[Sidenote: Galiot tells his council] And galiot vpone hie worſchip set, And his conſell anon he gart be fet, To them he ſaith, “with arthur weil ȝe see How that It ſtant, and to qwhat degre, 1156 Aȝanis ws that he is no poware; [Sidenote: that there is no honour in conquering Arthur,] Wharfor, me think, no worſchip to ws ware In conqueryng of hyme, nor of his londe, He haith no ſtrenth, he may ws not vithſtonde. 1160 Wharfor, me think It beſt is to delay, [Sidenote: and proposes a twelvemonth’s truce.] And reſput hyme for a tuelmoñeth day, Whill that he may aſſemble al his myght; Than is mor worſchip aȝanis hyme to ficht;” 1164 And thus concludit thoght hyme for the beſt. The very kny{ch}t{is} paſſing to there Reſt; Of melyholt the ladeis kny{ch}t{is} ilkone Went home, and to hir p{rese}ns ar thei gon; 1168 [Sidenote: The lady of Melyholt asks her knights who hath won most honour.] At qwhome ful ſone than gan ſcho to Inquere, And al the maner of the oſt{is} till spere; How that It went, and in what man{er} wyß, Who haith moſt worſchip, {and} who is moſt to pryß? 1172 “Madem,” q{uod} thei, “O kny{ch}t was In the feild, [Fol. 15b.] [Sidenote: They reply, that a red knight had exceeded all others.] Of Red was al his armour and his ſheld, Whois manhed can al otheris to exced, May nan report in armys half his deid; 1176 Ne wor his worſchip, ſhortly to conclud, Our folk of help had ben al deſtitud. He haith the thonk, the vorſchip in hyme lyis, That we the feld defendit in ſich wyß.” 1180 [Sidenote: The lady wonders if her prisoner is meant.] The lady thane one to hir-ſelf haith tho{ch}t, “Whether Is ȝone my p{re}ſonar, ore noght? The ſuthfaſtneß that ſhal y wit onon.” When euery wight vn to ther Reſt war gon, 1184 [Headnote: THE LADY VISITS LANCELOT.]