[Linenotes: 2621. _of_] om. MS. 2629. _ware_ MS.] (229) So it ffeƚƚ vppon a day, f. 119a. The kyng of Ierusalem~ gan say: ‘Sir, thy sonne I ffound Lying in a libert{es} mouth, 2635 And no good he ne couth, Dede he was nere hond: Wold thou, that he dwellid w{i}t{h} me, Tiƚƚ that I dede be, And sith reioyse my lond?’ . . . . . . 2640 (230) [Sidenote: He gives his son Leobertus as heir to the King of Jerusalem; and his son Antony as heir to the King of Greece. Torrent is elected Emperor.] Be fore lordys of gret renown~, [2741] Torent gaue hym~ his son~ . . . . . . . . The kyng of Grece said: ‘S{ir} knyght, I yeff thy son aƚƚ my right To the Grekys flood: 2645 Wouch thou saue, he dweƚƚ w{i}t{h} me?’ ‘Yea, Lord, so mut I thee, God yeld you aƚƚ this good!’ For s{ir} Torent was stiff in stoure, They chose hym ffor Emp{er}oure, 2650 Beste of bone and blood. [2751] [Linenote: 2645. _flood_] _I plight_ add. MS.] [[_stanza printed with indentation as shown_]] [Headnote: TORRENT IS MADE EMPEROR. HE DIES.] (231) [Sidenote: Torrent gives his 2 Sons a Sword each. He lies in a fair Abbey.] Gret lordys, that there were, Fourty days dwellith there, And sith they yode her way; He yaue his sonnys, as ye may here, 2655 Two swerdys, that were hym~ dere, Ech of hem~ one had they. Sith he did make vp-tyed Chirchus and abbeys wyde, For hym~ and his to praye. 2660 In Rome this Romans berith the crown~ [2761] Of aƚƚ kerpyng of Renown~: He leyth in a feire abbey. [Linenotes: 2654. _And sith her way they yode_ MS. 2663. _leyth_] _in Rome_ add. MS.] (232) [Sidenote: May Christ grant us Heaven!] Now I{es}u Cryst, that aƚƚ hath wrought, As he on the Rode vs bought, f. 119b. 2665 He geve hvs his blessing, And as he died for you and me, He graunt vs in blis to be, {Lesse and mare, both old and ying!} Amen. [Linenote: 2669. _Oute of this world whan~ we shalle wend_ MS.] Explicit Torent of Portyngale. THE FRAGMENTS. I.[F1] [Footnote F1: In Halliwell’s edition III.] [_The King of Portugal plots Torrent’s death._] [Sidenote: Desonell gives Torrent a Horse which the King of Nazareth had sent her.] [T] . . . est hym vp . . . . 462 . . . . . chent be for to fle . . . . . ly ivyll he gone 464 The kynge of Nazareth sent hym me, Torent, I wot-saue hym on the, For better loue I none!’ 467 [Sidenote: The King treacherously asks Torrent to get Desonell a Falcon]