[A]nd galiot, that haith no thing forȝhet
The termys quhich that he befor had set, 2532
[Sidenote: Galiot also assembles his folk,]
Aſſemblit has, apone his best maner,
His folk, and al his other thing{is} ſere,
That to o weryour longith to p{ro}uid,
And is y-come apone the tothir ſyde. 2536
[Sidenote: doubling his army and artillery;]
Whar he befor was one than vas he two,
And al his vthir artilȝery also
He dowblith hath, that m{er}well was to ſeñ;
[Sidenote: and pitches on the green by the river.]
And by the rewere ly{ch}tit one the greñ, 2540
And ſtronghar thane ony wallit toune
His oſt y-bout ycloſit in Randoune.
Thus war thei cu{m}myne apone ather ſyd
[Sidenote: Before the truce is ended,]
Be-for the tyme, them-ſelf for to p{ro}wid. 2544
Or that the trewis was complet & rwn,
Men my{ch}t have ſen one euery ſid begwn
[Sidenote: many combats are seen between lusty men;]
Many a fair and knychtly Iup{er}ty
Of luſty me{n}, and of ȝong chevalry, 2548
Diſyrus In to armys for to pruf;
Sum for wynyng, ſu{m} cauſith vas for luf,
Sum In to worſchip to be exaltate,
Sum cauſit was of wordis he & hate, 2552
That lykit not ydill for to ben;
[Sidenote: a hundred pair at once.]
A hund{er}eth pair at onis one the gren.
Thir luſty folk thus can thar tyme diſpend,
Whill that the trewis goith to the ende. 2556
[Sidenote: The truce past,]
The trewis paſt, the day is cu{m}myne onoñe,
One euery ſyd the can them to diſpone;
And thai that war moſt ſacret & moſt dere
[Sidenote: Galiot’s friends inquire who shall fight on his side
on the morrow.]
To galiot, at hyme the can enquere, 2560
“Who ſal aſſemble one yhour ſyd to-morñe?
To-ny{ch}t the trewis to the end is worne.”
He anſuerit, “As yhit one to this were
I ame awyſit I wil none armys bere, 2564
Bot If It ſtond of more Neceſſitee; [Fol. 32a.]
Nor to the feld will pas, bot for to ſee
Yhone kny{ch}t, the which that berith ſich o fame.”
[Sidenote: He commands the first-conquest king to take 30,000 men.]
Than clepit he the {con}quest king be name, 2568
And hyme {com}mandit xxx thouſand tak
Aȝaine the morne, and for the feld hyme mak.
And gawane haith, apone the toy{er} syde,
Conſulit his Eme he ſchuld for them p{ro}wid, 2572
And that he ſchuld none armys to hyme tak
Whill[T58] galiot will for the feld hyme mak.
“I grant,” q{uo}d [he [T59]], “wharfor ȝhe mone diſpone
[Sidenote: Gawane leads Arthur’s forces.]
Yhow to the feld w{i}t{h} al my folk to-morne, 2576
And thinkith in yhour manhed and curage
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