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.