[[‘Syr,’ sche seyd, _open quote invisible_]] (41) [Sidenote: She gives Torrent a white steed which the King of Nazareth had sent her.] Forthe sche browght a whyt sted, As whyt as the flowyr in~ med, Ys fytte blac ase slo{n}. ‘Leman~, haue here thys fole, That dethe ys dynt schalt þ{o}u not {thole}, 460 Whyƚƚ thow setty{s}te hyme appon~, And yf thow had p{ersew}yd be And hadyst ned fore to fle, Fast for to gone. The kyng of Nazareth sent hym me, 465 Torrent, I wet-saffe hym on the, For bett{er} love may I none.’ f. 84a. [Linenotes: 458. _slo_ MS. 460. _thole_] _haue_ MS. 461. _settythe_ MS. 462. _p’revyd_ (!) MS. 465. So Fragm. I (F. I); _The kyng of Portynggalle seyd: ‘So mot I the_ MS. 466. _hym on_] so F. I; _of_ MS.] (42) [Sidenote: The King treacherously asks Torrent to get Desonell a Falcon] Aftyr-ward vppon a tyd, Ase the went be the watyr{es} syd, The kyng and yong Torrent, 470 The kyng wold fayne, that he ded wer~, And he wyst, in~ what maner~, How he schuld be schent; A false lettyr mad the kyng And dyd messengyr{es} forthe yt bryng, 475 On the Rever~, ase they went, To Torrent, that was trew ase styƚƚ, Yf he love Desoneƚƚ wyƚƚ, Get her a facon~ jent. [Linenotes: 471. _ded wer{e}_] so F. I; _were ded_ MS. 472. _he_] so F. I; _hym_ MS. 477. _that was_] so F. I; om. MS.] [Headnote: THE FALSE KING OF PORTUGAL DECEIVES TORRENT.] (43) [Sidenote: from the Forest of Magdalen.] Torrent the lett{er} be-gan~ to Red, 480 The kyng lestyned & nere yed, Ase he yt nevyr ad s{e}ne. ‘Syr,’ he seyd, ‘what may thys be, Loo, lord, come ner~ and see, A-bowght a facon~ schene? 485 I ne wot, so god me sped, In what lond that they bred.’ The kyng answerd: ‘I wene, In the forrest of Mavdeleyn~, Ther be hawk{es}, ase I herd seyne, 490 That byn of lenage {cl}en~.’ [Linenotes: 482. _syne_ MS. 487. _that_] so F. I; om. MS. _they_] _ne_ add. (!) MS. 489. _Mavd._] so F. I; _Mavdlen_ MS. 491. _clen~_] _gene_ MS.] (44) [Sidenote: He agrees to do it. Torrent rides] And than seyd the kyng on-trew: ‘Yf thow get hawkys of gret valew, Bryng on of them to me!’ Torrent Seyd: ‘So god me saue, f. 84b. 495 Yf yt be-tyd, that I may haue, At yow{r} wyƚƚ they schal be.’ Hys squyere bode he th{a}r~, Aftyr hys armor~ for to far~, In the fyld byddythe he. 500 They armyd hym in~ hys wed, Tho he be-strod a noble sted, And forthe than Rod hee. [Linenote: 498. _squyere_] so F. II; _squyeres_ MS. _there_ MS.] [Headnote: TORRENT FINDS A DRAGON IN THE FOREST.] (45) [Sidenote: to the Forest of Magdalen, gets separated from his Squire,]