[Sidenote: Galiot is armed, rallies the flyers, and encourages his men.] [T]han he in armys that he had is gon, And to the feld w{i}t{h} hyme aȝane hath ton 3344 Al the flear{is}, and foundyne [in][T75] ſich aray His folk, that ner diſcumfyt al war thay; Bot quhen thai ſaw cu{m}myne our the plan Thar lord, thai tuk ſich hardeme{n}t aȝañ, 3348 [Sidenote: They shout their war-cries.] That thar eſſenȝeis lowd thai gon to cry. He chargit tham to go, that ware hyme by, Straucht to the feld, w{i}t{h} al thar holl forß; And thai, the wich that ſparit not the horß, 3352 All redy war to fillyng his {com}mand, And freſchly went, w{i}t{h}owten more demand: Throw qwich thar folk recou{er}yt haith thar place, [Sidenote: All think a new host is coming.] For al the feld p{re}ſwmyt that thar was 3356 O new oſt, one ſuch o wyß thai ſoght; [Sidenote: Arthur’s folk determine rather to die than fly.] Whar arthuris folk had paſſith al to no{ch}t, Ne war that thai the bett{er} war ilkoñe, And at thai can them vtraly diſpoñe 3360 Rathar to dee than flee, in thar entent, [Fol. 41b.] And of the blak kny{ch}t haith ſich hardyment; For at al p{er}ell, al harmys, and myſchef, In tyme of ned he can tham al ralef. 3364 [Footnote T75: The sense, but not the metre, requires “in.”]