And hertes colde, hem wolde I that he twiste
1770
To make hem love, and that hem leste ay rewe
On hertes sore, and kepe hem that ben trewe.'
254. In alle nedes, for the tounes werre,
He was, and ay the firste in armes dight;
And certeynly, but-if that bokes erre,
1775
Save Ector, most y-drad of any wight;
And this encrees of hardinesse and might