
the
for
to
brynge
me
to
th
ende
of
my
dayes
/
I
praye
to
god
almyghty
that
he
wyl
reioye
my
courage
/
kepe
the
wel
/
I
deffye
the
/
we
haue
ouer
long
pleted
/
vpon
these
wordes
they
ranne
to
gydre
smytyng
meruayllously
eche
other
vpon
their
helmes
in
suche
wyse
that
boucles
/
naylles
and
crochettes
/
precious
stones
/
orfaueryes
and
floures
been
he
wen
broken
and
flowen
to
the
grounde
/
the
fyre
yssued
oute
largely
makyng
grete
bruyt
with
the
swerdes
vpon
their
harnoys
/
In
this
whyle
Charles
was
in
grete
medytacyon
/
and
thought
that
the
quarele
of
Olyuer
was
trewe
and
Iuste
/
and
that
god
ought
to
preserue
hym
and
whan
he
thought
that
Olyuer
myght
deye
/
As
Inpacyent
of
a
perfayte
fayth
he
sayd
/
¶
O
gloryous
god
for
whome
we
take
payne
I
praye
the
to
conserue
oliuer
that
he
be
not
slayn
ne
taken
/
For
I
swere
by
the
soule
of
my
fader
/
that
yf
he
be
now
slayn
of
thys
paynym
/
that
neuer
in
fraunce
in
ony
chirche
shal
clerke
ne
preest
be
reuested
ne
enhabyted
/
but
I
shal
do
brenne
monasteryes
chyrches
/
oulters
&
crucyfyxes
/
Alas
sayd
Duc
naymes
/
Syr
kyng
leue
these
wordes
vayne
and
ydle
/
&
praye
god
for
Olyuer
/
that
he
be
in
his
ayde
for
hys
holy
mercy
/
Al
thys
whyle
perseuerd
the
ij
champyons
fyghtyng
and
smytyng
eche
on
other
in
suche
maner
/
that
Fyerabras
Wyth
hys
swerde
brake
the
cercle
of
Olyuers
helme
/
and
made
hym
falle
on
hys
vysage
/
and
hys
hors
had
be
slayn
yf
he
had
not
lepte
a
syde
/
and
Olyuer
was
hurte
in
hys
body
/
and
specyally
in
the
breste
/
and
had
thenne
loste
soo
moche
of
hys
blood
that
he
was
moche
feble
/
whyche
was
no
merueylle
seen
that
he
had
resysted
ageynst
the
moost
terryble
man
that
euer
was
borne
of
moder
¶
How
Olyuer
made
his
prayer
to
god
whan
he
felte
hym
hurte
capitulo
xj
OLyuer
the
noble
erle
beyng
in
this
malancolye
of
the
grete
woundes
that
he
had
in
hys
body
took
his
recomforte
sayeng
in
this
manere
/
O
gloryous
god
cause
a
begynnyng
of
al
that
is
aboue
&
vnder
the
fyrmamente
/
which
for
your
owne
playser
fourmed
our
fyrst
fader
Adam
/
and
for
hys
companye
gauest
vnto
hym
Eue
/
by
whome
al
humayn
generacyon
is
conceyued
gyuyng
to
them
lycence
to
ete
al
maner
fruytes
/
reserued
onely
one
/
of
whyche
Eue
by
the
moeuyng
of
the
serpent
caused
Adam
to
ete
wherfore
they
loste
paradys
/
&
by
the
seduetyon
of
the
fendes
of
helle
many
haue
ben
deceyued
&
dampned
/
wherof
ye
had
pyte
of
the
perdycyon
of
the
world
and
came
for
to
take
flesshe
humayn
in
the
wombe
of
the
gloryous
vyrgyn
marye
/
by
th
annuncyacion
of
the
holy
Aungel
Gabryel
/
and
were
borne
as
it
pleased
you
/
And
anone
after
the
thre
kynges
camen
to
adoure
&
make
obeyssaunce
/
and
wyth
golde
/
encence
/
and
myrre
made
to
you
their
presentes
/
After
for
you
herodes
made
to
be
slayne
many
chyldren
whiche
now
been
in
Ioye
permanable
/
And
whan
ye
were
in
age
by
you
determyned
ye
went
in
the
world
prechyng
to
your
frendes
/
Thenne
afterward
by
th
enuyous
Iewes
ye
were
hanged
on
the
crosse
/
in
whiche
so
hangyng
longyus
the
knyght
by
the
Induction
of
the
Iewes
percyd
your
syde
/
&
whan
he
hyleued
in
you
&
wesshe
hys
eyen
with
your
precious
blode
he
recouerd
his
syght
fayre
&
clere
/
&
cryed
you
mercy
wherby
he
was
saued
/
After
by
your
frendes
ye
were
layed
in
the
holy
sepulture
the
thyrd
day
after
aroos
and
took
ageyn
lyf
/
and
descended
in
to
helle
/
And
took
out
Adam
and
Eue
and
al
them
that
were
worthy
to
haue
paradys
/
And
the
day
of
your
meruayllous
ascencyon
ye
ascended
in
to
heuen
in
the
presc̄ce
of
al
your
a●●stles
/
Thus
my
god
my
maker
as
thys
is
trouthe
/
and
I
byleue
it
verayly
and
fermly
be
ye
in
my
comforte
ageynst
thys
myscrraunte
/
that
I
may
vaynquysshe
hym
in
suche
wyse
that
he
may
be
saued
/
And
this
said
he
blessyd
hym
with
his
swerde
in
makyng
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
in
the
name
of
god
the
holy
trynyte
/
and
smote
his
hors
vpon
the
hope
of
the
helpe
of
god
/
and
Fyerabras
sayd
to
hym
lawhyng
/
Olyuer
fayre
frende
I
praye
the
that
thou
hyde
not
frome
the
oryson
that
thou
hast
said
now
/
for
by
my
god
termagaunt
I
wold
gladly
here
it
/
Now
wold
god
of
heuen
sayd
Olyuer
that
thou
were
in
suche
grace
that
thou
sholdest
byleue
it
also
fermly
as
I
doo
/
For
I
assure
the
I
shold
loue
the
thenne
as
moche
as
I
doo
Roulland
/
¶
And
Fyerabras
ansuerd
to
hym
/
by
my
god
Mahoun
and
Termagaunt
thou
spekest
now
of
a
moche
grete
folye
/
¶
How
after
a
grete
bataylle
Olyuer
conquerd
the
bawme
&
dranke
therof
at
hys
ease
/
and
how
he
fyl
to
th
erthe
whan
hys
hors
was
slayn
capitulo
xij
FYerabras
beyng
wroth
of
the
wordes
of
oliuer
in
grete
Ire
sayd
to
hym
kepe
the
wel
fro
me
for
I
deffye
the
/
I
am
redy
sayd
Olyuer
for
to
god
I
commaunde
me
/
&
so
thenne
they
recountred
to
gyder
so
sharply
and
so
hard
strokes
they
gaf
/
that
the
fyre
myght
haboundantlye
be
seen
sprynge
oute
of
theyr
harnoys
/
Theyr
horses
bowed
vnder
hem
/
and
the
erthe
trembled
of
the
vruyt
in
the
medowe
vnder
mormyonde
/
Fyerabras
took
hys
swerde
in
hys
honde
and
smote
Olyuer
there
as
he
was
euyl
hurt
in
the
breste
vnder
the
pappe
/
&
of
that
stroke
the
eyen
torned
in
hys
heed
/
And
had
hys
face
alle
chaunged
/
And
thenne
ageyn
he
cryed
on
god
and
on
the
virgyn
marie
that
he
wold
saue
his
soule
/
Fyerabras
by
grete
cartosye
sayd
to
hym
/
Olyuer
vnder
stonde
me
/
descende
doun
surely
and
goo
take
of
the
bawme
and
drynke
at
thyn
ease
/
and
anone
thou
shalt
be
al
guarysshed
and
hole
/
and
thenne
mayst
thou
the
better
deffende
the
ageynst
me
/
and
thou
shalte
recoure
newe
strengthe
/
But
olyuer
for
noothynge
that
he
coude
do
/
though
he
shold
dye
he
wold
not
/
For
by
trewe
fightyng
he
wold
haue
it
/
And
anone
came
that
one
ageynst
that
other
and
smyten
in
suche
wyse
that
Fyerabras
was
hurte
daungerously
/
For
olyuers
swerde
entred
in
to
his
thye
an
halfe
foot
depe
/
and
of
the
blood
that
yssued
oute
alle
the
grasse
was
reed
/
And
whan
he
sawe
hym
so
hurte
/
he
dranke
of
hys
bawme
/
and
was
anone
al
hool
/
wherof
olyuer
was
moche
sorouful
by
cause
therof
he
coude
make
none
ende
of
thys
paynym
/
And
the
frensshe
men
that
saw
this
/
made
to
god
their
prayers
deuontly
that
he
wolde
conserue
that
day
Olyuer
/
And
in
especyal
Charlemayn
whiche
emong
al
other
loued
hym
moast
entyerly
/
But
whan
Olyuer
sawe
the
paynym
al
hole
/
&
for
the
bawme
so
comforted
/
by
the
ayde
of
god
he
came
to
hym
and
smote
hym
vpon
the
helme
soo
harde
/
that
the
stroke
descended
vpon
the
sadel
&
cutte
the
corde
by
whyche
the
barylles
were
bounden
and
fastned
/
and
the
hors
of
fyerabras
was
aferde
of
the
stroke
/
and
made
a
lytel
course
by
the
playsyr
of
god
/
Thenne
Olyuer
or
the
paynym
toke
ony
hede
bowed
to
the
grounde
and
took
vp
the
barylles
&
dranke
at
hys
ease
and
largely
/
&
anon
he
was
al
hole
&
reconfermed
in
newe
strengthe
/
&
thought
that
yf
by
aduenture
fyerabras
were
more
hurte
by
hym
/
and
myght
ageyn
haue
hys
baryllys
/
that
in
th
ende
it
myght
euyl
happe
and
come
to
hym
/
wherfore
he
beyng
nyghe
vnto
a
grete
ryuer
took
the
barylles
&
threwe
then
/
therin
/
whyche
were
anone
son●en
/
And
as
it
is
redde
at
alle
the
festes
of
saynt
Iohan
these
ij
barylles
ben
shewed
aboue
the
water
euydently
/
whan
fyerabras
sawe
that
the
battlles
were
loste
/
all
most
for
angre
he
was
oute
of
hys
mynde
/
&
by
grete
reproche
sayd
to
Olyuer
/
O
euyl
man
that
thou
arte
/
thou
hast
loste
my
barylles
whyche
were
more
worth
than
al
the
golde
in
the
world
/
but
I
promyse
the
that
or
it
be
euen
they
shal
to
the
ben
dere
solde
/
For
I
shall
not
cesse
tyl
I
haue
smyton
of
thy
heed
/
and
thys
sayeng
be
came
ayenst
hym
/
but
Olyuer
as
be
that
doubteth
hym
not
soo
moche
as
he
dyd
tofore
/
eschewed
hym
not
/
but
put
hym
at
the
defence
wyth
his
shelde
to
auoyde
the
stroke
/
Neuertheles
Fyerabras
smote
hym
so
hard
that
hys
helme
was
desmaylled
&
broken
but
he
was
not
hurte
/
&
the
stroke
descended
so
inpytuously
that
he
cutte
asondre
the
necke
of
oliuers
hors
&
fyl
to
grounde
/
and
thenne
was
Olyuer
on
fote
/
but
a
grete
myracle
it
was
of
the
hors
of
fyerabras
that
maad
no
semblaunte
to
renne
vpon
hym
/
as
he
had
ben
taught
lyke
as
I
haue
sayd
byfore
but
helde
hym
stylle
/
aboue
hys
propre
custome
/
¶
How
Fyerabras
and
Olyuer
foughten
to
gyder
afo●e
merueyllously
/
and
of
the
prayer
that
Charles
maad
for
Olyuer
capitulo
xiij
MOche
sorouful
were
the
frensshe
men
whan
they
sawe
Olyuer
on
fote
/
and
wold
haue
armed
hem
for
to
socoure
hym
/
But
Charles
wold
not
consente
for
to
mayntene
hys
honour
&
hys
trouthe
¶
And
thenne
kyng
Charles
kneled
doun
to
th
erthe
&
maad
his
prayer
to
god
that
he
wolde
comforte
Olyuer
whyche
was
thus
dyspourueyed
of
his
hors
whan
Olyuer
sawe
hym self
on
fote
/
he
was
moche
sorouful
/
&
came
a
foure
paas
nyghe
vnto
Fyerabras
and
sayd
to
hym
/
o
kyng
of
Alexandrye
thou
hast
borne
the
foule
this
day
ageynst
me
/
In
the
mornyng
thou
hast
so
moche
preysed
thy self
/
that
thou
hast
sayd
/
yf
v
knyghtes
came
ageynst
the
/
thou
woldest
abyde
and
conquere
them
/
and
thou
knowest
that
the
kyng
that
sleeth
an
hors
ought
to
haue
no
parte
of
t
herytage
/
Fyerabras
ansuerd
I
knowe
wel
that
thou
sayest
trouthe
/
but
I
dyd
it
not
wyth
my
wylle
/
Neuertheles
to
th
ende
that
thou
be
not
euyl
contente
wyth
me
/
I
shal
descende
doun
of
my
hors
/
&
shal
gyue
to
the
my
hors
pomeld
/
And
I
promyse
the
thou
shalt
be
well
horsed
/
And
knowe
thou
that
neuer
in
my
lyf
I
was
so
abasshed
/
as
whan
he
sawe
the
at
erthe
/
that
he
strangled
the
not
for
I
neuer
put
man
to
the
erthe
and
thys
hors
present
/
but
that
anone
he
was
by
hym
slayn
&
dede
/
Olyuer
ansuerd
I
promyse
the
that
I
shal
neuer
take
thyn
hors
but
yf
he
be
first
by
me
conquered
and
Iustly
wonne
/
wherupon
fyerabras
was
soo
moche
noble
/
that
for
the
valyaunce
of
Olyuer
sayd
/
Certeyn
for
the
noblesse
that
I
knowe
in
the
/
I
wyl
do
that
I
neuer
dyd
for
man
and
sprange
of
his
hors
&
stode
a
foote
/
&
was
contente
to
fyght
ayenst
hym
a
foote
/
by
cause
he
had
no
hors
of
hys
owne
/
and
the
sayd
fyerabras
was
moche
heyer
than
Olyuer
/
and
by
one
accorde
they
Iusted
afoote
that
one
ayenst
that
other
so
meruayllously
/
that
it
was
wonder
that
bothe
tweyne
remayned
not
in
the
felde
a
swoune
of
the
trauaylle
that
they
toke
/
Thus
contynueng
the
bataylle
which
coude
take
none
ende
/
they
spaken
many
reproches
and
despytrous
wordes
that
one
of
theym
vnto
other
/
The
kyng
Charles
seyng
al
thys
had
grete
pyte
on
Olyuer
/
Thenne
the
Erle
Reyner
fader
of
Olyuer
whyche
was
moche
sorouful
came
&
kneled
at
the
feet
of
Charles
and
sayd
O
noble
emperour
in
t
honour
of
god
take
remors
of
my
sone
/
whome
I
see
lykly
anone
to
dye
Atte
leste
make
prayer
to
Ihesus
our
maker
that
he
be
in
ayde
to
hym
that
I
may
see
hym
nyghe
to
me
in
helthe
/
¶
Incontynent
Charles
seyng
thys
sayd
/
O
lord
god
yf
ye
suffre
that
Olyuer
be
ouercome
/
and
that
my
ryght
at
thys
tyme
be
loste
and
defyled
/
I
make
auowe
that
al
crystyante
shal
be
destroyed
/
I
shal
not
leue
in
Fraunte
chirche
ne
monasterye
/
ymage
ne
aulter
&
after
kneled
doun
with
bothe
his
knees
to
the
grounde
&
prayed
in
this
manere
/
My
creatour
whyche
for
our
sauacyon
was
borne
of
the
gloryous
vyrgyn
marie
in
bethleem
/
as
I
wel
byleue
that
of
your
glorious
byrth
al
the
world
was
enlumyned
whiche
abode
in
thys
world
ful
xxxij
yere
&
more
/
&
made
atte
begynnyng
Adam
and
Eue
/
of
whom
we
ben
comen
&
that
was
in
paradys
terrestre
a
place
moche
delectable
/
And
there
by
you
were
alle
f●●ytes
abandoned
to
them
/
except
one
onely
whyche
was
of
knowyng
good
&
euyl
as
it
plesed
you
to
ordeyne
/
of
whiche
adam
ete
&
was
dysobey
saunt
/
for
whom
to
the
reparacion
of
his
misdede
&
for
to
redeme
hym
fro
eternal
captyuyte
&
vs
also
/
ye
were
contente
to
take
the
deth
in
the
tree
of
the
crosse
/
after
that
the
traycour
Iudas
solde
you
for
xxx
pens
/
&
on
a
friday
ye
were
payned
/
&
your
handes
&
feet
mortally
nay●led
/
&
crowned
with
a
moche
sharpe
crowne
of
thornes
/
and
after
Longyus
smote
you
in
the
ryght
syde
to
the
hert
/
whiche
was
blynde
/
&
after
that
he
had
leyed
on
hys
eyen
of
your
precyous
blood
/
he
sawe
moche
clerely
/
&
after
ye
descended
in
to
helle
&
toke
oute
your
frendes
/
&
sythe
arods
fro
doth
to
lyf
/
&
tofore
al
your
apostles
ye
ascended
in
to
heuen
/
&
lefte
for
your
lyeutenaunt
saynt
Peter
th
appostle
in
erthe
/
and
ordeynest
baptesme
for
the
regeneracyon
of
vs
and
to
make
vs
crysten
for
to
haue
saluacyon
/
O
lord
as
alle
thys
is
tr●●he
/
and
that
I
byleue
it
stedfirstly
so
on
thys
day
be
thou
in
ayde
and
socour
vnto
Olyuer
for
to
preserue
hym
that
he
be
not
slayn
ne
vaynauysshed
/
¶
He
thys
sayeng
&
other
deuoute
wordes
in
hys
secrete
oratorye
/
Out
lord
sente
to
hym
an
aungel
fro
heuen
whyche
sayd
to
hym
/
¶
O
Charles
Emperour
of
noblesse
knowe
thou
for
trouthe
/
that
I
am
sente
from
god
for
to
say
to
the
/
that
thou
doubte
no
thynge
of
Olyuer
/
for
wythout
faylle
he
shal
wynne
the
bataylle
/
though
it
be
late
/
but
he
shal
vaynquysshe
the
paynym
/
thys
sayd
the
aungel
departed
/
end
charles
thanked
god
deuoutelye
for
hys
gloryous
me
dytacyon
/
Neuertheles
after
many
bataylles
bytwene
fyerabras
and
Olyuer
maad
/
and
grete
menaces
by
grete
furour
wyllyng
to
haue
gyuen
to
Olyuer
a
grete
stroke
oute
of
mesure
/
But
Olyuer
whyche
sawe
the
stroke
comyng
deuaunced
hym
in
suche
wyse
/
that
he
gaf
two
euyl
strokes
to
Fyerabras
/
wherof
Fyerabras
was
passyng
angry
vpon
Olyuer
and
Olyuer
on
hym
so
that
bothe
were
ryght
actyf
neuer
to
departe
/
tyl
that
one
of
them
were
vaynquysshed
and
destroyed
/
&
at
that
tyme
Olyuer
was
soo
coueytous
in
smytyng
/
that
his
honde
in
whiche
he
helde
hys
swerde
was
a
slepe
and
swollen
for
the
payne
that
he
had
of
smytyng
/
and
he
desyryng
to
smyte
hys
enemye
at
vtteraunce
/
hys
suerde
flewe
a
ferre
fro
hym
/
out
of
his
hande
wherof
he
was
sore
moeued
and
abasshed
/
and
it
was
no
meruaylle
/
and
moche
courageously
ranne
for
to
take
vp
his
swerde
And
layed
hys
shelde
on
hys
hede
for
to
preserue
it
/
But
not
wythstondyng
the
paynym
smote
hym
twyes
so
myghtyly
/
that
he
brake
hys
shelde
in
dyuers
places
/
and
hys
hauberke
/
so
that
he
was
sore
astonyed
for
that
tyme
/
And
doubted
soo
moche
the
paynym
that
he
durst
not
take
hys
swerde
/
and
moche
sodeynlye
the
frensshe
men
which
sawe
so
Olyuer
dysponrueyed
of
his
swerde
armed
them
anone
and
were
in
purpoos
to
renne
vpon
the
sarasyn
for
to
socour
olyuer
but
Charles
wold
not
consente
that
ony
man
shold
goo
/
sayeng
to
them
that
god
is
almyghty
for
to
saue
and
mayntene
hym
in
hys
good
ryght
/
for
yf
he
had
not
gaynsayed
it
/
more
than
xiiij
thousand
men
were
thenne
redy
for
to
haue
rescowed
hym
/
and
not
wythstondyng
al
thys
/
the
paynym
dyd
but
laughe
&
said
to
Olyuer
/
In
trouthe
Olyuer
I
haue
opteyned
vpon
the
a
lytel
of
myn
entente
/
but
wherfore
darst
not
y●
take
thy
swerde
I
knowe
now
wel
that
thou
art
ynough
vaynquysshed
/
sythe
that
thou
art
so
aferde
that
thou
darst
not
stoupe
for
all
the
tresour
of
the
world
/
and
I
am
wel
contente
for
to
apoynte
wyth
the
/
that
is
/
that
thou
renye
the
fayth
that
thou
holdest
/
the
baptesme
that
thou
hast
receyued
/
&
the
god
in
whom
thou
byleuest
and
for
whome
thou
hast
had
al
thys
payne
/
&
byleue
in
Mahoun
my
god
ful
of
bounte
/
&
I
shal
suffre
the
to
lyue
/
&
more
ouer
I
shal
be
contente
to
gyue
to
the
my
sister
to
wy●
/
to
whom
thou
shalte
be
rychely
maryed
/
Hyr
name
is
Florypes
the
fayrest
of
moder
borne
/
&
after
we
shal
conquere
Fraunce
or
thys
yere
be
paste
/
And
of
one
of
the
royames
I
shal
crowne
the
kyng
Olyuer
ansuerd
to
hym
Paynym
thou
spekest
to
me
of
grete
folye
/
for
god
forbede
that
euer
I
shold
be
of
entencion
to
forsake
my
god
whyche
hath
created
&
fourmed
me
/
and
his
holy
sacrements
/
which
haue
been
establysshed
fo
●my
sauacyon
/
for
to
byleue
in
mahoun
and
in
thy
goddes
ful
of
abusyon
whiche
haue
neyther
strengthe
ne
vertue
/
but
cause
of
dampnacyon
/
Fyerabras
sayd
to
hym
/
by
mahoun
my
god
thou
art
alwaye
moche
obstynat
/
that
ne
for
payn
ne
for
torment
thou
wylt
not
denye
thy
fayth
/
&
of
one
thynge
which
is
more
grete
/
thou
mayst
wel
auaunte
the
/
For
neuer
was
I
of
persone
so
trauailled
ne
greued
as
I
am
of
the
/
¶
Thou
oughtest
wel
to
be
praysed
/
I
am
contente
that
thou
take
thy
swerde
hardyly
and
surely
/
for
withoute
competent
wepen
thou
mayst
not
preuaylle
ne
more
than
a
woman
/
Olyuer
answerd
/
Paynym
I
can
not
say
the
contrarye
but
that
thou
offrest
to
me
seruyce
and
bounte
/
but
for
the
valewe
of
x
thousand
marke
of
golde
I
wyl
not
take
it
/
ne
for
to
deye
therfore
/
For
yf
I
had
recouerd
my
swerde
by
thy
curtosye
/
And
it
happed
that
thou
were
vnder
my
puyssaunce
/
and
thou
thenne
demaundest
of
me
amytye
&
frendshyp
/
&
thenne
put
the
to
deth
/
it
shold
to
me
be
vylete
and
reproche
/
And
at
thys
tyme
my
lyf
and
my
deth
be
in
the
wylle
of
god
/
to
whom
I
haue
gyuen
my self
ouer
/
But
and
yf
I
may
wynne
my
swerde
thou
shalt
,
bye
it
dere
/
&
here
deye
/
For
other
thynge
shal
thou
not
haue
/
¶
By
my
fayth
sayd
Fyerabras
thou
art
moche
surquydrous
&
gloryous
/
wherfore
be
thou
sure
/
that
shortely
thou
shalt
be
confused
descomfyte
and
matte
/
¶
How
at
thys
bataylle
Fyerabras
was
vaynquysshed
by
Olyuer
/
after
that
he
had
recouerd
one
of
the
swerdes
of
fyerabras
capitulo
xiiij
WHan
Fyerabras
herde
that
oliuer
was
so
fyers
of
fayt
and
of
courage
/
he
had
grete
meruaylle
/
For
he
wold
not
haue
hys
swerde
/
but
yf
he
myght
by
Iuste
warre
conquere
it
/
wherfore
the
paynym
dysmesurably
came
ageynst
hym
/
and
helde
in
hys
hande
plorance
hys
swerde
/
Thenne
it
was
no
meruayle
though
olyuer
was
aferde
to
abyde
hys
enemye
/
he
beyng
dyspourueyed
of
swerde
&
of
shelde
/
For
that
was
broken
in
two
partyes
/
but
as
it
playsed
to
god
/
he
loked
besyde
hym
&
sawe
the
hors
of
fyerabras
/
and
on
the
arson
of
the
sadel
were
ij
other
swerdes
of
whych
I
haue
spoken
afore
/
And
anone
Olyuer
ranne
ryght
quyckely
and
took
one
of
the
swerdes
whych
was
named
baptesme
/
whyche
had
the
blade
moche
large
and
shone
meruayllously
/
&
after
came
ageynst
the
paynym
&
put
tofore
/
parte
of
hys
shelde
suche
as
was
lefte
/
and
whan
he
was
nyghe
hym
he
began
to
say
/
O
kyng
of
Alexandrye
now
is
tyme
to
compte
/
For
I
am
pourueyed
of
your
swerde
of
whych
I
shal
make
you
wroth
/
&
kepe
you
wel
from
me
/
for
I
haue
deffyed
you
/
Thenne
whan
Fyerabras
sawe
it
/
and
had
herde
hym
so
speke
/
anone
began
to
chaunge
colour
and
sayd
/
O
baptym
good
swerde
I
haue
kepte
the
many
a
day
for
one
of
the
beste
that
euer
henge
by
my
syde
or
by
ony
mans
that
is
lyuyng
And
after
behelde
Olyuer
sayeng
/
By
my
god
Mahoun
I
knowe
the
a
man
of
grete
fyerste
I
wold
that
thou
woldest
take
thyn
owne
swerd
/
and
late
me
haue
myn
/
and
thenne
late
vs
fyght
as
we
haue
begonne
/
by
my
hede
sayd
Olyuer
/
that
shal
neuer
be
by
my
wylle
/
for
tofore
I
make
ony
pacte
with
the
I
shall
assaye
and
approue
thys
swerde
vpon
thy
persone
/
kepe
the
wel
fro
me
/
For
ouer
long
haue
we
sermoned
/
Thys
sayeng
&
other
thynges
/
Olyuer
came
as
a
lyon
hungry
ayenst
fyerabras
&
smote
hym
fyrst
/
but
he
myght
not
attayne
hym
on
the
hede
/
but
that
he
recountred
first
the
shelde
of
the
paynym
/
whyche
he
brake
and
al
to
frusshed
euyl
that
the
half
flewe
in
the
felde
/
Thenne
fyerabras
was
sore
aferde
of
that
stroke
/
For
aboue
alle
thys
the
swerde
wyth
that
stroke
entred
nygh
half
a
foot
within
th
erthe
Thenne
olyuer
blessyd
hym
that
had
forged
that
swerde
and
so
wel
tempred
/
and
after
many
menaces
rygorous
they
were
in
partye
descouuerd
of
theyr
helmes
/
And
whan
Olyuer
sawe
the
Paynym
Fyerabras
in
the
vysage
fyers
and
courageous
he
sayd
/
O
lord
god
of
heuen
maker
of
heuen
&
of
erthe
/
that
thys
paynym
is
noble
and
ful
of
cruelte
/
Now
wold
god
that
Charles
had
hym
in
his
power
and
yf
he
wold
be
baptysed
/
Rolland
and
I
shold
be
hys
pryue
felowes
/
O
glorious
vyrgyn
marie
moder
of
god
praye
our
lord
Ihesu
Cryste
thy
sone
that
he
gyue
grace
to
thys
sarasyn
that
he
may
byleue
in
the
cristen
fayth
/
for
by
hym
it
may
be
moche
enhaunced
/
Fyerabras
ansuerd
in
thys
manere
/
Olyuer
leue
suche
wordes
/
telle
me
yf
thou
wylt
fyght
like
as
thou
hast
enterprysed
/
ye
sayd
olyuer
kepe
the
wel
fro
me
for
●●●ffye
the
/
and
ranne
vpon
hym
/
and
Olyuer
was
smyton
fyrst
vpon
his
shelde
by
suche
fiersnes
that
he
smote
his
shelde
in
pyeces
nyghe
to
hys
fyste
/
and
it
was
meruaylle
that
he
cut
it
not
of
wherfore
Fyerabras
sayd
that
he
had
put
hym
in
suche
caas
that
he
shold
not
longe
lyue
in
thys
world
/
Olyuer
sayd
noo
worde
but
came
with
his
swerde
ayenst
the
paynym
Fyerabras
moche
furyously
/
¶
Thenne
the
paynym
that
sawe
the
stroke
come
threwe
hys
shelde
ayenst
olyuer
wherfore
anone
it
was
quartred
/
and
was
so
astoned
that
the
eyen
in
his
heed
were
al
troubled
of
the
payne
/
and
the
fyre
was
seen
sprynge
oute
of
the
swerdes
and
sheldes
moche
habundantlye
/
and
thus
in
smytyng
fyerabras
sayd
in
this
manere
/
now
is
the
houre
come
that
thou
shalt
neuer
haue
ayde
of
thy
god
Ihesus
in
whome
thou
byleuest
/
that
anone
thou
shalt
be
deed
/
sythe
thou
felest
thy self
ouercomen
/
And
Olyuer
anone
ansuerd
Ihesus
is
wel
myghty
for
to
shewe
hys
puyssaunce
/
But
anone
thou
shalt
knowe
that
Mahoun
ne
Termagaunte
shal
not
mowe
ayde
the
/
ne
be
so
myghty
but
that
thou
shalte
be
deed
/
I
shal
wel
gyue
the
knowleche
/
And
herupon
came
that
one
vpon
that
other
/
And
olyuer
was
smyton
on
the
helm
al
vnto
the
flesshe
in
suche
wyse
that
al
that
the
swerde
araught
it
share
and
passed
thorugh
/
&
thenne
he
sayd
to
olyuer
/
I
suere
to
the
by
my
god
that
I
haue
wel
araught
the
and
smyton
/
Neuer
shal
charles
ne
Rolland
see
the
be
thou
wel
sure
/
Olyuer
ansuerd
/
O
Fyerabras
of
aleyandrye
be
not
thou
so
proude
/
for
or
I
departe
fro
the
/
I
shal
rendre
the
dede
or
vaynquysshed
/
&
god
graunte
to
me
that
whyche
I
haue
alwaye
desyred
/
And
therupon
eche
smote
other
so
merueyllously
that
the
bodyes
of
them
bothe
swette
for
anguysshe
and
payne
/
Fyerabras
smote
olyuer
vpon
the
helme
soo
harde
that
the
stoke
came
to
the
flessh
and
yf
god
had
not
wrought
he
had
be
slayn
at
that
tyme
/
wherfore
Olyuer
as
a
man
enraged
came
ayenst
the
paynym
/
&
the
sarasyn
lyfte
on
hyghe
hys
shelde
so
that
he
was
al
dyscouerd
vnder
the
arme
/
and
hys
flanke
was
there
vnarmed
/
Olyuer
was
wyse
&
took
good
hede
/
and
came
lyghtly
&
smote
fyerabras
in
hys
flanke
so
myghtyly
/
&
contynued
in
suche
wyse
that
he
thrested
his
swerde
in
one
of
hys
flankes
wel
depe
/
&
hys
swerde
/
hym self
/
&
the
place
was
alle
bybled
of
the
blood
/
Thus
was
Fyerabras
hurte
in
suche
manere
/
that
almoost
hys
lowellys
yssued
oute
of
his
bely
/
For
thenne
at
that
stroke
olyuer
employed
al
his
strengthe
for
to
make
an
ende
of
the
bataylle
so
longe
foughten
/
¶
How
fyerabras
beyng
vaynquysshed
byleued
in
god
/
and
how
he
was
borne
by
Olyuer
/
And
how
Olyuer
was
assaylled
of
the
sarasyns
and
tormented
capitulo
xv
AFter
that
the
Paynym
was
smyton
and
hurte
mortally
as
I
haue
sayd
/
And
he
seyng
that
he
myght
nomore
tesyste
ayenst
Olyuer
/
by
the
vertu
of
god
he
was
enlumyned
in
suche
wyse
that
he
had
knowleche
of
the
errour
of
the
paynyms
/
and
lyfte
vp
hys
eyen
vnto
heuen
/
and
began
to
escrye
the
holy
trynyte
/
and
the
grace
of
the
holy
ghost
/
And
after
loked
on
Olyuer
and
sayd
to
hym
/
O
noble
Olyuer
&
valyaunt
knyght
in
t
honour
of
god
on
whome
thou
byleuest
/
and
to
whome
I
consente
/
I
crye
the
mercy
/
and
requyre
the
that
I
dye
not
tyl
I
be
baptysed
&
yelden
vaynquysshed
vnto
Charles
the
Emperour
/
whyche
so
moche
is
redoubted
/
For
I
shal
byleue
in
the
crysten
fayth
/
&
shal
yelde
the
relyques
for
whyche
ye
be
assemblyd
and
haue
taken
soo
moche
payne
/
And
I
swere
to
the
that
yf
by
thy
defaute
I
dye
sarasyn
/
I
make
the
culpable
of
my
dampnacyon
/
And
yf
thou
take
not
me
in
to
thy
garde
I
shal
lose
my
blood
/
Thou
shalt
see
me
deye
tofore
thyn
eyen
/
wherfore
in
the
honour
of
god
haue
pyte
on
me
/
Olyuer
had
so
moche
compassyon
of
hym
for
hys
soor
that
he
sore
wepte
/
and
after
he
layed
hym
in
the
shadowe
vnder
a
tree
/
and
there
bounde
his
mortal
woundes
in
suche
wyse
that
he
staunched
hys
bledyng
And
after
the
paynym
prayed
hym
that
it
myght
plese
hym
to
bere
hym
awaye
/
For
hym self
myght
not
goo
/
but
whan
Olyuer
sawe
that
he
was
so
heuy
/
he
sayd
that
it
was
not
to
hym
possyble
to
bere
hym
/
Fyerabras
enforced
hym self
moche
&
came
nyghe
to
hym
/
O
noble
and
redoubted
Erle
Olyuer
in
the
honour
of
god
lede
me
to
charles
or
I
be
dede
/
for
I
am
nyghe
at
myn
ende
/
for
al
my
body
bledeth
/
take
that
hors
and
mounte
shewn
and
come
as
nyghe
to
me
as
thou
may
/
and
yf
I
may
lye
thwart
tofore
the
vpon
the
sadel
/
thou
mayst
lede
me
/
&
take
my
swerde
by
thy
syde
/
¶
Now
hast
thou
foure
that
been
moche
worthe
/
and
hye
and
depesshe
the
For
thys
day
in
the
mornyng
I
lefte
in
the
wode
that
thou
there
seest
here
by
fyfty
thousand
men
whyche
been
al
my
subgettes
/
&
commanded
/
them
that
none
shold
moeue
/
tyl
I
were
retorned
fro
the
bataylle
/
whan
Olyuer
vnderstood
hym
he
was
al
afrayed
and
abasshed
for
fere
/
but
not
wythstondyng
he
sayd
/
Syr
kyng
sythe
that
it
plese
you
I
am
contente
/
&
took
hym
thwart
the
hors
as
it
was
sayd
/
&
went
forth
on
the
waye
in
grete
sorowe
/
And
sodeynly
departed
out
of
the
wode
/
where
as
were
the
subgettes
of
Fyerabras
a
moche
fyers
paynym
named
bruyllant
of
Mommere
/
And
after
hym
Sortybrant
of
nonymbres
and
the
kynge
of
Mantryble
/
after
hym
maradas
/
Pynan
/
&
Tenebras
/
&
wel
fyfty
thousand
sarasyns
after
/
whan
Olyuer
sawe
theym
come
/
he
smote
the
hors
wyth
the
spores
/
but
the
charge
was
so
heuy
that
he
myght
not
goo
so
faste
as
his
enemyes
came
to
hym
/
whan
the
frensshe
men
sawe
the
paynyms
come
in
so
grete
nombre
/
anon
lyghtely
they
armed
them
/
And
emonge
other
rolland
/
Gherard
of
mondydyer
/
Guyllam
the
scot
/
naymes
of
bauyere
/
Ogier
/
Rychard
of
normandye
/
Guy
of
bourgoyn
Geffroy
lantiguy
/
Basyn
the
due
/
Thyery
of
ardeyne
/
And
Aubert
/
And
semblably
Reyner
of
genes
fader
of
Olyuer
faylled
not
/
Olyuer
saw
alonge
the
medowe
/
and
sawe
come
to
fore
thother
brullant
of
mōmyere
which
rode
on
an
hors
as
swyft
as
a
grehounde
and
made
grete
bruyt
emonge
the
other
/
For
it
semed
as
it
had
be
thonder
and
tempeste
/
and
bare
in
hys
honde
a
faus
dart
with
a
grete
lede
of
stele
square
and
sharpe
/
whyche
was
alle
enuenymed
wyth
the
blood
of
a
crapausd
and
was
ryght
daungerous
/
whan
Olyuer
sawe
hym
he
was
al
amo●ued
and
abasshed
/
and
sayd
to
Fyerabras
in
thys
manere
/
Sir
kyng
ye
must
nedes
descente
/
I
may
no
ferther
conduyte
●ou
/
wherfore
I
am
meruayll●usly
sory
and
dysplaysaunt
/
For
I
knowe
that
I
must
nedes
be
oppressyd
/
ye
see
it
wel
/
And
yf
they
may
attayne
I
shal
be
●ut
to
deth
/
And
Charles
shal
neuer
see
me
/
whyche
shall
be
to
hym
grete
dyscomforte
/
Thenne
anone
Fyerabras
cryed
with
an
hye
veys
/
O
noble
Olyuer
wyl
ye
now
leue
me
/
ye
haue
conquerd
me
/
to
you
I
am
yeuen
and
yelden
/
it
shal
not
be
reputed
noblesse
determyned
whan
I
am
youres
and
ye
forsake
me
Alas
poure
sorouful
and
caytyf
that
I
am
/
yf
I
deye
paynym
what
shal
come
of
me
/
Virgyn
marie
moder
of
god
haue
pyte
on
me
Vnworthy
that
I
am
to
retorne
me
to
you
/
And
after
he
sayd
to
Olyuer
I
am
conquerd
by
the
/
and
haue
promysed
to
the
that
I
shal
be
baptysed
/
Yf
thou
leue
me
/
thou
oughtest
lytel
to
be
preysed
/
Olyuer
ansuerd
Fyerabras
thou
spekest
as
a
knyght
/
But
I
auowe
to
god
and
to
the
courte
of
heuen
that
I
shal
not
leue
the
/
I
shal
take
the
bataylle
in
honde
for
the
and
shal
deffende
the
as
longe
as
I
shal
be
on
lyue
/
thou
mayst
wel
truste
therto
/
&
there
vpon
he
took
the
hauberk
of
the
sarasyn
/
and
wyth
suche
as
he
myght
haue
/
he
armed
hym
/
&
prestly
he
abylled
hym
/
and
put
on
his
heed
an
hatte
of
fyn
stele
/
and
helde
hys
swerde
drawen
named
haultelere
wyth
whiche
he
coude
wel
helpe
hym
/
&
hereupon
came
anone
brullant
wyth
his
faus
darte
&
atteyned
Olyuer
in
the
breste
&
gaf
hym
an
euyl
stroke
so
that
the
dart
brake
/
thenne
said
fyerabras
/
Syr
Olyuer
ye
haue
doon
ynough
for
me
/
For
ye
be
hurte
late
me
descende
doun
and
laye
me
a
parte
out
of
the
waye
to
th
ende
that
I
be
not
defoulled
of
these
sarasyns
ne
taken
and
destroyed
/
Therof
had
Olyuer
grete
compassyon
&
layed
Fyerabras
in
the
shadowe
of
a
pynapple
tree
forre
out
of
the
waye
and
whan
he
wold
haue
fledde
he
sawe
aboute
hym
wel
x
thou
sand
sarasyns
and
sayd
/
Alas
god
Ihesus
my
creatour
thou
knowest
myn
entencyon
/
I
requyre
the
to
gyue
me
grace
that
I
deye
not
at
thys
tyme
present
vnto
the
tyme
that
for
th
exaltacion
of
thy
fayth
I
may
be
wyth
Rolland
my
felawe
/
&
in
the
name
of
Ihesus
drewe
out
haulte
clere
/
and
came
in
to
the
waye
&
the
first
that
he
recountred
was
the
sone
of
the
grettest
lord
that
was
there
/
and
gaf
hym
suche
a
stroke
that
he
clefte
hym
to
the
breste
and
fyl
doun
dede
/
&
Olyuer
was
abylle
&
delyuer
and
took
fro
hym
hys
shelde
whyche
was
al
newe
/
for
in
the
bataylle
tofore
maad
he
had
loste
hys
/
&
also
he
had
his
spere
&
lete
hys
hors
renne
emonge
the
myscreauntes
/
And
atteyned
at
the
fyrst
stroke
Clorgys
/
&
smote
hym
vnto
the
hert
/
And
in
retornyng
he
slewe
thre
sarasyns
&
they
ranne
tofore
hym
as
sheep
tofore
the
wulf
whiche
is
hongry
/
Thenne
came
on
hym
mara
bas
/
Turgys
/
Sortybrant
of
conymbres
and
the
kyng
Margaris
/
and
they
cryed
with
an
hye
voys
to
gydre
/
by
Mahoun
our
god
/
thou
frensshe
man
thou
shalt
not
escape
vs
/
kepe
the
wel
for
by
vs
thou
shalt
deye
/
And
thenne
cam
Olyuer
emonge
his
enemyes
and
smote
and
slewe
on
al
sydes
/
And
the
saresyns
smote
on
hym
in
suche
wyse
that
it
was
grete
meruaylle
that
he
was
not
slayne
and
ouercomen
but
by
force
and
shotte
and
of
strokes
hys
hors
was
slayn
vnder
hym
/
And
he
beyng
on
the
erthe
as
sone
as
he
myght
he
aroos
/
and
beyng
afoot
sette
his
shelde
tofore
hym
whyche
he
had
goten
/
and
helde
fast
haultclore
whyche
was
alle
hys
comforte
for
to
socoure
hym
/
And
