So were thay alle wele at ease, 2316 Thus were thai refresshed botħ moost & lest And weren bifore in grete disese. Laban̄ wondred, how thai myght endu[rh] Witħ-outen̄ vitaile so longe. 2320 Laban wondered at He reme«m»bred him on Floripas senctu[rh], their endurance, but And of the vertue so stronge. at last remembering Tho wiste he welle, that throgħ famyne the girdle, [leaf 58] Might he hem̄ never wynne. 2324 He cleped to him fals Mapyne, he induced Mapyne For he coude many a fals gynne: He coude scale Castel and Toure And over the walles wende. 2328 “Mapyne” he saide “for myn̄ honoure, Thou mooste haue this in mynde: That hore, my doght«er», a girdil hatħ she, From̄ hounger it savyth hem̄ alle, 2332 That wonnen may thay never be, That foule mote hir bifalle! Kanstowe gete me that gyrdill by craft, to attempt to steal A thousande pounde than̄ shal I gefe the; 2336 it at night. So that it be there not lefte,[160] But bringe it hithi[rh] to me. Thoᶙ kanste see by nyghte as welle As any man doth by daye. 2340 Whan thay bene in here beddes ful sti[l~l], Than go forth thider right in thy waye. Thou shalt it in here Chamber fynde, Thou maist be thereofe sure.” 2344 “Sir, there-to I wole me bynde, If my life may endure.” Fortħ wente this fals Mapyne By nyght into the Tou[rh]— 2348 Mapyne entered the God gife him evel endinge!— chamber of Floripas Euen in to Floripas bou[rh]. through [p068 MAPYN WITH THE GIRDLE IS THROWN INTO THE SEA.]