Torrent, on kne knelyd he And be-sowght J{es}u so fre, That bowght hym w{i}t{h} hys blod: 135 ‘Lord, ase thow dyd {r}yght for Mar{y}, Let me nev{er} take velony And gef me of thy fode! Sertt{es}, yf I hym slepyng~ slone, Manfuƚƚ Ded were yt none 140 For my body, be the Rode.’ Tho Terrant blewe hys bugeƚƚ bold, To loke that he a-wake wold, And sythe ner~ hyme Rode. [Linenote: 136. _ryght_] _lyght_ written above the line with paler ink. _mare_ MS.] [Headnote: TORRENT WAKES THE GIANT BEGONMESE.] (14) [Sidenote: As Torrent can’t wake the Giant with his bugle,] So fast a-slepe he wase browght, 145 Hys hornys blast a-woke hyme nowght, He swellyd ase dothe the see. Torrent saw, he woƚƚ not wake, He Reynyd hys sted vnto a stake, Ase a jentyƚƚ man~ {so fre}. 150 So hy, he say, wase the movnteyne, Ther mygh{t} no horse wynd hym~ a-geyn~ But yf he nowyd wold be; f. 78b. Thowe the wey neuyr~ so wykkyd w{a}re, On hys wey gan he fare, 155 In~ gret p{er}ayƚƚ went hee. [Linenotes: 150. _so fre_] _in fere_ MS. 151. _say_] _sayd_ MS. 152. _mygh_ (!) MS. 154. _were_ MS.] (15) [Sidenote: he stirs him up with his spear, and makes him wild.] Torent went to that movnte{y}n~, He put hys spere hyme a-geyne, ‘A-Ryse, fellow!’ gan he saye; ‘Who made the so bold here to dweƚƚ, 160 My lord{es} frethe thus to feƚƚ? A-mend{es} the be-hovythe to pay.’ The gyant Rysythe, ase he had byn~ wod, And Redyly by hyme stode, Be-syd hyme on a lay, 165 And seyd: ‘S{er}tes, yf I leve, Soche a wed I woƚƚ the geff, To meve the Euyr~ and ay.’ [Linenote: 157. _movnten_ MS.] (16) [Sidenote: The fight begins.] Thow the chyld were neuyr~ so y{i}nge, The fynd{es} spere sparrythe hyme no-thyng~ 170 I{n} the holtt{es} h{a}ree; Who had fare and nere byne, And neu{er} had of fytyng syn~, He myght a lernyd th{a}re. The gyant, the fyrst stroke to hym he cast, 175 His good schyld aƚƚ to-brast, In schevyr{es} spred wase {ya}re; Tho covd he no bett{ur} R{e}d, But stond styƚƚ, tyƚƚ one were ded; The gyant lefte hym th{a}r. 180 [Linenotes: 169. _yonge_ MS. 171. _In_] _Ihū_ (!) MS. _horee_ MS. 173. _seyn_ MS. 174. _there_ MS. 175. _to hym_] written above the line. 177. _there_ MS. 178. _he no_] _not he_ MS. _Ryd_ MS. 180. _ther_ MS.] [Headnote: THE GIANT BURSTS HIMSELF ON A ROCK.] (17) [Sidenote: Torrent grips the Giant; they both fall, and roll down the mountain. The Giant bursts]