¶ Þo he seȝ Heraud a cleped him to: [C line 11053]
To helpe him he gan go.
An erl Heraud gan mete:
Heraud wiþ is fauchoun him smot
A dent þat þourȝ is helm bot;
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Þar a lefte þe swete.
Heraud & þemeraile anon
Delde dentes wel god won:
For noþing þai nolde lete.
Þe king þai sailede and al is men:
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So mani ȝede to deþe þen,
Þat grimly þai gonne grete.
¶ Þe king wel sori þanne was he,
Whan he seȝ is men fle,
And al y-brouȝt to gronde.
Whar þat he seȝ Heraud ride
He fleȝ awei be þat oþer side
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Wel sory in þat stonde.
His men ouercome were:
Þar-fore sori he was þere
& for his owene wonde.
King Arguus, for-soþ, a geþ: [ageþ MS.]
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A was afered of is deþ
Ȝif þat a were y-fonde.
¶ Whan Heraud parseued is,
Be his armes a knew him, iwis,
And after him he gan ride.
Neȝ he hadde him ouer-come,
Slawe, oþer in þe feld y-nome
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In þat ilche tide.
Þanne seȝ he come a ȝingling
(Ouer al þe oþer a miȝte be king)
Out of þe wodes side.
Þe king him hadde dobbed kniȝt,
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Ȝeue him hors & armes briȝt
Wiþ wel meche pride.
