The kni{ch}t is gon, the king he gan Inquere At gawan, and at other kny{ch}t{is} sere, [Sidenote: Arthur asks Gawane who Galiot is.] If that thei knew or eu{er} hard recorde Of galiot, and wharof he wes lorde; 596 And ther was non among his kny{ch}t{is} all Which anſuerd o word in to the hall. Than galygantynis of walys raſe, [Sidenote: Galygantynis of Wales replies,] That trauelit in diu{er}ß lond{is} has, 600 In mony kny{ch}tly aue{n}tur haith ben; And to the king he ſaith, “ſ{ir}, I haue sen Galiot, which is the fareſt kny{ch}t, [Sidenote: that Galiot is the tallest knight by half a foot of all he ever saw; that he is wise, liberal, humble,] And hieſt be half a fut one hycht, 604 That eu{er} I saw, and ek his me{n} accordith; Hyme lakid no{ch}t that to a lord recordith. For viſare of his ag is non than hee, And ful of larges and humylytee; 608 [Sidenote: courageous, and under xxiv years of age.] An hart he haith of paſing hie curag, And is not xxiiij ȝer of age, And of his tyme mekil haith conquerit; [Sidenote: Ten kings obey him.] Ten king{is} at his {com}mand ar ſterit. 612 He v{i}t{h} his me{n} ſo louit is, y geß, That hyme to pleß is al ther beſynes. Not ſay I this, ſ{ir}, in to ye entent That he, nor none wnd{er} the firmame{n}t, 616 Shal pouere haue ayane your maieſtee; And or thei ſhuld, this y ſey for mee, Rather I ſhall kny{ch}tly in to feild Reſaue my deith anarmyt wnd{er} ſheld. 620 This ſpek y leſt;”--the king, ayan the morn, [Sidenote: The king goes again to the chase.] Haith varnit huntar{is} baith with hund {and} horne, And arly gan one to the foreſt ryd, With mony manly knyght{is} by h{is} ſid, 624 Hyme for to ſport and comfort w{i}t{h} the dere, Set contrare was the ſeſone of y^e yere. [Sidenote: He likes boar-hunting best.] His moſt huntyng was atte wyld bore; God wot a luſtye cuntree was It thoore, 628 [Fol. 9.] In the ilk tyme! weil long this noble king In to this lond haith maid his ſuiornyng; [Headnote: THE LADY OF MELYHALT’S MESSAGE.] [Sidenote: A messenger comes from the lady of Melyhalt,] Frome the lady was send o meſinger Of melyhalt, wich ſaith one this maner, 632 As that the ſtory ſhewith by recorde: