Thow the fynd{es} ey were owte, 1035 Fast he leyd hym a-bowte Aƚƚ þ{a}t somyrr{es} nyght; He set ys backe to an hyƚƚ, That Torrent schuld not come hym tyƚƚ, So meche þ{a}t theff covd of fyght. 1040 He bled so sore, I vndyrstond, Hys croke feƚƚ owt of hys hond, Hys dethe to hyme ys dyght. Torrent to hyme Rane w{i}t{h} a spere, Thurrow the body he gan hym bere, 1045 Thus helpe hym god of myght. [Linenote: 1040. _þat_] þe add. MS.] [[_Printed þ with superscript e_]] (91) [Sidenote: and kills him. Torrent preserves the Giant’s head.] Aƚƚ that in~ the sytte were, Mad fuƚƚ nobiƚƚ chere, That thys fynd wase Dedde. Forthe they Ran w{i}t{h} stavys of tre, f. 94a. 1050 Torrent seyd: ‘So mvt I the, Kepe hole hys hed! Yf yt be broke, so god me sped, Yt ys wyƚƚ the worse to lede.’ They dyd ase {he} h{e}m b{e}d{e}, 1055 Mo than thre hunderd on a throng Yt ys solas Euyr~ a-mong Whan that he was dede. [Linenotes: 1047. _That alle_ MS. 1054. _lede_] _Rede_, struck out and _lede_ added in paler ink. 1055. _That seson they_ MS. _he hem_] _hyme_ (!) MS. _bede_] _bad_ MS. 1057 _put before_ 1056 MS.] [Headnote: TORRENT GOES TO THE CASTLE OF GIANT SLONGUS.] [[Linenote 1056-57: _“MS” printed in italics_]] (92) [Sidenote: The King of Calabria feasts him,] Than~ the kyng of Calaber ayen~ hym went, Torrent be the hond he hent, 1060 To the haƚƚ he gan~ hym lede And comaundid squiers t{w}o, Of h{ys} harnes for to do And cloth hym~ in another wede. Waytes on the waƚƚ gan blowe, 1065 Knyghtis assemled on a Rowe, And sith to the deyse they yede; ‘Sir,’ quod the kyng, ‘of whens are ye?’ ‘Of Portingale, sir,’ said he, ‘I com heder, to sech my de{de}.’ 1070 [Linenotes: 1062. _two_] _tho_ MS. 1063. _hys_] _her_ MS. 1070. _deth_ MS.] (93) [Sidenote: and takes him to the Giant’s Castle. The King of Calabria gives Torrent the Giant’s castle,] Fuƚƚ curtesly the kyng gan say {To} Torrent on the oþ{ur}e day: ‘Wyƚƚ ye wend with me A lituƚƚ here be-side to passe, There as the Geaunt{es} dwelling was 1075 His man{er} now for to see?’ To the casteƚƚ gan~ they gone, Richer saw they never none, Better myght none be. ‘Sir,’ he said, ‘be god aƚƚ-myȝt~, 1080 For thou hym~ slew, þat it dight, I vouche it saue on the, [Linenotes: 1072. _To T._] _Torrent said_ MS. 1081. _it_] _is_ MS.] [Headnote: TORRENT HEARS THAT DESONELL IS TO WED A KING.] (94) [Sidenote: and an Earldom. The Castle’s name is Cardon.]