If thou might me of hem wreke,

And the felouns out of mi lond do reke,

Mine feyre douhter thou shalt habbe,

And half mi lond, with-outen gabbe.[38]

[38] Auchinleck MS., pp. 166 and 168.

In speaking of the formidable Saracen, Emir Costdram, a citizen said to Guy:

That other day he dede ous sorwe anough

Of themperour sone that he slough,

That was so gode and stalworth knight,

That opon hem had geuen mani fight.