Whar ſche repete hir meſag haith ful ry{ch}t: [Headnote: SIR LANCELOT IS NOT CONTENT.] [Sidenote: Sir Lancelot, finding the queen not in the message,] And quhen he hard, and planly wnd{er}ſtude, How that the quen not in the meſag ȝude, 2944 [Sidenote: was not content,] He ſpak no word, bot he was not {con}tent; Bot, of ſ{ir} gawan, glaid in his entent, He aſkit quhar he was, and of h{is} fair? And thai to hyme the man{er} can duclair; 2948 [Sidenote: but asks the squire to hold the two spears ready for him.] Than the ſqwyar he prayth that he wold Paß to the feld, the ſperis for to hold. He ſaw the kny{ch}t{is} ſemblyng her and thare, The ſtedis Rynyng w{i}t{h} the ſadill{is} bare; 2952 His ſpuris goith in to the ſtedis syde, That was ful ſwyft, and lykit not to byd; [Headnote: HE USES UP SIR GAWANE’S TWO SPEARS.] And he that was hardy, ferß, and ſtout, [Sidenote: He attacks a company of a hundred knights, slays the nearest,] Furth by o ſyd aſſemblyng on a rout 2956 Whar that one hund{er}eth kny{ch}t{is} was, & mo; And w{i}t{h} the firſt has Recount{er}it so, That frome the deth not helpith hy{m} h{is} ſcheld, Boith horß and man is lying in the feld; 2960 The ſpere is gone, and al in pecis brak, [Sidenote: and with the stump of his spear bereaves two or three of their saddles.] And he the trunſcyoune in h{is} hand hath tak That two or thre he haith the ſadill{is} reft, Whill in his hond ſchortly no thing is left. 2964 Syne, to the ſquyar, of the feld is goñ, [Sidenote: He takes a new spear from the squire, and overthrows three knights.] Fro hyme o ſpere In to his hond haith ton, And to the feld returnyt he aȝayne: The firſt he met, he goith one the plan, 2968 And ek the next, and ſyne the thrid alſo; Nor in his hond, nore in his ſtrak was ho. His e{n}nemys that veryng In affray Befor his ſtrok, and makith rovm alway; 2972 And in ſich wyß ay in the feld he vro{ch}t, Whill that his ſperis gon var al to no{cht}; Whar-of ſ{ir} gawan berith vitneſing Throw al this world that thar vas non levyng, 2976 In ſo ſchort tyme ſo mych of armys wro{ch}t. [Headnote: HE USES UP SIR GAWANE’S TWO SPEARS.]