With that his ſpere In to his hand haith ton, 1060 [Sidenote: He goes to the field, and sees the first-conquest king.] Goith to the feild w{i}t{h}outen vordis more; So was he vare whare that there cam before, O manly man he was in to al thing, And clepit was the ferſt-conquest king. 1064 The Red kny{ch}t w{i}t{h} [the] ſpur{is} ſmat the ſted, The tother cam, that of hyme hath no drede; [Sidenote: They meet.] With ferß curag ben the kny{ch}t{is} met, The king his ſpere apone the kny{ch}t hath set, 1068 That al in peciß flaw in to the felde; [Headnote: THE RED KNIGHT FIGHTS LIKE A LION.] [Sidenote: The red knight, though shieldless, overthrows his foe.] His hawbrek helpit, ſuppos he had no ſcheld. And he the king in to the ſcheld haith ton, That horß and man boith to the erd ar gon. 1072 [Sidenote: The shrew restores his shield.] Than to the kny{ch}t he cu{m}myth, that haith tan His ſheld, to hyme deliu{er}ith It ayane, Beſiching hyme that of his Ignorance, That knew hyme nat, as takith no grewance. 1076 The kny{ch}t h{is} ſche[l]d but mor delay haith tak, And let hyme go, and no thing to hyme ſpak. Than thei the[T26] wich that ſo at erth haith ſen [Sidenote: The men of the first-conquest king come to the rescue.] Ther lord, the ferſt-conqueſt king, y meñ, 1080 In haiſt thei cam, as that thei var agrevit, And manfully thei haith ther king Releuit. [Footnote T26: MS. “thei,” altered to “thee,” which is still wrong.]