On the tayle an hed ther~ wase, That byrnyd Bryght as anny glase, f. 85b. In fyer whan {yt} was dyght; A-bowght the schyld he lappyd yt ther~, 555 Torrent the bowght a-sondyr schere Thurrow the g{ra}ce of god almyght. As the boke of Rome telly{s}, Of hys taylle he cut IIII ell{es} W{i}t{h} hys swerd so bryght. 560 Than cryed the lothely thyng, That aƚƚ the daƚƚ be-gan to Ryng, That hard the gyant wyght. [Linenotes: 554. _yt_] _he_ MS. 558. _Tellys_] _tellythe_ MS. 563. _That the gyant hard wyght_ MS.] [[f. 85b. _Text has anomalous “fol.”_]] [Headnote: TORRENT KILLS THE DRAGON.] (50) [Sidenote: and while its Giant-owner is getting ready to help it,] The gyant seyd: ‘I vndyrstond, There ys sum crystyn~ man~ nere hond, 565 My dragon here I cry. By hym, that schope bothe watyr~ and lond, Aƚƚ that I can se be-fore me stond, Dere schaƚƚ they a-bye! Me thynkythe, I here my dragon~ schowt, 570 I deme, ther be svme dowghtty man~ hym a-bowght, I trow, to long I ly. Yf I dweƚƚ in my pyƚƚ of ston~, And my cheff-fost{er} were gone, A false mayst{er} were I!’ 575 [Linenote: 574. _foster_] _st_ corr. out of _t_.] (51) [Sidenote: Torrent kills it. Torrent’s Squire] Be the gyant wase Redy dyght, Torrent had slayne the dragon~ Ryght; Thus gan god hyme scheld. To the mownteyne he toke the wey To Rest hyme, aƚƚ that day, 580 He had myst{er}, to be kyld. Tyƚƚ the day be-gan to spryng, f. 87a.[T1] Fowllys gan myrre to syng Bothe in~ frethe and in feld. Leve we now of Torrent th{o}re 585 And speke we of thys squyer~ more: I{es}u hys sole fro heƚƚ shyld! [Linenotes: 581. _kyllyd_ MS. 585. _there_ MS.] [Footnote T1: There is no f. 86 in the paging of the MS.] [Headnote: TORRENT’S SQUIRE IS MET BY A GIANT.] (52) [Sidenote: rides all night in a wood,] Hys squyer~ Rod aƚƚ nyght In a wod, that wase fuƚƚ tyght, W{i}t{h} meche care and gret fare, 590 For to seke hys lord Torrent, That wy{ght}ly wase frome hyme sent, And he wyst nevyr~ whethyr ne wh{a}r~. He Durst neuyr~ cry ne schuot, For wy{l}d best{es} were hym a-bowght 595 In~ the holtt{es} h{a}re; A lyty{l} whyƚƚ be-fore the day He toke in~ to a Ryde-wey Hyme self to meche care. [Linenotes: 592. _wysly_ MS. 593. _wher_ MS. 595. _wyld_] _wyd_ MS. 596. _hore_ MS. 597. _lyty_ MS.] (53) [Sidenote: till he finds a highway,]