alwaye
whome
he
raught
/
fyl
doun
and
was
slayn
/
It
is
not
redde
in
ony
book
that
euer
ony
man
so
hurt
as
he
was
bare
hym
so
wel
and
dyd
so
grete
portemente
of
armes
/
¶
How
Olyuer
was
taken
&
blynfeld
pyteously
/
&
myght
not
be
socoured
by
the
Frensshe
men
capitulo
xvij
OLyuer
was
a
allone
on
fote
emong
the
sarasyns
ageynst
whome
he
made
grete
resystence
&
meruayllous
but
it
is
not
a
thynge
possyble
that
he
myght
escape
fro
theyr
handes
/
for
wyth
glayues
with
swerdes
and
with
faus
dartes
of
yron
they
pressyd
hym
so
fore
that
hys
shelde
was
perced
in
moo
than
xxx
places
/
&
whan
hys
hawberk
was
broken
&
perced
wyth
foure
sharpe
dartes
/
they
perced
and
wounded
hym
in
his
body
meruaillously
/
wherfore
by
veray
force
&
for
feblesse
he
fyl
to
the
erthe
/
&
there
they
took
hym
moche
outerageously
/
and
after
blynfelde
hys
eyen
&
bonde
hym
straytely
soo
that
he
myght
not
see
ne
wyst
not
where
he
was
/
&
they
sette
hym
vpon
a
good
hors
&
bonde
hym
surely
And
whan
thys
valyaunt
olyuer
was
thus
dyspourueyed
fro
al
helpe
/
fro
al
syght
/
fro
al
hope
and
fro
al
comforte
/
it
is
good
to
wete
that
he
was
in
grete
desplaysaunce
/
For
he
knewe
not
what
they
wold
doo
wyth
hym
/
Thenne
wyth
an
hye
voys
by
a
compassyon
of
hert
he
sayd
/
O
Charlemayn
kyng
of
noblesse
/
Emperour
of
valure
where
art
thou
now
/
&
knowest
thou
not
where
I
am
/
seest
thou
not
what
I
do
/
remembrest
not
me
/
Noble
felawe
Rolland
thou
art
all
a
slepe
/
am
I
deef
/
or
how
I
may
not
here
the
/
is
there
none
of
you
crysten
that
remembreth
me
/
These
and
suche
other
complayntes
makyng
/
the
kyng
Maradas
sayd
to
hym
/
Frensshe
man
what
someuer
thou
be
/
thou
spekest
of
folye
/
For
I
shal
not
ete
tyl
thou
be
hanged
/
These
sarasyns
ranne
wyth
olyuer
his
●yen
blynfelde
and
hys
hondes
straytly
bounden
in
the
garde
of
four
fals
tyrants
/
Thenne
vpon
thys
in
especyal
came
Rolland
Thyerry
&
al
the
peres
&
charles
hym self
also
/
but
thys
was
ouer
late
for
to
saue
Olyuer
/
wyth
grete
cryes
they
cryed
on
god
/
&
on
al
the
sayntes
of
heuen
/
And
wyth
grete
Ire
Rolland
smote
Corsuble
in
the
brest
Gherard
of
mondydyer
came
ayenst
Turgys
/
Ogyer
smote
athenas
/
And
Rychad
Amancdys
/
Guy
of
bourgoyne
atteyned
brullant
/
There
was
none
of
the
peres
of
fraunce
but
that
ouer
thre
we
hys
man
/
and
made
so
grete
dyscomfyte
of
the
sarasyns
/
that
they
were
al
empesshed
to
holde
them
to
gyders
and
to
goo
theyr
waye
/
but
the
other
paynyms
that
conduyted
Olyuer
wente
alwaye
forth
/
And
in
thys
bataylle
was
slayn
/
guyllam
gaultier
&
other
ynow
of
valyaunte
peple
/
&
many
other
of
the
moyen
people
&
laye
on
the
grounde
/
And
Gherard
de
mondydier
the
sone
of
Duke
Thyerey
and
geffroy
langeuyn
they
bonde
dylygently
to
theyr
horses
/
&
rode
aweye
wyth
them
hastely
/
but
whan
charles
sawe
theym
thus
fadde
/
for
angre
he
loste
almoost
hys
wytte
/
And
wyth
an
hyghe
voys
cryed
/
saue
kepe
and
socoure
the
barons
/
O
knyghtes
desloyal
that
ye
be
slowe
yf
they
lede
awaye
the
barons
neuer
shal
ye
fare
wel
/
whan
the
Frensshe
men
herde
Charles
thus
moeued
/
as
enraged
smote
theyr
horses
wyth
theyr
sports
and
wente
doun
of
a
mountayn
And
there
was
Rolland
fyrst
that
helde
hys
swerde
durandall
drawen
for
t
auenge
hym
fyersly
and
hym
that
he
atteyned
was
sure
to
passe
by
the
deth
/
For
he
was
al
enraged
by
cause
that
they
ledde
aweye
his
felowe
Olyuer
/
&
smote
a
paynym
that
he
clefte
hym
to
the
myddle
of
hys
body
/
at
that
tyme
rolland
bare
hym
myghtely
/
by
cause
of
the
multytude
of
the
paynyms
he
myght
not
passe
forth
for
to
socoure
the
barons
prysonners
/
and
chaced
them
more
than
v
myle
ferre
/
&
coude
not
approche
them
/
&
thenne
were
many
good
knyghtes
deed
morfounded
and
wery
/
And
not
wythstondyng
Rolland
sware
that
he
wold
neuer
retorne
/
tyl
the
barons
of
fraunce
were
taken
fro
the
handes
of
theyr
enemyes
/
But
he
myght
not
do
it
/
For
the
nyght
came
on
/
&
Wyst
neuer
whyther
to
goo
/
The
sarasyns
that
were
tofore
went
fleyng
alwaye
at
theyr
playsyr
/
¶
Thys
seyng
Charles
wyst
not
what
he
shold
doo
ne
say
/
For
he
doubted
that
the
paynyms
made
a
watche
&
a
ryere
garde
for
to
close
them
/
¶
And
therfore
by
force
they
must
leue
the
felde
in
ryght
grete
dysplaysyr
&
anguysshe
/
and
so
al
they
retorned
/
¶
The
second
partye
of
the
second
book
conteyneth
xvij
chapytres
&
speketh
of
the
tormente
of
the
barons
of
fraunce
/
&
how
they
that
were
taken
spaken
to
ballant
th
admyral
of
spayne
/
¶
How
fyerabras
was
founden
by
Charles
/
and
after
was
baptysed
and
heled
of
his
wounde
capitulo
primo
AFter
that
charles
knew
that
he
myght
not
haue
ageyn
Olyuer
ne
the
other
prysoners
/
it
was
force
to
hym
to
retorne
wyth
hys
people
for
the
nyght
was
thenne
to
them
greuous
/
&
also
in
retornyng
they
fonde
fyerabras
vnder
a
tre
languysshyng
to
whom
the
kyng
said
/
O
vnhappy
paynym
I
ought
wel
to
hate
the
/
for
by
the
been
my
men
prysonners
and
boste
/
thou
hast
take
fro
me
oliuer
one
of
the
best
byloued
that
I
had
emonge
al
thumayn
creatures
/
hym
that
hath
be
synguler
to
mayntene
my
good
name
/
&
by
the
in
the
ende
in
stede
of
Ioye
thou
yeldest
me
sorowe
/
whan
fyerabras
vnderstode
hym
he
sore
syghed
&
sayd
/
O
ryche
emperour
&
noble
the
moost
myghty
of
humayn
lygnage
/
In
t
honour
of
god
I
crye
the
mercy
&
pardone
me
/
It
is
trouthe
that
Olyuer
hath
conquerd
me
/
I
shal
not
hyde
it
/
and
I
haue
promysed
hym
that
I
shal
be
crystned
/
I
haue
left
&
forsaken
al
my
goddes
and
yelde
me
to
Ihesus
the
creatour
of
the
world
/
And
I
requyre
the
yet
that
I
may
be
baptysed
/
and
yf
I
were
heled
of
my
woundes
I
shal
enhaunce
to
my
power
the
crysten
fayth
/
&
many
sarasyns
shal
be
maad
crysten
/
and
by
my
moyan
the
holy
sepulcre
&
the
holy
reliques
shal
be
delyuerd
/
for
whome
ye
take
grete
payne
and
trauaylle
And
also
I
make
an
oth
to
you
by
god
in
whom
I
now
byleue
/
that
I
am
more
heuy
&
sory
for
Olyuer
that
noble
knyght
whiche
is
taken
prysonner
/
than
I
am
for
my
body
whyche
is
morrally
wounded
/
&
by
the
grace
of
god
we
shal
haue
hym
ones
/
wherfore
conclude
we
that
I
be
crystened
/
For
yf
I
deye
sarasyn
/
it
shal
be
to
you
reproche
/
¶
And
vpon
thys
Charles
whyche
had
grete
compassyon
on
hym
/
made
hym
to
be
borne
in
to
hys
ledgyng
by
his
barons
/
and
whan
they
saw
hym
so
hugely
membred
they
al
were
abasshed
of
his
gretenes
and
largenes
/
for
whan
he
was
v●armed
he
was
one
of
the
semelyest
men
that
euer
was
/
¶
And
al
the
Frensshe
men
gaf
grete
loss
and
honour
to
Olyuer
that
had
foughten
&
ouercomen
suche
a
man
/
and
as
he
was
vnclothed
/
partye
of
hys
woundes
opened
/
and
began
to
blede
/
wherof
hys
hert
faylled
/
&
fyl
doun
a
swoune
/
&
rolland
anone
lyfte
hym
vp
/
And
in
al
haste
they
made
redy
a
fonte
/
&
sente
for
th
achebysshop
Turpyn
and
Naymes
which
were
moche
Ioyous
of
this
that
the
paynym
shold
be
crystend
/
&
after
that
the
baptesme
was
redy
the
godfaders
gaf
hym
another
name
/
&
was
named
floren
/
but
as
longe
as
he
lyued
he
was
called
Fyerabras
/
and
thenne
he
was
layed
in
a
bedde
honourable
/
And
at
the
laste
ende
of
hys
dayes
he
was
a
saynt
/
and
god
shewed
for
hym
myracles
/
and
is
now
called
Saynt
Floren
of
Roye
/
And
thenne
anone
charles
made
hym
to
be
vysyted
by
his
medycynes
&
surgyens
wel
expert
&
sercheden
al
his
woundes
/
and
as
god
wolde
/
they
fonde
none
of
his
bowellys
entamed
ne
hurt
wherfore
the
leches
were
sure
for
to
delyuer
hym
al
hole
wythin
ij
monethes
next
after
comyng
/
In
makyng
this
vysytacion
the
Emperour
charles
was
present
&
sayd
to
fyerabras
/
yf
now
olyuer
&
the
other
barons
were
here
present
tofore
the
/
we
shold
wel
be
contente
/
And
charles
was
thenne
al
pencyf
and
heuy
moche
thynkyng
vpon
hys
barons
prysoners
but
he
maad
no
more
semblaunte
/
¶
How
Olyuer
&
his
felowes
were
presented
to
ballant
th
admyral
and
cruelly
passyoned
in
pryson
capitulo
ij
THe
sarasyns
after
they
had
the
barons
of
fraunce
tofore
named
for
prysoners
/
they
taryed
not
but
ranne
tyl
they
came
in
to
a
ryche
cytee
named
Agrymore
/
and
at
the
entre
of
the
sayd
cyte
they
sowned
and
blewe
vp
trumpes
makyng
grete
bruyt
/
whan
ballant
th
admyral
/
fader
of
Fyerabras
sawe
them
he
came
vnto
them
/
&
fonde
there
brullant
of
mōmyer
to
whome
he
sayd
/
O
brullant
my
frende
●●lle
to
vs
of
your
tydynges
/
how
ye
haue
borne
you
in
my
warre
and
affayres
/
haue
ye
taken
Charles
the
emperour
/
whyche
so
moche
is
redoubted
/
&
his
peres
of
fraunce
be
they
dyscomfyted
/
Brullant
sayd
to
hym
/
O
syr
admyral
the
tydynges
that
I
brynge
you
been
alle
otherwyse
and
of
lasse
valewe
than
ye
say
/
by
Charles
the
kyng
we
haue
been
almoost
defeated
and
dyscomfyted
/
For
of
hys
puyssaunce
it
is
a
meruayllous
thynge
/
Fyerabras
your
sone
is
with
hym
vaynquysshed
by
one
of
his
barons
/
and
is
made
crysten
/
&
he
was
taken
/
vaynquysshed
&
dyscomfyted
in
loyal
batayl
without
doyng
ony
treason
whan
th
admyral
vnderstode
this
he
fyl
to
th
erthe
al
in
a
traunse
And
or
he
came
ageyn
to
hys
mynde
it
was
a
grete
whyle
for
the
sowwe
that
he
had
of
hys
sone
/
and
whan
he
was
releued
he
cryed
wyth
an
hye
voys
/
O
dolaunt
vnhappy
that
I
am
/
ha
poure
caytyf
what
shal
bycome
of
me
/
O
Fyerabras
my
ryght
dere
sone
and
heyer
whyther
art
thou
gone
/
Fro
whens
cometh
thys
trespaas
/
wherfore
were
thou
taken
/
whyche
neuer
in
bataylle
were
wery
ne
had
reproche
¶
O
what
euyl
tydynges
been
brought
to
me
of
the
/
yf
he
be
crysten
I
am
sory
that
he
lyueth
I
had
moche
leuer
that
he
were
dysmembred
and
put
to
deth
/
&
thenne
as
a
man
feble
for
sorowe
fyl
doun
to
the
grounde
and
cryed
/
O
brullant
of
mommyere
what
is
betyd
of
the
noble
kyng
of
Cordube
/
and
of
my
neuewe
bruchart
/
sythe
my
sone
fyerabras
the
ledar
and
captayn
of
all
/
yf
it
be
trewe
that
he
be
lost
I
shal
smyte
oute
the
brayne
of
Mahommet
the
god
whiche
hath
promysed
to
me
so
moche
good
to
whome
I
haue
gyuen
my self
and
yolden
/
Thus
sayeng
alle
in
a
rage
he
tormented
hym self
greuously
vpon
the
grounde
/
And
whan
th
admyral
was
a
lytel
coled
of
hys
grete
yre
/
He
demaunded
of
Brullant
whiche
is
the
knyght
that
hath
vaynquysshed
fyerabras
my
sone
/
brullant
answerd
/
Syr
admyrall
your
sone
hath
be
conquerd
by
yonde
knyght
in
shewyng
Olyuer
/
whiche
was
so
fayr
&
wel
formed
&
membred
/
&
had
emonge
al
other
his
eyen
bended
/
Now
anone
sayd
th
admyral
of
spayn
hye
you
&
brynge
hym
to
me
/
for
I
shal
neuer
ete
tyl
〈…〉
membred
/
whan
the
frenssh
men
vnderstode
/
that
he
wold
do
put
Olyuer
to
deth
whiche
was
al
theyr
comforte
/
begonne
to
were
greuously
/
&
olyuer
whiche
vnderstode
it
sawe
them
waylle
/
be
recomforted
them
sayeng
in
suche
manere
/
that
the
sarasyns
wyst
not
what
they
sayd
/
My
lordes
&
my
brethern
ye
knowe
our
necessite
yf
th
admyral
might
know
that
we
be
of
the
peres
of
fraunce
our
lyues
shal
be
sone
termyned
for
for
no
thyng
shal
he
take
ryte
of
vs
/
but
that
we
shal
deye
shamefully
/
wherfor
I
praye
you
that
we
al
say
as
I
shal
begynne
to
whome
alle
the
other
frensshe
men
prysonners
dyd
consente
&
wold
say
&
do
lyke
as
he
counceylled
them
/
after
that
th
admyral
had
comanded
them
to
come
tofore
hym
/
the
paynyms
vnarmed
them
/
&
bonde
fast
theyr
hondes
/
&
blynfelde
theyr
eyen
/
wherof
they
were
moche
greued
&
daungerously
hurt
/
&
anon
th
admyral
furiously
demaunded
olyuer
/
the
frenssh
man
beware
that
y●
lye
not
but
say
to
me
the
trouthe
how
thou
arte
named
&
hyde
it
not
/
Olyuer
ansuerd
&
sayd
syr
I
am
named
engynes
sone
vnto
a
yeman
of
poure
lygnage
/
and
was
borne
in
lorayne
/
&
cam
on
a
tyme
to
the
courte
of
Charles
emperour
whiche
gaf
to
me
armes
/
&
after
adoubed
me
knyght
&
also
my
felawes
that
ye
see
tofore
you
ben
poure
knyghtes
aduenturous
/
&
haue
enterprysed
payne
to
serue
our
kyng
/
bycause
that
by
our
seruyce
we
myght
be
auaunced
&
haue
some
good
guerdon
&
rewarde
/
O
Mahoun
sayd
th
admyral
/
now
I
am
wel
deceyued
/
I
supposed
by
my
god
that
I
had
had
fyue
of
the
valyauntest
erles
of
fraunce
&
of
the
gretest
/
&
thought
I
had
the
kayes
of
fraunce
by
the
moyen
of
these
barons
/
&
anone
called
barba●as
his
chamberlayn
/
and
sayd
to
hym
anone
depesshe
the
take
these
frensshe
men
and
despoyle
them
/
&
bynde
them
harde
to
that
pyler
/
&
after
brynge
me
my
dartes
wel
sharped
wyth
yron
/
&
I
shal
shote
at
them
/
and
smyte
hem
at
my
playsyr
/
thenne
aroos
brullant
&
sayd
/
syr
admyral
I
praye
you
that
at
thys
tyme
/
that
ye
do
not
that
enterpryse
/
for
it
shal
not
be
wel
doo
ye
see
wel
that
it
is
in
the
euentyde
/
&
ouer
late
to
do
Iustyce
/
&
so
ye
myght
be
blamed
/
seen
that
your
seygnorye
ne
your
lordes
be
not
here
now
present
/
wherfore
I
praye
you
that
at
thys
tyme
ye
do
no
thyng
to
them
tyl
to
morowe
/
atte
houre
that
eche
man
knowe
it
/
&
your
Iugement
shal
the
better
be
approued
/
For
I
knowe
wel
that
they
haue
deserued
it
wel
euydently
/
And
on
that
other
syde
yf
charles
the
emperour
wold
yelde
ageyn
to
you
Fyerabras
your
sone
wyth
his
good
wylle
/
ye
myght
semblably
remyse
to
hym
these
frenssh
men
that
ye
now
haue
/
for
your
loue
sayd
th
admyral
I
am
contente
/
and
sente
for
Brutamont
whych
was
kepar
of
the
pryson
and
gaf
to
hym
grete
charge
to
kepe
the
frensshe
men
/
and
that
he
be
wel
f●●re
of
them
/
and
that
he
sette
them
in
suche
place
for
to
lerne
how
they
haue
wrought
folyly
for
to
come
in
to
hys
kepyng
/
¶
Of
the
pryson
wherein
that
the
Frensshe
men
were
lodged
/
And
how
they
were
vysyted
by
the
fayre
Florypes
doughter
of
the
admyral
/
and
of
the
beaulte
of
hyr
capitulo
iij
AFter
that
ballant
th
admyral
of
Spayne
had
commaunded
that
the
Frensshe
men
were
sette
in
greuous
pryson
/
brutamont
the
geayler
made
Olyuer
&
his
felawes
to
auale
doun
in
to
a
pryson
moche
daungerous
whyche
was
so
depe
and
strayt
in
the
grounde
that
no
lyght
myght
be
seen
/
in
the
which
were
put
&
nourysshed
serpentes
/
crapauldes
/
and
other
beestes
venemous
and
detestable
/
in
whyche
place
al
stenche
was
comprysed
and
there
passed
a
streme
of
the
salte
see
whiche
had
hys
entree
wythout
conduyt
/
by
whiche
water
myght
one
passe
whan
the
tyde
was
passed
/
&
or
the
kepar
of
the
pryson
went
he
blynfeld
them
&
shet
the
dore
aboue
them
&
they
beyng
in
this
fylthe
and
stenche
/
anon
the
water
came
so
habundantly
that
the
poure
frenssh
men
were
in
the
water
vnto
their
sholdres
/
Thenne
the
woundes
of
olyuer
began
to
smerte
by
cause
of
the
salte
water
that
it
perced
hys
hert
/
ye
may
wel
thynke
the
payne
was
grete
/
But
in
especyal
of
olyuer
which
was
hurt
mortally
in
many
places
&
had
grete
necessyte
of
remedye
/
&
he
was
in
a
place
where
al
his
paynes
were
renewed
&
his
woundes
opened
/
for
anon
as
he
felte
hym
bayned
in
the
salte
water
/
he
fyl
doun
a
swoune
&
had
be
dede
that
tyme
ne
had
be
gherard
de
mondydyer
who
susteyned
hym
/
&
ye
may
demaunde
me
how
they
were
not
drowned
seeyng
that
the
water
grewe
alwaye
/
ye
shal
vnderstonde
that
in
that
pryson
of
aduenture
were
two
grete
pylers
wel
xv
fote
hye
/
vpon
whiche
by
grete
force
they
gate
vp
olyuer
which
myght
not
helpe
hym
/
&
whan
olyuer
was
sette
therupon
/
in
grete
anguysshe
he
waylled
&
sayd
/
o
poure
man
&
vnhappy
/
put
vnder
by
fals
fortune
/
O
Reyner
my
dere
fader
/
for
goddes
sake
what
do
ye
knowe
ye
where
I
am
/
thynke
ye
what
I
make
/
knowe
ye
my
sorowe
/
ye
shal
neuer
see
me
/
this
sayeng
&
other
lamentable
wordes
of
desolacyon
/
the
valyaunt
man
Gherard
sayd
to
hym
/
Syr
oliuer
waybe
nomore
/
vnto
suche
a
knyght
as
ye
be
/
it
e●pperteyneth
not
to
make
suche
complainte
reioyce
we
our self
/
&
truste
we
in
god
/
whych
I
wold
it
plesed
that
now
we
that
be
here
were
aboue
at
large
al
armed
&
eche
a
good
swerde
in
his
hande
onely
/
for
I
make
a
vowe
to
god
/
that
or
we
shold
be
put
in
to
this
pytte
vnynguysshed
/
I
shold
put
to
deth
in
C
sarasyns
or
moo
the
frensshe
men
beyng
on
these
pylers
of
marble
afore
sayd
in
suche
wyse
sayeng
&
other
wordes
/
Florypes
the
syster
of
fyerabras
&
doughter
of
th
admyrall
herd
them
&
had
grete
compassyon
of
that
complayntes
that
Olyuer
made
/
this
doughter
was
yonge
&
not
maryed
was
wel
comprysed
of
body
/
resonable
of
lengthe
whyt
&
rody
as
rose
in
maye
/
hyr
heyre
was
shynyng
as
the
fyne
golde
/
&
hir
vysage
termyned
in
lytel
of
lengthe
/
and
hyr
chere
lawhyng
/
hyr
eyen
clere
as
fawcon
mued
/
&
sparklyng
lyke
ij
sterres
/
the
vysage
had
she
deuysed
moche
egally
/
her
nose
strayt
whiche
was
wel
semely
/
the
ij
browes
whiche
were
aboue
the
eyen
appyeryng
made
shadowe
/
hyr
chekys
rounde
whyt
as
the
flour
delys
a
lytel
tyssued
with
reed
/
&
vnder
the
nose
was
hyr
mouth
roundette
enhaunced
in
competent
space
fro
the
chynne
al
wel
proporcyoned
to
the
remenaunte
of
the
hede
/
with
litel
sholdres
strayte
&
egalle
/
&
tofore
aboue
the
gyrdle
hir
pappes
were
reysed
after
the
facyon
of
ij
apples
rounde
and
euen
as
the
coppe
of
a
ltel
montayn
/
And
she
was
cladde
wyth
a
robe
of
purple
meruayllously
ryche
fylled
&
pouldred
with
sterres
of
fyn
golde
/
whyche
was
made
of
one
of
the
fayrye
/
&
it
was
of
grete
vertu
/
for
the
persone
that
had
it
/
myght
neuer
be
poysonned
of
herbe
ne
of
venym
/
And
florypes
was
so
fayre
wyth
hyr
abyllements
/
that
yf
a
persone
had
fasted
iij
or
iiij
dayes
with
oute
etyng
/
&
he
myght
see
hyr
he
shold
be
replenysshed
&
fylled
&
more
ouer
she
bare
a
mantell
whiche
was
made
in
the
yle
of
colchos
of
a
woman
of
the
fayrye
/
there
as
Iason
gate
the
fliese
of
golde
/
as
it
is
redde
in
the
destructyon
of
troye
/
almoost
at
the
begynnyng
/
whiche
mantel
had
so
swete
an
odour
that
it
was
meruaylle
/
wherfor
of
the
beaute
of
this
damoysel
eche
man
meruaylled
/
&
as
I
haue
said
tofore
she
had
wel
herde
the
complaynt
of
the
frensshe
men
in
pryson
/
&
in
especial
of
Olyuer
of
whome
she
had
grete
pyte
and
departed
fro
hyr
chambre
with
xij
maydens
hir
subgettes
&
entred
first
in
to
the
halle
/
where
as
the
paynyms
were
moche
desolate
for
fyerabras
whiche
was
taken
&
many
other
grete
lordes
which
were
deed
/
&
whan
the
doughter
had
demaunded
tydynges
/
they
tolde
hyr
that
hir
broder
fyerabras
was
taken
&
vaynquysshed
/
wherfore
anone
she
made
a
grete
crye
/
and
syghed
for
anguysshe
/
thenne
was
al
the
sorowe
renewed
for
hyr
sake
emonge
them
/
&
whan
she
had
cessyd
a
lytel
of
wepyng
she
sent
anone
for
brutamont
&
sayd
to
hym
/
what
be
they
that
I
haue
herde
speke
in
the
pryson
that
ben
so
sorouful
¶
Madame
said
the
porter
they
be
frenssh
men
longyng
to
Charles
the
Kyng
whiche
neuer
cesse
to
destroye
our
lawe
/
she
our
peple
/
repreue
our
creaunce
/
and
sette
at
nought
our
goddes
/
&
haue
ben
aydyng
to
slee
Fyerabras
your
broder
/
emong
whom
ther
is
one
of
grete
valure
/
whyche
is
one
of
the
best
made
men
that
euer
was
knowen
/
and
hath
ben
so
myghty
that
he
conquerd
in
loyal
batayl
Fyerabras
/
Anone
floryres
had
enuye
to
here
hym
speke
/
&
sayd
to
brutamont
/
I
wyl
speke
with
hem
come
and
opene
the
pryson
for
I
wyl
knowe
of
theyr
fayt
brutamont
answerd
and
sayd
Madame
ye
shal
pardonne
me
/
ye
may
not
see
them
by
cause
of
the
fylthe
and
dyshoneste
of
the
place
/
it
apperteyneth
not
to
you
and
on
that
other
syde
your
fader
hath
deffended
me
that
noo
persone
shal
approche
the
pryson
And
I
remembre
me
now
wel
that
oftymes
by
a
woman
I
haue
knowen
somme
shamed
&
deceyued
/
whan
floripes
vnderstood
she
was
for
angre
almoost
fro
hyr
self
and
sayd
to
hym
/
O
euyl
glouton
despytous
oughtest
thou
to
yeue
me
suche
langage
/
I
promyse
the
that
I
shal
make
the
to
be
payed
shortly
/
&
called
hyr
chamberlayn
whyche
gaf
to
hyr
a
staffe
/
and
she
made
semblaunte
to
opene
the
pryson
and
brutamont
gaynsayed
it
/
&
sodeynly
she
seyng
the
porter
wythstonde
hyr
gaf
hym
suche
a
stroke
on
the
vysage
that
she
made
hys
eyen
flee
oute
of
hys
heed
&
after
he
fyl
doun
/
&
there
she
shewe
hym
/
&
threwe
hym
wythout
knowyng
of
the
sarasyns
in
to
the
pryson
where
the
frensshe
men
were
/
wherof
they
were
sore
aferde
and
abasshed
whan
they
herd
hym
/
wenyng
to
them
that
it
had
be
the
deuyl
which
wold
haue
tempted
&
deceyued
them
Thenne
anone
florypes
dyd
doo
lyght
a
torche
&
dyd
do
open
the
pryson
/
&
put
in
the
lyght
tofore
hyr
for
to
see
the
prysonners
&
cam
nyghe
to
the
pyler
&
sayd
to
them
/
¶
O●ye
lordes
telle
to
me
what
ye
ar
/
&
how
ye
be
named
hyde
ye
no
thyng
fro
me
/
Olyuer
ansuerd
&
said
/
My
fayr
lady
we
ben
of
fraunce
&
men
of
charle
mayns
/
&
haue
ben
brought
hyther
to
th
admyral
which
hath
comaunded
vs
to
be
here
in
thys
cruel
prison
/
&
moche
better
were
it
for
vs
that
he
dyd
vs
to
be
dysmembred
&
dye
/
than
tabyde
in
this
place
/
the
curtoys
florypes
not
withstondyng
that
she
was
not
crystened
had
so
grete
noblesse
&
so
grete
compassyon
and
said
to
them
/
I
promyse
you
that
I
shal
put
you
out
of
this
pryson
/
so
that
ye
promette
&
swere
/
that
ye
shal
helpe
me
to
that
that
I
shal
say
to
you
/
Olyuer
ansuerd
/
therof
madame
I
you
assure
/
&
that
ye
shal
fynde
vs
all
suche
by
effecte
as
ye
shal
desyre
&
faythful
&
trewe
/
For
neuer
were
we
other
ne
neuer
shal
be
&
be
ye
sure
that
we
shall
neuer
fayle
you
as
longe
as
we
shall
haue
lyf
in
our
bodyes
/
se
that
we
be
furnysshed
of
armes
/
&
been
aboue
for
to
meddle
wyth
the
sarasyns
/
I
shal
make
to
them
a
grete
dyscomfyte
/
vassal
sayd
the
doughter
/
ye
may
auaunte
you
ouer
moche
/
yet
ye
be
there
and
wel
ferre
for
to
be
oute
/
and
yet
menace
ye
them
that
ben
at
theyr
lyberte
/
It
is
better
a
man
wysely
to
be
stylle
/
than
folysshly
to
speke
/
Gherard
sayd
to
the
lady
/
Damoysel
I
shal
saye
to
you
one
worde
/
he
that
is
deteyned
and
strongely
empesshed
singeth
gladly
for
to
forgete
his
payne
and
melancolye
/
And
Floripes
byhelde
gherard
the
curtoys
whyche
excused
Olyuer
of
that
whyche
he
spake
ouer
hardyly
/
but
thys
was
not
grete
meruaylle
/
For
of
the
Ioye
that
olyuer
had
whan
the
lady
said
to
hym
that
they
shold
be
put
oute
of
pryson
/
hym
thought
thenne
to
be
out
&
armed
at
his
free
wylle
/
But
the
lady
sayd
to
gherad
/
¶
In
trouthe
syr
ye
can
wel
say
and
excuse
your
felowe
redyly
/
And
I
byleue
veryly
that
ye
can
wel
playe
with
maydens
of
eage
in
some
chambre
vnder
curteynes
&
dysporte
you
in
loue
/
I
trowe
ye
knowe
how
and
what
maner
/
Guillam
the
scot
answerd
and
sayd
/
by
my
sowle
madame
ye
say
soth
/
&
of
hym
ye
haue
wel
deuyned
/
for
fro
hens
vnto
iijC
myle
ye
shal
not
fynde
hys
pere
¶
How
the
frensshe
men
were
put
outo
of
pryson
and
were
vysyted
by
the
noble
mayde
Floripes
/
and
of
the
beaulte
of
hyr
chambre
capitulo
iiij
WHan
the
fayr
Florypes
had
spoken
at
hir
playsyr
wyth
the
barons
prysonners
she
called
hir
chamberlayn
/
and
made
hym
to
brynge
a
corde
&
a
staffe
bounden
ouerthwart
/
&
after
lete
it
doun
/
And
whan
the
frensshe
men
sawe
it
/
they
made
fyrst
Olyuer
to
goo
vp
/
&
the
lady
and
hyr
chamberleyn
drewe
hym
vp
by
grete
force
/
&
after
that
the
other
wente
vp
lyghtly
ynough
/
and
after
she
ledde
them
by
an
olde
gate
and
secrete
/
and
wythoute
knowyng
of
ony
paynym
she
made
them
to
entre
in
to
hyr
chamber
/
wherof
th
entre
was
made
meruayllously
after
the
sarasyns
werke
/
Aboue
the
chyef
yate
was
made
by
grete
scyence
/
the
heuen
&
the
sterres
/
the
sonne
/
the
mone
/
the
tyme
of
somer
&
of
wynter
/
wodes
montaynes
byrdes
beestes
&
fysshe
were
there
paynted
of
all
fygures
and
lykenesse
by
meruayllous
facyon
/
&
after
some
scryptures
/
the
sone
of
mathussale
dyd
do
make
it
/
And
thys
chambre
stood
vpon
a
blacke
roche
al
enuyronned
wyth
the
see
/
and
in
one
of
the
quarters
was
a
gardyn
pretoyre
meruaylously
fayr
/
wherin
floures
ne
fruytes
faylled
neuer
/
&
there
of
al
maladyes
and
sekenesses
sauf
onely
of
the
maladye
ot
deth
was
founden
comforte
and
good
helpe
/
There
within
grewe
mandegloyre
/
And
with
the
fayr
Floripes
were
in
the
gellerye
these
ladyes
Clarmondyne
/
florette
/
Florymonde
&
many
other
fayr
vyrgynes
/
And
hir
maistresse
named
maragonde
sayd
to
Florypes
/
A
madame
I
knowe
wel
these
frensshe
men
/
yonder
goodly
man
that
ye
there
see
is
Olyuer
whyche
is
sone
to
Reyner
of
genes
/
and
broder
to
Audeyne
one
of
the
fayrest
that
is
borne
of
a
woman
/
And
thys
is
he
that
hath
vaynquysshed
fyerabras
thy
broder
/
&
that
other
is
gherard
of
Mondidier
which
oftymes
hath
be
praysed
&
honoured
/
And
there
is
willyam
do
scot
/
&
the
camuse
whyche
is
the
hyndmest
/
is
geffroy
langeuyn
/
but
I
praye
to
my
god
mahomet
that
he
curse
me
yf
I
euer
ete
or
drynke
tyl
I
haue
tolde
your
fader
my
lord
th
admyrall
Floripes
anone
chaunged
al
her
colour
whan
she
herde
these
wordes
/
&
moche
secretly
she
reteyned
hyr
Ire
ayenst
hyr
/
&
called
thys
woman
to
hir
by
the
wyndowe
/
&
gaf
hyr
so
grete
a
stroke
that
she
fyl
to
the
grounde
/
and
called
her
varlet
whyche
cam
to
hyr
prestly
/
and
threwe
the
woman
in
to
the
see
/
For
Florypes
redoubted
moche
hyr
fader
&
his
malyce
/
&
whan
thys
olde
woman
tombled
in
to
the
see
/
Florypes
sayd
to
hyr
/
¶
Now
goo
thou
olde
&
despytous
wretche
/
thou
hast
thy
guerdon
/
I
am
now
sure
that
the
frensshe
men
that
ben
here
ne
shal
neuer
be
encombred
ne
in
daunger
by
the
/
and
herof
the
barons
made
grete
Ioye
/
&
thenne
Floripes
the
noble
lady
came
vnto
the
Frensshe
men
/
and
kyssed
them
swetely
&
whan
she
sawe
oliuer
whyche
was
al
blody
and
knewe
wel
that
he
was
hurte
she
sayd
to
hym
/
Syr
Olyuer
ne
doubte
ye
not
/
for
I
shal
rendre
you
anone
al
hole
and
in
good
helthe
/
&
wente
to
the
mandegboyre
and
took
a
lytel
/
&
anone
as
oliuer
had
vsed
it
/
he
was
al
hele
&
reduced
in
to
good
helthe
/
The
barons
beyng
in
this
noble
chambre
/
anone
had
good
fyre
/
and
after
were
sette
to
the
table
and
wel
pourueyed
of
al
good
vytaylle
and
delycyous
metes
/
of
whyche
they
had
grete
nede
/
bycause
of
the
grete
hungre
that
they
thenne
had
endured
/
and
after
mete
they
had
the
buynes
chauffed
/
And
thenne
they
bayned
and
refayted
them
at
theyr
ease
/
and
at
the
comyng
out
of
theyr
baynes
they
were
wel
adoubed
wyth
mantels
ryche
of
sylke
&
golde
broundred
/
&
thenne
Floripes
sayd
/
lordes
burons
ye
knowe
wel
how
I
haue
put
my self
in
grete
daunger
/
to
brynge
you
oute
of
pryson
mortal
/
and
ye
be
here
in
surete
/
as
ferre
as
no
man
hath
herde
vs
/
For
yf
of
aduenture
it
were
knowen
/
it
shold
torne
vs
to
euyl
/
I
am
not
in
doubte
/
Olyuer
whyche
is
here
present
hath
ouercomen
my
brother
to
whome
naturelly
I
ought
to
do
repre●f
/
I
knowe
you
wel
alle
/
be
ye
nothyng
abasshed
/
ye
knowe
wel
that
ye
haue
promysed
that
my
secrete
shal
be
hydde
emonge
you
/
and
after
the
sayd
Florypes
sayd
/
lordes
I
shal
say
to
you
/
there
is
a
knyght
in
frannce
whome
I
haue
longe
tyme
loued
/
he
is
named
guy
of
bourgoyne
/
whiche
is
the
moost
godelyest
man
that
I
knowe
&
is
of
the
parentage
of
Charlemayn
&
of
the
myghty
Rolland
/
¶
On
a
tyme
whan
I
was
at
Rome
I
sawe
hym
/
&
sythe
that
tyme
I
haue
gyuen
to
hym
myn
hert
/
whan
my
fader
the
admyral
destroyed
Rome
lucafar
of
bandas
which
was
moche
redoubted
emonge
the
Paynyms
/
&
the
sayd
guy
of
bourgoyne
Iusteden
to
gyder
/
but
the
sayd
guy
valyauntly
smote
hym
doun
to
the
erthe
from
hys
hors
whyche
moche
plesyd
me
/
And
took
in
gree
the
halyaūce
of
hym
in
suche
wyse
/
that
yf
I
haue
hym
not
to
husbond
/
I
shal
neuer
marye
/
And
for
the
loue
of
hym
I
wyl
be
baptysed
&
byleue
in
the
god
of
crysten
men
/
with
these
wordes
the
frensshe
men
were
moche
Ioyous
/
and
gyuen
grete
thankynges
to
god
for
the
good
wylle
of
thys
fayre
mayde
/
and
Gherard
de
mondydyer
sayd
to
hyr
/
Madame
I
swere
to
you
/
that
yf
we
now
were
armed
&
were
in
the
halle
emonge
the
sarasyns
we
shold
make
on
them
a
grete
dyscomfyture
/
But
florypes
was
wyse
and
sayd
/
lordes
late
vs
thynke
wysely
on
our
affayres
/
And
sythe
that
ye
be
in
surete
/
take
a
litel
reste
/
Loo
here
vj
maydens
of
grete
no
blesse
/
Eche
of
you
take
one
for
hys
owne
/
for
the
better
to
passe
wyth
the
tyme
&
reste
and
take
your
playsyr
/
And
I
shal
warante
you
/
For
as
for
my self
I
shal
neuer
haue
to
do
with
man
but
wyth
Guy
of
bourgoyne
to
whome
I
haue
gyuen
my
herte
Neuertheles
for
to
consyder
wel
this
chapytre
/
there
was
a
grete
werke
comprysed
/
whan
fyrst
florypes
the
curtoys
which
was
a
paynym
had
desyre
to
speke
wyth
the
frensshe
men
/
alle
this
toucheth
wel
the
desyre
&
wylle
of
wymmen
for
to
knowe
newe
thynges
and
tydynges
/
but
as
moche
as
touched
the
werke
that
she
dyd
ayenst
the
kepar
of
the
pryson
/
&
how
they
were
taken
oute
/
That
was
the
werke
of
a
man
wel
approued
/
and
it
had
ben
grete
damage
yf
those
barons
had
abyden
in
pryson
/
But
the
fayth
of
persones
doth
grete
alegement
of
tormente
/
for
the
sayntes
of
heuen
by
theyr
holy
fayth
haue
obteyned
heuen
/
and
many
other
terryen
men
/
victorye
of
theyr
enemyes
/
and
wyth
good
ryght
he
that
fyghteth
for
the
fayth
/
and
it
happe
that
he
be
deteyned
/
the
mercy
of
god
is
nyghe
for
to
delyuer
hym
/
The
cause
wherfore
they
were
delyuerd
fro
pryson
was
come
fro
ferre
/
that
was
of
rome
for
guy
of
bourgoyne
whome
she
had
in
loue
/
and
was
contente
for
to
be
baptysed
and
byleue
in
god
for
to
haue
the
sayd
guy
in
maryage
to
hyr
husbond
/
wherfore
it
may
not
wel
be
comprysed
how
loue
in
thys
damoysel
was
fyxed
and
comprysed
of
longe
affectyon
/
the
which
was
cause
of
sauyng
of
the
prysoners
/
whyche
were
as
I
haue
sayd
in
grete
daunger
/
¶
How
kyng
charles
sente
to
Ballant
th
admyral
seuen
peres
of
Fraunce
whyche
wold
not
haue
goon
capitulo
v
THe
Duc
of
genes
fader
of
Olyuer
/
which
myght
not
slepe
ne
ete
ne
drinke
for
the
sorowe
that
he
had
for
his
sone
/
whan
he
myght
no
lenger
endure
he
came
to
kyng
charles
and
sayd
to
hym
/
Syr
Emperour
for
the
loue
of
god
haue
pyte
on
me
/
ye
knowe
my
sorowe
ought
I
to
lose
olyuer
my
sone
for
whome
I
am
in
contynuell
anguysshe
/
yf
I
haue
none
other
tydynges
I
shal
deye
or
ij
dayes
of
melancolye
/
or
of
force
I
must
put
my self
on
the
waye
to
goo
thyder
/
whan
charles
vnderstode
hym
/
he
was
moeued
and
full
of
compassyon
for
the
melancolye
of
Reyner
/
&
sente
for
Rolland
and
sayd
to
hym
/
Fayre
neuewe
rolland
vnderstonde
me
To
morne
in
the
mornyng
thou
must
goo
to
Aygremore
&
shalt
say
to
ballant
th
admyral
wythoute
