[Sidenote: Darkness parts the combatants.] So al the day enduring to the dyrk Sal them, magre of thar deſyre, {con}ſt{r}en On ayar half fore [to] dep{ar}t in twen. 2712 And when that gawan of his horß vas toñ, The blud out of his noiß & mouth is goñ, And largly ſo paſſith euery wounde, [Sidenote: Sir Gawane swoons,] In ſwonyng thore he fell one to the ground: 2716 Than of the puple petee was to here The lemytable clamour, and the chere; [Sidenote: so that the king despairs of his “niece’s” life, and laments over him.] And of the king the ſorow and the care, That of his nec{is} lyf was in diſſpare. 2720 “Far well,” he ſais, “my gladnes, & my delyt, Apone kny{ch}thed far well myne appetit, Fare well of manhed al the g{r}et curage, Yow flour of armys and of vaſſolage, 2724 Gif yow be loſt!”--thus til his tent hyme bro{ch}t [Sidenote: The surgeons are sought,] W{i}t{h} wofull hart, and al the ſurryȝenis ſocht, Wich for to cum was reddy at his neid; Thai fond the lord was of his lyf i{n} dreid, 2728 For wondit was he, and ek wondit ſo, [Sidenote: who found he had two broken ribs, but no mortal wound.] And in his ſyd ware brokyne Ribys two. Bot no{ch}t for-thi the king thai maid beleif That at that tyme he ſhuld the deith eſchef. 2732 [Fol. 34a.] [O]ff melyhalt the ladyis kny{ch}t{is} were In to the feld, and can thir tithing{is} here, [Sidenote: The lady of Melyhalt’s knights tell her how the battle went,] And home to thar lady ar thai went, Til hir to ſchewing eft{er} thar entent, 2736 In euery poynt, how that the batell ſtud Of galiot, and of his multitud; [Sidenote: and how Gawane bare him in the field, and of his wounds.] And how gawan hyme in the feld hath borñ, Throw quhoys ſwerd ſo many o kny{ch}t vas lorñ, 2740 And of the kny{ch}tly wond{er}is that he wro{ch}t, Syne how that he one to his tent vas bro{ch}t. The lady hard, that lowit gawan so, [Sidenote: She weeps for him.] She gan to wep, in to[T64] hir hart vas wo. 2744 [Footnote T64: MS. “in in”; but “in to” is clearly meant.] [Headnote: LANCELOT’S LAMENT FOR GAWANE.]