Whan that lady was downe fall, On Iesu Cryste dyd she call; Down~ knelid that lady cle{n}e: ‘Rightfull god, ye me sende Some good londe, on to lende, 1835 That my chyldren may crystonyd bene!’ She said, ‘Knyghtis and ladyes gent, Grete weƚƚ my lord, s{ir} Torrent, Yeff ye hym~ euer sene!’ The wynd Rose ayen~ the nyght, 1840 Fro lond it blew that lady bryght [1941] Vppon the see so grene. [Linenotes: 1831 f.] so F. VII; om. MS. 1833. _clene_] _clere_ MS. 1834 f.] so F. VII; _Iesu Cryste, that com vp here On this strond, as I wenyd_ MS. 1836. _my ch._] so F. VII; _we_ MS.] (159) [Sidenote: She and they reach land. Desonell stills her crying child,] Wyndes and weders haue her drevyn~, Þat in a f{o}rest she is revyn~, There wyld beestis were; 1845 The see was eb, and went her ffroo, And lefte her and her children~ two f. 106b. Alone with-oute ffere. Her one child woke and be-gan~ to wepe, The lady a-woke oute of her slepe 1850 And said: ‘Be stiƚƚ, my dere, [1951] I{es}u Cryst hath sent vs lond; Yf there be any cryston man~ nere hond, We shaƚƚ haue som socoure here.’ [Linenote: 1844. _forest_] so F. VII; _ftrest_ MS. _she is_] so F. VII; _be they_ MS.] [Headnote: A GRIFFIN CARRIES OFF ONE OF DESONELL’S BOYS.] (160) [Sidenote: goes up a mountain,] The carefuƚƚ lady was fuƚƚ blith, 1855 Vp to lond she went swith, As fast as euer she myght. Tho the day be-gan~ to spryng, Foules a-Rose and mery gan syng Delicious notys on~ hight. 1860 To a mowntayn went that lady ffree: [1961] Sone was she warr~ of a Cite With towrus ffeyre and bryght. There fore, i-wys, she was fuƚƚ fayn~, She sett her down~, as I herd sayn~, 1865 Her two children~ ffor to dight. (161) [Sidenote: and finds an Arbour there. A Griffin carries off one of her boys. She puts the other down,] Vppon~ the low the lady ffound An Erber wrought w{i}t{h} mann{us} hond, With herbis, that were good. A Grype was in~ the mowntayn~ wonne, 1870 A way he bare her yong son~ [1971] Ou{er} a water fflood, Over in to a wyldernes, There seynt Antony ermet w{e}s, There as his chapeƚƚ stode. 1875 The other child down~ gan~ she ly, And on the ffoule did shoute & crye, f. 107a. That she was nere hond wood. [Linenotes: 1874. _was_ MS. 1876. _ly_] _lay_ MS.] [Headnote: A LEOPARD CARRIES OFF DESONELL’S 2ND BOY.] (162) [Sidenote: and sorrows.]