Torrent vndyr hys spryt he spre{n}t And a-bowght the body he hyme hente, f. 79a. As far as he myght last. ‘A! fellow, wylt thow so?’ And to the grownd gan they goo, 185 Of the movnteyn~ bothe downe they pas{t}. Ase the boke of Rome tellys, They tornyd XXXII {ellys}, In armys walloyng fast. Yt tellythe in~ the boke of Rome, 190 Euyr~ ase the gyant a-boue come, Hys gutt{es} owt of hys body {brast}. [Linenotes: 181. _sprent_] _spred_ MS. 186. _they past_] _gan they pase_ MS. 188. _ellys_] _tymys_ MS. 192. _brast_] _Rane_ MS.] [[spre{n}t _italicized as shown_]] (18) [Sidenote: open against a big stone.] At the fot of the movnteyn~ Ther lay a gret Ragyd ston~, s{er}teyn~, Yt nyhed ys schuldyr bon~ 195 And also hys Ryght syd, Ther to that gyant feƚƚ that tyd, Ase {I} herd in~ Rome . . . [Linenotes: 197 put before 196. MS. 198. _I_] _he_ MS.] [Headnote: TORRENT THANKS GOD FOR HIS VICTORY.] (19) [Sidenote: Torrent stabs the Giant,] Thorrow hyme, that mad man~, Torrent sone a-bovyn~ wane 200 And fast he gan {him quelle} W{i}t{h} a knyffe feyer~ and bryght; Torrent, w{i}t{h} aƚƚ hys myght Ther-w{i}t{h} he gard hyme dweƚƚ. [Linenotes: 199. after _Thorrow_, _of_ has been scraped out. 201. _him quelle_] _warke_ MS. 203. _hys_] _h_ corrected out of _m_ MS.] (20) [Sidenote: and then thanks Christ.] Torent knelyd on hys kne, 205 To I{es}u Cryst p{ra}yd he, That hathe thys world to wyld: ‘Lord, lovyd, evyr lovyd thowe be, The feyer~ fyld thow hast lent Me,’ --Vpp bothe hys hand{es he} held-- f. 79b. 210 ‘Aƚƚ onely w{i}t{h}-owt any knaue Of the fynd the maystry to haue, Of hym to wyn the fyld.’ Now ys ther none other to say, Of hyme he wane the fyld þ{a}t day; 215 I p{ra}y God hyme schyld. [Linenotes: 210. _he_] om. MS. 213. _wyn_] _wynd_, _d_ erased MS. 214. _to_ written above the line, MS. 215. _Now ys ther non other say Of hyme to wyne the fyld þat day_ add. (!) MS.] (21) [Sidenote: He sees the sea, and goes to it. Torrent finds the Giant’s castle,] Torrent went vppe a-geyne To the movnt, ase I gan sayne, The lond{es} to se far and nere; In the see a myle, hyme thoȝt, 220 An hold wase Rychyly wrowt, In that lond wase not here perre. The see wase Ebbyd, I yow sey, Torrent thether toke the way, Werry aƚƚ thow he were; 225 And ther he fownd Ryche w{on}ys, Towrr{es} Endentyd w{i}t{h} presyos stonys, Schynyng ase crystaƚƚ clere. [Linenote: 219. _to se_ written above the line.] [Headnote: TORRENT GOES TO THE GIANT’S CASTLE.] (22) [Sidenote: guarded by a lion and lioness.]