T{wo} gattys off yron~ ther he fond, Ther in~ Torrent gan wonde, 230 A nyght{es} Rest there in~ {to} ta; And at the hale dore ther wase A lyon~ & a lyonasse, Ther men be-twene them twa Fast Etyng~, ase ye may here; 235 Crystyñ {man} thow {he} were, Hys browys {wexe} bl{a}, f. 80a. And wit yow wiƚƚ, lord god yt wote, He durst goo no fote, Lest they wold hyme sl{a}. 240 (23) [Sidenote: He hears a lady sighing within.] +T+orrant stod and be-held, And p{ra}yd to god, that ale may wyld, To send hyme harborrow good. Sone hard he w{i}t{h}in a whalle The syghyng of a lady smalle, 245 Sche weppte, as sche were wod; Sche mornyd sore and sayd: ‘Alas, That Euyr~ kyng{es} dowghttyr wase Ou{er}-come of so jentyƚƚ blod, For now ame I holdyn~ here 250 In lond w{i}t{h} a fynd{es} fere!’ Torrent hard, wher he stod. [Linenotes: 226. _wonys_] _wayes_ MS. 229. _Two_] _The_ MS. 231. _to ta_] _he take_ MS. 234. _twa_] _twayne_ MS. 236. _man_] _thow_ (!) MS. _he_] _they_ MS. 237. _wexe bla_] _be gan to blowe_ MS. 240. _sle_ MS. 244. _whalle_] with paler ink corrected from _whyle_. 245. _syghyng_] with paler ink corrected from _syngyng_.] [Headnote: TORRENT WANTS TO ENTER THE GIANT’S CASTLE.] (24) [Sidenote: Torrent asks for a night’s lodging in the Castle.] ’Dere god,’ seyd Torrant than~, ‘Yff ther be anny crystyn~ man~ In thys hold of ston~, 255 That woƚƚ, for the love of god of myght, Harbourrow a jentylman~ thys nyght, For I ame but on~!’ ‘Seynt Marry,’ seyd that lady clere, ‘What crystyn~ man~ axithe harburrow here?’ 260 Nere hym sche gothe a-non. ‘I wold harburrow the fuƚƚ fayne, But a gyant wyƚƚ the slayne.’ To hym sche mad here mone. [Linenotes: 259. _clere_] _e_ corrected out of _r_ MS. 261. _sche gothe anon_] _a non sche gothe_ MS.] [[‘Dere god,’ _open quote invisible_]] (25) [Sidenote: The Lady says the Giant will kill him.] ‘Say me now, fayer~ lady, {belyve}, f. 80b. 265 Who owte {of} thys plase schaƚƚ {me dryve}, Thes tourr{es}, that are so bryght?’ Ther sche Seyd: ‘Be hevyn~ kyng~, Here ys a gyant Dwellyng, That meche ys of myght. 270 Be my trowthe, and he the see, Were ther~ XX lyvys in~ the, Thy dethe than wyƚƚ he dyght. I{es}u cryst yef me g{ra}ce To hyd the in~ some preve plase 275 Owt of the fynd{es} syght! . . . . . [Linenotes: 265. _bel._] om. MS. 266. _of_] om. MS. _me dryve_] _hyght_ MS. 267. _so_] _feyer and_ add. MS. 271. _the_] _thow_, _w_ erased and _e_ changed into _o_, MS. 273. _They_ (!) MS. 275. _hyd_] corrected from _hyde_.]