Muche folke þerhenne he toke þo,
Of Northumber-lond also 592 Northern men and others come to Arthur.
Fram dyverse places to Arthour come
Hys wylle to werk & to done:
Thus he sembled a fulle gret Ost;
To Cornewayle he draweþ hym fast 596
After þat Mordred þe traytour
Þat hadde do hym Muche dyshonour.
That tretour hadde gret strength
And fulled þat lond on brede & lengthe, 600