Now god spede Artour well_e_! A new foe hym ys comyng a nyw batell_e_. appears, a Ther coom a gyant out of spayne, Spanish Giant, And rauasched had fayr Elayne; 352 He had brouȝt heor_e_ vp on an hulle-- Mornyng hyt ys to hure or telle-- Cosyn heo was to kyng hoell, A damesel fayr and gentell_e_; 356 And ȝut ferþ_er_more to, who has slain He rauasehed heore Moder also. fair Elayne. He dude þe damesel for to dye for he myght not lygge heor bye. 360 Whan þis was told to Artour, He maked Much dolour, Arthur sends And send Bedewer for to spye Bedwere first How he myght come hym bye; 364 as a spy, And he was nat sclowh, But to þe hulle hym drowh Þat Closed was wyþ wat_er_ stronge, Þe hulle a-Mydde gret & longe; 368 He went ouer to þe hulle syde, And þere a fonde a wo_m_man_e_ byde Þat sorwedd & wept Mornynge [Arthur's Fight with the Giant.] For Eleynes deþ & dep_ar_tynge, 372 And bad Bedewer to fle also Last he were ded more to; "For yf þe Gyant fynde þe, W_y_t_h_oute dowte he wyll_e_ þe scle." 376 Bedwer wyþ all_e_ hastynge Tolde Artho_ur_ all_e_ þis þynge. Amorwe whan þat hyt was day and then (with Arthour toke þyder hys way, 380 Bedwere and Key) Bedewer wyþ hym went, & keye,-- starts on his Men þat cowþe well_e_ þe weye,-- [Fol. 45.] adventure. And broute Artho_ur_ Meyntenau_n_t, Euen byfore þe Gyant. 384 Arthour fowȝt wyþ þat wyght; He had almost ylost hys Myght: Wyþ Muche peyne, þruȝ goddez grace He kills the He sclowh þe Geant in þat place, 388 Giant, And þan he made Bedewere To smyte of hys heed þere. To þe Ost he dude hyt brynge, And þ_er_on was gret wou_n_drynge, 392 whose horrible Hyt was so oryble & so greet, head is shown to More þan any Horse heed. the host, Than hadde hoel Ioye ynowh For þat Arthour so hym sclowh; 396 And for a p_er_petuel Memorie and St. Mary's He Made a chapell_e_ of seynt Marye Chapel is built In þe hulle vpon þe pleyne, in honour of the Wyþ-Inne þat (:) þe t_um_be* of Eleyne; 400 victory. And þat name wyþoute nay [* to_m_be]