Then[168] this was done, þan̄ sayde Roulande Meanwhile Roland To his Felowes xj: 2528 exhorted Richard of “Here may we not longe holde londe, Normandy to go on By God that is in heven̄. message to Charles, Therefore sende we to Charles, the kinge, that he might come That he wolde reskowe vs sone; 2532 to their rescue. And certyfye him o[f|] oure strayȝte beinge, They all would the If ye thinke, it be to done. following morning, Richard of Normandye, ye most goon̄, before day break, I holde yoᶙ both wyse and hende. 2536 make an attack on And we shalle tomorowe, as stil as stoon̄, the Saracens, and The Saresyns a-wake, er ye wynde.[169] meanwhile he should And while we be mooste bysy in oure werke, steal off in the And medel witħ hem alle in fere, 2540 darkness. In the Stele ye a-waye in the derke! morning And spede you faste, ye were there!” On the morowe afti[rh] the daye Thay were armede ful ryghte, 2544 Thai rode fortħ stilly in here way, they sally out. God gouerne hem, mooste of myght! Florip«e» and here maydyns kept the tou[rh] Floripas and her And woonde vp the brigges on hye, 2548 maidens draw up the And prayde god, to kepe here paramou[rh], bridges after them. The Duke of Burgoyne, «Sir» Gȳe. She preyde to Rouland, er he wente, To take goode hede of him̄, 2552 That he were neyþer take nere shente, As he wolde her loue wynne. On thay set with herte stronge And alle hem̄ sore afrayed. 2556 Richard the whiles away he wronge, Thile[170] thai were alle dismayede. Richard went off Towarde the Mountrible he hyed him faste, towards Mantrible. To passe, if that he myghte. 2560 [leaf 64] Thedir he came at the laste. [p074 GUY IS MADE PRISONER.]