CHAPTER XXXIX.
Now I wille yowe telle these twey stalwarth knyghtes, Reymond & Meyler, whych thay weren. Reymond was a man brod of body, somdel more than metlyche, yolowe her̛ & sam-crysp, grey eyghen & depe, somdel heyghe nose, neb rody, wel I-hewed, glad semblant & cleer̛ ["somdel more than metlyche, yolowe her̛ & sam-crysp, grey eyghen & depe, somdel heyghe nose, neb rody, wel I-hewed, glad semblant & cleer̛" = staturaeque paulo plus quam mediocris; capillis flavis et subcrispis, oculis grossis, glaucis et rotundis, naso mediocriter elato, vultu colorato, hilari, ac sereno. Op. v. 323.] ; man of moche methe & of grete purueyaunce; nothynge delycion, nother of mete ne of cloth; heet & cool, al I-lyche, wel he myght suffre; man of mych trauaylle; tholmode yn wreth; as redy he was to serue, to queme ham that he was ouer, as to be I-serued of ham. Whan he hoste ladde, he was so besy about to kepe the host, that oft he left slepe al the nyght, & wandredde about, spyenge & crynge for to look þat noon harme ne shold betyde, & for he wold euer fyrst be redy, yf hyt nede wer. & shortlych to sygge hys thewes & hys maneres, he was man free & meke, queynt & purueynge; & thegℏ he wer swyth hardy & wel taght yn wepne, of quenyntyse & of sleyght yn syght, & of selth yn bataylle, he passed al other̛ [et quanquam animosus plurimum, et armis instructus, prudentia tamen rebus in martiis et providentia praecellebat. v. 324.] ; & thegh he yn both wer̛ myche to preyse, he was better̛ leder of hoste þan knyght.