[Sidenote: He counsels his heart to help itself at need,] Bot, hart, ſen at yow knawith ſhe is here, That of thi lyue and of thi deith is ſtere, 1020 Now is thi tyme, now help thi-ſelf at neid, And the dewod of eu{er}y point of dred, [Sidenote: to forego cowardice,] That cowardy be none In to the señ, Fore and yow do, yow knowis thi peyne, I weyn; 1024 Yow art wnable eu{er} to attane To hir mercy, or cum be ony mayne. [Sidenote: and to deserve her thanks or die.] Tharfor y red hir thonk at yow diſſerue, Or in hir p{rese}ns lyk o kny{ch}t to ſterf.” 1028 [Footnote T24: May we read “diuerſytee”?] [Footnote T25: MS. “abertes.”] [Headnote: THE RED KNIGHT’S TRANCE.] [Sidenote: Confused with a heavy thought,] With that confuſit w{i}t{h} an hewy tho{ch}t, Wich ner his deith ful oft tyme haith hyme ſo{ch}t, Deuoydit was his sprit{is} and his goſt, He wiſt not of hyme-ſelf nor of his oſt; 1032 [Sidenote: he [sits] on his horse as still as stone.] Bot one his horß, als ſtill as ony ſton. When that the kny{ch}t{is} armyt war ilkon, [Sidenote: The bugles are blown, and the knights are ready on horseback, 20,000 in number.] To warnnyng them vp goith the bludy ſown, And eu{er}y knyght vpone his horß is bown; 1036 Twenty thouſand armyt men of were. The king that day he wold non armys bere; His batell{is} ware devyſit eu{er}ilkon, [Sidenote: They are forbidden to cross the fords, but cannot be restrained.] And them forbad out our the furd{is} to gon. 1040 Bot frome that thei ther ennemys haith sen, In to ſuch wys thei cout{h} them noght ſuſteñ; Bot ovr thei went vithouten more delay, [Fol. 14.] And can them one that oy{er} sid aſſay. 1044 [Sidenote: The red knight still halting by the ford, a herald seizes his bridle, and bids him awake.] The red kny{ch}t ſtill in to his hewy thoght Was hufyng ȝit apone the furd, {and} noght Wiſt of hime ſelf; with that a harrold com, And ſone the kny{ch}t he be the brydill nom, 1048 Saying, “awalk! It is no tyme to ſlep; Your worſchip more expedient vare to kep.” No word he ſpak, ſo prikith hyme the ſmart Of hevynes, that ſtood vnto his hart. 1052 [Sidenote: Two shrews next approach; one takes his shield off his neck,] Two ſcrewis cam with that, of quhich [that] oñ The kny{ch}t{is} ſheld ry{ch}t frome his hals haith toñ; [Sidenote: the other casts water at his ventayle, which causes him to wink, and arouse himself.] That vthir watt{er} takith atte laſt, And in the kny{ch}t{is} wentail haith It caſt; 1056 When that he felt the vatt{er} that vas cold, He wonk, and gan about hyme to behold, And thinkith how he ſum-quhat haith myſgoñ.