[Footnote F1: In Halliwellâs edition III.]
[_The King of Portugal plots Torrentâs death._]
[Sidenote:
Desonell gives Torrent a Horse which the King of Nazareth had sent
her.]
[T] . . . est hym vp . . . . 462
. . . . . chent be for to fle
. . . . . ly ivyll he gone 464
The kynge of Nazareth sent hym me,
Torent, I wot-saue hym on the,
For better loue I none!â 467
[Sidenote:
The King treacherously asks Torrent to get Desonell a Falcon]
Afterwarde vpon a tyde,
As they walkyd by the ryvers syde,
The kynge and yonge Torent, 470
This lorde wolde fayne, that he dede were
And he wyst nat, on what manere,
Howe he myght hym shent. 473
A fals letter made the kynge
And made a messangere it brynge,
On the ryuer syde as they went, 476
To Torent, that was true as stele,
If he loued Dyssonell wele,
Gete hir a faucon gent. 479
Torent the letter began to rede,
The kynge came nere and lystened,
As thoughe he it neuer had sene. 482
The kynge sayde, âwhat may this be?â
âLorde, it is sent to me
For a faucon shene; 485
[Sidenote:
from the Forest of Magdalen.]
I ne wote, so God me spede,
In what londe that they brede.â
The kynge sayde, âas I herde sayne, 488
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
In the forest of Maudelayne 491
[Headnote: FRAG. 2. TORRENT GOES TO THE FOREST OF MAUDELAYNE.]