ony
hydyng
that
he
delyuer
to
the
the
crowne
of
Ihesu
cryst
&
the
other
relyques
/
for
which
I
haue
taken
grete
payne
And
after
aske
of
hym
my
barons
whom
he
holdeth
in
pryson
And
yf
he
wythsaye
the
/
say
to
hym
that
I
shal
hym
do
be
druwen
vylaynously
/
&
after
hange
hym
by
the
necke
/
his
eye
bounden
as
a
theef
/
whan
he
had
said
Rolland
answerd
/
Syr
kyng
and
fayre
vncle
haue
mercy
on
me
I
am
wel
sure
that
yf
I
goo
verayly
I
shal
neuer
see
you
/
¶
The
duke
naymes
was
there
whyche
sayd
syr
emperour
take
hede
what
ye
doo
/
Rolland
is
your
neuewe
/
ye
knowe
of
what
valewe
he
is
of
/
yf
he
goo
thyder
he
shal
neuer
come
ageyn
/
And
I
assure
you
sayd
Charles
that
ye
shal
goo
wyth
hym
and
bere
my
letters
that
I
sende
to
th
admyral
/
Thys
sayd
Basyn
the
genewey
came
forth
and
sayd
to
hym
/
&
how
syr
wyl
ye
thus
lese
your
knyghtes
/
I
am
certayn
that
yf
they
goo
as
ye
haue
sayd
that
there
shal
not
one
retorne
/
¶
Charles
sware
by
his
eyen
in
his
heed
that
basyn
shold
goo
wyth
the
other
tweyne
/
and
so
ther
shal
be
thre
/
Thyerry
duc
of
ardayne
sayd
lyke
to
thother
therfore
he
was
ordeyned
to
goo
also
/
Ogyer
the
danoys
semblably
sayd
they
ought
not
goo
/
and
therfore
he
was
ordeyned
to
bere
them
felywshyp
/
Rychard
of
Normandye
came
to
the
emperour
and
sayd
/
Syr
kyng
I
am
al
abasshed
how
ye
haue
noo
pyte
of
your
knyghtes
/
whyche
wyllyngly
ye
wyl
make
them
to
deye
/
I
wote
wel
yf
they
goo
thyder
ye
haue
loste
them
/
by
the
god
on
whome
I
byleue
sayd
charles
/
ye
shal
goo
wyth
the
other
/
and
thenne
shal
ye
be
vj
for
to
bere
my
letters
to
ballant
th
admyral
whome
I
soo
moche
hate
/
And
after
he
behelde
guy
of
bourgoyne
and
sayd
to
hym
come
to
me
/
ye
are
my
cosyn
and
of
my
next
parentage
/
ye
shall
be
the
seuenth
for
to
doo
my
message
to
th
admyral
of
spayne
/
And
ye
shal
say
to
hym
that
I
purpose
to
baptyse
hym
/
&
that
he
holde
of
me
his
Royame
/
hys
townes
and
hys
cytees
/
&
that
he
delyuer
to
me
the
relyques
for
whome
I
take
on
me
soo
grete
payne
and
trauaylle
/
And
yf
he
gaynsaye
it
/
say
ye
to
hym
that
I
shal
doo
hange
hym
/
and
make
to
dye
vylaynously
/
alas
sayd
Guy
of
bourgoyne
/
ryght
dere
syr
and
emperour
I
knowe
now
wel
that
ye
wyl
lese
me
/
yf
I
goo
I
am
sure
I
shal
neuer
retorne
/
&
thenne
at
euen
they
went
al
to
souper
/
And
on
the
morne
assone
as
the
sonne
aroos
the
seuen
barons
aforesayd
came
tofore
Charles
/
And
syr
Naymes
said
for
them
al
/
Emperour
of
noblesse
redoubted
in
al
places
/
we
been
here
for
t
obey
thy
commaundement
/
we
praye
the
that
thou
gyue
vs
lycence
and
congie
for
to
departe
/
&
yf
there
be
ony
persone
here
present
/
or
in
al
th
excersyte
that
hath
trespaced
to
vs
we
pardonne
hym
/
&
semblably
yf
we
haue
offended
to
ony
/
In
t
honour
of
god
that
it
be
pardonned
to
vs
/
with
these
wordes
all
the
frensshe
men
that
were
present
began
to
wepe
for
pyte
/
And
charles
sayd
to
the
barons
/
Ryght
dere
and
wel
by
loued
vnto
god
of
heuen
I
commaunde
you
/
and
the
meryte
of
his
holy
passyon
and
of
the
holy
crosse
be
in
your
ayde
&
comfort
And
so
they
departed
on
theyr
waye
hastely
/
transportyng
them
vnto
the
straunge
contraye
/
¶
How
the
admyral
sente
xv
kynges
sarasyns
to
Charles
for
to
haue
ageyn
fyerabras
/
which
were
recountred
by
the
pe●es
of
fraunce
and
slayn
capitulo
vj
IN
aygremore
was
thenne
ballant
th
admyral
al
sorowful
and
angry
/
&
had
sente
for
xv
kynges
sarasyns
for
to
haue
theyr
counceyll
whiche
at
hys
commaundement
came
/
&
one
maradas
the
moost
fyerce
of
the
xv
spake
fyrst
to
ballant
and
sayd
/
Syr
admyral
wherfore
hast
thou
sente
for
vs
/
ballant
answerd
and
sayd
bordes
I
shal
say
to
you
the
trouth
Charlemayn
of
fraunce
requyreth
of
me
grete
folye
/
For
he
wyl
that
I
be
subgette
to
hym
/
&
that
I
holde
al
my
londes
of
hym
but
thys
shal
not
be
/
and
he
is
a
moche
fole
me
thynketh
to
entrepryse
suche
folyes
/
It
were
better
to
hym
to
take
hys
playsyr
to
slepe
/
&
reste
in
his
chambres
hys
olde
body
/
&
praye
god
in
his
chyrches
/
and
ete
suche
as
he
hath
/
Neuertheles
I
counceyl
you
that
ye
goo
to
hym
to
mormyonde
where
as
he
is
lodged
/
and
say
to
hym
that
I
comaunde
hym
olde
dotard
that
he
byleue
in
mahoun
our
god
wythoute
delaye
/
&
aboue
that
/
for
to
sende
and
yelde
to
me
ageyn
my
sone
Fyerabras
for
whome
I
am
detryned
in
grete
anguysshe
and
sorowe
/
And
furthermore
I
wyl
that
he
holde
of
me
al
Fraunce
and
hys
regyons
/
and
yf
he
do
not
as
ye
shal
deuyse
/
I
shal
goo
fetche
hym
wyth
an
hondred
thousand
men
armed
/
And
yf
by
aduenture
ye
fynde
in
your
waye
ony
crysten
man
/
smyte
of
his
heed
wythout
ony
mercy
whan
th
admyral
had
sayd
Maradas
answerd
/
Syr
admyrall
I
knowe
now
wel
that
ye
wyl
haue
vs
destroyed
/
for
the
frenssh
men
ben
moche
felons
/
And
yf
we
say
that
ye
haue
purposed
/
he
shal
sone
make
an
ende
of
vs
/
for
we
shal
be
dysmembred
/
but
byleue
ye
not
that
I
say
thys
for
cowardyse
or
for
to
eschewe
your
commaundement
but
that
I
wyl
accomplysshe
it
/
F●●
I
haue
suche
courage
that
yf
by
aduenture
I
medle
wyth
these
crysten
men
I
shal
put
to
dethe
ten
or
I
be
wery
/
And
yf
I
do
not
as
I
haue
sayd
/
I
wyll
that
ye
do
smyte
of
my
hede
/
alle
his
felawes
fayden
that
eche
of
them
shold
do
as
wel
as
Mamdas
/
wherfore
wythoute
more
delyberacyon
they
wente
to
horsebacke
wel
armed
&
grete
speres
in
theyr
hondes
/
with
penouns
reysed
puyssauntly
/
and
Iourneyed
forth
on
theyr
waye
/
and
rested
not
tyl
they
passed
the
brydge
of
mantryble
/
&
assone
as
they
myght
they
passed
ouer
And
the
frensshe
men
afore
named
came
and
recountred
those
sarasyns
/
And
fyrst
duc
Naymes
espyed
them
/
&
sayd
to
his
felowes
/
O
lord
god
of
heuen
what
enterpryse
hath
these
sarasyns
made
/
See
ye
not
them
how
they
come
ayenst
vs
wyth
grete
puyssaunce
/
aduyse
we
vs
what
is
best
to
doo
/
Rolland
sayd
my
lordes
ne
doubte
ye
noo
thynge
/
Beholde
and
see
them
/
they
be
not
passyng
xx
or
xxx
/
late
vs
ryde
strayte
to
them
/
They
alle
were
of
his
oppynyon
and
ryde
forth
fast
ayenst
them
/
¶
Of
the
partye
of
the
sarasyns
was
Maradas
puyssaunt
&
wel
armed
whyche
went
and
sayd
to
the
frensshe
men
/
how
be
ye
so
Infortunat
and
cursed
to
come
and
mete
wyth
vs
/
and
ye
be
cristen
Duke
Naymes
ansuerd
what
someuer
thou
be
thou
spekest
by
laynnously
and
ouer
folysshly
we
be
men
longyng
to
the
redoubted
emperour
Charles
/
and
goo
in
hys
name
to
do
a
message
to
Ballaut
th
admyral
/
Maradas
sayd
to
hym
ye
be
in
daunger
wyl
ye
defende
you
or
doo
otherwyse
/
Naymes
ansuerd
we
wyl
defende
vs
by
the
helpe
of
Ihesu
our
maker
/
maradas
said
which
of
you
dare
Iuste
ayenst
me
/
I
am
al
redy
sayd
Naymes
/
Maradas
sayd
thou
arte
moche
presumptuous
/
For
yf
I
had
suche
ten
as
thou
arte
/
I
wold
confounde
them
al
wyth
my
swerde
and
bere
theyr
hedes
to
th
admyral
/
wythout
gretely
to
wery
me
/
and
after
sayd
to
hys
felawes
herkene
hyther
syrs
/
I
wyl
that
no
persone
of
you
moeue
/
For
I
allone
wyl
conquere
them
alle
/
and
after
I
shal
present
them
to
ballant
th
admyrall
whan
rolland
had
herde
he
was
almoost
araged
for
anger
/
and
after
sayd
to
Maradas
/
thou
hast
folyly
spoken
/
and
thought
thyng
/
whyche
thou
shalt
neuer
see
/
or
it
be
euen
thou
shalt
knowe
what
we
can
do
/
kepe
the
fro
me
for
I
deffye
the
/
And
whan
he
had
thus
sayd
he
broched
hys
hors
wyth
his
spores
sharply
/
And
they
recountred
soo
harde
with
their
speres
square
&
sharpe
that
it
was
grete
meruayle
that
bothe
were
not
dede
with
the
stroke
theyr
hawberks
were
al
to
broken
/
And
wyth
theyr
swerdes
they
smote
the
helmes
rychely
wrought
/
Rolland
was
so
furyous
that
he
he
helde
durandal
and
araught
maradas
vpon
his
helme
that
he
descerkled
and
departed
it
/
&
after
by
grete
force
recouerd
hys
stroke
vpon
hys
bare
hede
and
clefte
it
vnto
vnder
hys
brayne
/
and
al
dede
maradas
fyl
doun
to
th
erthe
/
whan
the
other
sawe
kynge
Maradas
dede
/
and
that
Rolland
wolde
haue
borne
awaye
hys
heed
/
they
loked
eche
on
other
/
as
al
alasshed
/
and
concluded
to
take
vengeaunce
on
the
frensshe
men
/
and
ronnen
vpon
rolland
for
to
haue
put
hym
to
deth
/
but
he
deffended
hym
ouer
meruayllously
/
And
there
vpon
that
one
partye
came
vpon
that
other
/
&
helde
them
in
bataylle
so
valyauntlye
/
in
especyal
the
frensshe
men
ayenst
the
sarasyns
that
alle
the
paynyms
were
slayne
/
&
none
saued
of
the
xv
but
one
/
whiche
fledde
whan
he
sawe
his
felowes
dede
/
and
went
for
to
shewe
how
they
were
destroyed
by
the
frenssh
men
/
&
neuer
cessed
tyl
he
came
to
th
admyral
/
To
whome
th
admyral
sayd
/
Syr
kynge
ye
be
wel
hasty
to
retorne
/
telle
me
now
how
ye
haue
done
/
That
other
sayd
to
hym
syr
admyrall
by
mahoun
it
gooth
ryght
euyl
beyonde
the
brydge
of
mantryble
we
recountred
seuen
glotons
of
fraunce
which
were
men
of
kyng
Charles
al
enraged
/
and
sayd
that
they
came
in
hys
name
to
do
a
message
vnto
you
/
&
after
they
ranne
vpon
vs
/
and
haue
doon
theyr
deuoyr
so
gretely
ayenst
vs
/
that
al
be
dede
sauf
I
/
whyche
am
escaped
wyth
grete
payne
for
to
come
and
shewe
to
you
/
whan
th
admyral
vnderstode
thys
he
was
almoost
dede
for
sorowe
of
the
deth
of
hys
kynges
aforesayd
/
¶
Of
the
meruayllous
bridge
of
Mantryble
/
of
the
trybute
there
payed
for
to
passe
ouer
/
and
how
wyth
fayr
wordes
●e
frenssh
men
passed
ouer
the
said
brydge
capitulo
vij
WHan
the
frensshe
men
a
foresayd
had
put
to
deth
the
sarasyns
they
were
al
trauaylled
and
wery
/
and
wente
and
rested
them
in
a
medowe
al
grene
and
ful
of
swete
floures
/
and
after
sayd
the
duc
naymes
/
my
lordes
I
〈◊〉
ylle
you
that
we
retorne
to
Charles
and
say
to
hym
how
we
haue
doon
/
&
I
wote
wel
that
he
shal
be
wel
contente
whan
he
shall
knowe
how
we
haue
gouerned
vs
/
Thenne
Rolland
answerd
and
sayd
/
How
Syr
naymes
speke
ye
of
retornyng
/
Speke
not
therof
/
For
as
longe
as
I
may
holde
durandal
in
my
hond
by
the
playsyr
of
god
I
thynke
not
to
retorne
/
For
we
wyl
doo
our
message
to
ballant
th
admyral
how
someuer
it
be
/
and
late
vs
do
one
thynge
/
wherof
euery
man
shal
speke
/
late
eche
of
vs
take
one
of
these
hedes
/
and
we
shal
presente
them
to
th
admyral
/
Naymes
sayd
to
hym
/
syr
rolland
it
semeth
that
ye
he
oute
of
your
wytte
/
For
yf
we
do
so
we
shal
be
anone
slayn
/
Thyery
and
the
other
were
of
th
oppynynyon
of
Rolland
/
and
so
eche
of
them
took
an
hede
/
and
rode
forth
on
theyr
waye
/
Duc
naymes
was
the
fyrst
that
wente
&
behelde
the
brydge
of
mantryble
whyche
was
meruayllous
as
ye
shal
here
/
and
sayd
to
hys
felowes
/
lordes
ye
shal
vnderstonde
that
beyonde
the
brydge
is
Aygremore
/
where
we
shal
fynde
th
admyral
/
Ogyer
th●
danoys
sayd
be
byhoueth
fyrst
to
passe
by
thys
brydge
whych
is
moche
daungerous
/
There
ben
xxx
ar●●s
of
marble
wel
spacyous
&
brode
whyche
been
soulded
wyth
had
and
cyment
/
&
with
grete
barees
of
yron
/
wpon
whyche
brydge
been
grete
towres
wyth
fayr
pylers
rychely
ordeyned
/
&
the
walles
ben
of
grete
strengthe
For
at
the
lowest
may
wel
be
mesured
ten
ellys
a
brede
/
hyt
is
soo
brode
that
xx
knyghtes
may
goe
arme
in
arem
at
their
ease
/
&
there
is
a
drawe
brydge
for
to
drawe
vp
/
whyche
descendeth
wyth
ten
grete
chaynes
of
yron
/
And
aboue
on
hye
is
an
egle
of
golde
moche
replendysshaunte
and
shynyng
lyke
the
sonne
/
that
it
semeth
that
it
were
a
flame
of
fyre
whyche
is
seen
a
large
myle
ferce
/
and
the
ryuer
that
passeth
vnder
is
named
flagot
/
whyche
is
byuethe
the
arche
by
mesure
xv
foot
/
and
renneth
so
Inpytuously
as
a
quarel
out
of
an
arbalastre
/
in
suche
wyse
that
neyther
lote
ne
galeye
may
passe
ouer
for
the
grete
cours
of
the
water
/
And
more
ouer
this
brydge
is
kepte
wyth
a
geaunte
for
th
admyral
/
whyche
geaunte
is
named
Galafre
/
one
of
the
moost
terryble
of
humayn
people
/
And
he
holdeth
a
grete
axe
of
stele
for
to
destroye
them
that
wyl
doo
ageynst
hys
wylle
/
And
who
that
wyl
speke
wyth
th
admyral
must
nedes
passe
by
hym
/
Seygnours
sayd
rolland
doubte
ye
no
thynge
I
praye
you
care
not
for
passyng
ouer
the
brydge
/
For
I
swere
to
you
that
as
longe
as
it
shal
please
god
to
slepe
my
body
&
that
I
may
holde
durandal
in
my
honde
I
shal
not
doubte
ony
paynym
the
balewe
of
a
peny
what
someuer
he
be
/
And
by
god
that
henge
on
the
crosse
I
shal
smyte
the
porter
yf
he
come
tofore
me
what
someuer
shal
happe
/
Duc
naymes
of
bauyere
reprysed
hym
/
Rolland
ye
speke
not
wysely
It
is
not
good
to
gyue
a
stroke
for
to
receyue
therfore
fyftene
/
late
me
do
/
For
by
the
playsyr
of
god
and
of
hys
sayn●es
I
shal
say
to
hym
suche
lesynges
and
other
thynges
that
we
shal
passe
wythoute
daunger
/
whan
the
frensshe
men
came
tofore
the
brydge
/
the
porter
toke
an
hondred
knyghtes
&
came
&
aualed
the
lytel
brydge
wyth
as
many
guysarmes
&
other
glayues
of
defence
/
The
fyrst
that
went
byfore
was
due
naymes
/
with
hys
whyte
heeres
/
for
he
was
older
than
ony
of
the
other
/
Anon
the
porter
passed
ouer
&
toke
Naymes
by
the
honde
&
drewe
hym
ouer
/
&
after
sayd
to
hym
/
why
ther
wylt
thou
goo
/
Naymes
ansuerd
I
shal
say
you
the
trouth
we
be
men
of
charles
the
noble
emperour
/
&
goo
to
Aygremore
to
do
a
message
to
ballant
th
admyral
/
But
certeynly
he
hath
quytte
his
contreye
of
fals
peple
for
it
is
not
longe
tyme
passed
that
on
the
felde
we
fonde
xv
gloutons
/
whyche
wold
haue
taken
fro
vs
our
lyf
&
our
horses
Neuertheles
we
haue
gouerned
them
in
suche
manere
that
here
ben
the
hedes
/
beholde
them
wel
whan
they
be
yf
ye
byleue
me
not
whan
the
porter
herde
hym
he
was
almoost
oute
of
hys
wytte
for
angre
/
&
sayd
to
Naymes
/
vassal
vnderstonde
me
/
ye
must
paye
the
passage
of
the
brydge
tofore
al
thyng
/
Duc
Naymes
sayd
/
porter
/
demaunde
what
ye
ought
to
haue
/
&
we
shal
contente
you
/
by
mahoun
sayd
the
porter
it
is
not
a
lytel
/
For
I
aske
of
you
xxx
couple
houndes
after
an
C
maydens
chaste
&
of
good
maners
/
an
C
fawcons
mewed
/
an
C
palfroyes
in
good
poynte
&
rested
/
and
for
euery
foot
of
the
horses
a
marke
of
fyn
gold
/
&
atte
last
I
must
haue
ii
sommyers
charged
with
golde
&
syluer
/
thus
ought
ye
paye
/
or
ellys
come
not
here
/
and
he
that
may
not
paye
the
trybute
tofore
deuysed
/
he
must
lese
hys
heed
wythoute
other
excusacyon
/
duc
Naymes
was
not
abasshed
/
Not
withstondyng
that
he
knewe
the
occasyon
that
the
porter
sought
that
they
shold
deye
/
by
cause
that
it
was
not
possyble
to
paye
that
he
had
deuysed
/
&
ansuerd
to
the
porter
in
this
manerr
/
and
sayd
/
Syr
porter
yf
I
owe
noo
more
than
ye
haue
sayd
ye
shal
be
contente
or
mydday
be
passed
Our
bagayge
cometh
after
vs
/
and
harnoys
more
in
nombre
than
an
hondred
thousand
/
where
there
be
maydens
fayr
/
&
gentyl
fawcons
/
&
dogges
grete
ple●te
/
hawberks
/
helmes
and
good
sheldes
wythoute
nombre
/
And
many
other
Iewellys
noble
and
ryche
/
take
of
them
as
it
shalle
playse
your
wylle
/
¶
The
portyer
supposed
that
he
had
said
trouthe
/
and
was
wel
contente
and
lete
the
brydge
doun
/
and
after
they
passed
ouer
lyghtly
Rolland
which
myght
not
forbere
lawhyng
sayd
/
In
trouthe
syr
Duc
Naymes
ye
haue
wel
spoken
/
for
by
lesynges
we
passe
thys
brydge
/
and
rolland
came
behynde
alle
the
other
/
&
whan
they
were
a
lytel
forth
vpon
the
brydge
/
Roulland
encountred
a
Turke
/
and
sythe
sayd
in
his
courage
/
A
lord
god
of
paradys
/
late
me
do
a
thynge
wherof
thow
mayst
he
honoured
and
alle
thynge
happe
wel
/
and
with
oute
sayeng
of
ony
worde
to
his
felowes
/
he
lyghted
doun
from
hys
hors
/
and
toke
thylke
turk
by
the
myddel
/
and
threwe
hym
bastely
in
to
the
ryuer
/
¶
Duc
Naymes
loked
behynde
hym
/
and
sawe
the●paynym
falle
/
and
was
moche
angry
and
sayd
/
lord
god
of
heuen
I
trowe
the
deuyl
is
in
the
body
of
Roulland
/
he
can
haue
noo
pacyence
in
hym
/
and
yf
god
helpe
vs
not
he
shal
cause
vs
al
to
be
slayn
and
vylaynsly
deye
/
For
Rolland
was
so
fyers
of
courage
that
he
toke
none
hede
of
the
tyme
ne
the
place
how
to
gruerne
hym
/
but
wold
alwaye
auenge
hym
on
his
enemye
/
where
he
myght
fynde
hym
¶
How
the
barons
came
and
spake
to
the
Admyrall
/
and
how
they
dyd
theyr
message
capitulo
viij
THe
barons
afore
sayd
whan
they
had
passed
the
brydge
and
were
nyghe
vnto
aygremore
where
as
ballant
was
they
entred
in
to
the
towne
in
good
ordynaunce
/
and
wyth
countenaunce
of
fyersnes
and
of
noblesse
/
And
they
sawe
in
the
stretes
fawcons
and
other
byrdes
of
proye
vpon
the
perches
/
grete
oxen
and
buefs
slayn
&
flayn
fayre
hangyng
and
grete
swyn
strangled
/
and
they
recountred
a
sarasyn
whome
they
demaunded
where
th
admyral
was
And
he
shewed
hym
to
them
/
where
he
satte
vnder
a
tree
in
the
shadowe
/
and
thenne
they
alyghted
and
duc
Naymes
sayd
my
fayre
lordes
I
shal
bere
the
letter
and
shal
speke
fyrst
/
and
ye
after
/
Roulland
was
there
and
present
hym
and
wold
by
force
haue
spoken
fyrst
/
&
duc
Naymes
sayd
to
hym
/
Say
not
one
worrd
for
ye
be
al
fro
your self
wythoute
hauyng
attemperaunce
but
god
do
not
to
vs
grete
grace
ye
shal
make
vs
alle
to
deye
or
the
day
be
passed
/
And
herupon
they
entred
and
presented
them
al
tofore
the
admyral
wythoute
ony
reuerence
/
And
duc
Naymes
of
bauyere
spake
fyrst
in
thys
manere
/
The
maker
of
alle
the
world
to
whom
onely
ought
to
be
gyuen
creaunce
entyere
and
honoure
/
saue
and
kepe
the
noble
kyng
charlemayn
puyssaunt
stronge
&
wyse
emperour
rolland
&
olyuer
&
al
the
other
pyeres
of
fraunce
/
and
confounde
fro
the
toppe
of
the
hede
vnto
the
plantes
of
the
f●et
the
Admyral
here
present
as
moche
as
tofore
yesterday
hys
subgettes
were
euyl
pourueyed
beyonde
the
bridge
of
mantryble
/
we
fonde
fyftene
glotons
on
the
felde
which
wold
haue
taken
from
vs
our
horses
/
and
do
to
vs
vylonnye
/
but
god
of
heuen
be
thanked
they
bought
it
gretely
and
dere
¶
whan
the
Admyral
vnderstoode
this
langage
/
vnnethe
he
myght
kepe
hym self
fro
enragyng
/
And
there
tofore
hym
came
the
kyng
that
escaped
/
of
whome
I
haue
spoken
tofore
and
sayd
to
th
admyral
in
thys
manere
/
Ryght
dere
syr
thynke
to
aduenge
you
/
These
been
the
seuen
glotons
of
whyche
I
tolde
to
you
/
whyche
haue
slayn
your
kynges
/
and
haue
doon
to
you
suche
vylonnye
The
admyral
Ballant
ansuerd
late
them
be
for
thys
tyme
/
and
sythe
after
sayd
to
Naymes
the
duc
that
he
shold
fynysshe
hys
message
/
And
the
duc
ansuerd
that
he
so
do
wold
gladly
/
and
sayd
in
thys
manere
/
The
grete
noble
kyng
of
Fraunce
commaundeth
the
/
that
thou
rendre
to
hym
the
crowne
with
whyche
the
blessyd
Ihesu
Cryste
was
crowned
wyth
/
and
the
other
relyques
for
whome
he
hath
taken
grete
trauaylle
and
payne
/
&
also
his
knyghtes
whom
thou
holdest
in
pryson
folysshly
/
and
yf
thou
do
not
as
I
haue
to
the
deuysed
/
Charles
shal
make
the
to
be
hanged
by
the
necke
on
a
gybet
and
strangled
vylaynously
/
Th
admyral
ballant
replenysshed
of
an
entencyon
moche
oultrageous
/
sayd
to
Naymes
the
duc
/
Thou
hast
gretely
defouled
me
by
oultrage
/
and
I
haue
wyllyngly
herde
the
/
Goo
forth
and
sytte
doun
by
yonde
pyler
/
&
these
other
shal
speken
whom
I
haue
not
yet
herde
/
Mahommet
my
god
to
whome
I
haue
gyuen
my self
/
gyue
me
an
euyl
deth
yf
euer
I
ete
or
drynk
tyl
I
see
thy
hede
flee
fro
thy
sholdres
/
The
duc
Naymes
ansuerd
yf
it
playse
god
my
maker
&
his
blessyd
moder
thou
shalt
haue
made
a
lesyng
/
After
hym
spake
Rychard
duc
of
Normandye
&
said
vnderstonde
me
syr
admyral
Charles
the
kyng
with
his
lerde
florysshed
comandeth
the
by
me
that
thou
do
the
baptyse
for
tamende
thy
ryght
euyl
lyf
/
&
that
thou
sende
to
hym
the
relyques
that
thou
hast
in
thy
puyssaunce
/
&
also
that
thou
rendre
to
hym
hys
knyghtes
whyche
thou
holdest
wythout
reson
for
prysoners
/
&
yf
thou
do
not
as
thou
hast
herde
charles
shal
do
hange
the
by
the
necke
on
a
gybet
&
strangle
y●
/
&
shal
neuer
haue
mercy
on
the
/
Th
admyral
ballant
supposed
to
haue
knowen
hym
&
sayd
thus
mahommet
in
whom
I
byleue
curse
the
thou
resemblest
wel
Rychard
of
normandye
/
whych
slewe
my
vncle
corsuble
/
Now
wold
Mahoun
the
god
that
he
were
here
he
shold
neuer
ete
mete
tyl
he
were
dede
/
Goo
and
syfte
doun
by
thy
felowe
vnto
I
haue
herde
thy
felowes
/
After
thys
thenne
came
basyn
the
genewey
&
stode
tofore
ballant
and
sayd
/
Ballant
admyral
the
noble
charles
aboue
al
humayn
creatures
redoubted
commaundeth
the
to
rendre
to
hym
the
relyques
whyche
haue
been
requyred
of
the
/
or
ellys
he
shal
do
hange
and
strangle
the
as
a
theef
proued
/
whan
he
had
sayd
thus
/
he
went
and
satte
wyth
the
other
/
And
after
came
thyerey
duc
of
Ardayne
&
dyssymyled
his
chyere
&
countenaunce
of
manere
whan
th
admyral
sawe
that
he
had
the
regarde
so
hydous
/
he
was
moche
abasshed
/
and
supposed
that
he
had
ben
a
deuyl
/
And
after
thyerry
sayd
/
herkene
to
me
admyral
&
reteyne
wel
my
wordes
/
Charles
the
noble
emperour
redoubted
commaundeth
the
that
thou
sende
to
hym
the
relyques
/
which
thou
barest
awaye
fro
Rome
/
&
also
sende
vnto
hym
hys
barons
whyche
thou
hast
in
thy
power
/
or
ellys
be
thou
sure
that
he
shal
do
dysmembre
the
&
doo
hange
the
vylaynsly
by
the
necke
/
Th
admyral
answerd
/
vassal
I
praye
the
to
telle
to
me
and
hyde
it
not
/
what
man
is
charlemayn
and
of
what
force
&
strengthe
is
he
of
/
the
whiche
I
haue
herde
moche
preysed
&
haunted
/
Thenne
the
duc
Thyerry
ansuerd
I
telle
to
the
admyral
&
lete
the
were
/
that
Charles
is
noble
&
hardy
curtoys
and
of
good
lyf
/
And
be
thou
sure
that
yf
he
were
present
here
wyth
hys
excersyte
/
moche
sone
he
shold
gyue
the
a
buffet
vpon
thy
vysage
/
And
on
that
other
syde
he
setteth
nomore
by
the
than
of
an
olde
hounde
dede
/
or
of
a
roten
apple
/
Incontynent
tho
/
ballant
the
admyrall
bygan
to
lawhe
for
felonnye
/
&
after
sayd
to
Thyerry
/
¶
My
frende
by
thy
fayth
that
thou
owest
to
the
god
/
say
to
me
now
the
trouth
/
yf
I
were
now
in
thy
wylle
and
subgectyon
/
as
thou
arte
in
myn
/
by
thy
fayth
what
woldest
thou
do
wyth
me
/
by
my
fayth
sayd
Thyerry
I
shal
not
lye
/
I
shold
doo
hange
the
by
the
necke
and
strangle
the
vylaynsly
on
a
gybet
or
it
were
yet
nyght
/
¶
Vassal
sayd
the
Admyrall
/
thou
hast
sayd
grete
folye
/
For
by
Mahommet
my
god
/
in
lyke
wyse
shal
I
doo
of
the
/
as
thou
hast
sayd
of
thy self
/
Goo
thou
and
sytte
by
thy
felawes
/
¶
Thenne
after
hym
came
the
good
Ogyer
the
danoys
tofore
hym
/
and
sayd
/
O
Admyral
of
Spaygne
vnderstonde
what
Charles
the
moost
noble
of
humayn
creatures
and
moost
ryche
wythoute
comparyson
demaundeth
of
the
/
Rendre
and
yelde
to
hym
the
relyques
whyche
thou
hast
borne
awaye
or
ellys
he
shal
do
dysmembre
the
and
doo
the
deye
shamefully
/
Th
admyral
beyng
al
wroth
made
hym
to
sytte
wyth
the
other
/
After
hym
rolland
the
courageous
came
tofore
Ballant
th
admyral
wythoute
doyng
to
hym
ony
reuerence
and
sayd
to
hym
/
Thou
sarasyn
vnhappy
&
cursed
take
hede
to
my
wordes
/
Charles
the
noble
kyng
and
Emperour
redoubted
sendeth
to
the
by
me
/
that
thou
byleue
in
god
Ihesu
cryst
the
maker
of
al
the
world
&
in
the
gloryous
vyrgyn
marie
his
moder
/
and
do
the
to
be
baptysed
/
and
thynke
to
rendre
the
relyques
whiche
thou
occupyest
and
atteynest
ayenst
hys
wylle
And
also
see
that
hys
barons
be
rendred
and
delyuerd
hole
and
in
good
poynte
/
For
yf
thou
do
otherwyse
than
I
haue
sayd
to
the
/
Charles
the
valyaunte
shal
make
the
to
be
hanged
as
a
theef
/
Th
admyral
sayd
to
hym
thou
hast
rebuked
and
blamed
me
proudly
/
but
I
swere
to
the
by
Mahoun
my
god
&
by
Termagaunte
/
that
I
shal
not
ete
tyl
thou
be
hanged
&
strangled
Thenne
Rolland
answerd
/
for
trouthe
sarasyn
yf
thou
abyde
to
that
houre
/
thou
sholdest
faste
ouer
longe
/
Thou
shalt
not
do
so
For
I
doubte
the
not
the
valure
of
an
olde
dede
hounde
&
drowned
/
¶
Guy
of
bourgoyn
came
after
hym
tofore
ballant
th
admyral
and
sayd
to
hym
in
thys
manere
/
Charles
commoundeth
the
that
thou
make
to
hym
ob●yssaunce
/
and
that
thou
restore
the
relyques
and
hys
barons
/
and
thenne
shalte
thou
do
as
a
wyse
man
/
and
yf
thou
wylt
byleue
me
/
I
wyl
wel
counceyl
the
/
Byleue
in
god
Ihesu
Cryste
whyche
is
almyghty
wych
●ute
ende
and
wythoute
begynnynge
And
yf
thou
byleuest
my
counceyl
thou
mayst
be
in
his
grace
And
to
what
thou
shalt
do
/
take
of
thy
robe
/
thy
hosen
&
thy
shoon
of
thy
body
and
goo
in
thy
〈◊〉
and
bere
on
thy
body
a
sadel
of
an
hors
/
and
reste
not
tyl
thou
come
byfore
the
face
of
Charles
and
humbly
presente
thy self
to
hym
/
&
crye
for
mercy
to
god
thy
maker
almyghty
for
thyn
errours
and
oultrages
/
And
crye
hym
mercy
in
the
honour
of
god
almyghty
/
and
yf
thou
doo
not
thou
as
I
haue
sayd
/
he
shal
make
the
be
hanged
brente
/
or
drowned
/
and
shameflluy
to
dye
/
¶
The
Admyrall
was
more
do
termyned
and
araged
than
he
had
been
tofore
/
and
sent
anone
for
Brullant
de
Mommyere
/
Sortybrant
do
conymbres
and
for
the
other
that
were
of
hys
counceyl
/
and
demaunded
theyr
aduys
and
counceyl
vpon
these
thynges
aforesayd
/
Anone
for
tybrant
sayd
to
hym
/
Syr
admyral
I
counceylle
you
/
that
anone
they
be
dysmembred
and
slayn
and
after
ye
may
goo
and
ryde
with
your
strengthe
oueral
and
come
to
mormyonde
where
charles
is
pensyf
/
yf
ye
may
take
hym
/
ye
shal
put
hym
to
deth
/
¶
After
ye
shal
descende
in
to
fraunce
/
&
doo
you
be
crowned
there
as
kyng
/
by
mahoun
sayd
ballant
ye
haue
wel
sayd
/
Now
be
it
doon
after
your
deuyse
/
goo
in
to
the
pryson
&
brynge
wyth
you
the
other
theyr
felowes
/
for
to
do
after
the
enterpryse
/
And
thus
as
I
haue
sayd
/
Th
admyral
was
of
entencyon
to
make
of
the
frensshe
men
aforesayd
/
after
that
is
tofore
deuysed
/
¶
How
by
the
moyen
of
florypes
al
the
frensshe
men
were
saued
and
lodged
to
gydre
and
the
relyques
shewed
and
other
thynges
capitulo
ix
FLoripes
the
curtoys
/
after
that
she
had
wel
secretly
herde
al
the
debate
to
foresayd
/
she
came
out
of
hyr
chambre
/
and
salewed
hir
fader
/
&
demaunded
of
hym
what
been
these
knyghtes
sette
there
a
parte
/
Th
admyral
ansuerd
my
doughter
they
be
borne
in
fraunce
the
whyche
haue
sayd
to
me
wordes
of
grete
Importaunce
ful
of
reproches
/
and
haue
blamed
me
and
offended
gretely
/
more
than
I
can
telle
you
or
say
/
what
counceyl
gyue
ye
to
me
that
I
ought
to
do
Ioyth
them
/
The
doughter
sayd
I
shal
say
to
you
my
fader
that
ye
wythoute
longe
taryeng
do
smyte
of
theyr
heedes
/
for
they
haue
wel
deserued
it
/
And
do
smyte
of
theyr
hondes
&
brenne
them
in
a
fyre
without
your
cyte
/
my
doughter
sayd
the
admyral
ye
haue
ryght
wel
sayd
/
ryght
soo
shal
it
be
doon
/
Goo
ye
in
to
the
pryson
/
and
brynge
to
me
the
other
/
good
fader
ansuerd
the
doughter
it
is
tyme
to
dyne
/
and
yf
ye
wyl
begynne
to
do
Iustyce
/
ye
may
not
ete
tyl
mydday
be
passed
/
This
doughter
sought
none
other
thyng
but
occasyon
by
fayr
wordes
accordyng
to
the
wylle
of
hyr
fader
th
admyral
for
to
brynge
al
the
frensshe
men
to
gyder
wyth
them
that
were
prysonners
/
¶
And
after
sayd
to
hyr
fader
gyue
to
me
these
Frensshe
men
/
I
shal
make
theym
wel
to
be
kepte
/
and
after
your
dyner
ye
shall
do
Iustyce
wyth
lasse
tedyacyon
and
thenne
your
people
shal
be
assembled
¶
To
the
whyche
the
Admyral
consented
/
And
was
contente
thyt
hys
doughter
shold
haue
them
in
kepyng
/
Alwaye
sortybrant
which
knewe
the
mutabylyte
of
wommen
&
th
ynconstaunce
sayd
to
Ballant
Syr
Admyral
it
is
noo
thynge
couenable
that
vpon
thys
fayte
ye
ought
truste
in
a
woman
by
cause
of
theyr
mutabylyte
/
&
ye
haue
oft
berd
say
ensaumples
and
also
ye
knowe
the
trouthe
how
many
haue
ben
deceyued
by
wymmen
/
Moche
angry
&
euyl
content
was
floripes
of
the
wordes
of
Sortybrant
/
And
sayd
horson
Traytour
desloyal
pariured
/
yf
I
thought
not
it
shold
torne
me
to
ouermoche
blame
/
I
shold
gyue
to
the
suche
a
buffet
on
thy
vysage
/
that
the
blode
shold
auale
doun
habundauntly
And
after
these
wordes
th
admyral
was
euyl
contente
of
thys
debate
/
And
therupon
she
took
the
frensshe
men
&
ladde
them
〈◊〉
to
hyr
chambre
wythoute
ony
lenger
taryeng
/
And
goyng
by
the
waye
/
Syr
naymes
the
due
sayd
/
A
god
of
heuen
kyng
of
eternal
glorye
/
who
is
he
that
euer
sawe
a
more
fayrer
lady
in
hys
lyf
/
Moche
wel
shold
he
he
Inspyred
with
the
grace
of
god
that
shal
haue
hyr
in
hys
courage
in
loue
/
Rolland
was
euyl
contente
and
sayd
to
Naymes
/
what
hondred
thousand
of
deuyls
hath
maad
you
to
speke
now
of
loue
/
It
is
not
now
tyme
to
speke
of
suche
thynge
/
Due
Naymes
sayd
thus
/
Syr
Rolland
dysplese
you
not
/
For
I
was
ones
amerous
/
the
doughter
sayd
to
them
that
they
were
not
assembled
to
plede
that
one
ageynst
that
other
/
and
also
sone
as
they
were
wythin
the
chambre
/
the
doughter
made
to
shette
faste
the
yatrs
/
&
anone
rolland
mette
wyth
Olyuer
and
enterbraced
eche
other
&
kyssed
wyth
franke
and
tender
/
herte
in
wepyng
moch
tenderly
/
and
alle
the
other
semblably
/
&
Rolland
sayd
/
Alas
Olyuer
my
faythful
felowe
/
how
is
it
with
you
sythe
I
last
sawe
you
/
Ryght
wel
answerd
Olyuer
/
and
eche
demaunded
of
other
of
theyr
feates
/
of
the
contreyes
and
of
theyr
lordes
&
tydynges
/
Now
ye
may
thynke
that
they
were
gladde
eche
of
other
/
that
they
were
al
togyder
in
good
poynte
by
the
moyen
of
Florypes
the
fayr
lady
/
whyche
dyd
grete
socours
to
crystendom
/
whan
by
hyr
/
hyr
wysedom
and
dyscrescyon
the
captayne
of
the
crysten
fayth
/
as
moche
as
toucheth
the
excersyte
of
bataylle
to
destroye
the
myscreauntes
and
paynyms
ben
founded
alle
togyder
in
surete
/
whyche
fyrst
were
comen
in
to
the
hondes
of
theyr
enemyes
mortall
/
¶
But
it
is
grete
scyence
for
to
eschewe
the
wylle
of
a
woman
/
whan
by
effecte
she
putteth
hyr
entente
to
a
thynge
that
her
hert
dyrectly
draweth
/
and
taketh
no
regarde
to
the
ende
of
her
entente
/
but
onely
that
she
may
achyeue
hyr
enterpryse
and
determynacyon
/
Florypes
retched
of
noo
thynge
/
but
that
she
myght
haue
tydynges
certeyn
of
guy
of
bourgoyne
/
to
whome
she
had
gyuen
hyr
hert
/
and
was
contente
to
be
crystened
for
the
loue
of
hym
Thys
fayr
Florypes
whan
she
sawe
these
barons
to
gydre
/
she
sayd
to
them
/
lordes
I
wyl
that
ye
alle
of
one
●coorde
promyse
to
me
the
fayth
of
loyalte
/
that
ye
shal
ayde
and
helpe
me
of
that
I
shal
demaunde
you
/
&
toward
me
ye
shal
truly
bere
and
endeuoyre
you
/
Ryght
gladly
ansuerd
due
Naymes
/
and
also
ye
shal
assure
vs
/
that
we
shal
be
here
in
surete
withoute
ony
doubte
of
ony
man
lyuyng
/
she
was
contente
&
they
were
