‘Madam, vnto thys tyd There lythe a gyant here be-syd, That many a man~ hathe slayne. 800 I schaƚƚ hyght hym my dowghttyr~ dere, To fyght w{i}t{h} that fynd{es} fere, Thus he holdythe hyme in~ trayne. But I schaƚƚ make myn com{m}nant so, That there schaƚƚ non w{i}t{h} hyme go, 805 {Neyther} squyer~ ne swayne.’ ‘Syr~,’ sche seyd, ‘so mvt I the, So sore be-stad hathe he be, And wyƚƚ co{m}myn~ a-geyne!’ [Linenote: 806. _Neyther_] om. MS.] (71) [Sidenote: He and his Queen go to Mass. Torrent sits at the head of a side table.] Tho the bell{es} be-gan to Ryng, 810 Vpe Rose that Ryche kyng, And the lady {so fre}, And aftyr-ward they went to mase, f. 91a. Ase the law of holy chyrge wase, W{i}t{h} n{o}t{es} and solemnyte. 815 Trompettys on the waƚƚ gan blowe, Knyght{es} semlyd on a Rowe, Gret joy wase to see. Torrent a syd bord began~, The squyer{es} nexte hym than, 820 That good knyght{es} schuld be. [Linenotes: 812. _so fre_] _in feree_ MS. 815. _nettes_ (!) MS.] [Headnote: TORRENT AGREES TO FIGHT FOR DESONELL.] (72) [Sidenote: The King asks Torrent if he’ll do a deed of arms for Desonell.] Ase they sat a-mydd{es} the mete, The kyng wold not foreget; To Torrent the kyng gan sey, He seyd: ‘Torrent, so god me saue, 825 Thow wold{es} fayne my dowghttyr haue And hast lovyd her~ many a day.’ ‘Ye, be trouthe,’ seyd Torrent than~, ‘And yf þ{a}t I were a Ryche man~, Ryght gladly, p{ar} ma fay!’ 830 ‘Yf thow durst for her sake A poynt of armys vndyrtake, Thow broke her~ weƚƚ fore ay!’ [Linenotes: 822. _a_] so F. III; _the_ MS. 825. _saue_] so F. III; _sped_ MS. 830. _gladly_] so F. III; _glad_ MS. 831. _for h. s._] so F. III; _par ma fay_ MS. 833. _broke_] so F. III; _breke_ MS.] (73) [Sidenote: ‘Yes,’ says Torrent.] ‘Ye,’ seyd Torrent, ‘ar I ga, Sekyrnes ye schaƚƚ me ma 835 Of yow{r} dowghttyr hend, And aftyrward my ryghtys, Be-fore XXVII knyght{es}.’ . . . . . . And aƚƚ were Torrent{es} frende. ‘Now, good s{er}is,’ gan Torrant sey, f. 91b. 840 ‘Bere wittnes her of som Daye, A-geyne yf god me send!’ [Linenotes: 834. _go_ F. III; _gan Rage_ MS. 835. _make_ MS. 839. _frenddes_ MS.] (74) [Sidenote: ‘Then go to Calabria, and fight the Giant Slochys.’]