[Sidenote: The lady beholds him and knows him; but yet inquires who he is,] To quhom the lady of melyhalt beheld, And knew hyme by h{is} armour & h{is} ſcheld, Qwhat that he was; and thus ſche ſaid one hy{ch}t: “Who is he ȝone? who may he be, ȝhone kny{ch}t, 2828 So ſtill that hovith and ſterith not his Ren, And ſeith the kny{ch}t{is} rynyng one the greñ?” [Sidenote: thus calling the attention of Gawane,] Than al beholdith, and in princypale S{ir} gawan beholdith moſt of all; 2832 Of melyha[l]t the lady to hyme maid In{con}tine{n}t, his couche and gart be had Be-fore o wyndew thore, as he my{ch}t se The kny{ch}t, the oſt, and al the aſſemble. 2836 He lukith furt{h}, and ſone the kny{ch}t hath ſen, [Sidenote: who saith to the queen:] And, but delay, he ſaith one to the qwen, [Sidenote: “Madam, remember that the red knight halted where yon knight halts.”] “Madem, if ȝhe remembir, ſo it was The red kny{ch}t in to the ſamyne place 2840 That wencuſt al [at] the first aſſemble; Whar that ȝone kny{ch}t howis, howit hee.” [Sidenote: “Why do you inquire?” she replies.] “Ȝha,” q{uod} the qwen, “ry{ch}t well remembir I; Qwhat is the cauß at ȝhe inquere, & quhy?” 2844 “Madem, of [al] this larg warld is he [Sidenote: “He is the knight, madam, whom I most desire to see.”] The kny{ch}t the wich I most deſir to ſee His ſtrenth, his ma{n}hed, his curag, and h{is} my{ch}t, Or do in armys that longith to o kny{ch}t.” 2848 [Headnote: THE ORDER OF BATTLE.] [B]y thus, arthur, w{i}t{h} conſell well awyſit, [Sidenote: Arthur arranges his lines of battle.] Haith ordanit his batell{is}, and devyſit: [Sidenote: King Ydrus leads the first;] The firſt of them led ydrus king, & he O worthy man vas ne{m}myt for to bee. 2852 [Sidenote: Harwy the Reweyll, an aged knight, the second.] The ſecund led harwy the Reweyll, That in this world was kny{ch}t that had moſt feill For to p{ro}wid that longith to the were, One agit kny{ch}t, and well couth armys bere. 2856 [T]he thrid feld [he] deliu{er}it in the hond [Fol. 35b.] [Sidenote: King Angus, a cousin of Arthur, leads the third.] Of ang{us}, king of ylys of ſcotlande, Wich cuſing was one to king arthur nere, One hardy kny{ch}t he was, w{i}t{h}outen were. 2860 [Sidenote: King Ywons the fourth.] The ferd batell led ywons the king, O manly kny{ch}t he was In to al thing. And thus dewyſit ware his batell{is} ſere, [Sidenote: In every company are 15,000.] In euery feld xv thouſand were. 2864