[6-text p 194]
¶ In to his sadel / he clamb anon
And priketh ouer stile and stoon
An Elf queene for tespye
Line 1989
Til he so longe / hadde riden and goon
That he foond / in a pryue woon
The contree of ffairye
Line 1992
so wilde
ffor in that contree was ther noon?
. . . . . [no gap in the MS.]
Neither wyf ne childe
Line 1996
¶ Til þat ther cam a greet geaunt
His name was / sire Olifaunt
A perilous man of dede
Line 1999
He seyde child by Termagaunt /
But if thou prike / out of myn haunt
Anon I sle thy steede
Line 2002
with mace
¶ Heere is / the queene of ffairye
With harpe / and pipe and symphonye
Dwellynge in this place
Line 2006
¶ The child seyde / Al so moote I thee
Tomorwe / wol I meete with thee
Whan I haue myn Armoure
Line 2009
¶ And yet I hope / par ma fay
That thou shalt with this launcegay
Abyen it ful sowre
Line 2012
Thy mawe
Thyn hauberk / shal I percen / if I may [[all over an erasure]]
Er it be fully pryme of day
ffor heere thow shalt be slawe
Line 2016
