& wenten bote a softe [schorte.] pas
Tyl þei perceiued wher he [MS. scheo. P. he.] was.
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Þeir stedes & þer palfreys
Þeir squiers helde, wiþ oþer harneys;
But sire Beduer & sire Kay
ȝede wiþ Arthur vp þe way.
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Arthur seide, "y wil proue my might,
" Wiþ þe geaunt alone to fight;
" Hold ȝow here byhynde a lyte;
" Alone on hym wil y first smite;
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" While [till.] y may my selue saue,
" Oþer help wil y non haue;
" Me þynkeþ hit were no vasselage,
" Þre til on; hit were outrage!
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" Nere þe les, ȝyf þat ȝe se nede,
" Bettere ys help þan ouer drede;
" ffor men seye, 'hit ys folye [P. leaves out this line.]
. " ' In strengthe to mikel for to affye.' " [P. leaves out this line.]
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Þey seide, 'for prowesse ne for ȝelp,
' ȝyf hit were ned, þey wolde hym help.'
¶ De Occisione Gygantis Dynabrok per Arthurum.
Arthur alone þe hil he tok [Puis ont tot trois le mont puié, Wace, ii. 152, l. 11,867.]
. Vnto þe geaunt Dynabrok.
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By a mykel fir he sat,
Rostyng a swyn gret & [& roste suynes flesch full.] fat,
& oþer flesche biside was sode; [som rosted & som was sothen.]
His bryn, [les guernons (moustaches), Wace, ii. 153, l. 11,872.] his berd, þer-wiþ al lothen, [his bryne his berde þer with was broþen.]
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