¶Capitulum vj
And whanne syr Percyuale came nyghe the brymme / & sawe the water so boystous / he doubted to ouerpasse it And thenne he made a sygne of the crosse in his forheed / whan the fende felte hym soo charged / he shoke of syr Percyual / and he wente in to the water cryenge and roryng makyng grete so¦rowe / and it semed vnto hym that the water brente / Thenne sir Percyual perceyued it was a fend the which wold haue bro∣ught hym vnto his perdycyon / Thenne he commaunded hym self vnto god / and prayd oure lord to kepe hym from alle suche temptacyons / and so he praid alle that nyghte tyl on the morn that it was day / thenne he sawe that he was in a wylde mon∣tayne / the whiche was closed with the see nygh al aboute that he myʒt see no land about hym whiche myʒte releue hym but wylde beestes / And thenne he went in to a valey / and there he sawe a yonge serpent brynge a yonge lyon by the neck / and soo he came by sir Percyual / with that came a grete lyon cry∣enge and rorynge after the serpent
¶And as fast as syr Percyual sawe thys / he merueylled / & hyhed hym thyder / but anon the lyon had ouertake the serpent