[Footnote F2: In Halliwellâs edition II.]
[Sidenote:
Torrent agrees to do it.]
Than sayde [the] kyn[g] vntrue, 492
âAnd ye fynde haw[k]es of great value,
Brynge me one with the!â 494
Torent sayd: âso God me saue,
Yf it betyde, that I any haue,
At your wyll shall they be.â 497
[Sidenote:
He rides]
To his squyer bade he thare,
After his armoure to fare,
In the felde abode he; 500
They armed hym in his wede,
He bestrode a noble stede
. . . . . . . . . . 503
[Sidenote:
to the Forest of Magdalen, gets separated from his Squire,]
Torent toke the way agayne
Unto the forest of Maudelayne,
In a wylsome way; 506
Berys and apes there founde he
And wylde bestys great plente
And lyons, where they lay. 509
In a wode, that is tyght,
It drewe towarde the nyght.
By dymmynge of the day 512
Lysten, lordes, of them came wo,
He and his squyer departed in two,
Carefull men then were they. 515
At a shedynge of a rome
Eyther departed other frome,
As I vnderstande. 518
Torent taketh a dolefull way
Downe into a depe valay,
. . . . . . . . . . 521
[Headnote: FRAG. 3. TORRENT IS TO FIGHT THE CALABRIAN GIANT, SLOGUS.]