When Irelgas had don þat pris,
" ffelawes," he seyde, "graunt mercis!
Line 13,716
" Turne we ȝut [now.] on þem a-geyns,
" & folewe faste o þe Romeyns,
" & on þise houndes þat mys byleue, [on þam þat nouht ne leue.]
" Þat oure Cristene so mykel greue!"
Line 13,720
Þey turnde ageyn as men hardy; [P. leaves out this line.]
Þen myghte men here noise & cry; [P. leaves out this line.]
Swerdes, helmes, men mighte se glyder, [P. leaves out this line.]
& sparklyng as þey smyte to-gyder. [P. leaves out this line.]
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Holdyn, þe Erl of fflaundres, held
Gaunt & Bruges [Briges & Blemes.] vnder his scheld;
Of a bataille he was cheftayne, [P. transposes these lines.]
He countred wyþ Alyfatyn of Spayne. [P. transposes these lines.]
Line 13,728
So longe þat on þat oþer assailled,
& ilk on oþer so trauailled,
Þat slayn was sire Alyfatyn,
& slayn was þe Erl Holdyn.
Line 13,732
Lyger, þe kyng of Babilloyne,
Rod to [Iusted with.] þe Erl of Boloyne: [
Ligiers, qui ert quens de BoloineJosta al roi de Babiloine.Wace, ii. 207, l. 13,149-50. Geoffrey, x. 10, has Micipsa of Babylon killed on the Roman side, and Lodegarius of Bolonia on the British.] Slayn was þe erl, slayn was þe kyng, & oþer þre mad þeir endynge, Line 13,736 Baruk, Vrgens, & sire Cursal; Wiþ ilk was gret folk wyþ-al. Sire Vrgens of Baþe was sire, & Baruk of Circestre & Wilteschire, [Baluk erle of Wilcheshire. (Bal|luc quens de Guitesire, Wace, ii. 208, l. 13,158.)] Line 13,740 & Cursal, Erl of Chestre was; Þise were slayn þer at þat pas. Þer men gaf bak, & turnde agayn,
