[Footnote F3: In Halliwellâs edition VI.]
[_The King of Portugal sends Torrent to be kild by the Giant Slogus._]
[Sidenote:
Torrent sits at the head of a side table. The King asks Torrent if
heâll]
. . . . . . . . . . . . 819
And the good squyres after h[ym],
That knyghtes sholde be. 821
As they were a-myddes theyr . . .
The kynge wolde not forgete,
To Torente than sayd he, 824
[Sidenote:
do a deed of arms for Desonell.]
He sayd: âso god me saue,
Fayne thou woldest my dough[ter haue],
Thou hast loued her many a d[aye].â 827
âYe, by my trouthe,â sayd Torente,
âAnd I were a ryche man,
Ryght gladly by my faye.â 830
âIf thou durst for her sake
A poynte of armes vndertake,
Thou broke her vp for ay.â 833
[Sidenote:
âYes,â says Torrent.]
âYe,â sayde he, âor I go,
Sykernes thou make me so
Of thy doughter hende. 836
Ye and after all my ryghtes
By VII score of hardy knyghtesâ
Al they were Torentes frende. 839
âNow, good lordes, I you praye,
Bere wytnes of this day
Agayne yf god me sende!â 842
[Sidenote:
âThen go to Calabria, and fight the Giant Slogus.â]
Torente sayd, âso may I the,
Wyst I, where my jorney shold [be],
Thyder I wolde me dyghte.â 845
The kyng gaue hym an answ[e]re,
âIn the londe of Caleb[e]re
There wonneth a gyaunte wygh[hte] 848
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Slogus he hyght as I the tolde,
God sende the that waye ryghte!â 851
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[Headnote: FRAG. 4. TORRENT WILL NOT GIVE UP HIS GIANT-FIGHT.]