For to reciſt ȝhone folk{is} gret owtrag.” [Footnote T58: MS. “Wihill.”] [Footnote T59: Omitted in MS.] [Sidenote: The day comes.] [T]he ny{ch}t is gone, vp goith the morow gray, The bry{ch}t ſone ſo cherith al the day: 2580 The kny{ch}t{is} gone to armys than, in haſt; One goith the ſcheild{is} and the helmys laſt; [Sidenote: Arthur’s men cross the ford.] Arthuris oſt out our the furrde thai ryd. And thai agane, apone the toy{er} syd, 2584 [Sidenote: Galiot’s men assemble in a vale.] Aſſemblit ar apone o luſty greyne, In to o waill, whar ſone thar my{ch}t be ſeyne Of kny{ch}t{is} to-gedder many o pair In to the feld aſſemblyng her & thair, 2588 And ſted{is} which that haith thar maſt{er} lorne;[T60] The kny{ch}t{is} war done to the erth doune borne. [Footnote T60: MS. has “borne.” We should read “lorne,” as in line 2092.] [Headnote: DEEDS OF SIR ESQUYRIS.] [Sidenote: Sir Esquyris, a manly knight,] S{ir} eſquyris, which was o manly kny{ch}t In to hyme-ſelf, and hardy vas & wy{ch}t; 2592 And in till armys gretly for to pryß, Ȝhit he was pure, he prewit wel oft-ſyß; [Sidenote: at that time of Galiot’s company,] And that tyme was he of the cu{m}panee Of galiot, bot eft{er}wart was hee 2596 W{i}t{h} arthur; and that day In to the feild He come, al armyt boith w{i}t{h} ſpere and ſcheld, W{i}t{h} ferß deſir, as he that had na dout, [Sidenote: attacks a band,] And is aſſemblit ewyne apone a rowt; 2600 His ſpere is gone, the kny{ch}t goith to the erd, And out onon he pullith haith o ſwerd; [Sidenote: and proves his manhood.] That day In armys p{re}wit he ry{ch}t well His ſtrenth, his manhed; arthuris folk thai fell. 2604 [Headnote: DEEDS OF SIR GWYANS.]