contente
/
and
promysed
fydelyte
that
our
to
the
other
/
whan
this
was
doon
/
the
doughter
came
to
duc
naymes
for
to
knowe
what
he
was
/
and
demaunded
of
hym
hys
name
/
the
duc
sayd
to
hyr
Madame
I
am
called
Naymes
of
bauyere
/
Man
and
counceyllour
to
Charles
the
Emperour
redoubted
/
Alas
sayd
the
doughter
your
kyng
is
sory
for
you
/
After
she
came
to
Rychard
and
demaunded
of
hym
how
he
was
named
/
he
ansuerd
to
hyr
/
dame
I
am
Rychard
of
Normandye
the
doughter
sayd
to
hym
Mahomet
curse
the
/
thou
puttest
to
deth
on
a
tyme
corsuble
myn
vncle
/
But
for
the
loue
of
these
other
thou
shalt
be
in
no
daunger
Florypes
came
after
to
rolland
and
prayed
that
he
wold
telle
hys
name
/
I
am
named
rolland
sayd
he
/
sone
to
duc
Myllon
/
&
am
neuewe
to
charles
/
sone
of
hys
syster
/
Anone
the
doughter
cryed
hym
mercy
&
kneled
doun
to
hys
feet
/
and
Rolland
toke
hyr
swetely
vp
/
¶
After
the
doughter
sayd
ye
knowe
what
ye
haue
promysed
to
me
/
I
shal
say
to
you
myn
entencyon
/
It
is
trouthe
that
I
loue
a
knyght
of
fraunce
●boue
al
them
of
the
world
/
whyche
is
named
guye
of
bourgoyne
/
of
whom
I
wold
gladly
haue
tydynges
/
rolland
sayd
I
swere
to
you
by
my
hede
that
he
is
here
in
your
syght
/
&
that
there
is
not
bytwene
you
tweyne
the
space
of
foure
foot
of
mesure
/
Seynours
sayd
she
I
praye
you
that
I
may
knowe
hym
/
and
that
he
be
gyuen
to
me
for
of
hym
is
alle
my
playsyr
/
Rolland
ansuerd
and
sayd
syr
guy
of
bourgoyne
/
come
ye
hyther
to
thys
mayde
and
receyue
hyr
Ioyously
/
Guy
of
bourgoyn
ansuerd
/
god
forbede
that
euer
I
shold
take
wyf
/
But
yf
she
were
gyuen
to
me
by
Charles
th
emperour
/
¶
whan
Florypes
vnderstode
hym
/
anone
she
chaunged
colour
and
sware
mahommet
hyr
god
that
yf
he
gaynsayed
it
she
shold
make
them
alle
to
be
hanged
by
the
necke
on
a
gybette
/
Rolland
enhorted
Guye
that
he
shold
do
hyr
wylle
/
and
vpon
that
he
aduaunced
hym
&
hath
graunted
/
Thenne
florypes
sayd
/
the
sone
of
god
of
crystyante
be
preysed
and
honoured
/
For
I
haue
tofore
myn
eyen
the
moost
grettest
playsyr
that
euer
myn
hert
desyred
/
For
his
loue
I
shal
byleue
in
Ihesu
Cryst
/
&
shal
do
me
be
baptysed
/
&
after
she
approched
to
hym
for
to
treate
a
lytel
the
desyre
of
hir
hert
and
she
durst
not
kysse
hym
on
the
mouthe
but
on
hys
chekes
&
chynne
by
cause
she
was
a
paynym
/
Thenne
florypes
Ioyously
and
by
grete
loue
came
vnto
a
cheste
and
opened
it
tofore
the
barons
/
and
spredde
a
fayr
cloth
of
sylke
/
And
after
she
dysclosed
and
she
wed
the
relyques
of
whyche
I
haue
spoken
tofore
/
emonge
whome
was
the
gloryous
crowne
wyth
which
Ihesu
cryste
was
crowned
with
in
the
tyme
of
hys
passyon
/
and
the
holy
naylles
whyche
perced
hys
holy
handes
and
feet
/
and
after
sayd
to
Rolland
/
Loo
here
is
the
tresour
that
ye
haue
so
moche
desyred
/
whan
the
frensshe
men
sawe
thus
tofore
them
the
relyques
/
For
Ioye
they
alle
wepte
moche
tenderly
/
and
one
after
the
other
wente
&
kyssed
them
knelyng
moche
humbly
/
&
after
they
were
layed
in
to
the
cheste
where
as
they
had
ben
tofore
/
¶
How
Lucafer
neuewe
of
the
admyral
vyolently
entred
in
to
the
chambre
/
&
after
was
slayn
of
duc
Naymes
in
blowyng
of
the
cool
capitulo
x
Ballant
th
admyral
beyng
moche
wroth
&
syttynge
at
the
table
A
paynym
fyers
&
proude
/
a
specyal
frende
of
th
admyral
named
lucafer
of
bandas
sayd
to
th
admyral
affectuously
/
¶
Syr
admyral
is
it
trouthe
that
I
haue
herde
say
/
that
Fyerabras
your
sone
/
and
my
ryght
dere
brother
is
taken
and
vaynquysshed
/
whiche
was
the
beste
knyght
that
euer
was
a
lyue
/
Th
admyral
said
to
hym
by
my
fayth
I
shal
not
hyde
it
fro
you
/
A
frensshe
man
hath
conquerd
hym
/
whome
maboun
confounde
/
Brullant
of
Mommyere
made
grete
deffence
and
the
kyng
of
Sulye
/
They
●are
them
soo
wel
that
they
brought
to
vs
fyue
of
the
gloutons
of
fraunce
/
knyghtes
of
Charles
whyche
ben
in
pryson
/
and
sythe
ryght
now
we
haue
other
seuen
whiche
ben
comen
as
messagers
fro
the
sayd
charles
/
which
haue
vytupered
and
blamed
vs
gretelye
in
reprochyng
out
lawe
&
despysyng
my
goddes
/
Florypes
my
doughter
hath
conduyted
them
in
to
pryson
/
syr
sayd
lucafer
ye
do
grete
folye
/
wymmen
al
day
for
lytel
thynge
ben
chaunged
and
torned
fro
theyr
thought
/
neuertheles
for
the
more
surete
yf
it
playse
you
/
and
by
your
comaundement
I
shal
goo
to
them
/
and
shal
knowe
what
they
be
/
and
of
what
condycion
Goo
forth
said
th
admyral
ye
say
ryght
wel
/
and
make
my
doughter
to
retorne
wyth
you
/
herupon
lucafer
moche
proude
and
replenysshed
with
grete
fyersnes
cam
in
to
the
chambre
where
the
doughter
was
and
the
frensshe
men
/
wythoute
demaundyng
to
opene
the
dore
/
but
lyfte
vp
his
ryght
fote
/
and
smote
it
so
strongely
wyth
hys
foot
/
that
the
barres
&
lockes
flewe
vnto
the
grounde
/
whan
Florypes
sawe
that
/
she
was
al
abasshed
/
And
anone
sayd
to
Rolland
/
Syr
noble
knyght
/
I
am
ryght
euyl
contente
of
the
vyolence
that
is
thus
done
to
me
/
this
is
he
that
shold
be
my
husband
ageyn
my
wylle
I
requyre
you
in
as
moche
as
ye
wyl
do
me
playsyr
/
that
ye
wyl
auenge
thys
dyshonour
/
For
I
complayne
me
wythoute
makyng
ouermoche
cuyl
semblaunte
/
to
whome
Rolland
answerd
/
doubte
ye
no
thyng
madame
/
For
or
he
departe
hens
/
he
shal
knowe
that
he
hath
euyll
doon
/
And
I
promyse
you
that
he
bought
neuer
locke
so
dere
ne
of
the
prys
as
he
shal
for
the
brekyng
herof
/
Hereupon
Lucafer
entred
in
to
the
chambre
/
and
be
helde
the
frensshe
men
al
armed
wythout
ony
doubte
that
he
had
to
them
/
And
came
fyrst
to
duc
Naymes
whych
was
dyscouerd
and
bare
hede
/
&
wythoute
other
delyberacyon
took
hym
by
the
berde
and
drewe
hym
to
hym
so
boystously
/
that
almoost
he
had
ouerthrowen
hym
/
&
after
sayd
to
hym
/
of
whens
art
thou
veyl
lard
hyde
it
not
fro
me
/
The
duke
Naymes
ansuerd
paynym
I
am
of
bauyere
and
that
is
my
contree
/
and
am
specyal
counceyllour
of
Charlemayne
/
And
al
these
barons
that
ben
here
been
al
erles
and
grete
lordes
/
and
ben
comen
for
to
shewe
to
ballant
the
admyral
a
message
fro
the
sayd
charles
redoubted
Emperour
/
&
by
cause
that
we
haue
not
spoken
to
hys
entencion
/
he
hath
made
vs
prysonners
/
Neuertheles
take
your
hande
from
my
berde
/
ye
haue
holde
me
longe
ynough
/
And
be
ye
sure
that
I
say
not
al
that
I
thynke
/
¶
The
paynym
ansuerd
I
am
contente
thy
folye
be
pardonned
the
/
but
I
demaunde
of
the
by
thy
loyalte
what
maner
folke
been
they
of
fraunce
/
and
of
what
enterpryse
and
what
playes
vse
they
whan
they
been
in
your
royame
/
In
trouthe
sayd
the
duc
/
whan
the
kyng
hath
dyned
/
who
that
wyl
may
goo
playe
where
hym
lyste
Somme
ryde
oute
on
horsback
&
somme
goo
in
to
the
feldes
and
synge
/
other
make
good
chere
at
tables
/
at
the
chesse
/
&
other
playsaunte
games
/
and
in
the
morne
euery
man
gooth
gladly
&
hereth
masse
at
the
houre
whan
it
is
sayd
/
and
been
wel
charytable
to
gyue
almesse
to
the
poure
peple
largely
/
and
customably
/
Also
whan
they
goo
to
bataylle
they
been
fyers
and
hardy
and
been
not
lyghtly
vaynquysshed
Suche
been
the
peple
in
the
contreye
of
crystente
/
lucafer
began
to
lawhe
and
sayd
/
by
my
god
Mahoun
vylayne
&
olde
dotard
that
thou
arte
/
thou
spekest
folysshly
/
It
is
no
thynge
so
of
your
feat
/
ne
frensshe
men
be
of
no
valure
/
but
yf
they
can
blowe
at
the
grete
cole
/
In
trouth
said
the
duc
I
herde
neuer
therof
/
the
Paynym
ansuerd
I
shal
teche
you
the
manere
/
and
he
approched
to
the
duc
nyghe
by
a
grete
fyre
/
and
in
goyng
Rolland
made
sygne
to
the
duc
/
that
he
shold
bere
hym
wel
/
Anone
lucafer
toke
the
grettest
bronde
that
was
on
the
fyre
/
And
blewe
so
sharply
that
the
fyre
flewe
alle
aboute
habundantly
/
and
after
said
to
duc
naymes
/
that
he
must
also
blowe
/
The
Duc
took
the
bronde
/
and
knewe
wel
the
manere
that
the
paynym
wold
hurt
hym
and
approched
to
hym
/
and
blewe
the
bronde
so
puyssauntly
that
it
fyl
al
on
a
flame
and
came
to
the
vysage
of
the
Paynym
in
suche
wyse
that
it
br●●te
al
hys
berde
/
whan
the
paynym
sawe
that
he
was
almoost
out
of
his
wytte
for
angre
/
The
Duc
Naymes
wyth
that
smote
hym
wyth
the
bronde
in
the
necke
that
he
brake
the
bone
/
and
so
raught
hym
wyth
so
grete
myght
that
his
eyen
flewe
oute
of
hys
●●ed
to
the
grounde
and
sayd
to
hym
Fals
creature
that
thou
arte
/
whome
I
byseche
god
confounde
thou
wendest
to
haue
made
me
to
muse
in
thy
folyes
/
Now
〈◊〉
there
wyth
sorowe
/
Rolland
said
to
hym
by
my
fayth
syr
duc
/
〈◊〉
can
wel
playe
and
blowe
atre
cole
/
blessyd
be
that
arme
that
gaf
that
stroke
/
¶
Lordes
sayd
duc
Naymes
/
yf
I
haue
maad
hym
to
vnderstonde
hys
folye
ye
ought
not
to
blame
me
/
ye
haue
soon
how
he
truffed
wyth
me
Florypes
the
curtoys
came
ner
vnto
duc
Naymes
/
And
sayd
Certes
syr
ye
be
worthy
to
be
honoured
/
I
see
wel
that
Lucafer
hath
no
more
charge
to
playe
wyth
you
at
the
cole
/
he
is
now
at
his
ease
/
I
see
wel
that
he
remeueth
not
/
And
I
wote
now
that
he
neuer
shal
haue
grete
desyre
to
espouse
me
/
For
by
force
he
wold
haue
had
me
/
and
my
fader
had
gyuen
me
to
hym
/
but
neuer
wold
I
haue
suffred
it
/
but
father
haue
myn
hede
smyton
of
/
or
suffred
vylaynous
deth
¶
How
by
the
counceyl
of
floripes
the
frensshe
men
dyslodged
th
admyral
fro
his
paleys
wyth
grete
bataylle
/
and
how
by
enchauntement
a
gyrdle
was
taken
awaye
fro
the
doughter
ca
xi
FLorypes
was
wyse
and
had
consyderacyon
that
Lucafer
whyche
was
dede
was
wel
byloued
wyth
th
admyral
and
sayd
to
the
frensshe
men
lordes
knowe
ye
for
trouthe
/
that
my
fader
loueth
more
thys
man
than
ony
man
lyuyng
/
he
abydeth
for
hym
to
come
to
dyner
/
&
wyl
not
be
at
ease
tyl
he
shal
be
retorned
/
and
yf
by
aduenture
he
knowe
what
is
doon
/
ye
shal
be
here
encombred
and
assaylled
and
al
the
golde
of
the
world
shal
not
redeme
you
but
that
ye
shal
be
dede
/
wherfore
I
counceyl
you
that
ye
doo
arme
you
and
put
you
in
poynte
/
take
lyghtly
your
helmes
and
your
sheldes
For
people
that
been
armed
be
moche
redoubted
of
other
vnarmed
/
therfore
I
wyl
not
that
ye
be
closed
ne
shette
herin
/
whan
ye
come
in
the
paleys
where
th
admyral
is
/
See
that
ye
bere
you
and
behaue
you
soo
/
that
ye
be
maysters
and
lordes
of
the
place
and
thenne
shal
ye
be
wel
lodged
/
whan
the
doughter
had
thus
sayd
they
were
ryght
wel
contente
/
&
prestly
armed
them
and
gyrde
their
swerdes
aboute
them
/
And
two
&
two
yssued
oute
of
the
chambre
/
and
goon
corageously
as
lyons
/
boystously
as
wulues
hungry
/
in
suche
wyse
as
they
that
wold
abyde
them
onght
sore
to
doubte
and
haue
grete
fere
/
And
they
went
oute
at
the
tyme
that
the
sonne
wente
vnder
/
&
bytwene
nyght
and
day
/
And
the
formest
of
them
in
the
waye
was
rolland
and
the
other
folowed
hym
ryght
fyersly
for
to
fyght
/
Roulland
cryed
to
hys
felowes
that
eche
man
shold
do
hys
parte
&
slee
al
the
paynyms
and
sarasyns
that
they
fonde
in
the
paleys
/
whyche
faylled
not
/
Roulland
smote
corsuble
mortally
/
Olyuer
put
to
deth
the
kynge
Coldroe
/
Ther
was
not
one
but
that
they
alle
bare
them
wel
/
The
soupper
whyche
was
wel
appoynted
/
anone
was
torned
vp
so
doun
&
caste
to
the
grounde
/
cuppes
of
golde
and
of
syluer
slewe
and
sowned
in
the
place
/
Sarasyns
goon
to
th
erthe
slayn
and
dysmembred
/
Other
lepe
out
of
the
wyndowes
/
whyche
after
were
founden
dede
/
Other
were
all
to
hewen
/
sholdres
&
legges
smyton
of
/
Th
admyral
all
araged
put
hym self
to
flyght
oute
of
a
wyndowe
/
and
lepe
doun
in
to
the
depe
dyche
/
Rolland
went
after
whyche
had
hym
gretely
at
the
hert
/
&
supposed
to
haue
smyten
hym
/
And
atteyned
the
marble
stone
of
the
wyndowe
in
suche
wyse
that
his
swerde
entred
a
foot
depe
/
Brother
sayd
Olyuer
the
admyral
is
escaped
fro
you
/
Certeyn
ansuerd
Rolland
/
therof
am
I
euyl
contente
Neuertheles
they
dyd
so
grete
portement
and
bare
them
so
wel
that
they
were
lordes
&
maysters
of
the
chyef
toure
of
the
castel
&
palays
/
And
after
shetted
fast
the
yates
/
and
were
alle
sure
wythoute
daunger
/
Sauf
they
myght
haue
noo
mete
/
This
passed
a
lytel
whyle
the
Admyral
was
in
the
dyches
al
affrayed
and
yf
there
had
not
be
somme
for
to
haue
drawen
hym
oute
/
he
had
neuer
departed
/
and
began
to
crye
to
his
men
that
they
shold
come
to
hym
to
drawe
hym
oute
Brullant
of
mommyere
/
and
for
tybrant
of
conymbres
drewe
hym
out
/
And
after
that
sayd
Sortybrant
/
Syr
Admyral
byleue
me
another
tyme
/
Alwaye
attetayl
of
an
olde
dogge
kepe
you
Th
admyrall
answerd
I
praye
you
scorne
me
nomore
/
I
shal
wel
aduenge
me
or
two
monethes
be
passed
/
Doo
sowne
to
assaulte
for
tassaylle
the
toure
Sortybrant
sayd
it
is
reson
that
your
wylle
be
doon
/
but
the
nyght
is
ouer
nyghe
/
by
myn
aduys
it
is
better
to
abyde
tyl
to
morowe
And
thenne
your
excersyte
shal
be
assembled
for
to
werke
more
surely
/
th
admyral
was
contente
and
sayd
by
grete
dysplaysaunce
Ha
fayr
Lucafer
/
neuer
shal
I
see
you
more
/
I
haue
loste
〈◊〉
my
Ioye
/
O
ye
frensshe
men
accursed
be
ye
/
ye
haue
taken
hym
awaye
fro
me
/
but
by
Mahoun
my
god
to
whome
I
haue
gyuen
my
lyf
/
to
morne
shal
the
syege
be
layed
tofore
the
toure
/
And
I
shal
neuer
departe
for
none
euyl
wether
that
shal
come
/
He
for
thynge
that
may
be
/
tyl
the
toure
be
taken
/
and
the
walles
layed
on
the
erthe
/
And
I
shal
make
the
frensshe
men
to
be
drawen
at
the
taylles
of
my
horses
And
after
I
shal
make
florypes
the
putayn
to
be
brente
in
a
fyre
openly
/
and
I
am
wel
sure
that
they
shal
yelde
them
/
For
they
be
not
vytaylled
scar●
for
foure
dayes
/
And
of
that
other
parte
I
knowe
wel
they
may
haue
no
socours
of
no
man
what
someuer
he
be
/
For
we
holde
the
stronge
brydge
of
mantryble
/
&
they
may
haue
noo
socours
but
yf
it
come
ouer
that
brydge
/
&
of
that
other
parte
charles
shal
haue
noo
tydynges
of
his
barons
/
ne
shal
not
knowe
whether
they
be
dede
or
a
lyue
/
or
in
lyberte
or
in
subiectyon
/
&
here
vpen
they
concluded
and
went
to
their
lodgys
tyl
on
the
morne
And
on
the
morne
erly
th
admyral
sen●e
for
al
hys
subgettes
/
&
concluded
to
laye
the
syege
and
sware
to
holde
it
seuen
yere
longe
but
yf
he
had
of
them
his
wylle
Thenne
came
there
so
many
paynyms
in
the
contreye
aboute
/
that
theyr
lodgyses
helde
foure
myle
of
space
/
ye
may
thynke
in
what
daunger
the
frensshe
men
were
/
whyche
were
but
twelue
persones
onely
/
and
had
none
other
conduyte
ne
comforte
/
but
to
be
wythin
assyeged
in
grete
peryll
of
famyne
/
Neuertheles
alwaye
where
as
the
sarasyns
dyd
gretely
theyr
deuoyr
for
to
entre
/
yet
they
coude
no
thyng
gryeue
them
Th
admyral
called
one
marpyn
a
moche
fals
theef
emonge
alle
humayn
creatures
&
sayd
to
hym
Marpyn
by
the
berde
that
I
bere
on
my
chynne
/
yf
thou
mayst
do
soo
moche
as
for
to
stele
awaye
the
gyrdle
that
Florypes
bereth
I
shal
rewarde
and
gyue
to
the
largely
of
my
golde
&
syluer
/
&
thou
shalt
be
my
grete
frende
/
For
yf
I
may
haue
it
I
am
sure
that
the
frensshemen
shal
sone
be
dede
for
hungre
/
and
thenne
may
they
nomore
greue
me
/
¶
That
gyrdle
was
of
suche
vertu
/
that
as
longe
as
it
shold
haue
dured
wythin
the
toure
/
they
wythin
shold
ne●er
haue
be
famyned
/
Syr
sayd
the
theef
abyde
tyl
it
be
nyght
/
&
I
swere
to
you
that
to
morne
or
the
sonne
aryse
/
I
shal
shewe
to
you
the
gyrdle
&
shal
delyuer
it
to
you
/
&
herupon
whan
it
was
nyght
he
entred
secretlye
in
to
the
dyches
/
whyche
were
ful
of
water
/
and
passed
ouer
/
and
after
whan
he
was
at
the
fote
of
the
toure
/
moche
subtylly
with
his
engynes
he
mounted
vp
in
to
the
wyndowes
/
&
entred
in
to
the
toure
/
and
took
a
candel
&
after
cam
to
the
chambre
of
Florypes
&
fonde
it
faste
shette
/
But
with
fals
&
dyabolyke
wor●es
he
opened
it
/
and
whan
he
was
wythin
/
he
sawe
that
al
the
barons
were
fast
a
slepe
and
he
made
so
enchauntements
that
for
no
thynge
they
myght
awake
/
and
thenne
he
came
to
Florypes
/
and
serched
so
pryuely
that
he
took
the
gyrdle
&
after
gyrde
hym self
wyth
al
/
and
after
thys
he
behelde
the
doughter
al
naked
whiche
was
moche
fayre
/
&
was
enclyned
anone
to
haue
defouled
hyr
/
&
began
to
take
hyr
aboute
the
necke
/
whyche
sodeynly
awoke
&
began
to
crye
moche
strongely
and
called
hyr
maydens
&
the
barons
/
wherfore
the
maydens
came
anone
alabasshed
&
aferde
/
&
whan
they
saw
marpyn
the
theef
as
blacke
as
a
moore
/
the
moost
hardyest
of
them
began
to
flee
/
A
non
as
Guye
of
Bourgoyn
herde
the
boys
of
florypes
/
he
came
to
hyr
wyth
hys
naked
swerde
in
his
honde
/
and
escryed
to
hyr
that
she
shold
not
be
aferde
of
ony
thynge
/
And
he
came
so
wel
to
poynte
/
that
yf
he
had
not
come
the
theef
had
defowled
florypes
but
as
sone
as
the
theef
herde
hym
he
sprange
oute
of
the
bedde
wyth
grete
haste
/
and
Guye
of
bourgoyne
recountred
hym
and
gaf
hym
so
grete
a
stroke
that
he
clefte
hym
by
the
myddel
and
cutte
a
two
the
gyrdel
and
the
candel
quenched
/
The
other
barons
came
after
/
and
whan
they
sawe
the
werke
&
the
theef
dede
/
they
threwe
the
body
in
to
the
see
wyth
the
gyrdle
/
And
whan
it
was
knowen
that
he
had
stolen
the
gyrdle
and
was
loste
wyth
hym
in
the
see
/
there
was
moche
sorowe
for
the
losse
of
soo
noble
a
Iewel
/
And
Florypes
wepte
ryght
sore
sayeng
/
that
the
losse
of
the
gyrdle
may
neuer
be
reconuerd
/
Neuertheles
the
barons
wyth
fayre
wordes
comforted
hyr
in
suche
manere
that
they
alle
were
contente
/
¶
How
the
barons
were
assyeged
in
the
toure
wyth
Florypes
and
hyr
maydens
which
suffred
grete
hungre
/
and
how
the
goddes
by
them
were
confounded
capitulo
xij
WHan
the
day
was
comen
and
th
admyral
sawe
not
Marpyn
th
enchauntour
retorne
he
was
moche
abasshed
and
demaunded
brullant
/
Sortybrant
and
hys
other
lordes
counceyl
what
he
shold
doo
/
consydered
that
Marpyn
was
not
retorned
Sortybrant
sayd
/
Syr
admyral
knowe
ye
for
certayn
that
the
theef
is
deed
/
sythe
he
is
not
retorned
and
comen
/
but
I
counceyl
you
that
ye
doo
soune
your
trompettes
for
tassemble
your
subgettes
/
for
tassaylle
the
toure
and
confounde
the
crysten
men
/
And
wyth
slynges
and
other
engynes
they
doo
caste
stones
:
dartes
enuenymed
/
but
blessyd
be
god
the
frensshe
men
doubted
them
no
thynge
/
After
they
had
contynued
the
syege
a
whyle
/
brede
and
wyn
began
to
faylle
to
the
barons
and
maydens
/
m
suche
wyse
that
they
had
noo
thynge
to
ete
/
Thenne
the
sorowe
of
the
maydens
whyche
were
so
fayre
&
ful
of
compassyon
was
ouer
grete
/
and
were
al
desolate
And
emonge
the
other
the
noble
florypes
was
moche
dysplay
saunte
for
the
necessyte
of
the
frensshe
men
/
of
hyr
self
/
and
of
hyr
damoyselles
/
often
tymes
she
swowned
&
fyl
to
grounde
as
dede
/
Guy
of
bourgoyne
hyr
spouse
that
shold
be
/
took
hyr
vp
moche
swetely
/
and
recomforted
hyr
to
hys
power
/
&
sayd
to
hys
felawes
/
My
brethern
&
lordes
/
ye
see
the
necessyte
that
we
suffre
/
it
is
now
thre
dayes
passed
syth
we
had
ony
brede
/
And
yet
it
greueth
me
more
for
these
damoyselles
than
for
my self
/
And
I
say
you
for
trouthe
that
I
may
no
lenger
endure
but
yf
we
do
otherwyse
/
And
be
ye
sure
that
I
had
leuer
to
put
my
body
in
auenture
to
be
hurt
and
wounded
mortally
than
I
shold
abyde
here
wythin
enclosed
wyth
thys
melancolye
/
wherfor
I
say
late
vs
goo
oute
for
to
gete
somme
vytaylle
/
for
better
is
to
vs
to
deye
wyth
honour
than
to
lyue
with
shame
/
Al
the
frenssh
men
were
of
th
oppynyon
of
guy
There
vpon
Florypes
sayd
/
My
lordes
I
wote
now
wel
that
your
god
is
of
lytel
power
/
whan
he
gyueth
to
you
none
ayde
ne
comforte
/
And
I
say
you
wel
that
yf
ye
had
adoured
our
goddes
/
they
had
pourueyed
for
you
mete
and
drynke
/
Tofore
that
she
had
fynysshed
hyr
wordes
Roulland
ansuerd
and
sayd
/
Madame
I
praye
you
/
that
ye
shewe
to
vs
your
goddes
that
ye
speke
of
/
And
yf
they
haue
the
power
that
ye
say
/
that
they
may
gyue
to
vs
mete
and
drynke
/
&
that
they
do
soo
moche
that
the
puyssaunce
of
fraunco
come
hyther
for
to
socoure
vs
/
we
shal
al
byleue
on
them
wythout
varyeng
/
The
mayde
sayd
anone
ye
shal
see
them
/
&
Incontynent
after
that
she
had
taken
the
kayes
/
she
ladde
the
barons
vnder
the
erthe
and
shewed
to
them
the
goddes
of
the
sarasyns
/
whiche
were
in
a
place
moche
noble
precyous
and
ryche
/
And
there
were
in
grete
mageste
Appolyn
Mahoun
/
and
Termagaunt
/
the
god
Margot
and
Iupyn
/
and
many
other
whyche
were
alle
massy
of
fyn
golde
of
Arabye
/
enorned
wyth
many
Iewellys
Odoraunt
of
bame
and
encence
/
and
many
other
tresours
were
there
assembled
/
Guy
of
bourgoyne
sayd
whan
he
sawe
soo
grete
tresour
/
A
lord
god
who
wold
haue
wende
that
in
thys
place
had
be
so
grete
rychesse
assembled
/
wold
god
that
Rychard
of
normandye
had
now
Aupyn
in
hys
cyte
of
Roan
/
For
he
shold
wel
accomplysshe
wyth
it
/
the
chyrche
of
the
holy
Trynyte
/
And
that
kyng
charles
had
thother
goddes
/
he
shold
repayre
ageyn
the
chyrche
of
rome
whyche
is
destroyed
/
And
with
the
remenaunte
he
shold
make
men
ryche
and
to
sette
them
in
good
poynte
/
Florypes
ansuerd
and
sayd
/
Syr
Guye
ye
speke
vylaynsly
/
ayenst
the
goddes
/
crye
them
mercy
&
adoure
them
/
to
th
ende
that
they
enclyne
them
to
you
to
doo
you
comforte
/
guy
sayd
vnto
hyr
/
I
can
not
praye
to
them
Madame
/
for
I
see
theyr
eyen
al
a
slepe
/
and
ye
shal
see
that
they
may
not
here
ne
see
/
and
therwyth
he
smote
Iupyn
And
Ogyer
danoys
smote
margot
that
they
flewe
to
the
〈◊〉
/
and
were
anone
alle
to
broken
/
wherfore
Roulland
sayd
to
the
doughter
/
In
trouthe
madame
I
see
that
ye
haue
goddes
that
be
not
worth
/
of
them
that
been
fallen
to
th
erthe
I
see
not
one
of
them
remeue
ne
make
semblaunte
to
releue
hym
/
Fro
thenne
forthon
Florypes
had
al
theyr
goddes
in
despyte
and
byleued
in
Ihesu
Cryste
sayeng
thus
/
I
see
syr
Roulland
that
ye
say
the
veray
trouthe
/
but
yf
euer
I
byleue
on
them
I
wyl
that
my
body
come
to
an
euyl
ende
/
and
with
good
herte
I
requyre
that
god
that
was
borne
of
a
vyrgyn
/
of
whome
ye
haue
enformed
me
/
that
he
sende
to
you
socours
of
fraunce
/
and
that
we
fynde
maner
to
gete
vytalle
for
to
satysfye
our
hungre
/
¶
How
the
peres
of
Fraunce
went
out
of
the
toure
/
and
dyd
a
grete
bataylle
/
In
which
they
recouerd
twenty
sommyers
charged
of
vytaylle
capitulo
xiij
WHan
Florypes
had
sayd
she
fyl
doun
to
the
erch
a
swoune
for
sorowe
&
anguysshe
/
wherfor
guy
of
bourgoyn
wept
moche
soroufully
for
the
loue
of
hyr
/
Hreupon
Olyuer
the
courageous
came
tofore
them
and
sayd
/
My
lordes
I
you
assure
by
the
god
that
suffred
deth
for
creatures
humayn
/
I
had
leuer
that
my
body
were
quartred
/
and
smyton
in
pyece●
than
I
shold
suffre
this
pryson
/
but
that
I
shold
fyght
quyckely
wyth
the
paynyms
/
&
semblably
sayd
rolland
wherfore
wythout
other
delyberacion
they
sette
theyr
sheldes
in
good
poynte
/
and
mounted
on
horsluck
and
aualed
the
brydge
/
&
wyth
a
stedfast
courage
made
them
redy
/
&
whan
they
were
alle
afore
the
toure
of
marble
/
Rolland
sayd
to
the
other
/
Syr
Naymes
or
ye
syr
Ogyer
it
by●houeth
that
one
of
yon
abyde
for
to
kepe
the
place
/
that
at
the
retornyng
we
may
entre
surely
/
¶
The
Duke
Naymes
coude
take
noo
pacyence
but
that
he
an
swerd
thus
/
Syr
Roulland
thynke
not
that
I
be
so
vnhappy
of
persone
ne
of
lygnage
/
that
euer
I
shold
be
reproched
and
that
euer
I
shold
be
your
portyer
/
I
wyl
not
doo
so
in
noo
wyse
though
I
be
olde
yet
can
I
torne
myn
hors
/
For
I
am
harde
of
synewes
/
aud
haue
myn
herte
wel
assured
/
and
wyl
be
hardy
ynough
for
to
smyte
vpon
myn
enemyes
whan
tyme
shal
reqnyre
ne
doubte
ye
no
thynge
therof
/
Rolland
ansuerd
syr
ye
say
wel
ye
shal
come
wyth
vs
/
Thyerry
or
geffroy
/
that
one
of
you
two
shal
abyde
/
but
it
was
not
their
playsyr
to
abyde
enclosed
/
Neuertheles
at
the
request
of
Rolland
thyerry
abode
with
geffroy
whyche
shetted
the
yates
surely
after
that
the
other
barons
were
wythoute
/
whyche
eche
with
his
shelde
tofore
hym
and
swerde
in
hys
hande
wente
mustryng
them
tofore
the
castel
/
Th
admyral
lokyng
out
at
a
wyndowe
knewe
the
frensshe
men
/
wherfor
hastely
he
sente
for
brullant
and
sortybrant
to
come
to
hym
wyth
other
/
to
whome
he
sayd
my
barons
and
subgettes
/
the
frensshe
men
ben
comen
aud
me
semeth
they
wyl
fyght
/
yf
they
be
not
al
slayn
I
shal
be
euyl
contente
wherfore
do
sowne
your
hornes
for
tassemble
your
people
/
ye
●ary
ouer
longe
/
And
assone
as
they
had
so
doon
/
a
grete
multytude
of
sarasyns
were
there
assembled
&
came
and
assaylled
the
frensshe
men
/
But
rolland
that
helde
durandal
in
hys
honde
/
with
his
felowes
came
vpon
the
mastyn
sarasyns
by
suche
a
furour
/
that
in
a
lytel
whyle
moo
than
an
hondred
were
slayn
/
For
vnhappy
was
he
that
came
to
socoure
the
sarasyns
/
Thenne
came
Claryon
whyche
was
neuewe
to
the
admyral
with
/
xv
thousand
fyghtyng
men
/
And
know
ye
for
certayn
that
in
that
tyme
in
spayn
was
noo
sarasyn
more
doubted
than
he
/
whan
the
barons
sawe
hym
come
Rolland
escryed
gherard
/
Ogyer
/
&
Guy
O
noble
knyghtes
in
t
honour
of
god
eche
of
you
do
so
his
deuoyr
,
that
at
thys
tyme
wyth
vyctorye
we
may
obtayne
vytaylle
for
the
maydens
in
the
toure
/
That
sayd
/
Rolland
smote
his
hors
wyth
hys
spores
/
and
wyth
durandal
smote
a
fyers
Paynym
named
Rampyn
soo
myghtely
that
he
cla●te
hede
and
body
at
a
stroke
/
wherof
they
that
were
there
present
were
abasshed
/
&
thenne
the
sarasyns
doubted
so
strongly
rolland
that
there
was
not
a
man
durst
put
hym self
tofore
hym
/
but
yf
he
thought
to
deye
/
Gherard
of
mondydyer
sayd
/
my
brethern
&
lordes
/
who
wyl
here
after
haue
playsyr
&
be
honoured
/
it
is
ty●e
that
he
shewe
hym
for
often
by
one
vnhappy
man
a
halyaunt
man
is
in
daunger
/
wherfor
with
that
word
al
these
barons
were
moche
more
feruent
than
they
had
be
/
to
th
ende
that
euery
man
shewed
hym self
suche
as
he
ought
to
be
/
&
after
that
the
batayll
was
fynysshed
for
that
day
/
as
god
wold
the
barons
fonde
by
the
tour
aforesayd
a
grete
auenture
/
For
they
sawe
passe
by
the
castel
xx
sommyers
laden
wyth
vytayl
/
that
is
to
say
brede
/
wyn
venyson
/
&
other
vytaylles
ynow
and
a
paynym
conduyted
them
of
margote
vnto
the
sarasyns
/
but
Incontynent
the
ledars
of
the
sarasyns
and
of
theyr
vytayl
were
slayn
anone
of
the
barons
&
the
due
Naymes
&
wyllyam
the
scot
conduyted
&
ledde
them
forth
/
And
Rolland
and
the
other
came
&
auoyded
the
place
in
such
wyse
that
they
were
dryuen
in
to
the
tour
/
but
this
thyng
was
not
doon
without
daunger
and
grete
payne
/
¶
How
guy
of
bourgoyn
was
taken
of
the
sarasyns
/
beten
vylaynously
and
demaunded
of
th
admyral
/
and
the
complayntes
that
Florypes
made
for
hym
&
other
maters
capitulo
xiiij
AS
I
haue
sayd
tofore
the
barons
of
fraunce
thus
as
they
wente
in
theyr
repayre
/
and
ladde
the
sommyers
afore
sayd
/
there
came
so
grete
habundaunce
of
men
of
armes
of
the
partye
of
kyng
Claryon
/
that
it
was
merueylle
/
There
was
thenne
an
harde
and
stronge
recountre
in
so
moche
that
due
basyn
was
slayn
&
Aulbery
hys
sone
/
For
whan
he
sawe
his
fader
deye
/
Incontynent
he
fyl
vpon
hym
and
there
he
was
slayn
and
abode
/
and
yet
thys
was
not
the
moost
harm
/
For
the
noble
guy
of
bourgoyn
after
that
he
was
menaced
of
kyng
Claryon
/
he
auaunced
hym
for
to
smyte
hym
that
came
hym
so
euyl
to
passe
that
hys
hors
was
slayn
vnder
hym
of
the
paynyms
/
&
sodeynly
he
was
enuyronned
of
moo
than
an
hondred
knyghtes
sarasyns
whyche
took
hym
&
took
of
hys
helme
fro
hys
hede
/
&
after
bounde
hys
eyen
so
that
he
saw
nothyng
and
ledde
hym
forth
hys
handes
bounden
behynde
hym
o●
his
backe
and
whan
guy
sawe
hym
thus
deteyned
he
began
to
crye
wyth
an
hye
voys
/
¶
O
Iesus
veray
god
whych
hast
made
&
formed
me
/
whyther
goo
I
now
/
that
am
euyl
fortuned
/
O
Ihesus
comforte
me
/
O
noble
Charlemayn
ryght
noble
emperour
and
myn
vncle
thou
shalt
neuer
see
me
/
The
kyng
claryon
sayd
to
hym
Fayr
frende
no
thynge
shal
auayle
the
/
thy
cryeng
ne
thy
brayeng
/
I
shal
delyuer
the
al
lyuyng
to
the
admyral
of
spayn
thys
day
/
And
to
morne
thou
shalt
be
hanged
/
But
now
ye
may
wel
thynke
how
the
other
peres
of
Fraunce
hys
felowes
were
euyl
contente
whan
they
sawe
the
Erle
Guye
soo
prysonner
/
¶
Neuertheles
they
dyd
grete
feates
of
armes
or
they
were
constrayned
to
entre
in
to
the
tour
/
&
assone
as
they
were
descended
&
the
yates
barred
eueryche
went
to
dyner
/
and
thenne
floripes
cam
anon
to
rolland
&
said
to
hym
/
syr
rolland
I
requyre
you
that
ye
say
to
me
where
is
syr
guye
of
bourgoyne
my
husbond
become
/
I
wote
wel
whan
ye
departed
hens
that
he
went
wyth
you
emonge
thother
ye
ought
to
brynge
hym
to
me
ageyn
/
I
shal
neuer
be
Ioyous
at
the
hert
tyl
I
knowe
where
he
is
Rolland
ansuerd
ha
Florypes
curtoys
lady
/
in
hym
trust
ye
no
more
/
for
certes
ye
haue
lost
hym
ye
shal
neuer
see
hym
/
the
paynyms
haue
ledde
hym
maulgre
vs
/
&
we
knowe
not
what
they
wyl
do
wyth
hym
/
florypes
heeryng
these
wordes
for
sorowe
&
anguysshe
fyl
to
the
erth
alle
a
swoune
more
than
iiij
tymes
as
dede
/
but
rolland
whych
wepte
for
hyr
/
oft
releued
hyr
/
&
whan
she
was
rysen
/
she
began
to
crye
with
an
hye
voys
/
O
barons
of
fraunce
by
that
god
that
maad
heuen
&
erthe
/
yf
I
haue
not
gny
of
bourgoyn
to
whome
I
ought
to
be
maryed
/
I
shal
yelde
thys
toure
or
the
nexte
day
be
passed
O
holy
vyrgyn
marye
I
shold
be
espoused
to
hym
and
for
loue
of
hym
be
baptysed
and
be
crysten
/
Alas
our
loues
haue
sone
faylled
/
This
sorowe
hath
made
me
wel
to
forgete
the
hungre
that
I
haue
had
these
iij
dayes
/
Alas
I
am
vnhappy
/
Rolland
myght
not
see
the
melancolye
of
thys
Florypes
/
but
promysed
hyr
to
make
hyr
glad
wythin
ij
dayes
for
thenne
atte
ferthest
she
shold
see
syr
guye
at
hyr
playsyr
/
and
that
she
shold
no
thyng
doubte
therof
/
for
knowe
ye
surely
sayd
rolland
/
I
had
leuer
to
be
quarterd
than
he
shold
not
come
ageyn
/
&
he
shal
be
rendred
to
you
or
his
deth
shal
be
sore
auenged
&
madame
ye
knowe
wel
that
your
sorow
&
wepyng
may
not
brynge
hym
ageyn
/
&
ye
wote
wel
that
it
is
thre
dayes
passed
syth
we
ete
/
we
haue
purchaced
vytayl
for
vs
&
these
damoyselles
of
whome
ye
see
the
pyte
/
late
vs
take
pacyence
of
the
lytel
quantyte
/
&
be
we
contente
to
entretiene
the
lyf
/
for
ye
ought
to
knowe
that
they
myght
not
recouure
the
sommyers
with
vytaylle
by
cause
of
the
trouble
of
guy
of
bourgoyne
whyche
was
deteyned
prysoner
/
After
that
Rolland
had
said
thys
/
the
barons
and
the
daruoyselles
thanked
