‘In godd{es} name,’ the kyng gane sayne, ‘I{es}u send the wiƚƚ a-geyne, 940 Lord so mekyƚƚ of myghte!’ Menstrell{es} was them a-monge, Trompett{es}, harpys, and myrre songe, Delycyous nottis on hyght. When tyme was, to bed they wente; 945 On the morrow Rose Torrente And toke leve of kyng and knyght And toke a Redy weyye, Be a see syd as yt laye, God send hym gatt{es} Ryght! 950 [Linenotes: 947. _of_] so F. IV; _on_ MS. 948. _toke_] so F. IV; _to_ MS.] (83) [Sidenote: reaches Calabria, and hears of the Giant.] A hye stret hathe he nome, In to Calabur he ys come W{i}t{h} in~ to days ore III; Soo come ther~ folk{es} hym a-geyne, Fast folloyng w{i}t{h} cart and wayne, 955 Fro-ward the sytte. ‘Dere god!’ seyd Torrent nowe, ‘Leve folk{es}, what Eyllythe yow, Soo fast fore to flee?’ ‘There ys a gyante here be-syde, 960 In ale thys covntre fare and wyde No mane on lyve levythe hee.’ f. 92b. [Linenotes: 951. _nome_] so F. V; _none_ MS. 952. _come_] so F. V; _gone_ MS. 958. _yow_] _nowe_ add. (!) MS.] (84) [Sidenote: The Giant Slongus is in Hungary;] ‘Dere god,’ sayd Torrant thane, ‘Where schaƚƚ I fynd that lo{th}ly man~?’ Ther they answerd hym anone: 965 ‘In a castyƚƚ be-syd the see, Slongus, soo hyght hee, Many a man had he slone. We wot wiƚƚ wher he doth ly: Be-fore the cyte of Hungry; 970 He wiƚƚ not th{en}s gone, Tyƚƚ he haue the Ryche kyng~ To hys p{re}sone for to bryngg, To be lord of hyme self a-lone.’ [Linenotes: 964. _lothly_] so Hall.; _lovely_ MS. 965. _anone_] so F. V; _a geyne_ MS. 968. _slone_] so F. V; _slaylne_ (!) MS. 969. _doth ly_] so F. V; _ys_ MS. 970. _cyte_] so F. V; _knyghthod_ MS. _Hungry_] so F. V; _Hongrys_ MS. 971. _thens_] _thus_ MS.] [Headnote: TORRENT FINDS THE GIANT SLONGUS IN HUNGARY.] (85) [Sidenote: he has broken the City gates, and slain 50 men.] Tho wold he no lenger~ a-byd, 975 But to the sytte gan he Ryde, As fast as he myght fare; Here barys feƚƚ and broke downe, And the gatt{es} of gret Renowne Stondyng~ aƚƚ baree. 980 Men of armys stond hyme a-geyne, Mo than fyfty had he slayne W{i}t{h} gryme woundd{es} and sare. When Torrent of hym had a syght, Thowe Desoneƚƚ be neuyr~ so bryght, 985 He will Reue hym hys chaff{a}r~. [Linenote: 986. _hym_] _m_ corr. out of _s_. MS. _chaffer_ MS.] (86) [Sidenote: Torrent prays to Christ for help.]