And gawan, which was in the ſeking ȝhit Of the gud kny{ch}t, of hyme haith got no wit, 2504 [Sidenote: Gawane remembers the day,] Remembrith hyme apone the king{is} day, And to his falowis one this wys can ſay: “To ȝhow is knowin the mat{er}, in what wyß How that the king hath w{i}t{h} his e{n}nemys 2508 A c{er}tan day, that now comprochit nere, And one to ws war hewynes to here That he var in to p{er}ell or in to dreid, And we away and he of ws haith neid; 2512 For we but hyme no thing may eſchef, And he but ws in honore well may lef; For, be he loſt, we may no thing w{i}t{h}ſtond, Our-ſelf, our honore we tyne, & ek o{ur} lond. 2516 [Sidenote: and proposes to his fellows to go to help the king.] Tharfor, I red we pas on to the king, Suppos our oth It hurt in to ſum thing, And in the feld w{i}t{h} hyme for til endur, Of lyf or deth and tak our aduentur.” 2520 Thar-to thei ar conſentit eu{er}ilkon, And but dulay the have thar Iorney toñe. When that the king them ſaw, in h{is} entent [Fol. 31b.] [Sidenote: Arthur is well content at their coming,] Was of thar com Right wond{er} well {con}tent; 2524 For he p{re}ſwmyt no thing that thei wold [Sidenote: not expecting them.] Have cu{m}myne, but one furt{h} to y{er} ſeking hold. And thus the kinghis oſt aſſemblit has Aȝane the tyme, aȝaine the day that vas 2528 Y-ſtatut and ordanit for to bee, And euery thing hath ſet in the dogre. [Headnote: THE TRUCE ENDS.]