Suche a batelle as þere was redy þo He gives Mordred battle.
Hadde neuer Arthour byfore y-doo:
They fowȝt tyl þer come doun bloode
As a(.) Ryver or (.)a(.) flood; 604
Þey fowȝt euer sorest sadde; Bellum arthuri apud Camelertonum in Cornubia.
Men nyst ho þe betere hadde;
But at þe last Certeyn
Was Mordred & alle hys y-sclayn; 608 Mordred is slain:
And Arthour y-bete wyþ wounde, Arthur wounded,
He Myght not stonde on grounde;