god
of
al
and
fedde
them
suffysauntlye
in
praysyng
and
lawdyng
god
deuoutelye
/
Now
late
vs
speke
a
lytel
of
Guye
of
bourgoyn
whiche
was
ledde
tofore
the
admyral
/
moche
troubled
/
dyscolourd
/
&
chaunged
of
vysage
was
the
sayd
Guye
by
cause
he
had
not
eten
in
thre
dayes
tofore
/
&
for
that
daunger
that
he
felte
hym
to
be
in
the
handes
of
his
enemyes
/
&
there
tofore
the
admyral
he
was
al
despoyled
of
his
armes
/
&
thenne
appyered
his
body
wel
membred
/
&
ballant
demaunded
what
was
his
name
/
&
who
he
was
/
the
baron
ansuerd
Admyral
I
fere
not
to
say
the
trouthe
/
I
am
called
guy
of
bourgoyn
subgette
to
the
crowne
of
fraunce
/
&
cosyn
germayn
to
rolland
the
valyaunt
/
which
is
the
man
that
ought
wel
to
be
doubted
/
ballant
ansuerd
I
knowe
the
wel
ynough
/
it
is
more
than
vij
monethes
goon
that
my
doughter
hath
had
the
in
grete
loue
/
which
dyspleseth
me
gretely
/
&
I
know
wel
that
she
loueth
the
more
than
ony
man
lyuyng
/
&
I
for
that
loue
haue
lost
many
men
of
grete
facion
/
&
am
put
out
of
my
tour
the
chyef
strengthe
of
al
my
contreye
/
but
yf
al
be
yolden
to
me
ageyn
shortly
/
y●
shalt
be
quarterd
in
short
tyme
&
dysmembred
&
more
ouer
I
demaunde
that
thou
say
to
me
the
trouthe
/
who
been
they
that
ben
enclosed
in
the
tour
of
whom
we
haue
ben
assaylled
with
so
daungerously
/
Guy
ansuerd
gladly
I
shal
say
to
the
/
Be
thou
wel
sure
that
rolland
the
valyaunte
is
there
/
Olyuer
his
felowe
ryght
courageous
/
Thyerry
duc
of
Ardayne
/
Rychard
of
Normandye
/
Gherard
of
Mundydyer
/
Naymes
dne
of
bauyere
/
&
basyn
the
genewey
whom
ye
haue
slayn
/
but
by
the
grace
of
god
&
helpe
of
charles
his
deth
shal
be
to
you
dere
solde
Th
admyral
was
ryght
euyl
contente
of
the
menaces
of
Guye
/
wherfore
a
moche
fyers
sarasyn
took
hys
fyste
/
and
smote
guye
on
the
vysage
in
suche
wyse
that
the
blood
yssued
oute
of
hys
nose
&
mouth
habundantly
wyth
that
stroke
guy
was
sette
a
fyre
for
angre
and
furour
and
lefte
not
/
for
to
be
forthwith
quartred
&
he
was
not
holden
/
but
that
he
toke
that
same
sarasyn
by
the
heyre
wyth
one
of
hys
handes
/
and
wyth
that
other
hande
●e
smote
hym
vpon
the
grete
bone
of
that
necke
behynde
that
he
strake
it
/
And
wythoute
moeuyng
of
hande
or
foot
he
fyl
doun
deed
to
the
grounde
tofore
the
admyral
/
¶
Ballant
was
soo
euyl
contente
wyth
that
broke
that
he
was
al
enraged
for
the
deth
of
the
paynym
as
for
the
mysprysyng
that
guy
had
doon
in
hys
presence
tofore
his
eyen
and
cryed
with
a
loude
voys
that
he
shold
be
taken
/
&
assone
as
he
had
sayd
the
worde
/
the
sarasyns
as
wulues
enraged
/
whyche
wyth
theyr
feet
and
handes
al
to
bete
hym
/
in
suche
wyse
that
he
knewe
not
where
he
was
/
And
had
slayne
hym
yf
the
admyra●
had
not
commaunded
theym
/
that
he
shold
not
be
put
to
deth
in
suche
manere
/
●How
the
paynyms
had
purposed
to
haue
hanged
Guye
of
bourgoyne
/
seeyng
the
crysten
men
/
whyche
socoured
hym
myghtely
capitulo
xv
AFter
that
guye
of
bourgoyn
was
wel
bounden
and
straytly
/
Th
admyral
sente
to
come
to
hym
brullant
of
mommyere
Sortybrant
of
conymbres
and
for
many
other
of
his
counceyl
and
sayd
to
them
/
my
frendes
/
I
praye
you
that
ye
gyue
to
me
counceyl
what
I
ought
to
do
wyth
thys
prysonner
/
whyche
dothe
me
so
grete
reproche
&
despysyng
as
ye
see
and
knowe
/
Syr
sayd
Sortybrant
I
shal
gyue
to
you
good
connceyl
yf
ye
wyl
byleue
me
/
ye
shal
doo
reyse
vp
a
galowe
tree
nyghe
to
the
dyches
of
the
toure
in
whych
been
the
prysonners
of
fraunce
/
&
to
morne
ye
shal
do
hange
this
prysoner
/
&
see
that
ye
haue
in
a
secrete
place
nyghe
vnto
that
said
galowes
&
thousand
turkes
wel
armed
&
in
good
poynte
/
and
I
am
sure
that
the
freysshe
men
be
so
hardy
and
oute
of
mesure
/
that
whan
they
shal
see
their
felowe
for
to
be
hanged
they
shal
come
oute
for
to
socoure
hym
/
&
your
peple
that
shal
be
hydde
in
the
busshement
shal
come
out
on
them
&
take
them
/
Thenne
shal
ye
haue
them
al
surely
for
to
do
wyth
your
playsyr
/
this
counceyl
was
approued
by
th
admyral
to
be
good
/
&
was
therwyth
wel
content
/
wherfore
wythoute
takyng
of
ony
other
delyberacy
on
/
the
galowes
were
made
as
afore
is
sayd
/
&
ryght
nyghe
to
the
place
/
was
a
lytel
wode
/
&
lete
put
therin
secretly
xx
/
M
/
fyghtyng
men
/
&
comanded
them
to
be
gouerned
by
the
kyng
claryon
&
other
capytayns
/
&
after
th
admyral
made
guy
of
bourgoyne
to
be
ledde
with
xxx
sarasyns
vnto
the
galowes
/
whyche
cessed
not
to
bete
and
smyte
on
hym
with
grete
staues
whyche
greued
hym
sore
/
&
they
bonde
his
handes
behynde
hys
backe
moche
straytly
/
&
whan
he
felte
a
grete
corde
aboute
hih
necke
/
and
hys
eyen
bounden
&
sawe
no
thyuge
whyther
he
wente
/
Thys
thynkyng
wyth
an
hye
voys
he
began
to
crye
/
O
redemptour
of
the
world
/
my
maker
and
my
god
for
whos
name
I
am
in
payne
and
goo
to
deye
an
euyl
deth
/
the
meryte
of
thy
passyon
take
my
soule
in
to
thy
kepyng
/
for
the
body
taketh
hys
ende
/
And
lyke
as
I
haue
nede
of
thy
helpe
/
So
I
beseche
and
requyre
the
to
counceyll
and
comforte
me
/
¶
O
noble
barons
of
fraunco
ye
shal
neuer
see
me
/
yf
ye
suffre
me
to
be
hanged
it
shal
be
to
you
grete
shame
/
O
Roulland
fayr
cosyn
remembre
me
/
or
ellys
shal
ye
neuer
see
me
on
lyue
/
he
thus
sayeng
and
other
pyetous
wordes
Rolland
was
in
a
wyndowe
and
behelde
ouer
a
lytel
rocke
and
sawe
the
galowes
reysed
/
wherfore
he
came
to
hys
felawes
and
sayd
/
I
meruaylle
moche
what
thys
meneth
that
I
haue
seen
the
galowes
sette
vpon
the
dyches
/
I
wote
neuer
to
what
purpoos
it
is
doon
whan
the
other
had
seen
it
/
Duc
naymes
sayd
to
them
/
that
with
oute
faute
they
were
made
for
to
hange
on
guye
of
bourgoyne
/
&
forthwith
they
saw
hym
comyng
al
despoyled
and
was
ledde
toward
the
galowes
/
&
they
knewe
wel
that
yf
he
were
not
socoured
and
rescued
that
he
shold
be
hanged
&
put
to
deth
/
●whan
the
fayr
florypes
herde
them
plede
she
came
to
them
for
to
wete
what
it
was
/
and
after
whan
she
sawe
the
galowes
reysed
/
and
guy
hir
loue
/
and
to
comyng
husbond
so
shamefully
ledde
/
ye
may
thynke
in
what
estate
she
was
reduced
/
and
began
to
crye
O
noble
knyghtes
shal
ye
suffre
guy
of
bourgoyn
your
felawe
to
be
hanged
tofore
your
eyen
/
Truste
ye
none
other
/
that
yf
he
deye
/
by
the
same
god
that
fourmed
me
/
I
shal
lepe
out
of
the
wyndowe
/
&
shal
deye
in
desperacyen
/
and
after
she
came
to
rolland
&
kneled
doun
on
both
hyr
knees
and
kyssed
hys
feet
humbly
in
sayeng
/
Syr
Rolland
in
t
honour
of
god
I
requyre
the
/
that
it
may
playse
the
to
take
the
payne
/
for
to
rescowe
&
socoure
my
loue
guye
and
ellys
I
am
a
boste
woman
Thynke
for
to
arme
you
/
and
I
shal
goo
and
make
redy
your
horses
/
for
the
tyme
is
ouer
short
so
that
by
the
playsyr
of
god
ye
shal
be
there
in
tyme
/
Thenne
Rolland
&
his
felowes
armed
them
moche
hastely
/
and
gyrde
theyr
swerdes
and
sheldes
and
wente
oute
of
the
toure
and
on
hors
backe
sprange
oute
/
And
or
they
rode
ony
ferther
rolland
sayd
lordes
at
thys
houre
lyeth
our
deth
&
our
lyf
/
in
suche
wyse
that
yf
we
haue
not
good
conduyte
&
loyal
we
shal
neuer
retorne
/
we
ne
ben
but
x
/
&
the
paynems
ben
Innumerable
&
of
grete
force
/
In
t
honour
of
god
I
praye
you
that
alwaye
we
holde
vs
togyder
/
&
that
eche
take
hede
of
other
as
moche
as
he
may
/
For
yf
we
be
deuyded
/
we
shal
sone
be
taken
and
hanged
/
And
on
that
other
parte
yf
one
of
vs
falle
to
the
grounde
/
that
prestly
he
be
reysed
/
And
not
to
leue
hym
for
lyf
ne
deth
/
And
that
none
faylle
other
/
And
I
shal
be
he
that
shal
brynge
you
to
gyder
by
th
ayde
of
god
/
for
I
swere
to
you
by
my
lyf
/
that
as
long
as
I
may
holde
durandal
and
may
kepe
the
lyf
in
my
body
/
ye
shal
haue
of
me
a
good
deffendour
and
waraunt
/
and
in
lykewyse
sayd
al
the
other
/
Florypes
answerd
/
my
lordes
ye
may
tarpe
ouer
longe
/
&
she
went
in
to
hyr
chambre
/
and
opened
a
coffre
/
in
whiche
was
the
crowne
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
and
moche
reuerently
they
kyssed
it
/
&
sette
it
on
theyr
heedes
/
wherfor
with
a
good
courage
they
yssued
out
noo
thynge
dredyng
the
puyssaunce
of
the
paynyms
/
&
after
Florypes
and
hyr
damoysellys
lyft
vp
the
brydge
&
shette
fast
the
toure
/
¶
The
noble
peres
of
fraunce
fayr
and
in
good
ordenaunce
wente
toward
the
galowes
alonge
the
medowes
/
&
the
paynyms
were
vnder
the
galowes
/
and
were
besy
to
brynge
vp
guy
of
bourgoyn
which
had
hys
eyen
bounden
&
hys
handes
also
/
and
a
grete
corde
aboute
hys
necke
/
and
whan
Rolland
sawe
that
/
he
hasted
hys
hors
&
the
other
after
/
&
began
to
crye
to
the
paynyms
sayeng
/
ha
trayters
mastyns
/
It
shal
not
be
as
ye
thynk
/
ye
haue
begonne
suche
a
thynge
werof
ye
shal
repente
/
Of
thys
hu●●t
which
was
made
so
Impetuously
/
the
moost
hardy
of
xxx
that
helde
guye
began
to
flee
/
and
they
were
so
hastely
poursyewed
that
xx
of
them
were
slayn
/
here
vpon
they
that
were
in
the
wode
camen
out
makyng
a
grete
bruyt
/
and
al
afore
came
Cornyfer
a
meruayllous
paynym
vpon
a
morel
of
grete
facyon
/
And
began
to
crye
haye
frensshe
men
dysmesured
/
come
ye
for
to
socoure
hym
that
is
Iuged
by
th
admyral
to
be
hanged
ye
haue
enterprysed
a
grete
folye
/
For
al
ye
shal
be
hanged
wyth
hym
/
whan
rolland
herde
the
paynym
so
say
/
he
was
moche
angry
/
&
helde
durandal
in
hys
hande
&
came
ageynst
hym
as
a
wulf
enraged
/
Neuertheles
the
paynym
smote
on
his
shelde
daungerously
/
but
after
that
he
was
recouerd
he
atteyned
and
smote
the
paynym
so
puyssantly
that
he
clefte
hys
heed
doun
to
the
body
/
and
after
that
he
was
dede
rolland
came
rennyng
vnto
the
galowes
/
and
vnblynfelde
&
vnbonde
syr
guye
of
bourgoyne
and
bad
hym
holde
hym
by
hym
tyl
he
was
armed
/
&
after
that
Roulland
had
slayn
another
paynym
/
Guye
beyng
in
th
assuraunce
of
thother
peres
of
fraunce
he
armed
hym
Incontynent
with
th
armes
of
that
paynym
by
the
helpe
of
hys
felowes
/
&
mounted
vpon
the
Paynyms
hors
/
but
thys
was
not
doon
wythoute
grete
payne
and
meruayllous
deffence
that
they
made
/
for
anone
al
the
sarasyns
that
were
in
the
wode
came
vpon
the
barons
of
fraunce
and
dyd
grete
Inconuenyents
/
Neuertheles
by
th
ayde
of
god
/
the
barons
were
of
so
good
gouernement
&
of
so
entyer
courage
/
of
so
meruayllous
deffence
and
puyssaunce
/
that
at
that
tyme
they
put
soo
many
sarasyns
to
deth
/
that
the
place
was
al
encombred
and
al
were
empesshed
to
goo
further
/
Emonge
whome
guye
of
bourgoyne
dyd
meruaylles
/
for
after
that
he
was
armed
/
by
the
conseruacyon
of
hys
felowes
he
dyd
gretely
hys
deuoyr
&
sayd
to
the
sarasyns
/
O
ye
traytres
mastyns
I
shal
shewe
you
in
thys
Iourneye
/
that
I
am
escaped
fro
your
handes
/
&
by
thus
fyghtyng
they
made
the
sarasyns
to
withdrawe
a
grete
bowe
draught
/
They
thus
fyghtyng
on
that
other
syde
were
moo
than
ten
thousand
sarasyns
redy
to
empesshe
them
the
passage
/
that
they
myght
not
wythdrawe
them
wherfore
Rolland
holdyng
durandal
in
hys
honde
seeyng
that
called
al
hys
felowes
and
sayd
to
them
/
lordes
it
is
noo
tyme
now
to
wythdrawe
vs
/
but
of
necessyte
we
must
auaunce
vs
for
our
owne
conseruacyon
/
yf
we
may
gete
the
brydge
/
doubte
we
no
thyng
/
&
thenne
may
we
wel
saue
vs
/
Roulland
/
Sayd
Guye
of
bourgoyne
ye
knowe
wel
that
in
the
toure
we
haue
noo
thynge
to
ete
/
&
yf
we
were
wythin
how
shold
we
lyue
/
yet
had
I
leuer
to
haue
my
body
daungerously
wounded
in
fyghtyng
vpon
the
sarasyns
/
than
to
deye
for
hungre
here
wythin
and
wythoute
daunger
/
and
yf
it
be
the
wylle
of
god
that
in
thys
day
we
shold
deye
/
al
be
it
at
hys
playsyr
/
and
we
shal
take
it
a
worth
as
good
and
trewe
knyghtes
of
god
/
At
the
other
barons
were
of
hys
oppynyon
&
goon
forth
in
grete
purpoos
for
to
bere
them
valyauntly
/
T●●y
beyng
in
thys
purpoos
to
bere
them
valyauntly
as
sayd
is
/
Florypes
was
in
a
wyndowe
of
the
toure
/
and
sawe
Guye
of
bourgoyne
hyr
loue
/
wherof
she
was
moche
Ioyous
/
and
cryed
to
hym
wyth
an
hyr
voys
/
that
hit
wold
plese
hym
to
come
to
hyr
sayeng
that
yf
she
syued
for
the
prowesse
of
the
barons
that
hyr
fader
th
admyral
shold
ones
be
in
hys
daunger
/
wherfor
Ogyer
the
danoys
sayd
/
Lords
haue
ye
not
herde
how
nobly
she
speketh
/
She
is
wel
worthy
that
we
doo
for
hyr
/
And
knowe
ye
that
I
shal
not
be
at
ease
yf
we
thus
retorne
/
Thenne
wythoute
more
langage
the
frensshe
men
ronnen
vpon
the
sarasyns
h●stely
/
of
whome
Roulland
was
alwaye
formest
/
and
made
soo
grete
bruyt
and
descomfyture
of
paynyms
/
that
they
eschewed
&
made
them
to
flee
tofore
vhem
as
the
byrde
tofore
the
sperhawke
/
Guye
of
bourgoyn
came
with
a
grete
cours
ageynst
a
paynym
moche
fyers
named
Rampyer
/
and
attayned
hym
so
harde
on
the
somette
of
the
heed
that
he
clefte
hym
to
the
myddel
of
hys
body
/
wherfore
whan
Roulland
sawe
hys
grete
valyannce
he
said
to
hym
/
Guy
fayr
cosyn
I
haue
wel
seen
how
ye
haue
menaced
the
paynym
/
ye
haue
so
doon
that
Florypes
the
fayr
lady
ought
to
loue
you
and
holde
you
ryght
dere
/
¶
How
the
peres
of
Fraunce
aforesayd
were
pourueyed
of
vptaylles
and
after
assyeged
and
foughten
by
the
paynyms
capitulo
xvj
WHan
Florypes
the
curtoys
beyng
wyth
hyr
damoyselles
in
the
toure
sawe
the
barons
of
Fraunce
to
be
assured
tofore
the
castel
she
cryed
to
hem
hyely
/
O
ye
lordes
I
praye
you
to
remembre
to
gete
somme
vytaylles
or
ye
come
entre
herein
/
to
th
ende
that
we
deye
not
for
famyne
/
Olyuer
vnderstode
wel
the
damoysel
and
also
roulland
whyche
sayd
that
she
had
wel
spoken
and
in
tyme
/
for
yf
we
entre
in
to
the
castel
we
may
not
departe
wyth
our
case
/
and
therupon
al
the
barons
with
one
courage
goon
ageynst
the
sarasyns
&
smote
on
them
/
&
brake
theyr
araye
in
suche
wyse
that
they
made
them
to
voyde
the
place
&
to
wythdrawe
and
goo
backe
a
grete
dele
/
and
thus
as
they
retorned
vnto
the
toure
/
a
ryght
good
aduenture
came
ageynst
them
/
For
xx
sōmyers
passed
forth
by
which
certeyn
paynyms
ledde
/
whyche
al
were
charged
wyth
wyn
brode
and
flesshe
habundauntly
/
And
anone
they
that
ledde
them
were
slayn
and
put
to
deth
/
And
thenne
the
barons
enforced
them
for
to
lede
them
hastelye
and
so
conduyted
them
tyl
they
brought
them
in
to
the
toure
/
&
in
the
waye
as
they
retorned
they
fonde
the
body
of
basyn
whyche
had
be
slayn
the
day
byfore
/
which
they
took
vp
and
brought
wyth
them
in
to
the
toure
/
and
were
there
in
sur●te
/
For
they
lyfte
vp
the
brydge
and
entred
/
and
after
aualed
the
drawe
brydge
and
made
faste
the
yates
and
surely
And
thus
were
they
wel
vytaylled
for
ij
monethes
&
more
/
ye
may
wel
wete
that
th
admyral
was
not
ouer
Ioyous
/
whan
he
sawe
that
Guye
of
bourgoyn
whyche
had
ben
in
his
subgectyon
was
wyth
hys
felawes
/
And
also
whan
he
knewe
that
they
were
furnysshed
wyth
vytaylle
so
habundantlye
/
wherfor
ryght
angry
and
euyl
contente
dyd
doo
calle
hys
counceyl
/
and
demaunded
brullant
of
mōmyere
and
Scotybrant
of
C●nymbres
and
other
of
hys
counceyllours
sayeng
to
them
/
My
barons
ye
knowe
that
these
frensshe
men
haue
ryght
euyl
gouerned
vs
/
They
haue
garnysshed
the
toure
wyth
brede
wyn
and
other
vytaylles
/
and
yf
by
aduenture
it
come
to
the
knowleche
of
kyng
Charles
/
we
shal
be
enpesshed
/
for
he
shal
come
&
socoure
them
and
we
shal
come
make
to
hym
contynuel
resystence
/
For
hys
puyssaunce
is
ouer
grete
ye
knowe
it
wel
/
wherfore
I
am
in
grete
thought
and
melancolye
what
we
may
best
doo
/
To
thys
Sortybrant
answerd
&
sayd
syr
admyral
I
counceyl
that
euery
man
be
armed
and
in
grete
poynte
for
to
sette
vp
the
engynes
to
assaylle
the
toure
&
breke
it
/
&
after
to
make
sowne
and
to
trompe
vp
a
thousand
trompes
and
hornes
Impetuously
/
And
whan
the
Frenssh
men
shal
here
them
/
they
shal
be
so
aferde
/
that
we
at
our
playsyr
shal
mowe
entre
in
to
the
toure
/
Brullant
of
mommyere
answerd
to
hym
&
sayd
/
Sortybrant
frende
ye
speke
of
a
grete
folye
/
Byleue
not
that
the
frenssh
men
that
he
within
the
toure
/
ben
of
soo
feble
condycyon
/
that
ye
shal
make
theym
aferde
wyth
blowyng
&
sownyng
of
hornes
Certeyn
ye
haue
nothyng
to
fere
them
wyth
/
And
I
shal
say
to
you
the
reason
/
The
flour
of
the
barons
of
fraunce
is
there
wythin
the
moost
puyssaunt
&
the
moost
noble
/
Rolland
is
there
whych
is
so
puyssaunt
and
courageous
/
that
who
someuer
Ioyneth
to
hym
/
he
putteth
hym
to
deth
/
And
there
is
the
counte
olyuer
knowe
ye
not
of
his
grete
fyersnes
/
whyche
conquerd
●eynge
Fyerabras
the
myghtyest
of
all
the
paynyms
/
And
I
swere
to
you
by
mahoun
that
he
is
in
theyr
companye
/
For
I
haue
herde
say
also
/
that
there
is
the
counte
of
mondydyer
Gherurd
whyche
hath
doon
to
vs
grete
dommage
/
Also
there
is
thyerry
the
duc
of
ardayne
/
and
another
fals
olde
knyght
that
named
hym self
naymes
du●
of
●●uyere
/
semblably
guy
of
bourgoyne
/
whyche
was
taken
from
vs
whan
he
was
ledde
to
be
hanged
/
And
other
ther
be
whyche
I
haue
not
named
/
There
ben
but
xj
/
for
one
of
them
was
slayn
/
and
ye
knowe
wel
they
ben
alle
of
grete
resystence
/
Roulland
the
nenewe
of
charles
is
of
soo
grete
fyersnes
that
he
doubteth
no
man
lyuyng
/
no
stroke
ne
shotte
that
is
gyuen
hym
/
and
doubte
ye
not
that
yf
they
were
al
suche
as
be
is
that
ben
in
the
castel
/
they
shold
chace
vs
oute
of
thys
royame
/
or
they
shold
slee
vs
/
And
I
knowe
wel
that
theyr
god
waketh
for
them
/
for
he
hath
ryght
wel
kepte
them
/
Our
goddes
ben
accursed
and
vnhappy
/
For
it
is
longe
sythe
that
they
haue
ony
thynge
holpen
vs
/
¶
Of
these
wordes
that
brullant
thus
sayd
th
admyral
was
passyng
angry
&
sayd
to
hym
/
ye
haue
ryght
euyl
and
folysshly
spoken
/
and
so
sayeng
he
wold
haue
smyton
hym
wyth
hys
staf
/
but
the
kyng
Sortybrant
wythdrowe
the
stroke
sayeng
/
Syr
admyral
leue
your
angre
/
and
late
vs
thynke
for
to
assaylle
thys
toure
/
and
late
vs
so
do
that
these
fals
frenssh
men
be
vaynquysshed
and
smyton
in
pyeces
/
and
thus
as
he
had
said
th
admyral
made
to
come
hornes
trompettes
and
other
Instrumentes
for
to
sowne
&
to
make
bruyt
and
noyse
in
suche
wyse
/
that
al
the
sarasyns
were
there
assembled
that
they
helde
the
space
of
a
myle
longe
aboute
the
toure
After
th
admyral
made
to
come
a
man
Ingenyous
&
enchauntour
/
whyche
was
named
Mahon
that
made
two
meruayllous
engynes
&
with
couertures
surely
made
kept
them
that
were
there
vnder
/
that
they
myght
not
be
hurte
of
the
frensshe
men
/
And
by
the
moyen
of
these
engynes
they
conquerd
the
fyrst
wardes
of
the
castel
/
wherfore
the
frensshe
men
furyous
and
wode
as
lyons
came
to
the
yates
of
the
toure
/
&
the
maydens
also
al
armed
/
whyche
with
the
barons
dyd
so
wel
theyr
deuoyr
that
he
that
was
raught
and
smyton
by
them
was
so
terrybly
hurt
that
he
ouerthrewe
and
fyl
doun
dede
/
For
they
were
aboue
on
hyr
and
threwe
doun
grete
stones
/
dartes
of
yron
&
other
mortal
engynes
wyth
whyche
they
made
contynuel
resystence
/
¶
How
the
toure
was
broken
and
brente
by
enchauntement
&
the
barons
in
grete
peryl
of
deth
and
restored
by
assoulte
maad
on
the
Paynyms
capitulo
xvij
THe
Paynyms
perseueryng
in
th
assault
aforesayd
/
Th
enchauntour
came
tofore
the
admyral
and
sayd
to
hym
/
Ryght
dere
syr
I
haue
made
myn
engynes
al
redy
/
by
moyen
of
whyche
I
shal
delyuer
to
you
the
frensshe
men
/
make
your
men
of
armes
to
god
a
parte
/
&
that
I
may
haue
somme
to
awayte
on
me
/
And
whan
they
were
alle
redy
as
he
had
deuysed
he
sette
them
rounde
aboute
the
tour
And
by
hys
crafte
and
arte
he
made
a
flamme
of
fyre
so
meruayllous
/
that
the
pylers
of
marble
&
other
stones
bygonnen
to
brenne
&
make
fyre
at
vtteraunce
wherfore
the
frensshe
men
were
so
perturbed
that
the
one
sayd
to
the
other
/
that
by
force
they
must
yelde
the
toure
/
for
they
had
no
moyen
to
saue
theyr
persones
/
wyth
thys
florypes
sayd
to
them
lordes
esmaye
you
nothyng
yet
vnto
the
tyme
ye
see
more
/
And
anone
she
wente
&
took
somme
herbes●
and
other
medecynes
&
dyd
tempere
them
in
wyn
/
For
she
knewe
the
manere
how
that
fyre
artyfycyally
brente
the
stones
/
thus
she
made
this
beurage
and
whan
it
was
caste
vpon
the
fyre
/
it
brenned
nomore
/
wherfore
the
admyral
wende
to
haue
been
out
of
hys
wytte
for
angre
/
But
Sortybrant
tolde
hym
that
al
was
quenched
by
the
moyen
of
floripes
his
doughter
/
wherfore
th
admyral
was
of
entencyon
to
make
hys
doughter
to
deye
of
an
euyl
deth
/
The
kyng
Sortybrant
sayd
that
he
shold
do
sowne
his
hornes
and
trompettes
/
and
recommence
the
assaulte
al
newe
/
and
at
that
tyme
by
force
the
frensshe
men
shold
be
vaynquysshed
/
For
I
am
sure
sayd
he
/
that
they
haue
nomore
to
caste
oute
vpon
vs
/
For
they
haue
nomore
shotte
ne
stones
/
but
al
is
faylled
to
them
And
th
assaulte
was
made
as
it
was
ordeyned
Impetuous
that
it
semed
derke
for
the
shotte
of
arowes
/
of
dartes
stones
&
other
engynes
/
in
suche
wyse
that
the
grete
quarters
of
the
murayl
&
walles
fyl
and
tombled
doun
to
the
erthe
/
the
barons
of
fraunce
moche
abasshed
sayd
one
to
another
/
that
thenne
they
must
nedes
be
vaynquysshed
/
For
they
sawe
parte
of
the
walles
&
the
pryncipal
of
the
castel
falle
doun
And
they
beyng
in
grete
thought
Florypes
sayd
to
them
thus
/
Lordes
dysmaye
ye
noo
●ynge
thys
toure
is
stronge
ynough
for
to
kepe
vs
yet
/
And
of
that
other
parte
/
the
tre●our
of
my
fader
is
herin
/
which
is
in
〈◊〉
wedges
and
places
of
〈…〉
buyllyon
/
late
vs
goo
〈◊〉
it
and
as
wel
may
we
〈◊〉
the
paynyms
therwyth
as
wyth
stones
and
better
/
Thenne
〈◊〉
of
bourgoyn
hyr
loue
came
to
〈◊〉
wyth
grete
Ioye
&
hyssed
〈◊〉
moche
amerously
and
swetelye
And
after
she
wente
&
opened
the
toure
and
place
where
〈◊〉
tresour
was
Innumerable
/
and
wyth
grete
quantyte
therof
they
wente
to
the
butysments
of
the
toure
/
and
threwe
vpon
the
●aynyms
/
in
suche
wyse
that
they
made
grete
dyscomfyture
/
And
more
ouer
the
paynems
seeyng
the
golde
falle
on
them
in
suche
habundaunce
/
anone
they
cessyd
their
fyghtyng
ayense
the
frenssh
men
/
And
for
the
concupyscence
of
that
golde
they
f●ught
and
slewe
eche
other
/
wherfore
th
admyral
was
so
dysplaysaunt
&
angry
that
he
wende
to
haue
dyed
and
began
to
crye
wyth
an
hye
voys
/
O
ye
barons
sarasyns
leue
ye
th
assaulte
whiche
torneth
to
me
grete
dommage
Innumerable
/
For
I
see
that
my
tresour
wasteth
&
is
loste
which
I
haue
wyth
grete
payue
&
dylygence
assembled
/
And
had
recomaunded
it
to
my
god
mahon
and
had
made
hym
kepar
of
it
/
whyche
now
hath
faylled
me
/
but
by
my
soule
yf
I
may
take
hym
/
and
that
he
come
in
to
myn
holde
I
shal
make
hym
wepe
/
The
kyng
Sortybrant
answerd
Syr
Admyral
be
ye
noo
thyng
ameruayllyd
of
your
tresour
/
ne
wroth
ayenst
Mahon
/
for
he
may
nomore
do
/
they
may
wel
take
it
fro
hym
/
for
he
is
aslepe
/
I
byleue
none
other
/
for
in
tyme
passed
he
hath
wel
watched
&
kepte
it
/
but
those
frenssh
men
ben
so
wyly
theues
that
they
haue
stolen
it
fro
hym
subtylly
/
Th
admyral
beyng
al
angry
by
cause
the
nyght
came
on
/
And
repayred
with
his
peple
toward
hys
souper
/
After
thys
whan
th
admyral
was
sette
atte
table
Roulland
whyche
was
in
the
hye
toure
surely
with
his
felowes
laye
in
a
wyndowe
for
to
ease
hym
/
and
as
he
thought
&
was
pensyf
/
he
sawe
th
admyral
syttyng
at
the
table
thorugh
the
wyndowe
/
and
after
cam
to
the
other
barons
and
sayd
to
them
/
my
lordes
and
brethern
I
see
that
the
Admyral
is
wyth
hys
pryncypal
barons
at
souper
/
and
thynketh
to
holde
hem
wel
at
his
ease
/
and
me
semeth
it
shold
be
grete
honour
and
prowesse
to
vs
to
make
hym
lene
his
repaste
The
other
barons
hys
felowes
were
of
hys
accorde
/
&
hastely
they
armed
them
and
put
them
in
poynte
/
and
fayr
yssued
out
comyng
to
the
place
where
the
admyral
was
/
but
the
admyral
which
was
subtyl
apperceyued
theyr
feat
/
and
sente
hastely
for
a
paynym
whyche
was
moche
fyers
/
and
was
hys
neuewe
/
And
sayd
to
hym
/
Espoulart
cosyn
/
peraduenture
the
frensshe
men
purpose
to
dystrouble
vs
at
our
souper
/
Therfore
depesshe
the
and
be
redy
anone
/
and
doo
so
that
they
be
taken
&
destroyed
/
and
anone
he
was
redy
/
And
forthwyth
Espoulart
took
hys
hors
and
came
ayenst
the
barons
holdyng
in
hys
honde
a
dart
of
stele
/
And
fyrst
he
encountred
Rolland
and
hytte
hym
in
his
shelde
in
suche
wyse
that
of
the
stooke
he
was
al
astonyed
/
but
it
came
soo
to
passe
that
it
touched
not
hys
flesshe
/
ne
he
was
not
hurte
/
After
this
Rolland
came
vpon
the
paynym
and
gaf
hym
a
good
stroke
that
he
made
hym
ouerthrowe
fro
hys
hors
/
but
the
turke
was
so
balyaunte
and
a
man
of
so
grete
myght
/
that
moche
lyghtly
he
remounted
vpon
hys
hors
/
And
Roulland
came
to
hym
&
smote
hym
wyth
hys
swerde
in
suche
wyse
that
the
paynym
wyst
not
where
he
was
And
as
he
was
fallyng
doun
of
hys
hors
/
Rolland
moche
puyssauntly
caught
hym
&
layed
hym
thwart
vpon
hys
hors
and
bare
hym
awaye
/
The
admyral
seeyng
thys
al
in
a
rage
escryed
hys
peple
that
they
shold
socoure
hys
neuewe
/
but
they
wyst
not
what
to
doo
/
For
in
defendyng
them
many
of
them
were
slayn
and
hurte
wythoute
nombre
/
wherfor
of
veray
force
the
other
paynyms
must
retorne
/
&
rolland
cessed
not
to
renne
tyl
that
he
was
at
the
toure
/
And
whan
al
the
barons
of
Fraunce
were
wythin
/
they
shette
the
yates
wel
surely
/
and
had
noo
feare
of
ony
empesshement
/
¶
Here
begynneth
the
thyrd
partye
of
the
second
book
which
conteyneth
xvj
chapytres
/
And
speketh
how
the
barons
of
fraunce
were
socoured
&
the
paynyms
confused
/
¶
Of
the
moeuyng
of
the
peres
of
fraunce
for
to
goo
shewe
theyr
affayres
vnto
kyng
Charles
/
And
how
Rychard
of
Normandye
was
ordeyned
for
to
goo
/
capitulo
primo
THe
peres
of
fraunce
beyng
thus
assyeged
and
deteyned
as
I
haue
said
afore
/
had
taken
a
turke
moche
fyers
/
and
grete
frende
of
the
admyral
whome
they
gaf
to
f●●rypes
for
to
do
wyth
hym
as
it
plesed
hyr
/
&
they
demaunded
of
hyr
what
man
he
was
&
of
hys
estate
/
Florypes
ansuerd
he
is
sone
of
myn
aunte
/
&
neuewe
to
th
admyral
/
and
he
is
ryche
&
hath
grete
puyssaunce
/
And
if
ye
wyl
doo
grete
dysplaysyr
to
my
fader
/
put
hym
to
deth
/
The
duc
Naymes
moche
wyse
sayd
to
hyr
/
Madame
it
is
not
behoeful
to
put
hym
so
to
deth
but
sythe
he
is
a
man
of
auctoryte
and
hath
audyence
wyth
your
fader
/
we
been
the
more
Ioyous
and
I
shal
say
to
you
wherfore
yf
peraduenture
one
of
vs
were
taken
of
our
enemyes
/
by
the
moyen
of
this
man
he
myght
he
rendred
and
chaunged
for
hym
And
of
thys
conclusyon
were
contente
al
the
peres
of
fraunce
Thenne
after
thys
Rychard
of
Normandye
called
the
other
his
felawes
/
and
sayd
to
them
/
ye
knowe
wel
how
we
ben
here
enclosed
in
thys
toure
/
And
I
am
wel
sure
/
that
at
the
laste
we
must
nedes
faylle
and
deye
by
these
Sarasyns
/
we
haue
noo
moyen
by
whyche
we
may
saue
our
lyf
/
and
me
thynketh
that
it
shold
be
good
/
that
we
shold
¶
How
after
that
rychard
was
departed
/
kyng
claryon
a
ryght
myghty
kyng
ranne
after
hym
the
whyche
was
slayn
by
the
sayd
Rychard
valyauntly
/
&
of
other
thynges
capitulo
ij
GRete
gryef
and
annoye
cam
to
the
peres
of
fraunce
whan
Rychard
of
Normandye
shold
departe
for
to
goo
to
kyng
charles
/
On
the
morne
whan
they
came
to
the
gates
of
the
toure
in
whych
they
were
in
they
fonde
grete
multytude
of
peple
sarasyns
whyche
kepte
the
passage
that
none
of
the
frensshe
men
shold
yssue
out
/
wherfore
by
the
space
of
ij
monethes
they
coude
not
fynde
the
moyen
to
yssue
oute
/
but
on
a
day
emonge
al
other
whan
th
admyral
was
on
huntyng
a
lytel
waye
of
/
&
that
on
a
nyght
the
garde
of
the
bridge
was
forgoten
/
Thenne
the
barons
armed
them
&
mounted
on
horsback
/
and
wente
out
rennyng
vnto
theyr
lodgynges
/
but
assone
as
they
were
seen
of
the
paynyms
they
blewe
vp
hornes
&
trompettes
/
&
began
to
sowne
so
terrybly
that
anone
peple
Innumerable
were
there
assembled
for
to
renne
vpon
the
peres
of
Fraunce
/
and
thus
whan
they
were
al
enclosed
wyth
theyr
enemyes
/
&
that
euery
man
was
besy
for
to
fyght
/
The
duc
Rychard
al
in
wepyng
commaunded
to
god
hys
felawes
/
And
secretely
departed
and
took
hys
waye
at
al
aduenture
/
&
tofore
that
his
felawes
were
at
theyr
lodgyng
many
of
the
sarasyns
were
hurte
&
slayn
/
and
in
this
maner
they
reentred
in
to
the
toure
surely
/
and
mounted
in
to
the
ba●aylement
/
&
sawe
a
ferre
duc
rychard
whyche
thenne
had
passed
beyonde
all
the
hoost
/
and
in
wepyng
they
recommaunded
hym
swetely
to
god
many
tymes
/
Rychard
of
Normandye
thus
rydyng
allone
had
feare
alwaye
that
he
shold
be
assaylled
/
whan
he
had
ferre
ryden
vnto
a
toppe
of
a
montayn
/
his
hors
was
sore
chauffed
&
bledde
habundantly
/
Thenne
he
doubted
entyerly
that
he
shold
be
empesshed
and
lyfte
vp
his
mynde
to
heuen
&
sayd
/
O
lord
god
my
creatour
to
whom
alle
my
wylle
is
ordeyned
/
thys
day
preserue
my
body
from
myn
enemyes
/
in
suche
wyse
that
I
lose
not
my
lyf
&
blessid
hym self
with
the
signe
of
the
crosse
many
tymes
/
he
beyng
in
that
place
the
day
appyered
wel
clerely
/
&
fyrst
brullant
of
mōmyere
apperceyued
hym
/
&
after
sortybrant
of
Conymbres
rohyche
were
bothe
to
gydre
/
the
whyche
wente
hastely
to
kynge
Claryon
a
moche
myghty
paynym
neuewe
of
th
admyral
/
and
brullant
sayd
fyrst
to
hym
/
Syr
Claryon
see
ye
yonde
messager
one
of
the
prysoners
of
fraunce
whyche
is
departed
fro
his
felawes
&
gooth
toward
Charles
for
socours
/
And
yf
ye
see
not
for
remedye
/
there
may
come
ther
by
harme
to
vs
/
for
yf
he
recounte
theyr
affayres
to
the
kyng
charles
/
It
may
happen
to
retorne
to
vs
grete
dommage
/
Also
sone
as
claryon
herde
these
tydynges
anone
he
armed
hym
/
&
mounted
vpon
hys
hors
the
moost
merueyllous
that
euer
was
seen
For
for
to
renne
xxx
leghes
he
wold
not
be
wery
/
&
took
hys
shelde
&
his
swerd
of
stele
square
&
sharpe
/
&
ranne
toward
Duc
Rychard
as
he
had
be
enraged
&
other
sarasyns
folowed
after
hym
/
Rychard
mounted
on
hys
hors
wythoute
knowyng
that
he
was
poursyewed
&
sayd
/
O
my
creatour
holy
Trynyte
gyue
to
me
consolacyon
&
grace
that
I
may
see
Charles
the
myghty
Emperour
/
to
whom
I
am
sente
for
the
rescows
&
comfort
of
my
felawes
whiche
ben
in
the
toure
sorouful
and
sore
greued
/
and
that
I
may
make
them
Ioyeful
&
thus
as
he
was
in
this
thought
he
loked
behynde
hym
/
&
sawe
the
sarasyns
come
hastely
after
hym
whyche
were
by
comyn
estymacyon
moo
than
xiiij
M
/
Of
whom
the
kyng
Claryon
neuewe
of
the
Admyral
vpon
the
courser
tofore
sayd
came
tofore
the
other
a
grete
waye
/
