Within o playne vpone that other ſyd Ther gawan gon his batellis to dewide, 792 As he wel couth, and set them i{n} aray, Syne with o manly contynans can ſay, [Sidenote: He harangues his men.] “Ye falowis wich of the round table beñ, Through al this erth whois fam is hard {and} ſen, 796 Reme{m}brith now It ſtondith one the poynt, For why It lyith one your ſperis poynt,[T17] The well-fare of the king and of our londe; [Fol. 11.] And ſen the ſucour lyith in your honde, 800 And hardement is thing ſhall moſt awaill Frome deth ther men of armys in bataill, Lat now your ma{n}hed and your hie curage The pryd of al thir multitude aſſuage; 804 Deth or defence, non other thing we wot.” [Sidenote: Maleginis and all his host come over the plain, and Gawane sends a company against them.] This freſch king, that maleginis was hot, With al his oſt he cu{m}myne our the plañ, And gawan ſend o batell hyme agañ; 808 In myde the borde,[T18] and feſtinit in the ſtell The ſperithis poynt, that bitith ſcharp {and} well; [Sidenote: But they were all too few; wherefore Gawane sends a second company;] Bot al to few thei war, and my{ch}t no{ch}t leſt This gret Rout that cu{m}myth one ſo faſt. 812 Than haith ſ{ir} gawan ſend, them to ſupport, One othir batell with one kny{ch}tly sorte; [Sidenote: then a third; then a fourth; and then sets out himself, to resist the 10,000.] And ſyne the thrid, and ſyne the ferde alſo; And ſyne hyme-ſelf one to the feld can go, 816 When that he ſauch thar latt{er} batell ſteir, And the ten thouſand cu{m}myne al thei veir; Qwhar that of armes prewit he so well, His e{n}nemys gane his mortall [ſtrokis] fell. 820 [Footnote T17: At the bottom of this page appears for the first time a catchword, which is-- “The wel fare.”] [Footnote T18: Or “berde.”] [Headnote: GAWANE DEFEATS MALEGINIS.]