[A]nd Arthuris folk, that lykith not to byde, In goith the spur{is} in the ſted{is} syde; 1084 To-giddir thar aſſemblit al the oſt: [Fol. 14b.] At whois meting many o kny{ch}t was loſt. [Sidenote: The battle was right cruel to behold.] The batell was richt crewell to behold, Of kny{ch}t{is} wich that haith there lyvis ȝolde. 1088 One to the hart the ſpere goith throw the ſcheld, The kny{ch}t{is} gaping lyith in the feld. The red kny{ch}t, byrnyng in loues fyre, Goith to o kny{ch}t, als ſwift as ony vyre, 1092 The wich he perſit throuch {and} throuch the hart; [Sidenote: The red knight loses his spear, but draws his sword, and roams the field like a lion.] The ſpere is went; w{i}t{h} that anon he ſtart, And out o ſuerd in to his hond he tais; Lyk to o lyone in to the feld he gais, 1096 In to his Rag ſmyting to and fro Fro ſum the arm, fro ſum the nek in two, Sum in the feild lying is in ſwou{n}, [Sidenote: Some he cleaves to the belt.] And sum his ſuerd goith to the belt al douñe. 1100 For qwhen that he beholdith to the qwen, Who had ben thore his manhed to haue sen, His doing in to armys and his myght, Shwld ſay in world war not ſuch o wight. 1104 [Sidenote: His fellows take comfort from his deeds,] His falouſchip siche comfort of his dede Haith ton, that thei ther ennemys ne dreid; But can them-self ay manfoly conten In to the ſtour, that hard was to ſuſten; 1108 [Sidenote: though Galiot’s host was a surpassing multitude.] For galyot was O paſing multitude Of prewit men in armys that war gude, The wich can w{i}t{h} o freſch curag aſſaill Ther ennemys that day In to batell; 1112 [Sidenote: Had it not been for the manhood of the red knight, Arthur’s folk had been in peril.] That ne ware not the vorſchip {and} manhede Of the red kny{ch}t, in p{er}ell and in dreid Arthur{is} folk had ben, vith-outen vere; Set thei var good, thei var of ſmal powere. 1116 [Headnote: GAWANE BEHOLDS THE RED KNIGHT.]