GALIOT’S MESSAGE.
The knight’s message is that king Galiot bids Arthur to yield to him his kingdom.
“Shir king, one to yow am y ſende
[548] Frome the worthieſt that in world is kend,
That leuyth now of his tyme and age,
Of manhed, wiſdome, and of hie curag,
Galiot, ſone of the fare gyande;
[552] And thus, at ſhort, he bidis yow your londe
Ye yald hyme our, without Impedyment;
Or of hyme holde, and if tribut and rent.