Neuertheles
Rychard
beyng
on
a
lytel
montayn
/
&
byhelde
the
hoost
of
the
paynyms
came
ageynst
hym
with
grete
courage
/
ye
may
wel
ymagyne
in
what
estat
his
hert
was
/
what
thyng
myght
he
thynk
that
they
wold
do
wyth
hym
/
&
what
tidynges
his
felowes
shold
haue
of
hym
/
whan
he
was
there
allone
for
tabyde
&
susteyne
the
furour
&
malyde
of
so
moche
peple
/
Thus
ymagynyng
that
he
myght
not
flee
/
Anone
was
claryon
vpon
the
sayd
coursour
whyche
ranne
faster
and
more
swyftlyer
than
a
grehounde
/
the
whyche
coursour
was
alle
whyt
on
the
one
of
hys
sydes
as
a
flour
delys
/
&
on
that
other
syde
as
rede
as
fyre
enflammed
/
The
tayle
after
the
facion
of
a
pecock
the
crou●e
behynde
somwhat
reysed
&
dropped
as
smal
as
of
a
partryche
/
grete
thyes
&
shoot
feet
&
platte
/
&
rounde
/
wyth
lytel
●eres
/
the
mane
of
the
necke
whyt
his
nosethrylles
large
&
ample
he
was
tofore
moche
brode
&
had
eyen
grene
&
clere
/
a
lytel
beed
/
a
brode
fronte
/
with
a
smal
moscl
&
he
was
sadled
with
a
sad
be
of
yuorye
/
&
the
raynes
of
the
brydle
entrelaced
with
gold
/
styroppes
of
fyn
gold
/
the
roytral
wel
en●●ned
&
rychely
/
and
was
gyrde
with
iiij
stronge
syngles
/
&
had
on
hym
moo
than
an
C
of
smal
bellys
of
fyn
golde
sownyng
moche
melodyously
/
&
the
paynym
smote
hym
with
the
spores
moche
sharply
in
suche
wyse
that
the
hors
made
a
leep
more
than
xxx
foot
longe
/
And
after
escryed
duc
Rychard
the
noble
knyght
sayyeng
wyth
an
hye
boys
/
by
Mahoun
my
souerayn
god
thou
messager
shalt
neuer
achyeue
thyn
enterpryse
/
For
wythoute
goyng
ony
ferther
thou
shalte
here
ende
thy
lyf
/
whan
rychard
vnderstode
hym
alle
the
blode
in
hys
body
was
moeued
&
chaunged
&
ansuerd
/
Sarasyn
wherfore
arte
thou
of
suche
entencion
ayenst
me
/
what
haue
I
trespaced
to
the
/
I
neuer
offended
the
/
ne
robbed
thy
tresour
/
I
trquyre
the
by
loue
/
that
thou
dystrouble
me
not
/
and
yf
thou
suffre
me
to
passe
I
shal
take
it
for
a
grete
seruyse
/
&
I
promyse
to
the
that
ones
it
shal
be
rewarded
to
the
by
me
/
The
paynym
answerd
certayn
frensshe
man
thou
spekest
of
grete
folye
/
&
of
mahoun
be
I
cursed
yf
I
doo
ony
thyng
for
the
/
I
shal
not
suffre
the
to
passe
for
half
the
tresour
of
the
world
/
Also
sone
as
Rychard
knewe
hys
entencyon
he
auaunced
ayenst
hym
/
&
the
paynym
came
to
Rychard
&
wyth
hys
swerde
he
smote
hym
hard
vpon
hys
shelde
/
but
it
was
so
harde
that
it
wente
not
thurgh
/
here
vpon
richard
which
was
ful
of
grete
yre
ayenst
the
paynym
by
effectuel
deth
came
to
hym
wyth
hys
swerde
which
was
trenchaunte
&
as
the
hors
lepe
forth
/
the
paynym
lyfte
vp
his
hede
/
&
richard
attayned
ouerthwart
the
necke
so
ryght
in
a
Ioynte
that
he
smote
of
his
hede
in
suche
wyse
that
it
flewe
ferre
fro
the
body
/
ye
wel
a
spere
lengthe
/
&
he
put
the
trunke
of
the
body
to
the
erthe
al
dede
/
&
forth
wyth
he
descended
fro
hys
hors
/
&
mounted
vpon
that
/
the
good
courser
of
the
Paynym
/
whyche
was
the
best
hors
of
the
world
/
Thenne
Rychard
myght
wel
say
/
that
he
was
neuer
soo
wel
pourueyed
of
an
hors
/
For
he
was
so
myghty
that
yf
he
had
born
vij
knyghtes
armed
vpon
hym
he
wold
not
haue
swette
a
droppe
of
vater
/
&
for
to
swymme
/
&
passe
a
depe
ryuer
ther
was
noo
hors
lyke
hym
/
&
after
that
he
was
thus
horsed
at
his
ease
he
said
to
his
owen
hors
by
moche
good
affection
/
O
gentyl
hors
doulstyn
for
the
I
am
sorouful
that
I
may
not
conduyte
the
in
to
som
place
at
my
playsyr
/
I
praye
to
god
of
heuen
that
he
drawe
the
in
to
suche
a
waye
that
thou
mayst
come
in
to
the
hondes
of
crysten
men
&
serue
them
/
in
many
grete
bataylles
&
euyl
passages
/
thou
hast
wel
serued
me
/
&
of
thy
grete
seryce
/
as
moche
as
apperyth
to
me
I
thanke
the
gretely
/
&
here
vpon
he
wente
and
rode
forth
hys
waye
/
And
anone
the
sarasyns
that
folowed
after
came
&
fonde
the
kyng
Claryon
deed
theyr
mayster
/
of
whos
deth
they
were
so
surprysed
of
melancolye
&
of
sorowe
/
that
they
coude
doo
none
other
thynge
/
but
fyrst
to
renne
for
to
take
Rychards
hors
But
there
was
none
soo
hardy
to
approche
hym
ne
sette
honde
on
hym
/
but
the
hors
maad
grete
deffence
/
&
took
hys
waye
rennyng
for
to
retorne
to
the
place
that
he
was
departed
fro
/
¶
How
Rychards
hors
cam
&
passed
thurgh
th
excersyte
of
the
admyral
/
&
was
seen
&
knowen
of
the
peres
of
Fraunce
/
in
soo
moche
/
that
they
thought
that
duc
Rychard
had
ben
deed
/
&
how
the
brydge
of
Mantryble
was
kepte
capitulo
iij
RYchard
of
Normandye
wyth
his
swerde
in
hys
fyste
rode
hastely
/
&
the
sarasyns
whych
ranne
after
hym
came
and
fonde
theyr
kyng
deed
of
whome
the
hede
was
on
that
one
syde
of
the
waye
/
&
the
body
on
that
other
/
It
byhoueth
not
to
recounte
the
sorowe
that
they
were
in
/
whan
the
chyef
of
alle
the
sarasyns
of
myght
and
parentage
was
descomfyted
and
slayn
/
and
for
thyng
that
they
coude
do
/
they
coude
not
reteyne
Rychards
hors
/
&
the
fyrst
that
sawe
the
hors
come
rennyng
was
th
admyral
/
whiche
called
gorant
sone
of
kynge
grehier
/
&
also
sortybrant
of
conymbres
/
&
sayd
to
them
/
by
my
god
appolyn
whan
I
wel
aduyse
and
remembre
me
I
ought
wel
to
loue
my
neuewe
Claryon
/
and
holde
hym
dere
emonge
al
other
/
I
see
wel
that
he
hath
put
to
deth
the
messager
of
the
Frensshe
men
/
that
it
is
trouthe
ye
may
see
his
hors
that
yonder
cometh
/
and
th
admyrall
commanded
that
he
shold
hastely
be
taken
/
but
whan
the
hors
saw
that
they
wold
haue
taken
hum
he
ranne
and
smote
out
/
&
cessed
not
tyl
he
cam
to
the
yate
of
the
castel
in
whych
the
barons
of
Fraunce
were
enclosed
/
&
whan
the
frensshe
men
sawe
thus
the
hors
come
whyche
was
longyng
to
rychard
they
were
al
affrayed
and
moeued
/
and
came
&
opened
the
gate
/
and
anone
he
entred
in
/
and
after
that
the
yate
was
shette
they
arenged
them
aboude
the
sayd
hors
for
compassyon
of
sorowe
wepyng
pyetously
/
¶
And
Duc
Naymes
spake
fyrst
and
sayd
/
Ha
Richard
of
Normandye
/
I
praye
to
god
that
he
be
in
thy
comfort
and
that
he
haue
pyte
of
thy
soule
/
I
knowe
wel
that
for
thy
deth
we
shal
neuer
haue
socoure
/
Ne
of
thy
partye
we
shal
neuer
haue
none
helpe
/
Roulland
and
Olyuer
heryng
these
wordes
/
&
also
the
other
wepte
bytterly
/
here
vpon
came
flo●ypes
the
curtoys
in
grete
heuynes
and
sayd
to
them
/
Lordes
in
the
honour
of
god
leue
your
lamentyng
and
sorowe
/
we
knowe
not
yet
the
trouthe
of
the
mater
/
thus
as
they
were
in
these
grete
thoughtes
the
Sarasyns
came
whyche
had
lefte
Rychard
ryde
forth
/
And
in
grete
sorowe
&
torment
brought
the
body
of
kyng
Claryon
/
And
whan
th
admyral
sawe
them
come
he
beyng
in
the
ethroclytes
in
hys
entendement
cryed
and
sayd
/
and
how
is
it
is
myn
neuewe
in
good
poynte
/
The
sarasyns
ansuerd
/
Syr
admyral
/
we
may
not
lye
to
you
/
Claryon
is
dede
/
it
nedeth
nomore
to
demaunde
therof
Th
admyral
heryng
thoo
wordes
fyl
doun
to
th
erth
al
in
a
traunse
and
he
swouned
more
than
iiij
tymes
as
he
had
been
dede
/
thus
emonge
al
the
sarasyns
was
a
grete
wepyng
&
made
grete
sorowe
/
The
sarasyns
thus
makyng
thys
lamentacyon
/
the
barons
of
fraunce
herde
and
vnderstood
them
/
&
specially
florypes
whych
knewe
better
the
langage
/
&
after
that
she
knewe
the
cause
of
theyr
sorowe
/
she
came
to
the
barons
/
and
sayd
to
them
in
spekyng
to
rolland
/
syr
knowe
ye
wherfore
the
sarasyns
demene
suche
sorowe
/
it
is
trouth
that
Rychard
your
messager
hath
slayn
the
kyng
claryon
/
&
wonne
his
hors
/
to
whom
is
none
lyke
ne
p●reylle
of
boun
to
in
al
the
world
/
&
as
wel
for
that
deth
of
claryon
/
as
for
the
losyng
of
the
hors
they
demene
&
make
al
thys
sorowe
/
&
torment
that
ye
see
&
here
/
wherfore
I
praye
you
that
euery
man
doo
hys
deuoyr
to
lede
a
good
lyf
and
to
make
good
chyere
/
Olyuer
sayd
to
rolland
Ioyously
/
O
my
felawe
of
armes
ye
knowe
not
how
glad
I
am
of
these
tydynges
that
we
here
/
&
I
ensure
you
by
my
soule
that
I
am
as
sure
to
passe
thys
daunger
that
we
be
in
/
as
though
I
were
in
the
strengest
castel
of
fraunce
/
blessyd
be
richard
of
god
for
he
hath
borne
hym
nobly
/
and
semblably
sayd
al
the
other
his
felawes
/
After
that
richard
rode
thus
/
th
admyral
made
a
man
to
come
to
hym
named
Orages
/
&
made
hym
to
take
a
dromedary
hastely
/
&
comanded
hym
to
bere
his
letters
to
galafre
which
kept
the
stronge
brydge
of
mantryble
I
charge
the
to
renne
as
faste
as
the
dromydary
may
bere
the
tomantryble
/
and
say
to
Galafre
wherfore
he
suffred
the
messagers
of
charles
to
come
ouer
the
brydge
/
the
whyche
haue
doon
to
vs
so
moche
greuaunce
and
ennoyaunce
/
as
thou
can
wel
telle
to
hym
/
&
I
swere
by
mahon
my
god
that
he
dyd
a
grete
folye
/
&
sythe
on
that
other
parte
/
the
messager
of
the
frensshe
men
goeth
thyder
/
and
yf
he
recounte
his
message
to
Charles
/
it
myght
happen
he
shold
put
me
in
subgectyon
/
Therfore
say
to
galafre
that
he
kepe
soo
wel
the
brydge
that
noo
persone
passe
/
and
say
to
hym
more
ouer
/
that
yf
he
do
otherwyse
I
shal
put
oute
hys
eyen
and
make
hym
deye
shamefully
/
Syr
admyral
sayd
Orages
the
messager
I
shal
do
your
commaundemente
/
and
I
assure
you
I
shal
ryde
as
moche
waye
in
one
day
/
as
that
other
shal
do
in
foure
dayes
/
for
/
for
to
ryde
an
hondred
leghes
contynuelly
I
shal
neuer
be
wery
/
And
thus
he
departed
from
the
admyral
vpon
a
dromydary
/
&
taryed
not
tyl
he
came
to
mantryble
/
and
spake
to
Galafre
sayeng
Galafre
I
shal
not
hyde
fro
the
/
that
the
admyral
is
not
contente
wyth
the
by
cause
thou
suffredest
the
frenssh
men
to
passe
ouer
the
brydge
/
whyche
haue
doon
to
hym
grete
dommage
/
for
they
be
lodged
in
the
chyef
toure
&
holden
in
their
subgectyon
the
goddes
with
floripes
his
doughter
and
haue
slayn
many
of
the
moost
valyaunte
of
the
courte
of
th
admyral
/
&
the
cause
wherfore
I
am
thus
hastelye
come
is
thys
After
me
cometh
a
messager
whyche
is
one
of
the
barons
of
Fraunce
/
whyche
gooth
for
to
fetche
ayde
vnto
Charles
theyr
kyng
/
the
whyche
hath
slayne
kyng
Claryon
/
wherfore
kepe
wel
thys
passage
that
he
passe
not
/
For
yf
thou
doo
otherwyse
thou
shalt
not
conne
fynde
the
manere
to
saue
thy
lyf
/
but
that
thou
shalt
deye
vylaynsly
/
Of
these
wordes
Galafre
was
●●●turbled
and
replenysshed
of
yre
&
for
hys
angre
he
made
moche
foule
chyere
and
began
to
sc●me
at
the
mouthe
lyke
a
bore
enchaffed
/
and
took
a
staffe
and
had
smyton
the
messager
yf
it
had
not
be
betted
by
them
that
were
presente
/
¶
Neuertheles
be
mounted
vpon
a
tou●rette
/
and
with
the
sowne
of
a
trompette
he
assembled
many
men
of
armes
whyche
were
in
nombre
xv
/
in
/
whyche
were
anone
of
horsbuck
and
passed
the
brydge
/
And
whan
they
were
ouer
it
was
a●
none
lyfte
vp
/
and
they
wente
and
rode
here
and
there
for
to
recountre
that
messager
of
the
frenssh
men
yf
by
aduenture
they
myght
fynde
hym
/
¶
How
rychard
of
normand●r
passed
the
ryuer
of
flagot
by
myracle
by
the
moyen
of
a
whyt
hert
which
cam
tofore
hym
iiij
RYchard
of
Neomandye
messager
of
the
frensshe
birons
prisoners
rode
in
grete
doubte
ye
may
wel
thynke
and
ymagyne
/
how
he
onely
by
hym self
myght
passe
the
stronge
and
daungerous
brydge
/
And
in
rydyng
he
behelde
behynde
hym
and
sawe
al
the
contree
couerd
wyth
men
of
armes
/
thus
byholdyng
theym
/
he
was
sore
troubled
in
hys
mynde
began
to
crye
/
O
Ihesus
kyng
of
glorye
at
thys
tyme
be
thou
kepar
of
my
body
&
conseruatour
of
my
soule
/
For
I
see
wel
the
declyne
of
my
lyf
/
yf
I
put
my self
to
fyght
/
I
shal
haue
my
hede
smyton
of
/
and
yf
I
entre
in
to
this
hydous
ryuer
/
I
shal
not
conne
passe
ouer
/
Thus
at
thys
tyme
I
muste
nedes
deye
/
And
yf
I
by
force
retorned
to
my
felawes
I
shold
make
a
grete
defaulte
to
th
erle
Rolland
/
to
whom
I
haue
pormysed
faythfully
to
doo
my
deouoyr
for
to
doo
my
message
/
wherfore
my
god
my
maker
I
wote
not
what
to
say
but
that
thy
wylle
be
fulfylled
and
doon
of
me
/
thou
knowest
myn
entencion
/
after
the
same
gouerne
me
he
beyng
nyghe
the
ryuer
the
sarasyns
maden
grete
bruyt
in
comyng
to
hym
/
emonge
whom
a
neuewe
of
the
admyral
auaunced
hym
to
renne
ageynst
hym
&
cryed
wyth
an
hyghe
boys
/
O
messager
what
someuer
thou
be
thynke
for
to
dye
/
thou
hast
now
ryden
ouer
ferre
/
now
is
that
houre
come
that
the
deth
of
kyng
claryon
shal
be
aduenged
/
These
wordes
so
herde
of
rychard
were
not
to
hym
ouer
playsaunt
/
but
he
was
euyl
contente
/
and
sodenly
he
s●ored
his
hors
ayenst
hym
holdyng
a
swerde
in
hys
honde
square
&
sharpe
whych
he
had
conquerd
of
Claryon
/
and
came
to
hym
/
and
smote
hym
so
daungerously
ayenst
the
breste
that
it
Perced
thorugh
the
shelde
in
to
hys
body
that
he
fyl
doun
to
th
erthe
al
deed
/
&
after
took
hys
hors
by
the
brydle
whyche
was
ryche
of
golde
and
went
to
the
ryuage
of
the
water
/
and
by
helde
it
that
it
ranne
lyke
a
quarel
out
of
a
crosbowe
/
and
rored
lyke
thundre
in
suche
wyse
that
galeye
ne
other
engyne
/
myght
not
goo
surely
vpon
hyt
/
¶
Thenne
by
grete
contrycion
of
hert
he
recommaunded
hym self
to
our
lord
that
he
shold
preserue
hym
from
deth
tyl
that
he
had
sayd
hys
message
to
the
Emperour
Charles
/
Thenne
god
of
heuen
that
neuer
leueth
hys
seruauntes
at
their
nede
/
shewed
vnto
hym
a
grete
token
of
loue
that
he
had
to
Charles
/
for
Rychard
of
Normandye
beyng
in
thys
medytacyon
and
thought
for
to
passe
ouer
/
god
sente
a
whyte
herte
which
passed
tofore
rychard
/
&
in
comyng
ye
ought
to
were
that
the
ryuage
of
the
water
was
moche
hye
/
ye
as
hye
as
a
man
from
bynethe
myght
caste
vp
a
stone
wyth
hys
honde
And
the
ryuer
began
to
aryse
soo
hye
that
it
flowed
ouer
the
banke
/
and
the
herte
entred
in
to
the
water
/
and
Rychard
loked
behynde
hym
&
sawe
many
sarasyns
come
in
a
grete
multytude
for
to
put
hym
to
deth
/
and
thenne
he
recommaunded
hym
to
god
wyth
good
hert
/
and
made
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
vpon
his
body
/
hauyng
in
hys
hert
the
holy
name
of
Ihesus
that
he
myght
perseuere
fro
drede
in
suche
wyse
that
he
myght
passe
ouer
the
ryuere
/
and
soo
toke
the
water
&
folowed
the
hert
/
The
paynyms
seyng
that
were
al
abusshed
and
troubled
/
and
there
was
not
one
that
durst
folowe
hym
/
Fro
Incontynent
the
water
aualed
and
retorned
in
to
hys
former
estate
and
beyng
/
Thenne
the
paynyms
made
grete
duel
and
sorowe
by
cause
they
myght
not
haue
the
messager
/
¶
Galafre
whyche
that
was
moost
wroth
&
werst
contente
cam
to
the
bridge
and
aualed
the
chaynes
and
commanded
the
paynyms
vpon
payne
of
deth
/
that
they
shold
not
cesse
tyl
that
rychard
were
taken
/
or
ellys
they
shold
be
all
in
the
Indygnacyon
of
th
admyral
and
in
daunger
to
be
loste
/
Rychard
of
Normandye
came
ouer
in
good
poynte
/
and
deuoutelye
thanked
god
of
the
grace
that
he
had
sente
to
hym
/
and
descended
fro
hys
hors
for
to
vngyrde
and
lose
hys
sadle
/
And
after
resengled
hym
/
and
took
his
hors
and
rode
forth
at
hys
ease
/
and
ladde
that
other
hors
on
hys
ryght
syde
/
&
doubted
thenne
nomore
/
For
in
shorte
tyme
he
supposed
to
fynde
th
excersyte
of
kyng
Charles
/
The
paynyms
seeyng
thys
retourned
soroufully
/
&
wente
to
vnarme
them
/
For
other
thynge
coude
they
not
do
¶
How
charles
was
in
purpoos
to
retorne
wythout
goyng
ony
ferther
by
the
counceyl
of
ganellon
traytour
and
his
felowes
&
other
maters
capitulo
v
IN
as
moche
as
rychard
rode
whyche
was
moche
wery
/
and
out
of
grete
thought
Th
emperour
Charles
was
passyng
moche
pensyf
&
sorowful
for
hys
barons
whyche
were
deteyned
of
th
admyral
/
And
he
seeyng
that
he
had
no
tydynges
he
sente
for
to
come
to
hym
Ganellon
/
Geffroy
dantesuyle
/
aubert
machayre
and
many
other
and
emonge
the
other
cam
reyner
fader
of
Olyuer
/
to
whome
he
sayd
/
lordes
and
frendes
I
am
in
moche
grete
trybulacyon
/
the
cause
is
ynough
apparent
/
whyche
is
of
my
specyal
burons
/
whyche
were
sente
as
messagers
to
ballant
th
admyral
/
I
see
that
no
persone
reporteth
ne
bryngeth
ony
tydynges
from
them
/
wherfore
knowe
ye
that
of
my
dede
that
I
dyd
/
I
despyse
my self
/
Thenne
by
more
strenger
reason
the
other
ought
more
to
despyse
me
/
And
I
you
ensure
that
I
shal
neuer
regne
more
/
but
shal
leue
alle
/
Take
ye
there
loo
the
crowne
of
mageste
/
take
it
/
For
I
depose
my self
from
hens
forth
Ganellon
was
there
which
was
Ioyeful
/
what
someuer
semblaunt
he
made
/
and
sayd
syr
emperour
yf
ye
byleue
me
/
I
shal
gyue
to
you
good
counceyl
/
¶
Anone
comaunde
that
our
lodgys
and
habytacyons
here
be
take
vp
/
&
that
euery
man
trusse
hys
gheer
vpon
the
sommyers
/
and
thynke
to
retorne
/
For
yf
ye
goo
ony
ferther
ye
shal
neuer
redorne
/
The
contree
of
Aygremore
is
moche
stronge
/
And
sythe
that
ballant
the
admyral
is
of
grete
fyersnes
and
wyth
that
he
hath
alle
the
paynyms
&
sarasyus
capytayns
in
to
hys
ayde
/
And
by
cause
that
Fyerabras
hys
sone
is
deteyned
by
you
&
maad
crysten
so
moche
more
is
he
affectyoned
ayenst
you
/
And
on
that
other
parte
your
barons
be
not
a
lyue
I
ensure
you
/
Retorne
we
in
to
Fraunce
/
we
haue
lefte
there
many
of
our
chyldren
and
parents
that
shal
wexe
grete
/
and
or
it
be
twenty
yere
they
shal
bere
armes
/
And
thenne
they
with
vs
shal
come
in
to
spayne
for
to
conqueste
the
londes
and
seygnouryes
that
we
haue
enterprysed
/
And
shal
recouure
the
holy
relyques
of
whome
I
haue
grete
pyte
/
And
more
ouer
ye
shal
reuenge
the
deth
of
Roulland
the
noble
erle
for
whom
ye
haue
thys
melancolye
/
For
certayn
ye
shal
neuer
see
hym
/
whan
Charles
herde
these
wordes
of
Ganellon
he
was
smyton
wyth
soo
grete
sorowe
that
after
he
fyl
donn
in
a
swoune
/
And
spake
not
the
space
of
a
grete
houre
/
and
in
wepyng
bytterly
he
sayd
to
hym self
/
¶
O
poure
caytyf
and
vnhappy
what
shalt
thou
do
/
yf
thou
retorne
/
thou
shalt
be
dyshonoured
/
yet
were
it
better
to
lose
the
lyf
/
than
to
be
thus
shamed
/
After
that
he
was
comen
to
hym self
he
sayd
to
hys
barons
that
were
there
/
Loo
ye
see
the
counceyl
that
ganellon
gyueth
to
me
/
whych
in
no
wyse
may
playse
me
/
yf
I
retorne
wythout
takyng
vengeaunce
of
my
noble
barons
/
which
ben
thus
deteyned
/
there
shal
neuer
man
sette
by
me
/
but
I
shal
be
shamed
and
wyth
good
ryght
/
Machayre
/
aulbery
and
geffroy
and
other
moo
than
an
hondred
whyche
al
were
parents
&
traytres
wyth
Ganellon
the
moost
parte
/
&
also
were
moche
myghty
to
gydre
sayd
alle
wyth
one
consente
/
Syr
emperour
purpose
ye
not
to
do
otherwyse
than
ganellon
hath
sayd
/
For
he
hath
spoken
wysely
/
and
therfor
conclude
ye
to
retorne
in
to
fraunce
wythout
gooyng
ony
ferther
on
we
ben
xx
thousand
that
haue
made
oth
to
gyder
that
for
ony
thynge
that
ye
say
or
do
we
shal
not
goo
noo
ferther
/
For
sythe
that
Roulland
is
dede
they
haue
loste
theyr
comforte
/
&
hym
that
was
chyef
of
the
conseruacyon
of
their
persones
/
Charles
al
heuy
answerd
/
O
god
of
heuen
how
am
I
determyned
/
yf
I
retorne
wythoute
to
auenge
my
barons
/
I
shal
doo
pourely
/
fythe
they
haue
susteyned
&
borne
vp
the
crowne
Imperyal
and
my
wylle
/
and
I
now
to
retorne
wythoute
to
auenge
them
/
He
that
gaf
me
suche
counceyll
loueth
me
but
lytel
I
see
wel
/
Reyner
of
genes
fader
of
Olyuer
aroos
vp
and
sayd
/
¶
O
Emperour
yf
thou
byleue
these
wordes
that
haue
ben
said
to
the
thy
gouernaunce
shal
be
so
euyl
that
by
them
al
fraunce
shal
be
wasted
/
&
brought
to
nought
/
And
who
someuer
haue
damage
they
retche
not
but
passe
ouer
lyghtly
/
Thenne
they
that
were
of
the
partye
of
the
traytres
cam
forth
and
sayd
/
Reyner
of
genes
ye
haue
lyed
of
that
whiche
ye
haue
sayd
/
And
yf
it
were
not
bycause
the
kyng
is
present
ye
shold
lose
your
hede
and
it
shold
be
smyton
of
/
we
knowe
wel
what
ye
be
/
your
fader
garyn
was
neuer
but
a
pour
man
and
of
lowe
condycyon
/
Alle
your
lygnage
ne
ben
but
people
of
nought
/
¶
The
duc
Reyner
myght
not
suffre
thys
Iniurye
but
came
to
hym
and
smote
hym
wyth
hys
fyst
in
suche
wyse
that
he
ouerthrewe
to
grounde
/
and
there
were
made
many
reproches
and
ylle
talent
/
in
so
moche
that
yf
the
kyng
had
not
be
present
and
made
the
pees
and
tranquylyte
/
they
had
slayn
eche
other
/
For
anone
there
were
moo
than
a
thousand
of
the
lygnage
of
ganellon
/
But
fyerabras
which
was
present
blamed
them
strongely
/
And
on
that
other
syde
the
kyng
sware
by
hys
crowne
that
yf
there
were
ony
persone
that
began
bataylle
or
fyght
/
that
he
shold
do
hym
be
hanged
as
a
theef
attaynt
/
of
what
someuer
estate
that
he
were
/
and
by
thys
they
were
aferde
for
to
offende
and
was
nomore
spoken
Not
withstandyng
that
the
counceyl
was
taken
emonge
them
that
they
shold
put
Reyner
to
deth
as
sone
as
they
shold
be
in
Fraunce
/
Charles
sent
for
them
to
come
to
hym
/
and
said
to
them
ye
haue
done
to
me
a
grete
shame
but
yf
it
be
not
amended
now
to
fore
me
I
shal
do
opene
Iustyce
Alwaye
nedes
must
the
kynge
be
obeyed
in
suche
wyse
that
a●ory
on
hys
knees
cryed
duc
Reyner
mercy
/
but
he
wold
neuer
haue
doon
it
/
yf
it
had
not
been
for
to
appease
the
furour
of
kyng
charles
/
&
thus
they
maad
the
pees
And
after
th
emperour
sayd
his
oppynyon
/
that
yf
he
torned
backe
that
it
shold
be
to
hym
grete
dyshonour
/
Therfor
cam
geffroy
daulteuylle
fader
of
Ganellon
whyche
sayd
Syr
Emperour
I
am
olde
and
haue
seen
moche
thynge
/
wherfore
me
semeth
that
ye
ought
to
byleue
me
as
wel
as
ony
persone
of
your
companye
/
ye
knowe
wel
that
I
and
Ganellon
my
sone
haue
alwaye
loued
you
/
And
how
that
it
be
he
that
counceylleth
you
to
retorne
hath
good
ryght
/
I
haue
now
my
body
alle
to
brused
for
beryng
of
armes
/
and
be
ye
sure
that
tofore
that
twenty
yere
be
passed
/
the
chyldren
that
be
now
in
fraunce
shal
be
grete
&
myghty
to
bere
armes
/
and
they
shal
be
so
grete
a
companye
/
that
lyghte
by
ye
shal
mowe
conquere
spayn
and
auenge
the
deth
of
rolland
and
of
hys
other
felowes
/
Whan
Charles
vnderstode
these
wordes
he
wepte
bytterly
&
saw
that
by
force
he
must
ayenst
hys
wylle
retorne
in
to
fraunce
/
and
leue
hys
enemyes
/
wherfore
by
the
sowne
of
trompettes
was
cryed
the
retraytte
/
And
anone
the
artylleryes
were
assembled
and
the
harnoys
trussed
/
wherof
the
companye
of
traytres
were
Ioyous
/
and
many
of
the
other
were
euyl
contente
/
&
in
especyal
Reyner
whych
retorned
withoute
hys
sone
Olyuer
/
wherof
ye
may
wel
thynke
in
what
estate
was
hys
hert
/
by
cause
he
hast
loste
al
hys
comforte
/
¶
How
after
the
complaynte
of
Charles
Rychard
came
vnto
hym
/
whyche
tolde
to
hym
th
affayres
of
the
peres
of
Fraunce
capitulo
vj
WHan
charles
was
mounted
on
horsback
and
in
waye
for
to
retorne
/
he
took
remors
of
Rolland
/
Olyuer
/
and
of
other
/
how
he
lefte
them
/
with
oute
to
do
otherwyse
his
deuoyr
he
taryed
sayeng
/
O
vnhappy
that
I
am
I
may
wel
sorowe
/
whan
I
now
leue
the
men
/
that
I
loue
best
in
the
world
/
and
retorne
fro
them
whan
I
ought
by
good
ryght
to
auenge
them
I
shal
be
reputed
for
a
fool
&
sore
blamed
/
O
Rolland
how
I
haue
loued
you
/
may
euer
your
vnclle
so
longe
lyue
that
he
moy
see
your
deth
auenged
/
God
deffende
that
euer
I
bere
crowne
on
my
hede
seen
the
pouerte
of
my
fayte
/
thys
sayeng
almoost
he
fyl
a
swoune
to
the
erthe
for
the
dysplaysaunce
that
he
had
/
moche
heuynes
had
he
that
tyme
Alas
sayd
Charles
/
Rolland
I
was
moche
euyl
auysed
whan
I
/
consented
that
thou
sholdest
goo
to
th
admyral
/
wel
am
I
cause
of
al
your
perdycyon
/
In
makyng
thys
heuynes
the
hoost
made
soo
grete
bruyt
to
retourne
that
it
was
meruaylle
/
&
thus
as
they
began
to
ryde
forth
/
The
emperour
loked
toward
the
eest
and
from
ferre
he
sawe
rychard
come
rydyng
vpon
an
hors
sore
rennyng
/
and
helde
in
his
hande
a
swerde
al
naked
/
wherfor
the
Emperour
sente
for
to
come
to
hym
the
moost
grettest
lordes
of
hys
companye
/
and
made
t
hoost
to
tarye
and
goo
no
ferther
forth
I
see
sayd
he
yonder
●myng
a
man
on
horsback
which
maketh
grete
haste
/
and
ledeth
on
hys
ryght
syde
a
fayr
courser
as
me
thynketh
/
and
he
semeth
by
hys
rydyng
that
he
is
Rychard
of
normandye
/
Now
I
praye
to
god
almyghty
/
that
thys
day
he
sende
me
tydynges
of
rolland
and
of
the
other
barons
/
that
they
be
alyue
/
Thenne
the
hoost
taryed
/
and
anone
came
richard
whyche
maad
hys
hors
to
lepe
moche
gentylly
tofore
the
kyng
whome
he
salewed
moche
humbly
/
And
thenne
charles
sayd
to
rychard
of
normandye
/
Sone
of
noble
baron
how
is
hyt
wyth
you
/
what
is
bycomen
of
my
neuewe
Rolland
and
of
myn
other
barons
/
be
ye
come
allone
/
be
they
alyue
or
dede
/
telle
me
I
praye
you
/
Rychard
ansuerd
/
Syr
Emperour
/
Rolland
&
the
other
whan
I
departed
fro
them
were
al
hole
and
in
good
poynt
/
and
been
in
aygremore
in
a
stronge
toure
bysyeged
/
by
ballant
the
admyral
of
spayne
and
fader
of
Fyerabras
/
&
there
been
aboute
them
an
hondred
thousad
sarasyns
/
And
knowe
ye
for
certayn
that
th
admyral
is
a
man
moche
fyers
&
terryble
/
whyche
hath
sworn
by
his
god
mahoun
and
Termagaunt
/
that
he
shal
neuer
departe
fro
thens
/
but
that
they
shal
be
hanged
by
the
necke
And
on
that
other
syde
your
barons
haue
wyth
them
floripes
the
curtoys
doughter
of
th
admyral
the
fayrest
that
euer
was
seen
/
the
whyche
hath
in
hyr
kepyng
the
relyques
that
ye
soo
moche
desyre
to
haue
/
and
sende
you
worde
by
me
that
ye
shold
come
and
ayde
them
for
to
saue
theyr
lyues
/
And
yf
it
please
you
to
remembre
them
ye
shal
mowe
conquere
the
contreye
of
spayne
&
other
goodes
ynough
Grete
consolacyon
had
kyng
Charles
/
And
thenne
he
conceyued
wel
that
Ganellon
was
a
traytre
and
ful
of
wyckednesse
And
neuer
after
hys
counceyll
ne
sayeng
shold
be
herde
ne
alowed
in
hys
courte
/
For
he
sawe
wel
that
as
for
hym
it
abode
not
but
Rolland
and
hys
felowes
shold
haue
dyed
/
Now
gentyl
Rychard
sayd
the
kyng
/
is
the
toure
in
whyche
they
been
bysyeged
stronge
&
wel
garnysshed
of
vytayl
for
to
defende
them
ony
whyle
/
yf
they
may
holde
vj
dayes
I
shal
make
th
admyral
to
dye
and
al
hys
complyces
/
Syr
answerd
Rychard
I
shal
say
to
you
the
trouthe
/
they
haue
noo
vytayl
but
they
grete
it
with
the
swerde
/
th
admyral
is
meruayllously
fyers
/
and
ful
of
cruelte
and
hath
of
people
a
multytude
Innumerable
/
the
whyche
holde
the
space
of
two
myle
/
the
town
is
stronge
where
he
habyteth
/
&
also
there
is
on
thys
syde
of
the
toun
/
the
brydge
of
mantryble
where
the
passage
is
moche
daungerous
/
and
the
walles
of
that
cyte
ben
made
of
marble
cymented
and
fortefyed
with
toures
and
there
renneth
a
ryuer
ryght
hydous
whyche
is
named
flagot
and
is
of
depthe
of
ij
/
speres
of
lengthe
/
&
renneth
so
fast
and
brayeth
that
there
is
noo
bote
ne
shyppe
may
passe
theron
and
the
brydge
is
half
a
myle
longe
/
And
in
the
myddes
there
is
a
tonre
of
marble
so
stronge
that
it
may
not
be
beten
doon
/
&
the
yate
is
garnysshed
&
kepte
wyth
barryers
of
yron
fast
locked
/
¶
The
portyer
that
kepeth
thys
plase
is
a
paynym
hydous
and
grete
/
massyf
/
stronge
/
and
felonnous
/
whyche
better
resembleth
the
deuyl
than
ony
man
or
persone
/
he
is
as
blacke
as
pytche
boylled
/
&
hath
x
thousand
knyghtes
in
his
companye
/
wher fore
I
wote
wel
that
by
force
we
may
not
passe
/
For
by
ony
assaulte
that
may
be
doon
to
them
they
doubte
it
not
/
And
yf
we
passe
not
by
engyne
and
subtylte
/
we
may
not
goo
ouer
the
brydge
/
For
by
force
we
may
noo
thng
do
/
but
it
byhoueth
vs
to
passe
in
guyse
of
marchaunts
And
somme
of
vs
shal
be
wel
armed
vnder
our
clothes
/
and
there
aboue
we
shal
were
a
man
tel
of
cloth
&
theyr
swerdes
vnder
/
And
there
shal
come
after
vs
grete
●ommyers
charged
with
marchaundyses
/
And
ye
wyth
al
the
chyualrye
shal
tarye
in
a
lytel
wode
&
that
euery
man
be
in
grete
poynte
/
&
after
whan
we
haue
goten
the
fyrst
gate
/
I
shal
soune
&
blowe
myn
horne
/
And
wyth
motye
ye
shal
come
on
/
And
thus
we
shal
haue
the
passage
by
the
playsyr
of
god
and
we
shal
come
to
our
entencyon
/
Thys
counceyl
was
wel
approuued
by
the
kyng
Charles
whyche
ofte
blessyd
rychard
by
cause
he
had
so
wel
sayd
/
&
thenne
he
resembled
al
his
peple
The
standardes
were
reysed
/
and
the
loryflam
dyscouerd
/
Rychard
took
hys
hors
/
and
gaf
it
to
duc
Reyner
/
And
wente
&
bonde
heye
and
grasse
to
gydre
and
made
trusses
vpon
many
sommyers
in
the
guyse
of
marchauntes
/
euery
man
wel
armed
vnder
hys
cloke
/
&
swerde
gyrde
and
so
take
theyr
horses
/
to
th
ende
that
they
shold
not
be
espyed
/
and
were
in
nombre
v
hondred
knyghtes
alle
man
of
grete
facyon
/
and
dryue
tofore
them
/
the
sommyers
for
a
good
enterpryse
/
Rychard
went
tofore
as
chyef
enterprenour
/
due
howel
of
Nountes
folowed
/
Guye
de
hallee
/
Ryoll
du
mauns
/
Duc
Reyner
fader
of
Olyuer
/
&
other
whyche
rode
forth
wythout
taryeng
/
And
Charles
wyth
alle
hys
baronnye
abode
in
a
wode
/
as
tofore
I
haue
maad
mencyon
/
¶
How
by
the
moyen
&
counceyl
of
Rychard
of
Normandye
wyth
iij
other
barons
/
the
strong
brydge
of
mantryble
was
wonne
not
wythoute
grete
payne
/
And
what
maner
man
galafre
was
capitulo
vij
Th
emperour
charles
with
an
hondred
thousand
men
abode
in
the
wode
tofore
sayd
/
&
Rychard
of
normandye
hoel
of
Nauntes
/
Ryoll
/
and
Reyner
&
other
peple
whyche
were
valyaunte
of
theyr
persone
were
on
the
waye
to
goo
toward
mantryble
/
and
ladde
wyth
them
aquantyte
of
sommyers
charged
whan
the
felowes
of
Rychard
sawe
the
ryuer
flagot
so
roryng
And
th
entree
of
the
cyte
of
mantryble
so
stronge
/
the
brydge
soo
daungerous
to
passe
/
&
the
yates
barred
and
enchayned
so
wyth
yron
/
they
were
moche
abasshed
For
/
for
to
come
thyder
by
assaulte
/
alle
the
puyssaunce
of
crystendom
myght
not
entre
by
that
place
/
but
they
aualed
the
brydge
and
chaynes
of
yron
/
Ryol
demaunded
of
Rychard
what
may
there
be
of
this
place
/
And
he
ansuerd
/
knowe
ye
that
thys
is
the
strongest
cyte
that
is
bytwene
thys
and
Acres
/
And
there
been
in
the
same
cyte
〈◊〉
than
a
thousand
men
of
armes
Hoel
of
Nauntes
was
alle
afrayed
/
And
commaunded
hym self
to
god
prayeng
hym
to
kepe
theyr
persones
/
Rychard
sayd
/
lordes
I
wyl
goo
byfore
&
shal
speke
fyrst
/
and
whan
we
haue
passed
the
fyrst
yate
/
see
that
ye
take
of
your
clokes
for
to
smyte
vpon
the
paynyms
/
&
for
ony
thynge
that
happeth
/
see
that
the
one
of
you
faylle
not
the
other
/
Ryol
ansuerd
doubte
ye
not
/
than
whan
I
am
emonge
the
sarasyns
but
that
I
shal
doo
my
deuoyr
that
it
shal
appyere
/
and
yf
I
doo
not
as
I
say
I
wyl
that
ye
reclame
me
recreaunte
and
repute
me
as
rebouted
/
After
these
wordes
they
hasted
theyr
sommyers
toward
the
