Sir Torent passid the Grekys flood In to a lond both riche and good, 2180 Fuƚƚ evyn~ he toke the way [2281] To the {cite} of Quareƚƚ, As the boke of Rome doth teƚƚ, There a soudan~ lay. There he smote and set adown~ 2185 And yaue asaute in to the town, That w{i}ƚƚ the storye say. So weƚƚ they vetelid were, That he lay there two yere, Sith in~ the town~ went they. 2190 [Linenotes: 2182. _cite_] _see_ MS. 2187. _well_ MS. _says_ MS. 2190. _And sith in to_ MS.] (190) [Sidenote: He has its inhabitants kild, and shares its booty among his men.] And tho s{ir} Torent ffound on~ lyve, [2291] He comaundid with spere and knyffe Smertely dede to be; He said: ‘We haue be here Moche of this two yere 2195 And onward on~ the thr{e}.’ Aƚƚ the good, that s{ir} Torent wan~, He p{ar}tid it among his m{a}n~, Syluer, gold and ffee; And sith he is boun to ride f. 112a. 2200 To a Cite there be-syde, [2301] That was worth such thre. [Linenotes: 2196. _thrid_ MS. 2198. _men_ MS.] [Headnote: TORRENT TAKES ANOTHER CITY, AND GOES TO ANTIOCH.] (191) [Sidenote: Torrent then besieges another heathen City for 6 years. All its folk die of hunger.] There he stode and smote adown~ And leyd sege to the town~, Six yere there he lay. 2205 By the VI yere were aƚƚ done, With honger they were aƚƚ slone, That in the Cite lay. {The} Soudan sent to s{ir} Torent than~, With honger that thes people be slan, 2210 Aƚƚ the folke of this Cite; [2311] ‘Yf ye thinke here to lye, Ye shaƚƚ haue wyne and spycery, I-nough is in this contre.’ [Linenotes: 2209. _The_] _A_ MS. 2209-14 put before 2203-8 MS. 2210. _slayn_ MS. 2211. _thes_ MS.] (192) [Sidenote: Torrent kills the Sultan,] Now god do his soule mede! 2215 On the soudan~ he had a dede Vppon~ euery good ffryday. I{es}u sent hym strengith I-nough~, With dynt of sword he hym slough~, There went none quyk away. 2220 Down knelid that knyght [2321] And thankid god with aƚƚ his myȝt~: So ought he weƚƚ to say. The Cite, that s{ir} Torent was yn~, Worldely goodis he left ther yn~, 2225 To kepe it nyght and day. (193) [Sidenote: goes to Antioch, and fights every good Friday.]