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ANd whanne the Quene herd them saye soo / she felle to the erthe in a dede swoune / and thenne syr Bors took her vp / and dawed her / & whanne she was awaked she kneled afore the thre knyghtes / and helde vp bothe their handes and besoughte them to seke hym / and spare not for noo goodes but that he ••e founden / for I wote he is oute of his mynde / & sir Bors / syr Ector / and syr Lyonel departed from the quene for they myght not abyde no lenger for sorowe / and thenne the quene sent them tresour ynough for theyr expencys / and so they took their horses and their armour and departed / and then ne they rode from countrey to countrey in forestes and in wyl∣dernes and in wastes / and euer they laid watche bothe att fo∣restes and at alle maner of men as they rode to herken and spe¦re after hym / as he that was a naked man in his sherte with a / swerd in his hand / ¶ And thus they rode nyghe a quarter of a yere endlonge and ouerthwarte in many places forestes and wildernes / and oftymes were euylle lod∣ged for his sake / and yett for alle theire laboure and sekynge coude they neuer here word of hym / ¶ And wete yow well