The lady wist not or than~, 1735 That he was hurt, that gentilman~, And sith she went hym tyƚƚ; [1840] She sought his wound{us} and said thare: ‘Thou shalte lyve and welfare, Yf the no-thing evyƚƚ! 1740 My lord the kyng hath me hight, That thou shalt wed me, s{ir} knyght, The fforward ye to fulle ffyƚƚ.’ ‘Damyseƚƚ, loo here my hond: And I take eny wyffe in this lond, 1745 It shaƚƚ be at thy wyƚƚ!’ (151) [Sidenote: Her name is Gendres. Torrent stays 12 months in Norway.] Gendres was that ladyes name. [1850] The Geaunt{es} hede he brought hame, And the dragons {he brought}. f. 105a. Mene myght here a myle aboute, 1750 How on the dede hedys they did shoute, For the shame, that they hem~ wrought, Both with dede and with tong Fyfte on the hedys dong, That to the ground they sought. 1755 Sir Torrent dwellid thare Twelfe monythis and mare, [1860] That ffurther myȝt he nought. [Linenotes: 1749. _he br._] _also_ MS. 1752. _they_] _had_ add. MS.] (152) [Sidenote: The King of Norway sends Torrent’s false Squires to sea, where all drown, save one.] The kyng of Norway said: ‘Nowe, Fals thevis, woo worth you, 1760 Ferly soteƚƚ were ye: Ye said, the knyght wold not com~: Swith oute of my kyngdome, Or hangid shaƚƚ ye be!’ His squiers, that fro hym~ fled, 1765 With sore strokys are they spred Vppon the wanne see, [1870] And there they drenchid euery man~, Saue one knave, that to lond cam~, And woo be-gone is he. 1770 [Headnote: DESONELL IS NEAR CHILD-BEARING.] (153) [Sidenote: He takes the news to the King of Portugal, and tells Desonell that Torrent is in Norway.] The child, to lond that god sent, In Portyngale he is lent, In a riche town~, That hat{h} hight be her day, And euer shaƚƚ, as I you say, 1775 The town~ of Peron~. By-fore the kyng he hym sett, [1880] ‘Fuƚƚ weƚƚ thy men~, lord, the grett, And in the see {did} they drown.’ Desoneƚƚ said: ‘Where is Torent?’ 1780 ‘In Norway, lady, verament.’ f. 105b. On sownyng feƚƚ she down~. [Linenotes: 1774. _hatt_ (!) MS. 1778. _the_] _they_ MS. 1779. _did_] _are_ MS. _drowned_ MS.] (154) [Sidenote: She swoons, and folk see she is big with child. The King of Portugal declares he’ll send Desonell and her Bastard to sea.]