[Sidenote: Thus the smart of love’s sorrow pricketh him. He is kept by her from the exercise of knighthood; and there we let him dwell.] Thus neu{er}emore he ſeſith to compleine, This woful knyght that felith not bot peine; 720 So prekith hyme the ſmert of loues ſore, And eu{er}y day encreſſith more and more. And with this lady takine is alſo, And kepit whar he may no whare go 724 To haunt knychthed, the wich he moſt deſirit; And, thus his hart w{i}t{h} dowbil wo yfirite, We lat hyme duel here with the lady ſtill, Whar he haith laiſere for to compleine his fyll. 728 [Headnote: GALIOT BESIEGES A CASTLE.] [Sidenote: Meanwhile, Galiot besieged a castle.] ++And galiot in this meyne tyme he laie By ſtrong myght o caſtell to aſſay, With many engyne and diu{er}ß wais ſere, For of fute folk he had a gret powere 732 That bowis bur, and vther Inſtrument{is}, [Sidenote: His army had pavilions, tents, and iron-wheeled chariots.] And with them lede ther palȝonis {and} ther te{n}t{is}, With mony o ſtrong chariot and cher With yrne qwhelis and barris long {and} ſqwar; 736 Well ſtuffit with al maner apparell That longith to o ſege or to batell; Whar-with his oſt was cloſit al about, That of no ſtrenth nedith hyme to dout. 740 [Sidenote: When he heard of Arthur’s coming,] And when he hard the cu{m}yne of the king, And of his oſt, and of his gaderyng, The wich he reput but of febil myght Ayanis hyme for to ſuſten the ficht, 744 His conſell holl aſſemblit he, but were, [Sidenote: he assembled his council,] Ten knight{is} with other lord{is} ſere, And told theme of the cu{m}ing of the king, And aſkit them there conſell of that thing. 748 [Sidenote: who thought it would degrade him, to fight in proper person against so few.] Hyme thoght that it his worſchip wold degrade, If he hyme ſelf in p{ro}pir p{er}ſone raide Enarmyt ayane ſo few menye As It was told arthur[{is}] fore to bee; 752 And thane the kyng-An-hund{er}eth-kny{ch}t{is} cold, (And ſo he hot, for neu{er}more he wolde Ryd of his lond, but In his cu{m}pany O hundyre knyght{is} ful of chiuellry). 756 [Headnote: PREPARATION FOR THE BATTLE.]