brydge
/
&
galafre
sawe
them
fro
ferre
/
and
stode
restyng
hym
nygh
to
the
fyrst
gate
/
&
helde
in
his
honde
a
grete
axe
of
fyn
stele
bended
and
affyled
that
there
was
noo
syde
but
it
cutted
/
Thys
paynym
was
grete
and
fonrmed
so
hydously
and
of
suche
representacyon
that
he
semed
better
a
deuyl
than
a
resonable
persone
/
he
had
eyen
al
enflammed
lyke
fyre
/
&
he
was
as
blacke
as
boy
led
pytche
/
hys
necke
large
&
grete
/
his
nose
half
a
fote
longe
his
eeres
so
grete
that
they
myght
conteyne
wel
half
a
busshel
of
whete
/
hys
armes
longe
&
croked
&
his
feet
stode
ouerthwart
&
as
of
the
remenaunte
of
hys
body
was
lothely
ynough
/
Ballant
th
admyral
loued
hym
moche
&
was
his
neuewe
/
and
for
the
grete
confydence
that
he
had
in
hym
/
he
gaf
to
hym
the
kepyng
of
the
brydge
of
mantryble
/
by
cause
that
it
was
the
moost
strengest
passage
that
was
in
al
the
marches
of
that
contreye
/
And
the
sayd
paynym
was
conestable
of
al
the
londes
of
th
admyral
/
wherfore
it
was
necessarye
that
none
of
the
frensshe
men
shold
haue
be
knowen
of
hym
/
For
yf
there
had
ony
be
knowen
there
shold
neuer
none
haue
escaped
but
he
shold
haue
ben
dede
Thus
thenne
whan
they
were
at
mantryble
/
Rychard
passed
afore
/
and
whan
he
was
at
the
entre
of
the
gate
/
Galafre
came
to
hym
&
sayd
bassal
what
are
ye
/
wherfore
come
ye
hyther
/
¶
Rychard
whyche
was
wyse
chaunged
his
langage
&
began
aragon
and
sayd
/
Syr
I
am
a
marchaunte
whyche
cometh
fro
Taraston
wyth
these
other
marchauntes
&
brynge
grete
quantyte
of
draperye
/
and
wyl
goo
to
the
fayres
by
the
helpe
of
mahon
/
to
whome
we
goo
to
present
our
marchaundyses
/
and
yf
we
were
at
aygremore
we
shold
soiourne
there
/
and
gyue
to
th
admyral
somme
precyous
yeftes
that
we
here
brynge
/
These
other
marchauntes
that
ben
here
wyth
me
ben
al
esclaues
/
and
knowe
not
the
langage
/
wherfor
fayre
syr
we
praye
to
aduyse
vs
what
we
may
best
do
/
&
by
what
waye
we
ought
to
goo
/
Galafre
ansuerd
knowe
ye
that
I
am
kepar
of
the
brydge
and
of
the
passages
that
been
fyfty
myle
here
aboute
/
But
not
longe
sythen
passed
hereby
xii
glotons
of
fraunce
/
whiche
were
messagers
of
the
emperour
Charles
/
which
yet
owe
to
me
theyr
trybute
for
theyr
passage
/
Neuertheles
my
lord
th
admeral
kepeth
them
in
pryson
/
And
one
of
them
that
other
day
escaped
preuyly
away
as
a
theef
/
whiche
rode
vpon
an
hors
the
best
that
euer
I
sawe
&
passed
ouer
thys
rennyng
water
/
whyche
also
slewe
my
cosyn
the
kyng
Claryon
/
for
whome
I
am
in
grete
melancolye
/
now
wold
god
Mahon
that
he
were
now
here
vpon
thys
brydge
/
I
shold
cleue
hym
vnto
the
myddle
of
his
bely
wythout
to
haue
ony
mercy
or
pyte
on
hym
/
Syth
that
tyme
th
admyral
doubteth
of
treason
/
For
his
sone
fyerabras
whyche
hath
renyed
mahon
and
the
paynym
lawe
for
to
become
crysten
/
And
he
commaunded
me
thre
tymes
that
I
shold
not
suffre
ony
persone
/
lord
/
knyght
/
ne
seruytour
to
passe
/
And
that
I
shold
serche
wel
al
for
to
knowe
the
condycyon
of
theym
that
come
thys
waye
/
Therfore
I
wyl
knowe
what
ye
be
/
Rychard
heryng
this
bowed
his
hede
/
Ryol
du
mauns
Hoel
of
Nauntes
/
and
Reyner
of
genes
/
goon
forth
ouer
the
brydge
/
whan
galafre
saw
them
he
began
to
doubte
and
sayd
to
them
that
there
shold
nomoo
entre
/
and
auaunced
hym
and
drewe
vp
the
brydge
/
and
there
were
nomoo
wythin
but
foure
/
whyche
he
dred
not
/
and
sayd
to
them
in
grete
fyerste
ye
are
ouer
bolde
&
hardy
to
entre
herein
wythout
my
commaundemente
/
And
therfor
ye
four
shal
be
sette
in
pryson
/
and
the
other
that
come
after
you
also
/
And
to
morn
I
shal
sende
you
prysoners
to
my
lord
th
admyrall
/
he
for
to
doo
with
you
his
playsyr
/
Take
of
your
mantellys
or
clokes
for
A
wyl
see
what
ye
haue
there
vnder
/
For
ye
seme
people
for
to
do
euyl
/
Thus
sayeng
he
toke
hoel
by
the
cloke
/
&
drewe
hym
therby
foure
tymes
aboute
/
By
god
sayd
Ryol
I
may
no
longer
tarye
to
see
hym
do
thys
Iniurye
to
my
cosyn
/
yf
I
suffer
lenger
/
be
I
confounded
/
And
therwyth
he
threwe
of
his
cloke
and
smote
vpon
the
paynym
/
but
he
was
so
strongely
armed
that
he
myght
do
hym
no
harme
sauf
that
he
smote
of
a
lytel
of
hys
ere
/
Rychard
and
Reyner
semblably
caste
of
theyr
clokes
and
eche
of
them
with
a
swerde
in
theyr
hondes
smote
to
gydre
vpon
Galafre
and
gof
hym
many
stookes
/
but
the
heed
ne
the
body
they
myght
not
hurte
/
For
he
was
armed
with
the
hyde
of
on
olde
Serpente
harde
and
maylled
/
¶
Thys
Paynym
was
angry
and
supposed
for
to
haue
smyton
Ryol
/
and
enhaunced
hys
axe
that
was
grete
and
heuy
and
also
sharpe
/
but
Ryol
sawe
the
stroke
come
/
and
was
habylle
and
lepte
a
syde
and
the
stroke
smote
vpon
the
grounde
/
in
suche
wyse
that
hyt
claffe
a
marble
stone
on
whyche
the
stroke
lyghted
/
Ha
god
of
heuen
sayd
Reyner
how
he
smyteth
oultrageously
I
am
al
abassed
of
the
puyssaunce
of
thys
deuyl
whom
we
may
not
conquere
ne
gryeue
/
He
thus
sayeng
he
took
a
grete
braunche
of
a
tree
whyche
was
longe
and
stronge
and
aduysed
and
marked
the
paynym
wel
/
and
he
smote
hym
therwyth
in
suche
wyse
that
he
made
hym
to
ouerthrowe
to
th
erthe
/
&
whan
he
was
ouerthrowen
he
maad
a
crye
so
hye
and
hydous
that
the
Ryuer
and
the
roches
made
grete
bruyt
/
wyth
thys
voys
the
paynyms
of
mantryble
were
moeued
and
assembled
/
that
with
in
a
lytel
whyle
there
were
redy
armed
moo
than
x
thousand
there
was
thenne
a
grete
commocyon
/
Rychard
of
Normandye
ranne
to
the
yate
of
the
brydge
&
aualed
doun
the
drawe
bridge
And
thenne
entred
in
v
hondred
knyghtes
whych
the
foure
barons
had
brought
wyth
them
but
at
the
entre
of
the
gate
the
paynyms
encountred
them
/
there
was
a
grete
medle
and
recountre
many
mortal
strokes
were
there
gyuen
/
many
were
there
slayne
and
hurte
/
Rychard
took
hys
horne
and
sowned
it
hyely
thre
tymes
/
Charles
th
emperour
vnderstood
it
wel
whyche
was
in
the
wood
aforesayd
with
al
his
puyssaunce
/
Euery
man
was
on
horsback
moche
redyly
/
and
there
was
not
one
that
cessed
to
renne
tyl
he
came
to
the
brydge
/
¶
Ganellon
whyche
after
was
traytour
bare
hym
valyauntly
/
For
he
was
the
fyrst
that
cam
to
the
brydge
wyth
hys
confanon
reysed
/
but
the
loyalte
&
trouthe
of
hym
ne
of
hys
kynnesmen
endured
not
longe
/
as
the
laste
book
shal
more
playnly
shewe
by
the
playsyr
of
god
/
¶
Now
by
force
and
strengthe
of
bataylle
Charles
entred
in
to
mantryble
/
after
that
Galafre
was
slayn
/
not
wythstondyng
that
alory
the
traytre
was
contrarye
to
hym
and
many
other
maters
capitulo
viij
AT
th
entre
of
mantryble
were
moche
hurt
people
&
confounded
as
wel
of
frenssh
men
as
of
sarasyns
/
and
at
that
tyme
th
emperour
bare
hym
wel
/
For
whome
he
attayned
wyth
hys
swerde
named
Ioyouse
/
he
must
nedes
deye
he
smote
so
rudely
/
and
that
day
was
alway
by
hym
Ganellon
whych
dyd
wel
hys
deuoyr
/
The
dyches
of
the
towne
were
depe
and
ful
of
water
wherin
many
were
drowned
¶
Thus
as
Charles
passed
tofore
and
hys
people
after
/
He
sawe
galafre
on
the
grounde
which
was
not
dede
/
and
that
semed
better
a
deuyl
than
a
resonable
persone
/
And
helde
alwaye
hys
axe
in
hys
honde
/
wyth
whyche
he
had
slayn
thyrty
frenssh
men
And
the
Emperour
seeyng
the
harme
that
he
had
doon
to
the
frensshe
men
/
anone
commaunded
to
slee
hym
&
so
moche
they
smote
at
hym
wyth
axes
and
stones
that
they
slewe
hym
/
The
bruyt
and
noyse
was
soo
grete
that
fyue
myle
aboute
was
anone
knowen
that
the
brydge
of
mantryble
was
taken
and
conquerd
/
wherfore
there
came
/
L
/
thousand
sarasyns
for
to
gyue
ayde
to
the
cytyzeyns
of
mantryble
and
to
destroye
the
f●enssh
men
/
The
walles
of
the
towne
were
of
marble
and
soo
stronge
that
it
semed
a
thyng
Impossyble
to
conquere
or
destroye
/
¶
To
thys
medle
came
a
geaunt
moche
fyers
named
Ampheon
/
And
had
a
wyf
named
Amyotte
/
And
she
was
departed
fro
hyr
gesyne
/
For
she
had
borne
two
sones
whyche
were
but
iiij
monethes
olde
/
and
were
two
foot
brode
in
the
breste
and
ten
foot
longe
as
t
hystorye
sayth
/
Thys
geaunt
opened
the
gate
&
helde
in
his
honde
a
club
of
yron
grete
and
massyf
/
And
whan
he
was
passed
that
yate
wyth
hys
voys
tenebrouse
and
dyabolyke
he
cryed
where
is
charles
the
kyng
of
fraunce
/
wyl
he
now
bere
wyth
hym
the
relyques
to
saynt
Denys
/
by
mahon
/
by
the
whyche
I
comforte
my self
/
it
were
better
for
hym
olde
dotard
that
he
were
now
at
parys
/
And
late
hym
knowe
certaynly
that
yf
th
admyral
may
haue
hym
he
shal
neuer
haue
mercy
on
hym
/
but
he
shal
do
hym
be
flayn
&
hanged
alle
quycke
or
brenne
hym
in
a
fyre
/
after
that
he
had
thus
spoken
he
smote
doun
many
f●●nsshe
men
wyth
hys
club
of
〈◊〉
¶
In
thys
recountre
were
〈◊〉
and
founded
so
grete
a
multytude
of
dede
men
that
they
lefted
men
to
passe
/
Charles
whych
sawe
the
facyon
descended
and
lyght
of
hys
hors
alle
wroth
in
hys
courage
/
&
sette
hys
〈◊〉
tofore
hym
/
wyth
hys
swerde
〈◊〉
hys
hande
and
hys
barons
came
after
hym
ayenst
the
graunt
〈◊〉
after
that
the
kyng
&
he
were
assembled
/
Charles
wyth
hys
swerde
Ioyous
smote
hym
see
myghtely
that
he
clefte
hym
in
two
pyeces
&
myghtely
recouerd
hys
stroke
that
he
maad
hym
falle
to
the
erthe
/
And
soo
he
was
deed
/
wherfore
the
Sarasyns
were
all
moeued
and
affrayed
/
And
as
people
enraged
smote
vpon
the
Frensshe
men
with
dartes
plombetres
and
other
engynes
mortal
/
¶
And
thenne
Charles
cryed
socours
for
to
assemble
hys
people
/
And
wyth
that
crye
came
to
hym
Rychard
of
Normandye
Reyner
of
genes
/
hoel
of
nauntes
/
and
Syr
Ryol
du
〈◊〉
whyche
alle
had
courage
lyke
vnto
lyons
/
These
foure
barons
wyth
charles
made
the
paynyms
to
remeue
/
and
to
reentre
ageyn
by
force
in
to
the
towne
of
mantryble
/
And
anone
the
turkes
whyche
were
moo
than
x
thousand
cam
to
the
yate
for
to
shette
it
in
makyng
grete
defence
with
bowes
and
other
shotte
besyde
them
that
came
after
/
whyche
kepte
the
passages
/
which
were
wel
as
t
hystorye
maketh
mencyon
fyue
thousand
/
but
alle
they
coude
not
fynde
the
maner
to
lyfte
vp
the
brydge
/
For
it
was
conserned
and
kept
ayenst
the
sarasyns
by
the
frenssh
men
There
was
grete
bruyt
in
thys
recountre
/
And
though
Charles
doubted
it
was
noo
meruaysse
/
For
he
knewe
wel
that
yf
the
sarasyns
had
lyfte
vp
the
brydge
to
the
yate
of
the
towne
It
had
not
be
possyble
to
hym
to
haue
passed
ouer
/
And
he
seyng
them
reyse
vp
toward
the
yate
grete
barres
of
yron
/
supposed
not
to
haue
passed
/
And
wyth
a
moche
wooful
herte
began
to
wayle
Roulland
his
neuewe
and
the
other
hys
felowes
as
he
shold
neuer
haue
seen
them
¶
Rychard
of
Normandye
consyderyng
thys
/
escryed
and
sayd
Syr
Emperour
in
the
honour
of
god
of
maye
you
not
/
but
thynke
to
destroye
and
smyte
doun
these
Turkes
and
god
shal
ayde
&
helpe
vs
/
ye
knowe
wel
that
there
is
none
so
franke
ne
valyaunte
/
that
wyl
acoward
hym self
/
but
that
he
ought
to
be
despysed
/
and
wyth
good
ryght
/
¶
And
I
praye
to
god
that
he
be
confounded
that
suffreth
hym self
to
be
taken
a
lyue
for
to
dye
afterward
/
and
that
had
not
leuer
be
hewen
in
pyeces
than
to
retorne
/
And
wythoute
more
late
vs
auaunce
vs
/
For
now
it
is
nede
that
eche
man
proue
hys
strengthe
and
the
valure
of
hys
persone
/
wyth
these
wordes
of
a
grete
courage
entre
in
to
the
towne
/
Charles
/
Reyner
/
Hoel
/
Ryol
/
and
Rychard
/
These
fyue
onelye
eche
wyth
a
swerde
in
hys
honde
/
And
ye
ought
to
wete
that
they
entred
not
wythout
grete
slaughter
of
turkes
and
of
Paynyms
/
Charles
seyng
come
grete
multytude
of
sarasyns
cryed
a
larme
and
socours
moche
hye
and
furyously
/
Ganellon
vnderstood
hym
and
had
of
hym
grete
pyte
/
Not
wythstondyng
at
the
laste
/
he
founde
hym
not
good
/
&
came
to
geffroy
&
escryed
haateuyle
his
fader
/
&
the
other
hys
kynnesmen
/
whyche
were
armed
moche
rychely
to
the
nombre
of
M
/
vij
&
/
and
al
they
came
a
fote
for
to
assayle
the
yate
/
The
turkes
maad
grete
deffence
wyth
brondes
and
barres
of
yron
/
and
mortal
shotte
where
as
many
were
dede
and
hurte
of
the
people
of
the
sayd
Ganelon
/
Thenne
alory
the
traytre
sayd
to
ganellon
/
in
fayth
we
ben
grete
foles
for
to
late
vs
thus
deye
&
suffre
thys
torment
/
And
after
he
sayd
to
ganellon
yet
/
late
vs
goo
and
departe
/
Charles
is
wythin
wel
empesshed
/
god
forbede
that
he
euer
departe
/
&
thou
mayst
wel
see
now
/
that
of
hym
and
of
Reyner
we
are
wel
auenged
of
the
contradyctyons
that
they
made
to
vs
&
of
theyr
subgettes
also
/
And
euyl
deth
mote
he
deye
that
foloweth
them
ony
ferther
/
for
we
may
wynne
Fraunce
at
our
ease
and
wylle
&
holde
it
wythout
contradyctyon
/
Seen
that
there
is
no
baron
that
wyl
be
to
vs
contrarye
/
Ganellon
ansuerd
/
God
of
glorye
forbede
that
euer
I
shold
do
suche
trayson
to
my
ryghtful
lord
we
holde
of
hym
al
our
londes
&
seygnouryes
/
I
shold
be
holden
for
an
ouer
vntrewe
man
yf
I
consented
to
hys
deth
/
we
haue
none
other
cause
but
that
we
ought
to
do
our
deuoyr
for
hym
whan
Alory
vnderstood
hym
he
enraged
almoost
for
angre
and
after
sayd
to
ganellon
/
ye
be
a
veray
fool
that
ye
tarye
whan
ye
now
may
wel
aduenge
you
/
yf
th
emperour
Charles
be
slayn
/
al
the
other
barons
shal
haue
theyr
heedes
smyton
of
/
And
thus
we
shal
be
aduenged
on
al
our
enemyes
/
Therfore
loue
of
and
come
on
/
Ganellon
ansuerd
god
forbede
that
euer
I
shold
be
a
traytre
to
my
lord
/
Ne
that
I
leue
hym
vnholpen
/
but
doo
my
deuoyr
to
ayde
hym
/
I
had
louer
to
be
dysmembred
than
to
be
shamed
and
blamed
in
this
dede
/
¶
Of
these
wordes
were
euyl
contente
Alory
and
also
geffroy
daulteuyle
in
suche
〈◊〉
that
there
was
grete
debate
emonge
them
/
Vpon
this
came
Fyerabras
in
good
araye
and
grete
poynte
/
and
began
to
crye
where
is
Charles
/
¶
The
Traytre
answerd
/
Syr
ye
shal
neuer
see
hym
/
He
is
wythin
enclosed
/
and
I
〈◊〉
he
be
dede
now
/
Fyerabras
answerd
/
And
ye
emonge
you
what
doo
you
here
/
what
〈◊〉
ye
/
why
socoure
ye
hym
not
in
thys
nede
/
ye
may
be
reproched
of
treson
wyth
good
ryght
/
And
after
bygan
to
crye
socours
and
ayde
moche
lowde
/
and
by
hys
voys
all
the
frenss●
men
came
wythoute
ony
taryeng
to
the
belfroye
/
and
fende
Fyerabras
and
Ganellon
that
thenne
had
lefte
the
Traytres
at
the
entre
of
the
brydge
/
¶
And
Fyerabras
thene
was
wel
Ioyous
whan
be
sawe
that
the
brydge
was
not
drawen
up
And
thenne
he
and
Ganellon
dyd
gretely
theyr
deuoyr
for
to
entre
in
to
the
cyte
/
And
whan
they
were
wythin
&
the
traytres
sawe
the
toun
wonne
by
a
manere
to
do
gretely
theyr
deuoyr
entred
in
a
foot
&
smote
doun
wyth
the
other
comunelye
/
And
grete
habundaunce
of
blode
runne
thurgh
the
towne
oute
of
the
dede
bodyes
/
that
eche
man
meruaylled
that
sawe
it
/
The
paynyms
cryed
and
brayed
as
wulues
enfamysshed
whan
they
sawe
that
they
coude
not
resyste
them
/
They
sente
to
the
admyral
that
he
shold
socoure
them
/
and
cryed
on
mahon
&
Termagaunt
that
they
wold
come
to
theyr
ayde
/
but
for
all
that
they
were
dyscomforted
sorowfully
/
put
oute
of
theyr
habytacyons
/
robbed
/
pylled
of
theyr
rychesses
and
goodes
/
and
destroyed
/
Thus
doyng
a
messager
departed
secretely
for
to
goo
to
Aygremore
for
tacompte
and
telle
the
tydynges
of
theyr
destructyons
¶
How
Amyotte
a
geantesse
wyth
a
sythe
greued
gretely
the
crysten
men
and
/
how
hyr
two
sones
were
baptysed
of
the
Emperour
Charles
capitulo
ix
WHan
mantryble
was
taken
many
strokes
were
gyuen
/
but
whan
Amyotte
the
geantesse
knewe
&
herd
the
crye
of
the
cytezeyns
whiche
were
troubled
/
She
was
as
blacke
as
pytche
boylled
/
hyr
eyen
were
rede
as
brennyng
fyre
she
had
a
grete
vysage
&
croked
as
hye
of
lengthe
as
a
spere
/
&
gretely
affrayed
of
the
deth
of
hyr
husbond
/
&
also
aferde
for
hyr
ij
sones
of
whyche
she
was
late
delyuerd
/
soo
she
in
a
rage
lepte
out
of
hyr
hous
/
and
fonde
a
sythe
trenchaunt
and
meruayllously
sharpe
/
and
cam
vpon
the
frensshe
men
so
Impetuously
that
she
maad
grete
dyscomfyte
/
in
suche
wyse
that
none
durst
wel
approche
hyr
/
Kyng
Charles
seeyng
thys
was
euyl
contente
of
the
deth
of
hys
peple
/
and
demaunded
a
crosse
bowe
/
And
whan
it
was
lende
/
he
shotte
so
ryght
that
he
atteyned
hyr
bytwene
the
browes
so
that
she
fyl
doun
deed
to
the
erthe
/
She
began
to
cast
oute
of
hyr
throte
a
flamme
of
fyre
moche
hydous
/
Neuertheles
she
was
smyton
so
wyth
stones
and
thynges
that
she
neuer
moeued
after
/
wherfore
after
that
/
the
yates
of
the
towne
and
other
deffences
were
not
kepte
ne
defended
/
but
that
Charles
dyd
his
wylle
of
alle
/
¶
Grete
rychesse
was
founde
in
that
fayre
towne
/
and
the
subgettes
of
the
Emperour
Charles
were
there
wel
refresshed
of
gold
and
syluer
whiche
there
habounded
/
For
th
admyral
Ballant
/
by
cause
that
place
was
so
stronge
&
sure
had
layed
there
grete
tresours
/
The
kyng
ordeyned
in
suche
manere
that
bothe
grete
and
smale
were
wel
contente
wyth
hym
/
And
there
he
abode
thre
dayes
in
dapartyng
&
destrybutyng
the
goodes
after
the
degrees
&
qualytrees
of
hys
subgettes
/
And
after
as
charles
wente
sportyng
by
the
ryuer
flagot
/
In
a
caue
were
founden
the
ij
sones
yonge
chyldren
of
the
fornamed
geauntesse
Amyotte
of
whome
he
was
wel
Ioyous
and
were
baptysed
/
&
one
he
named
Roulland
/
and
that
other
Olyuer
/
and
dyd
do
them
wel
to
be
nourysshed
/
But
after
wythin
two
monethes
they
were
bothe
founden
dede
in
theyr
heddes
/
wherfore
th
emperour
was
euyl
contente
/
Neuertheles
in
that
same
tyme
whyche
was
the
moneth
of
may
that
the
stronge
cyte
of
mantryble
was
taken
&
put
in
subgectyon
/
charles
made
to
come
to
hym
Rychard
of
Normandye
/
Reyner
of
genes
/
hoel
of
nauntes
/
Ryol
of
mauns
/
&
took
counceyl
who
shold
kepe
the
brydge
and
passage
of
mantryble
/
tyl
they
had
destroyed
ballant
the
admyral
&
delyuerd
oute
of
/
pryson
the
other
peres
of
fraunse
/
Rychard
answerd
syr
emperour
me
semeth
it
shold
be
good
that
hoel
&
syr
Ryol
shold
abyde
for
to
kepe
that
brydge
&
toun
wyth
fyue
thousand
men
and
lyke
as
Rychard
sayd
so
was
it
doon
/
and
there
they
ij
abode
/
and
the
hurt
men
for
to
be
heled
at
theyr
leyzer
/
and
after
with
sowne
of
trompettes
the
hoost
of
the
emperour
began
to
departe
toward
aygremore
/
and
there
was
so
moche
peple
and
so
grete
estate
that
it
was
merueylle
/
Thus
as
they
were
wel
on
theyr
waye
/
The
Emperour
wente
vpon
a
lytel
hylle
for
to
byholde
his
peple
and
subgettes
And
seeyng
the
multytude
be
lyfte
vp
hys
eyen
to
heuen
and
sayd
/
O
lord
god
my
creatour
whiche
by
thy
grace
and
〈◊〉
syr
hast
made
me
lord
and
conduytour
of
thys
people
/
wyth
ryght
good
hert
I
gyue
to
the
thankynges
and
lande
/
Thou
hast
gyuen
to
me
grete
puyssaū●●
sythe
they
be
at
my
wylle
and
commaundemente
/
After
that
he
had
sayd
thus
he
blessyd
hym
/
And
in
the
name
of
Ihesus
he
took
forth
hys
waye
/
And
the
sayd
Emperour
had
in
hys
companye
an
hondred
thousand
men
wel
fyghtyng
/
And
the
Admyral
had
the
fyghtars
of
thyrtene
contreyes
/
the
frenssh
men
rode
forth
/
Rychard
of
normandye
was
in
the
auaunte
garde
/
And
the
Duke
Reyuer
in
that
other
/
Anone
the
tydynges
came
to
th
admyral
that
galafre
was
slayn
&
that
mantryble
was
taken
&
dyscomfyted
wherfore
he
swowned
for
sorowe
and
cryed
out
haroo
as
a
man
fro
hym self
sayeng
/
ha
/
ha
/
god
mahon
thy
power
is
nought
/
O
cursyd
god
&
recreaunte
thou
art
nothyng
worth
to
me
/
he
is
a
moche
fool
that
trusteth
in
the
whan
thou
suffrest
my
men
to
be
slayn
/
and
hast
consented
to
my
dyshonour
as
I
now
wel
see
/
whych
oughtest
wel
to
haue
doon
the
contrary
/
Thys
sayeng
the
admyral
took
a
clubbe
with
his
two
handes
&
ranne
to
mahon
&
to
his
other
goddes
/
&
smote
Mahon
soo
grete
a
stroke
vpon
the
heed
that
he
fyl
doun
&
was
al
to
broken
/
yf
th
admyral
and
the
other
paynyms
were
not
wel
abused
/
they
myght
knowe
clerely
theyr
Infydelyte
and
fals
creaunce
for
to
Inuoke
the
ymages
that
can
not
speke
ne
gyue
comfort
and
haue
no
consolacion
/
A
lytel
vnderstondyng
and
lacke
of
wytte
&
also
contrarye
to
nature
/
for
to
gyue
fayth
of
helpe
to
a
thynge
made
with
the
hande
of
a
man
/
Neuertheles
Sortybrant
of
Conymbres
seeyng
the
desolacyon
of
th
admyral
/
counceylled
hym
that
as
moche
as
he
myght
to
chastyse
hym self
of
the
Iniurye
doon
to
Mahon
/
th
admyral
said
to
hym
I
may
not
enclyne
to
do
to
hym
obeyssaunce
/
Seeyng
that
Charles
hath
wonne
by
his
puyssaunce
my
cyte
and
stronge
tour
of
mantryble
/
where
as
I
had
my
laste
comforte
to
kepe
me
moost
sure
/
Sortybrant
ansuerd
Syr
admyral
sende
forth
an
espye
for
to
wete
yf
the
hoost
of
charles
cometh
hyther
ageynst
you
/
And
yf
it
be
soo
/
late
vs
ryde
ayenst
hym
in
bataylle
to
gyder
/
And
yf
ye
may
late
hym
be
taken
/
and
hange
hys
people
or
brenne
them
without
ony
mercy
or
pyte
/
And
thenne
after
ye
may
caste
out
of
your
tour
these
glotons
that
kepe
it
/
and
smyte
of
the
heed
of
Fyerabras
thy
sone
that
aydeth
them
/
whan
the
admyral
ballant
had
herde
Sortybrant
/
consyderyng
hys
affectyon
/
humbly
he
retorned
to
mahon
purposyng
to
do
as
he
had
sad
/
¶
How
the
peres
of
Fraunce
were
assaylled
more
strongely
than
euer
they
were
/
And
the
toure
quasi
put
to
th
erthe
/
and
recomforted
by
the
holy
relyques
by
them
adoured
and
other
maters
capitulo
x
SOrtybrant
prayed
soo
moche
th
admyral
/
&
with
hym
the
olde
kyng
Coldroe
tempested
hym
&
brullant
de
mommyere
that
for
th
yniurye
that
he
had
doon
to
Mahon
tofore
them
al
he
shold
make
amendes
/
The
admyral
beyng
content
for
their
affectyon
sware
that
he
shold
encreace
Mahon
and
Augment
of
a
thousand
weyght
after
their
custome
of
fyn
gold
and
other
precyosytees
/
And
anone
dyd
do
sowne
trompettes
and
other
Instrumentes
/
at
the
sowne
of
whome
were
assembled
sarasyns
Inuumerable
al
armed
/
And
the
admyral
maad
to
brynge
hys
engynes
for
to
/
throwe
grete
stones
at
the
tour
for
to
brynge
it
doun
/
and
also
for
to
destroye
the
frensshe
men
&
hys
doughter
/
And
thus
more
feruent
than
euer
he
had
ben
cam
for
t
assayle
the
toure
and
laye
theyr
engynes
therto
/
wyth
whych
the
paynyms
made
fyue
grete
hooles
in
the
toure
/
that
thurgh
the
leste
myght
passe
a
carte
at
his
case
whan
thys
was
doon
Olyuer
&
Rolland
wyth
theyr
sheldes
to
fore
them
and
theyr
swerdes
in
theyr
hondes
stode
in
the
wyndowes
/
and
yet
they
were
not
soo
hardy
emonge
them
but
that
they
were
abusshed
/
not
wythstondyng
they
had
good
wylle
to
defende
them
/
Alway
hym
that
they
myght
attayne
with
stones
or
other
thynges
they
soo
hurte
hym
that
he
dyd
them
nomore
hurte
ne
damage
/
This
doyng
th
admyral
cryed
/
O
my
frendes
and
subgettes
doo
your
deuoyr
to
brynge
to
the
erth
thys
toure
For
yf
ye
so
do
ye
shal
haue
my
loue
entyerly
/
And
after
I
shal
make
Florypes
the
putayne
to
deye
shamefully
in
a
brennyng
fyre
/
for
she
hath
wel
deserued
it
/
doyng
to
me
the
dyshonour
that
euery
man
knoweth
/
¶
After
these
wordes
the
paynyms
were
more
feruent
than
they
had
ben
tofore
/
&
surmounted
by
strengthe
scaled
the
toure
and
mounted
vp
and
entred
in
at
holes
in
suche
wyse
that
the
●
barons
helde
not
but
that
best
seage
that
was
/
Rolland
seyng
theys
sayd
to
them
/
lordes
&
brethern
in
t
honour
of
god
our
maker
/
late
vs
wyth
one
courage
〈◊〉
vs
valyauntly
/
ellys
we
shal
not
passe
thys
day
but
that
we
shal
be
surprysed
taken
and
deffeated
/
Brother
&
felowe
sayd
Olyuer
we
seen
here
of
vs
x
as
longe
as
it
shal
please
our
creatour
/
&
we
been
al
good
fyghtars
/
In
the
name
of
God
I
counceyl
that
we
yssue
oure
for
to
assayle
our
enemyes
/
I
had
leuer
to
dye
there
withoute
and
suffre
to
be
hewen
/
than
to
deye
here
wythin
wyth
dyshonour
/
Ogyer
the
danoys
and
the
other
sayd
semblably
/
Florypes
seeyng
thys
was
al
abasshed
and
demaunded
the
barons
yf
they
wold
goo
out
for
to
goo
assaylle
the
paynyms
/
&
sayd
to
them
/
ye
noble
knyghtes
of
honour
&
of
good
partye
/
I
praye
to
god
that
at
this
tyme
yeue
you
grace
to
doo
wel
/
And
I
promyse
you
yf
ye
put
them
oute
from
thys
assaulte
I
shal
shewe
to
you
a
thyng
wherof
ye
shal
be
joyeful
wyth
tho
thordes
the
barons
goo
smyte
and
hewe
doun
the
turkes
so
vygorously
that
many
of
them
were
dede
&
hurt
whych
were
in
the
holes
of
the
walle
/
&
smote
them
wyth
stoones
in
the
tour
in
suche
wyse
that
they
were
caste
in
to
the
dyches
and
drowned
/
And
anone
as
they
had
goten
thoo
holes
they
stopped
them
&
faste
enclosed
them
/
and
after
florypes
axed
fyrst
of
naymes
duc
of
vauyere
/
&
of
Thyerry
duc
of
Ardayne
and
sayd
/
Lordes
on
a
tyme
ye
promysed
me
and
sware
/
that
ye
shold
not
do
ony
thyng
ayenst
my
wylle
/
I
wyl
shewe
to
you
the
crowne
of
Ihesus
&
two
of
the
nayles
that
he
was
nayled
with
to
the
crosse
/
whyche
I
haue
long
kept
The
barons
heryng
thys
wepte
for
Ioye
/
&
sworen
to
hyr
/
that
they
shold
do
no
thynge
to
hyr
but
al
loyalte
and
trouthe
/
Florypes
wente
thenne
and
fette
a
lytel
coffre
moche
ryche
&
fayre
and
tofore
them
she
opened
it
/
&
assone
as
the
relyques
were
taken
&
vnwounden
there
was
seen
a
grete
clerenes
and
a
meruayllous
resplendysshour
/
Thenne
the
barons
kneled
doun
to
the
erthe
deuoutely
smytyng
them self
on
their
brestes
by
contrycyon
of
hert
/
Duc
Naymes
of
bouyere
was
the
fyrst
that
kyssed
them
wyth
grete
reuerence
/
&
the
other
after
/
&
after
came
to
the
wyndowes
/
For
the
paynyms
were
mounted
on
hye
And
assone
as
they
sawe
them
they
tombled
doun
to
the
grounde
dede
&
al
to
broken
/
whan
Naymes
sawe
that
/
he
sayd
/
O
lord
god
of
glorye
whyche
mayst
do
al
thynge
/
I
thanke
the
&
gyue
to
the
lawde
and
praysyng
/
For
now
I
see
wel
and
knowe
that
these
ben
the
reliques
of
whome
we
haue
ofte
spoken
/
And
Incontynent
he
took
hardynes
and
courage
/
and
after
sayd
to
hys
felawes
/
Brethern
now
we
be
recomforted
so
that
we
shal
neuer
fere
ye
doubte
paynyms
ne
sarasyns
/
And
after
Florypes
remysed
the
relyques
in
the
coffret
honestly
/
Th
admyral
sawe
the
prynces
at
the
wyndowes
&
hys
doughter
wyth
them
/
&
he
ful
of
a
fals
entencyon
escryed
hyr
wyth
an
hye
voys
by
cause
he
wold
be
vnderstonden
/
O
florypes
fayr
doughter
I
see
wel
where
thou
art
/
A
grete
fool
was
thy
fader
whan
he
trusted
the
/
&
ful
of
folysshe
counceyl
was
he
/
that
put
in
thyn
hande
by
the
moyen
of
thy
langage
the
fyrst
prysoners
/
I
haue
herde
say
longe
sythe
/
that
a
man
that
trusteth
in
a
woman
of
thyng
of
Importaunce
is
a
moche
fool
/
but
neuertheles
thy
puterye
shal
not
endure
longe
/
as
I
truste
/
For
I
swere
to
the
that
I
shal
departe
the
loue
that
thou
hast
wyth
the
glotons
of
Fraunce
/
&
wythoute
pyte
I
shal
doo
brenne
you
al
/
Florypes
herde
these
wordes
&
took
a
baston
in
her
honde
&
made
a
sygne
as
though
she
had
menaced
hyr
fader
/
wherfore
th
admyral
seeyng
that
began
to
sowne
to
godre
hys
peple
/
and
comaunded
to
shote
&
lose
the
Instrumentes
ayenst
the
toure
in
suche
wyse
that
anone
a
grete
partye
of
the
walle
was
ouerthrowen
to
th
erthe
/
Thenne
the
barons
doubted
moche
of
them
vpon
the
walle
/
And
Rolland
Olyuer
and
Ogyer
went
in
to
a
chambre
where
as
were
/
Mahon
Appolyn
Termagaunte
&
Margotte
goddes
of
the
Paynyms
whyche
were
moche
ryche
And
Rolland
took
Appolyn
whyche
was
heuy
and
threwe
it
vpon
the
Paynyms
/
Olyuer
lyfte
vp
termagaunte
/
&
Ogyer
Margotte
/
and
smote
wyth
them
the
sarasyns
in
suche
wyse
that
them
that
they
attayned
dyd
them
neuer
hurte
after
/
whan
th
admyral
sawe
thus
his
goddes
vytupered
and
throwen
he
took
suche
angre
and
so
grete
yre
in
hys
courage
that
for
sorowe
he
tombled
doun
as
a
dede
man
to
the
erthe
/
Sortybrant
with
moche
sorowe
took
hym
vp
and
many
wepte
&
made
grete
desolacyon
for
sorowe
/
and
after
th
admyral
sayd
/
lordes
&
frendes
he
shal
euer
be
my
frende
&
specyal
byloued
that
wyl
aduenge
the
shame
that
these
glotons
haue
doon
to
my
goddes
/
Sortybrant
dyd
grete
payne
to
recomforte
hym
sayeng
that
in
short
tyme
he
shold
be
auenged
on
them
al
seen
that
the
toure
is
broken
in
moo
than
xv
partyes
/
O
Mahon
/
sayd
the
admyral
thou
hast
wel
forgoten
me
/
at
the
moost
nede
thou
fayllest
me
/
thou
arte
now
so
olde
that
thou
dotest
/
I
haue
seen
the
day
that
y●
haddest
grete
puyssaunce
/
¶
Sortybrant
ansuerd
/
Syr
ye
haue
an
euyl
custome
/
whan
ye
speke
so
euyl
ayenst
Mahon
/
Ye
knowe
wel
that
there
was
neuer
borne
ne
neuer
shal
be
so
good
a
god
he
gyueth
vs
pleute
of
where
/
of
wyn
and
of
other
goodes
also
/
he
shal
doo
for
vs
whan
he
hath
bythought
hym
/
he
is
yer
euyl
contente
for
the
stroke
that
ye
smote
hym
on
the
nose
/
Abyde
a
lytel
tyl
he
be
better
aduysed
/
And
the
frensshe
men
shal
resde
them
vnto
you
soo
that
ye
shal
holde
you
pleased
/
Vpon
these
wordes
Mahon
was
broughte
tofore
hym
/
And
a
deuyl
entred
in
to
hym
whyche
sayd
in
thys
manere
after
that
he
had
adoured
hym
/
Admyrall
ryche
lord
ne
dyscomfort
you
not
/
do
sowne
your
trompettes
&
hornes
and
assemble
your
peple
&
after
assaylle
the
toure
/
and
at
thys
tyme
ye
shal
take
the
Frensshe
men
/
wyth
these
wordes
th
admyral
was
al
reioyced
/
and
alle
th
engynes
and
Instrumentes
he
dyd
do
sette
ayenst
the
tour
and
threwe
stones
and
maad
grete
shotte
ageynst
the
toure
whyche
was
thenne
al
to
broken
/
and
almoost
al
ouerthrowen
/
The
peres
of
Fraunce
seyng
thys
had
grete
doubte
of
daunger
/
and
not
wythout
cause
/
Neuertheles
Ogyer
the
danoys
sayd
to
hys
felawes
/
O
loyal
companyons
replenysshed
of
fydelyte
/
For
ony
payne
or
doubte
of
deth
emonge
vs
late
none
be
founde
wyth
ony
treason
/
ne
suffre
to
entre
in
to
hym
ony
euyl
thought
of
Infydelyte
and
cowardyse
/
ye
see
now
that
the
tour
gooth
to
grounde
And
almoost
these
sarasyns
be
medsed
wyth
vs
/
But
as
touchyng
to
me
I
swere
by
god
my
maker
/
that
tofore
my
soule
shal
departe
fro
my
body
/
yf
I
haue
the
puyssaunce
to
holde
in
my
hande
Cortayn
my
swerde
/
I
shal
make
so
grete
a
dyscomfyture
of
these
paynyms
that
euery
man
shal
meruaylle
/
with
these
wordes
Rolland
byhelde
durandal
/
and
Olyuer
with
eueryche
of
the
other
byhelde
theyr
swerdes
/
&
were
alle
renewed
wyth
strengthe
and
courage
/
And
al
wyth
one
wylle
goon
vpon
the
sarasyns
/
and
there
dyd
suche
dylygence
/
that
allewaye
they
were
lordes
of
the
toure
/
&
made
the
sarasyns
theyr
enemyes
to
goo
abacke
/
Florypes
consyderyng
theyr
affayre
was
sorowful
that
no
socours
cam
to
them
and
also
remembryng
the
menaces
of
hyr
fader
th
admyrall
/
But
Guye
of
bourgoyn
recomforted
hyr
alwaye
in
suche
wyse
that
of
al
she
was
contente
/
¶
How
the
peres
of
Fraunce
had
tydynges
yf
th
host
of
charles
/
and
the
admyral
also
/
and
how
Ganellon
bare
hym
merueyllously
/
which
allone
was
sente
to
the
admyral
/
and
what
he
dyd
capitulo
x
THe
Frensshe
men
beyng
in
thys
contynuel
payn
of
bataylle
for
to
defende
the
toure
Duc
Naymes
of
bauyere
went
vp
on
hye
and
sawe
oute
of
a
wyndowe
/
&
sawe
bynethe
in
a
valeye
the
sygne
of
saynt
denys
whyche
was
brought
hastely
/
&
after
a
grete
companye
of
men
of
armes
/
And
thought
in
hym self
that
they
came
for
to
socour
and
ayde
them
/
and
anone
sent
for
hys
felawes
for
to
come
&
see
them
/
Assone
as
Florypes
vnderstood
it
/
she
came
to
Guy
of
bourgoyn
sayeng
/
O
gloryous
vyrgyn
marie
moder
of
Ihesus
worshypped
mote
ye
be
for
these
tydynges
that
I
haue
herde
/
O
noble
knyght
guye
of
bourgoyn
my
dere
loue
approche
ye
to
me
yf
it
playse
you
and
kysse
me
/
Of
the
Ioye
of
Florypes
were
Ioyeful
the
erles
and
lordes
/
ye
may
thynke
that
they
were
wel
comforted
whan
they
sawe
the
standard
of
fraunce
wherin
was
the
dragon
wel
fygured
/
Grete
Ioye
and
grete
consolacion
was
emonge
them
/
&
they
had
cause
seen
the
daunger
wherein
they
were
/
Anone
a
paynym
cam
to
th
admyral
&
sayd
to
hym
that
Charles
wyth
an
hondred
thousand
men
of
armes
came
makyng
grete
bruyt
/
The
kynge
Coldroe
counceylled
anone
that
euery
man
shold
be
armed
/
and
that
they
shold
goo
mete
wyth
hym
at
the
fyrst
poynte
/
Hys
counceyl
was
approued
by
th
admyral
and
by
thother
/
wherfore
anone
/
L
/
thousand
turkes
were
assembled
in
grete
poynte
for
to
kepe
the
grete
vale
of
Iosue
/
to
th
ende
that
he
myght
not
come
in
to
Aygremore
/
Rolland
sawe
Rychard
of
Normandye
wyth
hys
confanon
reysed
vp
whyche
came
al
afore
/
and
alle
taryed
in
a
medowe
for
to
bayte
and
refresshe
theyr
horses
and
to
tarye
there
al
the
nyght
whyche
was
nyghe
/
And
wythoute
makyng
lodgyses
or
other
thynge
/
they
there
rested
them
al
nyght
/
For
theyr
tentes
were
lefte
al
mantryble
/
On
the
morne
erly
the
Emperour
dyd
to
arme
his
peple
&
sette
them
in
good
〈◊〉
and
in
grete
poynte
/
And
af●●●
sente
for
Fyerabras
and
sayd
to
hym
/
Ryght
dere
frende
thou
knowest
that
I
haue
doo
the
〈◊〉
baptysed
wherfore
I
loue
〈◊〉
the
better
/
yf
thou
myghtest
〈◊〉
chace
and
make
that
thy
〈◊〉
baptysed
and
renye
ma●o●
〈◊〉
al
hys
dyabolike
goddes
I
〈◊〉
be
wel
glad
and
Ioyous
And
I
promyse
to
the
that
of
〈…〉
goodes
I
shal
not
take
〈◊〉
And
yf
he
wyl
not
so
do
I
promyse
that
by
force
I
shal
〈◊〉
ayenst
hym
/
&
yf
he
take
〈◊〉
wyte
it
not
me●ne
conne
me
〈◊〉
/
maulgre
/
for
I
may
not
〈◊〉
Syr
Emperour
sayd
Fyerabras
take
a
messager
/
and
〈…〉
demaunde
hym
yf
he
wyl
soo
〈◊〉
as
ye
say
/
and
I
shal
be
〈◊〉
/
For
yf
he
gaynsaye
it
/
I
shal
neuer
praye
for
hym
no
haue
pyte
of
hym
though
I
see
hym
hewen
and
deye
/
Hereupon
charles
demaunded
Reyner
and
ryche●d
of
Normandye
whyche
were
his
nexte
counceyllours
and
sayd
to
them
/
Lordes
whome
seme
you
moost
propy●●
for
to
sende
on
thys
message
to
the
Admyrall
/
By
myn
aduys
ganellon
shold
be
good
therfore
yf
he
wold
/
for
to
recounte
&
speke
hooly
〈◊〉
message
/
I
knowe
hym
for
wel
suffysaunt
/
&
ye
knowe
wel
that
he
dyd
wel
hys
deuoyr
at
the
entre
of
mantryble
/
yf
ye
wyl
consente
he
shal
doo
the
message
Rychard
answerd
and
Reyner
also
that
he
shold
doo
wel
the
message
/
The
kyng
sente
for
ganellon
and
sayd
to
hym
/
My
frende
we
haue
chosen
you
for
to
goo
say
to
th
admyral
Ballant
that
he
be
baptysed
&
renye
mahon
/
&
that
he
take
Ihesu
Cryste
for
hys
god
/
&
that
he
byleue
in
hym
&
in
hys
passyon
that
he
suffred
for
al
humayn
creatures
&
after
that
he
yelde
to
me
my
barons
whyche
he
holdeth
in
hys
pryson
/
&
also
the
resyques
that
longe
tyme
I
haue
demaunded
of
hym
/
&
yf
he
wyl
do
this
/
we
shal
leue
to
hym
hys
contreye
&
hys
landes
/
&
yf
he
wyl
doo
otherwyse
/
we
shal
make
to
hym
mortal
warre
/
and
shal
take
of
hym
no
mercy
/
Ganellon
was
contente
for
to
goo
thyder
allone
And
took
&
sette
on
his
helme
&
mounted
vpon
his
hors
named
gascon
/
and
henge
on
hys
necke
his
shelde
/
wherein
was
paynted
the
lyon
/
&
after
went
in
to
the
vale
of
Iosue
hastely
/
and
anone
he
was
taken
of
the
turkes
that
kept
the
passage
/
but
whan
they
knewe
that
he
was
a
messager
for
to
speke
to
th
admyral
/
they
troubled
hym
not
but
lete
hym
goo
/
&
he
taryed
not
tyl
that
he
came
tofore
th
abytacyon
of
th
admyral
/
&
he
lente
vpon
his
spere
with
a
knyghtly
countenaunce
/
&
moche
resembled
a
baron
of
grete
valure
for
to
say
wel
hys
message
/
whan
th
admyral
knewe
of
his
comyng
he
came
to
hym
/
And
thenue
Ganellon
spake
hardyly
to
hym
in
this
manere
/
Sarasyn
take
hede
&
vnderstonde
me
/
I
am
a
messager
of
the
noble
charles
kyng
of
fraunce
&
ryght
myghty
Emperour
/
&
he
sendeth
the
worde
by
me
/
that
thou
renye
and
forsake
Mahon
&
thyn
other
goddes
dyabolyke
/
&
byleue
in
Ihesu
cryst
the
redemptour
of
al
the
worlde
whyche
took
on
hym
humanyte
and
suffred
deth
cruel
&
bytter
in
the
tree
ofithe
crosse
for
to
redeme
al
the
world
/
&
yf
thou
so
do
/
thou
art
assured
not
onely
to
deye
&
also
not
to
lese
thy
londe
ne
none
of
thy
good
/
but
thou
shalt
alwaye
be
byloued
of
hym
&
of
Fyerabras
thy
sone
/
and
yf
thou
wylt
not
accorde
herto
/
&
withstande
it
/
knowe
for
certayn
that
of
Charles
thou
art
deffyed
&
al
thy
people
/
&
yf
thou
wylt
saue
thy self
thynke
to
flee
and
wythdrawe
the
fro
thys
contreye
For
yf
thou
may
be
taken
and
holden
thou
shalt
be
delyuerd
to
daungerous
deth
/
and
alle
thy
subgettes
shal
be
dy
smembred
/
&
slayn
/
&
after
he
shal
gyue
thy
royame
and
thy
rychesses
to
his
seruauntes
/
Therfore
aduyse
the
wel
/
whan
th
admyral
had
herd
hym
/
he
was
almoost
in
a
rage
of
hys
wordes
/
and
by
destresse
of
angre
he
took
a
staffe
for
to
smyte
the
messager
and
sayd
to
hym
/
Gloton
payllard
thou
art
dysmesured
in
thy
langage
by
mahon
to
whome
I
am
yeuen
at
thys
tyme
thou
hast
be
ouer
hardy
/
&
lytel
loued
the
Charles
whan
he
sente
the
to
me
/
For
thou
shalt
be
wel
sure
that
thou
shalt
neuer
recounte
to
hym
thy
message
/
Ganellon
seyng
that
he
was
not
wel
sure
wyth
them
he
took
hys
swerde
whyche
was
heuy
&
sharpe
/
and
gaf
wythal
a
stroke
to
buillant
of
mōmyere
in
the
breste
that
he
ouerthrewe
&
fyl
at
the
feet
of
the
admyrall
whyche
seyng
that
/
escryed
moche
strongely
t
auenge
hym
/
Thenne
wyth
thys
voys
assembled
moo
than
fyfty
thousand
turkes
for
to
take
Ganellon
whyche
ranne
after
hym
thurgh
the
vale
of
Iosue
/
but
he
escaped
them
al
and
was
not
taken
/
Due
Naymes
was
at
a
wyndowe
/
and
sawe
hym
chaced
/
&
demaunded
Rolland
&
Olyuer
what
he
was
/
&
they
knewe
for
certayn
that
he
was
crysten
/
and
by
presumyng
made
emonge
them
they
Iuged
that
it
was
Ganellon
/
that
had
spoken
to
th
admyral
/
¶
Alas
sayd
Rolland
I
praye
to
Ihesus
our
redemour
that
he
graunte
hym
grace
to
passe
wel
without
daunger
/
I
shal
be
euyl
content
yf
he
come
not
to
his
good
desyre
/
¶
The
other
barons
sayden
semblably
/
&
prayed
god
to
kepe
hym
fro
peryl
/
Ganellon
ranne
alwaye
forth
tyl
he
came
to
the
toppe
of
a
montayne
/
and
there
he
torned
hym
ayenst
the
Paynyms
/
&
sawe
comyng
to
hym
a
grete
paynym
of
the
cyte
of
Aygremore
/
and
anone
he
took
hys
swerde
named
murgall
〈◊〉
trenchaunte
&
atteyned
the
mynem
vpon
the
helme
/
and
〈◊〉
hym
to
the
breste
/
And
after
he
slewe
Tenebre
whyche
was
●●●der
of
kyng
Sortybrant
/
●●●uer
sawe
al
hys
feat
and
〈◊〉
to
Rolland
/
Brother
behol●●
〈◊〉
vnlyaunce
that
thys
baron
〈◊〉
I
praye
god
that
he
〈◊〉
hym
/
And
wete
ye
wel
that
in
my
hert
I
love
hym
/
Saue
you
&
charles
I
loue
none
bet●●r
/
Now
wold
god
that
I
were
in
hys
companye
/
I
shal
make
grete
marterdom
on
these
Paynyms
/
Neuertheles
he
was
●●●●gely
chaced
of
the
paynyms
/
But
whan
they
sawe
the
hoost
of
Charles
/
they
retorned
aback
and
wente
&
tolde
the
affayre
to
th
admyral
/
&
how
Charles
had
moo
than
an
hondred
thousand
fyghtyng
men
/
wherfore
they
counceylled
that
euery
man
shold
arme
hym
/
&
that
counceyl
was
approued
/
but
whan
sortybuant
knewe
that
hys
broder
was
dede
he
made
to
come
an
Innumerable
companye
of
sarusyns
rauenge
his
deth
in
menacyng
to
do
harm
to
Charles
/
Of
hys
entencyon
was
moche
glad
th
admyral
/
by
cause
he
myght
the
better
come
to
hys
desyre
/
¶
How
Charles
emperour
ordeyned
ten
bataylles
/
and
how
they
dyd
&
were
recountred
of
the
puyssaunce
of
the
admyral
/
where
as
th
emperour
dyd
meruaylles
and
of
other
maters
capitulo
xij
WHan
Ganellon
was
comen
to
kyng
Charles
/
th
emperour
ordeyned
x
bataylles
after
that
Ganellon
had
tolde
hys
message
whyche
was
suche
Syr
emperour
I
say
to
you
that
th
admyral
ne
fereth
you
ne
your
dedes
/
neyther
god
ne
hys
sayntes
/
I
was
wel
happy
that
I
escaped
/
For
I
haue
been
chaced
wyth
xx
thousand
sarasyns
after
that
th
admyral
wold
haue
had
me
/
&
after
these
wordes
I
slewe
one
of
theyr
kynges
/
wher fore
he
was
praysed
of
the
kyng
&
other
/
And
anone
they
sowned
hornes
and
trompettes
/
&
was
open
warre
on
alle
partes
in
t
hoost
of
Charles
/
Rolland
herde
the
sowne
and
the
voys
of
the
frensshe
hoost
/
wherof
he
and
al
the
barons
were
al
reioyced
&
made
good
thyere
/
whan
the
ij
hoostes
recountred
al
the
coutrey
shone
of
theyr
armes
/
ther
were
so
many
of
them
/
after
as
I
haue
sayd
tofore
/
kyng
charles
made
ten
bataylles
/
In
the
fyrst
he
ordeyned
Rychard
of
Normandye
/
Due
Reyner
of
genes
had
the
second
/
Ganellon
the
thyrd
A
lory
the
fourth
/
Geffroy
the
fyfthe
/
Machayre
the
vj
/
Hardre
the
seuenth
/
Amangius
the
viij
/
Sampson
the
ix
/
And
of
the
tenthe
was
conduytour
charles
the
kyng
/
&
in
eche
bataylle
were
x
thousand
men
of
armes
wel
fyghtyng
atte
leste
/
whan
Ballant
the
admyral
sawe
the
kyng
comyng
he
sayd
to
vuillant
/
who
shal
be
the
fyrst
that
shal
entre
in
to
bataylle
with
an
hondred
thousand
paynyms
/
&
sayd
that
yf
he
took
Charles
he
shold
not
slee
them
ne
fyerabras
for
he
wold
after
smyte
of
theyr
heedes
/
&
vpon
thys
poynte
the
warre
was
open
/
&
Baullant
began
to
goo
a
grete
boroedrauȝt
tofore
the
other
/
and
began
to
crye
/
haw
/
haw
/
where
is
charles
th
emperour
wyth
his
euyl
chere
too
I
come
to
the
/
thou
hast
enterprysed
a
grete
folye
whan
thou
passest
the
see
/
&
ouer
late
thou
shalt
repente
the
/
On
thys
day
shal
be
the
ende
of
thy
lyf
/
and
of
the
subgettes
lyf
/
And
wythoute
faulte
thou
shalte
be
yolden
to
th
admyral
&
alle
thy
centreye
shal
be
destroyed
/
Th
emperour
herde
wel
these
wordes
/
wherfore
alle
in
a
furye
he
lete
renne
hys
hors
&
came
ageynst
the
paynym
&
attayned
hym
in
suche
a
wyse
that
hys
harnoys
brake
/
and
after
he
drewe
hys
swerde
and
neuer
lefte
hym
tyl
he
was
dede
/
fro
thens
with
his
spere
he
came
to
a
turke
kynge
of
pyetrelee
/
and
smote
hym
in
the
breste
that
he
fyl
deed
to
the
erthe
/
and
whan
his
spere
was
broken
/
he
dyd
grete
deuoyr
with
Ioyouse
his
swerd
/
for
hym
that
he
attayned
dyd
neuer
hurt
after
/
At
that
tyme
he
bare
hym
meruayllously
/
that
one
of
the
hoostes
medled
eche
wyth
other
in
suche
wyse
/
that
there
was
neuer
seen
warre
so
mortal
for
they
that
were
lyuyng
were
lette
by
them
that
were
dede
/
Thenne
emonge
the
paynyms
there
was
a
turke
named
Tenebres
which
cain
makyng
grete
buryt
vpon
the
frensshe
men
/
and
attayned
fyrst
the
noble
Iehan
of
poūtayse
vpon
his
shelde
and
brake
it
in
pye●s
&
smote
hym
thurgh
the
body
that
he
fyl
deed
to
the
erthe
and
after
drewe
hys
swerde
&
put
to
deth
huon
and
guernyer
th
auncyen
/
and
after
sayd
to
the
frensshe
men
/
that
on
that
day
Charles
and
hys
subgettes
had
loste
theyr
myght
/
Rychard
of
Normandye
had
despyte
of
hys
wordes
&
came
ageynste
hym
&
attayned
hym
so
daungerously
that
he
brake
his
hawberke
and
brake
his
shelde
in
quarters
●
so
smote
hym
that
he
fyl
doun
deed
wythout
ony
more
repro●●●●●
&
sayeng
euyl
wordes
/
&
after
by
force
of
strengthe
they
pass●●
the
vale
of
Iosue
/
&
came
and
fonde
th
admyral
wyth
alle
hys
puyssaunce
/
whyche
was
accompanyed
wyth
〈◊〉
kynges
crowned
&
wyth
an
〈…〉
men
/
as
wel
a
horsback
as
〈◊〉
Anone
a
messager
came
〈◊〉
admyral
/
&
tolde
hym
〈…〉
lant
his
brother
was
〈…〉
many
in
hys
companye
/
〈◊〉
he
sente
for
tempest
hys
〈◊〉
&
for
Sortybrant
of
〈◊〉
his
moost
specyal
frendes
&
said
to
them
/
My
barons
and
〈◊〉
frendes
yf
euer
ye
haue
loued
me
&
haue
entencion
to
do
me
play
syr
/
Doo
so
moche
that
ye
〈◊〉
charles
the
kyng
/
For
I
wyl
goo
to
hym
&
haue
concluded
in
my self
to
fyght
in
my
persone
ayenst
hys
persone
/
&
sythe
I
〈◊〉
deye
ones
it
suffyseth
me
that
I
myght
slee
hym
/
&
thenne
shal
I
be
contente
to
deye
yf
I
dede
after
For
I
retehe
not
yf
I
aduenge
me
or
I
deye
/
Sortybrant
&
many
other
consyderyng
thastate
of
th
admyral
bygonnen
to
wepe
for
pyte
in
comfortyng
hym
/
¶
How
in
thys
bataylle
folowyng
Sortybrant
was
slayne
by
Reyner
fader
of
Olyuer
/
and
after
how
th
admyral
dyd
meruaylles
and
grete
ennoye
to
the
frensshe
men
capitulo
xiij
BAllant
th
admyral
rode
vpon
an
hors
/
the
beste
rennyng
of
alle
the
contreye
ryght
wel
armed
/
and
it
was
blacke
as
a
more
/
&
hym self
was
grete
of
body
/
wel
membred
&
had
his
herde
hangyng
to
the
sadel
whyche
was
whyte
as
snowe
/
&
after
dyd
do
sowne
hys
trompettes
&
hornes
tassemble
his
hoost
/
&
made
the
archers
to
goo
byfore
whyche
coude
wel
shote
wyth
bowes
turauoys
/
&
al
furyously
that
one
ayenst
the
other
goo
shote
&
make
mortal
warre
/
so
that
the
shotte
fl●we
in
thayer
thycker
than
hayl
/
So
moche
people
was
there
slayn
/
that
the
wayes
were
empesshed
&
lette
by
dede
bodyes
/
The
Duke
Reyner
passed
thurgh
forth
/
&
the
fyrst
that
he
encountred
was
kyng
Sortybrant
/
&
gaf
to
hym
a
grete
stroke
without
faynyng
that
hys
shelde
auaylled
hym
not
/
hys
hauberk
al
to
brake
/
so
that
he
made
his
spere
to
plonge
and
bayne
in
hys
body
soo
depe
that
he
abode
there
deed
lyke
a
beest
/
&
after
wyth
hys
swerde
made
so
grete
murdre
&
slaughter
of
the
fals
turkes
that
it
was
meruaylle
/
Anone
the
admyral
knewe
the
deth
of
Sortybrant
/
wherof
he
was
almoost
oute
of
hys
wytte
in
a
rage
/
and
sythe
sayd
/
O
Sortybrant
my
special
frende
/
I
see
wel
now
that
I
shal
be
auenged
yf
I
benge
not
thy
deth
/
with
thyse
wordes
he
maad
his
hors
to
renne
vpon
the
frenssh
men
so
despytously
that
whome
he
attayned
he
put
to
deth
/
and
came
to
huon
of
myllan
&
slewe
hym
/
thenne
he
dyd
grete
dommage
/
and
fought
that
tyme
so
strongely
that
he
put
to
deth
wel
seuen
frensshe
men
&
xiiij
Normans
moche
valyantly
sayeng
/
¶
O
ye
vnhappy
frensshe
men
I
shal
now
make
you
knowe
that
th
admyral
of
spayne
is
comen
/
in
this
day
shal
t
hoost
of
fraunce
be
destroyed
/
&
shal
neuer
repayre
home
ageyn
in
to
fraunce
/
I
shal
lede
awaye
with
me
the
kynge
Charles
with
his
florisshed
berd
&
I
shal
do
hange
or
brenne
hym
&
also
with
hym
Rolland
&
Olyuer
&
their
felowes
/
&
with
these
wordes
the
paynems
enhardyed
them
in
suche
wyse
that
they
dyd
gretely
theyr
deuoyr
ayenst
the
frensshe
men
/
At
this
medle
the
counte
ganellon
/
haldre
/
alory
/
&
geffroy
daulteuyle
&
that
lygnage
dyd
gretely
theyr
deuoyr
and
bare
them
wel
/
For
in
a
shorte
space
by
them
were
slayn
moo
than
a
M
paynyms
/
Th
admyral
moost
valyaunt
of
the
sarasyns
attayned
the
counte
myllon
by
hys
helme
/
that
almoost
he
had
abyden
in
the
place
/
and
with
a
stroke
th
admyral
smote
of
hys
hors
hede
that
he
fyl
to
the
erthe
and
after
he
took
hym
&
layed
hym
tofore
hym
for
to
haue
born
hym
awaye
/
but
the
lygnage
of
ganellon
saued
hym
/
notwythstondyng
that
many
of
theym
were
slayn
and
dede
/
Neuertheles
the
frensshe
men
surmounted
the
paynyms
/
and
that
was
by
the
ayde
of
fyerabras
which
for
loue
of
Charles
dyd
fyght
and
made
grete
dyscomfyture
of
the
sarasyns
/
for
there
he
put
to
deth
Tempeste
/
and
the
olde
Rubyon
and
moo
than
fyfty
other
of
these
mastyns
myscrea●ntes
/
&
he
there
bare
hym
in
suche
wyse
/
that
there
was
not
one
persone
that
durst
come
tofore
hym
to
resyste
hym
/
¶
How
the
peres
of
Fraunce
whyche
were
in
the
toure
came
oute
whan
they
sawe
the
hoost
/
&
how
th
admyral
was
taken
&
holden
prysonner
capitulo
xiiij
THe
paynyms
&
frensshe
men
alwaye
perseueryng
in
mortal
bataylle
coude
not
make
th
ende
eche
one
of
other
/
For
the
multytude
of
the
paynyms
was
so
grete
that
they
myght
not
be
dyscomfyted
/
whan
the
barons
that
were
in
the
tour
sawe
the
fayt
/
&
that
they
that
kepte
the
toure
were
goon
to
the
socours
and
crye
of
th
admyral
they
sprange
out
&
eche
took
an
hors
of
them
that
were
dede
which
ranne
at
al
aduenture
/
and
〈◊〉
also
took
his
swerde
in
his
hond
&
sodeynly
cam
vpon
the
sarasyns
for
to
passe
thurgh
them
to
the
frensshe
hoost
/
&
made
so
grete
bruyt
that
the
moost
hardyest
of
the
paynyms
gaf
them
waye
&
lete
them
passe
/
and
in
especyal
rolland
/
for
where
be
smote
with
durandal
/
cam
neuer
afte●
tofore
hym
/
&
at
this
departyng
was
derly
recomanded
guy
of
b●ur●●goyn
of
florypes
/
for
she
had
fere
of
hym
/
Neuertheles
whan
they
were
assembled
wyth
the
other
wythoute
letyng
them
to
be
〈◊〉
wen
/
went
vpon
the
sarasyns
&
helde
them
soo
short
/
that
anone
they
slewe
them
in
suche
royle
●
the
other
put
them
to
flyght
/
for
there
was
neuer
larke
fledde
more
ferfully
tofore
the
sper●awke
than
the
sarasyns
fledde
tofore
rolland
/
Th
admyral
knewe
wel
hys
destructyon
by
the
comyng
of
the
peres
that
were
in
that
toure
&
cryed
wyth
an
h●e
voys
/
mahon
my
god
to
whome
I
haue
gyuen
my self
and
haue
doon
to
so
moche
honour
/
thou
hast
forygoten
me
/
Remembre
me
now
/
¶
For
and
euer
I
may
gete
the
I
shal
bete
the
bothe
flankes
hede
&
vysage
/
and
also
put
out
thyn
eyen
fals
recreaunt
god
that
thou
art
/
he
thus
sayeng
he
was
so
pursyewed
and
smyton
that
he
fyl
doun
vnder
his
hors
and
taken
and
not
slayn
at
the
request
of
hys
sone
fyerabras
/
to
th
ende
that
he
shold
be
aduysed
to
byleue
in
Ihesu
cryst
&
in
the
holy
Trynyte
/
&
bycome
crysten
&
al
his
contreye
/
Thenne
the
bataylle
took
an
ende
/
and
he
that
wold
not
be
conuerted
was
in
contynent
put
to
deth
/
Somme
fledde
/
and
somme
were
taken
/
Thenne
after
thys
the
Frensshe
men
wente
&
vnarmed
them
/
&
Charles
sawe
there
hys
barons
whom
he
desyred
so
moche
to
see
/
&
in
especial
his
neuew
rolland
&
Olyuer
whom
he
loued
so
moche
&
were
so
gretly
valyaunt
/
It
can
not
be
sayd
ne
expressed
the
Ioye
that
was
emonge
them
&
the
consolacyon
&
reioycyng
of
kyng
charles
was
Inestymable
/
Thenne
they
recounted
alle
thynges
what
were
happend
to
them
/
&
of
theyr
daungers
and
Ieopardyes
whiche
they
had
escaped
&
sorowes
&
lamentacions
that
they
had
endured
/
wherfore
Charles
and
many
other
wept
for
pyte
/
And
thys
endured
many
dayes
/
there
where
as
the
hurt
men
&
seek
were
heeled
/
&
they
that
were
hole
passed
theyr
tyme
in
deduyte
tryumphe
and
Ioye
/
¶
How
ballant
th
admyrall
for
ony
admonycyon
that
was
shewed
to
hym
/
wold
not
be
baptysed
/
and
how
after
guy
of
bourgoyn
espoused
florypes
/
&
was
crowned
kyng
and
she
quene
of
that
contreye
capitulo
xv
WHan
charles
had
al
appeased
he
took
ballant
the
admyral
tofore
hys
noblesse
/
&
sayd
to
hym
in
this
maner
/
ballant
al
creatures
resonable
owen
to
gyue
synguler
honour
&
pertyculer
loue
to
hym
that
hath
gyuen
to
them
beyng
/
knowleche
/
&
lyf
/
&
it
is
wel
requesyte
&
nedeful
that
he
haue
honour
and
penerence
that
hath
made
heuen
and
erthe
&
al
that
therein
enhabyteth
/
wherfore
by
good
ryght
he
is
superyour
and
abouen
al
/
And
a
grete
abusyon
is
comprysed
in
hym
/
which
gyueth
fayth
and
hope
in
that
whyche
he
hath
made
wyth
hys
hondes
&
of
mater
dede
/
Insensyble
and
that
hath
neyther
reson
ne
soule
/
as
thy
goddes
dyabolyke
whyche
may
not
ne
can
gyue
consolacyon
to
theyr
subgettes
/
wherfore
I
warne
the
for
the
helthe
of
thy
soule
and
for
the
preseruyng
of
thy
body
&
of
thy
goodes
that
thou
take
a
waye
alle
these
Iniquytees
and
/
peruerse
affectyons
/
&
byleue
in
the
holy
Trynyte
/
fader
/
sone
/
and
holy
ghoost
/
one
onely
god
almyghty
/
and
byleue
that
the
sone
of
god
for
to
repayre
th
offence
of
our
formest
fader
adam
descended
in
to
thys
world
and
took
humanyte
in
the
wombe
of
the
blessyd
vyrgyn
marie
whyche
was
al
pure
and
wythoute
spotte
/
And
byleue
in
the
artycles
of
the
fayth
/
and
obeye
and
kepe
hys
comandementes
which
he
hath
gyuen
to
vs
for
our
helth
and
byleue
how
he
was
taken
of
the
Iewes
and
by
enuy
hanged
on
the
crosse
for
to
redeme
vs
fro
the
paynes
of
helle
/
Byleue
hys
resurrexyon
and
ascencyon
in
hys
body
gloryfyed
/
and
the
other
thynges
as
the
holy
baptesme
whyche
he
hath
establysshed
wyth
the
other
sacramentes
/
&
yf
thou
wylt
thus
byleue
thou
shalt
be
saued
/
&
thou
shalt
neyther
lose
body
ne
goodes
/
Th
admyral
answerd
that
he
wold
no
thynge
do
so
/
and
sware
that
for
deth
ne
for
lyf
he
wold
not
leue
Mahon
/
Th
emperour
holdyng
a
naked
swerd
sayd
to
hym
that
yf
he
forsoke
not
Mahon
he
shold
do
put
hym
to
deth
/
Fyerabras
seyng
thys
kneled
doun
to
th
erthe
&
prayed
hys
fader
to
do
as
the
emperour
had
sayd
/
Th
admyral
fered
the
deth
&
sayd
that
he
was
contente
that
the
fonte
shold
be
blessed
/
Charles
was
glad
and
dyd
do
make
redy
a
fonte
wyth
fayr
water
/
in
a
fayr
vessel
/
and
the
bysshop
wyth
other
mynystres
of
the
chyrche
dyd
halowe
the
fonte
and
made
alle
redy
/
&
after
whan
th
admyral
was
vncladde
/
the
bysshop
demaunded
hym
sayeng
/
Syr
ballant
forsake
ye
mahon
/
and
crye
ye
mercy
to
god
of
heuen
for
your
trespa●●s
and
byleue
ye
in
Ihesu
cryst
the
sone
of
the
vyrgyn
marye
/
whan
th
admyral
vnderstode
these
wordes
/
al
hys
body
began
to
tremble
/
than
in
despyte
of
Ihesu●
he
spytte
in
the
fonte
/
and
caught
the
bysshoop
&
wold
haue
drowned
hym
in
the
fonte
/
and
had
plonged
hym
therin
/
ne
had
not
Ogyer
haue
been
whyche
letted
hym
/
&
yet
notwythstondyng
〈◊〉
gaf
a
grete
stroke
to
th
admyral
that
the
blood
came
oute
of
hys
mouthe
habondantly
/
Of
〈◊〉
were
al
abasshed
that
were
present
/
and
thenne
the
kyng
sayd
to
Fyerabras
/
ye
be
my
specy●●
frende
/
Ye
see
that
your
fader
wyl
neuer
be
crystened
/
And
also
the
oultrage
that
he
hath
doon
to
the
fonte
/
it
can
not
be
excused
/
but
that
be
must
be
dede
and
dysmembred
/
¶
Fyerabras
requyred
hym
yet
of
a
lytel
pacyence
/
and
yf
he
wold
not
amende
hym
/
that
thenne
he
shold
doo
hys
wylle
/
¶
Florypes
the
doughter
of
the
Admyrall
seeyng
thys
sayd
/
¶
O
Syr
Emperour
wherfore
delaye
ye
soo
moche
to
put
thys
deuyl
to
deth
/
I
retche
not
though
he
be
put
to
deth
/
so
that
I
onely
may
haue
guye
of
bourgoyn
to
myn
husbond
/
whom
I
haue
so
moche
desyred
/
Fyerabras
answerd
fayr
suster
ye
haue
grete
wronge
/
For
I
ensure
you
and
swere
by
god
whiche
hath
made
me
/
that
I
wold
that
I
had
lost
two
of
my
membres
on
the
condycyon
that
he
were
a
good
cristen
man
&
were
baptysed
and
byleued
in
Ihesu
cryst
/
ye
wote
wel
that
he
is
our
fader
/
whiche
hath
engendred
vs
/
we
ought
to
honour
hym
and
to
loue
hys
helth
/
ye
are
wel
obstynat
whan
ye
haue
of
hym
noo
pyte
/
And
after
in
wepyng
sayd
to
his
fader
/
O
moost
dyer
fader
I
praye
you
to
be
better
aduysed
and
by
loue
in
hym
that
hath
fourmed
you
to
hys
ymage
/
whyche
is
Ihesus
god
souerayn
/
lyke
as
th
emperour
hath
sayd
/
and
leue
mahon
which
hath
neither
wytte
ne
reason
/
ne
noo
thyng
is
but
gold
&
stones
wherof
he
is
composed
/
yf
ye
thus
do
/
ye
shal
do
to
vs
grete
Ioye
/
&
of
your
enemyes
ye
shal
make
frendes
/
Ballant
ansuerd
/
fool
&
glouton
that
thou
art
speke
nomore
to
me
therof
thou
art
al
oute
of
reson
/
I
shal
neuer
byleue
in
hym
that
deyed
v
C
yere
a
goon
/
&
acursed
be
he
that
putteth
in
hys
byleue
that
he
is
arysen
fro
deth
to
lyf
/
by
mahon
my
god
yf
I
were
on
my
hors
back
/
or
I
were
taken
I
shold
angre
charles
that
fool
/
whan
fyerabras
had
al
vnderstonden
hym
he
said
to
charles
that
he
shold
do
wyth
hym
hys
playsyr
/
For
by
good
ryght
he
ought
to
deye
/
Anon
th
emperour
demanded
who
wold
slee
ballant
the
vnmesurable
felon
/
Thenne
Ogier
was
present
which
hated
hym
in
his
hert
/
&
forthwyth
he
smote
of
his
heed
/
&
Fyerabras
pardoned
hym
gladly
/
Thenne
after
this
florypes
sayd
to
Rolland
that
he
shold
accomplysshe
his
promesses
bytwene
hyr
and
guy
of
bourgoyn
/
rolland
ansuerd
ye
say
trouth
/
and
after
sayd
to
guye
/
¶
Syr
ye
remembre
wel
what
wordes
and
loue
hath
ben
bytwene
you
&
the
curtoys
Florypes
kepe
your
trouth
and
promesse
to
hyr
/
Guy
ansuerd
that
he
was
redy
to
do
al
that
th
emperour
wold
haue
hym
to
doo
/
Charles
was
contente
/
Thenne
anone
afore
theym
alle
she
was
despoyled
and
vnclad
hyr
for
to
be
baptysed
/
She
beyng
there
al
naked
shewed
hyr
beaute
whyche
was
ryght
whyte
and
wel
formed
so
playsaunt
and
amerouse
for
the
formosyte
of
hyr
persone
that
euery
man
merueylled
/
¶
For
she
had
hyr
eyen
as
clere
as
two
sterres
/
a
fayre
forhede
and
large
/
hyr
nose
ryght
wel
stondyng
in
the
myddes
of
the
vysage
/
hyr
chekes
were
reed
&
whyt
medled
/
hyr
browes
compaced
as
it
had
been
a
lytel
shadowe
to
the
colour
of
the
vysage
/
hyr
heyr
shynyng
as
golde
&
that
in
soo
good
an
ordre
accumyled
/
that
it
henge
bynethe
hyr
knees
/
hyr
mouth
was
wel
composed
with
an
attemperat
roundenes
/
a
smal
longe
necke
/
and
hyr
sholdres
fayr
&
wel
syttyng
/
&
ij
pappes
tofore
smale
rounde
&
somwhat
enhaunced
lyke
ij
rounde
apples
And
so
wel
was
she
made
and
so
amerouse
/
that
she
smote
the
hertes
of
many
/
and
enflammed
theyr
entencyon
wyth
concupyscence
/
and
specyally
of
charles
the
Emperour
/
how
wel
that
he
was
auncyen
&
olde
/
and
in
the
fonte
whyche
was
ordeyned
for
the
Admyral
hyr
fader
she
was
baptysed
/
And
charles
/
&
Duc
thyery
of
ardayne
were
her
godfaders
wythout
chaunchyng
hyr
name
/
And
anone
after
whan
she
was
honourably
cladde
/
the
bysshop
wedded
them
/
&
after
th
emperour
comanded
to
bryngeforth
the
crowne
of
ballant
/
and
crowned
wyth
al
guy
of
bourgoyn
and
Florypes
/
And
the
bysshop
sacred
and
blessed
them
And
so
tho
said
guy
was
kyng
of
that
contreye
/
&
gaf
a
partye
to
Fyerabras
by
condycion
/
that
yf
Fyerabras
wold
haue
it
/
he
shold
holde
it
of
guye
/
and
all
that
euer
guye
shold
haue
/
he
shold
holde
it
of
charles
/
After
thys
the
feest
of
the
weddyng
and
espousaylles
endured
viij
dayes
/
And
charles
abode
there
two
monethes
and
two
dayes
/
tyl
that
the
contreye
was
wel
assured
¶
How
Florypes
delyuerd
the
reliques
to
th
emperour
/
and
how
they
were
proued
by
myracle
&
of
the
retournyng
of
Charles
and
of
the
ende
of
thys
book
/
CHarles
dyd
suche
dylygence
in
aygremore
and
in
the
contreye
adiacent
that
he
that
wold
not
be
baptysed
was
put
to
deth
and
so
serched
oueral
/
And
on
a
sonday
after
masse
he
sente
for
florypes
and
sayd
to
hyr
/
fayr
doughtre
ye
knowe
how
I
haue
crowned
you
and
maad
you
quene
of
thys
contre
/
I
haue
accomplys
shed
your
desyre
as
to
guye
of
bourgoyn
your
husbond
/
And
more
ouer
ye
be
baptysed
and
in
waye
of
sauacyon
/
and
ye
haue
one
of
the
valyauntest
body
that
is
from
hens
in
to
Affrranue
/
¶
And
he
and
fyerabras
your
broder
shal
haue
thys
regyon
/
And
I
shal
leue
with
hym
xx
M
of
my
subgetes
to
the
ende
that
the
paynyms
be
alwaye
in
drede
/
but
ye
haue
not
yet
shewed
to
me
nothyng
of
the
holy
relyques
that
ye
kepe
/
Florypes
answerd
/
Syr
emperour
they
shal
be
redy
whan
it
pleseth
you
/
and
thenne
she
brought
forth
the
chest
in
whyche
they
were
honestly
/
¶
th
emperour
kneled
doun
on
bothe
hys
knees
/
and
enclyned
bothe
wyth
hert
&
body
/
and
bad
the
bysshop
to
opene
it
&
shewe
them
/
and
so
he
dyd
/
And
fyrst
he
shewed
the
precyous
crowne
with
whyche
Ihesu
Cryst
was
crowned
wyth
/
whyche
was
of
pryckyng
thornes
&
of
Ionqnes
of
the
see
/
and
wyth
grete
deuocyon
it
was
shewed
&
adoured
And
many
there
wepte
&
wayled
the
deth
of
our
lord
Ihesu
Cryst
and
were
in
grete
deuocy
on
&
contemplacyon
/
The
bysshop
which
was
deuoute
&
wyse
wold
preue
it
/
And
lyfte
it
vpon
hye
in
the
ayer
/
&
wythdrewe
hys
hond
/
and
the
crowne
abode
by
it self
in
the
ayer
/
&
thenne
the
bysshop
certefyed
to
the
peyle
that
was
present
/
that
it
was
the
crowne
of
Ihesu
cryst
/
which
he
had
on
his
hede
in
the
tyme
of
his
passyon
/
Thenne
euery
man
honoured
it
deuoutely
/
&
it
had
soo
grete
an
odour
that
eueryche
meruaylled
/
and
after
the
bysshop
took
the
naylles
by
whyche
god
had
hys
haudes
&
feet
perced
and
preued
them
as
he
had
proued
the
crowne
tofore
/
and
semblably
they
abode
in
the
ayer
myraculously
/
And
Charles
seyng
al
this
thanked
humbly
god
in
sayeng
/
¶
O
lord
god
eternal
whyche
hast
gyuen
to
me
grace
that
I
haue
surmounted
myn
enemyes
Infydels
/
and
hast
put
&
sette
me
in
the
waye
and
gyuen
conduyte
to
fynde
your
relyques
whyche
I
haue
so
longe
desyred
/
I
humbly
rendre
and
gyue
to
you
thankes
and
praysynges
/
For
now
my
contrey
may
wel
say
that
it
shal
be
perpetuel
honour
to
hit
to
possode
and
haue
thys
precious
tresour
whan
it
shal
be
conteyned
therin
/
The
bysshop
blessyd
alle
the
people
there
in
makyng
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
with
the
said
relyques
/
&
after
he
sette
them
deuoutely
ageyn
in
their
places
And
the
emperour
dyd
do
sette
them
on
a
ryche
cloth
of
golde
deuoutely
/
And
whan
they
were
theron
/
the
remenaunt
that
abode
of
them
as
smale
pyeces
he
took
them
deuoutely
and
put
them
in
hys
gloue
/
and
after
he
beyng
in
purpoos
to
retorne
in
to
hys
contreye
/
he
threwe
the
gloue
to
a
knyght
/
but
the
knyght
took
none
hede
&
took
it
not
/
&
whan
charles
was
a
litel
withdrawen
he
took
hede
of
hys
gloue
/
&
retorned
and
sawe
hys
gloue
in
whyche
the
said
smale
pyeces
of
the
sayd
relyques
were
/
abode
hangyng
in
thayer
without
susteynyng
of
ony
thynge
/
Thenne
was
this
myracle
seen
euydently
and
al
thys
was
shewed
to
the
peple
/
For
it
abode
in
that
maner
whyles
they
myght
haue
goon
half
a
leghe
/
And
by
this
they
were
al
reconfermed
to
say
that
there
was
none
abusyon
in
byleuyng
&
adouryng
the
sayd
relyques
/
And
these
thynges
tofore
writon
in
this
second
book
ben
vnderstonden
in
the
best
partye
&
sygnyfycacion
that
I
can
or
wold
say
/
And
I
haue
not
sayd
ony
thyng
but
that
I
haue
been
wel
enformed
by
writyng
And
as
for
the
book
ensuyng
/
it
shal
make
mencion
of
somme
bataylles
/
and
of
the
ende
of
the
barons
of
fraunce
of
whome
I
haue
tofore
spoken
al
alonge
/