Thane in my tho{ch}t rolling to and fro 196 Quhare that I my{hc}t ſu{m} wnkouth mat{er} fynde, Quhill at ye laſt it fell in to my mynd Of o ſtory, that I befor had ſene, That boith of loue and armys can conteñ, 200 Was of o kny{ch}t clepit lancelot of ye laik, The ſone of bane was, king of albanak; Of quhois fame {and} worſchipful dedis Clerk{is} in to diu{er}ß buk{is} red{is}, 204 [Sidenote: of whom I here think to write something.] Of quhome I thynk her ſu{m} thing for to writ At louis charge, and as I cane, endit; Set me{n} tharin ſal by exp{er}iens Know my conſait, and al my negligens. 208 [Sidenote: But because my ignorance cannot comprehend the French romance,] Bot for that ſtory is ſo paſing larg, One to my wit It war ſo gret o charg For to tranſlait the romans of that kny{ch}t; It paſſith fare my cu{n}yng and my mycht, 212 Myne Ignorans may It not comp{re}hende; [Headnote: HE BRIEFLY ENUMERATES / LANCELOT’S EARLY DEEDS.] [Sidenote: I shall not tell how he was born;] Quharfor thare one I wil me not depend How he was borne, nor how his fad{er} deid And ek his mod{er}, nore how he was denyed 216 Eft{er} thare deth, p{re}ſumyng he was ded, [Sidenote: nor how he was nourished by the Lady of the Lake;] Of al ye lond, nore how he fra that ſtede In sacret wyß wnwyſt away was tak, And nwriſt w{i}t{h} ye lady of ye lak. 220 [Sidenote: nor how he was brought to Arthur’s court,] Nor, in his ȝouth, think I not to tell The aue{n}tour{is}, quhich to hyme befell; Nor how the lady of the laik hyme had One to the court, quhare that he kny{ch}t was mad; 224 None wiſt his nome, nore how that he was tak [Fol. 4.] By loue, and was Iwondit to the ſtak, [Sidenote: and pierced to the heart by the beauty of Wanore (Guinevere),] And throuch {and} throuch perſit to ye hart, That al his tyme he cout{h} It not aſtart; 228 For thare of loue he ent{er}it in ſ{er}uice, Of wanore throuch the beute and franchis, [Sidenote: for whose service he wrought many wonders;] Throuch quhois ſ{er}uice in armys he has vro{ch}t Mony wond{er}is, and p{er}ell{is} he has socht. 232 Nor how he thor, in to his ȝoung curage, [Sidenote: nor how he made a vow to revenge a wounded knight,] Hath maid awoue, and in to louis rage, In the rewenging of o wondit kny{ch}t That cu{m}yne was in to the court that ny{ch}t; 236 [Sidenote: who had a broken sword in his head, and a truncheon of a broken spear in his body;] In to his hed a brokin[T4] ſuerd had he, And in his body alſo my{ch}t me{n} see The tronſione of o brokine ſper that was,