[Sidenote: He goes among them in his courage,] He goith ymong them in his hie curage, As he that had of knyghthed the wſage, And couth hyme weill {con}ten i{n} to on hour; Aȝaine his ſtrok reſiſtit non armour; 824 [Sidenote: and many other of Arthur’s knights perform wonders.] And mony kny{ch}t, that worth ware and bolde, War thore with hyme of arthur{is} houſhold, And knyghtly gan one to the feld them bere, And mekil wroght of armys In to were; 828 S{ir} gawan than vpone ſuch wyß hyme bure, [Sidenote: Maleginis goeth to discomfiture, and 7,000 of his men flee.] This othere goith al to diſcu{m}fitoure; Sewyne thouſand fled, {and} of the feld thei go, Whar-of this king in to his hart was wo, 832 For of hyme ſelf he was of hie curage. To galiot than ſend he in meſag, That he ſhuld help his folk for to defende; [Sidenote: Galiot sends him 30,000 more.] And he to hyme hath xxx^te thousand sende; 836 Whar-of this king gladith in his hart, And thinkith to Reweng all the ſmart That he to-for haith ſuffirit and the payne. [Fol. 11b.] [Sidenote: His folk return across the field as thick as hail.] And al his folk returnyt Is ayayne 840 Atour the feld, and cu{m}myne thilk as haill;[T19] The ſwyft horß goith firſt to the aſſall. This noble knyght that ſeith the g{r}ete forß Of armyt men, that cu{m}myne vpone horß, 844 To-giddir ſemblit al his falowſchip, And thoght them at the ſharp poynt to kep, So that thar harm̅ ſhal be ful deir yboght. This vthere folk with ſtraucht courß hath ſocht 848 Out of aray atour the larg felld; Thar was the ſtrok{is} feſtnit i{n} the ſhelde, Thei war Reſauit at the ſper{is} end. [Sidenote: Arthur’s folk receive them manfully.] So arthur{is} folk can manfully defend; 852 The formeſt can thar lyues end conclude, Whar ſone aſſemblit al the multitude. Thar was defens, ther was gret aſſaill, Richt wond{er}full and ſtrong was y^e bataill, 856 [Sidenote: but sustain much pain,] Whar arthur{is} folk ſuſtenit mekil payn, And kny{ch}tly them defendit haith aȝaine. [Footnote T19: MS. “thilk as (Rayne) haill,” as if it were at first intended to find a rime to “ayayne.”] [Headnote: GAWANE’S VALIANT DEEDS.]