God gife him evelle fyne! 2668 Such a stroke lente hym Olyue[rh], Oliver cuts down Sir He clefe him down̄ to the skyne. Tamper; Roland kills Rouland bare the kinge of Ynde a king of India, Ther with his spere frome his stede. 2672 .iiij. fote it passed his bak byhynde, His herte blode þe[rh] didde he blede. He caught the stede, he was ful goode, And the swerde, þat the kinge hadde, 2676 takes his sword and And rode to Gye, there he stode, horse, [leaf 67] and And onbounde hym̄ and bade him be gladde. gives them to Guy, And girde him witħ that goode swerde, having unbound him. And lepen vppon̄ here stedes. 2680 “Be thou” he saide “righte nougħt a-ferde, But helpe vs wightly at this nede.” They slay many An hundred of hem sone thay slowe Saracens, and put the Of the beste of hem alle; 2684 rest to flight. The remen«au»nte a-way fast thay flowe, That foule motte hem byfalle! Rouland and his Felowes were glad That Gye was safe in dede. 2688 Thay thanked god, that thay[175] him hadde Gyfen thay«e»† sucħ grace to spede. As thay wente towarde the Tou[rh], Retiring towards the A litil bysyde the hye waye, 2692 castle, Thai saugh comynge with grete vigou[rh] they see admiral An hundred vppon̄ a laye.[176] Costroye and Costroye ther was, the Admyra[l~l], the soudan’s With vitaile grete plente, 2696 standard-bearer And the stondarte of the Sowdon̄ Roial. escorting a great Towarde Mauntrible riden̄ he, convoy, destined for .iiij. Chariotes I-charged witħ flessh and brede, the sultan, across a And two othe[rh] with wyne, 2700 field near the high Of divers colouris, yolowe, white and rede, road. And iiij Somers of spicery fyne. [p078 THE PEERS LAY HOLD OF A CONVOY.]