Now, that tyme, that Emayn was in Cecile for a
[line 15] knight, then was not Capanius at home, bot whan he come
home & wist, that Emain had ben there, & how such a fole
was with hire, he made mich sorow, for he trowed wele,
that it was Ipomedon, & then he ordant him V hundreth
knightes & went into Calabre, to discomfit the giaunt. And
[line 20] as he come in Calabre by the cee side, he se the ship, where
the ladie of Calabre was in, and bekened theim, to come
toward the land, to speke with him; & they supposed, that
it had bene the giaunt, & made mich sorow.
Bot Capanius spake vnto theim & asked, what they
[line 25] were, & they answerd and said, how it was the ladie of
Calabre, & was fled & durst no lenger abide in hire lond.
And Capanius called hire to him & bad hire be not ferde,
for he was comen, to helpe hire. And then she told Capanius,
how there come a giaunt & had distroied hire lond, & how
[line 30] there come a fole oute of Cecile with Emayn & toke the
[31 he] om. ms.] batell, & how noble he faght & how he was discomfit at
the last.
And then said Capanius, certan, he was noo fole, bot
he trowed, that he was oon, that cald him the quene luf,
[line 35] that wan the degre at the turnament, for he said, certan,
there was not so worthie a knight in the world ne that couth
kepe him so privey vnknown, & then made he the ladie a
certan menye abide still there, and he roode furth to the
place, there as the batell was. And when he come there,
[line 40] he met Ipomedon all in blak & on a blak stede & asked,
what he was, & he said: "I hight Leonyn & has here won
the ladie of this land!" And Capanius said, he shuld fight
for hire, or he had hire. And there faght Ipomedon & Ca∣panius
long to gedre, bot Ipomedon was sore wounded before
[line 45] of the giaunt, that it was wondre, that he might endure, to
stond on his fete.
Bot there faght he with Capanius so long, that they
were bothe right wery, that welny they might noo more, and
at the last Capanius gave Ipomedon such a stroke, that his