Afterwarde vpon a tyde, As they walkyd by the ryvers syde, The kynge and yonge Torent, 470 This lorde wolde fayne, that he dede were And he wyst nat, on what manere, Howe he myght hym shent. 473 A fals letter made the kynge And made a messangere it brynge, On the ryuer syde as they went, 476 To Torent, that was true as stele, If he loued Dyssonell wele, Gete hir a faucon gent. 479 Torent the letter began to rede, The kynge came nere and lystened, As thoughe he it neuer had sene. 482 The kynge sayde, ‘what may this be?’ ‘Lorde, it is sent to me For a faucon shene; 485 [Sidenote: from the Forest of Magdalen.] I ne wote, so God me spede, In what londe that they brede.’ The kynge sayde, ‘as I herde sayne, 488 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In the forest of Maudelayne 491 [Headnote: FRAG. 2. TORRENT GOES TO THE FOREST OF MAUDELAYNE.] II.[F2] [Footnote F2: In Halliwell’s edition II.] [Sidenote: Torrent agrees to do it.] Than sayde [the] kyn[g] vntrue, 492 ‘And ye fynde haw[k]es of great value, Brynge me one with the!’ 494 Torent sayd: ‘so God me saue, Yf it betyde, that I any haue, At your wyll shall they be.’ 497 [Sidenote: He rides] To his squyer bade he thare, After his armoure to fare, In the felde abode he; 500 They armed hym in his wede, He bestrode a noble stede . . . . . . . . . . 503 [Sidenote: to the Forest of Magdalen, gets separated from his Squire,] Torent toke the way agayne Unto the forest of Maudelayne, In a wylsome way; 506 Berys and apes there founde he And wylde bestys great plente And lyons, where they lay. 509 In a wode, that is tyght, It drewe towarde the nyght. By dymmynge of the day 512 Lysten, lordes, of them came wo, He and his squyer departed in two, Carefull men then were they. 515 At a shedynge of a rome Eyther departed other frome, As I vnderstande. 518 Torent taketh a dolefull way Downe into a depe valay, . . . . . . . . . . 521 [Headnote: FRAG. 3. TORRENT IS TO FIGHT THE CALABRIAN GIANT, SLOGUS.] III.[F3] [Footnote F3: In Halliwell’s edition VI.] [_The King of Portugal sends Torrent to be kild by the Giant Slogus._] [Sidenote: Torrent sits at the head of a side table. The King asks Torrent if he’ll]