There fore thou shalt in to the see And that bastard with-in the! 1793 Sche prayed hur gentylwomen so free, Grete wele my lord, whon ye hym see! 826, 827 She said ‘knyghtis and ladyes gent, Grete weƚƚ my lord sir Torrent, Yeff ye hym~ euer sene! 1837-39 Hur yonge sone away he bare. 842 A way he bare her yong son~. 1871 Thys chylde ys comyn of gentylle blode, Where that ever that he was tane. 863 This chylde is come of gentiƚƚ teme, Where euer this beest hym~ ffond. 1923 Kepe we thys lady whyte as flowre, And speke we of syr Egyllamowre. 950 Leve we now that lady gent, And speke we of sir Torrent. 2080-81 The knyght swownyd in that tyde. 975 Swith on sownyng there he feƚƚ. 2093 Be the XV yerys were comyn and gone, The chylde that the grype hath tane, Waxe bothe bold and stronge. 1018-20 And be the VII yere were gone, The child that the liberd had tane, Found hym his fiƚƚ off ffyght. 2233-35 Yn yustyng ne in turnament 1021 Ther myght no man withsytt hys dynte, But to the erthe them thronge. 1023 With heve tymbyr and ovyrryde 40 Ther myght no man~ hys dent abyde, But to the erthe he them strake. 42 Be thre wekys were comyn to ȝende, Yn the londe of Egypt can they lende. 1057 But ore thre wekes were com̅yn~ to end, To Portynggaƚƚ gan he wend. 373 Gentilmen that herde of thys crye, Thedur come they redylye. 1195-96 Gret lordys that herith this crye, Theder come richely. 2431-32 Syr Egyllamour knelyd on his kne, ‘A Lorde God ȝylde hyt the! 1288-89 Torent knelid vppon~ his knee 2575 And said ‘God yeld you, lordys ffree! In swounynge than felle that lady free, ‘Welcome, syr Eglamour, to me! She said ‘welcom~, my lord sir Torent! And so be ye, my lady gent! In sownyng than feƚƚ she. 2505 _Eglamour_, Linc. MS. Note on 1267: Grete lordis thane told scho sone. Gret lordys told she sone. 2539 Perhaps some more light will be thrown on this question when we get the much-wanted critical edition of _Sir Eglamour_; but I fear that the ‘secret history attached to the source of these romances’ will even then remain to be unravelled. What I have proposed has no title to a better name than a conjecture. § 5. THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE EDITION.